>> the war with isil as we are with al quaida. >> going after the islamic state of iraq and the u.s. says it will target the group in syria. >> you are watching al jazeera live on doha. first steps towards peace, ukraine's parliament grants rebellious eastern regions greater autonomy.

thousands of children effected, at least 15 have died. the independent scotland would effect britain's nuclear defense. >> . >> top security officials in washington have spoken on the u.s. plans to take on islamic state of iraq. and say there will be prepared to go after isil in syria. this is the first time the pentagon is testified about the group, before the senates armed services committee. it was privately interrupted by activists. among those speaking are the joint chiefs of staff. >> isil clearly poses an immediate threat to american citizens in iraq, and our interests in the middle east. we also know that thousands of foreign fighters, including europeans and more than 100 americans have

traveled to syria. the passports that give them relative freedom of movement, these fighters can exploit isil's safe haven to carry out attacks against the united states and europe. >> the defense secretary says some tough questions from republican senator john mccain in regards to syria. >> the free syrian army units are attacks from the air by al-asaad will attacks are taking place and take out bashar al asaad air assets both helicopters and fixed wing, and will be attacking the free syrian army units. >> we are not there, our focus is on isil, and that is the threat. however right now -- and to our interest, and to the people. the force in syrian is an option. but the first focus is as

i just said, has the president layed out in his statement to the country. >> from your answer that we are now recruiting these young men to go and fight in syria, against isil, but if they are attacked by al asaad they won't help. >> they will defend themselves. >> will we help them against al asaad -- >> we will help them, and we will support them. >> will we repel bashar al asaad's air assets with the attacking. >> any attack on those that we have trained who are supporting us, we will help them. >> more from washington, d.c. it is going to be sending in new troops fight members of isil. but it is not exactly how it is going to provide more support to members

of the free syrian army, as well as to those moderate syrians who are currently not affiliated. that is becoming an issue for some members of the armed services committee, one of the major advise and consent bodies here in the u.s. government, they want to know exactly how it is that the u.s. is going to be able to fight the spread of a group which considers a fundamental security threat without actually taking the opportunity to try to push back against the government against ba shall al-asaad. who do not want him to be in power any more, they have been suffering great losses at the syrian army's hand. they should be taking the

fight as it were to the syrian government, that is something which the defense secretary as well as the u.s. is taught military officer general martin dempsey are not agreeing to at least not right now. >> iraq's top security official is met with the syrian president over the threat of isil. the shia led government. according to state media, the pressure must be put on states that support and finance opposition groups like isil. war in syria, fighters didn't tie the fact that they used children and soldiers in suicide bombers and now a vaccination campaign and england province has killed at least 15 children. left dozens needing hospital treatment, the meise sills vaccinations have been carried out by a medical aid organization, working -- the vaccines have come from the world health

organization. it is thought -- more from beirut. >> it is not yet clear why a campaign is supposed to protect the children of syria, and ended up killing so many. it is not clear if the vaccines are tired and been stored properly, it was a project that was run by the opposition is. as a result of management and corruption, they are not clear they promised they will give a definite answer when they conclude the investigation. but the incident did highlight the challenges and the difficulty of these aid agencies trying to help the people in syria are facing. violence aid workers the

fighter jet went down just outside the city of north eastern city. it is unclear whether the plane was hit by antiaircraft fire or expense technical. at least eight people were killed. >> special status to the separatist eastern region, that means they will by awe loued to gone themselves for three years. amnesty to separatist involved in recent fighting.

leaved ukraine politically and economically to the european union. robin is in donetsk in eastern ukraine which has been held by pro russian separatists. >> the ukrainian parliament appears to be saying you can have everything that you want, run your own affairs you can elect your own representatives. you can have your own courts and prosecutors. and even pay for the damages that the war hasn't flicked on that region. to stay within ukraine. some of the leaders the deputy prime minister, came and spoke earlier and said is that any police union or political relationship with ukraine is on it's separate order.

>> control over that area, but it seems as if the moment that's a long way off from happening the cease fire still looking very precarious, with more shelling and more civilian lives lost. >> fighting between forces and rebels has killed at least 16 people. the rebels have been setting up catches in the outskirts of the capitol, they have been protesting against the government for more than a month. demonstrators have also been calling for fuel subsidies to be reinstated.

