three soldiers are dead after separatist fighters attack a military camp in indian-he would kashmir. ♪ ♪ in hello i am jane dutton. other stories making the news, heavy fighting as isil fighters move in on a military air base in the extr strategic syrian ci. australian parliament passes controversy hal legislation that will impact thousands of migrants. plus why climate change is forces nation to his look at the impact on security at home and beyond their borders.

♪ ♪ those stories and more in a moment but first let's go to india after admin officer kashmir where it's been reported that fighters tried to storm andy january army camp. the attack now believed to be over. at least three end january soldiers, two indian police officers and two fighters have been killed. this update from new delhi. >> reporter: the attack started at 3:30 in the morning. a group of heavily-armed gunmen reportedly stormed an army camp in the town. now, the town is very close to the line of control between pakistan and india. the heavily-armed gunmen started firing on this artillery regimen and the operations, according to the ministry of defense in the state are still going on. we don't know whether the

militants have been killed. indian media haven'ted that at least three indian soldiers as well as two to three policemen and two militants have been killed so far. however, the military has not confirmed any of these figures. it a highly-sensitive time for the state of kashmir which is going through five phases of elections, in fact the town is set to go to the poll on his tuesday. separatist leaders have called for a boycott of the polls, but at least 70% turn out amongst voters so far. so a very sensitive time in kashmir currently. >> there has been heavy fighting in the strategically important city in eastern sear i can't remember the islamic state in iraq and levant group says it has taken control of a village near the city's air base and on are now trying to take the base itself. the area contains mean oil fields and also very close to the iraqi border.

dominick kane reports. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of an air strike. this part of the city is controlled by fighters from isil. making it a main target for the air forces of president bashar al-assad. this area is close to a government-controlled air base from, there, assad's air units can attack ale of the city and much of the wider area of dei az says zor province. in the countryside are oil fields. control of them has been fought over by all sides since the start of the civil war in 2011. last year, the al-nusra front was active here. but more recently. their influence has waned. in june, the free syrian army sent a convoy of its men through the streets of the city as a show of force.

but now it's isil that is fighting for ascendancy. one of their main targets is the ammunition depot which supposedly contains a large number of heavy weapons and government soldiers. on thursday, isil up loaded pictures to social media from the nearby village. in the video their fighters humiliate a captured syrian government sole germ the man is taunted and asked where is bashar to help you? if the government forces were to lose their air base, and arms depot in the area, it would be a serious blow. which explains why the fighting here is so intense. and why so many casualties are being taken. dominick kane, al jazerra. it's been 82 days since the northern syrian town of kobane came under attack from fighters from the islamic state of iraq

and the levant and the stalemate there continues. kurdish fighters from the ypg and peshmerga forces from neighboring iraq are pushing isil back with help from air strikes from a u.s.-led coalition. bernard smith is just across the border from kobane. that's happing there at the moment, bernard? >> reporter: jane, it's much as it has been in those last 82 days. there has been fighting overnight. i have heard this morning some gunfire, some mortar fire. there is this stalemate, he essentially both sides fighting out this battle for kobane. there was a fresh supply of peshmerga, another 150 went in and 150 came out exhausted after fighting in there. so the kurdish fighters have been replenish with those fresher battle-ready peshmerga fighters. but still this battle for kobane continues. what i can tell you is that what

has changed is the scene, the look of the town, evening from here without binoculars, you can see extraordinary amount of damage in there. huge areas of this town been completely flattened in this fighting. and really just to maintain the status quo, jane. >> so it's been going for two months, we have seen almost daily air strikes, why is it proving so difficult? >> reporter: well, this is the big question, really. essentially, the kurdish fighters have had u.s. coalition air strikes every night, almost every night, there have been air strikes and every day there have been air strikes and only just this morning in the last 10 minutes or so we heard the jet fighter jets flying overhead. so they have had that. they have had the peshmerga and their own resources the kurds, and they still have not been able to push isil out. and at the same time, isil have poured their resources in to this battle. and it's because this town has become symbolic for both sides.

