asia happens president imposes a state of emergency after the military suffers its biggest loss of life in decades. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. i am elizabeth, also ahead. the number of cases in the ebola outbreak passes 10,000. amnesty condemn another bloody stain on iran's human rights record after a 26-year-old woman is hanged. plus. >> reporter: i have about a week-long road trip through

small towns in brazil, gauging the mood of voters ahead of the presidential election. i am gabriel elizondo, in a city that is very much divided just like the rest of the country. ♪ ♪ -y i didn'egypt's presidentd that they are facing terrorists. no one has taken responsibility for friday's attack that killed 31 soldiers. it was the deadliest attack on the egyptian military any years. now a report. >> reporter: laid to rest with full military honor. these soldiers were killed in one of the worst attacks against the egypt arm. a car bombing followed by gunfire on another post year the egyptian border with israel. president sisi has declared a

three-month emergency. he says the fight against terrorism won't be over soon. >> translator: i am addressing all egyptians, be vigilant. a plot is being woven against all of us. all that is happening has been expected and we have raised these issues before. we and all egyptians must join force to his address this challenge. many have fallen and many are expected to fall. it is a huge war. egypt is facing a huge war. >> reporter: there have been a number of attacks in the sinai in recent months, despite military operations against armed groups. egypt's security forces use the same term, terrorists, for those carrying out these attacks as well as members of the previous government of mohamed morsi. in the past an armed group has claimed responsibility for carrying out similar attacks in the sinai. the group's activities have increased since the then-elected and now outlawed muslim brother other hood government was overthrown by the military. however, no one has claimed responsibility for friday' frids

tacks. egypt has deployed more soldiers to the reason and a peace deal with israel has been eased allowing more egyptian military presence in the sinai peninsula. the rafah border crossing in to gaza is also closed. with hess measures the egyptian army and the police say they will be able to tackle threats and preserve the security of the region. those that vow to protect the state continue to face great risks. the institute of arab and islamic studies at the university of exeter. he says the unrest in the sinai is clearly escalating. >> it's a very, very complex problem. the part of the problem in sinai, and this is mostly local activism that became a national issue after the 2013 coup. but it was mainly local issue that goes back all the way to

since 2000 and you can even trace it back since after the is romisraelis left the sinai. since it was happening there were multiple crack downs there, mainly accusing some of the tribes in assisting the palestinians across the borders in gaza. and this led to multiple waves of violence and counter violence throughout the 10 decades. and after 2011, that manifested itself within the revolution framework and then after the coupe this even escalated. so the onslaught turned from a regional group that operates in northeast sinai to more of a national group that was able to do operations in central delta. or claim operations in central delta. claim operations in cairo and the north of egypt. iraqi security forces say they have retaken most of a town from isil fighters.

it's said to be the biggest gain for the eye rally army in months. iraqi control of the strategic town could help stop the isil advance towards the capital baghdad. across the board never syria the fight for the kurdish town of kobane continues. isis taggerred the town with one mortar landing in the town. fights continuing. now to yemen where dozens of houthi rebels have been killed in an ambush south of the capital. they were attacked by tribes men in the mountain in the city. further south a separatist movement is growing, as this report states. >> reporter: the city is on the front of the battlefield. there is fighting on many front. al qaeda fighters and tribes men are confronting advancing shia

houthi rebels that took control of the capital last month. for the first time since then, government forces have bombed al qaeda and trikes men positions. it follows a number of u.s. drone attacks against suspected al qaeda fighters in a number of areas. trikes men and al qaeda fighters say the i can't me yemen-y goved houthis are allianced against them. that only increasing tensions and too turn in to a wider sectarian conflict. there is also fighting in the western province on the red sea. they are confronting tribes men who propose the houthi take over of this problem tins. but the shia is remaining in control making more gains and consolidating their positions. in southern yemen there is no fighting by an increasing separatist movement that set up a camp two weeks ago and promising to escalate its sitting protest until the south

achieves independence. ed political negotiation sews far have failed to form a government of national unity. they are facing threats and wider conflict. in the south it could be a matter of time before it breaks away. al jazerra. iran has hangs a woman who killed a former intelligence official she says was trying to rape her. there has been international condemnation of the sentence. human rights groups say she was acting in self-defense when the man tried to sexually assault her. they urged iran's judiciary to halt the execution accusing prosecutors of pressuring her to confess. the u.n. has been critical of what it describes as deep flaws in her trial. and the u.s. state department has condemned the execution, saying there were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case. including reports of concessions made under severe -- confessions

