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small town in the united states. i state of medical has been declared in the state of nebraska. ♪ ♪ now iraq's rebel up rising is moving closer to the capital. sunni fighters are now battling government forces, just 60-kilometers outside of baghdad. they are fighting for the city of baquoba, where overnight rebels attacked and occupied several neighborhoods. now since the up rising started a week arc sunni rebels have so far ceased tikrit, mo sus in the north. and pushed out government troops to siege a large part of northern iraq and its western border in to syria. live now to omar in baghdad to get the very latest on today. and omar, it seems as though the rebels are moving closer to the capital. and they have also been other developments, haven't there,

today? >> reporter: yes, that's right. now, in baquoba there has been some fighting and the government says that they have managed to stop or rebel the attacks by the armed groups there. now, we understand from sources there around 300 families have fled the fighting from different areas. also not far from baquoba, ba cube is the capital city of the province. another down, that town is witness something fierce fighting between armed men from the islamic state in iraq and the levant as well as with other groups fighting kurdish. now the kurds have forces in that area. now, north -- up north in the province sources in the town say that they have recaptured it from the government forces. now, we are facing a problem with records to the information

coming from the two warring sides from the rebel side and from the government side because, remember, only two days ago the government declared that they have freed this town. this is about less than a hundred kilometers away. now, when it comes to the belt of baghdad area, there is fighting in a number of areas some *f those areas are less than one hour drive from the capital baghdad. >> it seems that some of the foreign missions are pulling out too? >> yes, that's right. the latest being the consolate in the southern city of basra, the turkish consolate there. the staff were evacuate today neighboring kuwait. we understand around 18 staffers have left. this has been confirmed by the turkish foreign minister and that minister said, the turkish

minister said it is because the situation in iraq in general and because of the heightened security fears remember only yesterday, that was monday, u.s. diplomats as well as u.n. staffers were also evacuating. so this gives you perhaps how tense the situation is and how foreign diplomats are worried that the situation in the capital and the larger situation in iraq is really moving quickly and deteriorating. >> omar live in booing dad, thanks. concern is growing obviously about the situation in iraq, we can hear now from the u.n. secretary general, ban ki-moon, who has suppressed his concern for the future, for the future of iraq. plus we have been speaking here in the studio to it the u.n. special representative for iraq, nikolai. he's been speaking to me and saying that the country's

leaders really need to try to unite the country in order to solve this crisis. >> i think this crisis can be resolved by iraq. it has to be resolved by the iraqis. however they cannot resolve it on their own, that's quite clear, because the genesis of what we are seeing today is broader than just the country of iraq therefore who is very important is the neighbors of iraq cooperate in a constructive manner, supporting iraq's plan. and this is what i think we have always continued to stress that there need to be an iraq-led plan to deal with the crisis. and this is why i get back to the need for all the political leaders of the country to come together and unite behind such a plan. if that plan exists. >> reporter: the region should support it and the international security should support it and i insure you that the united nations will work very intensely to handle the political and humanitarian consequences of the crisis. british prime minister says

the isil fight nurse iraq are the biggest threat to britain's security. he made these comments at a joint news conference that he held with the visiting chinese premier. >> there ought not to be any doubt that what we see in syria and now in iraq, in terms of isis. is the most serious threat to britain's security that there is today. the number of foreign fight nurse that area, the number of foreign fighters including those from the u.k. who could try to return to the u.k. this is a real threat to our country. and we will do everything that we can to keep our people save safe. >> the chinese prime minister is there. and he were greeted at the official royal residence of windsor castle. this is his first visit to the u.k. since taking office and

focusing on mending relations between china and the u.k. now to the coupl u.k. the president says the border needs to be under ukrainian control before any seiz ceasefie will be offered. but as kim vinnel reports border cards are coming under nightly attack with civilians caught in the middle. >> reporter: she had been there for a few days visiting her father when his house watt hit. she was asleep in the front room and woke to the sound the shelling. >> translator: i heard an explosion, fire, gas, smoke, i couldn't see anything. i jumped out of bed with only one thought, how supply father? >> reporter: her 80 feared father ivan was shaken but safe. he had been sleeping in the back. now he's living in the rubble of a lifetime of memories in a home

