thank you for joining us. after years of confusion over his fate. the afghan taliban has confirmed et cetera a leader is, in fact, dead. but it hasn t said where or when he died. the taliban s supreme council is instead focusing on the group s future. they have announced their new leader. he has been actioning as the deputy for the past three years. he s been notable for asserting his position by standing up to ago daddy in charge of isil. monsieur told him to back off from afghanistan. before the taliban was overthrown during the u.s. invasion in 2001, monsieur served as minister of civil aviation we ll have more on him in a moment. first general jennifer glasse reports ottoman he has replaced. reporter: nine spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban famously reclusive. only a few photographs of him exist. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. that remained a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from hi
joins in the investigation of the den bre. a new olympic record the chinese capital becomes the first city to host both the summer and the winter olympics. first, a palestinian toddler has been burned to death in an arson attack in his family home in the occupied west bank. israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack on friday morning. reporter: it s a scene of total devastation, a family home in the village of doumma, a blaze that killed an 18 month old toddler and injured his parents and 4-year-old brother. their nearby relative s house is scrawled on the water, seven aring and long live messiah. as they are emergency air lifted there is an investigation. they believe settlers are responsible for the arson attack. we saw at least two masked people according to our preliminary investigation come to two houses and then broke in windows and hurled two firebombs in with this tragic outcome. there are three illegal settlement close by. the u.n. says t
malacia s civil investigation chief joins the investigation into the debris that could belong to the missing flight mh-370. first, an 18 month old palestinian boy has been burned to death on an arson attack in the occupied west bank. israeli settlers are suspected of having carried out the attack in the early hours of friday morning. it s a scene of total devastation, a family home in the village of douma charred and blackened by the blaze that killed an 18 month old and seriously injured his parents and brother. the words revenge and long live messiah. as the injured family members are air lifted to israel for emergency treatment, the israel army has begun an investigation. they believe settlers are responsible for the arson attack. we saw at least two masked people according to our preliminary investigation in the middle of the night come to two houses and held two fire bombs in with this tragic bar barrick result and outcome. there are at least three settlement c
mh370. nine years on, an inquiry of a former russian spy accusing the russian president of ordering the killing. i m lee wilings wellings summer and winter games beijing is the first, and agony for almati. hudges hundreds of palestinians attended the funeral of an 18 month old baby who died, the baby answer parents and four-year-old brother are in critical condition. in hospital in israel. what happened was condemned as an act of terrorism. more from stefanie dekker who is there. the family shared the only bedroom. they would have been fast asleep when the window was smashed and the small space set on fire. ibrahim heard screams and parents were lying outside with clothes on fire. when they came back, the two men were gone. translator: smoke was coming from inside i saw the four-year-old and pulled him out. they said there was another one inside. the flames were so big there was no way to save the baby. this was the room where 18-year-old allie was found. the wa
confederate leaders. we begin with new violence that has intensified tensions in the middle east. today the obama administration joined israeli and palestinian leaders in condemning an arson attack that killed a palestinian toddler. jewish settlers are suspected of setting fire of a residence. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited with the boy s family at a palestinian hospital. he says israelis and palestinians must work together to find the attackers. we have to calm the spirits and recommit ourselves to our joint battle against terrorism and extremism. it s something that all participants of the israeli government and all parts of israeli society agree on: it s important that we make common cause with our palestinian neighbors to give ourselves a better future. a future tree of violence, free of terror for the future of peace. some palestinians say they fear this attack will go unpunished because they argue this has happened before. we begin our coverage wit