at "the listening post." ♪ . >> a peace deal for yemen, the government and houthi rebels agree to work together to try to end the fighting. welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. i'm darren jordan. also coming up, more than 1,000 kurds flee to turkey to escape i.s.i.l. >> thousands buoy got classes, demanding beijing allow democratic elections. playing for peace - can musical harmony bring about

peaceful harmony amid the fighting in iraq? yemen's government signed a peace deal with houthi rebels, following days of violence that killed more than 100 people in the capital. shia rebels had been advancing for weeks, and on sunday took over key buildings. the u.n. brokered agreement gave the houthis and other factions more say in how it is governed. >> it's a deal wrb a shia minority are likely to dominate. on sunday they bombed their way through the city, taking the government buildings and the military commands. by the time the assault was completed a comprehensive peace agreement was signed. the president called it historic. >> translation: with all the parties and factions supported

by the international community we have secured this agreement, which we hope will bring a new down to yemen. we commend the efforts of the u.n. special envoy omar and commend everyone to work toot together. nearly all the major issues have been dealt with, including security in the capital. >> translation: the president holds transparent talks with the parties to form a transparent government. the counter government will run the country until a new government is formed. it must be inclusive of all members of the society. the duties will be delegated federally and on a local level. the parliament must appoint two advisors, a new nonpartisan

prime minister must be n appointed. >> reporter: other groups include a group to reform the economy and regulate. another will be tasked with solving the security situation in the north, under houthi control. the agreement did not say when the houthi fighters will pull out from the capital, or when they'll put down their arms. the houthis said their campaign to top off the government will come to an end once the deal is fully implemented. the offensive started from the stronghold in the north. from there, they surged south, taking a string of important cities before reaching the capital. in sanaa the supporters staged masked demonstrations, demanding an inclusive government and cuts to fuel crisis. the goal of the group, some say, is to seize power and control yemen. the latest violence is the

biggest challenge yemen faces in its transition in democracy. the houthis refused to turn into a political party. several peace agreements between them in yemeni governments crumbled in the past. sunday's agreement may prove to be no exception, amid the way it came to light. >> the gulf cooperation council welcomed the peace deal and said in a statement: turkey is tightening border crossings with syria, after tens of thousands of kurdish refugees crossed over in the past two days. kurdish opened its border to those fleeing the town. i.s.i.l. fighters fled the area.

>> translation: for the last five days the battle has been so brutele. i.s.i.l. has 50 tanks and captured 50 villages, they are advancing, killing anyone, children, women. australia is expected to resettle nearly 5,000 refugees from iraq and syria. the government says its success in stopping asylum seekers boats allowed it to welcome more refugees. andrew thomas has this report. abdul never went to the gym when he lived in syria. but in his new home, australia, working out is how he spends a big part of his day. >> translation: i'm in australia on my own. i'm lonely. the only place i can come and release my energy is the gym. >> reporter: before the arab spring he ran a shop. when the crackdown began, he

joined a resistance, and helped to get video footage out of the area. that got him arrested, he was held and torture before he bribed guards to release him. within 48 hours he left. he applied for refugee status, and that lead to a new life in australia. he is grateful but lonely, waiting for an english course to begin, hoping when he's better able to communicate. he'll find employment. now, his days are pretty empty. >> translation: i'm a refugee. home is where my family is. i'm grateful for the reception and generous assistance i had here. >> reporter: he knows hundreds of thousands of fellow syrians are stuck. with much fanfare australia was committed to take 4,000 more refugees from syria and iraq over the next year, refusing visas to those arriving illegally by boat harks the

government said, freed up spaces for more deserving people applying through the unhcr. even so, many say australians are not doing enough. >> though we are satisfied in some places compared to what other are doing, it pales in comparison. >> abdul hopes one day members of his family will be able to join him as settled refugees. >> the australian government is criticized for the way it treats asylum seekers that makes its own way to australia by boat. by being tough those arriving through the backdoor, it can be generous to those applying through official can else. people like hakim. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been meeting iran's foreign minister in new york. the talks took place on the third day of the latest round of nuclear discussions between iran and six world powers. a u.n. state department official says:

>> the topic of i.s.i.l. has been discussed between the two sides earlier in july. it's important that it's a little more out in the open. both need each other. there's coordination taking place behind the scenes, but there seems to be greater conflict level of keeping the collaboration and coordination behind the scenes rather than keeping it in the open. i'm not sure that that is the right track to go. there may be a need for open policy. this is a strong common center that the two sides have. it's about whether the united states, iran and iraq work in tanned some with each other on the issue, rather than letting the issues get in between them. it's important, this is a strong threat to all three, as well as

the rest of the region, one thing that in the past has exasperated problems, creating more difficulties than needed is when the united states and iran used the theatres to compete with each other, rather than to collaborate. the cost of competition is high. the benefits of cooperation high. >> thousands of students in hong kong are rallying against china's decision to restrict electoral reforms. many boycotted classes. in august beijing ruled out open nominations for candidates for elections to choose the top leader, scheduled for 2017. voters in hong kong are only allowed to choose between pre-screened candidates. >> when the national people's congress made their decision, it crushed the disease of some hong kong people that have been fighting hard for 30 years. >> i think the boycott will