>> and home made bombs a 20 story building was occupied by an estimated 200 families. including women and children. some of the quarters are carrying home made shields and have reportedly vandalized the nearby businesses. 1 billion-dollars is needed to fight the ebola outbreak in west africa, fearing cases could double every three weeks nearly two and a half. have died from the virus. >> to tackle the outbreak, behnke moon says ebola is a crisis that demand as global response. >> we have a lot of catching up to do. to provide the services,

food, water, sanitation, and surprise. every day we delay, the suffering yaws exponentially. we cannot allow them to travel to tran sport. >> this is not just a health and crisis, it has humanitarian economic and social consequences that could spread far beyond our countries. >> and the u.s. is stepping up it's response to ebola, president obama is said to unveil new -- said to unveil new measures to tackle the disease. at least 3,000 military personnel will be sent to liberia's capitol. to coordinate international relief efforts and help overwhelmed hospitals.

they will help train hundreds of healthcare workers instead of facilities around the region. and china has announced it is boost la brother story testing. that means a number of testing there to 174. cuba is also sending dozens of nurses and doctors to help with the response, and e. u. has committed $194 million to fight ebola. >> until scotland votes whether or not to leave the 307-year-old united kingdom. it may seem like an internal matter but the independent scotland can also worry british allies. that's because scotland is home to britain's nuclear arsenal. >> if the wars is every a nuclear war, this place would be in the middle of it. shelter by low mountains and deep lakes known as

lockes is the u.k.'s nuclear defense. you can just make out the shape of one of the submarines in dock. behind wire, under constant patrol. defense at the realm is applying to any of the main london parties. >> they don't have the nuclear weapons here, just because it is scotland, because the locks are so deep that the craft will get out to sea quickly. and disappear off the shelf. nowhere else around the coast the rest of the u.k. offers such good placement.

exactly what happened if an independent scotland demands the withdraw of the nuclear fleet. >> independent would make the future of this place a huge bargaining chip. >> on a day-to-day basis scottish police have to protect the navy base. if scotland waywanted to force the u.k. to remove the weapons it could cut off the support, it can cut off any type of support to the regulatory. it request make the u.k. very very difficult. >> the other question is what happens to the british army, which has carried a lot of scotts. the scottish government his own standing army

outside the forces. many in the military establishment of the scottish soldiers would rather stay exactly where they are now. >> the back drop, of the british army. we recruit more people out of scotland, the capitol than anywhere else in the kingdom. we always have, we always will. >> the outside all of that imagine what the u.k. would look like on the world stage with all of it's four corners suddenly missing. northern ireland looks a bit small for a country that can't keep itself together a bit week. lawrence lee al jazeera. scotland. >> still to come on al jazeera, the french government win as confidence vote in parliament. details on that.

isil was a topic ofat of discussion between iraq's top security official, and the syrian president. the iraqi government has been an important ally to asaad during the civil war.

fearing cases could double every 3 1/2 weeks. nearly 2 1/2 thousand people have died. the who is now warning of an unpair lessed crisis. french government is one of confident can vote in far limit, was sponsored in part by increasing frustration with president handling of the economy. prime minister manual calling for the vote, followed an emergency cabinet meeting. joins us live from paris, how big was the rebellion in the social camp? >> it was of the order than we expected, there were 53 abstentions in parliament, and of those 31 were fellow socialists. like manual. 31 socialists abstaining, we must stress though, there was a clear absolutely majority for his government, 25 being

the difference between the cause and the againsts. a lot of people are saying, though, that's a smaller majority than a similar confidence vote just after he became prime minister earlier this year. and as you were saying that cabinet reshuffle is what started this. and some ministers were fired for criticizing what they saw as a program by francoise, and it is clear that there is still a lot of unpopularity with some of the economic policies that manual outlined on tuesday although he wasn't very keep to stress that he wouldn't label them, he said we are protecting thing like the 35 hour working week, we aren't going to mess with the minimum wage. it is clear that the economic policies clearly not very popular right now. >> no. so relief for them, but what about the relief for this result? what do you think the

impact will be. >> i think that -- for the general public on the left, people who voted for francoise, they will be pleased to see that there's somebody who is taking strong leadership, he is -- the prime minister has reacted to the vote by saying this was a mandate to carry on. to govern until the next year. he had to make some concessions. and he is also stressed that some of his reforms need to be carried out including cutting business tax, which is going to involve a lot more battling in the next few months. and it remains to be seen whether those reforms can bring results. economics is what it is all about. unemployment is at 10%, growth is nowhere to be seen.

