damascus ruled it will regard turkish intervention in syria as aggression. fighting rages within site of the border. ♪ hello, welcome to al jazeera. i'm martine dennis. student leaders in hong kong call off talks with the go after vie -- violent scuffles. and australia launches an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by guards at an

immigration detention center. ♪ syria has issued a warning to turkey saying it will regard any intervention in its war as aggression. this comes as heavy clashes have been reported around the town of kobani. kurdish fighters are involved in a desperate battle to prevent it from falling to isil. >> reporter: it has been one of the most intense days of fighting for kobani in recent weeks. the sound of gunfire and rocket fire has been going on behind me all day. the head of the kurdish forces defending kobani, said his forces are operating from one

small area, no enforcements has reached them, he says, and his expectation is for more killing and destruction. turkey has the ability to intervene militarily in syria and iraq, no yet indicate that it is prepared to do that, though, and the syrian government has said any turkish intervention syria will be regarded as aggression. in iraq government forces and militia are continuing to battle isil. eight fighters were killed northwest of bagdad. another 37 were injured in fighting east of tikrit. and kurdish peshmerga fighters have driven isil fighters out with the help of coalition

fighters. and the u.s. general john allen is leading the international fight against isil and is currently visiting the region. imran khan has more. >> reporter: general john allen's visit here as been seen by many as trying to reassure iraqis on a few different points they are concerned about. what is more interesting is he also has met with religious figures here. the cleric sought assurances that there wouldn't be american troops on the ground here, that the americans would be backing up the iraqi forces, and that civilian casualties would be kept to a minimum. now that's something that a lot of iraqis are very worried about. but generally in public it does welcome the american and coalition air strikes which it

says it is urn thing the tide in a number of places. whilst all of this is going on, the islamic state of iraq and the levant has issued a statement saying that teachers and doctors must return back to their homes within the towns that they control, mosul being the biggest one they control, otherwise their property would be confiscated and/or destroyed. this is being seen by many as isil flexing their muscles. saying we are the municipal authority in the towns and the areas we control, and we are trying to run this as an islamic state and using islam as our guide. it's effectively saying to the international community, you might be able to have us on the run in other area,s, but where

the caliphate exists, they say, is where we are really in control. saying that, yes, look, you might be able to get rid of us in places, but we are still here and still in control. [ inaudible ] new prime minister has announced that his country will recognize a palestinian state. his comments underline his support to a two-state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. his party formed a minority government on friday. student leaders in hong kong have called off talks with the government blaming police for failing to protect them. let's go live now to our correspondent who is there among the demonstrators, adrian brown. adrian, today seems to signify a turning point in these demonstrations. >> reporter: yes, a real

hardening of attitudes on both sides. i'm in one of those densely populated places on earth, and it has been a setting for a really violent standoff between these two groups. we're told in total around 130 people have been injured during similar incidents today. so the worry is now that, of course, now that the leaders of the various student groups have pulled out of negotiations, peace talks with the government, that the violence could well continue during the days to come. it has to be pointed out this is only happening in a few areas of hong kong. the rest of hong kong is operating smoothly. it's business as usual. but the worry is, if the police don't -- if these protesters don't respond to the police's

demand to clear the streets then we could be into uncharted waters. >> indeed. the government is now in a rather tricky position, isn't it? because work goes back to normal, public holiday is over now, so it really has to decide how it is going to move to contain these demonstrations, which as you point south partially cutting down essential elements of the hong kong economy. >> that's right. basically the hong kong government isn't really functioning at the moment. the central government offices have been closed today. but the worry, of course is that the financial sector could be effected on monday, but by and large the financial sector has been working okay up until now. today the police have repeated their appeals, not just today but tonight for these rival groups and protesters to get off of the streets and go home.

the chief executive of hong kong has also made an impassioned plea, saying that both sides should refrain from violence and calm down. but at the moment those appeals simply aren't being heeded. there is anger and high emotion on both sides, and really for those who know hong kong, this would not be a hong kong that people perhaps would recognize tonight. >> what kind of role are the police playing at the moment? we have seen these tense scuffles between rival factions, but how are the police interacting with this? >> reporter: well, the police are in the middle there, trying to keep both sides apart, struggling to keep both sides apart, but those from the camp that supports the protest movement here in hong kong believe that the police have been turning a blind eye to attacks on them and they cite that as one of the reasons why

they are pulling out of talking with the government. also here, you hear a lot of n mandarin being spoken in the crowds. that's the language spoken on the mainland. some of those that support the prodemocracy group say they believe that beijing is deliberately stirring up trouble. now the catilan authorities say they want to pull away from sfran. catalonia is one of spain's richest and most industrialized regions. the poll is planned for november 9th. >> we like to think of it is a

