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>> a warm welcome to you this news hour. heavy fighting in the yemeni building is hit, houthi rebels try to consolidate their position. 45,000 kurdish refugees cross into turkey to escape isil advance. free at last, dozens of turkish hostages kidnapped by isil returned home. and doctors in sierra alone say they do not have enough staff to treat all ebola victims as a nationwide lockdown continues.

>> the fighting continues to escalate. state television building has come under heavy bombardment in the last few hours. dozens of people have been killed since fighting began days ago. >> reporter: smoke rises from the yemen national tv compound as the building burns. it is one of many strategic sights that houthi rebels have as they try to topple the government. the saturday the sound of artillery with plumes of smoke. the arab league envoy who has

spent two days in the north trying to broker a peaceful settlement is not optimistic. >> we agreed on a number of points that it could constitute the basis of agreement. i realize the situation in sanaa has deteriorated. i'm very sorry for the use of weapons as we do our best to reach a settlement of the crisis. >> with the price cuts and more inclusive government, the goal of the group is to seize power and rule yemen with the backing of iran. at diplomacy fails to stop gunfire, and the fight over democracy has been bloody and uncertain. for the most part the government has offered leniency and now its

critics claim incompetence. >> we go to the edit in chief from the yemen post. he joins us on the phone. there have been major developments at the state television headquarters since we last spoke. what are you hearing? >> reporter: there are clashes that escalated two ours ago where they have evacuated the site of the yemen tv. the houth ies are now in control of the premises and the military compound right next to the yemen tv. the government is accepting reinforcement to the site of the

state tv hoping to give back or win back the military camp and the state tv compound. >> we will persevere because we know that the communications are not great at the moment. i'm not sure if you answered this or mentioned it. do we foe the fate of the employees who were trapped in that building? >> there are no one tortured or killed. we have information that four of the staff were injured. a number of them are still stuck inside the state tv compound, and the government is sending reinforcement. they'll show that those troops are released. and this is expected to happen in the next 10 to 15 minutes. they have informed the

government and employees that they have no intention to harm them and they will be releasing them soon. >> okay, we'll leave it there for the moment. of course, we'll keep a close eye on development there is in the yemeni capitol sanaa. thank you for joining us. around 45,000 kurdish refugees from syria have crossed into turkey. turkey fights to open several crossings as isil close in. >> isil came and tyrannized us. we left everything we have. all our shops and jobs and they shelled us.

warplanes were coming. they tyrannized used. >> a number of refugees who have fled syria now total 3 million. lebanon has the largest share with 1.1 million registered refugees. iraq has taken 214,000. 140,000 have sought refuge in egypt. isil has released 46 turkish hostages along with three iraqis. turkey denies paying a ransom to secure their freedom. >> reporter: reunited with their families after more than three months in captivity, their release marked the end of the turkish government hostage crisis. they were captured when the

islamic state in iraq and the levant overran the city of mosul back in june. they included the diplomatic staff, children, and special forces police. people wearing black outfits with their faces covered with black veils entered and assured us they were not going to harm us. they took all of our belongings and told us to go into the streets. >> reporter: the group arrived in the capitol on saturday. >> today is not only a celebration day for you and your families. it is a very significant day for the whole nation. i wish from god that all of our days in the future will be as good as this one, and we will never experience such a sadness ever again. >> the reports that no ransom was paid, and that there was no armed confrontation with isil. >> yesterday at 11:30 at night the rescue operation that had been going on for days had

finally reached its final stage. we worked so hard for months to reach an outcome. i really want to thank the members of the turkish services who worked so hard with sacrifices. >> reporter: others were also taken hostage in june, but they were freed a month later. when the others were not released as well ankara was questioned what it was doing to secure their release. >> you i think that turkey will continue to be a very reluctant and apathetic member of this coalition that's been cobbled by the united states. turkey has clearly indicated that it's territory and it's air space will not be used in any combat operations. >> reporter: with the war in syria raging at its border, ankara may have to take on a

more active role in the fight against isil. >> joining us live from london, the occur at this analyst at foreign policy center. thank you very much for being with us. now that the hostages are safe can we expect turkey to become a more active partner in the coalition against isil? >> turkey is an active part of the coalition against isil. but it's a question of its engagement. it could not risk the hostage lives but other concerns remain. the question of whether or not the u.s. strategy has any long-term plans for troubles in syria and iraq and addressing them without addressing them there will not be any end to troubles like isis. thirdly, the question of what the implications of this oppression will be for turkey in the long run. turkey has allowed large influx

