more violence in hong kong. demonstrators retake the protest site from police. ♪ ♪ hello, this is al jazerra live there doha. i am adrian finnegan. also on the program. ♪ ♪ >> hope for the families of nigeria's missing school girls as the government says it has struck ideal with boko haram. hurricane gonzalo pounds enter moved i go with winds up to 175-kilometers per mile.

to the him lavi himalayas, g people from a blizzard, at least 40 people are known to have pair i should. ♪ ♪ there has been violent confrontations between police and protesters in hong kong. demonstrators using up apri umbs protect they feel shelves from pepper spray and batons. let's take you live to hong hong. sarah it's calmer now, but early there was a pretty tense stands off. >> reporter: it certainly was. some of the most violent clashes that we have seen since this demonstration began about three weeks ago. police say at its peak last night there were around 9,000 protesters. what start said number of protesters trying to reoccupy two key streets in a very busy part here. this led to a standoff that

lasted for hours, about 26 people were arrested and people were injured. and this is how the knighton folded. the night began with a tense stands off that quickly turn today chaos as thousands of protesters moved back in to the district. that had earlier been cleared. they refused to go as riot police arrived. pepper spray and batons were used. dozens were arrested and there were several injured on both sides. >> translator: i think the police are very violent. they just use the brin umbrellao hit us. >> reporter: traffic was blocked off on two major streets in one of the busiest districts what followed was attend stands off that lasts for hours. >> translator: we don't want the whole right is genuine universal suffrage and dialogue. >> reporter: but the dialogue may now be threatened despite hong kong's chief executive saying his government wants to talk.

protesters are concerned the violent clashes may have derailed any hopes of electoral reform. these clashes have incensed the city's police chief who says the protesters are now destroying the rule of law. with more people expected to gather tonight, many expect last night's violence to trigger another round of occupation. police have condemned those people who took part last night and nba what they are describing as an a lawful assembly. saying their behavior was natural peaceful but undermines hong kong law and order and people's safety. they have repeated calling saying anyone who tries to get involve in reoccupying the main sites and blocking traffic the police will use force and make arrests as they did last night. numbers today at the two key demonstration sites have thinned but the police presence is strong. a anybody of businesses remain closed, key buildings are closed some banks have their shutters

down, the next step is seeing is whether or not the people do rail again tonight in the wake of last night's clashes. >> sarah, many thanks, sarah clarke live in hong kong. a group monitoring the syrian war says that former iraqi air force pilots are training members of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the syrian observe torre for human rights says isil trainees have been flying over a captured syrian military airport. these pictures are purport today shown an airport in a help open. isil fighters are in charge of large swagtz. in nigeria there is a hope of a ceasefire between the government and boko haram. a senior adviser told al jazerra that an agreement could lead to the release of 200 girls taken prisoner earlier this year. but there has been no confirmation from boko haram. a report now from layin lag lag. >> reporter: family members and

concerned nigerians have been pro demonstrating for months. many girls still haven't returned home. the government says a ceasefire deal has been reached with the radical armed group and that talks to get the girls leased are continuing. the president good luck jonathan has had a lot of script angry at the failure to rein in the fighters. we are concerned to see how many girls we'll see, what condition they will be in. because if some of them have been given out as wives, then you know, what is the assurance that we have that when people say that, oh, none of them have been harmed, they have all been kept together and all the rest of it. we really don't know. >> reporter: jonathan is expected to announce his reelection bid in the coming hours, some analysts say the timing of the deal is convenient. while government officials say it's the result of months of careful negotiations, they insist the girls will be home soon. >> we have agreed with them that

we will maintain faithfulness to what we have discussed and some level of confidentiality. but i can tell you category i canniliicannily the ceasefire as that are agreed importance it's now the logistics that we are agree to next. >> reporter: further details including what happens to the prisoners that are still held by boko haram are unclear. people say the priority is getting the girls home. the government hasn't given them a clear indication of whether that will happen. al jazerra. lagos. the world bank says the battle against ebola is being lost. world bank president jim i don't think kim blames a long of international solidarity in effort to stop the virus spreading. the outbreak has killed