peaceful way of showing what our feelings are. the independence move is extremely peaceful. it is determined to not use violence. so how do you capture the attention of the world peacefully? any way you can. at least ten migrants have drown off of the coast of italy. this happens as the lampedusa island is marking the year of the tragedy that claimed many men women and children. but with more migrants than ever crossing the mediterranean ocean, it seems unable to cope. >> reporter: an emotional return to the port where they were brought ashore a year ago. the last time they were here,

they just survived one of italy's worst-ever shipwrecks. but memories of that night are inescapable. this man arrived from lampedusa from eritrea. and was one of two boys that were taken in by this man. >> translator: they needed support and protection after what they had suffered. i welcomed them for four months. they became sons and i repeat, truly sons. >> reporter: survivors travelled with rescuers to the spot where the vessel went down. the sound of waves pierced only by the coast guard to one of the 368 lives that were lost. when the crowded fishing vessel sank, it was just a kilometer and a and a half from the coast. after the tragedy italian authorities launched a costly

search and rescue operation, but still more migrants than ever are dying at sea. >> translator: we want to remember them, and we want to give a message to the european union, what is the plan to save these people? we can no longer say that we know nothing. >> reporter: the e.u. says it's border agency will launch a new mission in the coming months, but the focus will be strengthening border control, rather than search and rescue. many would like to see migrants able to escape war and poverty without taking to the water. >> we need some sort of migrant processing places in north africa, so people can be processed there. so why take the voyage if you can be identified, for example as someone from the horn of africa who has a protection claim. do it on land. >> reporter: that idea is being welcomed by these survivors who know how much is at stake, and

who have already lost so much. kim vinnell, al jazeera, lampedusa. >> we have a lot more to come here on the program, including large health alerts. we're in saudi arabia where pilgrims are being screened for mers and ebola. and we'll meet a politician who says some women in south africa are using culture as an excuse for being overweight. ♪ >> what did i do? >> the lives of american teenagers... on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america

♪ hello again, let's have a look at the top stories. syria has issued a warning to

turkey, saying it will regard any intervention as aggression. this comes as heavy clashes are reported around the city of kobani close to turkey's border. turkey's parliament has renewed a motion to allow cross border incursions into syria and iraq. student leaders in hong kong have called off talks with the government, claiming the police are failing to protect them in vial lenth scuffles with probeijing groups. the catilan government has claimed it will push forward on a vote to withdraw from spain in november. australia is looking into allegations of sexual abuse by guards at immigration stations.

the guards are reportedly forcing women to performance sexual acts in exchange for access to a showers and child sexual abuse. the chief executive of save the children australia, rejects the accusation that children are trying to hurt themselves. >> we deny the allegations that have been made today and yesterday by the government. i think this is the case of the government shooting the messenger, rather than dealing with a policy that is leading to significant mental and physical harm to children. save the children staff are providing front line support to asylum seekers, and therefore, they are often the first port of call for asylum seekers to make

complaints about inappropriate conduct. whenever a save the children staff member receives such a complaint, we immediately raise it with the australian government for them to conduct a full and proper investigation. that's the job of save the children staff, and it's the responsibility. there are a range of different complaints that are made. i don't want to go into the individual cases. that wouldn't be appropriate, but it is a situation on the island where the mandatory detention of children and their families puts very vulnerable people even at greater risk, and what we're seeing over the last week and previous months is this actually occurring in practice. nine united nations peace keepers have been killed in mali. they were attackeded by armed men on -- motor bikes.

the annual pilgrimage by muslims to mecca is now underway. this year police and government authorities are concerned by the possible spread of the ebola virus. mohammed reports now from saudi. >> reporter: this is the spirit climax, at least 2.5 million pilgrims have desended here for a day of prayers and meditation. this is the base on which everything here is built. a dress rehearsal for the day of judgment. >> translator: i have been here since 1:30 in the morning. i haven't slept at all. my dream has always been to prayer here. >> reporter: they have deployed up to 65,000 security personnel to control crowds.

but that is not the only concern here, an outbreak of the deadly ebola also threatens pilgrims this year. that's why authorities in the saudi kingdom have taken precautions. that includes bans on pilgrims coming from sierra leone, guinea, and liberia. pilgrims from nigeria were screened at the airport when they arrived. also mers hit earlier this year. since then there have been more than 760 cases of mers here with more than 300 deaths. >> translator: we have managed to control mers. we now have protection for health workers, and this had a huge impact in the reduction, by

97%. we are also asking people to avoid contact with camels. >> reporter: for now, though, most pilgrims have only one thing on their minds, worship. it's up a to the saudi authorities to worry about keeping everyone healthy and safe. the latest u.s. jobs report shows that the number of people out of work has dropped below 6%. this is the first time it has been that low since the recession of 2008, and yet many employers can't find enough skilled workers as tom akerman explains from detroit. >> reporter: in detroit, where the official jobless rate is nearly 10%, good jobs still go begging, just ask the staff at mccomb community college, a low-key school where graduates who earn a two-year degree can be in plenty of demand.

