>> crossing into kobane, iraqi kurdish fighters move into jair to battle isil. a report from inside the town. >> welcome to aljazeera from doha. the power struggle in burkina faso, the military backs an officer from the presidential guard. >> left in the dark, millions in bangladesh are forced to live without power after indian supply fails. >> in sao paulo, a city that's experimenting with battery

powered public buses. if successful, it could change transportation here. >> first, kurdish peshmerga forces from iraq have entered the syrian town of kobane, joining hundreds of syrian kurds and opposition fighters to take on the islamic state of iraq and the levant. reconnaissance teams have been there for days, now ready to start the fight. we have a report from inside kobane. >> we are now standing in the western neighborhoods commonly known at kobane. they represent the springboard from which kurdish forces are fending off isil attacks, now in desperate attempt to control these areas and have a firm grip on areas to the east.

to the right of the northern neighborhoods of kobane where the rye ridging can be seen in the backdrop, on these ridging the kurdish army and forces positioned, closely monitoring the fighting inside the city. the armed opposition groups who recently joined the kurdish forces are now deployed to the front lines, fighting isil, waiting for orders from the joint command, who are in turn waiting for the arrival have peshmerga kurdish forces with their superior gear and equipment. this will shift the balance of power on the ground. sources say the syrian kurdish forces plan a new assault against isil positions in kobane. >> more now from our correspondent on the turkish side of the border with syria. >> we are just a few kilometers away from the town of kobane, where the sound of sporadic fighting and shelling has persisted throughout saturday. behind me is one of the entrances through that town from

turkey, where the iraq peshmerga kurdish forces crossed over friday and saturday bringing with them much-needed rein percentment follows syrian kurdish fighters who have been combating isil. the kurdish forces when they entered mainly in the western part of the city, they brought with them semi pickup trucks that were essentially carrying heavy weaponry, like anti aircraft guns and rocket launchers, bazookas and the like. the syrian kurdish fighters belonging to the ypg and their allies had been calling for several weeks saying that they needed in order to swing the battle in their favor away from the advancements of isil. now as nighttime approaches, the fighting seems to have subsided slightly, however, it is expected that the war will continue to rage on later in the

evening. as it stands now, both sides continue to hold the positions they held prior to the peshmerga forces entering with one side that is isil side controlling the eastern and southern parts of kobane and those who have been defending it against isil advance, holding the southern and western side of the town. many expect or hope those who have been fighting alongside the syrian kurdish groups that things will change in their favor once the peshmerga forces engage in that battle, when that is and whether they will do that later on saturday evening or wait until the early hours of sunday, we will wait and see. >> elsewhere in syria, the al-qaeda linked nusra front has taken control of the town. it had been held by the syrian rebels front but the nusra front says it is now in charge of a five days of fighting.

>> to burkina faso now, the lt. colonel left as the transingsle leader. the former president resigned on friday after days of protests and now is in ivory coast. >> in burkina faso's capitol, the cleanup has begun. people sweep after the recent violent protests. >> we want to forget what happened and get back to normal. we hope our fight will be a lesson for all africans. >> it may be a reflection of the fact people finally know who is running the country. the presidential guard says he is now head of state. >> while we wait for a consensus by the people and political parties, i unfortunately will take responsibility for this trainings i guessal group. >> the army says he has its

backing. >> the hierarchy says he has been elected to lead the transitional period. >> so far, there's been no reaction from burkina faso's army chief. the general announced friday he would lead the transitional government, but others have welcomed the news. >> the lt. col. has the situation under control. when the declaration happened, the people continued to protest, particularly the youth. in the end, it was the lt. col. who declared himself and i think the people will back him. >> it is an extent to extend a 27 year rule by the president that sparked days of protests. demonstrators stormed parliament and set it on fire. the resignation was welcomed by

