Rebuilding their homes. And find out about germanys Green Initiative to help the Bee Population stay alive. First to afghanistan where the government has described a powerful truck rom that rocked the capitol as a cowardly attack it . It killed at least 15 and injured more than 240 others. It happened near an army compound in the capitol. This is fourth attack in afghanistan in two days. Reporter the explosion was so big it could be heard all around the afghan capitol. This man says he was at home in bed when the truck exploded across the street. Translator most of the people were injured with flying glass. There was glass everywhere everything was full of dust and smoke. They put me in a car and brought me here. It was a very bad explosion. Reporter he said the blast different differentiate between rich and poor. The dead and injured were mainly civilians. Hospitals were inundated. I have been here for quite sometime and i have never seen Something Like that. There was no stopping of people coming and coming and coming. We were afraid at a certain point we could not manage anymore. Reporter the United Nations recently said civilian casualties are at a record high. For Afghan Security forces the losses are even higher with more than 11,000 dead and injured in the first half of 2015. There has been renewed violence across afghanistan at a delicate political time. Taliban peace talks were derailed last week. Taliban commanders are divided over who should succeed their leader. Jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. The u. N. Security council is expected in a short while from now to adopt a draft resolution as i say within the next couple of minutes, possibly as you can see the Council Members are assembling there. This is a resolution which will help identify people or parties who used chlorine gas attacks in syria. There is the American Ambassador Samantha Power talking with colleagues. Now all of the 15 members, obviously have to take up their positions in this chamber before proceedings can begin, but its widely expected that this resolution is going to pass unanimously, largely because we have been assured of that by john kerry and Sergei Lavrov who met earlier this week in malaysia on the sidelines of the that meeting. Lets listen to nigeria now, current president of the Security Council. The 7,501st meeting of this council is called to order. The agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with rule 37 of the councils rules of procedure, i invite the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. Members of the council have before them document s 2015 602 the texts of a draft resolution submitted by france jordan lithuania, malaysia new zealand, spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of america. I wish to draw the attention of the Council Members to document s 2015 138 a letter dated february 2015 from the secretary general addressed to the president of the Security Council. The council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s 2015 602 please raise their hand. The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2235, 2015. Ill now give the floor to members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. I give the floor to the representative of the United States. Thank you, madam president. Today the u. N. Security council has taken another step aimed at stopping the use of chemical weapons in syria. Okay. So the u. S. Ambassador there addressing the chamber following the unanimous adoption of this resolution. Watching events with us is our u. N. Correspondent, and gabriel it is a rare occurrence that we see something passed unanimously in the Security Council, especially when it comes to syria. Thats absolutely right. The u. N. Is a body that is very good at saying what the problems are, but oftentimes doesnt point blame at who is responsible. In this case its very significant that the u. N. Security Council Adopted this resolution unanimously, because it will now be referred to ban kimoon to set up an ainvestigative body that would assign blame. Its important to note the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has already said that all signs point to chemical weapons were used in syria in 2013, but that body which is works very closely with the u. N. Does not have the mandate to assign any sort of blame on who was responsible, and so thats why the u. N. Security council has been working very hard over the last several months and top diplomats from the u. S. And russia primarily to reach some sort of agreement on this resolution that was just now unanimously adopted by the Security Council. So a very significant move here. Because once blame has been assigned to one party or the other in terms of its use of chemical weapons, then what . Because then that is a clear breach isnt it of international law. Absolutely chemical weapons use of them are taken very seriously and are against international law, and what this resolution then could trigger is sanctions, but the key word is could. There is nothing in this resolution that would automatically assign any sort of punishment or sanctions to whoever is assigned the blame. However, it could then lead to sanctions. However, the u. N. Security council would then need to reconvene again to take up the issue of sanctions or punishment. So it lays down the ground work for potential sanctions against any group that is assigned blame. However, that does not automatically mean that it could trigger sanctions once it happens. All right. Gabriel thank you for now. Well leave Samantha Power addressing the u. N. Security council for now. Well keep an eye on developments in the chamber, and well get back to it a little bit later on in the program. In the meanwhile well look at other developments regarding syria. Isil fighters have kidnapped 260 people including christians. They were taken in a town in Homs Province. Isil captured the town overnight. Many of the christians were