>> america tonight only on aljazeera america protesters in pakistan break into the state television building and talk it off air. we'll have the latest from islamabad. you're watching al jazeera, live from doha. also ahead palestinian activists accuse israel over plans to build a new settlement in the occupied west bank. hong kong activists demand free elections. ukranian forces pull back as

pro-russian separatists continue to make gains on the battle fields. we gee gin with breaking -- begin with breaking news out of pakistan's capital islamabad. protesters have broken into the state television broadcasting television station. they have cut transmission of the services. they are demanding prime minister nawaz sharif resign. let's go to kamal hyder in islamabad. interesting pictures of the protesters getting into the state broadcasting building. i understand that the paramilitary forces have gone in and are trying to dislodge them. bring us the latest. >> in the last few minutes the army asked the protesters to vacate the state tv building.

normally it's in timing of coup that the the military has come in. there's no coup, it's the protesters that have entered into it building, situated in the red zone, and we are told that they are cooperating and leaving the building. however, the protesters have been able to get outside prime minister house, something they were not able to do earlier, and that, primarily, because the military held a very important meeting, made it clear that it was the politicians that had to clean the mess, and the army would not do it for them, and to do it quickly. that, of course, was a signal that the situation was dire, however, the protesters rlds that the military -- realised that the military - the military

issued a statement, not wanting to use force. they are in a difficult predicament. we are told local police forces. hundreds of police many refused to obey orders, and we were told that another senior police official of islamabad has resigned. there is some descontentment farce -- discontentment. it appears the civilian government is nolle prosequi existent at this moment. >> to remind the viewers, protests were called by cricket legend turned politician imran khan. and cleric tahir ul-qadri. we are on day three of the protests, and both sides steamed to be hardening their positions. -- sides seem to be hardening their positions. who is likely to give in first?

>> it's difficult to say. it appears the protesters have the upper hand, you have to look at the fact that 40,000 were brought in from the punjab. they used a high handed tactic, and that compounded the problem, rather than solving the problem for the government. the government should have come to the negotiating table. the prime minister, some say, should have come to the protesters saying let's negotiate, let's talk. there's no statements from the government, and the other problem is that we have heard that the government is contemplating pressing charms against tahir ul-qadri and imran, that will complicate matters. both sides have to show flexibility. the situation is too dire. everywhere is expecting that the talks get underway, otherwise the military may have to look at

other options well. >> that's kamal hyder from islamabad. israel comes under intense criticism over what palestinians call the biggest land grab by the state in three decades, declaring 900 acres in the occupied west bank state opened. they said it's not a new settlement as it's in the neighbourhood of an existing one. last year the government invited bits for 1,000 homes on the site. we were surprised in the early hours when the israeli civil administration and military gave warnings and put signs in many areas. to the north and southern ways of the village, declaring appropriation of thousands, the expansion of three settlements surrounding the village. >> the united states asked

israel to reverse the did you suggest. the future settlements is an obstacle on a peace deal paced on a two-state solution. >> this expansion is significant. we don't remember such a big announcement in the last one or two decades. this is a stab in the back of abbas and the moderate people in the palastinian authority. instead of strengthening authority versus hamas. israelis are showing the other site and move expensive activity, destroying the chance for renegotiation with the palestinian authority. >> let's go to mike hanna in the bureau. how does israel justify seizing theland now? >> well, there has been no official justification as such. the radio reports that the seize

quur sewer of the -- seizure of the land could be linked to the tetlers, an access in relation to the war. in the walk. kill understandings, they are satisfied. to be clear, israel has been eyeing this plot of land for a period of time. there were movements to develop here. this is a bit of land that has been within the grand israeli settlement scheme. in terms of the location, it's part of the system and effectively what it would do is put a dommin o no in an attempt tooling, cutting off the

palestinian access throughout the west bank, so there's a clear tack dick, a clear strategy. 45 days for they ares farming the land to appeal, in an attempt to stop the land grab. >> a sfrat any, as you say. we have heard criticisms from the minister. it is ral likely to go ahead with the appropriation, and what impact will it have on the truce between hamas, in gaza, and the israelis? >> well the situation is tenuous, so any incident like this will inflame emotion, and rup tur any relationship twine israel and the -- rupture nigh relationship between the israel and others.

livni criticised the decision to seize the land. certainly there is going to be an ongoing fall out from the land grab. there'll by resistance. normally it would appear the move has the full backing of the bulk of the binyamin netanyahu, and the full backing of the settler elements of that government. in terms of relationship with the palestinians, another blow to a relationship that has virtually seized to exist, in terms of negotiations, in terms of talks. that process is non-existent. actions like this make the resumption of any form of negotiation more likely, even more distant as the u.s. state department point out. >> thank you, mike hanna reporting from jerusalem. now, kurdish fighters and others have reached the northern town of amerli.

islamic state group surrounded the town leading to food and water shortages. >> reporter: huge relief on the streets of amerli as friendly forces break through the siege. for 80 days and night they faced the threat of the islamic state fighters, a threat that led some of the shiite turkman community to consider taking their own lives. their plight provoked an unlikely alliance to groups not known to fight side by side. with peshmerga, shi'ite and iraqi army banding together in a joint operation that began at four in the morning. >> this has become an 80-day siege, surrounded by islamic state fighters. they had no food, water, anything. many died of starvation. babies had no milk? a. babies were saved.