many. easy now in ivory coast but he's left behind a country that faces an uncertain future. aljazeera. >> it is being watched by the african neighborhood, the united states and france. they have military ties with the country. burkina fasolys between mali in the north and west and nigeria to the east. both countries are battling al-qaeda linked fighters. the u.s. uses air bases in burkina faso for intelligence operations and in return washington gives millions of dollars in financial aid. the former president positioned himself as a strong local mediator, hosting peace talks for mali, ivory coast and guinea. >> i've been speaking to a professor and author of several

books. he says a quick transition is possible. >> first they said they would otherwise elections in 60 days. i think it would be difficult to organize this on the ground. they have to set up committee and concretely make this possible, so for this, i don't know exactly how long it will take, but there are clearly some address vantage to the process going at quick as possible. nobody want that the military keep the head of the state longer. i assume that the political opposition, so other people who have been in the street in recent days and civil society organization, hum rights organization, trade union will be extremely vigilant in order to ensure that the military power will just ensure the

transition and not keep the power. >> now, there's an almost completely electricity blackout in bangladesh, the power outages happened following a transmission linebrinking power from india, which failed, now millions of people are left in darkness. this is from the bangladesh capitol. >> he works at the hospital on a mission to bring diesel back to the hospital to it can continue to treat patients. it has been on a power generator since 11:00 a.m. because a technical failure resulted in the entire power grid of bangladesh shutting down. everyone is running out of fuel. the entire country of 150 million people have been affect by this blackout and while many neighborhoods, especially the drill centers or

home to upper middle class households have been throbbing with the loud hum of generators. they are start to go run out of fuel. this gas station doesn't have any diesel left because all these people have been coming to them to keep the lights on. the fear in the back of everyone's head is that what happened if the national grid problem is not resolved in the next few hours, and the generator's die. >> now these five people have been killed in fighting between shia houthi members in yemen. houthi attacked the political officers and detained at least three party members. >> there are reports of egypt's military using helicopters to bam barred and clear abandoned areas in the northern sinai to make way for a battle zone along the sinai border with gaza. the campaign was brought forward after 33 soldiers were killed in an attack in the area last month. the military says the new

measures will stop gun running from gaza through underground tunnels, while many have left volunteer, some are forced from their homes. >> eight egyptian men have been given prison terms over a video of a gay wedding on the internet. the men were sentenced to three years in jail and charged with issue citing debauchery and offending public morality. the video shows what prosecutors say was a gay wedding ceremony with two men kissing and exchanging rings. >> aljazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its three journalists who have now been detained for 308 days in egypt. the three are wrongly accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. aljazeera rejects the charges against them. >> november 2 marks the u.n.'s first international day ant

impunity for crimes against journalists. human rights and press region groups have been meeting in doha to discuss press safety ahead of the date that have made a renewed call for the release of our staff. >> it's unfortunate that the aljazeera journalists, like other journalists are paying the price for their work. they are professional journalists, and should be allowed to work. the government should solve these problems outside of taking it out on these journalists. don't let them in your country or let them go home, but don't put them in prison and use kangaroo courts and totally unjustifiable reasons to put them in jail. >> still to come, pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine are preparing to elect a leader and a government, but it's a vote that's being condemned by kiev and the west. >> frustration with the two major u.s. political parties,

but why are independent candidates still so far any kind a special coverage of the u.s. mid term elections continues. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation...

>> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy,

>> let's have a look at our top stairs. iraq kurdish peshmerga forces entered kobane, joining hundreds of syrian kurdish and opposition fighters to take on isil. >> burkina faso's army has backed lt. col. as the interim president, former leader who resigned friday after days of

protests has now arrived in the ivory coast. >> bangladesh is hit by an electricity blackout, leaving millions in the dark. the power outage happened after a transmission linebrinking power from neighboring india failed. >> boko haram has released a video denying it's agreed to a ceasefire with the nigeria government. the group's leader has ruled out future talks and said no negotiations are currently taking place. he's also said that the 219 school girls that they kidnapped in april have now been converted to islam and married off. >> today you claim we made a truce with you. in what way did we make a truce? what kind of negotiation and with whom? the in if he dell like you will not be spared and will be decapitated if he falls into hour hands. what negotiation? we did not negotiate with

