story. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> this is al jazeera. live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, britain's prime minister condemns the killing of aid work. a day of high tension in hong kong as police stand by as

gang disrupt peaceful protests. >> hello, the fight against isil continues as world leaders react to outrage to the latest beheading by the group. u.s. coalition strikes areas warned kobane. despite heavy fighting with isil, there's been more fighting in northern iraq. we'll cross over live to erbil in just a moment. but first let's just take a look at the human costs of the fighting. hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees have been working the first day in temporary camps in turkey. they fled to the country to escape the advance of isil fighters. bernard smith has this report in southeastern turkey. >> reporter: life as a refugee is usually one of boredom, frustration and uncertainties.

the only thing these newly arrived kurdish families from syria know for sure is that they'll probably be here a long time. in turkey they have food. >> i'm 80 years old. i spent my life in aleppo and kobane. we fled aleppo because of the free syrian army there, and now we flee here. all we do is flee. >> we're having trouble finding food and shelter. >> there are now more than 1.5 syrian refugees in turkey. among the kurds there is also a feeling of helplessness. these men wanted to go in kobane

to help, but the turkish authorities have closed the border. for the kurds' own safety, they say. syrian kurdish fighters we have spoken to in kobane are now more optimistic of holding the time after a couple of u.s. airstrikes on friday evening hit isil positions. but the isil offensive continues as has there has been artillery and gunfire all day. those refugees are not going home soon. bernard smith, al jazeera. turkey-syrian border. >> inside iraq forces in the north are continuing to fight isil. thousands of people have had to leave their villages and they're pooing into the city of erbil. bernard's package has outlying how they're coping in turkey. how are they doing in erbil? >> reporter: well, i mean, the situation is very difficult much

like bernard mentioned. a lot of people are starting to realize that their situation perhaps is going to be permanent. the people we saw are internally displaced people. they've come from not far away, but they fled when isil took over their town. the city of mosul, which is a major stronghold of isil here in iraq. they felt that this was going to be temporary, and then they would be able to go back, but now they're realizing that they're not. aid, a celebration for children to be happy, where new clothes, people were very grim today. they were sad saying that they never expected to be living under these circumstances. they just fled without being able to pack. many of them want the situation to end. they want to go back home, but it does not look like it will be possible. >> but the peshmerga are fighting isil forces in the north of iraq. are they optimistic about winnin winning that fight with the support of the international

airstrikes? >> well look, it's very important when you mention they really told us that they need the international community to provide better weapons, to match the weapons that isil has to fight, and also they need the support of air power. so right now what we--and we've been to the front lines with them, they're defending the kurdish territory pretty well and successful. they're not, if you will, trying to take over further territory, they're not venturing in to where isil is at the moment because i think they really need to feel more confident that they have the capabilities to fight militarily, at least. >> monica, thank you. reporting from erbil. now world leaders have condemned the killing of british aid worker alan henning by isil. the 47-year-old taxi driver from near manchester was taken hostage nine months ago when he

was delivering aid. we have reports. >> reporter: alan henning last december on route to syria with a humanitarian convoy. he even had aid to syria tattooed on his arm. he was seized by isil militants. earlier this week his wife made a desperate plea for his release. late friday night news emerged of his death. anyone in any doubt of this organization can now see how truly repulsive it is and par pairic it is a as a country we must do everything we can to defeat this organization in the region, but also to defeat it at home. we must do everything we can to hunt down and find the people who are responsible for this. >> david cameron will be briefed today by intelligence chiefs, and by foreign office diplomats to get a handle of how close

they are to identifying the killers of both mr. henning and those previous hostages, who have been beheaded, and how close they are to combating them and launching airstrikes on top of their heads. alan henning's story had touched the lives of many people. many muslim leaders joined the campaign for his freedom. as eid is celebrated at one of london's biggest mosques on saturday people there express anger at what isil is doing. >> there is no justification for killing any human, none whatsoever. >> the u.k. has been carrying out air attacks on isil, and in the video claiming to show alan henning's death, the man said that henning's blood is on the bands of the british parliament. another hostage, an american man, is also threatened. >> our hearts go out to the

british aid worker, who we believe is in that video this is again yet another just very clear example of the brutality of this group and why the president has articulated as moving out in a comprehensive way to degrade and destroy isil. >> in the eyes of isil it seems that even humanitarian workers are fair game. al jazeera. >> in pakistan we're getting reports that at least four people have been killed in a suicide attack in the southwest. they say dozens were wounded in that blast that targeted the shia community in the town of hazarra. in hong kong stand offs between protesters, residents

