♪ 11,000 diplomacy, more foreigners head to vienna as the deadline nears reaching an agreement on iran's nuclear program. ♪ hello i'm sammy in doha, coming up, on the show, who will be the next leader of tunesia, new guidelines for u.s. troops in afghanistan and still being able to shaktar get the taliban after combat operations end in december, plus a battle over an important source of power in

yemen. ♪ the u.s. secretary of state john carry will immediate the saudi minister to update the talks in vienna before a self i'm piezed deadline on monday, sergei fedorov is heading to the capital on want to limit acbigss in turn for lifting sanctions. >> we are working hard, we hope we are making careful progress but we have doubts and we still have some serious gaps which we are working to close. >> reporter: and we are in vienna and joins us from there now, we are getting to almost nail-biting closeness on this one, any indication where this is heading on all this

diplomacy? >> no firm indications, sammy of what the outcome may be at the end of the day on monday, november the 24th. of course that the self imposed deadline the parties set themselves to try and reach a deal. no one but themselves will keep them to that deadline and of course the possibility is being raised here and there in comments made by anonymous members of the negotiating teams that perhaps an extension is on the cards and going to be discussed but not happening yet. they are working towards a deal of some sort, if not a total final comprehensive deal a framework deal at least which would codify all the bits and pieces that have been discussed and agreed upon over the last few months leaving open the gaps to be filled at some later stage. that is where we understand they are, these talks, diplomacy is gathering pace, foreign ministers on their way and told

mr. sergei fedorov and the french foreign minister arriving later for a dinner with mr. kerry and their german counterpart and indeed mr. kerry as you mentioned meeting the saudi prime minister and that is interesting because they are allies of course and the saudis are deeply suspicious of intentions and why would he be addressing the foreign minister. >> nevertheless, if everything doesn't fall in place in time do we know what kind of extension is being discussed there? >> we don't. there are options that they might consider perhaps staying on just for a few extra days to try and nail down that framework agreement or they could decide to adjourn altogether and go away and carry on working behind the scenes at arms length and coming back to resume negotiations in a month, two or maybe more. we simply don't know and the

it's preference of all parties i think to nail something down in vienna before proceeding but that of course may be well not up to them. we will see. >> we will see indeed, thanks so much. not everyone is hopeful for even confident about a nuclear deal for iran and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said no agreement would be better than a bad agreement. >> translator: there is no reason for it to retain thousands of centrefuges for uranium for a short period of time and no reason for iran developing intercontinental missiles and people carrying nuclear war heads and threatening the entire world therefore it would be preferable for no deal rather than a bad deal endangering israel, middle east and all humanity. >> we have a professor at tehran university and explains how the

iran people feel about this. >> the overwhelming majority of the iranians are strongly backing the iran nuclear program and a lot of it has to do with the sovereignty itself. and that iran has the right to enrich uranium and a peaceful nuclear program within the framework of the mpt and the iaea but that the united states really wants to impose restrictions on iran that would make it some sort of second-rate country. president rohani said this on one occasion and said iran will not accept nuclear apartheid and this is how the irans see it and willing to be flexible and willing to create an environment to increase trust, perhaps to slow down certain elements of the growth of the nuclear

program, but if the americans are going to demand permanent restrictions or restrictions that are so long-term that they seem almost permanent, then that simply is something that the iranians will not accept. >> and voters are accusing the president for the first time since the revolution three years ago and some polling station seen large cues of voters in total more than 5 million people are eligible to vote. there are 22 candidates to choose from. to have emerged as frontrunners. 87-year-old is the favorite and he is the head of the secularly tunis party which run parliamentary elections in october and the close e rival is the current interim president and he has been in charge since the ousting of former president. and we have the latest from the capitol. >> well, this is a historic moment for many tunesians and