anyone. it is a lie. it is a lie. we will not negotiate. what is our business with negotiation? allah said we should not. >> so what are the relatives of those girls making of all this? an activist works for the campaign to free the girls and he, himself, has relatives among the group taken. he says that so many of them are devastated by this development. >> this is an utter moment of shock to our people and the advocates of people struggling for these girls to be back, because we have received the ceasefire disclosure because of the previous arrangement that did not translate to having these girls release. today, even after we've pressed on the issue of ceasefire because of how the government handled it, coming out a

announce authoritatively that they have reached a truce with the in surgents and yesterday there was this release that they deny that truce has been reached by the government, so it really shut out hope for all of us and it's very sad that we have found ourselves in this very moment. it's really sad development for us. >> the body of president of zambia arrived back. he died undergoing treatment as a land don hospital. the acting president and others were there to receive his casket. he will lie in state ahead of his funeral next week. >> pro-russian accept in eastern ukraine are preparing to elect a leader and a government in a vote widely condemned by kiev on the west. separatist leaders say the vote is an important step towards legitimacy. after months of fighting,

residents of skeptical. >> the first gold medalist of the donetsk people's republic. the competition included that's from two other breakaway eveningens. less than a year ago, they were reekennal teams of a united ukraine. >> times are hard right now, we hope we will become a recognized republic and it will be possible. >> carefully choreographed campaigns live on local television is meant to signal that donetsk is on its way to statehood. >> a more pressing reality is here near the front line where people have nothing left but fear and misery. they live hidden away in dark, damp, underground bunkers. >> this shelter was built during the second world war. it's cold and has no sanitation. this is where we sleep and hear

there is a sick man. go in, don't be scared. he hasn't come out for six months. >> this man had a stroke recently. he asked for medicine and says that all the aid is going to the fighters. 22 people have lived here for months. they haven't received pensions. others come and go depending on the fighting. the sound of war is ever present here. hopes of a lasting ceasefire dwindle with each bullet and shell fired. there's also fatigue among the fighters. >> maybe after the election they will be intelligent enough to end this fight. six months ago, it was one country, we didn't hate each other. now people living 100 kilometers away hate us. i hope our government will find a compromise, but i doubt it. >> the front runner for the leadership promises to build a new state and expand its borders.

>> i suppos propose a politicald peaceful solution but are ready for military action and are not afraid. this is our land. we need to live in a single state. >> for those living these dark days, the question of ukraine or a new donetsk people's republic doesn't matter that much anymore. as long as they return living above ground, she says. >> a u.s. nurse would not court battle over being quarantined after treating ebola patients in sierra leone. the state of maine tried to impose a 21 day isolation period on kaci hickox, but a judge said she presents no threat to the public because she isn't showing symptoms. she will continue to be monitored daily. >> verg virginia galactic will e

forward despite a crash in the california desert, killing one pilot and injuring another. richard branson is traveling to meet his team at the site. >> the final weekend of campaigns in the u.s. mid term elections, the republicans are favored to take control of both houses of congress, which will make life rather difficult for president obama, but polls show poll ratings of both of the major parties, other independent groups ever struggled a capitalize. rob reynolds explains why. >> americans say they are fed up with the democrats and republicans that has dominated politics for over a century and a half. that's evident in the polls and on the streets. >> political parties? i feel disenfranchised.

