. [music] >> welcome to the news hour. we are an in doha with your top stories. the taliban claim responsibility for a string of attacks in afghanistan. at least 20 people are killed. on the front line of iraq's army as they try to halt isil's advance in the crucial anbar province. the police in india arrest a man accused of being behind a popular twitter account that

supports isil. rescuers are under way in a landslide where 100 people are missing. >> in central kenya where for people the best way to get to a health center, but at times the ride can be rough. >> we start in afghanistan where 20 people have been killed and dozen dozens of others have been injure: in kabul an army personnel have withi been killed, others have been wounded in multiple attacks across the country. let's go to kabul where jennifer

glasse joins us from there. what more can you tell us about these recent attacks. >> reporter: a deadly 24 hours here in afghanistan. the latest attack just before the sunset here during afghanistan's kabul very busy rush hour. the police say it was a suicide-bomber on foot that attacked that bus, setting it aplay ablaze. seven afghan personnel were killed, 18 people wounded including civilians walking by on the busy kabul streets. it's the second attack this morning. a senior member of afghanistan's supreme court was killed on his way to work and as you mentioned 12 mine clearers killed by the taliban in an attack in helmand province. on friday night two members of the nato security force were killed as the taliban at the point up their attacks against what they call the invaders and their puppets.

they say those attacks will intensify. >> jennifer we know that foreign troops are expected to leave by the end of the year, and it seems that taliban attacks are on the rise. this does not body very well by the afghan security forces, does it. >> there is a lot of concern about what it will look like moving forward. 350,000 afghans are trying to keep the peace and keep those attacks from happening, but they admitted it's a very difficult task, especially with task likes this evening just one suicide-bomber. we've seen the targets over the past couple of weeks. a british embassy convoy, and it's a very difficult task for afghan security forces. as security forces leave they take some of the things that

they feel are crucial. but these are attacks targeting specific target. it's difficult for them to do anything about. here in kabul security has tightened. there are more check points around the city. but as we've seen in the attacks today very little can be done when you have a crowded bus going through the streets at rush hour if the suicide-bomber wants to get through, as clearly today they did. >> jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. the baltimore iraq will be fought in anbar, according to the province's governor. fighters are making gains in the area. they've capture advilage just 12 kilometers west of the provincial capital ramadi. and they mounted two suicide

attacks at security check points. let's look at why anbar is so important. securing anbar is crucial for the army. it is iraq's biggest province, covering a third of the land mass. it's surrounded by syria, jordan, and saudi arabia. anbar's internal boundaries extend all the way to baghdad. it's a predominantly sunni province where tribal allegiances dominate. we have this exclusive report on the fight for anbar province. >> here in anbar fighting is close range. and almost personal. special forces captain fires a mortar across the country road on the eastern outskirts of ramadi. he's aiming at a house where the isil gunmen are holed up. they are part of a group trained by american special forces, who are clearing the way for the iraqi army. the sniper mohammed jabar is even closer to the gunmen. he's fighting for his country and his family.

including his daughter sarah, her name tattooed on his hand. >> there is less that 500 meters between us. we have air support and with the help of god we have the upper hand. little by little we are advancing. >> this is a strategic spot on the intersection of the road to salah hadin province. they're trying to coordinate the fight against isil. the fighting has been fierce. [ gunfire ] this isil gunman was killed when a sniper bullet hit the rocket propelled grenade he was about to launch. >> we destroyed isil's hide outside. this i--hideouts. you can see that we're clearing all the orchard and farms. they're trapped now. >> the village is deserted. this ruler area has become a

battlefield. the men fighting with special forces are with the tribes, hugely important for the battle in anbar. here a fight within a fight. isil against the sunni tribes that have turned against them. when the special forces team finishes the deployment, they will go back to the air base in western anbar. there are american military advisers back on the base, but the fighting is here. isil has been driven back by security forces working with shia militias. tribal leaders in anbar are calling for arms and ammunition and some are even calling for help from american troops on the ground. that will likely not happen, but it shows how desperate the

fighting is in the anbar province. >> we're getting reports of intense fighting between isil and peshmerga forces in the sinjar mountains. we're there, an. what more can you tell us about the fighting? >> reporter: the fighting has been going on all afternoon and well in to the evening. we can hear the explosions down the ravine. now when i spoke earlier peshmerga, the pkk and the i can't diyazidi were calling out for an air tr airstrike. they have an attempt to have an advance at the top of the sinjar mountains.

