>> i.s.i.l. on the advance. fighters retake a city in ramadi in anbar province, after days of fierce battle. hello. welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. also coming up, mexican police find a mass grave close to where 43 students went missing last week. hoping for a second interpret, dilma rousseff appeals to voters aheard of the brazilian -- ahead of the brazilian election. why some feel the selfie is under mining the importance of

the hajj. welcome to the program. the battle against fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant continues on several fronts in iraq and syria. i.s.i.l. made several advances in the last 24 hours. the town, south of tikrit has seen fierce fighting between the iraqi army since friday. on the turkish border, the fight between kurdish forces and i.s.i.l. continues. imran khan sent this update from baghdad. >> this has been going on for a week now. when coalition forces hit i.s.i.l. bases using the air strikes, and that really dispersed the fighters. this was not the effect that the coalition air strikes would have wanted tore intended. what they have done is pushed out the fighters away from their bases and what the i.s.i.l. fighters have done is gone into a number of towns. they are entrenched inside the

towns now. the tactic from i.s.i.l. appears to be to get to a place where there are civilians. over the last few days, 26 hours, is iraqi army and pro-sunni groups surrounding the town, but because of the fear, they have not gone in. i.s.i.l. are hiding in civilian populations because they have been forced out of bases on the syrian, iraqi border. the problem is what to do when the towns are surrounded. iraqi army is using shelling, air support and gun fire to keep the i.s.i.l. fighters within the town, but going in and clearing them appears to be difficult. >> eid is being celebrated, but there is little celebrations for the refugees fleeing i.s.i.l. forces. >> eid is the celebration for young and old. it's especially enjoyed by

children. the holiday is a time for presents and brand new clothes. this man says his children are happy. they think they are on a trip. he has not been able to tell them the truth. they lost everything when they ran away from advancing i.s.i.l. fighters. >> now they are one of the 250 families living in the refugee camp in erbil. >> back home we are worldly people. look how we are living here. it's undignified. we have no other joys. he has set up a store. the camp is likely to become their permanent home, much to his regret. the city is one of the oldest in the world. it has seen waves of migration, and now thousands of people are coming here looking for protection. a truckload of meat arrives in the camp, a gift from a wealthy

emyr arty. it provides a chance for families to enjoy a meal, another highlight of eid. >> the camp has gone quiet. most are inside the tents. we'll see what they are preparing. thank you so much. >> we need protection and need to get rid of the terrorists. conditions will improve when we get home. >> children blow up balloons to decorate the tent. children say they are not in a party move. the stress is weighing on their shoulders, as well as the question, when will they return home. a mass grave has been discovered in southern mexico close to where 43 students went missing. the students were forced into police vans, during a protest to support rights.

23 have been arrested in connection with the disappearance. we have been following the story. >> we are here in guerrero, a poor state in south-west mexico. the governor of the state and the leading prosecutor held a press conference in which they say they sending remains from the bodies so see if they could do dna and other studies to see if they are the 43 students missing more than a week. they don't have official confirmation that they are the remains of the students, but the remains are a short distance from where the students were taken, about eight days ago. parents of the students have been pushing for a week for state official and federal officials to get involved. the fact is it took several days to take the governor to speak to them. he blamed the mayor of igwalla to flee the town. he's under indictment and

suspicion for taking part in the abduction and disappearance of the 43 students. at this time social media in mexico, the other outlets are reporting that these are the students. we do not have confirmation. all we know is that the 43 students have not been seen in more than a week, and there's a mass brave a short significance from where they were taken. forensic studies are taking place to see if they can identify the remains. >> students attacked a state building with molotov cocktails. in the u.s. state of mexico - a professor of human rights - says such disappearances and killings have been commm place despite the president saying he will take action. >> it's time for the media and analysts around the world to rethink that picture they had been painting of the peno neato

administration, as turning a different page, to a different stage in mexican history. these incidents together, which involve the military, local and other security forces, in this case the region of guerrero point to the fact that very little, in fact, has changed in mexico with pennian yetto, that essentially it is more of the same, and unfortunately, that the scenario in terms of human rights in mexico has begun to unravel. >> government leaders in hong kong say they are ready to meet spokesmen provided the blockade of officers ends by monday. the conditions announce as more scuffles broke out. the police are trying to keep the sides apart. we have more. >> put up your umbrella and stand together.