made under severe duress. another grim milestone has been reached in the ebola end at the point dick. number of cases in west africa has risen above 10,000. liberia remains the worst a frequented it's dealt with more than 4,000 patients, sierra leone 3,700 case have been recorded where the outbreak began in guinea, close to 2,000 people have been in isolation. nigeria was correctly declared ebola free. it's more than six weeks since the last of its 20 cases was confirmed. senegal has also conceded in containing the violence. mali is the last to become infected. half of the people tested positive have died. health officials in mali are desperately trying to find people who may have been in contact with a two-year-old girl who died from the disease. randolph noble reports. >> reporter: mali's first

confirmed case of ebola was brought here to the dusty town. now the country has its first victim. >> translator: well, i can say it's a two-year-old girl who traveled accompanied by her grandmother. it's possible that these two pima received at a time when the symptoms were not detectable, but that the illness evolved. >> reporter: mali health officials say the girl may have contracted the disease in the very place where the first case of ebola was reported in december of last year. in the town in southern guinea. health officials say the girl had symptoms and was likely contagious when she traveled by bus for mali's capital with her grandmother. dozens of people that came in to contact with the girl on her journey have been identified and isolated. officials say there could be hundreds more. there are fears mali, one of africa's poorest countries, is ill equipped to contain the disease. fortunately staff from the world health organization were already in mail discussing how to prepare the country should a queso curr. >> translator: i trust the world

health organization and the mali government. i think they will find the necessary solutions for this disease here. >> translator: people must wash their hands with soap. so this is the first plan. now for the rest, we are waiting to know what we should avoid doing. on that points, we do not have much information. >> reporter: while there is hope in the community, ebola is spreading rapidly. with experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10,000 per week across west africa. and with such a high-risk of exposure in mali's first bola case, the country will have to work hard to contain it. property cuesers in the democratic republic of congo of trying 12 people they accuse of being behind the death of a popular army courage. he was killed in january when a rocket was fired at his car. warning some images in the report may be disturbing.

>> reporter: people here in the democratic republic of congo have been waiting months for this military court case to begin. it's highly sensitive and closely watched. the killing of this man in january is is he tend of this. the colonel seen her when we met him last year fighting rebels. he was credited with defeating a much-feared rebel group called n23. so he became a national hero. the military prosecutors say they are now bringing the culprits to book, the trials are expected to go on for weeks. >> translator: the court went to the scene of the crime. the court has listened to the witnesses. everybody, even the families of those prosecuted, have seen that video. >> reporter: the video taken by a journalist traveling in the convoy, shows his car and his body just after he was shot with a rocket. the convoy was ambushed just

outside the town. the attackers ran in to the bush. and the prosecutors say this 16-year-old boy was among those responsible. they say he's from a rebel group called the adf and that the rebels a tacked with the help of army collaborators. the courtroom is right in the middle of the town and the hearings a track crowds on onlookers. mamadou was popular and people here want to know the outcome. but a lot of the people we have spoken to are skeptical, they feel this trial won't reveal what really happened. ma due's driver remarkably survived the attack. he was a key witness in the case. in his opening testimony on october 1st, he said he suspected senior army officers were behind it. he was found dead the following day. his lawyers demands for an autopsy have been refused. >> translator: i am very worried. after requesting for my client's autopsy, i have received many threats. i have been remanded by the government who says i don't have the authority to request an

autopsy because. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: no public event in congo, evening a military court, is complete without loud music. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this singer compares mamadou to jesus for helping many people and then being killed. he sings all congo's heros end up dead. many elites here benefit from the lawlessness. so many people here believe mamadou was seen as a threat, an army officer who was too affected and too popular to survive. malcolm webb, al jazerra, in the democratic republic of congo. well, still ahead on al jazerra, syrian activists say the world is ignore president assad's atrocities. as the focus shifts to isil. plus. south korean activists heckled over plans to sends propaganda to the north.