the fighters are in position to fight back, and it's really helped to hold back isil put they've managed to surround two more of the isil vehicles, it seems that they're holding back for the moment, and it's credibly mourn "o" important that they do that because there are up to 10,000 yazidi up on sinjar mountain. many want to come down from the maughan. many are in need of aid and food and protection from the terrible weather. right now they're waiting for the larger aircraft to get bigger here. but they well do need weapons to hold back.

>> wthank you. those are the reports from sinjar mountain. the indian police have arrested a man wind the twitter account that supported isil. we're following the story from new delhi. >> the police in bangalore have arrested the man behind this twitter account. he is 24 years old a trained engineer who has been working as a manufacturing executive for a multi national company in bing galore since 2012. the police say he has no past criminal record. they showed a picture of him. chose a clean-shaven young man with spectacles like any young man you would expect to see here. the police do not believe that he was involved in recruiting anybody for isil, nor do they

believe he incited any attacks on india. in fact, they say the man has never left the country. what he is accused of is operating in very much a virtual world. they believe he's close to english-speaking members of isil. he's accused of translating information that he has gathered online that was in arabic, translating it in english for his 18,000 or so followers, and therefore they think that he has incited new recruits for isil. they have charged him for a number of things, including waging war on countries friendly to india. >> india is home to many muslims but so far they've resisted radicalization. they have had 18 indian fighters who have joined fighters.

compared to 330 pakistani who have joined the fight. 30,000 indian shia muslims are ready to fight against isil. thank you for being with us, just explain to us apart from tweeting his support for isil, apart from tweeting his own opinions on isil's actions and translating arabic statements to english, what has he actually done to warrant an arrest? >> well, this is the question of the day, and the laws that exist in india are going to be hard. there is obviously data off his twitter account that will be available outside of india, and

it remains to be seen how easy it is to access that data because those countries have their own roles. i think the clause under which they shall potentially inciting war, and that is something that will need to be proved, and it may be difficult to prove. this whole incident calls in to question how to prevent such virtual jihadist supporters from engaged in this type of activity. >> as we said there are many foreign fight whose joined the campaign. we've seen that over the last few months. hundreds from western nations, we've seen 300, a thousand from pakistan. so far only 18 indian nationals are reported to be fighting with isil. why do you think there aren't more? >> i think that there are too many.

like any other country this is something that we should be looking at, the access to information, the deviancy, and it makes india vulnerable. i think 18 is too many. perhaps this is something that we should be watching also. i don't see a great trend here, but it is enough for us to start thinking about this. >> how much do you think this focus on isil affected hindu-muslim ties given that under normal situations those ties can be quite tense. >> i don't think the jihadi movement is a factor yet. there are bigger tensions at home in certainly parts of the country, and i do not see this in part of that conversation. >> thank you so much, senior

fellow and vice president of the observatory research foundation. there is much more to come on this news hour. >> it's death or justice. >> frustration grows as climate change talks in peru are extend: small town in japan struggle to survive as they seek a new mandate to revive the economy. later in sport we'll tell you why australian cricket captain michael clark says he may never play again. >> well, japan heads to the polls on sunday after prime minister shinzo abe will hold an election for lower parliament. he's looking for new mandate reforms known as ab abenomics.

>> the village sits comfortbly in a fold of mountains northwest of tokyo. it teeters on the edge of the precipice. this is the fastest aging, fastest shrinking place in aging, shrinking japan. 60% of its residents are 65 or older. among them, this man. his family has owned this sweet shop over 100 years. japan has been on the slide for too long, and prime minister shinzo abe is a man with a plan bold enough to set it back on course. >> he is the country's hardest working businessman. he's always working hard for the people. i always watch what he does on the news. >> the abe plan is to bring japan out of quiet decline with spending and structural reform.

