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♪ fighters from the isil armed group have carried out a series of deadly attacks in iraq. there are grave fears isil is gaining more and more ground in anbar problems which shares borders is saudi arabia, jordan and syria. bombs killed the police chief and in diala province. a typically bombing there killed some signing up to fight isil. developments from baghdad. >> hospital staff is stretched as they try to deal with the aftermath of three suicide attacks that included bombers in cars in diyala prove incident eastern iraq. they struck the government compound. this was a facility with kurdish pesh personal soldiers and members of the political party, the apart pat tree on theic union of kurdistan. not just in d you iyala but

across iraq. >> in the capitol, more tears for more killed saas a result o violence on saturday. the shulan neighborhood in the early even, two parked car bobs ripped through. 38 people were killed. 68 injured. >> a car bomb exploded here at the checkpoint killing and wounding several people. my son was seriously injured and is now in hospital. this is his vehicle, which was damaged in the attack. >> residents take a look at what's left. twisted metal and burned out vehicles prove just how powerful the bombs were. baghdad faces almost daily bombings of this nature and the city is becoming increasingly divided with people afraid to leave their neighborhoods. >> no one has claimed responsibility for saturday's attacks, but people here in iraq are worried about what the future might hold. now, in the western province

o of anbar, the head of the provincial counsel said there need to be boots on the ground here he didn't say whether they should be nato peacekeeping forces for example or american boots on the ground here but he said that's the only way you are going to defeat isil. he said the coalition airstrikes aren't working. >> that's a where we are increasingly hearing particularly in sunni lawmakers more and more they need to be boots on the ground here the airstrikes surgery aren't enough. imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. in syria, u.s. and coalition airstrikes have targeted isil positions in kobane. kurdish forces in the town say the airstrikes have helped them with their counterattack. most of kobane's residents have fled into turkey. isil began its assault on the town more than three weeks ago. with while the world's attention has been folks used for the battle for kobane, fierce fighting continues and the

government of bashar al as is sad is claiming to have made add vasquez. >> syria's parliament, prime minister and his cabinet and an upbeat assessment of the future. >> as we enter the fourth year of the crisis, an intensifying campaign, the challenges that we face on the security, political and economic levels are increasing. but our government is confident in our people that will lead to develop and build a future of syria and by pass. am an optimism backed by military gains on the various battle fronts at least according to syrian state television. syrian army advances in the province of aleppo feature from negligently in news built tiningz. hear story of how the armed forces manage to restore security and stability in 10 villages in aleppo's southern countryside. opposition fighters say they

withdrew from those areas after sustaining a heavy aerial bombing campaign and facing syrian army reinforcements. other parts of syria's second city, though, remain largely outside of the government's control. the syrian military also says that it's troops are progressing in the countryside around the capitol damascus. . >> the official state news agency, sanaa says the value of the area east of the capitol is under the government forces, a claim denied by rebels. if the government controls it, the eastern district of the capitol, damascus, could be next. fear of fighting it just a few kilometers from the city center. it has been trying to sees it for months and say they are making slow progress by controlling a number of buildings. in the southern province, the syrian air force bombed two districts. several people were said to have been killed and injured.

syrian jets through a lethal weapon and fonow, they remain largely unchallenged. al jazeera. . >> qatar is leading the way in pledging money to rebuild gaza agree to go commit $1,000,000,000 to the cause. saudi air abe abe i can't and the u.s. have pledged cash. the atunouncement was made during a conference in the egyptian council. they are asking for fourl billion dollars avisis's 50 day assault which destroyed much of the strip. qatar has promised a billion to help rebuild. the u.s. is giving 212 million and the u.k., 32 million. >> we need to get back to the difficult work, not just of reconstruction and recovery in gaza, before of actually building gaza's economy for the long-term and developing its institutions under the palestinian authority.