o into syria. >> as we've seen the people who fled over the border into turkey, isil is right on the border, isn't it. >> they clearly are. we've seen that over the last three days the gunshots are clearly heard, and that goes to show what a real threat isis is for turkey as well. it's a threat to turkey's own territory, and people on turkish border too. >> turkey said it's closing the borders to stop the fighters. but at the same time it's opening them to allow refugees in. >> turkey is in a very

complicated situation. we've seen turkey actively taking a strong position in stopping jihadists who are on their journeys to syria, in arresting people at its borders and deporting people. even the borders which we've seen over the last three case where refugees have been coming, it was closed, and they had to come into that. the border is a truly difficult thing and there could never be a watertight moment. the locations are tightly controlled and stopped, and turkey finds itself in a difficulty and obligation to help those refugees, but at the same time addressing serious threat to its own country first and it's allies. >> yes, but despite the challenges that turkey is facing do we expect to see more pressure from the u.s. for it to get more involved? i'm thinking specifically about this air base that turkey has,

the u.s. would like to launch airstrikes from. do you ever see that opening, for example? >> from an operational sense. u.s. does not need the air bases in turkey. u.s. has enough capacity across and around syria to undertake such attract. the reason why the u.s. has been quite committed to get turkey to publicly declare war against isis has been it's diplomatic presence and the importance of regional and must similar states supporting that campaign. turkey has committed security, intelligence sharing and logistics on any possible campaign against isis. i think secretary kerry and u.s. officials have been quite vocal publicly acknowledging turkish

sensitivities and appreciating that. at this stage it would be difficult to think of turkey taking part in a campaign against isil without a robust plan. the targets is not the difficulty. the difficulty is what will happen with syria next? what will happen with iraq next? how do we deal with the humanitarian crisis. how do we look at a long civil war? whatever we are doing now is a temporary adventure, and turkey stands to lose more than anybody in this region from such an adventure. >> thanks very much for joining us from london. >> well, in iraq thousands of supporters of the shia cleric

muqtada al sa sadr rally to what they describe as interference. >> they come to protest what they call the new occupation. they chanted no to america. no to occupation. >> the americans are trying to reoccupy iraq after they have left it. they want to build a new coalition to put their stamps on it. we don't want a foreign presence. we're done with the occupation. >> prime minister haideral an abady welcome american and french airstrikes. they say it created a power slam couple that gave rise to the crisis. >> it was created by the americans and israelis.

after their creation iraq has become a battlefield for isil after they created it. >> it's a statement of how strongly al sadr feel. here a memory which of fighting against u.s. troops and a lengthy occupation is still fresh, al sadr view foreign aid at best with suspicion. >> they welcome limited foreign aid. >> to have iraqi troops only. but of course we need advisers from our friends that will help as well. >> but no foreign troops in combat and no airstrikes. >> definitely not. >> reporter: but on the streets of the capitol where iraqi soldiers replace others, the

memory of foreign troops, they will leave it. >> in the peshmerga fighters 200 have been killed, but many believe the actual number to be much higher. we go to hospital wards in erb erbil. >> reporter: the fight for northern iraq etched across this man's face. his unit pushed forward to mosul when his vehicle hit aeid killing one, maiming three others. >> we don't have specialized equipment for ieds. it's a huge problem. no one has taught us how to deal with them. but the enemy knows what to do with ieds, mortars and snipers. >> reporter: this man's unit came face to face with the enemy. >> i lost my nephew.

they killed him. they shot me and my nephew tried to help me. the sniper shot him in the head. >> reporter: we were give rare access to hospital wards of kurdish fighters. the peshmerga has kept the media out for now. fearing that the site of wounded soldiers would hurt morale among its army and the kurdish people. >> we're losing a lot of people because there is such a huge difference between us and them. they come to die. when they run out of ammunition they blow themselves up. >> reporter: the peshmerga have fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant taking on far bigger guns with little more than assault rifles and rocket rocket-propelled grenades but their official death toll is 200, it's a sensitive subject that could effec affect morale. >> reporter: before we have

always fought with parts. patri. but we need more than patriotism. we're alone in fighting them for the whole world. >> reporter: in central erbil the weapons market is busy. civilians are preparing to protect themselves. unsure that th the person measurega can hold the line. >> this weapons market has been here since 1991, but it's never been this busy. as i.s. gets closer and closer to the city, their business has rocketed. an ak-47 has gone up from $100 to $700. [ explosion ] >> reporter: isil is also waging a social media war with a steady flow of hollywood-style reaction trailers beheading videos and footage of its extensive arsenal

and just undermining morale, but kurdish spirits have been lifted by recent heavy isil casualties from the coalition airstrikes. they just need the promised weapons to arrive to redress this imbalance on the battlefield to help them feel they can win this conflict. >> thousands of anti-government protests in bahrain have been demonstrating in the capitol. they're angry about proposed government reform that they say don't represent the opposition. the crown prince said that reforms will bring civility, and that the majority has staged demonstration against the sunni-led government since 2011. al jazeera continues to demand the release of three of its journalists being detained in egypt. missouri havmohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been held for 266 days.

