And bracing for the storm. Typhoon weakens in the philippines, but still forces millions in manila to take cover. We begin with breaking news from lebanon. Thats where there has been an explosion on the board with syria. Lets get more details from jane ferguson, who is joining us on the line from beirut to tell whats youre hearing about this blast, jane . Reporter it would appear that a bomb inside the car, and it was an assassination attempt on a resident. Not clear yet who that resident is other than a resident, not a military figure at this point. Of course, just to give you background on the other side of the border, it there has been violence from syria ever since al nusra and isil came inside. Ever since its been very divided, and there has been a presence from the Lebanese Army as well as rebel groups inside syria. There are over 60,000 refugees. The residents who normally live there. It is a tense at times 37 and such explosions and bombings have been heard over the last year.
Out rage in india and bans on line Taxi Service Uber after a woman says she was raped by a driver. Now starting the news hour with an al jazeera exclusive, for the first time kenyas Counter Terrorism police have admitted that they do kill suspects. No trial, no due process. They target so called muslim radical and one police admitting he has killed 50 suspects, one of the officers says the western countries including britain know about the death squads and simon reports. This is the body of michael, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly gunned down by kenya police since 2012. And he predicted his death when i met him last year. Im the one who is being terrorized, my life is the one which is in danger. Reporter al jazeeras investigative union has spoken to the police hit men involved in the chill ings and we verified they were members of kenyas Counter Terrorism unit and agreed to conceal their identitie identities. Since i was employed i killed over 50 and day and day out you k
Oil, trying to keep i. S. I. L. Away from key refineries and pipelines. So some break i news now from the International Criminal court where theres been a symbolic victory for palestinians. The court has upgraded palestines status. It comes on the same day that israel launched its own investigations into eight more alleged crimes by its forces in gaza this summer. Lets go live now to u. N. Headquarters in new york and speak to our diplomatic editor james bays. What does this mean for the palestinians james . Well its very important i think symbolically but there may also be legal repercussions from this. Symbolically palestine is now as a stataccepted as a state. Palestine has not signed the rome statute that founded the International Criminal court so what palestine is now is a nonmember state, the same way as quite a number of other countries including the united states. And it is able to take its seat today when the assembly of state parties, part of their own statute, thats the bod
California. We begin with an al jazeera exclusive, for the first time kenya Counter Terrorism police admitted they do kill suspects with no trial and no due process and they target so called muslim radicals. One police hit man admitted he killed 50 suspects, one of the officers says western countries including britain know about the death squads and simon reports. Reporter this is the body of a man, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly gunned down by kenyas police since 2012. And he predicted his death when i met him last year. Im the one who is being terrorized. My life is the one which is in danger. Reporter al jazeeras Investigative Unit has spoken to the police hit man involved in the killings and we verified they were members of kenya Counter Terrorism unit and agreed to conceal identities. That section was by Police Officers and officials. Since i was employed i have killed over 50 day in day out eliminating suspects. Reporter britain and america provided millions of dol
And a ban for taxi booking service uber over allegations that a woman was raped bay cab driver. And bracing for the storm, typhoon weakens in the philippines but still forces millions in manila to take cover. Hello, the United Nations is appealing for at least 16. 4 billion, thats to deal with humanitarian crisis worldwide in the coming year. They say theyre facing an unprecedented level of snead globally, with people being forced to flee from their countries. We go to james bays at the United Nations with more of what is being said. James . Theyre asking for 16. 4 billion. Now last year the amount was 12. 9 billion. Thats a 21 increase in the need perhaps referring to what it was a decade ago in 2004, just 3 billion. It has gone up in the last decade, some 600 . Why . Because of the unprecedented series of Global Crisis were seeing. The priorities is syria, south sudan, iraq and the Central African republic. They required 70 of the funding required. Afghanistan, somalia, the democrati