also coming up - seven people sentenced to death for last year's attack on a peshawar school killing 171 people. ending ebola - it could be defeated by year's end. plus ... >> i'm bernard smith on istanbul grand bazar. after decades of neglects, with an earth tremor, the roof could come crashing down. >> hello, fighters from the islis islamic state of iraq and levant say they are behind a bomb in a market which killed 55 people, 200 more are injured. we have this report from the iraqi capital. >> reporter: in the blink of an eye the scene turned friday mundane to murderous. a truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded vegetable market. the predominantly shia neighbourhood is one of the capital's densely populated. some searched for survivors, others found the dead. because the early morning attack was planned to maximise civilian casualties, many knew it would be the work of i.s.i.l. it was the third attack in as many days. arguing how tenuous the situation is. i.s.i.l. attacked two other areas. dozens were killed, dozens injured. attempts to deepen sectarian lines at a time w

courts in pakistan sentenced seven people to death in involvement on attack on an army school in peshawar more than 150 were killed, most of them children. and the death toll from two huge explosions in an industrial area of northeast chinese port city of tianjin has now risen to 50. other stories we are following the world health organization suggested it could defeat ebola by the end of the year and margaret chan made the comments during a briefing with the u.n. security council but she also warned that just one new case can ignite a flare-up, the deadly disease erupted in africa last year and effected 30,000 people and killed more than 11,000. >> if the current intensity of case action and contact tracing is sustained, the virus can be defeated by the end of this year. that means going to zero and staying at zero. >> reporter: the world health organization spoke us to earlier saying predictions are not premature but all groups on the ground need to be vigilant. >> it is very, very important that we do not get complacent. together with the population and together with turkey and all tho

we found a group of exceptional boys from the army public school in peshawar pakistan and we matchedoys who are studying science and technology in the united states who are also very interested in sports and leadership. the blending of these two groups of boys 16 boys on the state university of new york polytechnic institute's campus the colleges of nano scale sciences and technology and engineering, has been an extraordinary student for both groups of boys to meet each other, learn different cultures and to recognize that they are going to be the leaders in their countries moving forward. it seems like a great idea to have future leaders meet each other while they're young. >> absolutely. you hear of these exchange programs on a smaller scale or schools adopting another school in a different country. but this is more than just an exchange of education, bonnie when you consider what these young students survive and having watched many of their schoolmates killed right in front of them. >> sure. this is a great opportunity to see different aspects of different cultures. and we were he

now killed and 700 injured. 7 people sentenced to death in pakistan for last year's attack on a peshawart killed 51 op

however, it must be understood that after a deadly massacre and attack on the army and peshawar parliament moved a session came out with the 21st amendment, allowing the formation of the military. it was a civil rights activist that changed the ruling and, therefore, an order was issued by the supreme court which stopped the executions of six convicted criminals tried by the military court ratified by the military chiefs. so the whole process was put on hold deliberations were under way in the court, and decided that the 21st amendment was legal and was the doctrine of necessity, that pakistan had to do something in order to crush the wave of terrorism. so the court - those objections were upheld the government decision for the formation of the military court, meaning the military courts can do their work. >> more than 1,000 people gathered at the u.n. relief and work station headquarters in imam protesting against a closure of schools. teachers workers and refugees who came from camps across the country. they say they are running out of funds and may have to suspend classes across the mid

in the aftermath of an attack in peshawar last year, 150 schoolteachers were killed by the caliban. pro-government yemeni forces have taken control of the key military airbase in the country's south. the defense ministry from saudi arabia, where the yemeni government is in file, -- is in exile, announcing the liberation of the al-anad military base. the rebels are denying the base has been taken. al-anad was once the site of u.s. operations against the powerful yemeni affiliate. after an arson attack last week that killed a palestinian toddler in the west bank, you should bet would not say if the 23-year-old was suspected of involvement in the arson attack on friday. but it says he is the head of an extremist group seeking to bring about religious redemption through attacks on christian religious sites and palestinian homes. irris makler joins us now from jerusalem. tell us a little bit more about the suspect. irris: i can tell you that the 23-year-old has a history of being a right-wing -- he is the son of a well-known rabbi politician, racist party founder who was ultimately assas

