. >> isil fighters tighten their grip on the syrian town of kobane. kurdish forces call for more airstrikes. >> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, u.n. chief ban ki-moon is in tripoli been paying their respects to jean-claude duvalier, haitian it's turn out for the funeral, and a rare look inside north

korea in celebration. the absence of leader kim jong-un. first to the battle against fighters from the he is lambic state of iraq and lavevant. in the past couple of hours there has been intense fighting between kurdish forces andouillettes. the group has opened a new front in the southwest of the counsel. although the u.s. and allies have launched airstrikes, it has not stopped the group's advances. anbar could fall to isil in the next few days. one person has been killed and 11 others have been injured in the city of fallujah, that is also in anbar. we'll have more on the

situation. but first this report from stephanie decker on the latest from kobane. >> there is an intense battle going on we spoke to ypg source inside the city. those are the kurdish fighters who have confirmed that. they say this is perhaps the new front, they also told us that they managed to push isil back for a little bit in the eastern side of the town. this is a position that isil has been holding. i think to put it in perspective the nature of guerrilla warfare is to and from. no major gains have been made. i think if we talk about gaining territory another interesting development, we spoke to a fight who are came out to the town just yesterday. he told us he's injured and he remains positive. once he made the recovery he would be heading back. he said that isil was not able to use it's heavy machinery like tanks inside the city.

they havcity. they remain upbeat on the ability to push isil back, it is still a very active fight and has not been resolved. that's a lot of ange leaving a lot of kurds on the other side of the border feeling helpless. they have not been able to help push back isil from their position. >> in iraq the big fear is that isil could take complete control of anbar province. allowing it to establish a supply route from syria. >> iraqi officials are appealing for military assistance in order to prevent isil from taking control over the province of anbar. a very strategic province in the western iraq. isil is able to take control of

anbar it will have an open supply line between two strongholds in syria and in iraq. it will be at the door steps of the iraqi capitol. that has been their target to get into baghdad. anbar is also strategic because there are a lot of army installations. as of late there have been a number of u.s.-led coalitions targeting the group, but those airstrikes have not reversed the momentum on the ground. isil has been making gains, but air power as well as the iraqi army, they won't--they will not be able to stop the group here. they're going to need the support of the population. this is a sunni province, and people have so far, yes, there are those fighting along side of the government, but the majority of people have not decided to take up arms against isil. they will need their support. right now opposition leaders are saying why should we help the government get rid of isil when all that replace them are shia militias. and they fear the shia militias

even more. >> well, there has been more violence in iraq's capitol. 14 beam have been killed in state of attacks. the work just north of baghdad. obama sewhile much of the focus has been on isil libya has a they're trying to broker a deal that could be the first step to restoring ability. ban ki-moon together with a special envoy hoping to secure an agreement to unify the country's two rival parliaments. >> the country cannot afford to be politically divided for long, such a long time. libya needs one parliament that represents all libyans. the united nations recognizes and sports the legitimacy of the

house of representatives, and demands all people to respect it. legitimacy has to come with inclusion. this includes new procedures based on the most important decisions. >> at the moment the elected parliament is being held off in remote city. they fled there. the group is called libya's dawn controlling large parts of the capitol. they refuse to recognize the house of representatives. instead they reconvened the previous parliament, the general national congress. no single group is in charge of the entire country. a patchwork are in control.

this is a libyan city after a car bombing. the group has since disbanded and now are at war with each other. >> it's very difficult to ascertain to understand what this government will be able to re-establish some degree of authority. i mean, they had decided to move the parliament, which they thought was at a safe distance of where the conflicts had been erupting so far, but it seems almost as if they're being chased by the islamists, it doesn't look like they will be a safe having for much longer. the urgency and acuteness of some kind of deal from a regional security perspective becomes all the more pressing.

but whether the extremists will be listening should they bring clarity there. i suppose extremists having the upper hand are not willing to make very many concessions, and it is the legitimate, in quotation marks, government that will have to look at some form of power sharing. but whether that will be sustainable and create stability for the future, what we've seen evolving in libya since the fall does not body very much confidence in that. >> in liberia the u.n.'s peacekeeping mission has brought 41 staff members under observation. one of its medical team was askinged with ebola. this is the second team member

askinge diagnosed with ebola this week. the ebola death toll is now past 4,000. the number of cases is likely to double every three to four weeks. a nurse in spain who has the virus is being treated with an experimental drug. a possible vaccine is being tested up to 40 medical workers. if the test goes well larger trials could be held early next year. >> reporter: this is an ebola treatment center in free town. it cares for people who have he tested positive for the disease. those suspected of incubating the virus are put in a separate