it's become symbolic for isil, they feel that if they lose this town it seems then that will hit their morales where in their fight in iraq and syria. and also for the u.s. coalition this is a symbol of how they believe air strikes can push isil back. but the air strikes have not pushinged isil back. and in fact, isil have managed to maintain the position that his they have had for the last couple of months or so. really the town is divided pretty much 50/50. sometimes syrian kurdish forces will push forward, but they'll be pushed back again. and isil will push forward, but they'll be pushed back again. so you have had this stalemate now since the middle of september and it seems without those boots on the ground not much more can be done to win this battle for kobane at the moment, jane. >> okay, bernard smith, with that update, thank you. in the united states, there has been a second night of protests. the late never a series over race relations.

people have been holding mass demonstrations in response to a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer who killed an unarmed black man. the biggest was in new york where eric garner died in july after being restrained in a choke hold by police. police arrested protesters from times square, kristen slew repo. >> reporter: what was once considered a minority issue now has the makings of a national movement. demonstrators hit the streets in new york, and also chicago. shutting down traffic. and facing arrest in washington, d.c. their goal reforming a police force which they say does not place enough value on black lives. >> i think every american is acted by these issues. and i think white people are acted by racism. because white privilege blinds us to how broken our system s.

>> it's a huge injustice and people need to wake up and realize if it can happen to them it can happen to you. >> reporter: this is the largest demonstration we have seen in new york so far with thousands of people con verge on the ground lower manhattan and perhaps as many police officers here to keep the peace. worth noting that the police union today came out in support of officer daniel participant layer owe. cell phone video of eric garner's death shows him with his hands in the air, unarmed, and clearly struggling to breathe. after officer an el participant lay owe takes him down with a choke hold baned in police policies. yet a grand jury found in evidence to charge him. >> you cannot resist arrest. resisting arrest leads to confrontation, confrontation leads to tragedy. >> reporter: but activists are

vowing to keep up the pressure. >> we will not get away. it will not get too cold. it will not snow too high. this will be a winter that we freeze out police brutality in this country. >> reporter: and increasingly these voices in the streets are being ecoed in the halls of congress with many lawmakers now too calling for change. kristen, al jazerra, new york. birthday celebrations for thailand's king have been canceled after doctors say he's too ill to attend think thousands gathered outside banks cock's hospital where the king is receiving treatment. his legacy particularly in rural thailand remains strong. scott has more. >> reporter: rugged and remote northern tie land was once a half phone opium production. but the king is well known here for helping rural farmers get

way from that. working with them on alternative crop development and ways to improve their lives. he focused on the hill trial farmers in the north. >> translator: he was puzzled to learn that even though they grew opium they were still poor. the area is part of the golden triangle were the king offense called it the poverty triangle. >> reporter: this prompted the king to start a program that would give hill tribes the means to stain their way of life while stopping the illegal harvest of the opium. back in 1969, this was all opium. that's when the king launched right project. to give farmers here an alternative crop worth enough so they could actually make a living. but also to set up a research center to explore how to more efficiently grow crops in rural thailand. he was just a boy with the king visited his father's opium field. >> translator: for my father's generation earning enough to put foot on the table was good

enough. for my generation we need food but also money for other things in life. >> reporter: he now farms for the royal project growing grapes. >> we can now send our children to school from having nothing. the hills make farming difficult. the project researches alternative growing methods. >> translator: we learn that growing in closed greenhouses provides better yields. and villages learned how to grow without using soil. >> reporter: that saves on space but also stops the villagers from chopping down more of the forests around here. having their beloved king associated with it, gives royal project produce a marketing edge in thailand. and part of the money made from that advantage goes in to helping their fellow thai thaisd from growing back to growing

opium. still to come on the program, the u.n.'s peacekeeping mission in sudan is in trouble. we look at what's being done to keep the peace. in bangladesh only about one about the 4 million people out of the population of 150 million pay their tacks. we'll find out why.

♪ ♪ the top stories on al jazerra heavily armed fighters have attacked a military camp in indian administered kashmir. the attack took place near a town and left three soldiers and

two policemen debt. two fighters also died. there has been heavy fighting in the strategically important city in eastern syria. the islamic state in iraq and levante group says it's taken control of the village near the city's air base is and now trying to take the base itself. it's been the second night of protests in the u.s. after a grand jury decided not to indicted a new york city police officer who killed an unarmed black man during an an arrest. several protesters were detained. australia's conservative government has reintroduced temporary visas for refugees concreting their policy not to allow them to settle permanently. the controversy lets them live there for five years it is seem to let them deal with the 30,000 asylum seekers. an update from andrew to him as from sydney.