but two years in the results are mixed. the money has gone to big business by passing the man on the street or, indeed, the man at the farm. >> everything is so focused on the bigger cities. as the government pays more attention to them, more young people will want to go there. i wish they could find ways to attract people to the countryside instead. >> but the numbers significantly hung not painted outside of the village hall don't lie. population 2,220 is losing 100 people every year. topping the deadline i think in 15 for 20 years, we'll have 500 people here. then we'll be able to bring the propulsion of young people here. >> the plan is to advertise houses to young people. but with jobs scarce it's a hard

sale. officials acknowledge that incentives like this are not to reverse the decline. the aim is to manage it as best they can. but shinzo abe would argue that they have adopted the same attitude. the troublhe is introduced his economic shake up but the trouble is after two years not much is shown for it. he wants vote tours give him another term to prove that he knows what he's doing. al jazeera, japan. >> protesters in hong kong continue to defy orders to leave the streets. this is despite the threat of being removed by police. dozens of tents are still standing at cause way bay, the last site of what is known as the occupy movement. the police have arrested 250 activists and cleared most of the main protest site on

thursday. protesters are demanding open nominations in the country's next election. beijing will only allow pre-screened candidates. in indonesia they're scrambling to find 100 people still missing after tore recommendation rains triggered a landslides. bad weather is hampering the search. >> it all happened within five minutes. a huge chunk of the mountain came down burying houses. most villagers were taken by surprise. at least 700 rescue workers and volunteers are trying to find survivors. the task hampered by bad weather and instability in the landed. in those areas the use of heavy equipment is deemed too dangerous. the serve is being done manually, mainly shovels.

they're searching for any signed of lie life that can till be found under the rubble. many are waiting for news about missing relatives. landslides are very common here, especially during the rainy season. the national disaster agency estimates that half of the country's 250 million people live in areas prone to landslides. in the past years increas danger has increased due to fast defores deforesttation. >> talks about climate change in peru have gone in to extra time. they're trying to resolve their differences of how to cut greenhouse gas emission. secretary of state john kerry said that a deal was necessary, but there was a risk to rich and poor nations. now nick, just explain to us or

describe for us the mood amongst the delegates as the summit is extended. >> fatigued, i would say, is the mood right now. it's been a very long night. the presidency has finally spunked proceedings just an hour ago to get what sleep they could, and now proceedings will get under way again. this is the latest draft they'll be looking at. the first one was 50 pages long. it was whittled down to seven pages long. some people said that it was too short and lacked detail. this one is five pages long. we'll see how that goes down. what happens next? that document with another document on finance is being analyzed and assessed. now if approved it will go to the final plenary. if not approved, back to the

drawing board to discussions, or just agree that there is no agreement. let's get the view of wwfs climate director. what's your view and what will happen. >> well, the parties will tear in to this very short document. as you said the document has been shrinking. one of the things that has happened are very important issues that have fallen off the table or become considerably weaker. countries came here and they were supposed to agree on big-scale actions they would take up immediately. we're very concerned about this because these are the things that will make an immediate difference in climate. >> a lot of people are saying this is the weakest text ever produced by some of these conferences. >> there is hards competition for that. the text is very weak, indeed, but it's weak and there are things that need to happen now and also on thanks need to happen in 2020 when the new

climate agreement is supposed to enter and be enforced. >> getting good concrete action now? >> everything is still in place. as you said, we don't know if this is going to go forward as it stands. i don't want to speculate yet what it all could mean. one thing that is super clear no matter what is agreed or not agreed to here there is an incredible amount of governments between now and paris. developed countries need to find the $100 billion a year in climate finance. countries need to increase their pledges on emission reduction because right now we're headed for three to four degrees of global warming. last but not least they need to enhance the things in the current text in the measures that we already have that will help and assist developing countries least developed countries getting hit hard by the impact of climate change. >> i know you don't want to

speculate, but what is your sense? are there too many red lines in this short document? >> there are many issues that have been weakened or seem that might fall off the table. there is going to be a very hot discussion here. i can't say which way it's going to go, but i will say that some of the things that have been weakened will need to be strengthened before we'll be out of here. >> we'll see how things progre progress, thank you very much very muc, indeed. >> thank you nick clark, speaking to us from lima. back roads and poor services mean that many can't get to health centers. we traveled to maronga where one operation is offering help in the form of a motorcycle. >> this woman feels feverish and

