likely to suffer. >> welcome to the news hour. the president of palestine warns against turning a political conflict with israel into a religious one the united states and iran hold face-to-face talks in an effort to reach a deal in vienna. thousands gather in kiev to commemorate those who dies in a protest a year ago and accused a

revolution. -- caused a revolution. the president of palestine has said that places of worship should not become points of conflict. he warned against a religious war. israel has not used restrictions on young palestinian men worshipping at the compound. access to the area has been one of the main causes of recent tension. >> this is a crucial time. there's terrorism, religious conflict, and violence. it is us who play the price, the blood of our children. i'm warning against turning a political conflict into a

religious one. >> steph, what's your assessment? >>reporter: he didn't really say anything new there. i mean, the line about the danger of turning what is a political conflict, a conflict about land, into a religious conflict is something he's said before but it's a narrative that has been used here and it's a very dangerous one. he said if it turns into a religious conflict, there will be no end. he reiterating the fact that there needs to be peace and civility but it's very difficult to do that when living under occupation. he apologized to his guests for the difficulty he says they had getting into the west bank. and he also said talking to israel you've occupied us, we can deal with that, but please let us know when you leave. so he did have a slightly different tone at this point almost slightly sarcastic and

humoro humorous. he has tried to appease the tensions over the last few weeks. but we know what he wants. he wants to go to the u.n. and he said this again, where he wants to try and get a timetable for an end to the occupation. of course, that involves talks between the two sides but you can't resolve this conflict without both israel and the palestinians sitting down and agreeing on compromises and we know that at the moment remains on the table. >> doing it will go any way to reducing tensions? >>reporter: when you look at the palestinian street, for example, i think people have lost a lot of faith in the political process including their political leaders. when we look at protests, we've seen them even today, friday, as a day that you usually do see

skirmishes in the occupied west bank. we're not seeing huge numbers even though we've had this space of tension. it's a different kind of tension. it's one on one. it's people seemingly taking attacks out on each other. it's not organized. and we're not seeing thousands of people on the streets in frustration. i think a real reason for that is they've lost hope. people will tell you that. they don't see this going anywhere. they've seen many peace processes come and go and nothing has been achieved. i think there's a real sense of disillusionment here. to vienna where there is a glimmer of optimism over iran's nuclear program. they are to hold face-to-face talks with u.s. secretary john kerry. still a long way to go though. the u.s. wants a limit on just

how much enriched uraniam iran use. >>reporter: it did appear they reached a point in the afternoon where they could go no further. the iranian foreign minister was headed back to his capital for consultations and john kerry, the secretary of state, was headed back to paris to wait for his return. i can tell you right now they're

both still here in vienna. they are meeting together along with the eu envoy. what are they talking about? well, we don't know. i'm afraid there's painfully little information being briefed to the media here. but iranian journalists have been told that no new proposal has been put to iran as we thought might have been the case. but he may feel yet the need to go to his capital to consult. we hear significantly that john kerry is still planning to head on friday night to paris. where does that leave us? well, not entirely clear. but it may be that we're entering a period now with the clock ticking to the deadline on monday, a period of 24 hours or more when technical deliberations will ramp up amongst the expert teams and consultations at capitals will go on at some time later in the weekend so these talks can

resume and perhaps advance. >> and if they advance the question is how far they're going to advance. in the end, is it just going to be a watered down deal or something both sides are happy with. how's it going to end up? >>reporter: well, i think all sides are pretty desperate to salvage some sort of a deal from this round of talks by the deadline on the 24th of november. we hear from moscow that meetings have been canceled there on sunday and i had sounds like russia will make an appearance here in vienna. although it's probably true that optimism is ebbing away. more like a frame work agreement. something that codifies everything that's been up in the air.

