earlier my colleague martine dennis spoke to a middle east analyst who said no one should be surprised at the atrocity. i think anyone that i know is surprised by the brutal act of the killing of the american aide worker, it was a matter of when as opposed to if. it's an act of desperation, violating deeply held islamic principles. top clerics, and radical idea logs appealed for the prevention of life. killing a convert to islam is a highly serious offense. the reality is this is an act of desperation, speaks volumes about the mind-set of i.s.i.s., it's all-out law. reality is peter is not the only hostage who has been killed. i.s.i.s. massacred hundreds, if not thousands of muslims, including a few western hostages in the last few months. >> furthermore, what do we know about the way i.s.i.l.-controlled territory is governed? >> we know a great deal. one of the major tools is that basically to terrorize the population. it's basically the use of massive force of savagery, is a conscious choice on the part of i.s.i.s. in order to cop opt people or terrorize people. it imposes a highly s

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. pledging alee against to isil, and armed group in the sinai peninsula release a video of the recent attack on egyptian soldiers. the afghan president visits pakistan's prime minister to improve relations between the two countries. world leaders shunned vladimir putin at the g-20 because of russian involvement in ukraine.

i'm martine dennis. we're live in doha. these are our top stories. [music] >> pledging allegiance to isil, an armed group in the peninsula claims responsibility for recent attacks. >> meeting the neighbors. the afghan president meets pakistan's presideo

i'm martine dennis in doha - these are the top stories - chuck hagel, u.s. secretary, is to resign >>> no deal this time. iran and world powers suggest a nuclear agreement can be reached within months. >>> devastating floods in morocco kill at least 31 people, and

. ♪ >>> hello welcome to the news hour live from doha, i'm martine dennis.ing up in the next 60 minutes, executions, amputations, and public beatings, the u.n. paints a bleak picture of life in syria under isil control. >>> note the particular violations committed against syria's women, children, and minority

i'm martine dennis in doha. a massacre in kenya. al-shabab fighters shoot dead civilians. >>> we'll have the latest from baghdad. and russia accuses the rest of trying to topple president putin. we look towards the arctic for science of

i'm martine dennis in doha. these are our top stories. a massacre in kenya, al-shabab fighters an shoot dead 28 passengers. >>> no. iraq civilians are caught up in airstrikes targeting isil. we have the latest from baghdad. russia accuses the west of trying t

i'm martine dennis in doha. also on the program in the middle isil crisis secretary of defense chuck hagel is to resign. >>> floods in morocco kill strand hundreds of people and more is coming. and art is headed to the swiss museum. >> now iran and world powers have failed to reach a deal in vienna by their own self-imposed deadline, but no one is walking away. all the sides say they have made good progress towards an agreement on iran's nuclear program and they've extended deadline until july 1st. now the members of the european security council plus iran have been talking for days. they'll meet again in march about before hammering out a final deal with specific details by july. >> we're certainly not going to sit at the negotiating table forever absent progress be, but given how far we've come over the past year and particularly the last few days this is not certainly the time to get up and walk away. these issues are enormously complex. they require a lot of tough political decisions, and they require very r

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm martine dennis. you are with al jazeera, live from doha.lso to come, flying into a political storm, the russian president arriving for the g20 summit against a backdrop of conflict in ukraine, and warnings of a new cold war. >>> and equatorial guinea wins the right to host the african cup of nations as morocco pulls out ♪ >>> but first, u.n. investigators say the islamic state of iraq and the levant, isil, is committing war crimes on a huge scale across syria. the report paints a bleak picture of life in isil-controlled areas. executions, amputations, and floggings in public are a regular occurrence. mutilated bodies have been put on display and left people, particularly the children, terrorized and traumatized. the u.n. says the group is targeting the children with propaganda to try to indoctrinate them and girls as young as 13 are being forced into marriage with isil fighters. we spoke with one of the authors of the report, and he say isil is guilty of war crimes. >> the commission paints a devastating picture of civilian life inside isil

