♪ . >> the fight against isil means a fight over iraq's oil, a leader asked for help. >> we are live in doha. new questions about nigeria's deal, again the release of those capture school girls. pair olympian is sentenced for i killing the governments from around the world.

in doha. but first, officials are pleading with the u.s. to launch air strikes against isil in northwestern iraq. lies on the main road, straddling the contested border between the kurdish north, and arab south. the front line extends from the town to just south of the city near the town. in some areas isil fighters and kurdish forces are only 500 meters apart. this report now. >> the curds control the oil fields. but they may not be able to protect them for much longer. the threat is from the islamic state in iraq and the lavon. there's a 64-kilometer perimeter around this

city. when isil pushes them out of many cities in down. since then, it's been a struggle to hold this territory. that's why the governor of the city is asking the u.s. led coalition to launch an intense assault against the group. he says isil wants their oil fields. that's the point i tried to make to our american friends when i was in washington and when i talked to them here. that's why it is so important for the united states for them to focus. we want to keep these people away, drive them away. >> coalition air strikes began in august, but there hasn't been many in this corner. and the problem is kurdish security forces don't just face fighters on the battle grounds this check point is considered to be a front line.

it is the main entry point. >> some of the members are able to infill strait the city, where they already have some support. >> explosives, suicide bombers. this check point has already been targeted twice, but what they fear is most is if the armed group decides to push through the line and storm the city. al jazeera.

on neighborhoods held by antigovernment fighters have killed at least 14 people, and at least 18 have been killed in car bombing in mainly shiite neighborhoods. iran's president has offered support to iraq. he was on a visit to tehran, let's get more now, who is in the capitol baghdad. >> on a two day visit to iran. he is in tehran at the moment, he has already met with president rouhani, and locally to meet with the heads of all national security, with the heads of which effectively is going to be meeting and other relevant dignitaries. what the prime minister will be looking for is reassurances that iran has the support of iraq, when it comes to fighting isil.

that is crucial, also looking to find out exactly what iran is doing when it comes to helping fighting isil. they do have a small number of ground troops here on the ground. also, he will be seeking reassurances. however, he is also looking to see what will be happening next. they are very concerned about the slopes within iran. very key shrines are here within this country. that's a red line, if they get attacked, that will mean the iranians will have to send in troops. that's something they do, so we will be looking for reassurances. that those slipes are protected. how, beyond all of that, there is another concern that both will be looking at -- both leaders will be looking at, rather, and that's slumping oil prices. that has had a huge impact on both of the

foreign currency reserves and they will be looking at ways to get those oil prices to rice. >> meanwhile, u.s. air strikes have pounded isil positions in the town kurdish forces have been struggling to defend from the advance. now, if the town falls to isil, the group would control up to 400-kilometers ahonk the border with turkey. they were battling tribesman on monday. 2005 tribesman were killed. loose week they took control of the key city, along with two northern provinces.

on september the 21st, they overran the capitol. they are calling for the shiite rebel group to leave the city and for the police to regain control. despite a peace deal. israeli soldiers have in the occupied west bank, of suspicious of throwing stones. footage captured by a human rights group shows the soldiers roughing up the 11-year-old. he was held on the floor, of an army jeep for around 15 minutes before his father arrived and convinced the soldiers to let him go. residents of a nearby israeli settlement cheered the soldiers on. >> the south african is being sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend. he shoc shot riva on

valentines day of last year. the olympic star could overcome having both legs amputated was now a broken man that didn't deserve prison. for firearms conviction, but under the law, he could serve as little as 1/6th of the sentence, or just ten months after which he may have to serve out a season tense under house arrest. >> we accept the judgement. oscar will embrace this opportunity to pay back to society the mother said in court that the sentence was right. >> the model bled to

death after he shot her through a bathroom door, he thought she was an intruder. at times it seemed that south africa's justice system was on trial. some believe the sentence and verdict are wrong, that he should have been found guilty of more, not culpable had. >> we respect the judge, but we are saying for now, as they understand -- we are questioning them. we are calling for an appeal. >> others outsite court disagrees. win of the final comments to the court, the judge said she hopes the sentencing brings some closure to help the grieving process for the families.