achieve little. i think after beijing's national people's congress made its decision, it would not be affected by the boycott. >> multiple explosions in xinjiang killed two, injuring others. the western province is home to muslim uyghurs, and there has been several bomb and knife attacks over the last year, which beijing blames on uyghur separatists. beijing has been accused of suppressing their culture and religion. >> human rights abuses in the central african republic have been well documented. in the past year there has been concerns about crimes carried out by african union peacekeepers. >> reporter: robert reads out the names of people who are missing. on the list are two of his brothers. their wives and children are also on the list. they were staying at the home of one of their brothers.

this man, self-declared rebel general maurice mcconnell, an anti-balaka leader of a christian armed group. when they disappeared in march, robert thought his brother might be in prison. >> translation: if he was in prison i'd have been able to take him coffee, cigarettes and food. from 24 march until today i have not heard his voice nor seen him. that definitely means he's dead. >> reporter: in march a fooun yn peacekeeper was killed here. there were reports that anti-balaka was behind the attack. soldiers turned up at the rebel general's house. >> this is the last place the general and his family were seen alive. witnesses say peacekeepers took them away. the youngest person in the group was less than a year old. >> the african union has replaced the contingent with

these men. they are also from congo, but are now upped a u.n.ing under a u.n. mandate. the commander will not comment on the incident and six months on there has been no conclusive investigation. the u.n. says the new mission will be no different. >> the united nations has a zero tolerance bov erty for any violation. that, i have breached the african contingent commanders, including sexual behaviour. but i think human rights in its globality is something that we have to uphold. but u.n. peacekeepers can only be prosecuted in their own countries. >> if the mission acts with impunity, that will delegitimize the mission, negating out the work. they are here to protect civilians, not abuse them.

>> this is where robert wants to bury his family. he fears that their bodies will never be found. he'll continue to mourn in private. until he has answers and justice. more to come on the programme. the biggest ever climate change march. thousands unite to draw attention to rising sea levels and extreme weather. a school for migrant workers in thailand helping them to integrate. more on that. stay with us.

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welcome back, a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. yemen's government signed a peace deal with houthis rebels. following days of violence, killed more than 100 in the capital. hours before the signing rebels took over key government buildings in the capital sanaa. turkey reopened its buildings, where more than 3,000 are gathering. they are nfleeing to escape i.s.i.l. fighters. students in hong kong started a week-long strike against china's decision to restrict electoral reforms. beijing ruled out open nominations for candidates for the first-ever election to choose its leader, scheduled for 2017. back to the situation in yemen, we are joined live from

yemeni's capital. mohammed, the peace deal has been signedment the question is what happens next. is it likely to hold? >> that's a question now and 12 hours after the signing of the peace deal, what we have seen is not anything that looks like the implementation of the points in that peace deal. what we are seeing and hearing in the reports, what is happening in sanaa, is acts of revenge by the houthis against their former enemies, or traditional enemies. his house has been looted and occupied bip the houthis, and his -- by the houthis, and his cousin. he was a field marshall that led the wars against the houthis for 20 years, and was successful against them always. now they consider him a primary target. what is going on now, according to many here, is not an implementation, but rather the

houthis going further into the agenda, which they have not announced yesterday, and is not included in the deal, which is to take revenge against the enemies. >> there's a worrying amount of political fall out. the prime minister resigned. it looks like there'll be a new government. does that mean the houthis basically have everything they wanted? >> they got everything they wanted, and more. now the question is whether anything that the other side wanted will actually take place. will there be a balanced government. will there be a competent prime minister and competent cabinet according to what is mentioned in the deal, or will there be a number of people selected by the houthis, with huge the houthis are happy and on good terms. what will happen to the other parties, remember two of the political parties did not sign the agreement, the nationalist party, and the salafist party

have not signed this. we don't have the popular reaction in the south or how they will act to this or al qaeda, which has a lot of power in other parts of yemen, will react to the takeover by the houthis, a minority in the country. >> thank you. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon expressed second certain about journalists detained in egypt, in a meeting with abdul fatah al-sisi. abdul fatah al-sisi arrived in the u.s. on sunday to attend a meeting of the u.n. general assembly. abdul fatah al-sisi's first trip to the u.s. since his election next year, he's not expected to meet u.s. president obama. al jazeera demand the release of its journalists imprisoned. peter greste, mohamed fadel

fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 268 days, falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy 7 yearns and mohammed an additional three for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. they are appealing their convictions. a 3-day lockdown to industry to limit the spread of ebola in sierra leone has come to an end. thousands wept door to door to educate people about the disease. 20 new cases were discovered. >> a spanish priest diagnosed with the virus has been flown to madrid for treatment, the second spanish missionary to catch ebola. more than 300,000 people marched through the streets of new york city in what may have been the largest climate change protest history. among them u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon,

former u.s. vice president al gore and actor lienon ardo dicaprio. kristen saloomey reports. >> this is a movement led by those on the front lines of change christopher gibson. coastal communities losing their neighbourhoods to rising sea levels and extreme whether, to indigenous groups travelling from the south-west of the united states. >> the delegation that we brought - we are being impacted for over 40 years. we have a boom of fracking going on, history of iranian mining and i work in the cold country. we felt the negative impacts for years, and we are here to join with our brothers and sisters outside of the economy. >> plenty of dignitaries on hand, including vice president and climate activists al gore. the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon.