i feel i don't know which one really speaks to me or represents me accurately, my concerns. >> i think i'm probably in line with most of america, frustrated at the gridlock. >> voters want more choices. a survey in september showed nearly 60% say america needs a third party. >> i think that there should also be other parties to choose from, just because it's a democratic society. >> i think maybe just a couple more choices in the mix would go a long way. >> yet there are more than just two parties in the mix, and this politician going door to door is proof. >> hello. >> hi, i'm michael feinstein former mayor running for city council. >> michael feinstein is running for city council in santa monica, california where he once served at mayor. >> the media covers us as a feature story or spoiler to a system that is already spoiled. when you're interested in a choice of chewedding the lesser

of two evils, you end up with the evil of two lesses. >> green and other parties have thought out political platforms and many serve in local government, yet when it comes to congress or the white house, they can't get a foot in the door. why? >> money is the mother's milk of politics, and in today's political environment, with the cost of campaigning being what it is, with an overwhelming disgust with institutions, not only the major parties but political parties as an institution, it's a long, hard futile climb for third parties in this country. >> both political parties are losing clout, 42% of voters describe themselves as independents. yet because of money, tradition and organization, the two main

parties rule. >> i don't care for either one of them and i believe in our country, but can't stand our government. >> the voters are as guilty as the media, as are politicians in allowing two mon lights to control the political debate. they appear at the time being at least to be stuck with the system they've got. >> taking drastic steps that it has blue skies next week, hosting the apec summit, we report where a major cleanup is underway. >> in beijing, motorists are only allowed to use their cars on alternate days. workers in government offices

are being given a week long holiday. out of town, heavy trucks are banned from the highways while in heavily polluting provinces, building sites and factories are shut. >> quarry owner got the phone call on the morning we visited him, telling him to stop work. one less source of dust. he views it as his national duty. >> yes, it causes some loss of business, but we are happy to do it. with every to support authorities in their effort. >> the whole community, it seems, has been mobilized for the cause. >> there hasn't been a cleanup effort like this since the 2008 beijing olympics. then, as now, china is determined to showcase to the world its remarkable economic transformation, ones free from

the clouds of pollution from getting there. >> the city of beijing has the reputation of being the most polluted in the whole of china. residents can be thankful for the breath of fresh air the apec's meeting brings with them. >> it won't solve the problem. it's only temporary measure. >> this only deems with the symptoms but not the cause of the pollution. >> the long suffering residents of northeast china know the departure of the v.i.p.'s will likely be followed by a swift return to a smog-laden existence. aljazeera, outside beijing. >> brazil's also got a major pollution problem and its business capitol is now struggling to get rid of it. sao paulo is switching to battery powered buses. we report that city leaders show

a success model for the rest of the world. >> it's another typical busy morning at the main bus terminal in sa sao paulo suburbs. they will be riding on an all electric battery powered public bus, one of several going through a trial run. the first of its kind to be put into operation in south america, and only a small handful of cities around the world. in the first month, they were put in operation, more than 100,000 passengers used the buses. >> it doesn't make pollution. it's faster and doesn't make noise. >> it runs on rechargeable lithium eye i don't know batteries. four times a day, the buses quickly fueled up at this charging dock. >> there are more than 20,000 regular diesel powered buses

like this in sao paulo, one of the biggest fleets of any city in the world. right now, less than 2% of battery poured but if this experiment takes off and gross, it would have environmental and economic benefits. >> in such cities, using in fact more than 10% of the city g.d.p. just because of congestion is lost. therefore, providing better solutions and designing that from the beginning on in a better way is certainly something where lots of cities can learn. >> city officials remain optimistic on the prospects but say they first have to prove they work on a small scale. >> this is a bus that is perfect from an environmental and performance pint of view. now we are collecting financial data to permit us to do this with more buses. >> for now it's a very small

step perhaps with big ram if i cases for the environment. aljazeera, sao paulo. >> remember, you can keep up to date with today's developing stories at aljazeera.com. hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the "the stream," after six years and $14 trillion in losses, the united states seems to finally be recovering from the great recession at least according to the banks. but how are consumers faring? and worldwide debt is at a record high. are we heading towards another global financial crisis? ♪