finally ask end, and the privacy of a prison cell for oscar. the men were found guilty of carrying out a number of attacks. north of cairo that killed six soldiers. the defense were all members of a group called answer bait. students at alazar university called for the release of colleagues arrested by the security forces during earlier demonstrations. has set the first of january to consider whether to an allow an appeal of three jailed journalists.

they have been inprisonned for 297 days. al jazeera continues to demand their immediate release. they are accused of helping the brotherhood, a court sentenced them to seven years in prison. was given an extra three years because he had in his position a spent bullet that he had picked up during a protest. it's been 300 days since our colleagues were wrongfully imprisoned. and despite international condemnations and pleaed by the families, there are no signs of a break through. at al jazeera continues to demand their immediate release, and the general manager says there is now a campaign of misinformation.

directed at how al jazeera conducted it's coverage in egypt. >> the network was complotly accredited in egypt. and all of the channels were there for automatically accredited. when a certain entity an egyptian court forced them to renew it instead. >> it is valid until 2016. we believe the lies that are being disseminated about alleged violations in egypt, with regards to the question of accreditation, don't even deserve to be discussed. the convictions are being appealed the court is due to hear the case in january, but in addition to the throe men detention, there are several other journalist whose are convicted and sentenced in their absence. some of them have learned that a request -- they include people like algae senior talk show presenter.

i covered the protest, just like hundreds of others there, but later on i was surprise by these accredited you cases. i wasn't even in the square on the day this incident was alleged to have taken place. i consider this ruling a political punishment for having exposed the military coupe in egypt, and it's clear my case is just a part of the overall attack on al jazeera. he knows lit take a long p time. but for him, the general manager and their colleagues it's already being long enough. still to come, we will have the latest on the talks between hong kong protest leaders and the government. plus. >> where people are

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federal authorities have charged seven people with conspiring with al qaeda. >> since 9/11 the us has spent has spent billions of dollars on

domestic counter-terrorism operations. >> i wanted to be in on the big game and to be paid top-dollar for it. that's it. >> many of these involved targeted informant led stings. >> to them, everyone in the muslim community is a potential informant or a potential terrorist. the governor has called on the u.s. to launch air strikes to save the oil rich city from being taken be i the group. for shooting his

girlfriend on valentines day last year. he believes the term could be served under house arrest. students of al aczar university in cairo called for the release of colleaguings arrested be i the security forces during earlier protests. >> now the u.n. children's agency has warned that every five minutes somewhere in the world, a child died of the as a result of violence. so it has launch add new campaign to try to raise awareness along with a report of the dangers that children face. they finding show it is not just conflict that is responsible. more than 75% of deaths are in the home, in schools, and in the community the report draw as link between policy and violent, say the

murder races are worse in elsa have tor, haiti. it warns 320 give children could die from violence each day, in the next year unless something is done. there are have strong links between poverty and children's experience of violence, having said that, there's no country in the world that is immune to it's children experiences violence, so strong language but at the same time, a strong message about the global nature of this. violation of the rights of children, and one thing that unicef is asking for is to engangment of the public of every day people, and we see that when there is that kind of engangment, that the laws not only

make sense, but they are known to people. there are some other really simple things that need to be done. one of them relates to the state and others taking action to support parents in early childhood in the way that they are raising children. passengers arriving in the united states, will be required to fly into one of just five airports there have been enhanced screening before ebola. protection officers earlier this month, starting screens passengers who arrived at new york's kennedy, liberty, washington's dulles, chicago's ohair, and hearts field airports of the other ones. so kim her beerily, seems as though the precautions that the americans are

taking are becoming even more specific. >> they are becoming specific in there are just now five airports if you come from one of those western african countries hardest hit by the ebola outbreak, namely liberia, guinea, and sierra leone, you will have to five into the five suspect airports if you wish to travel to the united states. typically the travel to the united states from those three countries what is significant about this, is the fact that many in the united states have been calling for much tougher travel restrictions many american residents who have become hysterical, since there was a one