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. talks with colombian farc rebels are suspended after the kidnapping of a top army general. >>> life after isil an exclusive report of an iraqi town retaken by government troops. >>> protesting kenya after a woman is attacked at a bus stop. for wearing a miniki

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. the beheading of an american aid worker and several syrian soldiers. >>> the nigerian government said it's retaken the town of chibok from boko haram. >>> russia's president makes an early exit following an icy reception from western leaders. >>> and living on the

. >>> hello, i'm martine dennis. you're with al jazeera live from doha. also to come. bad memories amid prospects, a report from an iraqi town recaptured from isles forces. >>> peace talks with farc rebels in colombia are suspended after the kidnapping of an army general. >> in toronto this country tries to get its controversial oil sand to market amid fierce that it could damage the environment. >> i nigerian government has asked to extend emergency rule for another six months. googood luck jonathan said that the military needed enhanced powers to fight boko haram. the government is accepting that it has not made head way in the battle of boko haram? >> well, the state of emergency was declared in may 2015 as you mentioned when the president addressed the president. at that time he made it clear that what boko haram was doing amounted to a declaration of war, and a deliberate attempt to undermine authority of the nigerian state. as an as a result, the military needed an idea of what that would mean. it means that these areas continue to be active areas of operation fo

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm martine dennis in doha. welcome to al jazeera.o coming up, suicide bombers attack a packed market in northern nigeria, killing at least 60 people. pope francis warns the european parliament not to let the mediterranean become a vast graveyard. >>> the final results are in, tunisia's presidential election is going to a runoff late next month. ♪ >>> around 60 people were arrested in the u.s. city of ferguson in missouri on monday night as protests turned to riot. fire crews are still dealing with the remains of at least 12 buildings that were set on fire. the riots broke out after the grand jury decision not to charge a policeman who shot an unarmed teenager earlier this year. >>> angry crowds set fire to buildings and cars. police say there is heavy automatic gunfire. officers respond by firing tear gas and smoke canisters. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: senior police officers told a late night news conference, the violence was at a shocking level. >> a lot of gunfire. er i'm disappointed in this evening. i didn't see a lot of peaceful p

. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm martine dennis in doha. stories - suicide bombers kill at least 60 people. we'll go live to abuja. plus... ..protests turn to riots in ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury deeds not to put a white policeman on trial for shooting dead an unarmed black

i am martin dennis and these are the top stories we'll be covering this hour, isil fighters release ad video showing the murder of syrians hours after killing the u.s. aid worker peter kassig. >>> the nigerian government says it's retaken the northeastern town of chibok from boko haram. russia's president makes an early exit from the g20 summit following an icy investigation from western leaders. >>an

i'm martine dennis. in afghanistan, a suicide bomber has killed over 40 people and injured dozens more. the bomber blew himself up during a volleyball tournament. >>> the tunisians are voting for their first directly elected president. from the secular nedar tunis party and the current interim president. >>> negotiations in vienna over iran's nuclear program are heading towards their monday deadline. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is expected to have a one to one meeting with his iranian counterpart mohamed jaref zarif. >>> the u.s. is expected to spend more than $21 million to arm sunni tribes in iraq. 5 ak 47s and nearly a quarter of a million rounds of ammunition for ground battles against i.s.i.l. fighters. 50 rocket propelled grenades along with 12,000 grenades. body armor and kits for 5500 fighters. paying for them while the u.s. arms them. let's talk to brigadier general mark kimmet, a former official at central command. thank you for talking to us here at al jazeera. tell us how able are they

i'm mar tee martine dennis. these are the stories we are covering this half hour. >>> suspended following the kidnapping of a top army general. the town be with bad memories and no prospects, we have an exclusive report from an iraqi town recaptured from i.s.i.l. forces. and sold for more than $1 million. the big hat of the diminutive french emperor goes under the hammer. >>> first, the nigerian government is seeking to extend emergency rule in three northeastern states for another six months. president goodluck jonathan says army commanders temporarily needed enhance powers to fight boko haram. the president first declared a state of emergency in may of last year. let's talk to a reporter from the nigerian capital abuja. is he likely the get the military rule? >> yes, is he. this requires the majority vote by lower house and the senate, we understand it's going to be tabled most likely on tuesday and wee have seen the margin assembly proble approve these extensions at least twice before. when goodluck jonathan