a song specially written for the protesters, and sung to the thousands gathered in hong kong's admiralty district. >> translation: i came here to let the protestor know that many citizens are supporting them. they are not alone. >> see that, we are very stable to hold our emotions, make focus our objective of this movement. >> the scenes are reminiscent of when the mass protests started this week. things are calm now. you get the sense that people are settling in, despite government warnings to clear the roads. earlier the leaders of the three protest groups told the crowds to keep the movements peaceful and be vigilant of incidents that may lead to violence. over the last few days focus on the hong kong protest movement shifted from the umbrella to the heated argument. this is mongkok, where the transition began, for the first

time there was violence between citizens on friday, and the police were in the middle. one historian sees a similarity between riots in 1967 during which people were killed, and what is going on now. both caused by police violence, but then the people of hong kong were on the same side. >> right now it's not quite so clear. it seems to me that you have some interesting class divisions, divisions between students and non-students, but among the non-students you have differences too. >> in the wake of the 1967 riots, the government worked to close the gap between the states and society. it led to reforms. many feel that these protests can't go on for much longer, and will come to an end, but unlike those of four decades ago, few expect concessions, just an expanding division within the

city's population. >> israel's foreign minister is summoning the swedish ambassador after sweden announced plans to recognise a palestinian state. sweden is rushing to a decision without understanding the conflict between israel and the palestinians. we have the latest from jerusalem. >> reporter: well, the language used by the foreign minister in his statement to respond to sweden's announcement that it would eventually recognise the palestinian state was somewhat measured, but the fact that sweden's ambassador is summoned really underscores the concern here. the israeli government does not want sweden to recognise a state of palestine, and sweden has not yet and hasn't given a timeline as to when it will. but the concern in israel is if sweden does, it will become the first western european country to do so.

seven eastern european countries have, but no western european country has. the connerb is that will spoke a domino effect, and other western european countries will follow suit and recognise a state of palestine. it will put international pressure on israel to come up with a viable two-state solution. whatever the cases, sweden has not yet recognised the state of palestine. all eyes are on that country to see if it will. still to come the death of jean-claude "baby doc" duvalier. haiti's former leader - why he won't stand trial. and at the hajj, shouldn't muslims be banned from taking selfies.

welcome back, a quick reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the battle against i.s.i.l. fighters is continuing. in iraq i.s.i.l. fighters say they have taken further territory in anbar province. the fight for the key town continues. several bodies have been exhumed from mass graves. found outside of ikuala, where 43 students went missing. more scuffles have been broken out. government leaders say they are ready to meet protest movement representatives by monday. >> now, formula 1 driver julys

biangry has been involved in a crash. it's been confirmed that a frenchman was unconscious when taken to hospital. it appears be-yankee hit a vehicle, hitting another car. the race was taking place in wet conditions, and ended earlier i following the crash. and the bag weather has been caused by typhoon fan phong heading to tokyo. >> a number of schools have been cancel. thousands of homes are without power. >> polls opened in bulgaria's snap election. the porous country is looking for stability - following the collapse of five governments, an unresolved banking crisis led to poor growth. this is expected to be a tight

race. the main candidates have had to make a push towards the poll. we have this report. in her last big campaign rally before the vote. dilma rousseff seemed confident. given the mood, you'd never know that brazil has gone into a recession under her rule. and negative growth affected. in the final days she leads all polls with 40% of the vote and supporters confident that economic woes are not all her fault. >> translation: it's a big global crisis that affected our country, i think dilma rousseff's proposal should get our economy growing again. candidate marina maria silva begs to disagree. and on saturday presenting

herself as a new face of brazilian politics, and the best alternative. the candidate is hammering dilma rousseff on economic stagnation and a party that will be in power 16 years, if reelected. >> the brazilian people are tired of so many years of the workers party in power. we are suffering to much more. >> deep dissatisfaction and public services remain with many, after the historic street protest with all the candidates trying to translate that into votes. i think the class in brazil is facing a huge mystery and challenge to engage a significant part, which doesn't feel represented by anyone. i think that is the scenario the government is fatcing and it's

not clear if the opposition can do a job just as well. >> supporters are turn out. the vast majority here are working class, union workers or members, and they are the people she hopes turns outs in force on election day to propel her to a second term. >> reporter: that will be up to 130 million voters who cast a ballot in an election where some call for change. and the polls are about to open for regional and state elections and peru. it's now a large supporter of cocaine. hundreds of candidates are believed to be linked to drug traffickers. one out of three voters live in the region with candidates under investigation, with candidates on trial tore convicted of drug

related crimes. >> reporter: this man is running for provincial man of a city north of lima. last month more than 40 kilos of cocaine was found in a truck driven by his brother-in-law. it denies wrongdoing. the prosecution office interrogated me. i told him i'm not involved, implicated or a witness. >> the relative was imprisoned and he was under investigation for two weeks, and released without charge. security officials say there are many characters. suspected of having links to drug trafficking. public security insist that they have crossed information and found around 350 candidates with criminal records. >> translation: we were surprised to find out half of

them have either been processed, sentenced or are being investigated for drug trafficking, among other crimes. >> the electoral bodies don't have the authority to ban the candidate from running and asked congress to moderate the law preventing those linked to the drug trade from serving. critics say legislators will meet next week, after the elections. >> this is an academic, who investigated drug trafficking links to politics since 2010. >> we are facing a national scandal. we are facing the advance of the narco power in peru. >> this man is running for mayor of lima, and says his party tried to purge it from people linked to drug trafficking. they need help. >> we need the police and the lectoral agencies to identify people that can infiltrate and

harm the order by having links to these activityies. the public prosecutor says congress is dragging its feet, and because of that some of the people it would like to ban from running on sunday may become mayors and regional precedent around the country. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained from 281 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and are appealing their convictions. in somalia, government forces supported by african union troops have taken up positions over looking a down of berary. we have a report from al-shabab's major economic hub. >> reporter: this is here in mogadishu, the port city. it's 220km to the south.

