there have been many attacks happen not just in northern kenya but nairobi. >> thank you. haider al-abadi, 50,000 bogus names on the army payroll. jane, is this part of haider al-abadi's wears to root out corruption as he said he wanted to do when he took power? >> absolutely. and this is just one of the series of steps darlene. they were basically forced into retirement. which means they don't spend time in jail or get punished in anyway. an effort to reform the institutions. what we're talking about is a tip of the iceberg. what we're talking about is 50,000 soldiers who did not exist but were still on the payroll. that means of course an incredible waste of money but also these army units didn't have the strength that they should have had. combine that with the corruption that led to this in the first place, army generals are essentially disappearing as i.s.i.l. got closer to mosul, it is basically undermining the sense of security here. >> jane, what is the latest on the ground? >> the iraqi military combined most importantly with a large variety of shia political yas

one of the largest cities in northern kenya isn't a real city at all. it's a refugee camp for somalis. palestinians for complex reasons, still live in vast syrian camps, streets and avenues of temporary shelter, and improvised economies. keeping thousands of syrians fed, we're talking to experts about what to do in a very complicated world situation. professor weiss, is there an evolving tool kit for responding to these crie crises? you've got people out out of their homes across the world today. >> the only tool kit is a u.n. system and a large number of ngos, probably 2500 of them including 20 major ones that come to the rescue. there is nothing coherent or coordinated about that approach. that is one of the major humanitarian problems. but we also don't have a way to do anything with the 50 or 55 million people who are displaced internally or as refugees. so our tool kit is sorely lack. >> stephen taravelle, you can imagine a situation where you can get so good at keeping people alive where they're not supposed to be that we sort of lose the thread t

suspected islamist extremists are thought to be behind the deaths of close to 40 quarry workers in northern kenyathe attack happened near the border with somalia, the home country of al-shabaab. the workers were ambushed as they slept. authorities say the attackers singled out non-muslims shooting them are beheading them. for more, let's bring in duncan in nairobi. what can you tell us? >> hello. authorities are saying 36 people were killed in the attack which took place at around 1:00 this morning at a qauarry site 10 to 15 miles from the town of mand era. ouch about men -- al-shabaab men taking workers and beheading them. ouch about has claimed responsibility. saying it isn't response to -- saying it is in response to muslims in mombasa and in response to airstrikes carried out by kenyan authorities in southern somalia. another attack last night by a suspected house al-shabaab government resulting in the death of one person and several others injured. >> you mentioned those attacks. there was another within the last 10 days. but kind of reaction has there been? >> 10 days ago there was an attac

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one of the large he is cities in northern kenya isn't a real city at all. it's a refugee camp for somalis vast syrian camps feature streets and avenues in temporary shelters, piped water, and they look like they're settling in for the long hall. as the world food program runs out of money, keeping thousands of thousands of syrian fed we're talking to experts about what to do in a very complicated i. is there an evolving tool kit? you've got people on the wrong side of borders or out of their homes across the world today. >> probably 2500 of them, including 20 major once that come with a rescue. there is nothing coherent about that approach. that is one of the major humanitarian problems. we also don't have a way to deal with the 50 or 55 million people who are displaced internally or as refugees. our tool kit is sorely lacking. >> you can imagine a situation where you get so goods at peopling people alive where they're not supposed to be where you lose the thread that getting them home is really, really important. >> no, getting them home is essential. that

its lappic extremists are suspected of staging a bloody terror attack in northern kenya.t 46 workers at a quarry near kenya's border with somalia were killed. militants with the terror group al shabaab are expected. >>> and more fallout from the ferguson missouri shooting, proposals from the attorney general to end racial profiling and from the president a task force to study police reform and accountability. meanwhile there have been national walkouts to protest the shooting. susan mcginnis is in washington and has more on the nationwide protests. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie, people walked out of their jobs and out of high schools and across the country in l.a. and san francisco and elsewhere. meanwhile at the white house spent muff of the day focused on ferguson. >> reporter: hundred us of protesters disrupted holiday shopping at this seattle mall, a week after a missouri grand jury failed to indict former police officer darren wilson in michael brown's death. in atlanta, attorney general eric holder spoke the ebenezer baptist church where martin lu

be covering in the next 60 minutes, al-shabab claims responsible for an attack on a query in northern kenyaled more than 30 people. the battle for aleppo and we examine how the fight for the largest city may be a turning point in the four-year long war. hong kong protest leaders call