they have been convicted for helping the muslim brotherhood. they're appealing their conviction. >> many voted no longer be british. what happens now to the separatist sentiment in scotland. >> vatican city hoping to get papal support for the country's financial stand off with hedge funds. a frustrating champion at the grand prix. we have details coming up with robin. >> in sierra leone the second day of a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the ebola

virus is underway. the doctors say they don't have enough health workers or medical supplies to treat victims. >> these are some of the thousands of volunteers going door to door trying to find and isolate people infected with the ebola virus. >> we go to the homes and visit. we tell them ebola is here and tell them how to prevent getting ebola. >> each house gets a sticker when visited. anyone suspected of being infected with the virus is sent to an isolation ward in the capitol of free town. the doctors say they do not have enough staff. >> we need trained experts. we need help with work, high

standards, supplies and equipment. otherwise we're going to keep going, infecting more healthcare workers, and then it's like a loop. >> reporter: the government nationwide has confined 6 million people to their homes. charity workers are saying its making it difficult for people to earn a living. >> there will be no shots. no place to buy or sale or even to get your drinking water. there will be no access. you can just imagine what it means for a community like this where people normally, normally, th. >> the government tries to contain the disease. the "world health organization" said that the vaccine could be available as early as november. the people of the front line in the fight against ebola say it can't come early enough.

al jazeera. >> now sunday marks a year since al-shabab fighters killed 76 peopl 67 people in a shopping mall in nairobi. >> the bullet entered from this point and went into the brain. >> reporter: the same bullet that lodged itself dangersly in this boy's head killed his mother as she tried to protect him. it was in march when armed gunmen attacked this coastal town. six people were murdered. the government called it an act of terror. >> the terrorism continues. >> reporter: less than two months later in june a serious of attacks along the coast left close to 100 people dead.

al-shabab fighters claimed responsibility. since the westgate mall siege a year ago there have been certainly attacks and assassinations in nairobi, the coast and parts of northern kenya, but the police have often been accused of failing to prevent attacks and responding late when they happen. >> we see conflicts. tagain, our desire is that we minimize this incident. >> reporter: the police force is now working closely with private security companies, which guard more social places in the country. >> security checks in public places have become part of life in kenya here.

they're looking for any suspicious-looking people or explosive devices. the problem is that many are not trained to engage with an armed attacker. >> so they learn about explosives, how to detect them. the instructor has had to change the training manual to deal with the terror threats. >> these guards will soon be deployed to their workstations. in times of danger, often with only a panic button, they'll be ahead of the law enforcement. al jazeera, nairobi. >> still ahead on the program. russian troops have left crimea

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>> spot on... >> don't try this at home... >> tech know, only on al jazeera america >> hello again. welcome to the al jazeera headquarters in doha. we'll give you our top stories. heavy fighting in yemen. dozens of turkish hostages have been released by fighters o of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. turkey denies having paid an ransom to secure their release.

and syrian kurds go into turkey to he i escape isil fighters. the majority of scottish referendum voters said no to separate from the united kingdom. >> reporter: it's been said that scotland will never be the same again. the union remains intact but this is a divided country now split down the middle on the question of indians. in the capitol edinburgh where people voted strongly against the scottish independence. in glasgow many mainly working class voters had hoped for so much more. >> people are absolutely gutted. people genuinely thought that we were going to win, and that

there was an opportunity to change their children's children's destiny forever, and it never happened. >> reporter: a majority in the city once known as the second capitol of the british empire no longer wants to be british. >> i refuse to term it as national sentiment. it was a movement that encapsulated millions for real change. i don't think it's going to go away. there is a real danger, however, that the millions who expect the change, most of them young people, may become apathetic, maybe become angry and feel there is no focus for their energy. >> reporter: after the referendum among the generals and luminaries of scottish life, some do wonder whether the promises made by london to stave off a successful yes vote will be kept, and what will happen if they aren't.