i've spoken to some people in the cue and for the first time ever in a presidential election. let's take you inside and show you what is happening here. you can see that the protest is bei being monitored and taken very seriously because of course a lot of tunesians are hoping it will be a free and fair election unlike many others, 23 years they did not have a choice and had one president and they had one party but many people were in a way forced to vote for. of course there are so many problems in this country. it may be used as an example by the international community of a successful module in the so called arab spring. but the people want just and dignity and came out to vote for and freedom of speech and free to vote for who they want but still don't have the economic and social solutions to their problems. >> a car bomb exploded at a bus station in iraq killing five people. 7 others were wounded in the

town south of the capitol baghdad. kurdish fighters in iraq say they are not getting enough support from the u.s. led coalition in their night against isil, iraqi prime minister is also calling for more air support, and we have the details. >> reporter: the aftermath of u.s. led air strikes far getting isil fighters in the central city of heat and buildings destroyed and at least 8 civilians killed including women and children, three months of air striked pushed back isil in some areas but advancing elsewhere and pushing hard into entire by romadi where people have been can i'lled in killed in the last few days and iraq prime minister has called for more air support and in the province kurdish persmerga forces are critical of the air

strikes. >> the airplane doesn't come here. >> reporter: the battle there is fierce and kurdish commanders say they are not getting support they need and accuse the u.s. of having a certain tolerance towards isil's advance. >> translator: this area is near the border with iran and it might be the preference of coalition forces and americans to create a problem for iran, this might be the reason the coalition and americans did not attack isil here. >> reporter: they want to expand in the battle against isil and will spend millions with ak-47 and rocket grenades and mortars and it will do so with by and through i iraq government but the government is hesitant. >> translator: the government in baghdad is in doubt about the weapons to be given to tribes and fears the weapons might reach the hands of isil fighters and said by a lot of politicians from the national coalition. >> reporter: the u.s. and the coalition are constant will

reassessing options but u.s. says the only way to beat them in ambar is arming the sunni tribing but they have been here before in 2006, 7 and 8 armed by the u.s. to fight al-qaeda in iraq and they did do and did defeat. however they were abandoned by the americans who simply stopped the funding to them and the last government isolated them which some say led to the rise of isil and take some convincing that that would happen to them again. i'm with al jazeera, baghdad. now political party has emerged victory in bahrain and it will take place on november 29 for currently undecided parliamentary seats and people voted saturday for the first time since the government cracked down on protests three years ago and the largest party boycotted the elections. a roadside bomb in yemen has

killed houthi fighters in the village and district of radow and reports of injuries but no one claimed responsibility for it. a power plant in yemen has been shut down after it was attacked by tribesmen, the plant supplies power to the capitol and many of the surrounding provinces. and houthis and sunni tribesmen have been gathering fighters as a sign of increasing sectarian divide in the country and we report. >> reporter: sunni tribesmen in the province are making preparations for a confrontation with the shia houthis and the army weakened by years of conflicts. tribesmen say they will take the defense of the oil and gas rich province into their own hands. >> translator: the situation is under control. but if there is war things might

get out of control and militias will wreak havoc and dangerous for us. >> reporter: he is in charge of the most important unit here. he tours the front line on a daily basis to ensure his men are ready for the fight. >> translator: fighters are deployed for two weeks and sent back home for a day or two and then they have to return to the front line. now we are on high alert. >> reporter: this is a predominately sunni area. anti-houthi sentiment is on the rise here. these people accuse the group expanding to control most of yemen, for them defending is a matter of life or death. >> translator: we receive no backing from the government. each fighter has to pay to maintain the patrol units operating nonstop and tribes send us food from time to time. >> reporter: the government has pleaded for calm.

asking tribesmen and the houthis to settle their differences through dialog. but the threat of war looms large in this rich desert province. the houthis are deploying hundreds of fighters to the area, they say their presence is crucial to prevent al-qaeda from seizing vital oil and gas installations in the province. i'm with al jazeera. israeli troops have killed a palestinian farmer in northern gaza, army said two palestinians approached the wall ignoring calls to stop prompting fire from the soldiers, it is the first deadly shooting since a truce ended a 50-day war. al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists in egypt for 330 days, greste and fahmy and mohamed jailed on charges of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and charges