is infected by jiggers. bugs that lay eggs in the skin and spread. jiggers are common in many ruler areas in sub-sahara africa, and it's caused by poor hygiene. >> it's all over my legs and hands. my legs are painful. this is how my life has been. >> her legs are swollen and walking is difficult. she needs to go to the hospital. jiggers is easily treatable but if left too long it can cause gain greed and can even be fatal. the motorcycle ambulance is table reach homes that are hard to reach. on a normal day this job would be easy, but on this day it's anything but normal. when it rains the roads become

drenched. you can see this ambulance has possibl to be pushed most of the way. but those who live hearsay it's better alternative than carrying the patient or using a wheel barely. >> the motorcycle seems to be the quickest option. ambulances are stationed because private ambulances are too expensive. they finally get to the dispensary. >> just today i helped to deliver a baby. we took her to the hospital safely, and she gave birth. >> stanley and an anti anti-jiggers campaigner. >> we come to see people in their home who are not able to walk. they're not able to access information about how to get

treatment. >> now she will have tests done, and the health workers will decide whether to refer her to the district hospital 30 kilometers away for admission or to treat her here and send her home. >> still ahead on the program, the u.n. tries to broke arrest freeze in the fighting. but rebel groups want more. [ air raid sirens ] >> china remembers a wartime atrocity that continues to shape its relations with japan. and we're on board with the most extreme form of sailing that's blowing away it's fans. details coming up in sports.

>> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police >> a fault lines special investigation >> there's a general distrust of this prosecutor >> courageous and in depth... >> it's a target you can't get rid of... >> the untold story... >> who do you protect? >> ...of what's really going on in ferguson >> they were so angry because it could have been them >> fault lines, ferguson: race and justice in the u.s. one hour special only on al jazeera america >> a reminder of our top stories here on al jazeera. several army personnel have been killed on a suicide attack in a bus. it's the latest of a series o offa taliban attacks across the

country. isil fighters have captured mortar tore in iraq's anbar province. the group has taken the villagve the ramadi. the police arrested this man behind the twitter account supporting isil. it provided news on isil in english. >> the special u.n. talks. >> the united nations is trying to end the fighting in aleppo. syria's second largest city has been a battleground for over two

years. so far the rebels are not convinced. the head of the syrian revolutionary command council which unites the opposition armed forces in aleppo. he was the man u.n. sent to discuss the proposal. but they want more proposal before the agreement. >> what happens next. it means the regime that has committed crimes against the people will stay. if you want to end the crisis it cannot just end in aleppo it's the entire country and we're suspicious. >> reporter: the opposition once guarantees that the army does not take advantage of the lull in the fighting. there are many front lines in syria. why did the united nations want to start their so-called freeze plan in aleppo city? the international organization

says that they believe that they face a serious threat from the islamic state in iraq and the levant, and in agreement between the government and opposition could prevent an isil advance. >> the government has lost control in the north of syria, but the rebels have lost territory to isil in the east. and al nusra front,a. >> the syrian government did say it was willing to study the proposal. but for now the initiative remains just that. he needs to convince the rebels that the war in aleppo will not amount to a surrender. al jazeera, beirut. >> jordan started--stopped

providing services to syrians because they say they can no longer afford it. >> people with kidney failure could die without dialysis. ththe purification of blood is a life-time treatment. private donors scramble to secure enough money for one month of dialysis treatment to this private hospital. unless donations come through, these people will be cut off from their critical treatment. syrian patients in this room are calling on the international community to save their lives. >> i left syria just because i

needed di dialysis. now i'm only getting two session as week and my health has deteriorated. >> activist who is have been working tirelessly to get do imaginations says that they need immediate priority. >> where are they going to go? they have no other support. so they're waiting for the faith we need the international and local community to look at them. we need the international world charities to look at them. >> there are 18 more syrians on the waiting list here. but it is not just refugees with chronic disease whose are struggling to get the cost of their life-saving treatment covered, some are traveling from other towns and cities to get to this hospital because a humanitarian organization is

providing free health services here. >> doctors without borders are providing care, the agency has been stretched after there was canceled healthcare. >> our major concern is that we fearful if the situation does not change we might see an increase of mortality in the area. >> in the middle east, it's these vulnerable people who will have to suffer more than they already have. nisreen el-shamayleh, al jazeera. >> sunni tribesmen and houthi have agreed to stop fighting. witnesses say that houthi hit the outskirts of the town with tanks and heavy weapons.