>> the heart has been knocked in scotland after that. i can't see westminster, they had their chance now. >> i don't imagine what the future is going to be for my child. >> a city in shock is how glasgow was described this weekend in a country still not entirely sure what is next. >> ukrainian government and pro russian rebels signed an agreement in the belarus capitol of minsk. the nine-point plan is to be implemented on sunday. the deal creates a 30-kilometer buffering zone. foreign armed groups and their

weapons are to leave ukrainian territory. combat aircraft will be banned from flying over the conflict area, and an international team is expected to be monitoring the cease-fire. well, russia's take over of ukraine's crimea region, many ukrainian tourists are now staying away. >> reporter: there are a million fewer tourist this is year, we're told as he throws his taxi through the twisting streets of yetla. >> last year i earned $350 a month, which was enough to live and even save some money. now i have $200 a month. >> reporter: the warm sun still shines, and the sea is still inviting, but much has changed in crimea. since it became russia's, the ukrainian tourists have shunned

it, and russian tourists have yet to make up the shortfall. >> no one is renting the yachts. last year we worked well, this year there is hardly any work. >> reporter: crimea holds a special place in the hearts of many russians. many czars would build summer palaces and a new russian leader has redrawn europe's map once more. this should be easy enough to understand. this one over here refers to the soldiers who took over crimea earlier in the year. in russia they were called the polite people. and putin is suggested to be the politist of them all. he accuses ukraine of neglecting

crimea and promises investments. $19billion has been pledged for job creation and infrastructure. it's needed, queues for the ferry have hit 40 hours. suggesting many russians want to come but find it difficult. the tourism minister said that it should start with a bridge to mainland. >> it helps the inflow of tourists. we talked to tourists, we know their problems. building the bridge will make it possible for cars and trains to use it, and it will be easy and faster for tourists to reach crimea. >> whether they call it a return land grab or homecoming, they're adjusting to the tumultuous time they're living through.

it may an slow tourist year it's better than living through war. >> now following a stand over disputed results. each side is accusing the other of fraud. let's go to kabul. jennifer glasse, when are we expecting this deal to be signed, and what do we know about what it involves? >> we expect the deal to be signed on sunday. we know that members of both candidates teams, abdullah abdullah and ashraf gandhi were meeting to iron out the final details of the agreement. it spells out what the deal will be between the two presidential hope else. we're expecting that deal to be signed tomorrow, the same day that we're hoping to get results from the election. that election took place three

months ago. the run-off election took place three months august and marred by allegations. all of the ballot has been recounted. one of the problems between the candidates is they didn't want the numbers announced. they really just wanted a winner declared without numbers being declared. so that seems to have hammered out. we understand from the presidential spokesman that the deal has been initialed by the two candidates, they will formerly sign that deal. afghans have been waiting months to find out who their new president will be. it has been paralyzing to the economy, so it's going to be very, very good news as this becomes a reality. >> thank you for bringing us that breaking news from kabul. in india 13 men have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for gang raping a woman.

a village elder ordered the attack because o. india is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. >> reporter: they're asking for divine illumination. the leaders of india's major religious are gathering to find common ground and talk about the issues that divide their followers. leading this meeting with the spiritual leader the dalai lama reminds us what india stands for.

social activists promotes harmony in communities across india. her organization is putting together a new campaign to increase acceptance of inter faith marriages. she welcomes more discussion about unity in india but says creating and engaging atmosphere on the ground is a growing challenge. >> there are non-state actor who are let loose, especially after the last 100 days there have been more than 600 attacks on minority, both muslim and christians. first we strongly deal with them and curb their hate campaigns. >> reporter: recent flareups confirm the fears, but many young indians believe that communal violence should be a thing of the past. >> we can come together and find

solutions, and we can see a brighter future. >> reporter: india's ruling party spa swept into office in may described itself as the party with a difference. but when it comes to religion it's hard to find a way to reach out to all indians. >> reporter: president narendra modi made business not religion the focus of his national campaign. but in a country that has longed struggled to reconcile diversi diversity. >> argentina's president is meeting pope francis in rome. for the third time he has invited her to vatican city and some say it's unprecedented. this has raised questions about the pope's role in the country's

ongoing financial disputes. >> the firstoday argentina is embroiled over a bitter dispute over whether it is or it is not in default. what does the pope have to do with this? a lot if you are the president of argentina looking for divine support for her government. support that the pope's former press secretary has just returned from roam says the president will receive. >> francis is not oblivious to the financial situation and he will show his solidarity and

support. the church's position is critical in respect to critical where men women and children will go into bankruptcy without a care. >> while he's men'sly popular pope francis' support may be more moral than practical. >> still the pope's blessings certainly won't hurt her popularity at home. this is the fourth time the fourth time received the president, which is ironic considering she was the same president who refused is to grant an audience to the pope. the church may be getting

something out of it. for example, the president has conspicuously taken legalization of abortion off the agenda. and while the pope carefully does not take sides, the luncheons gives the opportunity to continue engaging in politics in his homeland. >> still ahead on the program, a cool idea for coping with power cuts. we'll tell you why this approach may be just the trick. and china hosts the asian games. robin has that and the rest of the sport in just a moment. ..

