And im rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a large scale prisoner swap between Ukrainian Government and pro russian rebels is now complete plus i knows nothing has no treatment available and i have nothing no medicine no many emergency medical evacuations under way in war torn syria but for some its too little and too late also. The women and that willing for us to go back to war for anybody to be president of this country and not to wait for the vote counting is finally complete in liberias president ial runoff Officials Say dont expect riots in the streets. And its off to the socalled salt suck capital of the world colombias on your Christmas Parade is all about the dons. Ukrainian government and pro russian rebels have swapped prisoners in war torn east ukraine this latest exchange is reported to be the largest since the start of the conflict that happened in the city of hard leave its mainly controlled by pro russia separatists
And im rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a warning from the United Nations children the world wide out under attack in conflict zones at what it calls a shocking scale. A large scale prisoner swap between the Ukrainian Government and pro russian rebels is now complete plus. And that will lead for us to go back to war. To be president of this country. When the vote counting ends in liberias president ial runoff Officials Say dont expect riots in the streets also if people have the leisure to do whatever they want to do they will be less frustrated by the hassles they have of work preparing for a world where robots take over and do most of the labor. In a report released just hours ago the u. N. Is warning that children in conflict zones across the world are under attack and what it calls a shocking scale the unicef report says children have become frontline targets used as human shields killed maimed and recruited to fight rape forced m
A Shiite Cultural Center will go to kabul for more. Also on the program a major prisoner swap after months of negotiations ukraine and its progress in separatists exchanged captives in the biggest such swap since hostilities broke out in the countrys east. Hello and welcome. Good to have you with us. We begin in afghanistan where officials now say at least thirty six people were killed and dozens more wounded in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a Shiite Cultural Center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement socalled Islamic State planes its supporters were behind the attacks. And joining us now from competent journalist friends marty france Islamic State claiming responsibility for this attack the group of course has been behind similar attacks in the region how big a threat is is. Now posing in afghanistan. Yes indeed the group has in the past month claimed most of the attacks
This is al jazeera. And this is the aljazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes suicide bombings. The suicide bombings in karbala at least forty People Killed in the Afghan Capital and dozens more injured. Says global humanitarian law fails to protect children at times of war. Also nigerias fuel crisis intensifies leaving drivers queuing up for ten hours to fill up plus. Im going hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but well tell you why many believe it wont happen. Because the news hour at least forty people have been killed and another thirty injured after multiple explosions in a compound in afghanistans capital kabul now the attack happened in the shia district in the west of the city one of the blasts hit the office of the News Agency Afghan voice now theres been no immediate claim of responsibility but the taliban says it was not involved in t
Coming up. Its the biggest Prisoner Exchange since hostilities erupted ukraine and progress in separatists swapped captives in an unusual break from their recent escalation and the ongoing conflict in ukraines restive east and. We head to south africa where a group of retirees in johannesburg are in fighting shape. Thank you very much for your company we start off in of gonna stand where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in the series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a Shiite Cultural Center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement socalled Islamic State is claiming its supporters were behind the attacks. All right and now we can take you to the obgyn capital now where the blast took place to journalist martin who is there hans whats the situation on the ground right now where you are. While the situation on the ground where i am it is by f