thousands in africa. and it warn that his it could cost africa $32 billion if it spreads to larger countries on the continent. the u.s. says thousands of children have lost at least one parent in the virus. they are calling for millions of dollars for children across the region. for now we really need support for from other world philanthropists from other course that his will come in and help. >> children are deeply distressed from having seen things that even adults find difficult to understand. people in astronaut suits looking like crop sprayers coming to take sick people way. or their parents, even worst. >> in a sign of a growing panic around the world about the ebola outbreak a cruz ship has been turned way from the mexican port of cozumel one of its people on

the trip worked at the hospital where a man happened died she's seen shown no sign of illness but has quarantined her self on the ship. hurricane goon solo. gonzalo. thousands of people are without power and white spread flooding. lets speak to our meteorologist. it's been a while since bermuda has taken a direct hit by a hurricane. it's not very pleasant no those in bermuda right now. how strong is this in hurricane terms? >> actually the strongest to develop in the atlantic for three years, it's been quite quiet over the last three or four years. in terms of bermuda it's the biggest storm to hit the island since 2003 when fabien devastated the renal inning, that was a massive storm itself.

then so that caused millions of dollars of damage. >> pretty powerful winds we are hearing about right now, knocking outpour in bermuda. but what about rain, what kind of rain is that storm pack something. >> well, we are looking at rainfall totals, 24 hour rainfall totals, 100 to 150 meters of rain could be worse. the good news is that it has moved through quickly. if we take a look at the satellite picture you can see the size of the storm there just to the south of bermuda. this is late friday. i move the picture around and you can see how the eye of the storm just runs right across bermuda and has obviously caused major problems in the process, but it's now clear, adrian, that's the good news, but did has caused problems. you can see brighter skies coming in behind, there you go, 175-kilometer winds, through the remainder of the day brighter skies come in. and by tomorrow it's all gone. but it's massive devastation at the moment. >> tracking 28-kilometers an hour i can see from that map there. we have been talking about storms in the past couple of weeks here in al jazerra and

some of the problems that these storms are slow moving, that's moving at a decent pace. where is it head something. >> it is a good lick, yeah, that was the good news, the heavy rain didn't last as long as it might have done and the damaging winds didn't last as long as they might have done. it's headed towards new finland. it kill clip canada and might find its way to the u.k. >> charming i am in the u.k. next week. thanks very much. now at least 40 people are known to have died in a an an avalanches triggers in the himalayans. the search for survivors is now widened to neighbors valleys and peaks. al jazerra is live joining us from the town in the range. what is the latest? >> reporter: more and more news is filtering in five days since the blizzard hit on tuesday.

now, as the weather has been pretty clear for the past four days, people who were stranded have also tried to go to other towns. we met with a swiss trekker whose entire team of eight people, mostly all of them nepal i staff were killed in an avalanche in a nearby region and the only reason that they were rescued, two guys were rescued today, one with a fractured leg, it was because three of them -- three from the same team had managed to trek down. so -- and we have been hearing other news about dead trekkers on the path further up. there have been sightings of bodies. society death toll could be risings. >> you say the weather conditions have improved there. it's an extremely remote region.

what sort of difficulties are rescuers facing as they search for the missing? >> reporter: well, the only way to get around for now is choppers. there aren't enough choppers, and there is no way to know where the trekkers were, because it's quite a vast region, it's highly unpopulated. and it's not -- tell telecommunications is not that great. and that's one of the things that the government has been facing criticism about, is that more weather champions, more satellite systems and more communications systems have to be in place in areas like this where trekking is very popular. >> sabrina, many thanks inside. sabrina reporting live there from nepal. we'll get a weather update next here on al jazerra. then. >> i am going to be a scientist

in the future. >> the hopes of north korea a students. we'll have an exclusive look inside pyongyang middle school. federal authorities have charged federal authorities have charged seven people with conspiring seven people with conspiring with al qaeda. with al qaeda. >> since 9/11 the us has spent >> since 9/11 the us has spent has spent billions of dollars on has spent billions of dollars on domestic counter-terrorism domestic counter-terrorism operations. operations. >> i wanted to be in on the big game and to be paid top-dollar >> i wanted to be in on the big game and to be paid top-dollar for it. for it. that's it. that's it. >> many of these involved targeted informant led stings. >> many of these involved targeted informant led stings. >> to them, everyone in the >> to them, everyone in the muslim community is a potential muslim community is a potential informant or a potential informant or a potential terrorist. terrorist. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy...

