♪ the army chief takes power in burkina faso after a wave of protests forced the long-time president to resign. ♪ hello i'm martine dennis in doha, also coming up here on al jazeera. turkey's president rejects suggestions that his country is supporting isil fighters. and fears for thousands of migrants as italy scales down its search and rescue operations

in the mediterranean. ♪ first the latest from burkina faso now where the army chief has taken power after mass protests forced the long-time president to resign. demonstrators stormed the parliament and state television. the military has also dissolved parliament and declares a state of emergency. >> reporter: this man has been president of burkina faso for 27 years. to some he is the only president they have ever known. his sudden departure was announced by the military. >> translator: people of burkina faso, the national arms forces announced the resignation of the president. i will assume responsibility for the government and will start immediately in order to return to constitutional life. >> reporter: the resignation will be welcomed by many, but it was his attempts to further

extend his time in office that prompted mass protests on the streets of the capitol. after days of violence, the president did agree not to seek another term, but said he would remain in power until next year. >> translator: i call on all parties to put the country's needs first, only dialogue will per vail and lead us to peace. i remain open and available for transitional talks until i hand over power to democratly elected president. >> reporter: but the opposition wanted the president to resign immediately. >> translator: he issued a statement which he still considers himself the head of state. the opposition has said repeatedly that prior any discussion of political tran

six, it is clear and sifrp thal he must leave. >> reporter: thousands of people took to the streets, demonstrators stormed parliament and set it on fire. they were trying to stop the vote that would have allowed the president to run for office again. after days of violence, people in burkina faso hope the president's resignation will bring an end to the recent chaos and violence they have had to endure. so where is the president? well he is thought to be heading to the southern town of po, very close to the border with ghana. he was one of the long serving leaders in africa. he came in power after the then president was killed in a coup. he plans to amend the constitution to allow him to run again, triggered all of this unrest in burkina faso. now in recent years he became a

regional mediator, getting involved in peace talks in ivory coast and guinea. we can talk to the political analyst who joins us on the line from the burkina faso capitol. now the general, the head of the arms forces has promised an immediate [ inaudible ] to back to constitutional rule within 90 days. are you confident that that is going to happen? i'm afraid we don't seem to have our guest there live. ah, we do. let me try again. i'm just wondering if you can hear me. >> yes. not very well, but i can hear you. >> okay. just wondering if you can give us the very latest then on what

is happening there right now. >> well actually people have been -- for the past two or three hours, just after the president announced his resignation, people have been cheering all around the city. we heard them in square. the situation is a mixture of joy and tension. we can feel it, and the opposition is quite [ inaudible ] by the position of the general, who just a >> announcea -- announced hymn power. >> indeed. he said he will take the country back to constitutional rule. do you belief him?

are you comfortable with that? >> i'm sorry, i didn't quite hear the question. the connection is not very good. >> okay. what do you think is likely to happen next? >> well, actually it's not very clear. any leader of the opposition will go to the opposition and -- promises to work with them during the conditional period, the conditional phase, or with him being in charge and him being an ally of the president, that he is in charge, and conditions to democracy never happened, so i guess this is what the opposition and the protesters here are hearing now. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for -- for joining us, and for persevering on that rather bad

line, and our apologies to you, the viewer as well, because it was a very poor-quality line. now turkey's president has rejected suggestions that his country is supporting isil. this is his response to a question whilst he was addressing a press conference in paris. >> translator: it has been reported in the international media that turkey is supporting isil. this is absolutely false and untrue. tur skey is being falsely accus here. we never provided support to isil, nor do we plan to in the future. the french president himself aledged there is an alliance between isil and the syrian government. >> translator: syria we have two enemies, isil and bashar al-assad who continues to baum his own people, and we know there is a strategic alliance

between isil and the syrian regime. that is why we should support and support and train the free syrian army. this was discussed in detail as we are certain that no matter the action of the coalition in kobani, no victory can be won without arming the free syrian army. a buffer zone needs to be created between turkey and syria. >> translator: the international communications standings still. they should act as turkey is always acting first. that's why we must declare a no-fly zone and buffer zone. we should also provide support, reinforcements and training to the free syrian army. >> turkey has put itself in an odd position because there is a

heroic resistance against isil taking place just on the other side of the turkish border in a kurdish canton called kobani. turkey is pretty much sitting on its handing during this conflict, they says both sides are terrorists, and doesn't want to be involved in the outcome. this has led to accusations that it is dee facto supporting isil. and this has been a defeat, i suppose for turkey. the united states has decided to support the resistance in kobani and pretty much ignored turkey's objectives. so turkey has fallen out with his ally over this issue.

