♪ this is al jazeera. welcome to the newshour. i am in doha. coming up on the show, fighting for control in mosul. military forces make advances against islamic state fighters. across the border in syria, the government launches attacks on the the i.s. villages on fire. another plane shot down in ukraine as government troops continue to battle separatists. awe final farewell.

brazil pays res sfoeths to a presidential candidate killed natural plane crash. ♪ first to the battle between kurdish forces wanting to take back towns seized by the i.s., the iraqi army and thejuncti un states are trying to drive out fighters. the u.s. has been carrying out airstrikes. let's look where the groups have been fighting to make things clearer. so far, peshmerga forces have retaken towns. some of those troops have pushed on to telskuf. there is a major battle going on for the strategic mosul dam. where has this fighting left

control of the ground there in the mosul region, zeina? >> reporter: there is a major military operation underway. there are two objectives. one to decree recapture the mosul dam to my west. the mosul dam is still in the hands of the islamic state group. but the peshmerga forces have made advances on the ground to the east, they have taken a number of tongues. we are in one of those towns. as you know, last week, the islamic state group captured this territory from the peshmerga forces. the peshmerga managed to take an area. we are filming from outside the town. there are a lot of explosive devices which we saw on the side of the road. so the peshmerga carrying out a clearing operation while fighting, we did also see islamic state group flags around that town.

we saw a destroyed vehicle belonging to the islamic state group. it was taken out by peshmerga machinegun fire. the front line now is on the outskirts of telkif. what the fighters are trying to do is recapture that town. telkef is 30 kilometers to the city center of mosul. the stronghold of the islamic state group. it has to be mentioned that the kurdish forces would not have been able to make all of these advances on the ground without the help of the u.s. military. the air force is up in the skies. we have been hearing them all day. they have been carrying out airstrikes, armed drones, fighter jets. the peshmerga is poorly equipped and trained but their morale is high. they have made advances after last week. >> remild us why the dam is so important, so strategic to the battle there. >> it is iraq's biggest dam. it provides electricity and

water to a number of villages and cities, in fact. there was really a lot of concern that the islamic state group might blow up the dam and inundate villages an cities all the way down to baghdad but u.s. infell sequence assessment believes they won't do that because it would inundate mosul. that's their stronghold. what is happen sthath obama administration has repeatedly said their military objective is to protect the kurdish region and to defend the people on the ground but it seems this military operation has expanded. now, the peshmerga forces are on the offensive. we have spoken to commanders and asked them what are you intending to do? push further into mosul city? they wouldn't divulge any details due to the sensitivity of the military operation. this is undocumentedly a very big push and what people are hoping for is displaced people can return to their homes. so far up to 1.2 million people have been displaced as a result

of the ongoing crisis which started in june. >> all right. let's thank zeina chodr there. in parts of north he were iraq, refugees pleaing at a time fighting it outnumber the residents. >> that's putting a strain on local services f as jane araf reports from erbil: hospitals are overwhelmed. >> reporter: public hospitals in the kurdish region were already strugg struggli struggling. they are supposed to get drugs and other supplies from the ministry of health in baghdad. because of the dispute over oil revenue between baghdad and erbil, officials say neither supplies nor salaries have couple for months. >> the last few we have, medical supplies because of the economic crisis and baghdad, they are interrupted or very small a lot.

>> this maternity hospital is try to be cope with displaced iraqis and its regular case load of expect ants memories. >> it's a difficult time for everyone. it's the same story in hospitals across the region. >> this is one of three trauma centers in the kurdish capitol. it has fewer than 20 beds. they are usually filled with patients hurt in accidents. now, on top of that, the hospital was filled with a flood of peshmerga fighters wounded on the front. >> the hospital directors says on one day alone last week, they treated 40 wounded kurdish peshmerga fighters. >> this unit is critical. this is only seven beds. a hospital like that for a city, in a situation, we are in a war situation, we need more than

seven beds. >> this fighter was 1ed last week. surgeons remove shrapnel from his brain. his prognosis isn't clear. upstairs, another kurdish fighter is being treated for burns and eye injuries caused when the armorpored vehicle he was in hit a land mine. in the room next door is a kurdish turkish fighter from the ppk which fought for an independent kurdistan. he was wounded defending makhmour camp where thousands of fighters have lived for more than 20 years. staff here try to cope with the wounded fighters and the every every day trauma of an emergency ward. >> this is the mother of a 2-year-old boy who fell from a second story. she has just been told that he has died. behind the door, hospital staff prepare his body to be taken to

the morgue. it's one tragedy in a giant saga of war. jane araf, al jazeera, erbil. government forces have been shelling fallujah. five people were wounded and residential neighborhoods reportedly suffered the most damage. the iraqi government says its targeting fighters from the islamic state group and other sunni rebels in the city. in yemen, at least four suspected al-qaeda operatives and a soldier have been killed. it happened when government forces raided an al-qaeda hideout. government forces have been targeting members of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. you israel says it won't agree to a long term cease-fire unless security needs are met. prime minister benjamin netanyahu made the statement as comments come as e job descriptions-brokered talks resumed on sunday.