it's a different scene. at least 30 houthi rebels have been killed while fighting al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist who is have now been in prison in egypt for 350 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on false charge for helping the o outlawed brow. all three are appealing against their convictions. >> to tunisia now where 12 political parties have declared their support for presidential kinds. the presidential run off will take place on december 21st. the 87-year-old served as a

ruler, the conservative party and others fear that if his party controls government members of the former regime may return to power. well, a tunisiaen human rights activist says the presidential race is tight. >> it is close because they both have the same chance. there were about seven points in last elections, which means that the elections are going to be tied. both candidates have a chance, and maybe one is a bit ahead. i don't know, but this is what is important. the elections of both parties. i recently wrote an article and called it the third option. that means between the dictatorship on one hand and daesh on the other, it's a

democratic process. nevertheless, we keep our fingers crossed because we have two challenges. one is social problems, and then terrorism, which is near our heads. these are two courages that are going to threaten the political process, but insurgents it'sing on. >> they've been joined by the family of black men and boys killed in the last few months. demonstrators want new laws to cover these practices. tom, we've seen similar protests in the last few weeks. how different is this one? >> well, this is actually the first organized attempt to rally all the people who are trying to get changes in them.

the police practices nationwide assembled here in the nation's capitol. they will be marching along pennsylvania avenue, which is the main thoroughfare between the white house and the capitol behind me. this is to focus tapings on the need of a concentrated effort to change police practices. what's ironic here is that the senate is trying to wrap up it's spending bill. right now they're going in to session. they have a huge grab bag of measures included in that $1.1 trillion bill, but there is no reference to what is occupying and pre-occupying the people on the streets, which is what they regard to be the police excess brutality and violence against unarmed people in the streets.

in fact, president obama who spoke earlier this week with a bunch of young activists empathized with them but indicate there had is no specific measure that he sees coming down the road to alleviate their concerns. it will take quite a bit of time until police around the country will change their practices so they're more sensitive to the local communities in which they serve. the attorney general has been traveling around the country meeting with groups. but i don't know that given the existing lawsen the books there isn't any case hire that they're cycle or expecting anything from the federal government.

this is meant to be a gol great concern, and they want help in changing how the police operate in the country. the police in the united states are overwhelmingly controlled by local authorities and not the federal government. >> tom ackerman speaking to us from washington, d.c. princess became the crown princess in 2001, and the pair have a three-year-old son. some of her relatives from detained in a high profile corruption scandal. china is marking the 77th anniversary of a massacre that commemorates the killing of

300,000 chinese by japanese occupation forces in 1937. at noon on december the japanese dropped leaflets in the city. they gave people two options, surrender or die. now the chinese attack from several directions, chinese soldiers retreated. some used clothes to blend in with the crowds. for the next six weeks rap nie japanes, symbolic anniversary. the decision to upgrade the

anniversary. >> we shouldn't hate a nation just because it has a few military. we should look to the future and work together to contribute to peace. 7 years ago this was a broken and brutalized city as invading japanese troops began a six-week long killing spree. one of the last remaining eyewitnesses. now 97 he was a soldier in the nationalistic army. staring up from these walls photos of 300,000 people china says were massacred here.

japan still disputes that figure saying it was at least half that number. but either way it amounted to one of the worst wartime atrocities of the last century. >> trade between japan and china is worth many billion dollars, but at times it seems the two countries are still enemies and it's the events 77 years ago that has come to define this problematic relationship. >> the chinese children need to learn. it's something that can never be denied. history is history. >> can chinese people ever forgive them? never. >> our interview was cut off by police. he was taken in for questioning and later released. with the presiden

>> still to come on al jazeera. women who fled violence in their homeland come together in london to cook for peace and harmony. and in sport the latest from hawai'i where there is a free battle to decide the world surfing crowd.

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