if that doesn't start to improve, then the general polllation, have even more unpopular than he is right now, jane. >> indeed, thank you very much. >> the iraqi far limit has adjourned until thursday, with selecting the crucial posts of minister of defense. prime minister has chosen his nominees for the past two vacant posts in the cabinet, they have yet to be approved by parliament, they have seen as crucial toen collusive government and political stability. more from baghdad. comes from the same party as he does, now that's the real issue, for many

sunni saying this is a return to the battle days of the report controls both, and kept them to himself. as they try to come up with up with a consensus. this isn't necessarily about the best person for the job. he is acceptable in those. and the curds now the ministry of defense has been promised to the sunnies. they have been one of the main supports, he may not get this job,s to the shiites how the deal is done, that will -- that will allow one of their candidates to get into the ministry of interior, and maybe he will be acceptable. really how strong iraqi politics for a very long time. the prime minister will want this, to get done quickly, so hopefully on thursday, he can press forward. and get on with the

crucial things that the iraqi people want, which include energy, there's a lot of electricity shortages here, inflation dealing with the rising cost of food, here, and also with that battle against the islamic state. raids targeting their homes and vehicles. in another, six police have been killed by roadside blasts in the north, the bomb hit a police car, which is traveling between the provincial capitol. and the town. al jazeera continues to demand the release. peter greste and they have not been detained for 262 days. they are repealing against the convictions. >> by 25 million people worldwide suffer from mental illness, known as schizophrenia. around 85 genes which if present in our dna

greatly increase the chances of developing the disease. now, a new study has narrowed down and identified how these work. the dna of almost 8,000 people, looking specifically at 700,000 areas of. they then match the symptoms with particular classes of genes. one was linked with hallucinations. 95% of people with them have schizophrenia, another set of genes was associated with disorganized speech or behavior. 100% of those of these genes had schizophrenia. scientists saying knowing this the is likely to help to diagnose and treat the illness. the head of neuroscience department at the university college of london, she says this is a small victory in the scientific community. >> by understanding better the biologist of the disease, we are getting a much better position to develop new treatment, i think it is important to say that there are already very

good medication and therapy treatments for schizophrenia, that are very effective and help the majority of patients to a very large degree, soy think it is important to be clear that treatment is already available. throughout the world. but by having clear genetic risk factors and they off targets for p twoing new drugs that might be more effective and might have fewer side effects. ten clearly this is an important step that will encouraging further investment and research into the field which is in a way has suffered from long years of underinvestment, so by a way, having these new risk factors, this may be industry p twoing drugs it makes it more attract i for them to do further rearming and develop new drugs. targeting those particular genes identified by studies like this. >> dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes over fears of a possible volcanic eruption, there has been a number of quakes and

rock falls at night. proking officials to raise the alert. it is the most active volcano in the philippines. a magnitude earthquake. northeast of turkey, the death of 50-kilometers this was damaged in the landslide triggered by the quake. the first visit in almost three decades. china is building a $1.4 billion port project. dubbed maritime. the sea root would connect china with europe, she is visiting south asian nations this week to rally support for the project. the hollywood post democratic elections since the military sees. enjoys her job, and has recently got engaged, her

future looks bright. with the election, she thinking about her country's future. >> . >> waiting per her granddaughter, they are going through the election candidates. >> maybe on wednesday. >> and look north for the policy. he would -- seek out better relations bigger relations.

>> chinese investment kept the economy going, the infrastructure improved and free education expanded. sanctions eventually set an election date australia and new zealand restore ties. the election would be free and fair for signs so far are mixed. unmarry say some if the grip on the media and bans of candidates. the elections out to be so feared that even the side that loses accepts the outcome. >> as for free, an international team of on servers so they don't expect any on the day fraud, but even a legitimate election, will only be a first step. >> i erugosly hope this election, would exempt further. >> things like independent courts already concerning some is a media blackout.

a three day preelection decree fans any campaigning. with political activity and anything that might influence even media posts. about how it is held and what happens next. the headlines are coming up, but just remember, there's a website aljazeera.com.