a deal in yemen. houthi rebels agree to support a new government hello there. welcome. also coming up in the next 30 minutes: the battle for northern iraq. kurdish peshawar troops aim to take into account out fighters from a strategically important town. >> pallet boxes are ready in the

west. >> a hero adds welcome. burkina faso's new leader and the u.s. military's condemnation. take over a rival political block in yemen signed an agreement with the yemeni government. the deal was enacted by the opposition groups and the president's party. the president and the prime minister will led it. it's not clear how long the process will take the the u.n. special envoy helped to negotiate. >> all parties have come together. respecting laws in human rights

and impartiality, and not contrary to the agreement. >> the editor-in-chief of the yemen newspaper says the agreement only means a change in form for the houthi rebels. >> the houthis are not going anywhere. in a deal signed a month and a half ago, it's signed. militants should be in the capital sanaa. millions will be changing clothes, rather than being militants. they'll wear the uniforms as of now. 2,000 houthi militants or supporters have been added, we believe, and the chairman. they are changing their clothe or or the uniform of tribal all

government officials. as a deal was made in sanaa, it led to al qaeda. 20 soldiers, were among 23 killed in the western province. >> in the fight against i.s.i.l. kurdish forces joined the battle to help in northern syria. envoys crossed the border in turkey into syria. they reinforced hundreds of syrian kurdish, who are trying to stop fighters capturing kobane. we have this report from inside kobane. >> translation: this area, commonly known as kobane. they represent a springboard from which kurdish forces are in

desperate attempt to control the areas, and areas to the east, to the right of other neighbourhoods, high ridges can be seen. on the ridges the army and forces are positioned, closely monitoring the fighting taking place in the armed opposition groups who joined the kurdish forces. they four on the front lines fighting i.s.i.l., waiting for orders from the joint command. this will shift the balance of power on the ground. sources say the forces are planning a new assault against i.s.i.l. positions in kobane. in northern iraq, fighters are battling for a town on the syrian border. charles stratford has this

report. >> reporter: peshawar soldiers fire at fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. in the north. they are defending a town of rabia. the syrian border is 5km away. al jazeera is the first international news organization on the front line fighting has been intense. it is vital for the kurdish forces. >> translation: it is strategically important because it's the main route for i.s.i.l. the peshawar dug in. they fired the mud wanks, and said i.s.i.l. forces usually attack at night. many peshawar were killed. rab peshawar military

vehiclesing are parked among the homes. i.s.i.l. forces are in that direction. it is a strategic town of rabea. with that i.s.i.l. is changing strategy. i.s.i.l. used trucks and explosives to ram positions and checkpoints. they'll now send fighters on foot that try to implement the camp. >> they have to come in on foot. the day we resume is when we deploy three times in 24 hours. we repel them. they left many rocket launches. >> the question now is whether the peshawar can hold the position in the coming months, when cloud cover makes air strikes more difficult. >> the air strikes are very important. the second thing is antitank

weapons and night vision capability. we need engineers for clearing improvised explosive devices. villages dot the road. the peshawar say they could never have retaken the town without coalition air strikes and weapons. as winter draws closer, so the peshawar challenge increases to defend towns like this across iraq polls are open in eastern ukraine. after months of fighting, residents in the people's rugg licks of donetsk and luhansk are asked to vote for their home state. the ukranian government, european union and united states says the elections are not legitimate. we two to donetsk.

polls are open behind you, what are the people voting for? well, voting opened about five minutes ago. the people you see behind me at the moment are members of the press core. we are expecting the front runner, alexander, to cast his vote. it is similar to the ones held by the ukranian government. in the sense there there's 400 bolling stations. 50 million ballots were printed. it's a number of voters in the region. it does not create how many will vote in half of the population, and half left the area.

some would not be able to cast their ballots, and those that went to russia will be able to cast ballots in two or three locations there. throughout the day we'll have to check the turn out. >> the regions are hoping to regain legitimacy. will they get them? >> well, that is something absolutely every separatist leader has been talking about over the past. they say that these turned activists and revolutionaries who months ago too overdose buildings and started the crisis in the east. it's a solution. after that they hoped that it would - they hope that they kick start. the most important thing is the

economy, and the salaries, that they are not paid any more. so the separatists could say they have enough in the region like coal and steel. without the legitimacy they won't be able to under go trade. that is there. we don't know yet from the numbers, to get an indication of how much people do found on the legitimacy for the future of their lives. >> thank you. hoda live in donetsk in the east now, the united states are rejecting the army takeover of burkina faso. colonel isaac zida declared he was the head of state. the former president resigned after protests against a plan to

extend his 27 years of power. we have this story. >> reporter: in burkina faso capital, the clean-up has begun. people sweep the debris left behind the recent violent protests. >> translation: we hope we have the right to build is a lesson for africans. >> the calmness follows days of upheaval, and the chaos may not have ended yet. presidential guards are in charge. >> translation: we'll wait for a consensus by the people and political parties, unfortunately we will take responsibility. we are informing the nation that liu tenant isaac zida has been

elected to lead the transitional period following the resignation of president blaise compaore. >> reporter: many parties rejected that power and called on supporters to continue to protest. they refused to support the army chief who denounced on friday that he would lead the government. isaac zida enjoys support from some sections of the public. >> translation: colonel isaac zida has the situation under control. when the declaration of general honore traore happened, people protested, particularly the youth. in the end it was isaac zida who declared himself. most will back him. >> this came after blaise compaore tried to extend his 27 year rule. demonstrators stormed parliament and set it on fire.