>> the air campaign began in ernst, having a dual purpose, dropping understood and water supplies to the residents, and bombs to the is lines. >> peshmerga, and the shi'ites managed to break the seeing and take back the town. they couldn't have done it without the help from the air, a jant operation between u.s. fighter jets, iraqi and iranian helicopters. breaking the siege of amerli didn't just save thousands, it listed moral -- lifted moral among the ranks pushing back the forces. the challenge now is not to see if they can keep up the momentum, but if they can hold the ground they just won back. foreign minister sergey lavrov called on ukranian troops to leave positions overlooking civilian targets in the east of the country. ukraine accused moscow of

providing separatists with arms and men, enabling them to turn the course of the war. dozens of rebels can be seen preparing weapons. they say they are heading to the airport, shut at the end of may due to fighting. >> let's go live to peter sharp, al jazeera, who is on the russian side of the border. tell us where you are, more about where you are, and what you are seeing where were you are. >> i'm in a small railway town of harr miften of course. this is the first look at russia's second, so-called humanitarian aid convoy. i counted 150 trucks, loaded with russian aid going to donetsk. you can remember that two weeks ago the first russian convoy provoked fury in kiev, when it

crossed, without the contents of the trucks being inspected, as was the deal understood by kiev. it permitted outrage, and now it looks like this was almost ready to go. engines were running, drivers were in the cabs. we are about 30km from the border crossing. that will be the first system and then they are 240 days away. we don't know what the departure time is. the international red cross had been trying to complete the examination of the trucks. that has not happened. kiev says they will not agree to the convoy. what is clear. whether or not kiev agrees whether the convoy emphasis, it

will be on its way shortly. >> there are 3-party talks in minsk, the osse and moscow. what is on the agenda, what are they going to be discussing. >> it's a cliche, but time is running out on this occasion. the e.u. is giving russia a week to come up with an agenda. russia is saying we are not going to help you with the -- with the pro-russian separatists, we have no influence over them - whether you believe them or not, that's what they say. as far as kiev is concerned. they need help to bring the separatists to the table. they'll be talking about that. also, the secretary-general of n.a.t.o. will be making comments. this is important, because there's a major n.a.t.o.

meeting, summit to be held in whales. that is apparent. that's a week where people who want to see the crisis diffused will hope that politics comes into sway. >> peter sharp reporting live from the russian side of the border with ukraine. thank you. still ahead on the programme. protests in hong kong after beijing decides for a free election. plus, the long wait. questions over why it's taken so long for aid to reach nepal. stay with us.

welcome back. you're watching al jazeera live from doha, a reminder of the top stories. in pakistan, paramilitary forces are escorting anti-government protesters out of the building after they broke in earlier. protesters are demanding that prime minister nawaz sharif resign. >> israel has come under intense international criticism over what palestinians have called the biggest land grab in three decades. it declared 900 acres of land in bethlehem state-owned. >> and ukraine says rebels are ga gain ground in the east because russian soldiers are in their ranks. russia is denying a role in the

conflict. pro-russian separatists are preparing to move on the airport. libyan militia says it's in control over diplomatic residential u.s. compound. in july all staff were evacuated and the main embassy building has not been breached. this comes as armed groups wrestles for control. >> reporter: this is not an ordinary cooling off on a summer afternoon, this is libyan militia taking over a u.s. embassy residential compound. it's been vacant when all staff were pulled out. the fighters belong to the dawn of libyan group. it's been in control of the compound for over a week. >> we found it an important

place, and when we chased the group, there was fire is damage. some of the fighters secured the place. we preserved it as much as we could. >> the dawn of libya group has tape over the capital tripoli pushing out the zinc tan militia. -- sfin tan militia. in the united nations - they are warning of a full-blown civil war. >> armed battles, inflamed by air strikes, continued almost uninterrupted by tripoli, benghazi and other parts of the country. in tripoli we have seen an unprecedented movement of population and attempt to escape the fighting. conservative figures for those displaced are estimated at over 100,000 with at least another 150,000, including many migrant

workers have sought refuge abroad. >> the dawn of libya group has public backing. on friday thousands took to the streets of the capital. the pictures see the story of libya's pol tickets. they have two warring parliament, but no government. the elected parliament is convening 1500km from the capital. the parliament is hanging on in tripoli, electing a perform and charging him with a so-called salvation government. the prime minister is supported by these fighters, and asked diplomats to return. it's promise rized -- promised to provide security but there have been no takers. >> the u.n. secretary-general said he raised the issue of three detained al jazeera journalists, peter greste,

mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have spent 247 days in an egyptian prison. all three received long sentences after a trial many saw as politically motivated. convictions are being appealed and al jazeera is demanding their release. ban ki-moon emphasised the importance of freedom of speech, and the security of journalists. >> pro-democracy activists in hong kong interrupted a parliamentary committee, shouting shame and dishonesty. beijing announced it would hand pick the candidates allowed to stand. let's go to scott heidler in hong kong. pro-democracy candidates quick to express anger. what have they been up to? >> so far on monday, the day after the announcement, senior chinese officials to handle this

from beijing's poif, he had a speech. on the other side of town he was heckled by people in the crowd, ushered out of the auditorium and will meet with the people, the administration in hong kong in the buildings behind me, the executive of hong kong. now, around the city block there are these core articles. you can see mettle fence corals. that's for pro-democracy protesters when they come. there was a pro-beijing protestor moving in for a couple of hours as these things unfolded. this is a scope where we saw thousands of pro-democracy protesters coming out last night. today it was a protest, heck lipping, that earlier in the morning we haven't seen them show up. >> how long do you expect the protests to? is there momentum or support for an era of civil disobedience

that protesters are calling for? >> yes, they called for civil disobedience and a long-term campaign, occupy central is the lead organization within the movement in hong kong, and they were almost immediate getting people out here. what they said, it will not be a fact of tens of the thousands coming all of a sudden and shutting down the city, a vital part of hong kong. it will be a sustained, long-term civil disobedience until they bet what they want - one purpose, one vote. the crux of the announcement is there'll be one person, one vote. those on the ballot will be handpicked and that's the main problem. it will be sustained and if they don't get what they want, they may set up a parallel government. that's down the line, sustained

long-term civil disobedience. and how is china likely to react if this movement rose and the protests continue? they say this is the way it will be. this is what we decided, and this is how it will move forward. in the state-run media in maitland china, interesting comments coming out, like editorials and news pieces saying that hong kong is not ukraine t will not be influenced by the west. they view the rhetoric as the west interfering in china's politics. they see hong kong as territory of china. they say there are outside forces. they mention one piece, the west trying to change that. they are sticking to the decision and sticking by closely. >> scott heidler reporting there

live from hong kong. talks are set to resume in the south african capital to resolve lesotho's political crisis, many are confused as to who is in power after the prime minister left the country late last week, accusing the military of attempting to stage a coup against him. the deputy prime minister appears to have taken control in lesotho. staying with africa, the man believed to be the first in sepp gal to contract -- senegal to contract ebola is in a satisfactory condition. he's in guinea, where some 430 died since the outbreak began. there's signs of a backlash against guinean migrants in senegal. we have this report. >> reporter: for 40 years this man has been selling fruits and vegetables in this mark. he said he never felt so worried. the market is strangely quiet.

even his regular customers are not coming to shop any more. >> they will not say it to my face, but they are scared of ebola. we are guineans, and most of what we sell, we bring from guinea. >> more than 400 died from the virus in guinea. senegal sealed off the border, hoping to prevent the virus. on friday, the health minister announced the first case of ebola. doctors at this hospital are treating him in isolation. 20 others, family members and health workers are under medical supervision. authorities fear others may be infected and are trying to chase people coming into contact with the guinean man. >> these traders are under close

scrutiny. many travel across the border, making up a large population. >> of course there are risks shopping here. when i get home everything i buy i wash carefully. >> reporter: trader are finding it difficult to source fruit. they have run out of avocados and pipe apples. the immediate concern is to win back the trust of its customers. that may not happen until this ebola outbreak is under control. tuesday marks 100 days since narendra modi was sworn in as prime minister. when he took office, a pharmacist was to build 5 million titles. as reported, they have failed to meet the target. >> reporter: building toilets

for a better future, thanks to a campaign to build outhouses in the village in the state, nearly every family here has a toilet. but the founder of india's biggest toilet-building charity says the country needs more than a pledge to build millions of toilets in the first 100 days in office. >> when you go house to house, what you pay is it. even after - i hep. they are functioning, not functioning. it is important. >> reporter: for the women, having a toilet at home is about more than convenience. they are taught the gamers of using the fields near the homes. >> translation: for a girl's safety, there has to be a toilet in the houseful i have told my -- house. i have told my parents i will not marry into a house that does

not have a toilet. it's about respecting me as a girl. according to the world health organisation, 600 million indians, half the population, defecate outdoors. a shortage of toilets is not just a problem. across the country, in mumbai, the capital. millions do not have access to safe, clean and private toilet facilities. even when shared toilets are available, some would rather not use them. in woman has no toilet, pays $0.03 every time she uses these facilities. they are filthy and closed for most of the night. >> translation: if we had a woman's toilets we could use it with courage. strange men hang around, and we are scared to come on our own. >> many in the slum