a 5-day truce between the two sides is set to expire on monday night. kimberly halkett has more from west jerusalem. >> reporter: israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu made comments at the opening of the cabinet meeting sunday morning, and instructed the delegation, he told his cabinet to make sure that the security needs of israel are met in these negotiations saying that the prior to and focus would be unstopping the rockets from gaza and making sure that the border communities in southern israel along the gaza border are safe, in fact, saying that if there is not a cease in the rockets being fired from gaza, in fact, you israel will deal hamas heavy blows. >> hamas thinks it can compensate for military defeat with diplomatic gains. it is mistaken. if ham things through intermittent firing, it will cause us to make concessions, it is mistaken. when quiet does not return, it

local sustain harsh strikes. if hamas does not think we will with stand for an extended period, it is mistaken. >> there are divisions among the cabinet on whether or not to support a long-term cease-fire agreement. many are very opposed to aof a development of a seaport. this had been an important demand of the palestinian delegation. there is some feeling among some of the hard liners there should be no stopping of the campaign until there is a complete demilitarization of hamas. this is something ham as has said is a red line that is not negotiable. there are stuff challenges politically for prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i can tell you the israel media reporting, in fact, that the chances of there being an agreement on this egyptian proposal right now are very slim. >> meanwhile, the palestinian national authority says it won't accept a cease-fire elimination without a complete elimination of the siege on gaza.

>> the palestinian signs sends demands lifting of the siege, what is proposed is not enough. we need a complete elimination of the siege. this can only be achieved if there is an independent court and an intend package internationally protected and internationally guaranteed that israel cannot interfere with. >> hundreds of thousands of palestinians are still sheltering in u.n.-run schools in gaza. many have no where else to go. their homes have been destroyed. the school year was supposed to start in a week. as jane ferguson reports, that's now been delayed. >> the gaza's girls prep school is home to over 3,000 desperate people. they ran from their homes during israeli bombardments hoping the u.n.-run school would offer protection. over 20028 palestinians are packed into u.n. schools here a new school year was due to start

next week, but officials say that has now been delayed. many have no homes to return to. >> i have 11 children, six of them go to school and the new school year is coming, but we don't know where to go. >> her children attended the same school they are now sheltering in. entire families are crammed together in classrooms. outside, they queue for food and supplies in the playground. teachers have volunteered to help them until the children can return to their studies. >> classrooms across gaza just like this one are turning into makeshift homes for people who have been displaced. a large family live in this one room. they created a divider to try to turn this into something of an apartment so people have somewhere to sleep in here. it's not a permanent solution by any means. and this room, very soon, should be hosting classes for children.

around a quarter of a million children go to the same u.n. school they are now living in. the u.n. says 65,000 people have had their homes destroyed. it says its trying to find a solution to the crisis. >> we will not require any displaced people to leave our school. we expect we will have some thousands of families, okay? in our schools. so we will con solid it's a them. >> that may mean families are will have to share less space in fewer schools as some classrooms are freed up for teaching. around half of ganges's children go to u.n. schools. the other half study in government ones. many are damaged from the fighting. some beyond repair. gaza faces an immediate dilemma: getting children back to school or providing shelter for their families. jane ferguson, al jazeera, gaza. still ahead, egypt's government

has cracked down hard on opposition banning the muslim brotherhood but it hasn't stopped all protests. a new resistance group has emerged. >> story still to come. in sports, the reaction to liverpool's new english premier league season. >> the ukrainian army said it made a major break through in the four month fight against separatists in the east. it says it has retain the city near the border with russia. it's reported that one of its fighter jets was shot down after the advance. military says it is now ready to push deeper into lundqvist after weeks of fighting in towns and villages on the outskirts. government forces are also closing in on a neighborhood in donetsk where there has been heavy shelling in the city overnight. a russian aid convoy has moved

closer. 280 trucks have been held up for days. the first group is now ready to be inspected. the red cross red cross said it's ready to sdproout the aid provided it gets security guarantees from all sides. emma hayward has this update. >> ukrainian forces say they have taken control room again of a police station in luhansk. it's in one of the districts of luhansk. it could suggest they are trying to push forward into the cit city ukrainian forces telling us a military jet was shot down in the luhansk area. the pilot ejected. >> brings to 15 the number of military aircrafts shot down by the spraftists. it suggests they do have a degree of fire power and that the ukraine engineer forces still can't rely on air supreme

court super orty. some of the trucks did move forward closer to the border. the international committee says it doesn't have the security guarantees to take them across yet. >> pakistani opposition politician imran khan called on followers to show strength as he tries to force the government to resign. khan and choudry lof thousands f supporters on friday. they are sdmanlding the resignation defendant prime minister. >> in islamabad. >> it appears that the government of nowarshrif. ceiling off islamabad after the threat of protest by imran khan who has come into town. a venue not frar from imran