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♪ welcome back, let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera now, u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet with saudi

foreign minister on sunday to update the nuclear talks in vienna after a flurry of last-minute diplomacy after monday's deadline. voters are choosing a president for the first time since the revolution three years ago and elections official governing body says turn out so far is just 12%, the two frontrunners are from the tunis party and interim president who replaced the president. israeli troops kipped a palestinian farmer in northern gaza and israeli army said two approached the wall ignoring calls to stop prompting fire from soldiers. the war in syria has forced millions to leave their homes, more than a million live in neighboring lebanon and each refugee has a story how the conflict impacted their lives and share the fear their country will never be the same again and

dana reports. >> reporter: he is a business graduate and ballet dancer and works at this cafe earning a living and the war in syria has made her a refugee. the 26-year-old is just one of over a million syrians who live in lebanon and just like the others the conflict changed her life. >> when somebody take everything from you, and leave you with nothi nothing, you have to start all over again, it's hard. each hour. i can't think future because it's like a very precious thing. >> reporter: cafe where she works is frequented by syrian refugees and here supporters and opponents of the government are able to sit together and he doesn't support either side, he is an artist from aleppo and

doesn't like to discuss what divides syrians, for him the focus should be on rebuilding a society which has been the real victim of the conflict. >> it's destroyed because you can say 40% they leave, they left syria, 20% died, 40% stayed. so the syrian society is destroyed now. there is like no community anymore between the people. ♪ and he uses music to try to bring syrians together and his message is simple silences the guns would mean nothing if people cannot live together but here it runs to deep for healing. >> i'm not sure syrians, you know, see a solution as -- there

are multiple ideologies and multiple factions of the same population that see a solution but what is for sure is they all want peace. they all want just for this war to stop. >> reporter: for now even that is just hope. >> it's like a nightmare and you wish to wake up but you don't because every time we think we can go back something worse comes. >> reporter: hard reality for the syrians and know their lives and their country will never be the same again. i'm with al jazeera, beirut. the afghan parliament approved two security deals governing the role of foreign troops in the country after december, the by lateral security agreement with washington and separate nato agreement both passed by majority vote. meanwhile u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed to target taliban fighters next year under new guidelines approved by the u.s. president

and originally the role had been limited to tackling al-qaeda and training afghan troops. charles stratford has more from kabul. >> reporter: voting for the go ahead of both the security arrangements one with u.s. and nato forces and comes at a time where president obama has an expansion of the role of troops that will remain here to train the afghan military. the exact details of what, in fact, these troop also be doing remains unclear but it certainly comes at a time where afghan forces are struggling to meet the taliban threat. we have seen a different strategy used by taliban in resent months and sometimes 400 taliban fighters targets the south and east of the country and three big attacks here in kabul in the last couple of weeks and also draws into question more efforts that are being made in terms of the diplomacy on international level and trying to bring the taliban to peace talks and trying to

initiate some sort of truce. we had president ghani in saudi arabia in resent weeks and pakistan after failed efforts to bring countries on board to try and mediate. certainly agreements that have been vote today in parliament and signals coming from washington for expansion of the u.s. troops that will be staying here very significant in terms of the security here in afghanistan. >> reporter: five years after 58 people were murdered in the philippines police are still waiting for their first conviction. nearly 200 people have been charged in connection with the massacre and we report on how the philippine justice system is it self on trial. >> reporter: it was a crime so bold it shocked the whole country. 58 people killed in broad daylight just off a main highway in the province in the southern philippines. 21 of the victims were relatives and associates of a political

dynasty and 32 journalists and 5 were passersby. first witness to come forward spoke to al jazeera and fear for his life accused the rival family, one of the most powerful in the region being behind the massacre. >> translator: he ordered it. >> reporter: 18 members of the family are now on trial for multiple murder. along with 176 others including police and military forces under the family's influence. and the family patriarch and two of his sons all held public office and close allies of the country's president at the time. but the case has been proceeding much slower than many would like even with a new president in power. >> you don't charge 178 for murder and have not charged this many people. >> reporter: the trial continues behind these walls. the biggest test of an already