he has convened a climate summit in new york on tuesday. there are efforts to reach a binding international agreement by next year. >> nothing will happen this week in new york. the big action is out on the streets. it is finally a climate change movement coming of age, demonstrating that it is a profound concern for people. this is the biggest political gathering about anything in the united states in many years, okay. and that is the message above all that we need to get across. >> environmental activists have been down this road before. what is different this time is the broad coalition supporting them. they face groups to labour unions, and hope to create a ground swell of public support for action. >> major unions brought thousands of people, reflecting labour's revolving position on how climate action will impact jobs. >> it will not hurt the economy.

it's the only choice we have. if we don't combat climate change, the climate will be devastated. with strength in numbers, activists are calling for an agreement that will keep the rise under 2 degrees celsius by fading out carbon pollution, and switching to clean energy by the year 2015. they say we must act now or repay the price later. typhoon fong-wong has left a trail of devastation in taiwan. one was killed during the gale force winds and flooding. 4,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes. now, tai land has hundreds of thousands of migrant workers looking for better lives in a new country, their children face difficulties. there's a school in the south looking to help the children integrate and provide opportunities.

we have this report. >> free haircuts at school. to most families in thailand saving $2 a month won't make a difference, but to migrant families, it may mean an extra meal. most migrant families in thailand don't have access to school and many are undocumented. this school is solely for these children. this family left myanmar looking for a better life. they document children and help to send them on to schools. he still has to work the rubber plantation. >> i get to sleep for an hour, shower and come to school to study. during recess, after lunch, i get to play with my friends. >> his family left myanmar years ago, and just started school in may. >> he wanted to wait until he got a better job.

he knew he could afford the $10 a semester for tuition, it took him five years. >> a report by human rights watch focussed on the condition of undocumented children in thailand. >> i don't think they are intentionally trying to get children locked out. the reality is because of dysfunctional refugee and migrant laws, children end up in detention. >> the military government has made some progress, documenting 1 million migrants. >> it's one of the biggest issues. as a former revolutionary, he fled the government in myanmar 21 years ago. >> i don't support the region. according to eyewitnesss in thailand, the thai military government is trying to provide some legal assistance to our undocumented migrant workers. >> they may be making some lives

better in thailand, but there's a lot of work to do in changing entrenched systems and laws. documentation is the first step. >> with the flew it replied call situation here, there's a chance that their efforts could be updone by the next government. in afghanistan there were low key celebrations in the capital kabul on underafter ashraf ghani was named the president-elect. a power sharing arrangement has been made with his opponent abdullah abdullah. >> translation: we congratulate the men and hope to have a peace government in the future. a strake in bangladesh forced the closure of every business, it's been prompted by a law giving parliament the power to impeach supreme court judges. the parliament is dominated by

the ruling party, weakening the judiciary. commanders in ukraine are acausing pro-russian separatists and russian troops of firing at government forces. officials in kiev say they won't set up a buffer zone until all sides abide by the terms of a peace plan. >> iraq was once a sophisticated center for arts and learning. more recently it's been recognised for political instability and fighting. on some days the best musicians tried to transcend the violence with bows and strings. imran khan reports from baghdad. [ ♪ music ] >>reporter: this might be the least likely weapon iraq has deployed against i.s.i.l. this is the iraqi national symphony in collaboration with the baghdad youth orchestra. they begin with the national an them, and iraqi officials say concert like these are crucial in the battle against i.s.i.l.,

who swore to destroy anything that doesn't conform to their ideology, including music. a lot of people have come to watch the conflict. some say it's a reflection for a desire for more event like this, despite the fear of many to leave their neighbourhoods and travel the streets. for many, it's less important than the ability to play. >> for many years our music as within marginalised by officialdom and reliage us edicts declaring it forbidden. it's a serious art and a message to the audience that we can transcend war and give a moment of peace and tranquility. >> the challenge of mounting a conference dawns on many. electricity stops, and the heat is stiff lipping. the concert is -- stiff lining. the concert is crucial. >> it's important in difficult times because of what the world

is going through in so many countries. so i hope that he goes through other people and, you know, to be an example that even though we are living in iraq, we are still doing concerts and people are attending, and people are still caring about music. so that is the point, i guess. more con certs require a big effort. iraq has declined. a lack of investment means the building is in disrepair pair. under saddam hussein, concerts like this were common and well attend the. >> this is a hopeful moment for the iraqis. a moment they'll want to grow into a bigger regular series of concerts, and get back the name. iraq called for centuries the cradle of civilisation.

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