and rivals, demonstrators are growing increasingly ugly. thousands are still on the streets, as you can see from the live shots, and they're demanding democratic elections. protesters are accusing the police of failing to protect them. let's take a closer look at the protesters at the popular commercial district of cause way bay where they set up camp outside of shopping malls. they're staging a sit in in the admiralty area. they're on the peninsula in the mong kok area. we'll speak to this but first scott hydler's report. >> reporter: over the last few days the focus on the movement has shifted from the umbrella to the heated argument. this is mong kok. for the first time there was

violence. the police were in the middle. the tension was still there the next morning. some protesters came out because they saw the attacks on tv. as the street protest reached the end of week one some local where is the occupations are taking place, have had enough. >> the fight for democracy does not give you the right to occupy our streets and disturb us. we all have a mortgage to pay and we need to make a living. we can't sleep at night. >> people here are so upset and in other parts of hong kong protesters take their sit ins elsewhere. >> people are more concerned about the broader hong kong. >> the city's economy has been effected and a lot of shops are losing business. because people are avoiding the

area. >> some historians see simila similarities between 1967 and what is happening now. but then protesters were on the same side. >> it seems to me that you have interesting class divisions. you have divisions between students and non-students. but then even among the non-students you have differences, too. >> in the wake of the 123-496 the 1967 riot the government worked to close the weak of riots. but now they work within the city's to population. scott heidler, al jazeera, hong kong. >> one of the main protest sites is admiralty. vivian, what is the mod like over there? >> it's changed remarkably in the past hour mainly because

earlier there was a stage set up with all the student leaders talking to all the protesters. along with that there were live video links to other student leaders around the world. the combination of it all was a famous hong kong actor wishing them success, and it ended up with people singing. it was a very euphoric mood. since then people have left these protests. after seeing the events at mong kok, but right now we're seeing the hard quarter protesters. they're settling in for the evening. much like the day before the mong kok i wants has happened. not as many people but still a lot of home here. >> and some division, as we have

seen in scott heidl er's report. it is simply inconveniencing citizens. what happens if they don't pull out by monday. that is the deadline set by authorities there. >> which just heard from a police source who quelled rumors they were going to try to disrupt these protests tonight. a police source told us that they're going to let the peace protests carry on unless there is any kind of violence. the question now comes to what happens on monday. you say the chief executive has said that people need to go back to work. people have been inconvenienced, and people are getting fed up with all the disruptions to traffic and for them in their daily lives. they had said that they urged the protesters to leave. 23,48analysts have told me that

patience is wearing thin and think may take action. what that action is did he not tell me. but it could not continue happening the way it has been happening. >> north korenorth korean leaders show up in the south without advance warning. and a victim of dowry dispute. we meet one victim for whom th the new dowry law in nepal comes too late.

>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. in a desperate battle to defend kobane against isil fighters. fighting has continued in iraq. britain's prime minister has condemned the killing of aid working alan henning as completely unforgivable, and there has been condemnation from british muslim leaders. protesters are still on the streets of hong kong demanding democratic elections. earlier there were stand offs between protesters, residents and rival demonstrators, and police arrest 19 people some suspected memories of triad criminal gangs. syria's president in the capitol of damascus.

>> you will it was a time for reflection away from the waging war. and the call to protect syria. >> this aid is not bringing happiness to our children because the supporters from arab country have decided to turn syria into a battlefield where they want to settle scores and carry on their own agenda. it is killing our people. >> away from the capitol the government military continues to cause destruction. activists say a barrel full of explosives hit this mosque in idlib province, and the police

enhanced targets in rebel-held towns. wounding people, many of them taken to field hospitals. more shelling where many people were injured. fopeople areinjured. for a fourth time people are spendings eid in war torn fields. >> we have reports from seoul. >> reporter: top table talks between north- north and south korea. it seems that north korea decided to send three of its top officials to south of the border without agenda.

they talked about improving korean ties. >> i made this trip in hope that this would be a turning point for north and south korean relations. i'm glad to sit and share this meal with you. >> they are called the adviser a military gangster and trader. part of the extreme hostile language. on saturday it was all smiles. >> today those in special positions have come here at the delegation from the north. we must work together as north and south korean relations improve. >> reporter: it was an opportunity to attend the closing ceremony for the asian games. the threats have done unexpectedly well. more unexpected, the arrival of the second most senior member of thof north korea.