>> thank you very much. thousands of people have gathered in the center of kiev to remember those who died in the protests which began a year ago. the demonstrationed eventually forced the former president from power but not before hundreds of people had died. >>reporter: the victims of the protests are known here as the heavenly hundred. and the locations where they fell dying, many shot by snipers, have become monuments to their sacrifice. for the relatives of the fallen, there can be no closure or peace until those who pulleded the triggers are caught and tried. >> our country is civilized. the president must investigate and punish those who are guilty. >>reporter: what happened here a year ago set events in motion which have since claimed nearly four and a half thousand more lives and created a serious rift in the west's relations with russia. the new president of ukraine

visited to pay his respects but he was heckled by some who want the protesters recognized as national heros. the president is getting support from the west in the form of a visit from the u.s. vice president joe biden. >> we spoke about the threat to ukranian sovereignty and territorial integrity posed by russian aggression. it's simply unacceptable in the 21st century for countries to attempt to redraw borders by force in europe or anywhere for that matter if the. >>reporter: but ukranian appeals for military hardware to reequip and reinforce troops in the conflict torn eastern regions have been refused. the conflict there has only been escalating in the past few weeks. under the circumstances, this

anniversary is more an occasion to mourn than to celebrate. paul brenn understand, al jazeera. much more to come here on the al jazeera news hour. azeera news hour. today one republican in the united states has launched a

scathing attack on the president's immigration plan. john boehner. >> the president repeatedly suggested that he was going to unilaterally change immigration law. and he created an environment where the members would not trust him and trying to find a way to work together was virtually impossible. and i warned the president over and over that his actions were making it impossible for me to do what he wanted me to do. >> while we're looking at this immigration story, we are in washington to talk politics as well as mexico city to look at the impact these plans will have across the border there. republicans are hopping mad to say the least but what can they

do? >>reporter: it doesn't appear that they can do much when it comes to immigration reform. usually the power congress has is in the budget process but the white house knew that so the agency that is going to enforce this new rule, they don't get federal money so they can't do that. there have been some that have said that they should impeach the president but that seems to be a fringe group right now. they've also threatened to sue. but the house republicans have already sued the president. the courts are pretty leary when it comes to getting involved in party arguments. >> let's move on to mexico city. we can speak to adam rainy there. i guess a key question for you, adam, is who is being left out?

>>reporter: exactly, nick. i mean, it's a bitter sweet victory for some in mexico and in the u.s. these 5 million people that might be spared deportation, of course have family members in mexico or other countries that some haven't seen in years. by becoming legal in some way, they'll be able to apply for a permit to travel back and forth across the board and perhaps even make more money as legal residents on some level. but there are many people left out. there have been 2 million people deported under president barack obama, many of those back to mexico. we've been speaking to migrant activist groups here in the capital and they say they have a group of people called dreamers in mexico. dreamers are people who were very young when they were taken to the u.s. by their parents. they feel culturally american. some of them don't really speak spanish so well and they're now in a country, mexico, central america, where they feel they don't have options, don't know

how to navigate the system here. they're left out and it's unlikely they'll make it back across the border. meanwhile there are central americans fleeing violence and poverty and they're not going to stop trying to make it to the united states. they may not be perhaps encouraged to go because of what john boehner, the speaker of the house says, but they're fleeing circumstances that anyone would probably try to escape. it's bitter sweet. we have people benefitting who maybe can see family but many here are still stuck in the middle. >> all right. thank you very much, indeed. and we're staying in mexico now as protests against the disappearance and suspected killing of 43 students have led to serious violence. a group of mass demonstrators fought with riot police in mexico city's main square. rob reynolds has more from there. >>reporter: they clashed in mexico city in a violent

conclusion to a mostly peaceful protest. police closed ranks and pushed the crowd back quickly clearing the square. a huge throng marched through the center of mexico city, the biggest demonstration thus far in a movement that has united many mexicans in protest. the marchers demanded justice for 43 college students who were abducted in september. the federal government says the students were kidnapped by local police on orders from a corrupt mayor. >> we want to know exactly who was responsible, who gave the orders. >> we are against a government that is inept and corrupt. >> i want justice for my country not only for the 43 students but for all the people who have been disappearing for a long time. >>reporter: but protesters also expressed their outrage over a government that appears unable

or unwilling to protect its citizens. approximately 100,000 people have been killed in mexico's drug violence over the past decade. 30,000 are missing. solidarity protests were held inform other latin american countries, the united states, and europe. the protests pose the biggest political crisis for the president of mexico in his two years in office. many protesters carried songs holding him ultimately responsible for the fate of the missing students. >> by the tens of thousands, mexicans are sending their government a message. they're fed up with violence, corruption, incompetence, and injustice. they hope their outrage will lead to real change in this deeply scarred country.