>> egyptian police have arrested six student protesters at a university in cairo. tear gas was used against the students or supporters of the outlawed miss lim brotherhood movement. armored vehicles were used to end demonstrations there. security is now increased at campuses across egypt. ays continues to demand the release of its three journalists imprisoned in egypt. they have now been detained for 288 days. they are accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a charge they deny. they are aepeeling their convictions. russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops to withdraw from the border with ukraine. military exercises have been taking place in the southern region in russia. the troop withdrawal comes ahead of talks between putin and ukrainian president petro poroshenko. the two leaders are due to meet in milan. >> people in bosnia are voting in their 7thly since the end of

the country's war. the country is struggling to boost its economy and tackle unemployment. bar barnaby phillips reports. >> bosnians are going to the polls for the 7th time since the war ended. it's been almost 20 years of peace but years of political paralysis and lack of economic progress. the balance sheets are so large because this is one of the most complicated political systems in the world. layers of local, regional and national government principally defined along ethnic and religious lines. >> we have seen a steady stream of voters at this polling station in central sarajevo, typically in bosnia about half of the electorate bother to cast votes. we will have to see how things go today. on the one hand, many bosnians are skeptical of their politicians'ability to actually improve things. on the other hand, we have spoken to many people who feel that the situation in the country is now critical so they have a responsibility to come out and vote.

>> in the future, it looks gloomy t some 10 years ago, the situation was a lot more promising. and now, it seems that there is a deadlock in any sort of agreement that happens in this country and this trend of dead earation is something that i would very much like to be stopped. >> a short drive from sarajevo, the town of parlay, many serb voters here would like their region to leave bosnia all together. but here, too, there is frustration and a lack of new alternatives on the ballot sheet. >> the same people on the list, the same politicians, et cetera, et cetera. nobody knew. there is no good programs. everything is the same in 2014 as in 2010. >> bosnia's different ethnic and

religious groups all want change but they are pulling in different directions meaning this country is stagnating. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, sarajevo. >> neim bol eve i can't have begun voting around 6 million vegstered voters are eligible to cast their ballots. president morales is expected to be re-elected for a third time. polling in second is candidate samuel medina. . >> the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention says a breach of care protocol resulted in a nurse in texas testing positive for ebola. she helped care for the first person ever diagnosed with the virus in the united states. the cdc is monitoring more healthcare workers who could have made the same mistake. >> sdpornl, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of ebola. this is because the healthcare workers who cared for this individual may have had a breach

of the same nature of the individual who appears now to have preliminary positive tests. >> risk is in the 48 people who are being monitored, all of whom have been testified daily, none of whom so far have developed symptoms or fever and in any other healthcare workers who may have been exposed to this index patient while he was being cared for. >> al jazeera's heidi zhou castro has more from dallas. >> reporter: the cdc's director said there must have been a breach of protocol here in the way that these healthcare workers handled the ebola patient, am thomas eric duncan who passed away here on wednesday. >> remains the major question, what the breach was, that investigators have yet to answer. they say they have interviewed the healthcare worker who was diagnosed as of this morning whose positive test results for ebola in her blood sample came back. they say she is unaware of how

she may have inadvertently been exposed. >> leaves open how many other healthcare workers and what they may have done that may have exposed them as well. we know there are 48 individuals in the community and the initially healthcare workers who handled thomas duncan's case who have been identified by the cdc as being at risk, they have not tested positive for ebola. they have not shown symptoms. and, in fact, this healthcare worker who was hospitalized as of this friday evening, she was not among those 48. so now, of course, the attention turns to how this may have happened and how further spread of the disease may be prevented. the cdc said it's increasing training at the hospital and recommending that a minimum number of workers treat patients with ebola and that only essential procedures are given. of course, this is early in the investigation and they say that they have more cdc professionals on the ground here in dallas trying to get more answers.