a standoff took place in a neighborhood of jerusalem, where in the nearby area, muslim worshippers held prayers in the streets. >> reporter: the situation here at the damascus gate outside of the old city in occupied east jerusalem is of course, calm, but the situation before friday prayers was anything but. there were hundreds of riot police and other israeli security forces in this area, in front of this, and indeed around the old city, and they barricaded many of the roads leading into this area. now there is a group of palestinian men who are under the age of 50, who wanted to try to come in and pray. they were refused. however, men over the age of 50 were allowed to offer prayers and women were as well.

now although the situation here in occupied east jerusalem remains relatively calm, we are hearing of some skirmishes in some neighborhoods. but at the occupied west bank at the main check point which crosses from the west bank into east jerusalem, it is extremely tense there. we have heard reports of young palestinian men confronts police on the border. so although situation here is much calmer than it was earlier on friday, the situation elsewhere continues to be very tense. now the houthis have given the yemeni president ten days to form a new government or face the formation of an alternative administration. houthi leaders have been meeting in the capitol to find a way out of the political dead lock, a

u.n.-brokers peace agreement to end the crisis has quite clearly failed. the houthis want to consolidate gains they have made over the past few weeks. coming up on the program, 30 years after riots in india, the families of the dead ask why they are still waiting for justice. and will the obama administration face a vote of backlash ahead of the u.s. midterm elections? ♪

♪ hello again. let's have a look at the top stories here on al jazeera. the army has taken power in

burkina faso, after the president resigned. 30 people have been killed in the violent protests that sparked the president's departure after he tried to extend his 27-year rule. turkey's president has rejected any suggestion that his country is supporting isil. he also called for a buffer zone between turkey and syria. in yemen, houthi rebels have given the go ten days to form a new government or face an alternative administration. now egypt's military chief has visited northern sinai to oversee the creation of a buffer zone. it has been two days since the military began destroying homes in the strip. it says the zone will protect itself border and is necessary after after an increase in violence in the area.

[ explosion ] >> reporter: the egyptian military is showing its full strength in northern sinai. the army chief is personally overseeing the destruction of homes in the area. the army says it is to create a buffer zone between sinai and the gaza strip. insisting it will cut off tunnels that they say undermine national security and are used to smuggle weapons like the one in this attack. at least 33 egyptian soldiers were killed last week, when fight fighters attacked their check point. it lead to the destruction of houses to create what the military calls a safe corridor. but safety has come at a cost to the people of northern sinai. some have left voluntarily,

others have been forced to leave. but they have been promised compensation, but activists say it is not enough. >> translator: it's a crisis. it's a catastrophe. they have been forced to leave for what? for 42 usd a month? it's a disaster. >> reporter: the military says it is taking all necessary measures to secure the area. one of the army's leaders says victory against the armed groups depends on the cooperation of a few honest men in sinai, but those affected by the operation say it's a heavy price pay for security and stability. rush and ukraine have signed a $4.6 billion deal so that russian gas exports can resume for the winter. the european union managed to broker the deal signed in brussels, despite ongoing fighting in eastern ukraine. the russian energy giant turned

off the taps last summer because ukraine owed $4.5 million. an italian rescue operation is now starting to wind down. claudia explains. >> reporter: a round of applause for another successful rescue. on friday, 250 syrian and palestinian migrants were brought to safety. they are among 150,000 people saved by the italian navy. but now help could come to an end. italy's interior minister announced that friday is the operation's last day. but for the navy it's business as usual. >> at the moment we haven't received orders. so at the moment i can tell you that we still have ships down there saving lives. so nothing changes today. >> reporter: many among the migrants were saved in the past

year knew there were warships like this one out there looking for them. now the fear is that if this operation ends suddenly, others will attempt the life-threatening crossing of the mediterranean will be waiting for help that may never come. omar and his family were among those brought to safety on friday. he says news about the end of the rescue operation traveled fast. >> [ inaudible ] italian ship go over the sea to catch refugees like us, yes? so we are -- we are lucky men and woman to be here on the end day. >> reporter: the end coincides with the beginning of triton, a security operation run by the e.u. agency. but one operation doesn't

replace the other. >> translator: from tomorrow migrants will continue to cross the mediterranean and nobody will be there to rescue them, because triton will patrol only part of the area. >> reporter: the government said fazing out of the operation will take at least two months, in the meantime thousands of migrants are expected to try to reach italy, hoping that someone comes to their help. now the hungarian government has said it will suspend a planned tax on internet use following widespread protests in the capitol budapest earlier in the week. it is seen as an attempt by the government to silent disscent. a national consultation on the tax will be organized in january. ♪