in columbia the capture of a general by farc rebels has brought attention to the area. it's one of the poorest parts of columbia and often regarded as abandoned by the state. >>reporter: it's in this maize of waterways and jungles that general reuben is being kept by farc rebels leaving columbia's peace talks on hold. decades if not centuries of underdevelopment have left more than half its population in extreme poverty. this man lives in the village where the general was captured. he says they have no roads, electricity, or running water. >> look at the condition in which our community lives. i just hope all this situation could bring some investment that can help improve our community. >>reporter: for now though, that

attention is only complicated things. even after an agreement for their release was announced, people are still too afraid to leave the village. >> none of the residents of this community have been able to work. we are afraid of moving until this is over. we fish or cultivate in the fields but it's too dangerous to go out. >>reporter: the lack of government presence has turned this area into a breeding ground for rebels and paramilitary activities. it's used as drug traffic routes as well as illegal gold mining leading to massive deforestation and development. they are the victims of a conflict in which they have nothing to gain from. many don't even know why there's fighting in their territory. one local historian says they distrust authorities which is

why he was implementing social projects. >> i think the general himself has turned into a victim of the situation. he was getting involved with the people and building upon the vacuum of local and national policies, but his capture shows who is in control here. >>reporter: nobody believes a peace deal with the farc could solve all the issues affecting this region, but many hope it could be the first step in turning around a long history of violence and neglect. a glimmer of hope that can shine again once the captives are freed. isil fighters are carrying out the largest defensive in iraq since they seized the center of the city in september. it is the 90 kilometers west of baghdad keep in anbar province much of which is being held by the group. >>reporter: in the last couple of weeks, we've seen them attack

from the north but friday they mounted an operation from all four sides of the city. there are pro government forces within the city and they called in reinforcements. the idea of those troops is to try to push the isil fighters back on all four sides of the city. the fighting is quite heavy. this is the largest offensive that we have seen isil mount. the majority of the towns have some sort of isil presence or are occupied completely by isil. if you come from this border with syria where isil are bringing in reinforcements, it is feasible that they can mount a case like this. the iraqi army is quite confident that they can repel this attack. the timing though is surprising. nobody was expecting quite the size of an attack like this particularly a concentration of coalition air strikes within the

area. the iraqi area will try to push isil fighters back but isil are saying that they will take the town, they are in a position to take the whole of the province. they are crucial to isil because anbar province runs on town along the main road and if they manage to link all of that town it gives them the whole province and makes them that much more difficult to get rid of a teenager that moved to syria to marry an isil fighter has appeared in a dutch court to face terror charges. her mother had travelled to syria to bring her daughter home. the teenager left her home city back in february and travelled to the isil strong hold city of rakka. earlier i spoke to the director of the center for terrorism and counterterrorism in the hague and he explains how she

contacted her mother. >> she first tried without much information in october. she went to the border with syria. but no contact, no -- she failed. she went back and got a message from her daughter desperate message asking her to help her out telling her that she was in the city of rakka and needed help to get out. and she went and apparently she managed to get her daughter out, back to turkey, then she was without documents and then with the help of the foreign ministry, she arrived in the netherlands very recently. >> what happens now to the girl? >>reporter: well, the girl is formally a suspect allegedly having joined islamic state and intoxilyzer lammist -- gee has haddist group on the list of designated terrorist organizations of the eu.

