>> u.s. air strikes destroy more i.s.i.l. targets in syria, but the soldiers continue an assault on a strategic town. hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha. i'm darren jordon. also - japanese believe the eruption on mt ontake killed 30. standoff in hong kong - demonstrators appear to have won concessions from the government. a bomb attack in the heavily secured diplomatic area of kabul, a day before the new afghan president is to be sworn

in. coalition air strikes have targeted i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a turkish town onned border with turkey. an i.s.i.l. building and two tanks were destroyed near kobani. kurdish fighters attacked the group on the ground. kurds in syria are spread across the north. i.s.i.l. fighters overran dozens of villages around the town of kobani, they tried to take town, but were pushed back by kurdish fighters. >> here is stefanie dekker from the kurdish side of the border. >> reporter: the sound of fighter jets. there were multiple jets around the town. it's an ongoing battle. it is not over. as we drove east we come across a crowd of syrian crowds. depended on handouts, human

desperation by the war. >> translation: we have been humiliated, there's no water or electricity. there's food, but not enough. we are eight families living in a basic small house. we can't go back, because there are fighting. >> reporter: 10km east of coppany, we-- kobani, we experienced the battle first hand. we are told the kurdish fighters are in charge of that vim im, and in front of them is the position where i.s.i.l. is holding the other side. >> it's turned into something of a spectator sport, with many lined up to watch the action on one of the front lines. >> i.s.i.l. has positions around kobani in of the east, south and west. as we return to the town. the earlier hope of the air strike is gone. this is an i.s.i.l. attack. they are not inside, but it's an active front line. 800 syrian kurds cross into

turkey. >> we do not have enough weapons, nobody help us. nobody help us. just we with the kalashnikov. how we destroy tanks, how we can. we are dying here. lots of people. they are daying. kobani is the latest rev any crisis in a war na killed and displaced many. 3.5 years on, and there's no sign that it will end soon. >> the syrian observatory for human rights says three makeshift oil refineries were hit, and the coalition strikes hit near the i.s.i.l. controlled town overnight. the area includes the main oil fields. i.s.i.l. funds itself by selling oil on the black market. >> in japan, 30 hikers are feared dead near the peak of an erupting volcano. rescuers found them in cardiac arrest near the 3,000 metres

summit of mt ontake, which began erupting without warning on sunday. we have more from ot arny. >> the rescue workers had been concentrating near the summit of ontake, where they found the missing group numbering 30. it's believed they are all dead, with reports coming out that they had suffered heart and lung failure. as you mentioned, that will not be confirmed until the official doctors confirm that after checking those people that have been brought down from the mountain. believed to be some people on there, assisted by rescue workers, including defense force personnel. they were ordered to the area by the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe. police in hong kong blocked pro-democracy activists from entering the main protest zone. it's the seventh day of protest, thousands gathering outside

government headquarters. they oppose the chinese government decision to screen candidates for elections in 2017. more than scott heidler. we understand the stand off tips. what is happening on the ground? >> absolutely. we had a couple of scuffles here on sunday morning, thus far. bit of back and fourth. two big things, big developments over the last couple of hours. the first coming within the last hour. the executive director of hong kong, the top government official. he said he will reopen consultations of the election process here in hong kong. this is the root of why the protesters in their sthous aned are out on the streets. they feel as though what was supposed to be a free and open election in 2017 is not. they feel the decision by beijing to preselect the candidates is not good enough. they are on the street, and why

they have to open up the consultations again. >> do we think the protests will continue, if they don't get the concessions they asked for? >> yes, it appears as though they will. the police earlier on sunday said that the protesters should be prepared to be moved. we haven't seen mass movement in the area. we know the area has been sealed off. what is interesting too is that the student movement that started last monday and grew and moved to the central part of hong kong, the occupied central movement. that is a long-term movement in hong kong. they have said they will move up the civil disobedience. it was supposed to start wednesday. they are joining so there's more people on the streets, and they had to prepare to move out. it would be a big issue. this is the center of the business district here in