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hello again. welcome back. these are the top stories here on al jazeera. in yemen rival political blocs signed an agreement to form a new government. a u.n. special envoy helped to negotiate the deal. signed by all parties. residents in eastern ukraine vote for the leadership of the sel self-declared people's republic. ukraine says it will not recognise the results the united states and the african union are rejecting the army take over in burkina faso, and the opposition is calling for more protests after colonel

isaac zida declared he was the head of state. helicopters are reported to be bombarding areas in northern sinai. apparently helping to clear the way for a buffer zone along the border with gaza. the operation was prompted by the killing of 33 soldiers in a suicide bomb attack. many have been forced out. commanders are trying to stop weapons being smuggled from gaza to sinai abdul fatah al-sisi has been talking about the continuing protest by mohamed mursi supporters. condemning his removal of the president and a military coup led by abdul fatah al-sisi. >> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of our three journalists detained

in egypt for 309 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping muslim brotherhood. they deny the charges against them. november 2nd marks the united nations first international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. human rights watch organizations have been meeting and made another plea for the release of al jazeera staff. >> it's unfortunate that the al jazeera journalists are paying the price for their work. using unjustifiable reasons to

keep them in gaol. >> boko haram denied a deal with the nigerian government. >> reporter: this shows a man, a supposed leader of boko haram. a leader of the group that kidnapped girls, that were kidnapped and married. it was said they converted. >> translation: we will not negotiate. allah says we should not. >> last week the government announced a reached a peace agreement with the armed group, raising hopes that the kidnapped

girls would return. >> we received a ceasefire. we had arrangements that didn't lead to their release. >> reporter: there is hope that the dialogue initiate weeks ago would break through. >> boko haram resisted talks of a ceasefire with the government. people are considering that it could be an attempt to end violence against thousands. >> in the past there has been many more. with the new video released by boko haram, all nigerians can do can wait. wait for a breakthrough or decisive victory by the government

the african union is yet to send medical and humanitarian aid to ebola-stricken countries. more than 50 will currently undergo training. it is expected to be sent to guinea and sierra leone next week. they currently have more than 50 other workers. >> billionaire bran says says test willing continue. one pilot is dead, another injured after an explosion over the mojave desser. >> reporter: across the desert the wreckage of a billionaire's dream. investigators are combing what remains of spaceshiptwo, the craft offering the first ride into space.

careful to strike the right tone, entrepreneur richard branson says friday's tragedy is a setback, but as long as lessons can be heard, commercial travel will go ahead. >> pushing the bounds of responsibility comes with a risk. testing the boundaries and capabilities and technologies, we are standing on the shoulders of giants. yesterday we fell short. we'll now comprehensively the reasons for the crash and are determined to learn from it. >> reporter: the spacecraft's last flight was nine months ago. this promotional visit by virgin galactic shows what was meant to happen. guided to around 50,000 feet by an aircraft the passenger shuttle disengages and powers upwards. the only known difference during

friday's flight was the use of a different fuel. the cause, say experts . >> it sets back the project. it will not stop it. i think that space tourism ensures that it will happen, we will see normal sit self-defence paying a little bit of money, but going into space and inspiring new generations. >> reporter: the glassry advertising campaign helped to presell 700 seats. at $250,000 each, the first flight was due to take off in 2015. refunds have been offered, but richard branson is convinced the sun hasn't quite set on his

galactic goals. vectors in southern -- investigators in new mexico are checking graves to say if they hold the bodies of students. someone living close by said criminal gangs had been dumping bodies there for years. >> this for neighbourhood is where some bodies had been found. inside the shacks they tell a story of horror and fear. >> reporter: they keep to themselves.

a federal policeman on duty - i asked if he heard the same stories, that this was a place where cartels buried their victims. >> reporter: police will not let us go past this point. some of the graves are 2km up this road. there were vehicles going up full, but when they came down, they were pretty much empty. >> this man has lived here for 23 decades but sleeps on a dirt poor. he would rather be poor that join the gangs.

>> reporter: his nephews have been missing for years. his latest poem is for the missing students. this man living close to death imagined the worst. embattled groups have been

protesting in northern argentina. daniel schweimler reports. >> reporter: the damage is on the ground. the devastation is stark from the air. 100,000 hectares of forest ripped up to make way to bean, soya and sugar crops. at the current rate it will be gone in 50 years. >> agriculture is moving into areas considered unproductive. it's a new frontier, but the rate of deforestation has been

continuing. this is a thick forest. some of the trees cap take hundreds of years to grow, but takes a day to destroy 120 hectares of forest, leaving the land looking like this. green piece erected this day to stop fuel deliveries to the bulldozers. the provincial government working with landowners is man i'm ute lating, sometimes -- manipulating, sometimes flouting the war. >> the forest is the same. there are no indigenous people. the province shows the deforestation. >> it's a charge government denies.

the legal framework promises to make the changes. we are rod to listen to the objections of environmental groups. >> the numbers are in the thousands, making a living by hunting and gathering, doing odd jobs in the forest. it's been whittled away. clearing the way for agriculture. >> translation: why don't they respect us. if they give us land, there's nothing for our youngsters. >> thaws onwards -- thousands of the earlier wichi people were killed. this woman doesn't speak spanish and will walk in native wichy, and says no one else was listening. "there's fear in our heart for

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