the u.s. president warns there will be setbacks in the fight againstize ill as he meets commanders from the international coalition. ♪ ♪ this is al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. >> ebola got a head start on us. it is far ahead of us, it is running faster than us. and it is winning the race. >> a warning to the world that the ebola out break is in danger of getting out of control. police in hong kong fight with demonstrators as they clear another protest site.

and poll polls open in mozae for an election that's shaping up to be a tough test for the governing party. ♪ ♪ the u.s. president barack obama has warned there may be more setbacks ahead in the fight against he had islamic state of the iraq and levant. he's been discussing tactics with defense commanders from 20 nation that his have joined the military coalition, patty culhane has more from andrews air force base in the u.s. state of maryland. >> reporter: two days of meetings have wrapped up a at andrews air bas air force base. president obama spent 90 minutes and briefly spoke about afterwards and defended the coalition siting sieges and taking the it dam back from fighters and keeping erbil face

but that was at the very beginning of the coalition strikes, here is what he had to say about the progress that isil has been making in the past few weeks. >> it this will be a long-term campaign. there are not quick fixes involved. we are still at the early stages. as with any military effort, there will be days of progress and there are going to be periods of setback. >> reporter: the meeting wrapped up without any sort of additional announcements about strategy or the coalition doing more. right now it's estimated that u.s. air strikes account for about 90% of the bombs falling in iraq and syria. after this meeting it doesn't look like that's going to change any time soon. >> well, let's cross over to baghdad and speak to imran kahn. when obama says that the focus, the military focus is on the fighting going on in anbar problem ins and the gains there, imran, that have been made by isil. do you get the sent in iraq it is self there will be a change of strategy for the u.s.-led coalition? >> reporter: well, certainly what we are hearing from iraqis based in anbar province is there

does need to be a strange in strategy. we are hearing more and more that isil cannot be defeated by just using the air strikes alone. that there need to be ground troops that are well equipped and well trained to be able to go in and help the iraqi forces clear the area once those air strikes have taken place. now, this isn't just coming from just ordinary figures, ordinary people in anbar province, certainly some political figures are now saying this is can what needs to be done. however, the official position of the iraqi government is no international troops on the ground here. we are able to deal this ourselves, they say and, this needs to be the way it should go. certainly officially there is this disconnect between what experts and people from the provincial government council of anbar want and what the official government policy is for the moment given that it hasn't changed, given that nobody is talking about boots on the ground, expect those voices to get louder here in iraq,

demanding that something else needs to be done, the air strikes they say simply aren't working. >> now that isil controls a large part of anbar province, what's being down to secure baghdad? >> reporter: well, the iraqis are very, very keen to show you that they are in complete control of the city itself. over the last 24 hours, particularly since sunday where general -- the top u.s. general dempsey said all that was standing between baghdad and isil were a few apache helicopters. the iraqis have gone out on the offensive sending troops and senior figures down to the airport, down to the baghdad belt, the outskirts and, they have been saying, look, it's safe, we are in complete control. certainly none of the commercial airlines have changed their pattern of behavior when it comes to flying in to the airport to suggest that the airport was under threat. but we are hearing from defense sources that there are certain

numbers of isil fighters, not very many, but there are isil fighters on the outskirts of bag daled. so there is this charm offensive going on the iraqis saying that we are in control of baghdad itself. but other people saying, yes, there are some isil fighters not large in number, but they are very close to the city. >> imran, thank you. imran kahn reporting from baghdad. well, the worth health organization says there could soon be up to 10,000 new cases of ebola every week in west africa. and the warning came as top officials discussed the out break at the united nations security council. our dip malt i can editor james bays has more from new york. >> reporter: this is the second security council meeting on ebola. when they last met on the 18th of september, there were about 2,400 deaths from the disease. that figure now stands at more than 4,100. a 40% increase in less than a month. and the u.n. expect the figures to spiral still further. the world health organization

predicting there could be 10,000 new cases every week in just two months time. the security council is briefed by the head of the u.n.'s ebola mission. >> ebola got a head start on us. it is far ahead of us, it is running faster than us, and it is winning the race. we cannot let ebola win. if bola wins, we the people of the united nations lose so very much. >> reporter: nine security council also heard from the three ambassadors of the worst affected countries in the west africa. >> the depth of fear, the depth of emotion that has been expended to date concerning ebola, must be matched by the resolute will of all of us to beat this scourge and meet the challenge. >> reporter: as the security

