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forward-looking that is using aqua farming to save a way of life. ♪ first a u.s. drone strike in somali has targeted the leader of the armed group, al-shabab. there are reports that at least six fighters were killed. it's unclear if the main target, the leader, was among the casualties. the u.s. strike comes as the african union and somali force launched a new initiative against al-shabab. mohammed has this exclusive report. >> reporter: on the march against al-shabab fighters, the thickets of southern somali are awash with troops as african union peace keepers and somali government fighters go against

al-shabab. even american drones have been deployed in what is being called the final on slot against al-shab al-shabab. these men know they can be ambushed anywhere, so they go on foot. on the outskirts of one of the towns they want to recapture, they stop and wait. moments later they move on. we are informed the militias who control the town have fled. it's the same story in a strategic town on the border. the peace keepers and somali government troops say it has been a good day for them. this is the second town they have taken without a fight. it is however, deserted. al-shabab ordered the town residents to believe just before the forces came in. of particular interest to the

somali government is the seaside town, al-shabab's headquarters and official port. >> translator: we know al-shabab cannot survive without this town. they have been using the port for their imports and also taxing traders. all of that will be over very soon. >> reporter: somali's president says this is an urgent operation, especially to help drought ridden areas. >> people are isolated. they cannot receive aid or the normal trade. routes are blocked. that created the people to get hungry and short of food. and in many places the [ inaudible ] have been destroyed also by al-shabab. >> reporter: the soldiers mount their operations in strategic

locations. on the morning after the forces ready themselves once again. they understand too well the job at hand is far from over. al-shabab is just one of many armed groups in africa motivated by a radical version of political islam. it's an issue which is being talked about at an african union summit. al-qaeda, and aqim began in nigeria but launched attacks on countries on all of its borders. boko haram caused a series of terror, and while al-shabab is primarily associated with somali it is also linked with attacks in other countries. >> reporter: the leaders in the summit from countries that have

been affected by terrorism and are still battling extremists were unanimous in the session of the summit about the need to collaborate, pool resources, strengthen loads. those that spoke recognized the dangers of radicallizing the huge population of young people who are targets of recruitment. they talked about pools their resources. and talked about setting up an african band to fight terrorism. but some analysts say all of this will come to nothing if bad leadership practices continue. it must be noted that syria's challenges including poorly equipped and disorganized armies, and some who are fighting extremists in remote areas is terrible infrastructure is making the fight against terrorism even harder, and those are some of the issues that need to be addressed.

saudi arabia has detained 88 people for planning what are called terrorist attacks. they have been monitored for months before their arrests and were about to carry out attacks. at least 20 people have been killed in fighting in libya's eastern city of benghazi. rebels have been battling fighter to a group loyal to a general. the outgoing parliament said armed rebels are already in control of the capitol tripoli. relatives of iraqi army recruits have broken into the parliament building inside bagdad's protected green zone. they demand to know the fate of their relatives who died in the battle of tikrit in june. an aeye lance of iraq eye forces have pushed islamic state

fighters out of another area. one military source says this effectively ends three months of islamic state group control in the area. and a siege of the town of ameli was lifted recently. these pictures are of the town where people have been celebrating in the streets. here is our report from ameli. >> reporter: this town may have been freed from the i.s. fighters besieging it, but there is still a real fear that there could be a car bomb or insurgents trying to push back in. we with seeing helicopters overhead taking out what they believe to be targets, and the front line is only a matter of 10s of kilometers away. the people here are relaxing, feeling relief, but still not safe. more than a million people have now didn't displaced by

fighting in the ukraine. more than 800000 people have bled the border. and paul beban has more from the city of mariupol. >> reporter: the figures really are stark, but they may be chronically underestimating the situation. what they are saying is in the month just to september 1st, some 260,000 extra people were displaced internally within ukraine, and the total is somewhere around a million now as a result of in exsesz of five months of conflict here. many people are not registering with the authorities when they move from their home to another part of the ukraine or across the border into russia. they simply go to stay with relatives, so the true picture may be far bigger than that. what we are also hearing in

relation to statistics is more ukrainian servicemen have been killed according to any national defense council, and if you want more spa statsistics, the imf has come out and said they will give the latest dispersement of their bailout fund to kiev, but they say unless the fighting subsides in the east, then there is a very grave and very real prospect that the ukrainian economy will fall short and that puts in doubt the next dispersement of some $2.7 billion which is due around december. so there is not just a human cost, there is a grave economic cost as the conflict in the east continues. the medical charity doctors without borders is warning they can't stop the spread of ebola unless western countries intervene. that the head is calling on