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>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines now. 29 iraqi soldiers have been killed in multiple suicide bomb attacks. military compound in diyala province was starred and the chief from anbar died by isil fighters: leading the way, qatar agree to go commit $1,000,000,000. the u.s. and uae and u.k. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention says a breach of care protocol resulted in a nurse in texas testing positive for ebola. she helped care for the first person ever diagnosed with the virus in the u.s. let's return to the syrian town of kobani where there has been another day of fierce fighting. kurdish politicians are demanding the turkib government intervenes to save the town from isil. they say if nothing is done, the fragile peace process between turkey and the kurds will

collapse. a report. . >> in this working class neighborhood, people are in mourning. they have come to pay their respects to the family whose son was killed in riots which erupted across the city earlier this week. hrdz broir tells me he is distraught, angry and afraid the police were murders. he was not involved in any protest. he was a bystander at the scene. he has no affiliation at all. >> despite this claim, a large flag is pinned to the wall at the center where the mourners are gathered. the pkk are an armed kurdish group whether or not have been fighting for index from turkey for decades. a picture of their leader is also on display side-by-side with that of the deceased. even though the turkib government considers the pkk terrorists, both sides have been engaged in a peace process. >> that's now in the balance because of the conflict in kobane. hundreds of turkish kurds took to the streets in recent days

angry because they say the government isn't doing enough to protect the town from falling to isil fighters. deputy head of the main kurd political party in turk e the hdp. she says while the peace process hasn't collapsed, it is facing its toughest cha eng yet. >> event did in kobane are directly affecting the peace process. if kobane falls, it would be impossible to maintain peace. you cannot separate kobane. the government must create a security zone for kobane and open a core dor for logistic support. >> although things are calm here with businesses open asub and people going about their normal lives, the feeling among mistaken is that of a tension uncertainty. many kurt's are angry with the government, most do not want the peace process to collapse. >> faisel heshnu tells me kurdib politicians and the pkk are using the conflict to force the government to deliver more on

kurdish demands. >> i think kurdish politicians are aiming to put pressure on the government to take further steps in the peace process and to offer more than they have already promised to the kurds. >> the fighting hasn't crossed the border into turkey. recent violence is serving as a stock warning as to how volatile the signatures is. the message from someone who has already lost a loved one is simply. i want the peace process to continue. my brother has died, but no more lives should be lost. >> jamal, al jazeera. >> at least five people have been killed as cyclone hudhud lashes. hundreds of thousands have been told to evacuate their homes. this report from new delhi. >> heavy rains and winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour lash india's states of odisha and

andrapudesh. cyclone hudhud has smashed communications and damaged roads, power lines and buildings. the national disaster response forced, the ndrrf said it has taken all precautions. people say they need more help. . >> yesterday night, there was heavy rainfall here no one is here to help us. fishermen's lives have been destroyed. >> state governments have told hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and businesses. they have also set up more than a thousand relief shelters. 1800 emergency workers and now on the ground, and are continuing with the rescue operations despite the treacherous conditions. >> we are inadequately prepared. we are doing the best. we have mobilized all of the necessary central resources to assist the government in terms of forces, we have the ndrf and

2014, 18 teams. >> just a year ago, this region was hit by cyclone phailin which affected millions of people about caused few casualties because of mass evacuations. while state government authorities are again predicting severe damage to infrastructure, they hope their disaster management plans will save lives. ays, new delhi. >> fighting along india and pakistan's contested border has resumed after a brief lull. sporadic exchange of fire continued throughout the night. both sides are blaming each other for provoking the latest hostilities. after nine days of cross border shelling, the two armies stopped on thursday. an indian army officer says pakistan targeted 10 border posts in the area. in mexico, authorities say that some of the bodies found saturday en masse graves are not

those of 43 missing students. the students disappeared on september the 26th. they were last scene being taken away by police in vans the kidnappings have sparked agree tests across the country. a small village in thailand is struggling to recover from years of lead poisoning. the 300 people who live in khidy lane have certaserious props be the lead pollution in their liver was never cleared up. their story in have ysouthern. >> monsang has spent her entire life. 10 years ago, she lost her sight. a single mother, she has two sons. . >> my kids were very small, and i could not see. so they had to help me and not the other way around. >> what happened to her and others in klity lang was

preventable. lead contamination from upstream. they were shut down 16 years ago, it destroyed normal life for most who lived here, the company was only fined about $65. the lead pollution in the creek bed was never fully cleaned up. she lives next to the creek she relies on for survival. a test at a hospital confirmed her blindness was from lead poisoning. others in the village also suffer from the effects of lead poisoning. some of the children have learning disabilities n some spots, still now, the contamination is 100 times more than the maximum safe level. after years of delays, restoration of the creek by thailand's pollution control department was supposed to start in may. so far, it has only conducted studies. >> researchers say that until this clean-up that's been ordered by the supreme court can take place every day, the people here will be exposed to toxic levels of lead from this creek.

