world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. afghanistan's presidential rivals fail to reach a power sharing deal as one threatens to form his own government. hello, you're watching al jazeera, live from doha. also on the show - the united states widens its offensive against islamic state group fighters in iraq. flooding kills hundreds in pakistan and india, and traps thousands more. and fighting in eastern ukraine threatens an already fragile ceasefire between kiev and

separatists. afghanistan's two presidential rivals failed to come to a power sharing deal. abdullah abdullah says it was the last chance abdullah abdullah and ghani ran has candidates, but abdullah abdullah said it was rigged. he wants a re-election. jennifer glasse is in kabul new. so what next steps will the abdullah abdullah camp take? >> that's what we are waiting to hear. the two candidates spoke today but did not reach an agreement. abdullah abdullah is to hold a press conference in a few hours time. he's meeting with supporters to find out what his next steps will be. an audit count has been going on for two months after the second

round of presidential elections failed to yield a result that either candidate thought was acceptable. abdullah abdullah alleged widespread fraud in that. i spoke to one of ghani's supporters. he said if abdullah abdullah were to declare a parallel government, that he threatened to do two months ago, he said what does it mean. who will they be ruling. the position seems to be that they'll wait to see what the audit count comes up to, and are expecting final results in the next week or so. >> if a rival parallel government is declared, what will that mean for the government. are we talking about wide scale destabilization? >> we are talking about a lot of uncertainty. when the prospect was raised two months ago secretary of state john kerry called abdullah abdullah and said that if he declared a parallel government, it would mean the suspension of

the united states international aid and military aid to afghanistan. of course, afghanistan is heavily dependent on international support. and the whole political deadlock has really crippled the economy here, and stagnated everything, including the security situation. the afghan security forces have taken over power. n.a.t.o.'s mandate finishes at the end of this year. n.a.t.o., whatever its new mission will be, train and assist, there needs to be a security agreement. as long as there's no leader or government to negotiate with, a lot of things can't move forward. afghanistan in a stalemate in the state of crisis. afghans have been waiting three or four months now, and any more uncertainty isn't going to help the country in a delicate position. >> thank you for that, jennifer

glasse. iraq's parliament is expected to convene on monday to vote for a new inclusive government, and is under pressure to reach stability, the army battled islamic state group. the military is getting hep from the united states, which has expanded air strikes in the north. >> let's go straight to john hendren, live from erbil. where has the fighting left the balance of power, specially in the haditha area? >> there has been a push back on the islamic state by iraqi forces, particularly in the area of haditha, that was launched with u.s. and iraqi air strikes, and those are the first air strikes in the campaign in anbar province, that is significant. that shows you how important this battle is perceived to be. haditha is important, because it's at an oil crossroad,

between kirkuk, and baiji. it's not just oil, there's a major hydroelectric dam. it's the second-largest. the concern was if i.s.i.s. got a hold of this, the islamic state got a hold of this, they may be able to blow it up and flood an area with thousands of people. so you have one battle going op there. you have another in tikrit, and slowly you have got the kurdish peshmerga forces closing in on the city of mosul. that is the stronghold of the islamic state. the focus seems to be intensely on haditha. >> that's the u.s. president talking about how he has a plan. what is the plan and strategy in the fight against the is right now? >> well, they seem to be taking on one significant battle at a time. we have had one going on.

tikrit is gearing up. there are attacks on three sides of tikrit. it is operating slowly. the operation in mosul is ongoing. we have action in different areas, but what you don't have is one intensive battle in one place. it seems like what the iraqi forces are doing is sparing firepower, and mosul at another. it's unlikely that the major battles will be going on at one time. we have a number of slow-moving operations. nevertheless significant pushback to islamic state positions has happened in recent weeks. a lot of people credit that with the american air strikes. there are iraqi forces on the ground that have done much to push back the islamic state. and they'll continue to do ta in the coming weeks. >> john hendren there from erbil. thank you for that.

devastating floods are inundating large parts of pakistan. the numbers killed in indian kashmir climbed to 160. 450 villages have been submerged. rescuers are continuing efforts to reach thousands of stranded people. floods killed 160 people in punjab province. thanks the area that has been hardest hit. that's the area that's been destroyed. >> they have hit the central part of pun job, and the floods have destroyed crops. there are villages surrounded by large bodies of water. there's no escape, except by boat. the government and the aid agencies are trying to provide as much relief as they can to

alleviate the suffering of the people. this is a large calamity, and it is not yet over. according to estimates, a large body of water will be passing through the river, which is in peak flight. and that, of course, will many endangering lands and villages along the way, all the way down south. the emergency is not yet over. the government has been slow in its response. organizations such as the fif and military are active. they'll try to save lives and provide what little care they can. >> fighting is threatening to derail a ceasefire. there has been heavy shelling in mariupol. there are explosions in donetsk. from donetsk we have this

report. >> reporter: these pictures show the ukraine ceasefire going up in flames. a kilometre from the donetsk airport. the district has been in the crossfire for months, caught in the crossfire. some residents believed the worst was obvious. >> we were going to pick up our stuff. i have a baby, we temporarily live in a dormitory. we wanted to get the push chair, warm clothes like a child. i got the call from a mother. each blames the other for prove ebbing ceasefire. on this occasion separatists fired first. >> translation: they were standing with the capon, the army aimed at them and started to shoot. they were standing here, shot and got the response.

