>> tunisians go to the polls for the first presidential election since the fall of zine el abidine ben ali in 2011 hello there are, i'm shiulie ghosh, you are watching al jazeera. also coming up a deadline on iran nuclear talks could be extended as big gaps remain between the two sides. troops in afghanistan - they'll be able to target the taliban after combat operations end in december. >> and how a government ban in india is threatening the take

off of drone technology. polls are open in tunisia for the first presidential election since the revolution in 2011. voters have 22 candidates to choose from. two frontrunners have emerged. ahead in the poll is beji caid essebsi, the chairman of the secular nidaa tounes party, which won the object election. and his opponent is moncf marzouki. who has been in power since the ousting of zine el abidine ben ali in 2011. let's go nazanine moshiri in tunisia. i know you have been queueing up for those behind you. what are their hopes for the election? >> well, many of the people here that i have spoken to are voting for the first time in a

presidential election for 23 years. they suffered under what was a dictator this. they had one choice, and only one. let's speak to one of the voters here, waiting for the first time. what is your name, sir: how are you feeling today. >> i'm well, happy. i see that i have to do that because no one say it is the election. we give a chance for tort be president. >> there are many problems aren't there? there's always problems in countries. to do, to go out of problems, we have to do something.

and to do something. we have to do the best in the best position. we have to do it. can i ask you an aid. i don't mind. i am sure that the thing we love... >> because you - this is the first time that you vote in the presidential election, the very first time. does that make you feel sad and happy, because all those years you couldn't vote for anyone. >> no, we e no at the first, before voting, who will be the president. so why vote. >> i don't want you to lose your place in the queue. you were saying basically it was useless to vote before, that's

what you are saying, yes. thank you so much. good luck, thank you so you just heard there, and most of the people that i spoke to and have seen in the queues are older tunisians. there is a fear that young people have not come out in the election. i have spoken to people at various polling stations in tunisia and outside and the turn out seems low. that man certainly didn't want to give you his age. lots of outsiders look at tunisia and say here is a country. it's the arab spring, avoiding the violence. but as you were staying to that voter, there are problems that tunisian's society has to deal with, and the next president will have to look carefully on reducing unemployment and poverty, which kicked off the

original resolution. i think many people outside tunisia and the international community like to talk about tunisia as a successful model of the arab spring. when you tack to people, they tell you there's a lot of work to be done. things are not over there yet. it's a transitional phase. people come out and fight for freedom of speech, jobs and dignity. they have the freedom to speak openly, but they do not have the jobs and the dignity, and many of the unemployed in this country are young people, a third of graduates coming out of school, and they cannot find a job. they have not been fulfilled. they are people that most hope will come out and vote. >> that voting on going.

it's looking increasingly unlikely that a deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear programme will be met. secretary of state john kerry, zarif, and katherine ash zone, ienvoy. the deadline was set for month old. talks to extend that could begin. >> we are working hard, we hope we are making careful progress. we have began. we have gaps, serious gaps, which we are working to close. >> the afghan parliament approved two security deals governing the role of foreign troops in the country. the bilateral security agreement, and the separate n.a.t.o. agreement have been passed by a majority vote. u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed to target taliban

fighters under guidelines approved by president obama. the role had been limited to tackling al qaeda and training afghan troops. the political analyst tells us the significance of the agreement. >> it was crucial for the afghan parliament to approve this agreement, the agreement with the united states and n.a.t.o. it will allow the military support for afghanistan, and provides substantial financial support. as you know, it's paid by donor countries, and afghanistan will not be able to pay a fraction of it. why it was important today for the lawmakers to approve the agreement and allow a substantial financial support for the security force, at least for years to come. now it's good that the united states is reviewing some of the decisions and, for example, the

extension of another year for u.s. to continue with a comeback mission in afghanistan. it will help the afghan security forces and reduce the strength of the taliban. we believe that even the number of the american securitiy forces may be reviewed because the u.s. forces believe they may need more troops to contain the insurgency in afghanistan, and not allow the insurgency to reach out to big population centers. protecting big population centers, big cities in afghanistan is important. >> in central iraq, air strikes targetting i.s.i.l. fighters killed eight civilians, including women and children. buildings were destroyed. meantime in the nearby city of

ramadi, i.s.i.l. fighters reportedly killed 25 members of a sunni-muslim tried. iraqi army found the bodies during a counselled attack on sunday. >> shi'a forces stormed a house. houthis captured sanaa. thi have pushed fight. there has been a push to put an end to the fighting. protesters want shi'a fighters to pull out of the tap tall. four years ago the protesters gathered calling for the government to step aside. now they feel betrayed, their revolution hijacked by militias.