there seeking refuge because they had fled from fighting further north. A gang armed with machetes has hacked a blogger to death. He is the fourth blogger to be murdered since the start of the year he was killed after the gang broke into his apartment according to the Bangladesh Blogger network. Myanmars Opposition Leader is warning the government not to use the recent floods to undermine the upcoming elections. She pointed to a referendum that raised questions about the individuality of its results. She visited flood victims earlier this week and appealed for international help. Now flood warnings are in place in myanmars southern delta region. The president is urging people in these areas to move to higher ground. But in some parts of the country, flood waters are beginning to see. Florence loui reports from one of the worseaffected areas. Reporter this is what greeted this man when he returned home after the flood waters receded, buried is what used to be his house. Translator i was poor but i have nothing left. Even my house is no more. Reporter some 40 other homes in this village have also been damaged. Translator at first the water kept coming slowly slowly then all of a sudden it was very high. Reporter but there are no fatalities here because monks sent boats to ferry people to safety. The villagers say this is the worst they have experienced. There are similar scenes of destruction along the road. And people think it will take months to clear the debris. The army has been deployed to help in some areas, but their equipment is basic. The floods have affected more than a million acres of farmland. There are concerns there may be a shortage of rice the staple food in myanmar. This woman and her husband are farmers. Their small warehouse was submerged and they are trying to salvage stock. Translator we dont have enough food my fields have been destroyed and now im in debt. Reporter local groups International Ngos and the government have been distributing relief packs, food and clean drinking water. But in this village, aid hasnt yet arrived. This road was only reopened the day before. The people here say they need help, and they need it soon. Florence looi al jazeera, myanmar. Still to come as night closes in a conflict comes to life. We report from a turkish town at the center of the conflict between the government and kurdish fighters. Im in norway where the political use camp reopens, in part as a living memorial to the dead. Hello again, you are withal al jazeera. 15 people have been killed in a Suicide Attack in kabul, 240 others have been wounded. They were all civilians. Police say the bomb was hidden in a truck and detonated near an army compound. The u. N. Security council has unanimously adopted a resolution to identify those who use chemical weapons in syria. An agreement reached between the United States and russia paved the way for the resolution to pass. Activists are reporting isil fighters have kidnapped 250 civilians including 60 christians. They were taken in Homs Province when isil capture a town from Syrian Government forces. Two people have been killed and ten others have been wounded in clashes between police and kurdish fighters in southeastern turkey. Kurdish forces have been stepping up their attacks on military bases and oil and gas facilities. One of the towns at the center of this conflict is where Bernard Smith reports. Reporter evening is usually the busiest time of the day here. As the scorching summer sunsets, the streets would fill with shoppers. But this kurdish town is in the middle of a new outbreak of fighting between turkish Security Forces and the pkk. The mayor from the prokurdish Peoples Democratic party fears a return to the early 1990s, when the Turkish Military launched a major crackdown on the pkk here. People would be out until midnight drinking tea and having fun with friends. But now the shops have started closing early. People are anxious. There isnt a soul around at night. Reporter on some nights they battle the pkk affiliated youth groups. These are young men and women who may once have gone to the mountains as pkk fighters. Turkish Security Forces are burning pkk positions around southeastern turkey and in iraq. Dotted across the mountains you can see areas where smoke is rising. Thats where theres been fighting between the Turkish Military and the pkk. A spokesman for turkish president erdogan, said these renewed assaults are in selfdefense. He said despite promises made in the peace process, the pkk has failed to disarm. The major told us knock on almost any door here and you will find someone linked to the pkk, a group listed as a terrorist organization. This man has one son in jail and a second in the mountains. Translator its better not to fight. Look even the pkk sometimes say it beetser to make politics. They want to find a solution with a pen, not by using guns but if you keep killing, i have to also show my fists. Reporter attacks have killed at least 16 members of the turkish Security Forces. The increase in violence is raising fears of a return to a conflict that claimed 40,000 lives over 30 years. Bernard smith, al jazeera, southeastern turkey. Italian police have arrested three libyans and two algerians for human trafficking. They are accused of being in charge of a boat that capsized off of the libyan coast on thursday. It is feared up to 200 may have drowned. Some of those rescued have been speaking to investigators saying they were beaten by the smugglers on the journey. Taiwan is preparing for the strongest typhoon in three years. They are preparing for the typhoon to hit it within the next six or seven hours. It is packing winds of up to 220 Kilometers Per Hour and as i say it is expected to make landfall in the early hours of saturday. The storms have already killed two people and one person is missing. Well keep an eye on that for you. Veronica is in taipei. Reporter this is a city under red alert in the remaining hours before