>> reporter: the responses went back and forth all day sunday. to the east of here, the east of the airport we heard arms fire and burst from a machine-gun. and over to the north-west we heard expressions from rocket fire. this is a ceasefire in paper form only. fanning out from mariupol's eastern checkpoint tanks were taking up defensive positions. they brace against more of this. the pounding on the city limits by the separatist forces, a violation of the agreement. >> a ceasefire nonetheless is still in force. the firing is in violation of ceasefire continues. the situation is under control. over the last 24 hours, we didn't have information about civilian casualties, at the moment we are not talking about

a cans lags of the ceasefire agreement. >> for residents, faith in the truce is understandably low. >> it's terrifying not just for the people, but the whole city. >> a few minutes later something in the distance had the soldiers pushing people back from the checkpoint. >> officials from the organization for security and cooperation in europe are charged with monitoring the seize fire, a reminder of the mag ni attitude of the task. and a reminder that this conflict is not over yet. >> 70 people have been killed in the past three days in yemen's northern province. government air strikes are backing the sunni tribesman. protesters in the capital are demanding the government resign. we have more from sanaa. scenes of chaos in yemen's

capital. security forces use tear gas and water gannon to disperse the crowd. angry protesters set fire on a police vehicle. security forces were given orders to gather them. they gathered to warn the authorities, the protesters, that their patience is running out. they have demanded the government resign and cut fuel prices. >> translation: today we send a warning to the government. if demands are not met, they'll escalate. we don't buy into what you say. >> reporter: the president cut fuel prices by 12%, and great to form a new government, whilst maintaining control over the ministries of defense in foreign affairs. the houthis say it's not enough.

government fieldings are located here. the authorities make it clear they are ready to restore order. >> this crowd is chanting a popular slogan here. death to america, down the jews. for these people, it's the biggest threat to islam. >> the problem is the u.s. and the west. they are creating problems. they want us divided to control gas and oil. >> the whole area is controlled by the houthis, they have their own force. they set up checkpoints to prevent an attack inside the protest champ. these yellow armbands and glass are distributed among the shia community, to rally support behind what they call yemen's true resolution. >> still to come - six months

on, the grief conditions as it seems we are no closer to finding the missing malaysia airlines flight. plus, capturing the coldest places on earth. the award-winning photographer shining a spotlight on the changing face of iceland.

let's take a look at the headlines on al jazeera. afghanistan's rival presidential candidates failed to reach a power-sharing deal.

abdullah abdullah says the vote was rigged. iraq's parliament is expected to meet an monday to vote for a new government. it's under pressure as the army battles the islamic state group fighters. devastating floods are inundating large parts of pakistan and northern india. more than 300 have died. many homes have been destroyed, leaving thousands homeless. it's been six months since malaysia airlines mh370 disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing. the plane with 239 passengers and crew on board is yet to be found. this, the initial area of search, some 600,000 square kilometres in the southern indian i don't suggest. investigators narrowed the -- indian ocean. investigators narrowed the area, but it's still the size of sri

lanka. family and friends met to mark six months since the plane's disappearance. 154 passengers on the flight were chinese. the chief commissioner of the australian transport safety bureau joins us from canberra. good to have you with us. first of all, has any progress been made in the last six months. it seems like, you know, the search is open-ended almost? . no, there has been progress. we have known for a considerable period of time that the aircraft will be found close to a long arc in the indian ocean where we know it ran out of fuel. what we have been doing since then is three things - to analyse the limited data from satellite communications and other sources. to see where on the arc we should concentrate the search.

we've been mapping the ocean floor so the search could be carried out safely, and we have a good range of maps along the ark. we have finished analysis work and have three state of the art vessels searching the ocean floor carefully for traces of the aircraft. >> the search area perhaps has narrowed. the question that troubles people is how in this age when you can track an iphone, can it be difficult to track a huge passenger plane? >> there's a range of tracking capabilities that are considered internationally to make sure that this doesn't happen again. we have had to rely on communications systems for essentially tracking purposes, for which they are not designed. this is a matter that governments turned their mind to. we hope we won't have to go

through the same tortuous exercise to find the aircraft in the future. >> talking about the next stage, we mentioned vessels brought in. we understand a dutch engineering firstly being brought in. how will it change the search effort or bring something new to the table. >> we are at the point where we will toe sonar equipment close to the ocean floor on running sonar of about 1.5km wide. tracking the floor closely, analysing the data, and, therefore, giving us a good chance of finding the wreckage of flight mh370. has it been used and tried before. what is new this time? we haven't used sonar on the wide area approach previously.