. >>> hello, i'm martine dennis. you're with al jazeera live from doha. also to come.id prospects, a report from an iraqi town recaptured from isles forces. >>> peace talks with farc rebels in colombia are suspended after the kidnapping of an army general. >> in t

i'm martine dennis in doha. a massacre in kenya. al-shabab fighters shoot dead civilians. >>> we'll have the latest from baghdad. and russia accuses the rest of trying to topple president putin. we look towards the arctic for science o signs for a new cold war. >> and we sit down with japanese school children to find out why they're among the healthiest in the world. >> but first we start in kenya. al-shabab fighters ambushed a bus and killed 28 passengers. this to come place near the town of mandara, close to the border with somalia. the bus was on its way to nairobi. the witnesses speak of gunmen ordering passengers off the bus and speaking to them to find out who was muslim. 19 men and nine women were killed. >> the security team will be able to carry out a major operation. >> well, you have spoken with al-shabab or it's representative, at least, who exactly did you speak to, and what did they have to say? >> i spoke to the official spokesman, who told me that they did attack the bus in the early hours of the

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. the beheading of an american aid worker and several syrian soldiers. >>> the nigerian government said it's retaken the town of chibok from boko haram. >>> russia's president makes an early exit following an icy reception from western leaders. >>> and living on the streets, protest sites in hong kong could soon be cleared. >> but first a video released by the islamic state in iraq and the levant, isil, appears to show the beheading of a group of hostages, including the americ american. the 26-year-old was in syria working with refugees when he was kidnapped on the first of october last year. now he is the fifth western hostage killed this year by isil. u.s. journalists james foley, he was the first when he was executed in august. the deaths of stephen sotloff and david haynes and alan henning. it shows at least a dozen syrian soldiers, and hundreds of iraqi and syrian soldiers have been executed by isil fighters in the last year. and on top of that, the 17 euro and 17 journalist17 iraq

hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm martine dennis in doha. these are our top stories. >> so our experts will meet again very soon. in fact we will have a meeting in december. >> no deal but iran and world powers suggest a nuclear agreement can be reached within months. in the middle of the i.s.i.l. crisis, and under pressure, the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel riens. resigns. devastating floods in mor moroc, and more rain coming. >>> paintings hoarded by the son of adolph hitler's soldiers, headed to an art museum. >> no one's walk away just yet from vienna, in fact they all said they have made progress towards an agreement on iran's nuclear program and they have extended the deadline until july the 1st. within the last few minutes, iran's minister hasan rouhani says the sides have gotten closer. the five powers plus germany and russia. agree. >> we are not sitting at the table together absent measurable progress. but particularly in the last few days this is not certainly the time to get up and walk away. these issues are enormously comp

i'm martine dennis in doha. these are our top stories. a massacre in kenya, al-shabab fighters an shoot dead 28 passengers. >>> no. iraq civilians are caught up in airstrikes targeting isil. we have the latest from baghdad. russia accuses the west of trying to topple it's president. and we go to the arctic. is there a new cold war? >> art sales make records in new york. what is driving up the prices? >> we start in kenya where al-shabab fighters have ambushed a bus and killed 28 civilians. the bus was traveling to nairobi. harry smith has this report. >> reporter: witnesses say that the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. they were ordered to read passes from the qur'an to separate out the non-muslims who were forced to lie down before being shot in the head one by one at point blank range. 60 passengers were on board. 28 were killed. 911 women and 19 men. the attack happened near the kenyan border near somalia. the bus was traveling to the capitol of nairobi. it's believed there were about ten gunmen, kenyan police say they're