nations to dispatch a specialized disaster response team to west africa. they say the world is losing the battle to contain the virus. a number of medical workers in liberia's capitol are on strike. they are protesting the conditions for working with the virus. >> reporter: a protest against conditions outside of this medical center in monrovia, these health workers are on the front line, risking their lives on a daily basis to treat inf t infected patients, but they don't have the right equipment, they are not paid enough, and there's no insurance if they get sick. >> before we can return to work, we need one, a raise in salary. we need proper equipment to work

with it. and insurance benefit. our lives are at risk. >> reporter: the ebola outbreak has put pressure on already poor health systems, killing more than 120 health workers. among them leading doctors. in guinea where the first cases were detected in march, there were around 10 doctors per 100,000 people. in sierra leone there are just two doctors per 100,000, that means only around 120 doctors care for a population of 6 million. and in liberia the situation is even worse, fewer than 50 doctors in total in a country of about 4 million people. the united nations says the outbreak is also putting harvests in the region at risk. and has resulted in panic-buying food shortages and price hikes. many airlines are still refusing to fly to the region, an effort

to stop the spread of the virus, but the suspensions are also making the fight against it more difficult. >> this is a tremendous blow on the country, because lack -- now we feel very isolated internationally. it's like we'll being internationally quarantined. >> reporter: the main airport has introduced screening measures it hopes will restore confidence. >> they have set up a screening process that is going to make sure that no one with fever gets on a plane. and that's important. that gives the airlines confidence, so they can keep flying. because the airplanes have to keep flying so we don't cut the region off from the rest of the world. >> reporter: human trials on a vaccine are set to begin this week in the us. many health care supplies are

running low, and workers are focusing their efforts on how to make them last in a growing number of cases. coming up, syrian rebels issue their demands for release of 45 peace keepers captured in golan heights. american teens on, the edge of eighteen only on aljazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence...

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♪ ♪ welcome back. a reminder of the top stories, a u.s. drone strike in somali has targeted the heard of al-shabab.

there are reports six armed fighters were killed. celebrations on the streets of the iraqi town of ameli, following iraqi forcing pushing back islamic state fighters, and breaking a three-month siege of the town. more than a million people are now estimated to have been displaced by fighting in ukraine, according to the u.n. the number of people forced out of their homes continuing to rise. the defense minister is warning of a greater war that could cost tens of thousands of lives. in syria, a rebel group holding 45 peace keepers has issued demands for their release. it says it wants to be taken off of the u.n. terrorist list. mike hannah reports. >> reporter: most of the peace-keeping forces have within withdrawn to the israeli part of the golan heights, and

complicating attempts to secure release of the hostages come in to question the long-standing mission in the golan area. >> our troops are still in the region. the rebels are not telling us where the troops are, but they continue to reassure us that they have been well looked after. fed well, and been kept safe. >> reporter: a large group of filipino peace keepers managed to leave the zone safely. but only after disobeying a direct order by the u.n. mission commander, to surrender to the rebel fighters. >> i think -- yeah, that was unacceptable, because, you know, the general should not make the

soldiers a sacrificial pawn in order to have the fiji an fighters to be released. >> reporter: and the philippine government is considering a formal complaint. >> what we were instructed together with the secretary of national defense, was to document the blow by blow events that occurred and it will be up to the higher authorities to decide whether there will be a -- based on the report, there will be a protest. >> the issue with fijians will only speed up the collapse of the force. and i think in this situation where should i send forces if i know that they might be taken hostages by al-qaeda basically.

and you already heard about the irish force that asks answers from the u.n. because they want to be sure if they are sending troops to golan heights we want to be sure they are safe. >> reporter: the irish government has asked for a full review as a condition for keeping 130 irish peace keepers in place. and a question of whether the 40-year-old u.n. mission is about to end. and let's take a closer look now at who the front are, or is. the group declared its allegiance last year. the announcement came a few months after the u.s. state department designated the group a terrorist organization. they are now joined forces with other moderate syrian fighters. the group released a u.s.

journalist a week ago a week after their rival killed american journalist james foley. we are speaking with a professor of economic politics. and told me more about the ambitions of the front. >> the americans have always been more concerned about [ inaudible ] than ice -- isis. they believe they have ambitions to carry out attacks against the west. and it is the chief of al-qaeda, and al-qaeda's goal is to attack the united states and allies while isis the main goal is the near army. you might ask, what is happening here in the go -- golan heights. it wants its name to be taken

off of the list as a terrorist organization. it has demanded millions in ransom, and keep the u.n. peace keeping forces for itself. it has lost most of its income inside syria. it has no income. in fact its basic income or resource is ransom money. it has been able to generate tens of millions of dollars as a result of kidnapping, and basically extracting resources from internal and regional and international resources. at the end of the day, what they really want from the united nations or even a particular regional group is basically money, money in order to survive because it does not have now in syria -- most of its income resources have disappeared. yemen's president says he will dismiss his cabinet and