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held goal, the top stories here on al jazerra. there have been violent co confrontations between police and protesters in hong kong. protesters are using umbrellas. to protect themselves from batons and pepper spray.

the nigerian government says they have reached an agreement to the release of 200 school girls, there has been no confirmation yet from boko haram it he feel. hurricane gonzalo has crashed in to enter new bermuda. a ter remember shall rain has caused wide spread flooding. mexico says it's captured a suspected gang leader believed to be linked to the disappearance of 43 missing students. the leader of the gang was arrested on friday. authorities say the drug cartel co lewded with result police officers when the students went missing last month. the latest now from al jazerra's rachel lavin vin in mexico city. >> reporter: this announcement by mexico's attorney general is a huge development.

now, authorities believe this man, the leader of a group known as. [ inaudible ] may have valuable information as to what has happened to these young men and where they might be found. criticism is growing here in mexico against the government. earlier on friday, there was a demonstration held in a town of acapulco, major highways were shutdown and nearly 5,000 people took to the streets demanding that the government do more. and they were not alone. earlier this week, the united nations and human rights watch strongly criticized the mexican government. and they said that the government needed to be more proactive in this investigation. police in haiti have been fighting with supporters of the former president. police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who burned tires as they marched through the streets of the capital port-au-prince, protesters accused the government of keeping the country's wealth in the hands after of a few.

two germans held for six months in the southern philippines they had threatened to kill one of them unless it received a 5 1/2 million dollars random. the latest from harry. >> reporter: stephon and henry were seed ceased cease seized fr yacht in'. six months later they are clear. the captors had threatened behead one rushing back friday's deadline to allow for last-minute negotiations. the news that this is talks had been successful came at the local radio broadcast. >> we are very happy. did you turnover. >> a spokesman ringing in say that ideal had been done, full ransom at $5.6 million. he said had been paid. >> the military denied money changed hands, so far no

comments from the german government. in the run up to the release. we watched as a private jet reportedly carrying european passengers flew to the islands, where the hostages were being held. about three hours before they were freed. recently swore allegiance to the islamic state or isil as well as money it demanded an end to german support to u.s. led anti--isil air strikes. well hid then hollow's thick jungle and amid its close-knit communities the long found kidnapping has been a profitable business in sustaining its fight for a separate islamic state. early saturday morning the two german hostages were flown out of the airport on their way to manila. their release prompts two big questions. if such a vast amount of money has been exchanged for them. how does that strengthen the position here in the southern philippines and what does it do for the fate of some 10 other

hostages, five of them foreign nationals, some have been in captivity for more than two years. harry, al jazerra, southern philippines. shia houthi rebels in yemen have made advances in annal keita strong hold. they have captured the city in . a commander reportedly gave up his troop's position allowing the houthis to enter the hour. they have vowed to fruit houthis in defense of sunnis. they have reached a ceasefire agreement with sunni tribal leaders after days of intense fighting. the shia group is also pushing in to surrounding provinces. peter is a free-lance journalist and joins us vie skype. party, try to make sense of this for us. i thought we had a new prime minister now, the houthis are happy with the prime minister and said that they will pull out of their camp on his the main

roads to the airport and yet still this ongoing fighting, chaos elsewhere in the country, what's going on? >> translator: with the government, which contains a number of agreements for us staggered withdrawal from another part of the agreement. the creation of a committee to oversee the pull out of houthi fighters from various areas. of yemen in the program of disarmament. that council hasn't been formed yesterday and it will appear within the terms of the grievance. that they have tried to gather much in a shorter space of time. as they possibly can. and there is also talk of houthi leaders asking for -- >> oops. i am afraid we lost peter salsberry, the link to party has

just dropped out. we'll try to come back to him. a little later. israel has detained more than two and a half thousand palestinians across the occupied west bank since june this year of. the masa rests following the kidnapping of three israeli settlers. more now. >> reporter: this is where iman spends most mornings it's a garden she planted with her husband shortly after they were married nearly three years ago. she tells me that he was held in an israeli jail for over 30 years. and was freed in 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal, which eventually saw the release of around 1,000 palestinian prisoners. an israeli soldier was held operative by hamas in gas for over five years, but his new life with iman didn't last long. in june, three israeli settlers were killed in the occupied west bank. it set off a series of events that led to a 50-day war in the gaza strip. since then, israel has impressed

more than 2,005 hound palestinians including her husband and, at least 60 others freed as part of the 2011 deal. how do you feel when you see these photos of such a happy day knowing that he has been taken away from you. >> now i am crying. we have to always cut these things from -- showing this to people. you have to be strong, you know, i should always feel strong in front of people because my people all of them are sufferi suffering. >> reporter: she shows her strength by attending protests like this one, everyone here has family members in jail. and are demanding that israel release them. there are over 7,000 pam stun vinnies being held -- palestinians being held in israeli prisons. the highest number in five years being of the 2500 arrested over the past three months, many haven't been charged with any crime at all. which has people concerned.

