>> working hard. we hope we are making careful progress. >> monday's deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear programme may have to be extended as big gaps remain between the two sides. hello, i'm sammie, you are watching al jazeera live from doha, who will be the next leader of tunisia. millions vote in the next presidential election since the 2011 revolution. new guide lines. u.s. troops in afghanistan will

still be able to target the taliban after combat operations end in december. >> free school lunches the main attraction for children in gard ghana. the cooks are not getting paid. it's looking unlikely that a deal on iran's nuclear programme will be reached before the deadline on monday. talks are taking place in vienna, where secretary of state john kerry met iran's foreign minister zarif, and e.u. envoy katherine ashton. jonah hull is in vienna, joining us. sergey lavrov is heading there,

john kerry extending his stay, is there momentum building for an 11th-hour deal? >> it would tend to suggest if mr sergey lavrov is on his way to vienna, and we will not know that until there's wheels up in moscow, that there is something to talk about, and something towards - despite suggestions in the iranian state media, quoting a source in the iranian delegation, that a deal is impossible. we hear that the french foreign minister is here. suggesting that the british counterpart is not far behind. and as they speak they are talking at the highest levels. zarif, his counterpart and katherine ashton sitting in a fifth trilateral meeting. they are talking about an extension, an option if no deal

is reached on sunday. that may be the case. i will say this - remember, a year ago in geneva, when talks were at the same stage, there were similar jurisdictions for failure, a deal was produced at the last minute. it may well be what we have here. enormous stakes attached, cards held closely to the chest. a deal may be elusive. >> we have a reason to sit on the edge of our seats. if it doesn't fall into place, what sort of extension may be agreed to. do we know broad parameters of what we are looking at? >> nobody is openly suggesting or admitting that an extension is an option officially. the precedent, what happened a year ago, they reached a framework interim deal and spent six months, gave themselves six months to discuss the

details in july. they decided on a sixth month extension, keeping the interim deal in place. on the basis of precedent, that is something that could happen, mount the freeze on iran's nuclear programme, development of the programme, as is in the interim deal and talk for a matter of months. they will not want to pursue the option. they may not have a choice. the other option is to stay for a couple of days. the americans will be key to get back home jonah hull there in vienna a car bomb has exploded at a bus station in iraq, killing five. several others were injured in the town south of the capital baghdad. >> kurdish fighters are not getting enough support from the u.s.-led coalition, the p.m. is calling for more air support.

erica wood has the latest. >> the aftermath of u.s.-led air strike targetting the fighters. buildings destroyed and eight civilians have been killed, including women and children. three months of strikes pushed back i.s.i.l., it's advancing elsewhere. they have been pushing hard into ramadi, where dozens of members have been killed. it controlled most of the province, and iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi called for more air support. further east in dailia province, the kurdish peshawar are crit cam. >> the air strikes doesn't come here. >> the battle is fears. commanders say they are not getting the support they need, and accuse the u.s. to having a certain tolerance towards i.s.i.l.'s advance. this area is near the border

with iran, and it may be the intent of the americans and others to create a problem for iran, and may be why they did not attack here the u.s. says it's planning to spend millions of dollars, arming sunni tribes with ak-47s, rocket propelled grenades and mortar rounds, and a document addressed to congress saying it will do so with, by and throw iraq's government. some say the president is hesitant. >> reporter: the government in baghdad is in doubt about weapons to be given to tribes. there's fear it may reach the hands of i.s.i.l. fighters. >> reporter: with no troops on the ground, arming tribes many may be one of a few options in the battle against i.s.i.l.

a former minister with the kurdistan regional government joins us now from erbil. good to have you with us. tell us why we are hearing criticism from the kurd about the air strikes. what do you think is wrong? i think air strike in general. it's the deciding factor in a battle, but it does not win the war. if you look at the recent history, the nature of air strike in serbia. n.a.t.o. started to bombing them because it - they were bombing fixed sites. in libya, there were two strategies employed. air strikes with artillery and bombs. with i.s.i.s. it works.

air strikes stopped i.s.i.s. to be more offensive. got them to change their techniques. and got them to resupply its war against i.s.i.s. still, there is lack of communication or coordination between the grand forces and air forces outside the countries, all with the advisors that exist. i think the war cannot be ended by air strike only. it will be a long war. it has multifriends. is cannot always be ended. >> that's an centring point. do you think that the

international - the u.s. led collision against i.s.i.l., does it have a strategy that can succeed if the goal is to defeat, not simply contain i.s.i.l. >> if the goal is to delay i.s.i.s., and not full, complete strategy, i.s.i.s. will be threat to international security, peace and stability. it's a time for all allies to come out with a complete strategic plan, not just by military means. >> do you think they have one. do you think they presented that? >> so far, i don't think they find that there is a clear vision to fight i.s.i.s., except literary. that means it's not going to be enough.