council met, one more grim statistic, they had estimated that the death toll from ebola was about 50%, 50% of those who got the disease died, 50% survived. now they say because of the lack of facilities, and the growing number of cases, they believe the death rate is about 70%. well, tension has been rising over the last few days in jerusalem. at the holiest site in judaism and in islam. jewish worshipers have been allowed in to celebrate a festival but security forces are denying access to palestinians under the age of. the number of israeli palestinian members we understand are stand outside the mosque protesting these israeli measures that have been taken. >> reporter: correct. we understand that a number of these israeli palestinian

members as well as hundreds of palestinians in jerusalem are standing outside lions gate which is one of the gates around the compound and protesting against the israeli government's measures and restrictions that it imposes on palestinian worshipers wish to go enter the compound for prayers. while at the same time, allowing jewish groups that include according to palestinian eyewitnesses, settlers and far right wing activists during the time of the jewish holidays. now, some of these eyewitnesses have told us that their feelings are seriously provoked when they see some of these settlers and far right jewish activists praying in the courtyards. this is something that palestinians completely reject. they say they are okay with visits, but not with prayers in the compound, because they are worried and concerned that this growing trend may eventually lead to the division of the

compound between palestinians and jews here in jerusalem. >> all right, thank you. reporting from jerusalem. well, the israeli government has allowed 30-tons of sweet potatoes to be exported from the gas strip to the e.u. this is the first time since july. but farmers have little confidence their fortunes will improve. >> reporter: it's a bitter harvest for these compete potato farmers. most of their crop has rotted in the ground of the all they can do now is try to salvage whatever they can. there was once hope here, earlier this year the israeli government agreed to allow the export of sweet potatoes from the gaza strip to european markets. sensing an opportunity, he planted his fields following even u. guidelines. he tells me he had hoped to make record profits from the crop but knows that won't happen now. >> translator: we tried to keep the sweet potatoes in good

condition so we could export them. but because of the war, we couldn't irrigate our land or harvest on time the whole season is lost. >> reporter: despite the challenges faces farmers across gaza, around 30,000-kilograms of sweet potatoes have been exported to european markets. israel has said it will allow flour, spices and other produce to be shipped out as well, but hasn't said when. large parts of gaza's more than 17,000-hectares of farmland were badly destroyed during israel's 50-day bombardment, resulting in more than $550 million in losses. losses farmers say will take years to recover from. in agricultural zones across gaza there are seems like this. farm lan chewed up the tanks, fields and greenhouses destroyed by weeks of shelling. but the farm sector struggled even before the latest conflict.

since 2007, israel has blockaded gaza, strangling its economy. >> translator: israel is constantly putting obstacles in our way. we want to send produce for export, but it keeps the crossings closed. now the israelis are letting us send out sweet foe fa potatoes t that's not enough we need our borders opened. >> reporter: that's what people here are working towards. last month the two main palestinian factions, fat a and hamas, reached an agreement that turned control of gaza over to a unity government. palestinian officials say the deal would allow the palestinian authority to take control of the border crossing goes of the gaza streurpbgs including the crucial rafah cross flag to egypt. but until those crossings are opened and these farmlands are repaired, most farmers here don't seem very hopeful about the future. al jazerra, gaza. well, polls have opened in mozambique's fifth general lex since the end of the civil war

in 199 two, the ruling party section peck today maintain power, let's cross over to the capital and speak to tanya page joining us from there. first of all tell us about the candidates who are running. >> reporter: sure. well, the favorite is felipe he has been campaign on the ground a contradictory message of change and continuity change because the president is stepping down so he's a new face as president of. >> i apologize for that we seem to have lost our connection. we'll try to get her back. you are with al jazerra and still to come, a match ban doned after a mass brawl. a furious reaction after annal pain vinnie flag drops onto the pitch in serbia. plus. >> i am daniel lack outside canada's supreme court which is considering whether to allow

terminally ill people to take their own lives with a doctor's supervision.