against armed groups inside the province and this had really, this crack down had started after the peshawarber and he was a major target of the groups and there were threats against his life. one of his biggest achievement had been taking out the leader and his two sons of a group and in the end it was supporters of that group who carried out this attack. there are three days of national morning in the province and attack has been condemned across the political spectrum by politician, leaders and military. the big question is now who will replace him and take on his job of fighting militant and armed groups which are based inside. >>> number of people displaced by the conflict in iraq is more than 3 million and i.s.i.l. forces and allies are fighting for control of large parts of the country. humanitarian crisis is threatening to claim yet another casualty and children's education and we report from baghdad. >> reporter: in a climate that makes concentrating near impossible and handbooks don't distract from the heat, these internally displaced students are doing their best to learn. >> tran

also coming up - seven people sentenced to death for last year's attack on a peshawar school killing 171 people. ending ebola - it could be defeated by year's end. plus

the discipline of of peshawar gas and other kurdish forces but also of finance to take over the city's that they always believe should have been there and what role will iran play? as they sent in forces or troops to assist maliki the way they said in the hezbollah troops to support decide then we are looking at a potential war in the middle east that will cross borders in potentially threaten though larger region and beyond. the latest figures are more than 1,000 fighters on behalf of extremist groups coming from just europe and open borders with britain nor the netherlands to come home touche travel. this has implications far beyond if what we think we can and should do to stave off a total collapse of the maliki government. so a the conflict in syria that is a stalemate besides controlling large parts with many of hundreds of thousands of refugees in jordan and lebanon and turkey and iraq. and the tensions that our pervasive throughout the region because of the decision of whether governments that have to do defend the sunii or the kurds. lots of competing interest. now it is wicked

this is after an attack on a school in peshawar last year that killed 150 people. critics were saying they violate human rights. death sentences can be carried out. and hear cases for the next two years. human rights activists, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. your government set up a military court as necessary, saying it was demesry because civilians were too intimidated to convict militants. you don't agree with that statement? >> no of course i don't agree with that. because so far the basic people they disappear. they are not alleged for any crime. they have never been produced before in a court of law. first they have to bring them before a court of law. they have one, two, three, four many laws since 2008. but they were never implemented before charging these people or bringing about a trial of these people. >> the military courts how many will be structured what sort of process from what you know or understand. what process will the civilian government go through to transfer the patients to the military ernm will - it's in charge of the interior mini

pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty last year after the taliban attacked a school in peshawar. it shocked the government into action. it declared people on death row for terrorism related crimes would be executed. however, a reuters investigation found most of the people who have been hanged were convicted murderers and only one in six had been found guilty of crimes that lead to terrorism. >> our question is are these terrorists being executed or are they ordinary convicts being executed? 99% of those being executed are those who were convicts on death row who already served a life sentence maximum for murder. >> many pakistanis support the death penalty. >> our justice system, our prison system, our society at large doesn't have the in-built system of reformation, reforming the criminals, because once you are a criminal, it's hardly, you become a criminal. >> there are more than 8,000 people facing the death penalty in pakistan. singles the moratorium was lifted, over 190 people have been hanged. this place in pakistan in the top of three countries in the world for execution

and i think particularly post peshawar, that was really internalized.they talk about that constantly as their 9/11. and the fact that there is a common nexus, a communal coldron, or whether it gives rise to haqqani network or etm, or other range of countries actors are involved in, is a compelling one and one that is increasingly clear there are these connections there. so there has been a redoubling of efforts kmdomestically to ta on extremism and recognizing that reconciliation process is part of that. i think the other piece is that looking at as we got closer to the security transition, the fact that the international community is at 10% of the international forces that were there two or three years ago, 10 to 15,000 as opposed to about 150,000, they recognize that they weren't benefitting from the potential of insecurity and instability on their borders. they had to be invested in stability which i noted is fundamentally political stability. so the success of this unity government, their ability to confront militarily the taliban but that ultimatel

now killed and 700 injured. 7 people sentenced to death in pakistan for last year's attack on a peshawarll that killed 51 people. floods force more than 11,000 from their homes. >>> and in sport dustin johnson is leading the pga championship, the final major tournament of the year and rory mcel roy is back to defend. the explosion tore through a crowded market in a mainly shia muslim area killing at least 55 people, 200 more are injured. mohamed reports now from the iraqi capitol. >> reporter: in the blink of an eye the scene turned from mundane to murder as a truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded vegetable market in the city. the predominately shia muslim neighborhood in eastern baghdad is one of the capitol's most densely populated. as some searched for survivors others found the dead. because the early morning attack was apparently planned to maximize civilian casualties many knew this would be the work of i.s.i.l. it was the third attack by the group in as many days. under scoring just how tenuous the security situation here is. on tuesday i.s.i.l. attacked two other area