he is the cousin of her husband, both were arrested by israel in 1978 for killing a settler, and were sentence today life in prison. he, too, was released in 2011 after spending 33 years in prison. and tells me he doesn't want to go back. >> translator: as long as there is occupation, there is concern of arrests and rearrests. the israelis always take it out on us. they want to make it hard ore palestinians, especially prisoners. >> back at the garden, she is hopeful her husband will be freed. but knows there are no garn fees, while israel hasn't made any public statements about the masa rests. its officials are reportedly refuse to go include the issue you as part of the egyptian mediated talks on a long-term ceasefire deal in the gaza strip. so for now, all she can do is wait and hope they will get to enjoy their lives together again. al jazerra, in the occupied west

bank. >> palestinian officials have urged thein' to set a november 2016 deadline for israel to withdraw on the occupied lands. the pal stun vinnie amount boss door to the u.n. wants the security coul council to vote oe issue they have been regularly vetoed by the u.s., he says he wants to utilize all options despite the san at this of another u.s. veto in israel's favor. al jazerra continues to demand the immediate release of its impressed journalists inky equipment. peter mohammed and bahar have been in prison for 294 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brothebrotherhood and appearing against their impressment impri. now, north korea regards education as one of the pillars

of its communist system children are taught at a very young age about the ideologis ideology ofe worker's policy and the independence of foreign rule. now a report from a school in the capital of pee i don't think yang. >> reporter: at the middle school the children say they have great hopes for the future of their country. >> i am going to be a scientist in the future for my country, our scientist has already set us free and i am going to i am going to long. [ inaudible ] five, six, 1e6789 childre70children coming here ae best in the country. and everyone seems to have the same dream. >> one country. only one korea. our country is divided in half.

i am very sad about that. >> reporter: the i can i of reunification of the korean peninsula is a very important subject for many of the children studying in this school. in fact, in the map that you can see here, the korean peninsula is not divided. we came here under the scrutiny of our guides who controlled our every move. but still, we were able to see how north korea's future generations are being taught to defend their values enshrined by the kim dynasty which has been ruling this country for almost 70 years. >> our supreme commander commands the respect -- >> reporter: this wall explains one of the core values of the communist state. also known as. [ inaudible ] it's the military's first ideology. >> the new generation it's important for them to know, to learn about the history and how their parents, how their former generations had to struggle to

win independence and liberation. that's why learning this history and the struggle of the former generations they cannot lose again the is off reference country, the dignity of the nation. >> reporter: we are told that thanks for the current leader, kim jong un. the school now has new computers. but children here say they have never used the internet. >> translator: i don't know very much about it. >> reporter: the government runs every aspect of people's lives here. the vice principal of the school denies children are being indoctrinated. >> no. no. >> no. no. >> translator: our objective is to educate our students on everything, as for the revolutional history of our leader kim jong has know it, learn it and follow it. that's why we should study it. >> reporter: that's what we hear everywhere we go.

north korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. but that duds not seem to trouble children who are taught to value independence and self reliance above all else. al jazerra, pyongyang, north korea. now off the western coast of the canada, a russian container ship, which is drifting without power off british columbia is being closely monitored. there are feared that the ship could run aground and cause an environmental disaster. it's carrying hundreds of tons of fuel. a storm front is expected to push the ship towards the rocky shore off british columbia. and officials have sent a tug boat to intercept the ship. take a look at this. this is interesting. a top secret space plane has landed safely on the southern california coast. it looks pretty much like a space shuttle, doesn't it? it spent nearly two years

orbiting earth on a classified mission. just what it was doing in orbit has been the subject of speculation ranging from spying to capturing foreign satellites. butt u.s. military isn't saying what it was doing. get the latest from our website at aljazerra.com. >> not ready to get pregnant right now, one option for women is to freeze their eggs. it's an interesting idea and an expensive choice. but what about when the boss is offering as a benefit. that's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray su.