running out of time, delegates at a key climate change conference, try to find a deal to reduce carbon emissions. ♪ >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from london. beige la desh's environmental disaster. cleaning up after a massive oil spill that also has india on high alert. a computer glitch closes london's air space causing chaos for travelers. plus -- ♪ >> did the u.s. put cuban hip

hop artists at risk in a secret operation to provoke unrest. ♪ hello, delegates at a key climate change conference in lima are running out of time to agree to a deal to reduce carbon emissions. they are trying to form a blueprint laying a foundation for a global cl-- climate chang treaty to take place next year. nick clark reports from lima. >> reporter: every year, around this time, in one country or another, a seemingly endless u.n. negotiating process grinds on and on. here in lima they are trying to stop that. the rallying cries have begun to shape up. >> i want them to look back at us and ask the question how did you find the moral courage to

shake off the lethargy, to break free of the chains of the past, to lift your sights, and draw the design of a future that we can accomplish. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry made a flying visit to move things along. he is an 'em passioned advocate of climate action. >> this is not just another policy issue measured against the array of global threats that we face today, and there are many of them, all challenges that no no borders, climate change absolutely ranks up there equal with all of them. >> this time around there is more optimism than usual. >> i have never seen such a sense of resolve that you find among people over here. yes, that of course has to translate into something concrete, and that's where people are sort of protecting

their own turfs. >> reporter: but progress is still extraordinarily slow. one bone of contention is how to manage country's commits to reduce emissions. >> this is proving difficult because all of the countries of the world are at different stages. and we want to be sure -- at least for [ inaudible ] want to be sure that rich countries in putting down what they can do, do not slide backwards, do not backslide. >> reporter: frequently towards the end of these conferences there is a mad rush as delegates go to rebook hotel rooms and deplay flights. only a brave few will assume this conference will end on time. but end it must, and these people hope with a detailed road map to paris next year. >> we're joined live now from lima. are they closer to some sort of break through, do you think? >> reporter: short answer to that is no.

in the last couple of years the way these conferences have gone, is on today what is sup bows to be the last day, it will go on until about 3:00 in the morning, and then they'll give up, and it will start back up around 10:00, and then everybody will run out of steam and the gavel will come down tomorrow night. the draft has been going back and forth. it was 50 pages long. now it's 7 pages long, and now some say that is too short. calls down to numbers. the old thing of developed nations saying that developing nations should shoulder more of the blame. developing nations don't like that at all. it's something that john kerry alluded to yesterday in his speech. and he said half of the emissions are coming from developing nations. and the developing nations don't agree with that. and for them it is totally a red

line. another big issue is finance. we had some good news with the glean climate fund, but the $100 billion promised way back that would be delivered every year by 2020, there is still no road map to that. in fact they say it should be $300 billion. so a long long way to go. and this coalition of countries, that say that no climate deal is better than a bad one. they say we do not want a draft text parachuted down on the last day. >> nick, there are so many areas of dispute. is there anything that they actually all do agree on? >> reporter: they agree that something has to be done. there has to be some kind of concession from all parties, but

not everybody is prepared to make concessions that are necessary. there are areas of agreement, but it's a getting over these difficulties that is the main issue. we have been reporting on the indc's which basically means what countries are prepared to do what length they are prepared to go to, to cut emissions, and how you legislator that, and assess for that is another big problem here. finance and the indc's those are the ones we have got to watch here. and whether or not they will come to any great conclusion. >> thank for that nick. bangladeshy fishermen have begun cleaning up an ecological disaster caused by massive oil spill. india is on high alert as the slick makes its way to the border. about 200,000 gallons of oil was

spilled when the vessel collided with sot vessel. we have the update from the delta. >> reporter: i'm in the brink of river shallay. you can say the mangrove forest, which is the largest in the world. 60% of it is in bangladesh territory, and the other on the indian side. you can see dark patches. this is the oil that has been washed ashore by the tide. the impact yet to be determined by the environmentalists, and marine biologists. there is a dolphin sanctuary where we have some of the most endangers species. this is the habitat of the royal bengal tiger. this river channels are not supposed to be used by

commercial vehicle, but because the channel has been filtered, recently the commercial vehicle has been using this. government yesterday decided to ban using up any commercial vehicle in this shore to preserve this area, which is a unesco international heritage site. ♪ passengers in the u.k. and parts of europe are facing flight delays after a computer failure closed london's air spice for about an hour. it says its systems are now wshging again, but there is a big dabbing log. this is london's air space which is home to five major airports: heathrow is the world's third largest airport. and al jazeera's paul brennan is