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now to sport. here's robin. >> thank you. the sing for singapore grand prix. it's the britain's sixth poll of the season as he tried to close the gap between him and his german teammate. >> reporter: in terms whoa had the recipe for success. vettel was looking good.

he was held up by one of the taller. he'll start from fourth. once again the world champion was outperformed by daniel ricardo. at the front he was all about the battle betwee between house hamilton and rosberg. but despite rosberg recording his best time of the session hamilton won by .007 of a second. >> when i think back, it's nothing. and it will be here or there. come on, i could have done it.

okay. that's the way it is. >> my last lap here. i turned, and still managed to pull it back. at that point i felt .1 or .2 down. >> football now in real madrid returned with winning ways in what could only be described as a demolition. they had an 8-2 victory. a win would put them on top of la liga and the perfect start of the season.

three goals in four minutes has arsenal beating aston villa. they started the day in second place. arsenal with the 3-0 win. >> it was a win where w it was important to us. cameroon has announced as host of the 2019 africa cup of

nations. guinea will stage two years after. still no word on who will host the 2017 for libya because of the security situation in the country. the in the next few minutes entente setif will kick off against mazembe. tennis now. the final of the pan pacific open in tokyo. it gets off to a shaky start. ivanovic managed to fight back and take it.

>> she's been playing very well lately. she came off from the u.s. open. it will be a tough match, and i'm looking forward to that challenge. like i said, i hope that everyone can come out and enjoy. >> this is wozniacki worked hard against her spark opponent against garbine mugunruza. she would win 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. the opening day has seen the world record. he claimed goal.

the olympic champion lifting 170 to beat his own world record by one kilogram. china was the first gold medal winners of the game. china also had five goals. and it was a disappointment with the host of the men's volleyba volleyball. they were beaten by the hong kong pair. 21-15 in the first game and 21-13 in the second. the women's badminton, chinese taipei with letting a 2-1 lead slip. and to baseball now. the l.a. dodgers are closing in on the national league west.

clayton kershaw becoming the first 20-game winner this season. and pittsburgh pirates are closer to suring a playoff spot. they have lost their last five games in a row now. the rome catholic church and the church of england have been split for 500 years, and in the last five hours they came together in kent. a few miles away from canterbury ca cathedral. the st. peter's cricket club made up of priests from the sub continent as well as england and ireland. and in front you're watching the archbishop of canterbury.

his team winning by six wickets. all the big sports stories are on our website at www.aljazeera.com/sport. >> a british company has come up with a rather cool solution. simon mcgregor wood explains. >> reporter: it's warehoused in wales where they're making very special fridges to maintain the perfect temperature of 4 degrees celsius for more than ten days without power. >> grid power is most unreliable for most people in the world. to be able to take energy wherever it's available and be able to put it in a store and make that deliver perfect refrigeration is absolutely massive. it has a massive impact. >> reporter: water is at its

heaviest at four degrees celsius. when power is lost a natural chain reaction creates a circulation of water which keeps the fridge at at a constant four degrees no matter the temperatures outside. it is already available in 38 countries worldwide. they're usually deployed by big organizations like the "world health organization." they can be used for immunization or for disaster relief. this consignment of 20 solar powed fridges will be sent to the philippines after 2013's terrible typhoon haiyan. in zimbabwe they're using it to provide vaccines for newborn children. here there are power cuts almost every day. with a future to vaccinat--with

a failure to vaccinate, it costs lives. >> the vaccine is available for children. >> reporter: there are talks of big drinks companies who want to expand their markets. >> for me the dream of being able to put this technology into the homes of people in developing countries, millions and millions of people who can't use a refrigerator right now. they can't buy a refrigerator that works because they don't have the electricity to support it, this is very exciting to me. >> reporter: it has limits applications. humanitarian ones have been the priority so far, but not surprisingly the commercial

possibilities have begun to generate interest. >> that's it for me on the news hour team. stay with us on al jazeera. we have another full bulletin of news straight ahead.

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