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. talks with colombian farc rebels are suspended after the kidnapping of a top army general. >>> life after isil an exclusive report of an iraqi town retaken by government troops. >>> protesting kenya after a woman is attacked at a bus stop. for wearing a mini skirt. >> the canadian oil pipeline here could damage the environment. >> first, a large-scale search and rescue operation is underway in colombia for an army general who went missing in the northern province on sunday. the colombian president has afused farc of kidnapping him and has suspended peace talks with the rebel group. we have the latest. >> the war between the colombian government and the farc rebels is one of the longest conflicts in the world. peace negotiations announced by colombian president santos in 2012 promised the chance of peace. but two years later there is no agreement, and now the kidnapping of an army general has led to the government suspending the talks all together. the general walked into farc-controll

i'm martine dennis in doha - these are the top stories - chuck hagel, u.s. secretary, is to resign >>> no deal this time. iran and world powers suggest a nuclear agreement can be reached within months. >>> devastating floods in morocco kill at least 31 people, and forecasters worn more storms are coming. >>> and beautiful but controversial - hundreds of paintings hoarded by the son of adolf hitler's art dealer are on their way to a swiss museum. first, we have heard within the last hour, the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has resigned. u.s. media reports say president obama accepted his resignation. the former republican center has been pentagon chief since last year. live now to patty culhane, who is at the white house. the world will be asking was he pushed or did he jump. >> the white house will come out in an hour saying he did his job, he did a great job but they need to change course. you can mix course, but he's basically been fired. the president is under pressure, the polls show that they don't believe he's doing a good job when it comes to figh

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm martine dennis in doha. welcome to al jazeera.p, suicide bombers attack a packed market in northern nigeria, killing at least 60 people. pope francis warns the european parliament not to let the mediterranean become a vast

i'm martine dennis. we're live in doha. these are our top stories. [music] >> pledging allegiance to isil, an armed group in the peninsula claims responsibility for recent attacks. >> meeting the neighbors. the afghan president meets pakistan's president to improve relations between their two countries. >>> putin is shunned at g-20 summit. >>> and cleaning up shanty towns to create the picture perfect postcard. >> we start in egypt where the armed group that killed 30 egyptian soldiers in the sinai peninsula last month is now released a video which is pledging allegiance toils. now they say threatened to carry out further attacks unless the government's military campaign in the sigh nine peninsula ends. they have this report now. [ background music ] [ explosions ] >> showcasing what it billed as it's latest tr triumph. it is set to show the attacks on the egyptian army last month that killed at least 30 soldiers. the video shows the group's fighters killing some of the soldiers, shooting them in the back of the head. the familiarage is accompanied b

. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm martine dennis in doha. our top stories - suicide bombers kill at least 60 people. we'll go live to abuja. plus... ..protests turn to riots in ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury deeds not to put a white policeman on trial for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager >>> pope francis warns the european parliament not to let the mediterranean become a vast graveyard. >>> final results are in - tunisia's presidential election is going to a run-off late next month. >> i'm andrew simmonds on the tram line linking occupied east jerusalem with the west of the city. i'll assess the mood of fear amongst palestinians and israelis alike >>> but first - two bomb explosions killed at least 60 people in a crowded marketplace in north-eastern nigeria. now, the blast targeted shoppers in the town of my doggery -- maiduguri. we'll go live to our correspondent. this particular attack seems to be a well issuingest rated a -- issuingest rated attack with a report suggesting that teenage girls were involved. >> indeed. we und

i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. pledging alee against to isil, and armed group in the sinai peninsula release a video of the recent attack on egyptian soldiers. the afghan president visits pakistan's prime minister to improve relations between the two countries. world leaders shunned vladimir putin at the g-20 because of russian involvement in ukraine. and a room with a view, how haiti is clearing up it's shanty towns to create the perfect picture postcard. >> the armed group that killed 30 egyptian soldiers in the sinai peninsula last month has now released a video pledging allegiance to isil. they have threatened to carry out more attacks if the egyptian military does not end its campaign in sinai. [ music in the background of explosions ] >> reporter: the group showcased what it billed as it's latest triumph. al jazeera cannot independently verify the video's authenticity, but it shows the attack of the sinai peninsula last month that killed 30 soldiers. the video shows the group's fighters killing some of the so