be covering in the next 60 minutes, al-shabab claims responsible for an attack on a query in northern kenya killed more than 30 people. the battle for aleppo and we examine how the fight for the largest city may be a turning point in the four-year long war. hong kong protest leaders call for retreat and say they will hand themselves over to the police. plus the environmental dilemma facing south sudan for a sustainable force against providing fuel for cooking. ♪ hello, al-shabab claimed responsibility for an attack in a query that killed 36 workers and it's close to somali border and attack on a bus last night in which 28 non-muslim passengers were killed, crossing over to catherine who is joining us from nairobi to see if there is reaction from the kenya government for the attack and claim from al-shabab, catherine. >> the president is expected to address the nation sometime this afternoon. there is a sharp statement that was sent by the government spokesperson who said this incident is being investigated and it was basically just concerning that indeed 36 people were killed at that query

there were attacks in the mandera region and in northern kenya linked to al shabaab in the run-up to deployment of kenyan troops, but the recent attacks, there was westgate just over a year ago, the shopping mall here in nairobi, more than 60 people were killed then. al shabaab claimed that attack. these two latest attacks, and the third late last night in another town near to the border with somalia, all these attacks have increased the sort of deadly nature of al shabaab's attacks, and therefore there will be more questions about whether the presence of kenyan troops in somalia is a good idea and whether ultimately it is making the internal security here in kenya worse. >> tom burrige, many thanks there in nairobi. >>> officials in lebanon say a wife of the leader of the so-called islamic state abu bakr al baghdadi and one of their sons have been arrested by the lebanese army at a border crossing with syria. they said they were held several days ago whilst crossing into lebanon with forged papers. earlier i asked our correspondent in beirut jim muir whether the reports were credibl

in northern kenya, somali militants have killed 36 workers at a quarry near the town of mandera. last week al-shabab reportedly -- last week the group killed 28 people in an attack on a bus in the same area. the world health organization says liberia and guinea have met a goal to treat 70 percent of patients suffering from ebola, while sierra leone has not. the agency warned it may not reach a year-end goal to isolate and care for all patients. but head of the u.n. ebola response mission antony banbury cited progress in the response. >> the response to the ebola in turningsucceeded this crisis around. agoe we were 60 days impaired to where we are now, we have been -- and by we, i'm talking about all of those involved in the responses, it surely successful in getting this crisis under control. we are far away from being out of the woods, but there have been markable results achieved in the past 60 days. >> russian president vladimir putin has scrapped plans for a major gas pipeline to europe amid tensions with the west over europe's role in ukraine. after the european union oppose

ten days before that 28 people were killed on a bus in the same very turbulent region of northern eastern kenyary close to the compholly border when al shabaab militants boarded the bus and if they couldn't cite verses of the koran, they were executed. he issued a long address to the people here yesterday saying this country is effectively at war against islamic extremists. he said that two of his top security personnel would go and were replaced. and he would try to make sure that intelligence, that gaps in the security forces were improved, tightened up, to make the police stronger, more coordinated to better combat al shabaab in 18. many people here feel kenyan defense forces shouldn't be involved in somalia, and it's because of that that they are getting attack. but clearly, the president will not stop that mission. he made that very clear. >> diana magnay in nairobi, thank you. >>> president obama urging cons to approve $6 billion in emergency aid to fight ebola in west africa. the president said the united states needs to continue to fund basic research and help build better public health

. >> i was in kenya week ago and that had massive drought in the northern part of the country with millionsle now displaced because of that. the effects of climate change and the poor countries is real, happening, people are being affected. under the climate change negotiations, rich countries have promised to assist with finance. they have given some, but nowhere near the amount they promised. about adaptation and also this issue of loss and damage, which i think yeb sano came to personify, sort of one figure representing the filipino people and beyond? changeimpacts of climate are very, very clear. the first assessment report of the ipcc that just came out, which was presented here, is very, very clear about the science. changing, it is human-induced, and we need to take action and the window for taking action is closing very fast. impacts are occurring as we speak. most import countries to my but even rich countries. the drought in the united states in california is an example. toneed to prepare ourselves deal with the impacts of climate change. we're not going to be able to deal with ev

this time, gunmen crossed over into kenya and killed 36 workers in a quarry near the northern town of mandera. they targeted mostly christian workers after separating them from muslims. we've had to blur most of the footage coming in from the scene because of its gruesome nature. last week, al shabaab militants killed 28 non-husband hims when they attacked a bus in the same part of the country. the group has stepped up its campaign inside kenya. we are expecting to hear from the kenyan president shortly. he is due to give a press conference, and we will bring that to you here on "bbc world news." but first, here is more now on who al shabaab are and their recent activity. >> let's take you over to our correspondent tom burridge, who is in nairobi for us. we're expecting kenyatta to address the nation at any time. what do you think he'll say? >> reporter: i think he'll say we're not going to surrender to what he calls terrorists. kenya and a lot of other governments around the world consider al shabaab to be a terrorist group. i think we'll just get uncompromising language from the ken