case of ebola being diagnosed in the united states, from a passenger who had traveled from liberia, so this is the response that has taken place that there will now be rerouting through the one of five airports. stopping short of the travel ban that many in the u.s. has hoped for. >> okay, thank you for that, a update from washington, d.c., and al jazeera's kimberly, thank you. >> let's go to pakistan now where antigovernment protests have been called off. the protests had severely exposed corruption allegations. he will now tour major urban centers in the country, holding sit ins to push for what he call add revolution of the poor. our correspondent, who is in the capitol, it seems as though this cleric

just might think will not go away. indeed. the move came after a very large rally across pack stab, including in the city, just a few days ago. but earlier when they marched with thousands of the supporters, the march starting on the 13th of august, just one day before the independence day, there was a lot of tension. because they were surrounded by containers in order to contain the protest from spreading and getting bitter, so indeed, a significant development. but also a step back who had come here, asking for the resignation of the

government, now says that he will go through parliament, and of course, through the constitution as far as hi move for change is concerned. earlier we did see tens of thousands of people, moving on now the residents didn't we? just wondering how much of a political force has arisen as a result of this movement that is led by iran can. >> well, indeed, it is significant move by 32 political parties. both of them, however, they are also able to garner the support of the opposition, and decided he would wait and see how long these people could stay, how much damage

they had. so in a way they would be feeling renewed. because i mentioned life in the capitol is almost at a standstill for several weeks. and also the problem that because these people were placed in front of parliament, it was causing huge probables for parliament to come to parliament as well as causing difficulties to the diplomatic communities. however, they have been able to gather support across the country, and that, of the, means that the politician are now going to bring every more. live from the capitol, thank you. now a cease fire that nigeria's government appeared to be in doubt. there's been a number of attacks by the armed group since the truce we announced on friday.

a government official had indicated that the girls could be freed by tuesday. and he says ensuring the return of the girls remained the government's main concern. and all of the citizens of nigeria is the rescue of those girls and establishing peace in this. so anyone wants to imfeud motives, discussing politics with the lives of our citizens. we are concentrating on making sure that our citizens are returned back to us and the parents most importantly, and anyone -- people have the rights to their opinion, and choose what they want to believe, but this is the government of nigeria.

the protestors want them to be able to choose it's own leaders. that's a position which the government continue today reject. more now from hong kong. and government says they are trying to compromise. they will try to widen the nominating committee that will choose the executives in 2017. they say they will make the process more transparent, and more representative of hong kong's public. at the moment, they say the government is representing beijing, and instead telling them what to do, without any regard for their concerns or their issues. national budgets are being boosted around the

world, because governments are becoming increasingly concerned from not just outside from unside as well. border security and protection of infrastructure are their big priorities. an internal exhibition here, ericawood reports. >> checking out the latest equipment. but the security challenges at home. the protests being staged around the world, governments are looking for the best ways to maintain security. all of the concern by internal state security, then each have looked you will find from the shoes, for secretary, and to the most huge technology eadvanced technology. here we have protective clothing.

the latest gear, tier gas, and 3-d imaginable. the ability of this to pinpoint a shiner and see his area of operation. >> most of what is displayed here is bro moted to protect countries from the inside. and also in close confines. in this case of this personnel vehicle, they are also looking for speed, and agility. that's because a lot of the fighting is now street to street, in the urban environment. attracts the attention of governments and big business. in fact, it is always like a secret. >> it isn't just hardware, surveillance software is big too.

plow textive major infrastructure from cyber threats. >> people now see cyber as a real challenge. countries want to protect their areas, so we are seeing future investments, much more thinking ahead, much more looking towards new technology. >> while statin city fusions may say the borders and public spaces are safer, all this hardware and software also means populations are being increasingly watched and controls. governments are wanting to surveil, because they want with to protect the sovereign interests. and fact that remains any and other civilians does infringe civil liberties and privacy rights. >> governments are getting better at protecting themselves, not just from threats from foreign elements but also from their own

people. erica woods al jazeera, doha. >> don't forget you can go to the website for all the days top stories, there's also a lot of background as well, particularly i am looking at an interesting piece. what is so special about this town on the boarder with turkey and northern syria? >> in 2009 peace came to sri lanka after 26 years of civil war. >> government troops had crushed the tamil tigers - a guerrilla force which had waged a brutal insurgency seeking self-rule for the tamils c a minority making up about 12 percent of sri las