midterm elections will be in the united states next tuesday. they are always held two years after the presidential election. all 435 seats in the house of representatives, the lower house, are being contested and a third of the senate seats in the upper house, they are also up for grabs. kamal takes a closer look. >> reporter: midterm elections often don't have the excitement of a presidential race, but they end up defining how the second half of a presidential term plays out, so it is in 2014 where we have both levels of congress in play, all 435 seats in the u.s. house of representatives will be contested. [ technical difficulties ] we're going to be watching the closest. currently the democrats in blue with the ten-seat majority, actually they only have 53 of their own, but there are two independents who have joined

them. that means the republican party will need to win six more seats than it already has to take control of the senate, and remember they always control the house of the senate too. so control of both would make life pretty difficult for president obama. >> let's here from our white house correspondent patricia sabga. >> reporter: american voters are divided over a lot of issues. one thing [ technical difficulties ] >> it's obnoxious. >> ugly. >> it's all about bashing the other candidate and really not the issues. >> that's been especially true in television ads. one featuring a burping shark, and another a candidate fighting an alligator. and castrating hogs. that doesn't tell you a lot about the policy they will

pursue. to win candidates need more than just members of their own party, the people who subscribe to their every belief. 42% of the american people call themselves independent. 25% call themselves republicans, and 31% they are democrats. the two parties have designed themselves simply. republicans stand for lower taxes, less government. democrats say they are for empowering the lower and middle classes with social programs. and over the last several years both parties have all but refused to compromise on anything. what they do seem to agree on is the need to reform the tax system and immigration system. >> republicans have gotten a reputation for being unbending, uncompromising. obstructionists. the principal producers of the

gridlock. in a phrase, the republicans mean no. and the republicans have some incentive to demonstrate that they can say more than no. >> reporter: if there is one other thing americans seem to agree on, right now the government is as broken as the building they work in. patti culhane, al jazeera, washington. india has been commemorating the 30th anniversary of riots which killed thousands of people. the riot victims blamed the government for failing to resolve their long fight for justice. >> reporter: this woman was 16 years old when rioters attacked her family. about 300 people were killed in

the neighborhood that she used to call home. one of them was her father. >> translator: our makes pored kerosine over my father and a local policeman gave them matches to set him alight. he ran, but they found them again. a priest called them shouting he is still alive. >> reporter: in 1984, new delhi and parts of northern india were gripped by violence. it all started after two sikh bodyguards assassinated the prime minister. and 3,000 people were killed in new delhi alone. this is up with of the neighborhoods where the violence took place. life has returned to normal here, but what happened 30 years ago, and who should be held responsibility has been a political sensitive subject and

an issue of unresolve justice for the minority sikh community. this man represents many of the riot victims. he says the reason why many cases have gone unheard is simple members of the national party would be implicated. >> cases which were sent, they were defective investigation. so at each and every stage, there has been an effort to shield the guilty. >> reporter: many sikhs say it is hard november on from what happened in 1984 largely because of a lack of government accountability. this man was a member of the party accused of not doing enough agrees. >> there seems to be a lock of -- i would not only call it political will, but inertia that

comes to tackling people who have been involved in incidents of mass violence. >> reporter: she has spent most of her life trying to find her father's murders. it is something she wishes she didn't have to do, but she says if she does don't it, no one will. now the economic crisis in greece hit dairy farmers particularly hard. many were almost put out of business by big producers. but instead of going bust, a group of them got together and created a unique plan. john reports now from central greece. >> reporter: fresh greek milk is among europe's most expensive. even the crisis hasn't lowered its price. so dairy farmers, like this second generation milk producer ought to be well paid. >> translator: the crisis made things much worse, the

[ inaudible ] small producers disappeared only medium and large producers survived because profit margins are extremely small and you need a lot of production. >> reporter: farmers say it's the dairy companies that are raking in the profits. so a hundred of them formed a cooperative to compete with the big brands. they are now doing something revolutionary for the greek market it is selling directly to the consumer through vending machines. the co-op offers farmers a few pennies more per liter than dairy companies. producers and consumers are happy. so why hasn't the whole greek economy responds to market forces during the crisis with efficient business models like this one. >> we do observe some of them

being more export oriented and so on a so forth. however, this force is relatively slow. it's too slow to turn around the entire economy. >> reporter: greece is overregulated and under financed. even the government says it can't become competitive overnight. >> the greek economy is too rigid. it is the problem of this government that up to the end of this year, 60% of the licensing process will cease to exist. 60%. that is possibly a world record, and saying that we understood the need for reform. >> reporter: despite these changes no one seems to expect miracles over from the primate sector. over the next two years, growth will come mainly from a cash stimulus from european institutions. [ technical difficulties ]

unlike these creatures it's economy never grew up. don't forget you can keep right up to date with all of the developments, particularly in burkina faso because events seem to be moving rather quickly, on our website, aljazeera.com. can we teach robots morality? the u.s. is betting millions on the prospect. later from catching criminals to reading emotions, mind-blowing advances in facial recognition software, bringing computers frighteningly close to mind-reading.