but that has to be proven and i think the authorities are primarily interested in hearing the story of who helped her to go to syria. at that time, she was just 18. who helped her. how did she go. and what happened once she arrived in syria. i think that is the main interest of the authorities now, and i hope and i assume that after that, she most likely will be given help probably to reintegrate into society. but of course that depends on some of the answers she can give and the evidence that is available. >> she must have some very useful information that the authorities would like to hear about. you generally hear about foreign fighters joining isil. but how rare is a case like this? >>reporter: well, it used to be rare until a year ago but especially this year more and more girls have joined fighters

in syria or went on their own or accompanied by some people to syria. and that number has grown dramatically. currently it's about 20% in the netherlands. same figures for, for instance, france. we're talking about not just one or two examples but probably dozens of girls and many of them are very young. only a week ago or two weeks ago, there was this girl, age 16, arrested in hungary on her way to syria. so we have more and more of these examples and unfortunately very few who have returned let alone by a courageous mother that dareded to go all the way into is territory to get her daughter back. >> absolutely. and there was that story of the austrin youngsters as well. how are they persuaded to leave their home countries and go to join isil?

>>reporter: well, of course, there's a radicalization process. some of these girls get interested in intoxilyzer lam. she was a convert. some girls are from morocco and north african or turkish background. some of them, they simply fall in love with the fighters that are on the internet that talk them into joining them to join the struggle, join the gee has had in syria and other places. so some of them are young and attracted by the fighters. others that go there because they want to do something. they're also angry about the world not doing enough in their eyes to help the children, the victims in syria and go out there to help. and there's a small category perhaps but an important one of women that play a very important role in this gee has had as recruiters, as people that strongly believe in the ideal of

an islamic state and go there for political and religious reasons. >> just to return to the rescue mission if i can put it that way. it's a very poignant story of a mother rescuing her misled daughter from a place like that. it just makes you look at how lucky they were in this situation to be able to make contact for each other and then for the mother to be able to make it into syria although i think she's saying she didn't make it into syria at the moment in time. but how lucky they are. >>reporter: of course, they first trieded to ask the authorities to help and there's only so much the authorities can do to help people getting out of syria. and there's legal restrictions and a lot of other restrictions. so the parents often feel left on their own. sometimes they ask other parents that are in similar situations to give them advice, to help

them. there was also contact between her and her father who lost his son to gee has haddists in syria more than a year ago. but apparently, she didn't have much help. in the end, it was very little help and that's the positive side of social media, her daughter was able to contact her and we don't know all the details but i think the main reason why she managed is because she was very courageous to do so although the authorities said don't no. it's too risky. but of course for her she had a different calculation. i guess the love of her daughter was stronger than any risk that she could imagine and she went there. now, of course, she's saying, well, i went only to the border with turkey because it might have been -- she might be afraid that she committed an offense or crime when she went into is territory. but she got there and got her

daughter out. very courageous without much help from the authorities who unfortunately couldn't do that much for her. >> that's a remarkable story. still ahead on the news hour, scuffles and tear gas have some nigerian law makers on the run. we'll explain next. we'll explain next.

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associate with the middle ages. how troubling is it in this day and age? >>reporter: well, you've got it right, this is also known as the black death which is very much a medieval disease. it's a disease of poverty, weak health systems, overcrowding. and what's concerning is that there is presence of the spread of the plague in the capital of madagascar where you have more crowded conditions. another person is that the flees in madagascar are more resistant to the insect sides we use to kill flees. >> so what about treatment and how straightforward given what you've just said is it to stop the spread of the disease? >>reporter: if caught early, plague is actually quite treatable. you have to remember back in the 14th century when we had a huge outbreak of the plague in europe a third of the population died.

that was preantibiotics. and now we have antibiotics and even some of the earli earlier antibiotics are effective in treating the plague. public education is also a very important piece of the response. >> can it be spread human to human or is it only transmitted via flees? >>reporter: very rarely people infected with plague will develop infection of the lungs and in that form can transmit to other close contacts. usually that's seen in the case of healthcare providers attending to the sick patient or family members or other care givers but it's rare to see that form of transmission. >> and from the point of view from those living in the area which is affected by this latest outbreak, what advice would you give them in terms of ensuring that they don't come close to

catching it? >>reporter: well, it's really a question of controlling the rat population, other rodents, as well as the fleas. so a lot of it comes down to good hygiene, how you store the food in your home. those things. and of course if you develop symptoms of the disease, come forward to medical attention as soon as possible when it's more treatable. >> good to talk to you. thank you very much. >>reporter: my pleasure. meanwhile, the world health organization has confirmed that the democratic republic of congo is now ebola free. the outbreak is separate from the one spreading in west africa. it's now been free of any cases for two incubation periods. the u.n. security council has called for a thorough investigation into allegations that hundreds of women and girls have been raped by soldiers in the province of darfur in sudan.