we looked at a precise area using autonomous vehicle, a different sort of technology. what we are now talking is wide area, sonar, and that's an efficient way of covering the extensive areas that we have to look at. although we have been successful in narrowing the search. we wish you success. thank you so much. the african union has started an emergency meeting in ethiopia's capital to discussion how to fight the ebola outbreak. many countries are ramping up the efforts to stop the spread of the violence. ebola killed more than 2,000 people in west africa since the outbreak began. an army commander says military action against a general who is accused of masterminding a coup

is the only option. he has been ordered to step down. kim owly refused. the military attacked after kim owly left the country in fear of his life. >> nigeria is facing its worse oil prices with daily out put plummeting because of theft. >> reporter: setting off at the break of dawn, these men are on a mission in the niger delta, part of a force drawing from agencies and civilians packed with thefts. an hour into their patrol, they arrest suspects. they order them to reveal the location of illegal business. they maining their way from the -- make their way from the open creek into the mangrove.

they trike gold. this is where stolen crude is refined. they destroy the site and set it on fire. we have to move back. it's a dangerous business, explosions could happen at any moment, and the fire could extend over the water. with respect seconds, the area is engulfed in darkness. >> this is where they do it. everywhere is smoking. despite these efforts, oil theft in nigeria is at its highest levels in five years since the government game amnesty to former rebels in the area. $$8 million were lost in theft. giants reduced their on shore presence, selling off fields as a result of theft. tucked in the forest we find these men cooking oil.

the sites have been destroyed, but they came back. >> there's nothing we do for a living. this is our only source of wealth that we do. without this we can't survive. on a good day the workers at one end of the organised crime chain can make $200. oil pipelines criss-cross the community. the poverty of those lying here is there to see. the majority of the fuel is not refined here. it involves transferring the cut to barges. it's taken to larger tankers in the ocean and from there to latin america, and as far as asia. some say security personnel are involved >> translation: those who ought to protect the pipeline and help the nigerian economy.

they are participating in the business. >> reporter: despite low-level rests, there's no serious large-scale prosecutions until those at the helm of the illegal trade are held to act. the riches will keep burning away. thousands of families in the southern philippines are living in makeshift homes a year after being displaced by fighting. rob mcbride explains. >> reporter: along with thousands of other people displaced by the fighting. this person moved to temporary accommodation in a main sports stadium. one year on, she is still calling it home. she, her children and grandchildren, a total of 16 people, all sharing the one small room. >> translation: i hope we can go

back to our home soon. it's dirty, smells and is bad for my grandchildren. >> it is also here that her husband died from an illness she believes was made worse by the conditions. struggling with a lack of sanitation and running water, health is a constant concern. >> with the conditions that we have here, it's a challenge for the number of displaced populations. >> a year ago, an attack by the moro front displaced 100,000 people, 40,000 are homeless. government has been building houses and providing materials for people to rebuild their old homes, progress is slow. >> the plan is to clear people from the stadium by the end of the year. the building will not be completed until the middle of next year, two years after the

fighting that displaced them. >> reporter: in badly damaged neighbourhoods, more than nine out of 10 shows were destroyed. many have been rebuilding on their home. >> i have been asking neighbours and they have been telling me they are difficult. we didn't have power or enough supply of water. >> some neighbourhoods are speeding up a slow recovery. >> one of iceland's celebrated photographers returned home for an important exhibition yet. showcasing changing landscapes of some of the most remote places on earth. kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: documenting the lives of those whose worlds are

rapidly changing. and the unforgiving landscapes they inhabit. icelandic photographer spent the last three decades going back and forth to the coldest places on earth. >> i can paint, it's horrible, i draw or paint, my paintings are my photographs. i wanted to get something. we saw what was happening. like this is fading away, disappearing. i talk about that. we have to do it in a way like how will a painter do it. >> in doing so, better known as rags won awards. in greenland waiting to capture this hunter, he knew things could go wrong. >> he had lost all his bullets. we were on the ice, far away, and with no bullets, and we had

to fight back the weather, and the ice was cracking. >> this exhibition is special to rats, being in a small space he had to choose the images carefully. these are favourites. >> iceland said rags helped to shine a spotlight on a beautiful country. >> it's amazing. he's one of the best photographers. he has been for, like, three decades. >> brays that is difficult to take. his work is seen as a blessing or a duty. >> iceland is something like you have a knows on your face, but you don't see it. you see it more in other

countries. it's changing in front of me. a daunting prospect for a man connected to a region as he watches it slowly melt away. and you can keep up to date with all the news by heading to aljazeera.com.