>> reporter: when elected in 2013 australia's government took a hard line approach to the number of refugees heading to its shores by boat. it didn't want them to come, it said and said it would step them coming in various ways, "a" it would turn back boats midway to australia. it's done that. "b" it would sends those that did get through to offshore camps in other countries. in a tiny pacific islands and new guy witnew begin-y with thee that they would never be sell go ahead in australia. and the tough effort one to enact those that did arrive would only get temporary protection here. the legislation has achieved that. what that means in practice for the 30,000 or so asylum seek who's had arrived in australia by boat, prior to the lex of the government, and were waiting assessment of their refugees claims, what it means for those people is that they will now have only temporary protection in australia. and the rules by which they will be assessed as refugees changed

to make it much tougher to prove that they are genuine refugeeses and to remove the rights of appeal if they are found not to be. that could mean, according to amnesty, that their processes are fast tracked that they are sent back to countries where they fled much quicker. in the meantime, though, those people can work. this has been a big bug bear of many of those 30,000 they have been living in limbo for more than 12 months, they are allowed to work during that process. but broadly speaking it's not good news for most. their applications for asylum could be fast tracked and in most cases could be negative. ukraine's army will observe a truce with pro-russian separatist on his tuesday. halting fighting. the day of silence will be observe odd tuesday as part of the minsk agreement reached in september that. deal between moscow, kiev and separatist was meant to end fighting that has killed more than 4,000 people since april.

one of the scientists that discovered ebola has criticized the world health organization. saying they didn't act fast enough. >> it took five months for w.h.o., for their international health regulations committee, because that's what it is, to declare this a state of emergency. it took a thousand dead africans and two americans who were repatriated to the u.s. because they were infected. there is no excuse for that. already in june, the end of may, they said this was an epidemic that was out of control. myself i also launched appeals end of june, early july, because what i was seeing is that three countries were involved, cases in appeared, i said this is different. and i called for a, you know, some kind of state of emergency and for a military operation, i

said we need to build an infrastructure to make sure there are enough agree encarnacion beds for treating name all of that. so it was -- it took too long. you can watch the whole of that interview on talk to al jazerra, it will be starting from this saturday at 0430 gmt. the doctor will be telling us about his early days and what is now democratic republic of congo when his team first discovered the ebola virus. sudan has called for an end to the u.n.'s peacekeeping mission in the country. relations have been strained since an attempted investigation in to allegations that sudanese soldiers raped up to 200 women in october james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: the security council meeting to discuss what many diplomats and officials will privately tell you is the u.n.'s most dysfunctional and troubled peace-keeping mission. they have been in darfur since

2008. but many are asking what it's actually doing to help stem the continuing violence. >> translator: the report before you describes a precarious security situation with clarks having occurred during the previous period between the government of sudan and the armed movements. deadly conflicts and also increased criminality and dan at this timand bandittree. >> reporter: it's a join mission, that's never been given resources including long range helicopters it needs to patrol the vast region and some diplomats say it should have dunmore to stand up to the sudanese government which has been consistently accused of bombing civilians and action tag the peacekeepers. >> it's an expensive and under formerring mission, now, this is largely down to the poor relationship with khartoum, they

are blocking it from doing its job which is focusing on protection of civilian but also internal management issues that we want to see addressed. >> reporter: recent allegations of the mass rape of up up to 200 women by his government's forces were fabricated by an operation radio station and that the u.n. had had its opportunity to investigate. >> they stood in theville and i think met who they wanted to meet for at least three hours they were in the village and issued their report. >> reporter: but now unimed wanting to back saying it shows they bung go ahead the first investigation. another mistake by a mission that find itself criticized by both members of the security council and sudanese government. so what will the u.n. do about it? second general ban ki-moon has announced a strategic review of the mission due in february. james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. china has disclosed details

about how it plans to curb greenhouse emissions for the first time. country's lead climate negotiator says beijing will work towards reducing the amount of greenhouse gases across all industries. and also take steps to increase forest cover to absorb emissions. last month the chinese president made the historic pledge to reduce pollution from 2030. china says rich nations aren't doing enough to help poorer countries deal with global warming. wealthy states pledged $9.7 billion towards the creation of a new u.n. green climate fund last month. china says current commitments are far from adequate. china says australia in particular has not done its part to support the funds. >> what i can say is that it's not good news. australia, if it's true, that they refuse to provide any money in to the dcf.