♪ ♪ good to have you with us. he am elizabeth in doha. these are the top stories on al jazerra. egypt's president accused terrorist are trying to overthrow the state. he warned egyptians to be vigilant after attacks in the sinai peninsula killed at least 30 soldiers on friday. the number of ebola cases in west africa has exceeded 10,000. the world health organization says the virus is spreading uncontrollable with mali the latest country to be effected. and iran has executed a woman who killed a former intelligence official. she says was trying to rape her.

human rights groups have condemned the sentence impressed on the 26 year old. now much attention has been focused on the battle for the town of kobane, but activists elsewhere in syria believe their fight against bashar al-assad has been forgotten, as steffi decker reports assad's army is taking advantage of that. >> reporter: the syrian regime has always controlled the air here. but as the eyes of the world and the u.s. led coalition fire power continue to focus on kobane, there has been a significant increase in air strikes on rebel positions by syrian president bashar al-assad's air force. >> he is busy, you know, and he has priorities to achieve military success and treat this as priority for him. first priority is damascus, second. [ inaudible ] then the road between damascus and that base. he is no now taking advantage in

this time to intensify his military. >> reporter: since monday there have been at least 450 government air strikes across the country. many inside syria feel that no one is paying attention. and that the narrative is all about isil. we spoke an activist in the damascus countryside. >> translator: the world is ignoring regime actions and only concentrating on isil. we should mention an important point in kobane a few hundred people are besieged while in eastern country sides, 800,000 civilians under government siege left without food or medicine. >> reporter: multiple b brigades of the free syrian army want to joint the fight against isil in kobane. this woman is asking why is no one protecting us, we will have to take up arms ourselves. the battle is intensifying in the see of aleppo and the country side.

>> very good news for president assad, now he is taking advantage from this time to gain on the land when they will arrive to say sit down at the table, he can have strong cast. time is running out and he is very interested to gain on the field on the land before sitting and starting to discuss any political solution. >> reporter: but the syrian opposition is divided, politically and when it comes to the many different groups fighting on the ground. there may be an international coalition that is fighting isil, but there is no such agreement on how to end this almost four-year war. a war that according to the u.n., has killed over 200,000 syrians and displaced millions. stefanie deck, he al jazerra,st, beirut. remember lease gunmen in a market off triply. one person killed and at least

13 injured in the fighting that started on friday. the violence is seen as a spill over of the civil war in syria. the turkish army says three of its soldiers have been killed by kurdish fight nurse southeastern turkey. masked gunmen allegedly shot dead the three men. there has been an increase in tensions in recent weeks between the turkish government and kurdish fighters from the p.k. k they are furious at the cautious policy on helping kurds to fight isil in neighboring syria. three jamessed al jazerra journal assists have now been detained in egypt for 301 days. peter guest, h guest, he mohamey and bahar ma hommie he had are appealing against their convictions, al jazerra has dismissed the charges against them and continues to di demand their immediate release. fahmy and greste sentenced to seven years in prison, bahar mo happened em received an additional three years for having a spent bullet he had in

his possession which he had picked up a protest. the number of muslim escaping violence in myanmar over the last two years has risen to over 100,000. that's according to a human rights group. they believe more than 900 have left every day for the past two weeks. the u.n. calls the rohingya one of the most prosecuted my an at thises iatminorities in the wor. protest nurse hong kong are set to vote on whether to end their sit in. activists are calling what they plan a referendum on sunday. the government has offered to liaise on the protesters demands for free elections in 2017. as sarah clark reports, the block eights have become a tourist attraction. >> reporter: there may be fewer student demonstrators but the true test site is now attracting visitors of a different kind. >> just walking around having a look around as just tourists,

yeah. >> reporter: travel warnings have been issued in some countries, but tourist as peer unfazed by the protests which is now looking more like a permanent fixture in the streets of hong kong. >> it's massively impressive and i hope they achieve something. >> reporter: ysabel made the trip from the united kingdom and saw police fighting with protest ores the news but went ahead with her week-long visit. >> after a few days it appeared it wouldn't affect anything and we would be perfectly safe. >> reporter: hong kong rely on his mine land china for most of its tourism dollars, last year there were more than 40 million arrivarrivals. >> our visit was planned six months ago, that's why we came i feel fine now that i am here. >> reporter: preplanned trips might still be going ahead but not all mainland visitors agree with the students' approach. >> translator: they don't have the right to occupy the road.