the typhoon makes landfall. This market is busy with people stocking up before it hits. They are saying that the prices for vegetables particularly green ones have risen considerably and that they are not satisfied with the level of preparations. Translator everyone is now watching the governments work. They should do their best this time. Translator people are rushing to buy food but prices have gone up. I dont want to buy too much. Reporter forecasters are saying this could be the strongest storm to make landfall here in two years. It is going to be packing winds of as strong as 220 kilometers an hour according to the weather experts, and the risk on the eastern coast where its expected to make landfall is landslides and flash floods and nobody knows if and where that will happen. A youth camp in norway has reopened for the First Time Since a gunman killed 69 people there four years ago. The rightwing nationalist carried out the attack and many of his victims were teenagers. Jonah hull has been to the camp as staffers and campers gather in remembrance of the dead. Reporter this person survived the attack four summers ago. I was convinced they was going to die. So i just sat by the water and was waiting for him to come back to shoot me again or just die because of blood loss. Reporter now she and a Record Number of Labor Party Youth are back as the camp reopens. Its an overcast day not unlike the day when the gunman strolled through in Police Uniform firing automatic weapons. His killing spree claimed 69 young lives. Earlier outside of the government eight were killed. It was very good to come back and feel that it hasnt the feeling they had before hasnt changed. Its just normal summer camp for me. Reporter you still want to be in the future perhaps a politician with the labor party in this country. Why . Yeah. Because of all of our values. What we do. What we believe in. So its important to have something to fight for. Reporter four years on this camp has come alive again. The Young Political aspirants enjoying something of the sunshine, to debate and perhaps to even have an occasional romantic twist in the forest over there. Except this is now a living memorial to the dead. But many insist norway is not a country looking back. This man speaks to me from the editorial offices of vg newspaper in oslo. Some terror attacks change a country like 9 11, but this terror attack has been absolutely meaningless. It hasnt really changed anything in norway. [ cheers and applause ] reporter they are once again celebrating norways multicultural heritage perhaps the ultimate rebuttal is this the new youth leader here possibly a future leader of the country, a young norwegian born in syria. An e. U. Ban on pesticides which have been linked to bee deaths is set to expire at the end of this year. Pesticide manufacturers say they are not to blame for bees dying out. But environmentalists disagree. Wild bees are crucial to the pollination of threequarters of all food crops, but their numbers have been dropping for the past decade. A group of pesticides were banned after studies linked their used to bee deaths. But chemical makers blame other factors like pair sites and the loss of natural habitat, they have also been applying to exsefrp shuns to the ban on behalf of european farmers who say pests are destroying their crops. Dominic kane traveled to a farm to find out how farmers are protecting their crops, while also trying to protect the bees. Reporter this man works on his farm in western germany. The summer months are an important time for him. Soon he will have to sew seed in these fields. If he could, he would prefer to use powerful pesticides to protect the growing crop. But in recent years a ban has been introduced on certain types of the pesticide, and others have been examined closely in longterm studies, meaning erik must do without them. Translator this is the best option. So you only put the pesticide where you really need it. We sew the seeds at the end of august or beginning of september. It sprouts and from the beginning it is protected from pests. Reporter this is the perfect way of getting the pesticide into the seedlings. But some scientific studies show the effect it has on the bees devastating. The bees forget where they come from or where they have to go. They are social insects. They unlearn that under certain circumstances. So in the first instance we see changes of behavior that you see when there are small doses and if its too much they die. Reporter this Chemical Company has manufactured pesticides for many years. It rejects the suggestion that the pesticide is to blame. It has been labeling some of its products as being safe for bees. They believe declining Bee Populations may be caused by a mixture of factors. Some findings which were made on individual bees in the laboratory under artificial conditions have suggested some kind of [ inaudible ] effect. However, these kind of effects were never found under realistic conditions to affect whole bee colonies in the field. Reporter some scientists suggest that the bee pollination is worth 12 billion every your. Which means a decline in the Bee Population could have a devastating effect. Jon stewart has hosted his final show the daily show and he has been there for 16 years, building up a massively loyal following. [ cheers and applause ] i got big news this is it this is the final episode a slew of stars joined in the final show. There were messages from john kerry and john mccain. A Research Poll showed that jon stewart had managed to attract a much younger audience than traditional news programs. Fair well jon stewart. Two Top Democrats say they will not back the iran nuclear deal. A major crack in president obamas base of support. The u. S. Add 200,000 jobs in july. This is what is happening, because our leaders are stupid our politicians are stupid. And donald trump didnt hold back his fir
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