ward. those with the full-blown disease are behind steel fences. >> at this moment there is nurses staff inside one tent, and they're providing care to one patient, and there is always another person outside of the activities of what we're doing in the risk area. >> reporter: in this outbreak many of the people treating patients have themselves become infected with accidental contamination. that is something that the healthcare workers here take very seriously. >> at the treatment center you have to be careful. it's a risky job for the cleaners, the nurses, the doctors. it's not easy to do the work inside. you have to take your time and take all the precautions. >> trying to contain the outbreak is especially hard for sierra leone. it is home for 6 million people. 75% of them live in poverty. the government spend $205 per

person per year on health. and there are only 120 doctors. another problems is how to insure the safe disposal of the bodies of the victims. they are highly contagious. with more people dying every day in some places the bodies can lie in the open for some time. >> we use personal protective equipment, then we use gloves, and then we use boots, chlorine. it's very risky. and then it's a voluntary job to save our country. >> but if the people organizing the treatment center are correct that on its own may not be enough. dominick kane, al jazeera. >> organizers of the biggest football tournament in africa say that they will not postpone it because of the spread of ebola. the decision comes despite the hosts morocco making an official request of delay to january's

tournament. teams from some of the worst-effect the nations could still wallify for the event, which has attracted 800,000 fans last year. they will meet in november to does their concerns. much more still to come. tears of joy. hostages captured by boko haram finally set free. and using the city as a van cass we meet hong kong artists who are creating a lasting political message.

>> let's recap the headlines here. intense fighting in syria where kurdish forces are battling the islamic state in iraq and the levant. isil is trying to capture the town of kobane on the turkish border. more than 400 people have been killed in flee weeks of violence. there is fighting in anbar in iraq. and there is warning that it could fall in the next few days. it would be a huge victory for the group allowing a greater supply route to syria. and the secretary general is in libya trying to broker a deal as the first step to stability. armed groups are fighting for control of several cities. a funeral service has been held for haiti's former dictator john claude baby doc duvalier in the port-au-prince. we're in the capitol with this report. >> reporter: it has been rumored

there would be a state funeral for john claude duvalier with all the pomp and circumstance. instead a funeral for family and friends. some remember him as a great leader, one who brought jobs and prosperity. if you talk to victims of his regime who lived here under 15 years of his rule feel cheated. they say the core case against him came to a virtual stand still. like his father he died as a free man. many people in haiti are simply too young to remember either duvaliers, and the reaction has been fairly muted. >> so proofing controversial i

proving as controversial in death as in live, and does this mean that issues of baby doc's has not been resolved in haiti? >> as you pointed out most of the population is too young to remember the whip and lash of the duvalier regime, anybody under 34 years old does not remember it. but they know the stories from the victims, from the human rights organizations, who have kept it alive, and very much the regime today is the descendant of the jean-claude duvalier regime. many of its advisers, counselors and officials, the children and even participates in the duvalier years. >> what do you think will happen against the court cases against

baby doc now? >> well, we'll see if they can continue against the henc henchmen of duvalier. there are many still on the streets of haiti. you take the leader of the--one of the leaders of the rebels, who overthrew in 2004, who was acting as some sort of security duvalier. i mean, a lot of these guys have carried out massacres, killings, disappearances, and the amount of prosecution that still needs to be done is huge. >> when you have a mix of the public displeasure of those initial plans for a state funeral, anger over legal moves against former president, coupled with shall we say the misery of daily life in many parts of haiti, do you think

that things could boil over into discontent on the streets? >> the rise of gas prices. they're trying to get through an initial hike of 15, which is not a lot of money, but there is more coming later. already the people are living in a state of great misery while the government continues its shameless propaganda saying that everything is looking up and great in haiti. i think that the population is feeling that insult added to injury that they're enduring, and i think to some extent the government is stepping back from giving a state funeral to duvalier even though a number of its members and counselors were at the wake, and were at the funeral. it's a sign that they're aware

that the situation is quite explosive. >> all right, thanks so much for your thoughts on that. kim kim ives. >> sentenced to 15 years in prison, the same sentence was handed down to preacher who were found guilty of torturing a lawyer during the revolution o of 2011. they were already serving sentences fo. profit morsi's trial has been adjourned until sunday. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists imprisoned in egypt. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have now been detained for 287 days. they're accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a charge they deny. they're appealing their convictions. they were sentenced to search