appoint a new prime minister once a deal with reached with houthi rebels. the houthis have fought for years for better rep sentation. here is more from the capitol. >> reporter: in a bid to break the impasse in yemen, the president has a new initiative. his envoy is now meeting with houthi leader with the following message, the president is willing to form a new government of technocats, the prime minister is going to be announced within a week from now, and the houthis are welcome to join this new government of national unity. as far as the second main demand of the houthis which is reinstating fuel subsidies, the president is willing to cut fuel prices and this is an element where the go and the houthis will debate for the coming hours. we have to wait and see what will be the final answer of the houthi leader. if he accepts the new initiative

that will diffuse tension and pave the way for new talks about the future of the country. the bottom line is the houthis would like to have more political representation. and the biggest issue in the country, the president is willing to give them that opportunity. we have to wait and see what will be the on slot of the opponents, particularly the sunni [ inaudible ] party, which has been suspicious of the houthis. they have been on the view that the houthis have been manipulated by iran. a very delicate situation in the country, but all of the political actions are of the view that they need to solve the crisis in yemen. otherwise the other option will be military con frontation. the chief has been defending

her issue. palestinians say they are close to signing up to the statute which would allow the icc to look into the latest offensive in gaza in which 2,000 palestinians were killed. >> we need a clear commitment to the end of the occupation, israeli occupation within a specified time frame. and any solution must be based on international law. you cannot violate international law, and go against conventions and agreements. we will pursue this further by remaining to other international conventions and agreements, because we believe it's our right. we want to be an active member of the international community, and we will pursue accountability for israel. as i said one of the main problems has been ongoing israeli impunity. pakistan's prime minister

says he won't resign despite the continuing political crisis. there have been more protests in the capitol of islamabad as kamala harris reports. >> reporter: what began has peaceful protests are now formally in a volatile pace. tear gas hangs over the streets of islamabad. and now there appears to be decent in the party of the opposition leader. he said the party president for refusing to storm parliament. and in turn accused them of conspiring with the military. >> translator: imran khan told me that they said to take cadre along, and that we cannot move without the army. the core committee said they wouldn't have unwanted politicians among us. >> reporter: the military denies it is backing the opposition. so far it has stepped in only when asked by the government as

was the case on monday when protesters stormed the state tv channel. anti-government protesters have continued do challenge the police are force. >> translator: i never saw tear gas in my life. this is such a painful gas. i can't breathe easily. i was just there, and police were firing tear gas from almost two kilometers away. i'm here with my friends. >> reporter: the protesters are heeding cause by two opposition leaders to rally against the prime minister. they accuse him of electoral fraud and want a new government. repeating his message, imran khan used the language of cricket to demand sharif's resignation. >> translator: your inning is over, why aren't you going back to the pavilion? why are you showing stubbornness? >> reporter: sharif says he is

not going anywhere. he will not succumb to those who are threatening force. there is intrigue and rumors of a possible military intervention. haliburton has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle its claim in the role of the largest off-shore oil spill in the u.s.'s history. it was determined to have laid defective cement work. the settlement will be paid into a trust. fishing communities in the u.s. are disappearing at an amazing rate. but one town on the florida coast decided to diversify in

order to survive. andy gallagher has the story from sea to key. >> reporter: in the salt marshes and creeks of cedar key, fishing has always played a key role. but when a fishing net ban was put in place 20 years ago, the tradition abresultly ended. so they turned to clam farming, something that had never been tried before. it's now an industry worth $40 million a year. and leslie says it is an achievement she is proud of. >> to see it succeed, and see people work in it, and then a community become involved in it, to me that is going to be the number one accomplishment of my career. >> reporter: and the change from hauling fish to growing clams has had beneficial side effects.

one of the needs for aqua farming is the need for clean healthy water. so they have removed all septic tanks, and stormwater is now highly regulated, all of which makes cedar key one of the most sustainable fishing communities in the u.s. maintaining the environment is challenge, but one the entire community is behind. >> it's an investment, and also requires extremely clean pristine water conditions, which means we are valiant soldiers for clean water, and that is a good thing. >> reporter: though the transition to aqua farming hasn't been flawless, on the edge of down a fishing net is draped over a cross. >> there is a percentage that dropped out of the woodworks, a lot of the older guys couldn't transfer over like this.

so they paid the price. >> reporter: but for most here it means life on the water can continue, and for many that's the most important tradition of all. aljazeera.com, that's the website to click on to for the latest. ♪ >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. are the high school graduates enlists to escape the status quo. hear what gets thousands to join active duty every year. >> separate and unequal education, why the department of education is investigating. what doing what you love might not be the