we are told that african union forces and somali government troops surrounded the town. it's a major economic hub for al-shabab. the group uses it to bring infullies. this will be the first time in decades that the tonne it under the control of governments, so we are taking to the streets to witness a significant moment history. several towns and villages are under government control. some of the roads are dangerous, possibilities of ambushes. there are roadside becomes as well. we pretty much have to keep moving in armoured vehicles and convoys. we are hearing that most of al-shabab's fighters have left this area. elders there are reaching out to the joint forces, trying to negotiate a peaceful handever. everything is fluid and

everywhere is being careful about how it plays out. >> the president of niger says he will not be intimidated pulling peacekeepers out of mali. the first person to be diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. is in a critical condition. the man travelled from liberia to texas in late september. the center for disease control and prevention are continuing to monitor nine people who came in contact with him. and almost 4,000 children have been left orphaned by the ebola virus in west africa. many surviving relatives are refusing to take the children back for fear of infection. pakistan has had a record number of polio cases this year. more than 200 were reported from january to october. vaccination teams there are targeted by armed groups, accusing doctors of being spies.

pakistan, afghanistan and nigeria are the only countries in the world where polio has not been eradicated. north and south korea resumed high-level talks, as three top officials visited the south for the closing ceremony of the asian games. the former dictator of haiti, doof receiver, died. -- jean-claude duvalier died. he has 63. he was known as jean-claude "baby doc" duvalier, and took over the country on the death of his father. we look back at his notorious rule. jean-claude duvalier was the second of francois duvalier. the man known as papa dock, who resumed haiti through terror and intimidation for the better part of two decades. >> i have been elected as president for life. this is a - what the haitian

people and this an iron will. this is the iron will of the haitian people. >> upon his death in 1971, jean-claude duvalier or baby doc took over and proved to be his father's son. inheriting the title of president for life, and using the brutality to hold on to power. human rights watch estimated the death at 20,000 to 30,000, political opponents and union officials the targets. most of the killing carried out by tonton macoutes, part paramilitary and secret police, reporting to the president. because the crimes were widespread and systematic, it constitutes crimes against humanity. it's an isolated event of torture. they were systematic and widespread. >> reporter: many of baby doc's victims like bobbie duval

disappeared into the torture chambers. in 2011 he showed al jazeera the remainder of the cell. >> the way they did it is they hood you with a hood, and hit you with a bat. >> following elections in 1985, demonstrations took place across the country. he went into exile? france next year, taking much of the country's wealth with him. the organization, transparency international estimates he stole 800 million whilst in power. in 2011, with haiti recoring, he made a surprise return, calling it a gesture of solidarity. it took two years for him to be charged with corruption and human rights abuses. he refused to appear in court, living in a villa overlooking

port-au-prince. in february 2013, the victim had the chance to face him in court and tell the stories. he died before he could be judged. >> it's sad because history will repeat itself unless there's accountability when crimes are committed by government. carrying out torture and human rights violations. many hatians are demanding a posthumous trial. >> pope francis opened a synagogue to look at issues facing the world's catholics. the meeting of 200 senior bishops examine a response to abortion, homosexuality and diswors. pope francis calls to find out why church's teachings are rejected by followers.

>> 2 million are in mecca for hajj. many are taking photos of their once in ha life-time experience. others say selfies are sackry ladies and gentlemenous. we report on a divided opinion. >> according to clerics, doing this is not right. they say taking pictures of yourself in holy places on hajj goes against the spirit of pilgrimage. >> translation: did they come for worship or tourism. if they came here for tourism. they can take as many pictures as they can. if they are hear to worship. they can take as many pictures. >> they document what is for many, the journey of a lift which is too hard to exist. their views are divided. rather than taking selfies, and spending your time being a tourist. you should make as much as you

can. >> this is a new technology, we should use it. it's a global chance, and i don't think anyone can stop it. >> others say nonstop photos, nothing can cause a commotion, especially with 2 million making their way throughle hajj rights. it changed dramatically, with the interufbds of tech -- introduction of technology, security cameras and facial recognition technologies, and there's a mobile application to help those wade through an overwhelming experience. >> we are taking this to a current day situation. the provize itself doesn't change, but we wanted to apply the technology to make it more informed, more connected. more accessible. more safe. >> so the selfie is one more

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