>>reporter: to get here is difficult and sometimes the only safe way in is with armed assistance. thursday, the military of sudan escorted the media in to cover a scandal that has touched this village in the last three weeks. it's said that 300 women and girls have been subjected to mass rape by sudanest soldiers. allegations they deny. some women say nothing happen. >> we've heard about them being raped in the villages and we also heard they were only willing to spread rumors and to give a bad reputation to the village. these claims of mass rapes are a big lie and the village is safe. those members of the army have married our girls and relatives, not raped them. >>reporter: but compare those comments with these given by a woman from the village to a

radio station. >> the soldiers beat up my husband very badly in front of our three girls. they dragged him out of the house bleeding. then four others came in and started raping my daughters. they were screaming their father's name to come and rescue them. the rape lasted three hours. they did that to everyone. our neighbors. everyone. >>reporter: the united nations first tried to send a team to investigate the allegations on the fourth of november. its team was denied access to the village for almost a week. finally they were allowed in but with a sizable army presence. >> they found no evidence or information to confirm the allegations reported in the media. it was added, however, that there had been a heavy military presence during the team's visit and stressed that while the rape allegations remained unverified, in her view, it was not possible to conclude that no sexual violence took place. >>reporter: the u.n. team has

tried to get back into the village in the last few days and again has been refused access. the regional government in darfur denies this. >> we have nothing to hide. we are open for a free and independent investigation. what has happened there did not deserve an investigation because everyone knows they deny their accusations. if there is an international investigation, we will go with it because we have nothing to hide. >>reporter: for a moment, it's not possible to prove what has really taken place there. but the u.n. seems determined to try to find out. at least 45 people have been killed on an attack in a village in northeastern nigeria. people were killed on market day. >> a government request to extend the state of emergency there has been rejected by the

country's lower house of parliament. the vote came amid chaotic scenes in the national assembly on thursday. >>reporter: these are elected nigerian politicians trying to enter the national assembly. inside a controversial vote was taking place, to extend the state of emergency for areas hardest hit by boko hara

. >>reporter: security forces defend their response. the assembly has now been closed down. >> i have decided that i will shut down the national assembly until tuesday next week. >>reporter: the opposition mps did manage to enter the building and the chamber held a brief session before the parliament was shut. it rejected the government's request to extend emergency rule in the northeast. officially, those special powers are now expired. the ruling people's democratic party has struggled to rein in radical groups like boko haram. >> it will truth is we're in a

mess. >>reporter: political leaders appear to be in a state of chaos and nigerians go to the polls on saturday. in zimbabwe, 11 people have died in a stampede at a church service when more than 30,000 people packed into a stadium to listen to a popular preacher. dozens were more injured. an election in japan is expected next week. the vote is being seen as a chance to win a freshman daytime for economic policies.

>>reporter: all part of the prime minister's plan to make way for an early election. his decision was after weak economic data this week showing that japan had slipped into recession yet again. still, many believe he will sail through the vote after delaying a sales tax hike. >> right now, he has virtually no opposition and he knows that. the fact of the matter is he's taking the format of asking the public of delaying the tax increase which he knows will be welcome by many parts of the economy. it almost shows his confidence that he's going for a snap election. >>reporter: the sales tax was raised once this year, part of a stimulus policy. the government was spending billions of dollars which helped the stock market surged and gave the impression that the economy