that he built himself and one he's refuse to go leave. >> translator: where will i go for my own house? i will die here. >> reporter: they both believe it was ukrainian soldiers who attacked them. but can't say for sure. and officially the military says it wasn't them. shell in the border town appears indies criminal at. with businesses targeted too. we are told there was a sort of general goods store selling the likes of safety pins, cutlery, hair ties that sort of thing. people here are divided over exactly what happened and who was responsible. they only know that in the middle of the night, they came down to the central market to find several buildings were on fire. across the market we found lydia, she owns this building, once a hardware store and says her life is now in ruins. >> translator: our government, i am asking, i implore you, stop all of this.

peaceful residents live here and we don't want anything exempt safety for our families. please, i beg you, stop this. >> reporter: caught in the cross fire because it lies less than 20-kilometers from the russian border. ukrainian troops contain most official crossings but are coming under attack nightly bicep tests along unmarked stretches of land. troops have dug trenches but the government is proposing a fence be built, a costly project. one kiev says could be necessary to stop what it says is a flow of weapons from russia. for objection sanna, who see russia as a brother, a fence separateth two is unthinkable. she could have no choice if kiev is unable to stamp out the rebellion gripping the east, kim vinnel, al jazerra. now the kenyon president says somali al-shabab fighters were not behind two separate attacks on the eastern coast in the past two days and that despite the group claiming

responsibility for the attacks. at least 15 people were killed overnight. that left 49 people dead when gunmen swooped in and opened fire on people watching football. hotels and a police sticks were targeted. the president says local political forces are behind the attacks. but he didn't pinpoint exactly who. the attack was well planned, and politically motivated ethnic violence again the ken tan community with the intention of profiling and evicting them for political reasons. this, therefore, was not annal shabob terrorist attack. evidence indicates that local political networks were involved in the planning and execution of

the heinous crime. now the h they bow los anges vice russ has killed seven people in liberia. they have case raise the total number of dead to 16. he bow los angeles causes severe bleating and high fever and there is no known cure. 1700 reported cases since the out break started in may. with no proper water treatment facilities or sewage facilities people are vulnerable. >> reporter: the cholera epidemic awareness campaign is in full swing. but with the city's lack of bluming run being wasted off raw sewage down the street, they

have their work cut out. families get soap lessons but peer in to their murky water and the problem is clear. there is no municipal water supply, most families get their water from the river nile. >> we need the government to take care of the water here. that is why there is disease. >> reporter: two small water working depots, this one from the u.s. aid. power cuts shutdown the pumps most days causing long delays. so many come here to the riverbanks to fill up instead. the city is growing so fast but its primary drinking water supply is what it has always been the river nile. but that river is also a source of cleaning water, industrial water, and it's used for waste disposal. it's quicker, cheaper and uncief hands out bottles of chlorine.

but many locals are too poor even for this. richard is recover from cholera at a special doctors without borders clinic. he told also. sometimes i buy clean water but sometimes i just can't afford it. south sudan's government says a lack of resources and a return to internal conflict, has stalled plans to fix the problems. >> one is the poor hygiene, the cause of the not well managed sewage system, the population will be definitely [inaudible] with this kind of disease. >> reporter: in the town, raw sewage pooled behind buildings runs in to channels that feed the nile. newly built sewage oxidation ponds charge fees for disposal and are already too small for one of the fastest growing cities in africa. in these conditions, cholera will just keep coming back. anita, labarbera.

still to come here at al jazerra. >> here was my kitchen, there by bedroom and bathroom, it's all gone. rising sea levels in senegal submerge entire neighborhoods and now a world heritage site is threatens. the u.s. supreme court rules argentina must pay its debt. the president says she won't give in to extortion. ♪ ♪

