>> intensifying violence in afghanistan where 60 people killed in three taliban attacks. hello there, i'm julie mcdonald, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. an iraqi exclusive where special forces as they target isil fighters gaining ground in the province. mobilizing the anger of the nation for change. thousands march in washington, d.c. against alleged police brutality. and doing all they can to avoid an environmental catastrophe,

they scramble to clean up a massive oil spill in bangladesh. >> hello there. warm welcome to the program. we start in afghanistan where violence is intensifying before most international troops withdraw in the next two weeks. taliban attacks have left 20 people dead and dozens injured and the army said it has killed more than 50 taliban fighters. in the helmand province workers were killed by the taliban. and in kabul a court official was shot dead by gunmen as he left his home. and military personnel were killed in a suicide attack in elsewhere in kabul.

about 5,000 afghan police and soldiers have died along with 1500 civilians in the first half of this year. from kabul here is jennifer glasse. >> the taliban said that it attacked a bus carrying military personnel. it attacked during the height of the traffic rush. >> we went to get a burger, we turned around and they attacked the bus. >> the bus was engulfed in flames. >> i noticed two soldiers getting out of the bus. one of them was injured on his leg. the other one jumped out of the bus window until the fire brigade arrived. the rest of the soldiers burned inside. >> afghans are concerned about the deteriorating security situation as nato forces continue to withdraw.

only a small nato force remain next year. the taliban said because international troops are remaining here it plans to intensify its attacks as it works to destabilize the afghan government. >> to iraq now where isil fighters are gaining ground in anbar province. it captured a village west of anbar's capitol ramadi. >> reporter: here in anbar fig fighting is close range and almost personnel. part of the unit trained by american special force who is 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. he has his daughter's name at tattooed on his hand. >> we have air support, and with the help of god, little by little we're advancing. >> this is a strategic spot. on the intersection of the road to the province. fallujah and the south of ramadi, where tribes are coordinating the fight against isil. the fighting has been fierce. [ gunfire ] this isil gunman was killed when a sniper bullet hit the grenade he was about to launch. >> we destroyed their hideouts. this is all in cooperation of the eighth and tenth division of the iraqi army. 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 from the tribes, hugely important for the battle with anbar. here a fight within a fight. isil with the sunni tribes who have turned against them. the men will go back to the air base in western anbar. there are american military advisers back on the base. the fight something here. around baghdad isil has been driven back by iraqi security forces. that won't work in anbar where the population is almost all sunni, tribal, and deeply suspicious of the iraqi government. tribal leaders in anbar call for arms and ammunition. some are even calling for help from american troops on the ground. that likely won't happen but it's an indication of how desperate the fight is in iraq's

western province. in iraq, baghdad. >> the united kingdom is sending more troops to iraq to help in the fight against isil fighters, but defense secretary said they'll be deployed next month to train iraqi and kurdish forces, a small protection force of combat ready forces are expected to be sent to military training teams. indian police have arrested a 4-year-old man accused of running a popular pro-isil twitter account. they say he could be guilty of inciting war against india's allies. police in india say this is the man whose extreme posts had attracted almost 18,000 twitter followers. they say he was leading a double life, working as a marketing executive during the day while operating a pro-isil twitter account by night. his twitter handle shamis

witness, india's channel four news uncovered his real identity. >> i have not broken any laws of the country. i haven't waged any war against india. i also have not waged any war against allies of india. i wrote stuff. people followed me. i followed them back and then we talked. >> police arrested him on saturday morning. they say he has no direct links with isil. he's charged with a number of crimes including inciting war against india's allies. >> he never hurt anyone.

>> analysts say that his arrest is not evidence of a wider pro isil movement in india. >> his impact may have very significant dangers in the places where he got his largest following. which is basically in the u.k. and then in europe. now in these places he may actually end up as a tool of recruitment. >> the police say that he acted alone but his posts may have been used by isil recruits, who followed him on twitter. based on what police say he is an isil pro propagandist who found information and put it online. but he may be behind bars for years. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists who now have been detained in egypt for 350 days.