hong kong. and the beginning of the work week is monday morning. >> let's talk to chris chang. he's at the protest, a writer and columnist in hong kong. have you received any cop sessions from the government yet? >> there has been a press conference, but most of the protesters are not really happy with that. >> so what - what did cy leung, the leader of hong kong say then? >> he sort of said hong kong is my home but objects to protesters occupying places like the central government offices where we are at now. >> tell us, chris, what you are seeing and hearing on the ground. >> so i'm at the barricade made by protesters. rumour said that place here might use water canon, but i have been here for around two hours, i haven't seen

anything, but the situation is tense. it's sort of protesters versus riot police, but the situation right now is you can not enter the protest area, but you can lee, so there are more protesters outside the block, surrounding the police, than inside the processing area. >> chris challenge, thank you for talking to us. >> now, military vehicle has been bombed in the afghan capital a day before the president is due to be sworn in. no one was killed in the explosion near the presidential palace. security is tight, ahead of the inauguration of ashraf ghani, who will replace hamid karzai. glaz christopher gibson has more -- jennifer glasse has more. >> the bombing with was attached to the underside of a military truck. it exploded at the edge of the presidential compound, a gate leading to the main gate of the presidential compound 24 hours

before the inauguration to be held inside the presidential compound, and while it was a small bomb, one person was injured. i am sure it will put afghan security forces on higher alert. we expect it to be mainly shut down tomorrow, as signatory arrived for the inauguration of ashraf ghani as a long-time leader. hamid karzai hands over power in the first democratic transfer of power that afghanistan has seen in its history. it will be an historic day. security is one of many changes that the unity government will face. also a difficult economy here. we understand that the government is having major shortfall, trouble paying the salaries of its workers. as ashraf ghani takes power, afghans see it as a historic day, a jubilant day, but his government will face changes as they try to put afghanistan's economy on the sfeet and get the

security -- feet and get the security situation in many areas around the country - renewed fighting, ghazni for a prolonged fight as the security system - as the new government tries to take care of the security situation. a lot of changes for the new government. >> a police officer has been shot in the u.s. city of the ferguson, missouri, the same city where a black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer in august. no one has been arrested. the officer was responding to a burglary on society. his found is not considered life threatling. supporters and opponents of hosni mubarak have fought each other after a verdict in a retrial was postponed. the judge said he needed more time. hosni mubarak and aids are accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during an uprising three years ago. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three

journalists. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 274 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste from sentenced to seven years, barder had an and three for having a spent bullet in his possession picked up at a protest. >> still to come, fighting in kirkuk redefining massual jointy, find out why south america is the biggest market for mail cosmetics -- male cos met. stay with us.

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welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. coalition air strikes targeted i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a kurdish town on the northern border with turkey. u.s. central command says an i.s.i.l. building and two tanks were destroyed. three makeshift oil refineries were hit near the i.s.i.l. controlled town. more than 30 hikers in japan are feared dead near the peak of an erupting volcano. rescuers found them in cardiac arrest near the summit of mt ontake. hong kong's leader to launch a round of consultation on electoral remore or less as protests hit a seventh day. activists demanding the right to choose candidate. >> more on i.s.i.l. the group has been capitalizing to control sunni areas.

that is eff department in kerr -- evident in kirkuk where i.s.i.l. operates with regular imtunity. >> reporter: in a building site in the south. kurdish forces follow up on a tip-off that an i.s.i.l. a sleeper cell is hiding here. they discover a container buried under ground. inside a large cache of weapons, ammunitions and explosives. three men are at the skite, fleeing. and boasted to the officers that they were i.s.i.l. the men and the evidence were handed over to the local iraqi police to be processed and sent to the courts. the kurdish security officers have little hope the suspects would be convicted. >> translation: many judges of the courts told us their homes are in the south and are not protected. i.s.i.l. attacks them. all are too afraid to put their families in danger as they have been getting death threats.

some of the judges are arab sunnis, and that's why they release them. the sunni arab population in kirkuk increased enormously over the past few months as over 100,000 fled the fighting and made kirkuk a new home. it's become a nervous city, with security forces finding it difficult to track down those suspected of being loyal to i.s.i.l., hiding in this community. >> there are two kinds of sunni arabs, some in league with i.s.i.l., some against. it's important for us to give updated information to the air strikes so they don't attack the wrong side. it's crucial for us. we have good relations with some arab tribes, we are telling them to stay away from i.s.i.l., we don't want to turn them into an enemy. the frontline is 30km outside the city. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down, because we are close to the i.s.i.l. position.