north korean media reported about his kim jong-un's discomfort. issues remain entrenched, nuclear weapons, and rights of the peninsula. they've done little in these talks other than to talk again soon. but here that in itself is progress. al jazeera, seoul. >> a look at other al jazeera america. >> the attorney's general of illinois and connecticut have long been involved in an investigation of hacking of jp morgan chase. thousands of greeks are protesting against extra

austerity ahead of the government's 2015 draft budget. workers, students and pensioners marched with flags and banners in athens and called on the government to change economic policies that they say are criminalleling thei--crippling their life. the government insists that it is still in control. but pro russian separatists continue taking over. >> reporter: this is what is left of donetsk airport. today it has been the focus of intense fighting. these pictures were taken on friday. they show the pro russian separatists attacking government forces. equipped with heavy weapons designed to take out armored vehicles. >> they are almost gone. in fact, they held a very small part of the airport.

their time is almost over. soon we will smoke them out of there. >> reporter: the airport is a main target for straightists which why they have thrown tanks and other heavy artillery towards the battle. for its part they have the upper hand in the fighting. >> the rebels made several other fortunately unsuccessful attempts to storm the airport. they continued firing at it. our service men rebutted all 12 terrorists. >> a glance at the map demonstrates the back and forth nature of the fighting in ukraine these past months. this was territory held by pro russian separatists on june 18th. when the government declared an unilateral seize fire cease-fire, which did not hold. they then pushed the operatists back, reclaiming a major part of

the territory, but now the separatists have regained much of that territory. faced with this situation, the ukrainian president visited the armed forces on friday. he said that they had learned from their losses. >> he will with ace the experience of our armed forces in modern conflicts. we've learned from the mistakes we have made, unfortunately, during the fighting operation. >> but the separatists appear equally determined to learn from their mistakes and now they hold much more country. >> we're getting breaking news that the former haitian president has died age 63. and he ruled haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown in 1986.

every year a number of women in nepal are killed by their husbands and their in-laws over dowry disputes. now a new bill is set to criminalize psychological and physical torture related to dowries but activists are saying it does doesn't go far enough. just a reporting, you may find the images from this report disturbing. >> reporter: she has been in and out of this hospital for eight months now. she's from the western district and said in march her husband and mother in law tied her up, poured kerosine over her and lit her on fire. they wanted more from her dowry that her father could not provide. shthey set her on fire. she was seven months pregnant. >> when i saw my body on fire i screamed, but my mouth was

gagged. i fainted. they threadenned me they would kill my father if i told anything to the police. >> reporter: she spent a month from going from one hospital to another, her father finally brought her to the hospital in ca katmandu. her husband and inlaws have fled to india. she lost her baby. the doctors have noticed burn victims are suspiciously more women than men. >> when we don't get the real story. >> there is no national data on women who fall victim to dowry violence. data published shows that five women have been killed this year because of dowry disputes. many more are tortured. >> giving or taking do youries are already a crime but a crime rarely reported. now with stricter punishments

the bill adds physical and mental torture as punishable and violators have face up to ten years of imprisonment. >> activist who is have been working to end violence against women say the bill does not go far enough. >> this is not enough. the people will find different ways to pay the dowry. the value we give to daughter, we're going to work on that. i don't think that is going to be stopped. >> social changes may be the only way to stop the payment of dowries most people agree that the new law when it comes in effect will provide a welcomed relief to those like rihana who wants justice. al jazeera, katmandu. >> doctors in sweden have successfully delivered the world's first baby from a transplanted womb. the mother, whose name i

identity has been kept secret, gave birth to a baby. this comes after ten years of research and practice surgeries. doctors are hoping that the pioneering surgery will help people worldwide who can't have children. >> of course it was fantastic. but in the same time it was a little unreal sensational because we really couldn't believe that we had reached this moment. >> allen pacey the chairman of the british fertility society and said that has revolutionized treatment for women but needs further study. >> we need to see a bigger trial. we would need to make sure that it could occur safely, efficiently, effectively, and without significant risk, and we need to know what those risks

are and we'll only know with more procedures. i sense that a number of groups around the world are probably going to be applying to their ethics committees to start doing this kind of procedure, and trying to reproduce what has happened in sweden, to see if they can get it to work also. if you think back to the first heart transplant, i think it was the 60's, that was revolutionary, and then slowly over the next few years the technique was refined, and now it's fairly retune. we're in the same stage here. with the transplant of a heart orchid any, the donor, the person receiving the womb would have to use drugs to receive the womb. we weren't sure if they would be compatible with pregnancy, but clearly that can be achieved. the issue here is that the woman who has received the new womb isn't going to keep it forever because she won't want to be on the drugs for a long time.

once her family is complete that will be removed, and then she can stop taking the immun immunopresssive drugs. >> to learn more go to www.aljazeera.com. hi i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. afghanistan enters a new chapter in its democracy this week. hear from afghans about their hopes for the road ahead, and what the u.s. is banking on this time around. ♪