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed over false allegations that they had helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions and jail sentences. [music] >> now thousands of people have marched in washington, d.c. demanding an end to perceived discrimination by police. they're being led by families of african-americans who have died by gun violence or perceived police brutality. they are the family of trayvon martin. george zimmerman was acquitted of answer charge. eric garner when police put him in a chokehold in new york. a grand jury decided not to indict the police officer there.

and then 18-year-old michael brown who was shot and killed by officer darren wilson in ferguson, missouri, last august. the grand jury also ruled against charge in that case. and tamir rice, the 12-year-old boy shot and killed by police last month in cleveland, ohio. the officers thought that his toy gun was real. tom ackerman is live for us in washington, d.c. tom, over to you. >> well, we're being surrounded by several thousand people who have assembled here a few blocks from the u.s. capitol after marching near the white house to put a national frame on all the cases that you've just mentioned, julie. and in particular we've been hearing from the families of many of--several of those victims just a few minutes ago. with me is jason johnson, who is an al jazeera contributor, and i wanted to ask you, jason, the

fact that many of these speakers are talking about not just federal oversight, but assuming more federal power over these local jurisdictions which have been, according to the people here, have been lenient, if not absolutely forgiving of this police conduct. what are the prospects of that kind of federal assumption. >> well, that's a real question that everyone is asking right now, and unfortunately it's not all that likely. we have an african-american president. we have an african-american attorney general, and as many people have been saying, even though they have a certain amount of empathy towards this, the likelihood that they could be active enough to change some of these police officers is next to nil, that's part of why they're protesting. >> the other thing reverend sharpton, who is speaking out, he was the chief organizer of this demonstration was that this is--this is an integrated. although the crowd here is predominantly black, this is an

integrated effort, just like the civil marchs of yore, the ones that succeeded in putting on the books protections of civil liberties. >> right. >> the question here is how effectively will this kind--given the fact that there is such a great gap in perception of these cases between whites and blacks in america, how effective will these demonstrations be in actually galvanizing white support for changes. >> here's the biggest change that i've noticed. i've talked to people who are older and those who have marched in the 60's. the difference here is you don't just have white people marching. you don't just have latinos marching. you have people of all ageless marching. this is an issue of bad police who go out and murder innocent people. this is beyond a black-white issue. this is a government versus

citizen issue. i think there will be a change, even if it takes a long time. >> you've seen the push back by police in the case of the mayor bill de blasio after expressing disapproval on the failure to indict the police officer involved in the chok in the death of eric garner, the chokehold victim. he now has been disinvited to attend funerals of fallen police. >> here is something that we need to understand in the united states. mayors and governors don't have direct control over the police department. lot of this is changing police culture. similar to how the military has to be accountable to civil members of congress or the president of the united states. that's the only way those changes and reforms will occur. >> this crowd will be dispersing

soon, going back to their communities, and we'll see what kind of efforts they will be doing and how successful they will be. julie, back to you. >> thank you. now still to come here in al jazeera. 1.3billion people in china pause to remember those killed in a japanese military rampage. [♪ singing ] >> the high notes of this show the opera oscars will tell you which leading names win when we come back.

>> it is very complex, the finish in the end at 3:00 in the morning, and then they came back to start the negotiations at 10:00. they're still at it. this is the offending document. it is the third draft text. the first one was 50 pages long. the second one was seven pages long. maybe they felt that was too short. we have a flight going on over us. early celebrations, i think. and this one is five pages long. the developing nations hate it and it's being rejected. the islanthe some say that it

needs surgery vital organs need to be put back in. belize says every time we rewrite this document it gets less and less. the u.s. and china were instrumental in injecting optimism into these talks before they happened, now they're at lookinger head logger heads. and then no time for lengthy negotiations, and failure to produce a decision before us will be seen as a major break down. the text is being rejected. it's going back to the president, who is taking it to the world's environment ministers. they're all getting together having another go at it, and then in three hour's time they'll take it back to the floor. who knows what will happen. >> nick, as you said, deeply complex. i'm sure it's frustrating for all the parties involved. are we talking about a legally binding agreement. we know that the kyoto protocol