was rebounding. but the plan backfired. people simply were not spending and japan's economy shrank. >> whether policies are right or wrong or if there's no other choice available to us, i will step down if we fail to keep our majority because that would mean our plan is rejected. >>reporter: in many ways, japan has never truly recovered after its infamous bubble economy burst. the last 25 years have come to be known as the lost decades marked by de-flation. he's banking on the public to give him another chance. human rights activists have accused china of suppressing freedom on the internet. am necessity's comments come on

the final day of a global internet conference. the one of china's best known journalists has gone on trial for leaking state secrets. she previously served time in 1989. we have details from beijing. >>reporter: the veteran journalist's fate is being decided behind closed doors in this anonymous building on the outskirts of beijing. she's been jailed twice before serving a total of seven years. after her arrest six months ago, state television broadcast her taped confession blurring out her face. she's accused of leaking state secrets to a german news

organization but her lawyer now says the confession was obtained under duress after police threatened her son. he was detained on the same charge but later released. he was denied permission to attend the trial. also turned away today, foreign journalists. not allowed inside the court or to stand in the street outside. human rights groups say the case reflects a tightening of ideological control since the president took president took

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formula one grand prix. >> the tension is on i would say and it's pretty normal.

it has come to the last race now. it's between the two of them. it's the decision making race. it's normal. i wouldn't say that there's more tension than expected in the garage. there's a good spirit. today was a good day.

plenty of effort and some challenges but no goals as river place played out the first leg of the semifinal. this challenge in the fifth minute set the tone in south america's second tier competition. that became the theme of the place. yellow cards are sprayed around but goals and chances were at a premium. river gets the slight advantage for next week. now, fifa are standing by 2018 world cup host russia. some european countries have discussed a possible boycott of

the tournament because of the conflict in eastern ukraine. fifa says football should not be used as a political weapon. >> i hope that the world will understand and recognize that the world cup is a sporting event and has going to do with politics and should not be used as a political tool for whatever reason wrongly by any groups.

england is setting up preparation's for next year's world cup.

>> some players, you know, who are players in those pressure situations. rory mcilroy missed a far easier shot. this was for par and he was in the water on the 18th but he's still only two shots off the lead. the defending champion is in the lead on ten under par after a round of 66. i don't think we'll ever get close to that. >> no. we've missed it. now, staying with a sport of sorts, scrabble is played

worldwide and nowhere is the game being taken more seriously right now than in london. hundreds have turned out for the world championship. >>reporter: you are looking at scrabble gold. these letters in the right order could net a massive score. see if you can figure the world out. we'll leave it here for you for just a moment. and what this lot and their mascots wouldn't give for a set of letters just like that. >> i'm from poland. >> i have come from kenya. >> i've come all the way from south africa. >>reporter: the international championships no less. there's no better place to be than london right now for scrabblers. >> i will be number one, one day. >>reporter: so you have ambitions. >> big ones. >>reporter: and that is where he is aiming, the main stage, the

big tournament. it's hungry work. this is an old game with a modern approach. each move scrutinized by computers relayed to players worldwide. a hobby enjoyed in 120 countries. >> it's a fun game. >>reporter: and one in the midst of a big change. >> for those who love to play scrabble but are dreadful at it, the dictionary is basically the rule book. it says what words you can and cannot use and for those not very good, it means they can get away with very little indeed. slang traditionally has been banneded from this but 5,000 slang words have just been added words that you will hear in every day use. things like hash tag, selfie, and blog. the word on the street is now the word on the blog. for those with a limited vocabulary, this is fantastic news. for those who are a little more traditional, it means they have to start learning again.

>> some can be very purist in the language. i wouldn't add in the word selfie, for example. >>reporter: that word is actually quimsy. ever heard of it? probably not. it's one of the new additions. but it could get you up to 401 points. the definition, a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of snow. >> this should be a good match. >>reporter: okay. so that's a lie. sometimes though it is good to have a plan b up your sleeve. >> what's going on here? oops. >>reporter: literally. but only of course when you don't get caught. and that's it for this news hour. back in a couple of minutes. le of minutes.

the palestinian president is warning against a religious war with israel. you're watching al jazeera live from london. hopes for progress at the iran nuclear talks as the prime minister cancels plans to return to at the ran. >> this action the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reformsha