at heathrowe right now. how is the situation looks at the moment, paul? >> well, you can probably hear a plane landing behind me in a couple of seconds, so there is traffic moving in and out of heathrow again. in that is the latest plane to land. but for 36 critical minutes in the middle of the afternoon here in london, the computer systems were down, the air traffic controllers had to go to a manual operation, and there was organized chaos in the skies above london in fact the air traffic control system has control over about a 200,000 square mile area of air space. and the issue looks to be a technical problem which is still under investigation. they have ruled out any power outage, but what they are saying is the technical fault is still under investigation. there have been 50 flights

canceled here at heathrowe. other airports held off canceling flights. they are going to wait and see if they can clear the backlog. but here really any kind of delay, it's almost impossible to catch up. >> yeah, the knock-on effects are always huge, aren't they? and this affects flights for example from across europe? >> reporter: yeah, most of the cancellations are those short hull flights, people coming in from italy, france, you know, spain, those short-haul flights, and the reason why they will be affected is because they are the easiest to cancel. but with being unable to fly into heathrowe that means the planes, crew, and passengers are

now out of position. so the knock-on effect will last well into the weekend as not only passengers try to make their ways home. and the schedule is thrown out of kilter, the planes aren't where they are supposed to be. air crew cannot go into overtime. so it is going to have a very serious knock-on effect throughout the whole weekend, despite them doing their very best trying to clear the backlog. >> paul thanks so much. we get more on this story now from chris yates who joins us from manchester. thanks for being with us on the program. this air traffic control center in the south of england, it seems to have been plagued with problems, haven't they? >> yeah, they have. it's a problem that has been ongoing for a period of time.

and in fact, the secretary of state for transport today suggested this was an unacceptable incident, and that he will be asking very sharp questions of the national air traffic service to -- to find out precisely what went wrong. we believe that it was the flight-planning server that -- that affectively went belly up, and without that, they couldn't produce the -- the flight strips and had to go to a manual system for the 30-odd minutes that it was out, to -- to recover the situation, and that means, that aircraft were -- were positioned such that they were much wider separated than would normally be the case. and the knock-on impact of that, of course, is that we see these

cancellations and delays at places like heathrowe. >> air traffic control centers are so crucial to the way that air space is run and to safety. how often do problems come up at these centers across the world? >> well, they shouldn't is the short answer to that, but they do. you know, the fact of the matter is that london air traffic control center, for example, is probably one of the most complex of -- of -- of the systems that are operating. but there are other very complex air traffic control systems around the world. and i can think of the system in place in the united states of america, for example, as being another of similar magnitude. the fact of the matter is, they operate 24 hours a day, and occasi occasi

occasionally, and it is unfortunately only occasionally, that things do go wrong. but when they do go wrong, particularly in the case of london, which is the busiest piece of air space in the world, the impact can be quite profound. >> indeed. thanks chris. all right still to come on the program, we're going to investigate the huge financial burden of iraq's effort to defeat isil. and parts of italy brought to a stand still during a national strike by two unions. ♪

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hello again, a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry warning of a global tragedy unless a deal on climate change is reached. india is on high alert as massive oil slick makes its way towards the border from bangladesh. about 200,000 gallons of cooking oil was spilled after colliding with another vessel. dozens of people have been killed in iraq as the army continues its fight against the islamic state of iraq and the

levant. a suicide bomber killed 14 iraqi soldiers at a military base in anbar province. the bomber blew up a house the army has been using as a base. the area has seen intense fighting recently. meanwhile eight people were killed in an attack at a shia mosque in another province. three mortar shells struck the mosque. in the northern city, iraqi war planes have carried out targeting killing 15 suspected isil fighters. this happens as thousands gather for a holy day on saturday. iraq's finance minister has told al jazeera the fight against isil is draining iraq's economy. and he says the city of mosul is the key to defeating the armed group. >> reporter: when isil swept

into nertern iraq in yuan, it didn't just capture territory. it seized assesses, property, gold, and cash, from citizens, business people, and banks. iraq's finance minister says over a half a billion dollars were stolen from banks. isil is believed to be the richest such organization in the world. a lot of that revenue comes from iraq -- iraq eye oil fields. >> air campaign target those facilities in syria and some in iraq to deny them and deprive them of this revenue, but they have enormous financial resources. they are paying their recruits or their soldiers, or their

fighters good salaries, better than what we can afford to -- to pay ours. >> reporter: that's partly because iraq has a serious financial crisis. the economy is expected to shrink this year, because of lower oil output due to the war, and unchecked government spending. but the iraqi government believes that five months of air strikes and more effective ground forces have put isil on the defensive. it's apparently planning to push on with an attack on mosul to recapture the city taken by isil in june. >> the iraqi government has set up an operation for the liberation of mosul, okay? and this can only be done in concert, of course, and coordination with the coalition, not separately. but i believe is doable. and contrary to what many people