pillarry justice system but the days is be set more than procedural problems and infighting with prosecutors and accusations of bribery a judge who some say is too cautiouss and witnesses who are either disappearing or getting killed. promising to reform the country war lords and impunity he said there would be a conviction by the end of 2016 and the commissioner when the crime happened has taken over the case herself. >> it's not easy to advance a reform agenda by any administration, a lot of resistance vested interests, powerful people, those who would really want status quo to prevail always. >> reporter: but since the massacre rights groups say there are 100 extra killings and only

a handful of convictions, the southern philippines is governor here but members of the family are also back in public office. as much as the government says it is pushing for change it seems some things have not changed at all. al jazeera, manilla. breaking news just coming into us here on al jazeera now and getting word that 40 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing attack. that is in eastern afghanistan. apparently the bomber targeting a volley ball and 40 people killed eastern afghanistan after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a volley ball match and we will bring you more details as we get them. an earthquake has shaken parts of central japan, 6.2 magnitude quake struck where the 1998 winter olympics were held and homes destroyed in the nearby

s ski resort and dozens injured in the area and trying to rescue trapped people in southwest china, at least four confirmed dead in the province following the 6.3 magnitude earthquake there. the epicenter of the quake was in the county here and more than 50 injuries were reported. the people's liberation army is helping to build makeshift shelters and evacuate badly damaged buildings. talking of china the most westerly province saw the first high speed train open this week as part of a redevelopment plan for an area known as tension with separatists and we report the city the government wants to become an important hub once again. >> reporter: it is one of the world's oldest bizarres where butchers, farmers and traders come to inspect and haggle over

livestock like they have done for centuries and reminders when this was once a hub of the silk trading route from china to the mediterranean and the farmer has just made a 12-hour journey here. >> translator: i come to the bizarre every week, sometimes i can sell three yaks, other times only one. >> reporter: most of the people here are ethnic muslim weagers and the market is a symbol of their culture. >> translator: the bizarre is very important to our life. >> reporter: standing here it's hard to believe you are still in china, the borders of pakistan, kurdistan are just a few hundred kilometers away and this is as always has been the world's original marketplace. down the road change is coming. the old city once stood as a powerful symbol of meager

identity and today chunks of it are torn down on the orders of the government which promised new homes with better living conditions. you see the occasional tourist but most have been frighteneded away by resent violence that the authorities blame on weager armed groups and some of whom want independence from china. most are weary of talking to foreign journalists, those who do do not like to be identified. >> translator: the government says this is not very safe for tourists. we hope next year will be better if more tourists come here it's easier for us to make money. >> reporter: roadside bill boards show the government's vision for the future, a city they say could one day be the shanghai of asia, new high rise developments point to billions of dollars the government is pouring into roads and buildings, a construction boom that it hope also bring

stability and prosperity as it tries to turn it to the economic trade hub of old, adrian brown. the last pieces of wreckage from malaysia airlines mh-17 are taken from ukraine to netherlands and recovered a week ago by dutch experts and recovery delayed to the understand going unrest near the sight in eastern ukraine and it was downed in july killing all people aboard. in mexico's capitol demonstrators are calling for release of 11 protesters who were arrested on thursz # thursday. they were detained when demonstrators fought with the police in mexico city and rally with 43 students missing since august. local media reports say the 11 protesters are held at federal detention centers and facing a number of criminal charges. hundreds of musicians mark their

market day by marching through the streets of the mexican capitol dressed in silver button suits and bow ties and hats and honoring patron st. cecelia, up to date the news we are following on al jazeera.com. when the world's bad guys extremist, gorillas, thugs kidnap people and demand ransom, should they get anything from the u.s. government? it's inside o. hello, i'm ray swarez. as the arm