khan's protest venue. it's important to know while choudry is there with devotees and supporters, he has a different aim. he wants the whole system to be backed up. he wants parliament to be dissolved, and he is here because he says he wants justice for the killing of his party supporters in lahor in june when the police resorted to heavy-handed tackics. imran chan wants to continue with the same system. he wants a reelection but he wants the reelection because he says the last election was, was rigged. he said his party went to the judiciary and asking for justice. that was not provided to him. therefore, he is here to protest that. he wants sharif to resign as well. even though strategically, the two parties have not succeeded in bringing thousands of their supporters to islamabad, technically, they have succeeded

in bringing islamabad to a grinding halt and showing a vulnerability of the sharif government. >> angry protests are continuing in the u.s. city of ferguson despite a curfew being put in place that follows the shooting death of an you know armed black teenager by police a week ago. the killing has intensified racial tensions in the state of missouri. the aim of the curfew was to help calm the situation. the clashes with the police continued overnight. several people were arrested. live for us in ferguson, natasha. has the situation calmed down there now? >> reporter: another violent night here in ferguson has given way to a quiet, rainy morning, but we have seen people out with garbage cans, brooms and bags cleaning up the streets after a day of protests. this restaurant behind me was broken into last night after being looted earlier this week.

it was the first night of a state of emergency in ferguson. about 1 to 200 people remained on the streets after midnight despite a curfew. one man was shot. several arrested. police say they were forced to fire smoke canisters and tear gas to clear the street to reach the man who was shot. when they arrived, protesters had taken him to the hospital. he is in critical condition. police say people also broke into a barbecue restaurant. their heavy response was to protect protesters and officers. >> a shooting victim may lose their life. we had a subject standing in the middle of the road with a handgun. we had a police car shot at tonight, and, yes, i think that was a proper response tonight, to maintain officer safety and public safety. >> on saturday, a week after 18-year-old michael brown was shot, missouri governor jay

nixon imposed the midnight to 5:00 a.m. curfew in the hopes that it would bring calm to ferguson's tense streets. >> if we are going to achieve justice, we must first have and maintain peace. this is a test. >> the governor was heckled by protesters during this news conference. >> excuse me, governor. you need to charge that police with murder. [simultaneous speakers.] >> reporter: earlier in the day, protests were peaceful. when the curfew began, there were shots fired and more tear gas. the ferguson natives and captain tasked with ensuring the security of people and businesses says, he's disappointed. >> make sure our citizens are safe and our businesses remain healthy. our business has to remain healthy. you know, i talked to many citizens out there that said they have no where to go and get

the things they need. so they have to remain healthy. . >> will the curfew continue given it hasn't been off to a brilliant start? >> reporter: to say the least, sammy, look, when the muds your e governor declared the state of emergency and imposed the curfew yesterday, he said he knew restoring peace and healing old wounds in ferguson would not take one night, but he thought it would be a start, and obviously, officials did not get that start that they were hoping for. there is a rally slated for later on today. the deceased 18-year-old michael brown's parents will be speaking as part of that rally. sammie, keep in mind most of the violence has happened once the sun has gone down. officials here stress that it's been but a minority and the majority of protesters have done so peacefully and want things to return to normal here in

ferguson. >> all right. thanks so much, natasha gnoeme here. >> some have been freed after they were abducted from boko haram. nearly 100 young men and several women were taken in a raid on their village in dorabago a week ago. two u.n. peacekeepers have been killed in a suicide attack in northern mali. it happened when a car packed with explosives blew up close to the u.n. base in their village near timbuktu. it's the third time this week that u.n. troops have been targeted in the country. twenty years after apartheid ended in south africa, the body of one of the country's exiles is finally, heading home for reburl. journalist nakasa was forced from his home land 50 years ago. he died in 1965 in new york where daniel lank reports.

>> one of the many victims, the church in harlem. his currents tree once shunned him, stripped him of citizenship. now, it's bringing his body back to be buried in his hometown. >> do not bury me in egypt, but when i die, bury me with my people. >> a simple stone has marked his grave outside new york city for 49 years. crusading journalist, he defied apartheid laws, restricting black south africans from mixing socially and professionally with whites. he was forced to move. >> did he break all of the boundaries and hardships? he managed to be able to be a journalist that was able to actually write about the atrocities that apartheid government was doing. >> his only surviving sibling, a

sister, made the long journey his american grave and will travel back with his remains to see them safely, finally, home. >> when one of the family dies, we believe in laying him down, and you know that his grave is there and the bones are here but if you didn't bury your loved one, you always had that open sore. it's not closed. >> a hero's welcome awaits him as his homeland celebrates 20 years since the first fullly democratic election ended apartheid. >> women act as a country. the people at home are waiting for him to come they are waiting for a patriot, waiting for a fighter, for something who decided to take a stand against oppression. ♪ it's a bittersweet mix of joy and sorrow as a journey that began for a south african exile dex it's a ago is finally nearing its end.

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