believe or think, i don't think it will be a long-fought battle. >> reporter: he and other iraqi leaders aware strikes and an army won't be enough. reclaiming iraq's third biggest city will rely on persuading sunni tribes and others who have so far been on the sidelines to fight as well. now the iraqi government is struggling with a serious financial crisis at the very time it needs money most. iraq's new finance minister says with the falling world oil prices, the government will have to make some tough decisions on cutting spending, while being able to continue this fight. there has been fighting between israeli security forces and hamas supporters during a demonstration in the occupied west bank. palestinian activists say israeli police stormed the rally

and fired tear gas and accuse officers of destroying a stage set up for hamas supporters working the organization'sing founding. the palestinian's president says he supports the crackdown on illegal tunnels. egypt accuses hamas of using the tunnels to smuggle in weapons. and egypt's military says it has killed 12 fighters as the offensive continues. according to state media, 70 people have been arrested during raids in the past week. security forces are trying to prevent attacks against the government that have been increasing. egyptian demonstrators have again demanded an end to what they call military rule.

protesters gathered in several cities calling for the president to leave office. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists who have now been detained in egypt for 349 days. baher mohamed, mohammed fahmy, and peter greste were jailed over also allegations they helped the out lawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing their sentences and convictions. at least 32 people have been killed in a twin bomb attack in a central nigerian city. another 45 were injured in a subseque subsequent bauming. >> reporter: two suicide bombers debt nateded their explosives here on thursday night. it bore the hall marks of boko haram. targeting packed areas in major cities has been an ongoing

trend, the aim maximizing the number of civilian casualties and therefore the impact. >> translator: we heard the sound of the blast, not a minute later the second bomb went off. i saw a lot of bodies scattered on the ground wherever. >> reporter: the state government says dozens were killed and injured. the explosions took place in the evening as shots were closing. that significantly reduced the casualty toll, they say. >> translator: [ inaudible ] when i discovered that something happened to my leg. >> reporter: the bombings in northern ciaing have claimed hundreds of lives. this targeted that's right of the country, a traditional flash point, and the fault line between the predominantly muslim north and the largely christian south.

a nationwide strike in italy has hit transport services, schools, hospitals, and civil administrati administrations. workers from two unions are demanding the government scrap its controversial labor reform laws. >> reporter: a nation nationwide strike the latest in a stripping of recent protests against the most sweeping labor reforms italy has seen in years. the contentious jobs act is the answer to unemployment currently touching 15%. unless there are mayor changes, students like these on the fringes of the protest and increasingly of society face a grim prospect, only one in two will likely enter full-time work. >> translator: it's clear that our country doesn't guarantee us a future, so my biggest fear is to be a temporary contract

worker forever, and not be able to realize the dreams that i fought for. >> reporter: the jobs act is meant to answer these concerns, making it easier for companies to hire and reducing the need for short-term contracts. the unions complain the act makes it easier to fireworkers instead, doing away with protection against unfair dismissal. one of italy's biggest problems is that it is traditionally inflexible labor market locks in high unemployment in a struggling economy. if employers can't hire and i fire freely, then they simply don't. >> translator: it's like taking us back to the 1800s. >> translator: i'm a teacher, but also a mother, so i'm worried for my 19-year-old. we were expecting a completely different approach by this government to the job market and social issues, but it never

came. >> reporter: if italy really is changing as the prime minister insisted when the jobs act was passed this month, then it isn't changing in the way many people here would like. it is feared cuban hip hop artists may have been put at risk by a secretive washington program. andy gallagher reports from miami in florida. ♪ >> reporter: they call themselves los [ inaudible ], but this hip hop duo may be more than just musicians. they and others were knowingly part of a secret u.s. government program, aimed at fuelling political change in cuba. the idea was to infiltrate the eye land's hip hop scene and spread a message of decent. it was part of an initialtive

that was paid for and farmed out to contractors for millions of dollars. it is said to have been inspired by serbian protest concerts that helped oust their president several years ago. one of the biggest criticisms is that young cuban musicians were recruited into a program that has clear political plans in mind. but many musicians were interrogated. the state department says safety of those involved was the responsibility of contractors. >> we recognize ordinary subbans run the threat of up setting the government. so it was the responsibility of

the grantee. >> reporter: but this isn't the first time they have been accused of undermining cuba's government. a fake twitter account was also paid for by the agency. but among cubans in miami, programs like it are welcomed. >> i believe if i recal recally -- firmly that anything that can be done along those lines, not to create -- problems for other problems, but anything that can be done is a good thing. >> reporter: critics say it's simply counterproductive. >> it just continues to bring out the worst in the cuban regime. all we're doing is helping to foment more paranoia and mistrust. ♪ >> reporter: the program which ran for two years has now been

closed down, but those critical of it fear the only ones who will suffer now are cuban's real musicians. of course there's much more over on our website, the address to click on is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. ♪ explore. i'm phil torres. tonight sharks. both people avoid sharks. we're out to meet them. tag them. learn all about this pep. >> sharks don't eat people. >> five days and nights at sea on our especially rigged shark laboratory. exhort research is next. lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a.