it needs full solutions, we have to not forget i.s.i.s. is among the sunnis and shias. we cannot just go to war and forget the other side. >> i'm glad you mentioned that point. >> today... >> i'm glad you mentioned that. what to you think about haider al-abadi, the prime minister. is he making the changes that nation you and others want to be part of a unit iraq. >> i think he's doing his best. he will succeed inside his party. the kurds are doing their best

to support him to succeed and bring peace and stability and sort out problems. >> they have inherited a huge bj of problems. the question is all other groups, they will hep haider al-abadi or in the war against i.s. >> a lot of questions. still to be answered there. >> so far there is good signs. he's doing his best. we hope that he can and i thing the key to that will be judicial

systems in the country. >> sorry, we are running out of time. >> it's a question. he will win. >> the former minister with the kurdistan regional government. thanks for your thoughts. voters in tunisia are choosing a president for the first time. some see large queues of voters, more than 5 million are eligible to vote. there are 22 candidates, two emerged as frontrunners, the 87-year-old is the favourite. he is head of the secular nidaa tounes party that won elections in october. his closest rival is the counter president moncf marzouki, he's been in charge since the ousting of president zine el abidine ben ali. >> reporter: this is an historic moment for many tunisians. i've spoken to some people in

the cue. many are voting for the first time ever. let's show you what is happening here. >> you can see that the protest is being monitored, taken seriously. because, of course tunisians didn't have a choice, they had a party that many were forced to vote for. >> maybe they are used as a successful model in the arab brings. this is what the people came out to fight for. they don't have the economic and social solutions to their problems. >> still to come - china plans to transform a city into the

shanghai of central asia. muslim values - are they being demolished and a potential witness in the philippines has been shot. thanksgiving day marathon. on al jazeera america.

welcome back. let's recap the headlines. monday's deadline for a deal on the nuclear program can be extended. world powers want powers limited. a car bomb exploded at a bus station in iraq, killing five. several others were injured.

voters in tunisia are choosing a president for the first time since the revolution three years ago. the two frontrunners are beji caid essebsi from the secular nidaa tounes party, and interim president moncf marzouki the afghan parliament approved two security deals, governing the role of foreign troops. the bilateral agreement with washington and the separate nato agreement have been passed by a majority. u.s. troops will be allowed to target the taliban fighters, under guidelines reportedly approved by u.s. president obama. originally the role was limited to tackling al qaeda, and training afghan troops. charles stratford joins us from kaboom. the approval on the agreements had an interesting journey.

it took a while to reach parliament and now passed through, almost unopposed. >> that's right. unanimously passed. it's taken a long time to get here. the former president hamid karzai repeatedly delayed signing the agreement. his argument that he was afraid of civilian casualties, air strikes on villages causing deaths. he said he wanted more of an american role to bring the taliban to peace talks, wanting america to be more involved in the peace side of things. then, of course, we had the election here in april. that was a disputed election that went to a second round. it was not until september when ashraf ghani was inaugurated that he signed for the agreement to go ahead. know here we are in november, and parliament signing. it's a long time coming. >> at the same time we got the news about the brodening of the

u.s. combat role. what question is that raising about the fight? >> well, it's interesting, isn't it. you speak to military analysts, and they talk about how the taliban, certainly there the fighting season that we are coming to the end of. how the strategy is changing. we saw how it was used, and saw evidence, 300-400 titlers. that challenge to fight the taliban, to keep them at bay increased. there's fear of the use of air strikes. ashraf ghani said he has difficulty looking in the eyes of afghan military officials, because he said not having an air force, they can't combat or help the soldiers.

it causes questions respect to the diplomatic efforts made on the international stage, filed effort to bring in qatar, to get them to mediate talks with the taliban. ashraf ghani has been in pakistan and saudi arabia to bridge on other parties to try to mediate the peace talks, but three attacks in kabul in the last coup of weeks, big attacks by the taliban. obviously the military changes are very still - still there. these announcements by president obama for the expanded guidelines an indication of how great they are. >> thank you for that. >> the last feeses of wreckage from the malaysia airlines jet shot down over ukraine four months ago have been recovered. they are on their way to the netherlands, where most of the 298 victims came from. fighting delayed the recovery operation by dutch experts. the government blamed