the top stories on al jazerra. the u.s. president has warned that there may be more setbacks ahead in the fight against isil. barack obama has been discussing tactics with defense commanders from more than 20 nations that have joined the military coalition. the world health organization is warning that there could soon be up to 10,000 new cases of ebola every week in west africa. and the warning came as top officials discussed the out break at the united nations

security council on tuesday. hong kong's government is investigating a video which appears to show policemen beating up a protester. demonstrators have been staging a mass sit in for more than two weeks to demand mine a's communist party allow democratic lexes for hong kong's next leader. sarah clark has more. >> reporter: the number of police here today have certainly escalated after the incident last night where we saw demonstrators clash with police in the underpass next to the legislate i have council building. police have released a statement this morning saying they are investigating one particular incidents, there were allegations of police brutality against one of those demonstrators. now, footage leased by tv b shows that one demonstrator who was a member of the civic party, he was removed from the site taken away and supposedly beaten by six undercover police. police have said that they have now transferred those personnel who were undercover policemen, those particular personnel have been deployed elsewhere, but

they are taking this seriously and are looking at the allegations of excessive force. now, the students have also responded. tonight they are holding a rally. they'll walk from an area which is about two-kilometers from the legislative council building to here tonight in support of the pro-democracy december craig and rallying in the aftermath of the incident of the attacks and the clashes with police last night. south korean media are reporting that officials from the north and south are holding talks on how to ease cross border tensions. the two sides exchanged gunfire last week after south korean activists floated propaganda balloons across the border. senior army officers from both sides are understood to be meeting at a border village. university students in mexico are calling for a 48-hour national strike over the disappearance of their classmates. 43 students went missing three weeks ago and public anger is now on the rise. the families of the missing are demanding the government do much

more to find them. rachel levine has more. >> reporter: pain and resignation are written in their faces. it's been two weeks since we first met these families, whose children disappeared at the hands of local police in mexico. gone were the did 90 cries for justice, instead, parents like jaime walked in silence. the daily emotional roller coaster has left them exhausted. this is another march being led by the families of the missing students, they say it's the only thing they can do while they continue to wait for answers. their protests have become a part of daily life in this community increasingly frustrated by the government. >> nothing has changed since this began. all of these marchs, but we don't have any news about the investigations. we don't know anything. >> reporter: as they walked for hours in the heat, they weren't

informed of a crucial development announced by a government in whom they have lost faith. >> translator: i can tell you that in the first mass graves we found, the very first ones we already have results and i can confirm that there are no matches to the dna that the families of the missing people gave us. >> reporter: jaime and his wife believe their 20-year-old son antonio is alive. and that the government knows where he is. they still haven't told his younger siblings that he's missing. >> translator: sometimes it feels like it's a nightmare. but then i realize this is really happening. and that my son is gone. and i wonder is he suffering. what are they doing to him? >> reporter: in the town here many were heartened by the attorney general's announcement. but it was also a sobering reminder that there are many more missing than the 43 students. >> translator: there are so many

killed who knows who they are. even here in the city we have found severed heads and bodies along our highways, we have reached the limit, it's unbearable. >> reporter: for the families, a moment of relief. but no more than that. stuck in a cycle of waiting, marching, and praying, until they finally have an answer. rachel los angeles vin, al jazerra, mexico. bag to m mozambique with the polls have opened where the ruling party is expect to go maintain power. tania page is joining us. you were telling us a short while ago about the fave toyota win the election as well as the other presidential candidates. >> reporter: yes, exactly. felipe candidate campaign oiling a rather confusing ticket of

change and continuity. change will be a new face as president if you like, and continuity because, of course, he wants to continues that unbroken period of time of time and power. the main opposition is alfonso the best known of the three, if you like, he's very interesting because only last month he signed a new peace deal with the government, having waged a low-level new jersey is a for nearly two years african selling the first peace deal that was reached to end the civil war. he says he will accept the result of the election, if it is free and fair. nobody here want to go see a return to violence in this country. the third choice these voters behind me has is the very popular mayor, this country's second city. the only party formed since the end of the civil war with a candidate running for president he says that means he offers real change and truly fresh ideas. >> for the people what's at

stake, tania? >> reporter: not only this country's lasting peace and security, but also mozambique sits on vast natural gas and rolle coal reserve that says could pro tel propel it from bea pour country near the bottom of the u.n.'s index, to a better country. so whoever governs will control exactly how those billions of dollars in revenue is spent. so there is a lot of stake for people here that's why they are taking this vote so seriously. >> all right, tania, thank you. tania page reporting from mozambique. canada's supreme court is about to hear the legal arguments for allowing terminally ill patients to commit suicide with the help of a doctor. daniel lack reports from ottawa on the campaign to change the law. >> reporter: canada's only quadriplegic member of parliament steven fletcher doesn't shy away from challenges. a conservative he fights for