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stories here at al jazerra. more shia volunteers are joining the fight in iraq. thithis as rebels move closer to capital baghdad. government forces continue to battle pro-russia separatists in eastern ukraine, at least 30 ukrainian soldiers have been wounded. president poroshenko has ordered government troops to secure the border with russia. kenya's president is blaming local politicians and not al-shabab for two nights of attacks. in which dozens of people were killed. in the latest attack, 15 people were killed in at least 12 women were abducted after a raid on two villages. more now to the top story of the day, of course, the unfolding crisis in iraq. the west is watching rather anxiously indeed as the fighting moves closer towards baghdad and going down the country to the south. that's where a number of major oil fields and pipelines are

located. now most of the oil fields in northern iraq aren't yet in prediction, but fighting has forced the shutdown of the refinery that's close to tikrit. and the main oil fields and pipelines that supply the world are in the south. and they include basra, where security has been tightened. iraq is the world's second biggest oil producer after saudi arabia. in february, its oil production reached a 35-year high. but the international energy agency is warning the fighting is now putting global oil production at risk. well, i have been speaking to dr. salami who an international oil economist and says iraq is almost completely dependent on oil to fuel its economy. >> normally the price of oil is very susceptible to any political developments. what we are witnessing in iraq now is a very major development. when could impact very adversely

on the oil price and on iraq's oil exports and production. iraq, until now, has been producing oil and is still producing oil exporting since the bulk of the iraqi production comes from the southern fields, oil fields near basra. consequently we haven't seen yet a stoppage. but if the situation deteriorates further, it means that iraq might reduce the oil production and the foreign oil companies operating on iraq might withdraw for security purposes. so i project if that happens, i project an oil price which could even hit $120 a barrel shortly. now egypt's new cabinet ministers have been sworn in. they took an oath at the

presidential palace in could i . new government minister include four women. abdullah elshamy has been on hunger strike for more than four months being he's been in prison since august without charge and the journal has ordered his release. the court is also expected to give verdicts next week in the case of three other al jazerra journalists did he tied in egypt. peter gues getter. they have been in prison for 171 days now. they are accused of supporting the banned muslim brotherhood. peter greste's parents are hopeful that he will be released. >> are you more hopeful than 24 hours ago? >> yes, i think so in the sense that there is a verdict now, we know that the verdict is going to be in a week's time.

and that's at least we can see the end. tunnel, the light at the end of the tunnel and it's getting a little bit brighter. >> i do take it as a positive sign. clearly first of all, someone wants to see this matter over. after it's been running for nearly six months. and when you look at the case overall, anybody with even passing, superficial knowledge of the law would realize, that there could only be one verdict and that is a complete acquit. so, yes, i am certainly positive and can't wait for next week to be over. >> reporter: remind us again the toll that this has taken on and you your familiar. >> i a dreadful time. a dreadful final, andrew. a lot of anxiety and i stress. this being now in the six month, we have to be quite open and say that you know, tempers have frayed and patience has gone,

has worn thin, tolerances are being stretched. but that's the way it is. it's been extremely hard. and of course it's been getting harder day by day as we have approached yesterday's hearing. >> reporter: do you expect to be celebrating this time next week? >> we do expect to be hopefully celebrating. >> i have to remind myself and others that we have learned to expect the unexpected. and therefore by nature, being someone who contingency plans i am also allowing for a range of possibilities. a key suspect in the attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi two years ago has been captured by u.s. special forces. he is being held on a u.s. ship, following his capture in libya over the weekend. four americans, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, were

killed in the attack. a u.s. official says the suspect will be flown to the united states. china's state broadcaster is showing an ax attack in a crowded hall in the western province there. it's home for the muslim week a minority and tension is high after recent bombings, three attackers suddenly turned on players who were having a game of chess. two attackers were killed. the third was captured. after they were chased before security forces confronted them. well, also there 13 mena used of terrorism offenses have been executed. state media say throwing of the accused are responsible for an tack in which 34 people were killed. delegates of the world rescue committee are meeting in doha talking about a city in

senegal being gradually damaged by rising sea level. a report from st. louis which is known as the venice of south africa. >> reporter: dreading what the ocean will take from them next. 700 con greet buildings were washed way by the rising ocean including his home. >> translator: here was my kitchen, there by bedroom and bath ma'am. it's all gone. >> reporter: when the tide is out the neighborhood mosque reappears, still standing. but for how long? in this specific location, the atlantic ocean swallows almost 20 meters of land every year, it's only a matter of time before this, too, is washed aw away. >> translator: all of the villagers have left far away from the coast. >> reporter: once france's old colonial capital to south africa, st. louis is the second largest city. barely a meter above sea level. >> translator: st. louis is in