pro-russian separatists for downing the boeing triple 7. moscow says a ukranian military aircraft shot it down. >> five years after 58 people were murdered in the philippines, police are waiting for a first conviction. 200 people have been charged in connection with the mass abbing area. gunmen killed a potential witness and wounded another. we have this report on how the filipino justice system is, itselfing on trool. >> it was a crime so bold it shocked the country. 58 people killed in broad daylight off a main highway in the province in the southern philippines. 21 of the victims relatives and associates of a political dynasty. 32 were journalists, and five simply passers-by. >> the first witness to come forward spoke to al jazeera. in fear for his life, he accused a rival family, one of the most

powerful in the region. >> that one himself ordered it. >> 80 members of the family are in trial for a multiple murder, along with 176 others, including police and medical forces. this man and his son held public office and were allies of the president. the case has been proceeding slower than many would like. even with the president in power. >> you don't charge 198 originally with counts of murder, it's never done. they have not charged this many people. the trial continues behind the walls. the biggest test of a justice system. the case has been beset by more than procedural problems. there's infighting among prosecutors. a judge who some say is

cautious. who are disappearing or getting killed. promising to reform the culture, the president said there would be a conviction by the end of his term in 2016. the justice secretary, who was human rights commission has taken over the case herself. >> it's not easy to advance a reform agenda by any administration. a lot of assistance vested interests, powerful people. those that would want status quo to prevail always. since the massacre, rights groups say there has been more than 100 judicial killings, and a handful of convictions. in the philippines, members of the family are also back in public office. as much as the government says

it's pushing for change, it seems some things haven't changed rescuers are trying to reach trapped people following a quake in sworn china, four people are confirmed dead in sich one province, following the 6.3 earthquake. the epicentre, where 50 injuries have been reported. the people's liberation army is helping to build shelter and evacuations. china's western province saw a high-speed train line open. it's part of a redevelopment plan for an area known tore tensions with muslim separatists, it's on the silk road training routes running from china to europe. aaron brown reports, the government wants it to become an important hub again.

>> reporter: it is one of the world's oldest baz areas, where butchers, farmers come to haggle over prices. it was one the hub of the silk road route stretching from china to the med terrainium. this yak farmer made the 12 hour journey. >> i come to the bazar every week. sometimes i sell three animals, other times only one. >> most of the people are ethnic uyghurs, the market is a symbol of their culture. the biz areas are important. standing here, it's hard to believe you are still in china, the borders of pakistan, kurdistan, and guagicize stan. having made kashgar what it has been. the world's original

marketplace. down the road change is coming. the old city stood as a powerful symbol of the uyghur identity. chunks are being torn down on the orders of the government. promising new homes and better living conditions. you see the occasional tourist. moster fightened by violence that the authorities blame on uyghur armed groups, some of whom wants independence from china. most are aware of talking to foreign journalists, those that do don't like to be identified. >> the government says this is not very safe for tourists and hope next year will be better. if more tourists come here, it will be easier for us to make money. >> reporter: roadside billboards show a vision for the future, a city that could one day be the shanghai of central asia. the new high-rise pointing to

billions that the central government is pouring into roads and buildings. a construction boom that it hopes will bring stability and prosperity as it strives to transfer the city into the economic trade hub of old. a free school lunch programme in ghana is running into trouble. more than 1.7 million children from poor families rely on it. caterers say they haven't been paid for months. >> 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 home, helping on the farm. today's meal is a local dish with palm nut soup. school feeding had a huge impact on classroom attendance, there's no evidence to suggest it translates into the best results for a child.

in this school some children turn out from other areas to have lunch here. [ singing ] there has been a 30% increase in enrolment since the school joined the programme three years ago. according to the district chief executive there are many other factors that influence the child's schooling. >> the needs, the material for aid, learning. for example, teachers - we need school uniforms, material for the children. some children are barefooted. some have tattered uniforms. we need these things. so they are coming to school, and after eating. >> reporter: the programme is running at a deficit. caterers are preparing meals at their own cost, because they have not been paid for the last year. the allowance is about $0.15 per

child per day. >> the price of school. we buy 50 kilograms much rice. it was 80, now it's 150. it's no more to provide quality food for the children. >> reporter: the man that oversaw the introduction of the school feeding program is dismayed with the lack of progress. >> it's the right of the children for education, and to be fed. if school is to help them. government has big advantages in producing low-cost foods, added valued food so that the government will grow economically, and it benefits

everyone. >> reporter: school feeding had a positive impact on the poor communities, poor financial management and lack of monitoring prevented it reaching full potential. and, of course, if you want to keep up to date with the stories we've told you about, head over to aljazeera.com. entertainments that are made for there is not good reason why you will. representation on screen.