years in prison. bader mohammed was sentenced for an additional three years for having a spent bullet with him that he picked up at a protest site. talks between north and south korea have bee all been canceled. bullets have been exchanged over balanc balloons released with leaflets. >> celebrations of the streets of pyongyang. >> the workers day of korea. the party is like a mother to me. i'm happy. >> even though there have not been any big celebrations this year thousands of people come on the streets to pay their

respects to this country's leader and to the workers' party, who was created by kim il-sung. >> it's been almost three years since kim jong-un became the country's supreme leader after kim jong-il passed away in 2011. >> you we were taken to kim il-sung's birthplace where people still come after all these years. >> 80 years old, and he says that he remembers his struggles against the japanese occupation. >> i feel greatness to kim il-sung by visiting this place. all of us have to uphold the leadership of kim jong-un. >> the anniversary is happening amid rumors of the heath of their leader, he has not been

seen in public in over a month. and he has been seen walking with a limp. but they say nothing unusual is going on. >> they are working behind the scenes. they miss him a lot. that's why people say they miss him a lot. they wait for him. >> kim jong-un might be out of sight, but it seems that life continues as usual here. he belongs to a dynasty that has ruled this nation for almost seven decades. on this anniversary his family's presence continues to loom large. >> the government of cameroon says 27 hostages have now been

freed. the group includes ten chinese nationals. the wife of cameroon's deputy prime minister was also released. she was abducted by the armed group in july. five years of violence in northern nigeria has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. it was once a place of refuge but it now has been a battleground. >> reporter: chaos and anger. this is the life led by thousands of people displaced by boko haram fighters in northern nigeria. and these are even lucky to have a roof over their heads and the occasional treats lick second-hand items and food. this family of five lived a comfortable life. but she said that her world came

crashing down last year when boko haram fighters killed her husband. this camp is her third home in less than a year. >> after my husband was killed nothing mattered. we had a happy family, home and businesses. everything is gone now except the children. i try to help them, but i just don't have the strength to do this any more. >> one of hundreds of thousands of people displaced people. >> this is one of the newest camps set up to cope with the rising number of people displaced because of the fighting in the northeast. it is home to 4,000 over $500,000 people displaced because of boko haram. a recent united nations report says that there are up to 6 million people forced from their homes in nigeria. opeople here are struggling, but the government says they're

being taken care of. >> we teach them how to make life livable. >> with you some of the displaced feel differently. john and eight members of his family need to cameroon in january after boko haram attacked their town five times. of three villages he sought refuge in was also attacked. he now has found a home in a church 200 kilometers away from his last refuge. >> after being displaced four times we're all afraid boko haram will find us here. where is the help but what the church gives us. as it is we cannot feed properly and our health is suffering. >> the government is struggling to cope with a number of displaced people but as they launch to take territories seized by boko haram fighters the feeling here is that the worst is yet to come.

al jazeera, northeastern nigeria. >> students leading the pro democracy protest in hong kong have issued letters. they're urging him to consider political reforms in this city. as you can see the protesters are still camped out on the streets of the city. what you can't see is that downtown hong kong has turned into an art gallery. people are using art to continue their calls for democracy. [♪ singing ] >> sweet melody but these

singers have a harsh message. >> i just want to express my leader. that's why we have the song. >> protesters are finding all kinds of ways to express themselves, and it's turning the protest sites into an art gallery. one art work that has become a symbol for the movement is this metal and wood installation now being called umbrella man. it's creator never imagined it would become the centerpiece for the protest. >> i saw a picture from the internet of some guy just holding an umbrella to share with the police. that inspired me to do this. >> the protests have not only illustrated how different hong kong is from china, it's also changing how some people aroun around the world-view the territory. hong kong has always been known as a major financial hub, but in recent weeks the city has revealed a passionate political

conscience. something that has given rise to an unexpected creative side. this heart critic grew up in hong kong. she said for the first time that artists can use the city as a canvas. they said that hong kong has had pockets of graffiti and street art, but being such restricted pace artists have not had that freedom to express themselves on a large scale. suddenly with the protest you have huge highways, walkways between malls, roads. >> it seems there is no end to the creative talents big or small. but whatever the medium all the artists are here for one reason. >> because the number of protesters are dwindling, i wanted the umbrellas to portray a person so we could continue to occupy the area using little umbrellas. >> no one knows how long they can stay on the streets, and

some say the future of the movement is in doubt. the protes protesters have made a lasting impression of how many will view their cities. >> and of course you can keep up-to-date with all these stories we've been talking about. are failed drug war policies to blame for more complaints against the mexican police? and is the u.s. turning ab blind eye to the fight? ♪