danger, the grain i think system in insufficient so during the rainy sees tubs the season is consistently flood of at least 700 households need to be immediately displaced. >> reporter: in 2003, the authorities dug a small canal in one of the islands thinking that it would help clear foo flooded waters. but the four meters wide canal has expanded rapidly only making things worse. this stretch of sound acts as a nats embankment protecting the city from the on o ocean but its know disappearing so the ocean is moving forward threaten the old colonial town. the world heritage site. it's a major tourist destination, butt ocean's waters are seeping in damaging these old colonial structures and changing the natural ecosystem. >> the world heritage committee is very much preoccupied by the state of cons advantages and the decline of the urban push you of st. louis. >> reporter: and yet little has been done to tackle the problem. in the last decade only 67 homes

were built to relocate the hundreds of displaced people. so most are on the move. add to this growing number of climate refugees across the world looking for a safe place to wil live. nicholas hawk, al jazerra, saintst. louis, senegal. the argentine president is refuse to go budge in an international legal battle over billions of dollars worth of debt. christina fernandez says she won't pay up despite losing an appeal at the u.s. supreme court. now, the dispute goes back to argentina's financial collapse in 2001 when it was unable to pay its debts. most investors have agreed a new deal with the government accepting as little as 25 cents for every dollar spent. but a small group of u.s. hedge funds, known as hold out investors have refused and they have taken argentina to court in order to get their money. now argentina has failed in its appeals and has now been ordered

to pay $1.3 billion in cash. biomedical engineer in u.s. has used his expertise to help his son who has type one diabetes. he has helped to create a bionic pancreas using anism phone, sophisticated software and an automated insulin pump. the technology could change of lives of millions of people. as al jazerra's cath turner now explains from boston. >> reporter: david was just 11 month old when he was diagnosed with type one diabetes, his life and parents' lives have resolved around managing the disease. >> like this school i used to go down to the nurse's office every single day and the nurse would call my dad and would tell him what my blood sugar was. and what to do or not do or to eat cashes. >> reporter: type one diabetics don't produce enough insulin, a hormone which converts food in

to energy they have to constantly monitor their glucose levels and work out how much insulin they need to inject. high blood sugar can be fatal. low blood sugar can lead to a seizure or comb a but help is think doing. david's father is a engineer and co creator of the pancreas. two infusion palm thes the software is an iphone app loaded with mathematical algorithms which automatically regular laid blood clue coast every five minutes. >> it has a transmitter, so the decision made by the app running on the phone determined how much insulin is delivered through little tiny needles. >> reporter: the device has been tested in three in-hospital studies. >> people were excited about number one not having to pay as much attention to controlling their diabetes because it's a lot of work, and number two,

having less highs and less lows. the which make them feel better and reduce their age site i about having a dangerous low. >> reporter: almost 2 million american says have type one diabetes and no doubt they would all welcome the new technology of but they have to be patient. if all goes according to plan, the bionic pancreas won't be available until 2017. it's not a cure for diabetes but goes a long way to lifting the motional and physical burden with lifting a poe attorney poty life-thread inning disease. rare twin two made owes hit in america. killing at least one person and destroys homes and farm crops. storm chasing cameramen recorded the rare double event. the tornadoes part of a super thunderstorm system.

tkpoerpbt get you can keep up-to-date with all the days stories on the al jazerra website. aljazerra.com. there is also a lot of background, a lot of analysis so it's something really not to miss. aljazerra.com. i am lisa fletcher and you are this. today thousands of minors are crossing the u.s. mexico board alone and ending up in shelters under federal custody. just how unanticipated was the surge and subsequent shellerring crisis. plus undocumented pima frayed to report crimes because of their immigration status. how that fear could be turning their communities in to targets. and later, rogue soldiers in the mexican army. confrontations between border protection and mexican soldier on h