i think that is the -- i think that's legal. [ inaudible ] for all developing party to his make their contributions in order to -- that also has a very important impact in the negotiating process. it's a process -- [ inaudible ] process. now, climate change is one the biggest issues facing world leaders today. but doesn't just pose environmental and humanitarian challenges, it's also forcing nation to his look at the impact on security both at home and beyond their borders. tom ackerman reports on how the u.s. military is dealing with that problem. >> reporter: at hampton roads, virginia home of the world's largest military complex. planners are trying to cope with the biggest threat to its infrastructure. flood waters that keep rising every year. here is how they picture langley air force base in the next couple of decades. when sea levels cause a projected two and a quarter meters of flooding. just one of its bases where the

pentagon expects global warming to make its mark. >> when you look at sea level rise on our coasts, increased storm surge at those bases when you look at drought in the southwest, thawing personal a frost in alaska. all of these issues affect our installation and how we do our job. >> reporter: butt impact of climate change is also an increasingly important factor in america's worldwide security calculations. the chief of the u.s. pacific commands says a warming planet is likely in his words, to cripple the security environment. probably more likely than the other scenarios we all offense talk about. he tells his officers. >> you may not have a conflict with another military but you will have a natural disaster that you have to assist in or be prepared to manage the consequences on the other side. and that has been true every year. >> reporter: the military is

planning on repeating the operations after the typhoon that devastated parts of southeast asia such disaster relief and humanitarian effort are what a recent pentagon strategy calls a threat multi multiplier, no, sir forces are . >> reporter: the arctic warmer temperatures are project today turn the bearing straights in to a strategic shipping lane within the next 20 years,. >> i think we have to posture ourselves for peace, but you are going get that peace i think through making sure that you sense what's in the area, you know what's going on. and you have the ability to protect your own national interest. >> reporter: and in the competition for oil and other resources, a warmer arctic may emerge as the world's next

potential battle space. tom ackerman, al jazerra, washington. in bangladesh it is that time of the year which you do your taxes bow cord to go official figures only about 1.4 million people out of a population of 150 million actually pay up. more from there. >> reporter: this man is a tax evader, he asks that we hide his identity because he's committing a crime. he is a successful lawyer and he can afford to live in a nice apartment in downtown. but when it's time to file his taxes, the income estates is solo, he end up paying hardly anything. >> translator: if the government wanted us to pay taxes, if it actually followed up and forced to us pay, then i would have no choice. but if people can get way with not having to pay, then they will do it. and i am no different. >> reporter: accord to this government, out of a total population of over 150 million, only 1.4 million pay their

taxes. the government says it is trying to change that. this is a tax fund ferrets held regularly and is meant to be a one stop shop for all things tax related. the finance minister says people do end up handing over money to government officials. in the form of pride. >> really people pay more taxes than what government collects. in terms of bribe. you see. total tax collection is "x." real collection is "x" plus "y." that "y" is illegal collection. >> reporter: these tax fares are meant to eliminate any scope for bribery. that's what brings people here. but even she is not sure the government deserves her hard-earned money. >> what is the government doing for us. it's not fixing our roads, we don't have proper electricity. what's the benefit for us paying taxes? >> reporter: because of the

perception that the government doesn't do its job in providing basic services, people don't see the benefit of paying taxes. but because not enough people are paying taxes, the government can say that it doesn't have the foundation to provide many of these services. finance minister has set a target to get 5 million team pay taxes over the next five years. but given the level of corruption here, everybody he admits that's ability goal to achieve. al jazerra. it's been a year since nelson mandela passed away. south africans have been marking the occasion across the country these live pictures coming to us from pri pretoria where a prayer service was held on friday. later to commemorate his 67 years of public service bells, and sirenses will chime, honk, blow and whale for three minutes and seven seconds, and then three minutes of silence.

just remember if you want to find out anymore about that, we'll probably dip in just before the silence, you can also check out our website to read oven more about mandela's legacy and all the other news we are covering today. four officers pounce odd eric garn neve garner for resist a grand jury found no reason to indict. michael brown was shot after an encounter with a missouri police officer that began with an argument. are police train today lower the temperature or raise it. it's "inside story." ♪ ♪