i'm martine dennis in doha, with our top stories. >> the paper documents shocking violations againstivilians. >> the u.n. paints a bleak picture of life in areas of syria controlled by isil. [ explosion ] >>> meanwhile iraqi forces make progress against isil, forcing them from the town of beiji. >>> bok fighters seize a northeastern nigerian town where they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls earlier this year. >>> i'm andy richardson with today's sport. will ecuadoral guinea be ready to host the african cup of nations in just two month's time? >>> but first u.n. investigators say the islamic state of iraq and the levant, isil, a committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on a huge scale across syria. their report paints a bleak picture of life in isil-controlled areas. executions, amputations and public floggings are a regular occurrence. mutilated bodies have been put on display. the underalso says the group is indoctrinating children, trying to foster a new generation of recruits, and girls as young as 13 are being forced into marriage with isil fighters. we spoke to one of

. ♪ >>> hello welcome to the news hour live from doha, i'm martine dennis.oming up in the next 60 minutes, executions, amputations, and public beatings, the u.n. paints a bleak picture of life in syria under isil control. >>> note the particular violations committed against syria's women, children, and minority communities. [ explosion ] >>> meanwhile iraqi forces make progress against isil, forcing them from the oil town of beiji. >>> flying into political storm, the russian president, vladimir putin arrives for the g-20 summit, against a backdrop of conflict in ukraine, and warnings of a new cold war. >>> and i have all of the day's sport, including, ecuadoral guinea will host the african cup of nations. >>> u.n. investigators say the islamic state of iraq and the levant, isil is committing war crimes on a huge scale across syria. their report paints a bleak picture of life in isil-controlled areas. executions, amputations, and lashings in public places are pretty much a regular occurrence. mutilated bodies have been put on public display, and left people,

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm martine dennis. you are with al jazeera, live from doha.lso to come, flying into a political storm, the russian president arriving for the

i'm martine dennis in doha.o on the program in the middle isil crisis secretary of defense chuck hagel is to resign. >>> floods in

i am martin dennis and these are the top stories we'll be covering this hour, isil fighters release aond video showing the murder of syrians hours after killing the u.s. aid worker peter kassig. >>> the nigerian government says it's retaken the northeastern town of chibok from boko haram. russia's president makes an early exit from the g20 summit following an icy investigation from western leaders. >>> and living on the streets to ask for more democracy, but protest sites in hong kong could soon be cleared. >>> there are reports that the islamic state of the iraq and levant group have killed 13 13 syrian men. these killings took place in raqqa and syria. the victims had all been kidnapped earlier this month. isil says they were killed for collaborating with the syrian regime. these killings follow the release of new video that was posted on line appearing to show the beheading of another group of isil hostages and these include at least 12 syrian soldiers and the american aid worker peter kassig. 26-year-old kassig was captured last year whilst in syria on a mission to help refugees.

martin shooting alike. >> former democratic congressman dennis kus niche, let's play the radio add1> tillis won't fight for us. instead, he made it harder for people to vote by restricting voter registration. and pass the stand your ground law that caused the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> you agree, congressman, that's the race card, right? we don't have to argue about that. >> well, there's a race dimension certainly. as is there a racial dimension to voter suppression. as is there a racial dimension to the economy right now with such massive unemployment and underemployment of35w african-americans. so, you know, race is a factor in our society. you have to -- >> but these democrats in close races feel they're going to lose so they're trying to gin up anger in this case to one of their core constituency, the black community. they're playing the race card, dividing us. let me put up a screen, a flooier in north carolina that actually reads if kay hagan will begin. vote in 2014. the words are superimposed as you can see over a grainy ?afz5 reproduction of a phot