they shouldn't inconvenience their citizens. >> translator: it would never happen in mainland china. >> reporter: this is one of the busiest shopping districts in the city. particularly from mainland china visitors come here to purchase the big luxury brands, but slow economic growth in china and the protests here are having an impact on retail sales. but that estimated impact is only slight. the international bank ubs forecasts the worst case scenario with translate to a loss of .1% of hong kong's real gdp. sarah clarke al jazerra, hong kong. plans in north korea to launch leaflets hit a snag when they were attacked by angry residents. they planned to attack seoul following a similar incidents earlier this month. harry has the report. >> reporter: on the road to what would turn out to be a long,

sometimes violent day. ultra conservative activists determinedded to launch balloons bearing anti-north korea leaflets across the border. >> translator: we do not consider north korea a country nor a government. by our constitution it's an illegal group and a criminal organization. there can't be any talks or peace with such a communist group. >> reporter: two weeks ago a similar attempt led to a cross-border exchange of fire. when north korea tried to shoot down these balloons. it said another launch would be an act of war, requiring a military response. and so when the bus arrived at the launch site. angry local residents and left wing activists were waiting. for all the optimism they were expressing on the bus, this is the reality that these activists have been continue frontinged with, protesters saying they are residents of this area utterly

opposed to these actions no sign yesterday as to whether the balloons that they are trying to launch will actually get off the ground. the south korean government, which is seeking high-level talks with the north next week requested an end to such launches but said it had no legal power to stop them. others took on that job. this is the arrest of a protester who had apparently cut up the balloons and scattered the leaflets before they could be used. >> translator: it's harvest time but we couldn't work, we are all here. if they send these leaflets, north korea is threaten to go fire back. it's happened before. tourists aren't coming here after seeing the news. we have a right to a livelihood. >> reporter: undaunted the activists recovered what leaflets they could and decided to get away from their opponents by switching locations. by plan "b" hardly seemed a success, the protesters and the conflict followed them. while this standoff continued,

the news later came that another group had managed to launch from yet another location. the question now is whether the apparent recent progress in inter korean relations can be salvaged. harry, al jazerra, south korea. hundreds of thousands of workers from all over italy have marched in rome to demands more rights at work, more than 4 in 10 young italians are unemployed. >> translator: there is no work. and the little that there is is not protected. we really want to work, but we have to have our rights protected 100 percent or the situation cannot improve. >> translator: they are trying to cheat workers once again by making the public believe that by taking away some rights, like the right to keep jobs in cases of unfair dismissal would automatically make it easier to hire people. brazil's presidential candidates have had their final tv debate before sunday's

election. current president is facing a challenge from certainty right rival. all week we have been reporting from small towns in one of the most important states in brazil, with nearly 15 million voters. gabriel elizondo concludes the series from a town split down the middle. >> reporter: she sits over an old-fashioned loom weaving together cloth, stitching together the blankets and rugs. just like many other families here, he works in a small shop in his home with his mother, in this colonial city that produces the famous handmade rugs from the region. but they can't escape the election enveloping brazil a tv played in the backgrounds and their eyes kept drawing to it where the final campaign commercial was being shown. in this family they relate to the president's message.

>> translator: he has helped a lot of people that don't have many resources, people who need social programs. >> translator: with the government and the government before her, the situation with the brazilian people improved a lot. the poor have more opportunities, including for us to start our small business. >> reporter: but don't think for a moment that everyone in the town is in agreement. they are not. in the first round of voting october 5th. they both received 43% of the vote. down the street, andr they are o hunched over a loom weaving a blanket in their shop. each one takes at least four hours to make by hand. so they sit silently working with lots of time to think. like many brazilians they are not much in to politics but their vote is for sure. >> translator: my candidate is

nieves. he is the best of the worst options we have. this is a small town and many time federal government benefits don't reach us or if they arrive they are late. >> reporter: whether it small to understand like this or big cities, people seem on agree on one thing, brazil today say much different country than it was 10 or 15 years ago. the question is, is it better now or worse and who is best to fix the problems that still exist in this country. that is the question that's divided so many people here. and why this election has been one of the most contested and unpredictable of the last two decades. the artisans in this town remain united by their love for their works but absolutely divided on their politics, just like the rest of the country. gabriel elizondo, al jazerra, brazil. google executive has broken the world free fall record by sky diving from the edge of space. allen went up 41,000 meters over

the southern new mexico desert before coming down. three years of plan asking training went in to a dive that lasted just 4 1/2 minutes. he used a specially designed space suit and balloon module to carry him to the stratosphere. >> hi, you are in the "the stream." the canada police are saying the the shooting was the work of one gunman. >> is fear of ebola stigmatizing of african-americans living here. >> plus the toll that ebola is taking on the west