>> means more people will get sick and possibly, more birth defects. in january, 2013, the police control department was brought to court for its inaction. >> we sued and when the first environmental justice case in thailand, they were ordered to come up with a rehabilitation plan within three months. nothing happened. >> the court found that the department neglected its duty and ordered it to pay 22 villagers about $6,000 each. current officials blame their predecessors. >> this is kind of the government's fault for lack of responsibility but it happened a long time ago and there were many government agencies responsible. >> it may be a legal victory on paper but nothing has changed on the ground where i willness and contamination are all that people like mang sang know. klity lang, thailand. >> hong kong's chief executive says free testers have almost

zero chance of securing elections despite rallies. struflz between police and demonstrators on sunday after protestors tried to erect further barricades in the main protest zone. demonstrators are rallying against beijing's decision to screen candidates for the city's 2017 elections. many children in rural south africa walk long distances to get to school. some arrive late or even drop out because of the lengthy treks. a report from orange farm just outside of johannes burg on the plan to attend attendance and punctuality. >> it's the third time this week he is late for school. his mother cannot afford to use public transport. so, he walks more than five kilometers every day. >> i am staying far, far, far away. so, i am coming late into school. when i am staying far like that, sometimes, i am not catching up

the time. >> the 19-year-old south african is writing exams soon and he is worried coming late and missing lessons could make him fail. >> most of them will find that they become irritable. they don't concentrate for the better part of the lesson. and, therefore, it affects their ad vancement. so, it's important that when they come, then they get on time. >> today, there is good news. these brand new intieblings were delivered to the school. they could help improve punctuality. teachers say a two-hour walk can be cut down to a 30 minute ride on one of these. >> there are 12 million of our school going children that walk to school every day and 500,000 of them walk longer hours than four hours to and from school. over a period of two years from receipt of by silk, we will monitor the academic

performance, punctuality, attendance to see if we can't get some shift in a practical way, shift some of the situation that's currently happening on the ground. >> but many more bicycles are needed across south africa. >> there aren't enough bicycle did. >> means some children won't get one. priority will be given to students who live the longest away and take longer to school. pilina has his own am wheels and he hopes his final year in high school will be a smooth ride. he heads home promising to be on time for school from now on. al jazeera, orange farm, south africa. >> greece's professional basketball season starts on sunday. it's one of the the country's most popular schools but has suffered like much of the country during the economic problems of receipt years. many clubs are rebuilding and are hopeful better days are ahead. john seropilis reports from

athens something of a prodigy, he dropped out of an economics degree to play basketball and spent four years on the national team. now, 32, he is decided to play out his remaining years in the game with an iconic team that was relegated to the second division two years ago and is fighting to come back. the salary is modest but ence to catch on the rebound. >>ing it a big club. it's a good motive from the career to play here and help the team to come back for a division because it has a very historical club. the europeans. >> it was nearly sunk baey a ambezzlement and debt. they didn't keep audited accounts or balance sheets for years. >> there are no mistakes made for seven or eight years. i mean somebody stole money from the club.

big contracts were not paid at all. moose not something that somebody accidentally does. >> when the team was relegated, it had debts of at least $2 million. it has spent three years renting this modest municipal gymnasium in the western suburbs of athens. >> it was able to stay alive because it insulated itself from its debt. it won government approval to register as a new company with a new tax number. it's moving home ground to these former olympic facilities behind me. >> it was the first team to take the european championship for grease in 1968 and has won many greek championships. >> history enables it to hire top talent on a budget of half a million dollars, a third of its precrisis turn offer. it is determined never to run up debts again. >> we want to make bigger budgets than we can pay. we won't do bigger transfers. we will stay as we are and we will do like step by step if we

can go further, it's going to be okay. >> it is a far better fate than extinction. john sropilis, athens. >> of course, you want to keep up-to-date with the basketball and the other stories we are following here, just head over to aljazeera.com.