sound public finances but also for respect for the disabled. and the right of terminally i'll doles to choose to end their lives with the help i've doctor. >> we are all going to die. and there are certain circumstances where end of life can be very miserable, a lot of suffering, a lot of pain, and because of the law in canada, there is no way to help those individuals end their lives. and it seems very cruel. >> reporter: fletcher, an athlete and outdoors man at the time, lost the use of his limbs in a car crash at the age of 23. the pain and suffering of recovery led to his support for physician assisted suicide. not that he would have chosen to die himself, he says, as a young man he still had time to succeed through cheer willpower.

>> if my accident had happened when i was 83, they could have saved me and i could have gone through that, but would i go through that when i was 83? no. >> i was diagnosed as having a brain stem tumor -- >> reporter: last year a widely circulated video of a well known public health doctor shot eight days before he died help raise support for assisted dieing in canada. the national assembly in quebec passed a law make that go option legal. even though it's still a crime under federal law. what was once a taboo political subject is now a mainstream discussion. >> i think the black and white is kind of over. we are no longer looking at it through that lens. it's how can we make this work. but, you know, one of the greatest concerns that we have nationally is can we respect the rights and the well being of people with disability, the

elderly, and still move towards some form of physician-assisted dieing. >> reporter: the case at the supreme court was brought by two women who have since died, one in switzerland with the legal support of a doctor. the government has said it will argue in favor of the law as it now stands. so now it's up to the highest court in the land to consider whether assisted suicide remains a crime here. or whether canada joins a very short list of jurisdictions that allow terminally ill people to take their own lives with medical cooperation. daniel lak. al jazerra, ottawa. european football's governing body is investigating a mass brawl among players and fans in belgrade. serbia's european championship qualifying match against albania had to be abandoned after an albanian flag was flown over the pitch by a polite controlled drone. our balkans correspond end was at the game. >> reporter: the game was

suspended at 38 minutes when a drone like eye small helicopter flew in to the stadium carrying a banner with a map of the balkans covered with a serbian flag that was seen as a provocation it flew around the stadium and started throwing lower at that time a player tried to take the banner off of the drone. so two albanian players tried to stop him at that point and they started to have a little fight. also about 20 fans of serbia left the stands and entered the pitch so they start today fight with the albanian players and the referee decided at that point to suspend the game. and he send the players back to their dressing rooms. but the delay of the game continued and it was too long so the referee and the delegates of uefa decided not to continue with the match. so the fans who stayed at the stadium, there was a lot of them, they started to leave.

the stadium and they started leaving the stadium in a calm manner like they are leaving any other game so nothing happened around the stadium no. riots, no riots in belgrade at that point. fighting in eastern ukraine between the government and pro-russia separatists has forced thousands of people to flee from the region but have have decided to stay despite the dangers this citizen in don everything explains why. >> translator: my name is. [ inaudible ], i'll be 59 in october. i work i in donetsk for the trolley bus service. my nobody is like my second family. everybody knows me. even the dogs don't bark at me. [ laughter ] al. >> translator: in our apartment block a lot of people have left. there are just 12 families remaining. that's it.

we live the four of us, me, my wife, my mother and my son. and our bird and the cat. we take shelter when the bombing starts. when it stops, life begins aga again. we were working on. [ inaudible ] and restoring the network when they started shelling. it was frightening of course. only stupid fools wouldn't be afraid. and the worse thing is that the people are tying. healthy people working hard for their town are tying because of the shelling, i can't understand it. migrants children didn't come and stay with us in the summer, they would come every year would be with their granny and began dad but not this time thank to war. in the shops, prices have jumped

sharply. everything is twice as expensive now. yes, i have work, but they pay onto my bank account and we can't withdraw it because all of the banks are closed. they must sit down at the negotiation table, all of our leaders, the president, the prime minister and the leader of the donetsk people's republic, and ask each other, guys, what exactly do you want? and they will say we want this, and that, we are getting this much money, we can give you this much here and, that's all that's needed. maybe we don't have european standards, but our land is industry us and rich we earn enough to have our daily bread and butter. and a shot of vodka. maybe i won't see the day but i want my grandchildren to live in a civilized european country. that is what matters to me above

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