>> for every student in my machining program and my welding program, and my robotic's program, there is probably two or three jobs waiting for them. >> reporter: tony already has a full-time job, but is taking classes to get better jobs. >> the facilities they have here are amazing. it's tough. i don't get much sleep, but i know it will be worth it in the end. >> reporter: according to a recent survey of hiring managers 30% say they are also having trouble filling financial positions, and 20% say it's difficult to find manufacturing personnel. at this small plant, the owner linked up with the community college to match up with the skills that are required. >> acquiring the p pen -- personnel that is needed

to run the equipment and assist in our vertical integrations that's where mccomb has really come in to play as far as one fantastic strategic partner for us. >> reporter: but half of the company managers also said their companies were not offering more pay or other bonuses to attract applicants. better compensation, though, won't be enough to solve the mismatch between job seekers and employers. >> it's in part wages, but it's in part interest, and in part, willingness to understand that not all of the answers are known when you go into that industry and you have to be able to adapt. >> reporter: as the u.s. economy keeps expanding, so does the challenge. nine in ten personnel managers say they expect their labor shortages to get worse. the largest bank in the united states jpmorgan chase is aturing customers that their accounts are safe following a

cyber attack. the data breach took place a few months ago, but details are only now emerging. >> never before has jpmorgan chase been hacked to this extent. the customer information of 76 million households have been compromised and 7 million small businesses have also been effected. they got names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails, but there's no evidence that more sensitive information, date of birth, account numbers, user id's, and pass words has been jeopardized. additionally no money was stolen, but some professionals say that is not the only concern here. >> it's very possible that whoever got into these accounts is looking at waiting a while, playing in stealth mode, maybe there will be wire transfer fraud. maybe they were accessing other

types of information that would be very useful to intelligence bureaus or national foreign governments. >> now the security breach at jpmorgan chase began in june and was detected in july, and it's just the latest of a series of data thefts at major u.s. firms. in may intruders took 145 million personnel records in a cyber attack against ebay. and last december, 110 million customers of retailer target were affected. but the protection at banks is usually thought to be like a fortre fortress. the attack on jpmorgan chase changes that. adam tanner is the author of "what stays in vegas." he says that more than two-thirds of american households are affected by the security breach and that jpmorgan chase isn't dealing

with it effectively. >> well, i think in brood terms it's sort of like the history of industrialization, or a lot of different products over time that were great additions to our lives. surely having internet access is something positive. however, like the development of the auto mobile that had no seat belts for decades, and caused lotsing of deatheds, or factories that caused pollution, or other things that developed over the years, often we have been slow in developing the security side of things, and that's what we are seeing now with some of these hackings. the companies also themselves are not particularly open in what happens, and how they deal with the data and what they do with it. in this case we see the company released the information in a filing to the securities & exchange commission, rather than in a public statement. it has not gone to its customers and said this is what happened. they have not put out a top

official to say let me answer any concerns and questions that you may have about this. now seven out of every ten south african women is overwait according to a new report. the country has the highest obesity rate in sub saharan africa. and politicians are saying part of the problem is cultural. >> reporter: this woman is a meter and a half tall and 75 kilograms. medically speaking she is obese. her own statistics don't bother her at fall. >> i wouldn't say i am fat. but i am thick, and i am beautiful, and i am an african woman. >> reporter: the medical journal says seven out of ten south african women are overweight or obese. she says it is culturally acceptable. >> i would use the word sexy,

because that's the best way to describe a full-figured woman. as you can see i have all dimensions, shaped with an s here, here, and here. so i am proud. there was never a day i regret the way i look. >> reporter: her male is healthier than the fast-food on the streets. medical diseases are killing more and more people in africa, burdening health services that are already under strain. south africa's minister of health says women are using culture as an ex-cues for being overweight. >> it's not that she [ inaudible ] african woman just look like this. it is justifying the fact that it has happened. in other words [ inaudible ] after all it's nothing [ inaudible ] african woman and

all of that. >> reporter: dinner is more pop and meat. she is determined that her 10-year-old daughter inherited her positive self image. >> we must be okay about the way we look. don't change to impress somebody else. >> reporter: she doesn't care what the medical journal says, nor the minister of health. she is happy just the way she is, despite the health risks. now baseball fans are in for a real treat. rare footage has been discovered from the 1924 world series in which the washington senators took on the new york giants. ♪ >> the 90-year-old footage was found in the attic at a house sale in massachusetts. it shows calvin coolidge

watching along with 40,000 fans. the senators went on to win the game as with it the world series. ♪ >> it was the only world series triumph for the franchise during their 60-year tenure in washington. ♪ >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. from tow trucks to nfl, has the campaign become so successful that it's no longer really serving it's purpose? so is the purpose of breast