it's 50 meters away across the river. >> the problem the fighters have is there are 25 sunni arab villages, and they don't want to kill the civilians. civilians are saying we can't force i.s.i.l. out of our villages. >> a coalition strike hit a vehicle across the river three days ago, killing four, including two senior i.s.i.l. commanders. the coalition hub will not launch attacks where civilians are living. they cannot weed out the sleeper cells. only a fully functioning security system can do that. meanwhile rush acids -- russia's foreign minister said the fight against i.s.i.l. should be made in law. sergey lavrov made the comments in new york at the general assembly. >> translation: from the beginning of the arab spring

russia urged not to leave it to extremists and to establish a united front. we warned against the temptation to make allies with anyone that proclaimed itself an enemy of bashar al-assad, be it al qaeda, al nusra, and other travellers, including i.s.i.l., the focus of our attention. more than 2 million muslim pilgrims around the world arrived in mecca for the haj. another million are expected to join them in what is the largest gathering of muslims. the haj will begin next week and is viewed as the greatest act of worship in the muslim faith. israeli assaults on the gaza strip killed 2,000. many were wounded, including children. now a charity arranged for some to receive specialised treatment

in germany. nick spicer reports. >> a bad infection swirls the bone inside hamad's leg. here there's a risk of amputation, but a better chance that he'll keep his head. he's one of 42 children brought over by a charity in september. >> open fractures, wounds. wound infections and amputations. legs, arms and most of them are critical ill children. >> it was a tough journey to europe. two children died on the way into and through egypt. in part because of delays. it's difficult for residence of gaza to travel, even in normal time. >> in 51 days of conflict, 578 children died in gaza, 3,000 injured. few can hope to receive the treatment available here in

germany. it is called peace village and has worked for years treating children wounded in war zones. >> the gaza kids eat and play with children from other conflicts. you have to wonder what scars are unseen in the mind. >> this boy lost some use of his hands in an explosion. he lost more. he said his family was gathered in one room. as they cleared the ruins, another bomb fell, the explosion killing two members of his family. no fear of that here, however. >> translation: everybody is kind of lovely here, and the volunteers play with us. i have a lot of friends. >> the children will stay here until they are well and sent home. the regiments is devised with the expectations that they will not be able to come to germany again. indian prime minister narendra modi is on his first official visit to the united

states to talk business and investment. in a few hours time thousands of the indian americans are expected to be at maddison square gardensful kristen saloomey has more. >> the indian prime minister's visit to the united states is reason to celebrate. to say that patel and his family are narendra modi supporters is an understatement. >> he's finally coming. we are excited in the united states. we welcome him. we are excited to see him. >> patel's father spent seven months in india campaigning for narendra modi. his pledge to lift foreign investment raised expectations ahead of a meeting with u.s. president obama. >> we need excellent relationship between the u.s. government and the indian government. it not only help indian living in america, but help indian living in india. >> indians make up 1% of the the

population in the united states. as a group, they are a successful bunch. the average household income far exceeds that of other americans, and many are hoping that better relations between the united states and india will further elevate the status here. it's a remarkable turn around for the indian prime minister who arrived in new york to cheering crowds. he was barred from setting foot in the u.s. over accusations he did little to stop riots in gooujar abbing, when he was the chief executive in 2002. rights groups say 2,000 muslims were killed. this person is from the south asian solidarity collective and started a campaign protesting the visit. >> we want people to know it's not just about the gooujar abbing, but it represents an ideology that narendra modi is

part of. this is a hindu generations and muslim are coming from the outside, when they have been there for years. on friday narendra modi was summoned to court. the move is largely symbolic and unlikely to get in the way of wz between the two countries. >> there's a lot of debate about how do you define the indian middle class, you know, in monetary terms. it's a vast consumer market. that is what has always been tempting to a lot of american investors. >> those investors are hoping the existment in the indian community is in washington. >> kristen saloomey in al jazeera, new york. >> hundreds of people in serbia's capital have been protesting against the gay pride parade. police held back demonstrators as they pushed towards a government building in belgrade. the protest organised by a right