>> we were told by the militias to pull out of the capital. security forces must ensure responsibility in securing the capital. >> the government is negotiating with the houthis to disarm the group and include fighters and security forces. >> the houthis insist that presence is crucial for yemen's peace and stability. a growing number of activists want the government to rein in armed factions. >> the government must deploy the army and the police to secure the country. we launched a revolution in 2011 to build the civic nation and we'll continue our fight until demands for a country fri of militias are met. >> a fight that may not end soon. in albada, fighting between the houthis and sunni tribes are allegedly backed by al qaeda, showing no signs of debating. the houthis agreed to pull out

from sanaa once the government formed. now the government, the shia group claims that it is the only guarantee against al qaeda attacks still on the programme - the city which the chinese government plans to transform into the shanghai of central asia, are ethnic muslim values being demolished. >> i'm har son in eastern bolivia, where the government is plying economics for the fight against illegal drugs. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence...

it simply cannot stand. >> 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 the journalists live.

welcome back, i'm shiulie gosh. a reminder of the top stories, polls are open in tunisia for the first presidential election in 2011. the two main front runners are beji caid essebsi from the secular nidaa tounes party, and interim president moncf marzouki. monday's deadline for a deal an the nuclear programme could be extended. world powers want to limit nuclear capabilities in capabil for lifting sanctions u.s. troops in afghanistan will still be allowed to target taliban fighters after the end of the combat mission. previously it was limited to training afghan forces security has been stepped up on somalia's border after 28 bus passengers were shot dead. the gunmen say the attack was

revenge for police raids on mosques and mass arrests last week. >> reporter: witnesses said the victims were forced from the bus, ordered to read passages from the koran, forced to lie down and shot in the head one by one. 60 passengers were on board. 28 were killed. nine women and 19 men. among relatives, waiting for new, one man told how his brother had an amazing make. he lay still pretending to be dead, and those around were shot. >> they were shooting the people. those besides my brother. they would have killed him. he lay there, pretending to be dead. people went away.

he lay, not knowing what to do. >> the bus had been travelling to nairobi, and was ambushed near the town of mandera. >> it's believed there were about 10 gunmen. kenyan police are trying to track them down. >> they fled towards the boarder. >> the kenyan government said it was determined to bring them to justice. >> we can confirm some offensive had been taken. they have been identified where they came from, and they continue to make inroads to make sure that they bring to justice those responsible. >> the islamic group said it carried out the attack for revenge on a number of raids in security forces. during the raids one man was shot dead. 300 arrested.

after police said the mosques were used to recruit fighters and store weapons. >> they are the ones that closed the mosketss in mombassa. the -- mosques in mombassa. this is a war between muslims and non-believers, god tells us to fight non-believers, if they want peace, they should withdraw troops from somalia. >> kenya suffered a series of deadly attacks, since sending troops into somalia in 2011, as part of a force to bolster the u.n. backed government. >> the assault against the shopping mall resulted in the death of 57 people. al-shabab said it carried out other attacks on the coast this year, in which 90 people died. on saturday the bodies of those that died in the latest attack were flownly military aircraft

to nairobi. relatives waited to see the dead. others for those they hoped survived. >> the other major african group, boko haram, is being blamed for a new attack. after 50 villages were reported to be killed. the village has been attacked before, a scene of fighting between boko haram, and the nigerian army three months ago. >> bolivia is one of the largest producers of coca, a plant used to produce cocaine. the government is trying to control elicit production after kicking the drug enforcement agency out of the country. they travelled to the area to see how the programme is working. >> reporter: this woman farmed this idyllic plot of land in

eastern bolivia since inheriting it from her parents. she's proud of the crops. it's this one, concentrated on 1600 square meters of her land that is her favourite. this is coca, used for spiritual and medicinal purposes. >> it's the raw material for the production of coke. plants like this have been at the center of controversy between bolivia and international drug enforcement agencies for years. they had in force an aggressive and violent campaign of eradication of plants in the region, claiming the coca was being sold to make cocaine. >> until president evo morales, a former leader of the coca union kicked the d.e.a. out in 2008. >> translation: the d.e.a. wanted to eradicate everything.

growers were opposed. coca is their livelihood. there was violence, deaths, until we found this way out. >> evo morales put the control of the crops in the coca unionment they are supposed to self-police. they encouraged farmers to plant other types of crops. growers prefer coca because it can be harvested four times a year. that fact, and the prices on the market make it more attractive. bolivia's former drug tsar, says much of the coca is produced in the region, is in fact being used for elicit purposes. >> that coca is up for human consumption. it is not very good. it has a bad test. it is not commercial. people don't want it, don't buy

it. the coca is not going to a traditional market. >> the government is convinced the approach is an effective way to control the use of coca. farmers would be allowed to grow more of it, but preferred the self-policing to a more aggressive means of control from the past. >> an earth wake has shaken parts of japan, and there are warnings of aftershocks. the 6.2 magnitude struck where the winter olympics were held. homes were destroyed in the ski resort nearby. rescue workers in south-west china, 24 hours after a magnitude 6.3. four people have been confirmed dead, the epicentre of the quake where more than 50 injured were

reported. they were makeshift shelters and badly dammed prosecution. >> china's province saw a train line open. it's an area known for attention with muslim separatists. it's on a silk road trading route. the government wants kashgar to become an important hub. >> it is one of the world's oldest baz areas, where butchers, farmers and traders come to inspect and haggle over livestock, as they have for centuries, a reminder of when kashgar was a hub of the trading group. yak farmer has made a 12 hour journey here. i come to the bazar every week. sometimes i sell three yacks,

other times only one. most of the people are ethnic muslim uyghurs, the market is considered a symbol of culture. the baz areas are very important. >> standing here, it's hard to believe you are still in china, the borders with pakistan, kyrgyzstan and tajikistan are a few hundredkm away, making it the original marketplace. down the road changes come. the old city stood as a powerful symbol. chunks are turn down on the orders of the government. it promised new homes with better living conditions. you see the occasional tourist, most frightened by violence. some of whom want independence from china.

most are aware of talking to foreign journalists, those that do... >> the government says this is not safe for tourists, and hope next year will be better, it will be easier for us to make money. roadside billboards shows the vision for the future. the new high-rise developments point to the billions the central government is poring into roads and buildings, an instruction boom it hopes will bring stability and prosperity as it strives to transform the facility into a trade hub of old. >> in india, a government group is threatening to bound an industry before it takes off of the businessmen are hoping to

cash in on flies unmanned drones. rules have not been set yet. >> reporter: an eye in the sky, showing police what street pat rooms could look like in the future. this is the latest project. >> defense might want everything made of carbon fibre. there are different requirements that industry has. they are probably more concerned about aesthetic. >> reporter: but whatever they may be, people across india want it fly. this company sells foreign drones, it won't be long before indians capitalize on the growing demand and build their own drones. >> people are taking the drones and applying it in a different way. >> drone technology is becoming widely available in india, but a lack of guidelines means the

future of the industry is, for now, up in the air. last month the government issued a ban on the use of drones until regulations are put in place, a ban that many ignored. >> entrepreneurs and enthous yoosts say the potential for the unmanned drone is huge. government authorities struggle to gans concerns with technological advancements, they continue to push the limit. over the past six months a film-maker has flown for all sorts of clients, including political parties during the election campaign. >> they can see the application on that end and the other end they feel that there should be a ban. while there's been a ban, we've been approached by government bodies to give them demos. it may look like fun and game. some observers say drones need to be regulated by the government because of wide-ranging security concerns.

>> the positive and negative use of the technology has to be identified. >> while the government dlib rates. they'll continue to tinker with the small machines, with potential. >> a free school lunch programme in ghana is in trouble. more than it 1.7 million children from poor families rely on it. caterers say they haven't been paid for months. we have this report. >> miriam is five years old. her teacher says the free school lunch is the main reason she's in school. otherwise she'd be at hope, helping on the family farm. today's meal is a local maize dish with palm nut soup. school feeding has had a huge impact on classroom attendance. there's nothing to say it

translated in a better child. some children turn out from other areas to have lunch here. >> there has been a 30% increase in enroll. since the school joined the programme. according to the district chief executive there are other factors that influence a child's schooling. >> you need all the materials. for example, teachers need school june forms, some of that are loved. they need them. they are coming to school, and after they have eaten, they will come. they are running out of deficits. caterers are preparing meals at their own cost because they have not been paid for the last lot. the government allowance is

about $0.15 per child per day. >> the price our school has. we buy the rice. it is used to buy quality food for the children. >> the man that saw the introduction is dismayed with the lack of progress. >> it is the right of the children. and to be fed. the governments has big advantages in producing low-cost foods, added value foods, so that the government will grow economically. it can be turned around. school feeding has had a

positive impact on the poor communities. poor financial management and lack of monitoring has prevented it from reaching its full potential. and you can keep up to date with all the day's news on the website. aljazeera.com. >> i'm lisa fletcher. born one gender and living another. >> our digital producer wajahat ali is here.