wing party. the gay pride parade has been cancelled due to security concerns. this year's event will take place in the coming hours. >> the spanish go will call for a decree for an independence referendum in kata lonian. it includes the city of barcelona, one of the the richest regions of spain. the spanish government says the vote would be illegal. >> all over the world there are millions of people not recognised as citizens by any state. that means their considered stateless and have no rights for legal protections. the u.s. wants to wipe out statelessness for three years. veronica pedrosa reports. >> reporter: in the eyes of the law these people do not exist. they are among the 10 million worldwide who are stateless, as

such, they are denied rites to education, health care and the freedom to travel. at the mobile clinic, the images on the thai border with myanmar are getting help. university professors and students are advising them on ways to be recognised by the government. it's a small step to the united nations campaign to end statelessness. >> this woman was stateless herself. she was born and grew up in thailand. she fought for years to get citizenship and wants to help others get out of the trap of statelessness. >> everyone have a right to have citizenship. every single kid who is born should have a birth certificate. or any document that prove where they - who they are, where they were born. >> that's easier said than done. these people lived in the area

before myanmar and thailand existed and fled war and persecution across the border. their statelessness is born out of the clash between their need to survive, and the hard politics of nation states. >> it's the middle of the rainy season, and most of the houses are pretty makeshift, leaving the people somewhat unprotected. that is rather similar to the legal situation. because about a third of the households here are not documented. that means that they are totally unprotected under the law. >> reporter: after getting legal advice at the village community space, she shares what she learnt with the men in her family. she has four children, born here, but they can't get the education or careers they want. if they are sick, they can't access affordable health care, and are more vulnerable to exploitation, and in some cases trafficked. >> if we have education, we'll

know what our rites are. and we can pass it on to others. >> millions like her are out to prove that being stateless is far from being hopeless. south korean men spend more on cosmetics than men from any other country. about a billion last year. sales have been growing rapidly since 2005. a south korean min are known for being macho, so why are things changing. we report from the capital seoul. >> reporter: this man is serious about his appearance. hardly surprising for the male beauty editor of a men's magazine. he's far from alone. south korea is the world's biggest market for the male cosmetics that he fests in his day -- tests in his day job. it's more than due diligence,

it's a way of life. >> translation: i have extra products placed wherever i go - in the office, in the car, so there isn't anywhere i don't use them. basic skin care is important. you need to apply moisturizer if your skin feels dry. >> reporter: he's one of a growing number of men making visits to the dermatologist. today it's a mix of laser therapy and injections to raise and firm the jaw line. >> 30240% of my -- 30-40% of my customers are men. previously they'd get simply facial massages or laser. now they'll get antiaging treatments to look younger, healthier and give a better impression. >> south americans are the biggest consumers of make-up products. more than 960 million according to a leading brand. >> at the heart of this is a paradox. seen men have a rep u dags of being domineering.

they have tape to cosmetics like no others on the planet. a theory is that men are trying harder for the attentions of women, less likely to marry according to parents wishes. another is outward purposes in a hypersensitive society. >> previously it was taboo, now it's a virtue, seen as a demonstration of good sense and a social and economic symbol. as a consequence, it created a grooming tribe in society. >> if you look for it you can find male grooming down the old-fashioned way. this man has been cutting hair for 45 years. changing tastes means the barber shop business is in decline. >> maybe some day weigh could bring back mass cool jointy as before. perhaps in 5-10 years people will come back to the barber shop. >> for now he has to concentrate

on the middle age and up, and hope that south korea's young men tire of the trend. >> a reminder, you can keep up to date with the news on the website. there it is on the screen. aljazeera.com. the city just kind of grabs you. >> these guys do a lot more than look after journalists. they do bodyguarding. they search for road side bombs. they run convoys. >> not really. just go ahead and shop with these two guys here. >> lea. >> yeah, i'm all right. >> you see what? >> no. ♪ ♪