was widely ignored. so if we do have something that is legally binding, if they manage to agree to anything, how on earth could it work? how could it possibly be policed? >> we're not even at that, remotely close to that stage yet. what is happening in lima is all about creating a clear, direct, and concise road map to paris next year, that's when a global treaty must be signed by all the countries involved in this. if it isn't then all bets are off as far as an unified approach to tackling climate change. the problem here is that trying to find the element there is take us on that path have proven very difficult. they have the road map to get there, but all these tiny issues are proving insurmountable so far and that's something that they'll have to push on.

it will be kicked down the road the next opportunity to talk about it is in geneva in february, and there will be another one later in the year. they'll still be talking about all of this as the year goes on in the build up to paris, but they need to get something out of lima just to start with. >> nick clark live in lima, nick. thank you. now villages in bangladesh have been cleaning up an enormous oil spill. thousands of liters spilled into the fragile wetlands, which are home to rare dolphins and many other unique species. environmentalists have warned of an ecological catastrophe. we have this report. >> reporter: picking up oil from the water on the southern coast of bangladesh, people who live off the land cannot escape this environmental disaster. people use their hands to scoop out oil. this spill has taken its toll on

sea life too. >> it is affecting our fole poultry business, we can't fish any mor more. >> reporter: a tanker hit another vessel on tuesday. the areas are protected and is home to rare dolphins. environmentalists are warning of an ecological catastrophes. officials are trying to determine how bad the damage is. >> we have some samples of water. this sample of fresh soil. >> reporter: chemicals to disperse the oil are being sent to the region, but first volunteers are doing what they can combing river banks and swamplands. >> right now this is the only

way to do the cleanup. we may consider using oil disperants, but that will have to wait until the end. however, we prefer the natural methods to clean the oil spill. >> the theories to use chemicals to further damage the ecological system. >> most of the people in the village army their living fishing in the area. but because of the oil spill in the river, they are no longer able to do so. their only source of income is scooping the oil from the river and selling it to the government-run oil companies for a meager $0.30 a liter. no one really knows what the future holds for them. al jazeera, bangladesh. >> for the first time china has held a national day of remembrance honoring those who died in the master 7--massacre 77 years ago. as many as 300,000 people were killed by occupying japanese

forces. as we have reports, some of the aging survivors were amongst those at the ceremony. [ air raid sirens ] >> reporter: a deeply symbolic moment for an anniversary that still resonates here some 80 years on. the reason to upgrade the ceremony was made earlier this year when relations with tokyo was still at a low end. also present some of the dwind dwindling number of survivors. president xi jinping said that the crimes that japan committed here could never be forgotted, but there was a conciliatory note. >> we should not hate a nation just because it has a few military. we should look to the future and work together to contribute, to peace. >> reporter: 77 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 soldiers in the nationalist army defending the then capitol. their contribution largely air brushed from official accounts. he was paraded before local cameras but officials would not allow us to talk to him. standing up are the photos of those massacred here. japan disputes the figure, saying it was half the number, but either way it aamounted to one of the wartime atrocities in the last century. >> reporter: at times it seems that the two countries are still enemies, and the events here 77 years ago that have come to define the relationship. >> children learn about this episode from an early age. >> my son must know the terrible facts. the massacre can never be

denied. history is history. >> why does japan never apologize? can chinese people ever forgive them? never. >> reporter: our interview was abruptly cut off by police. he was taken away for questioning and later released. here local officials are silencing all forms of dissent, even if they're formed at an old adversary. >> the dutch scientists are pioneering a new way to use solar energy promising to power whole towns without taking up space. this 17-meter set of panels can provide enough electricity for three homes. there are plans for bigger projects in the next five years. manufacturers are confident it will be able to with stand the heaviest of dutch traffic. >> this version can have a fire

brigade truck without any damage. and we are working on panels for big buses and large vehicles in the long run. >> the top names in opera have been honored at the ross car della lirica in doha. they are acue for the qatari organizers. it is the first time that the events have been held outside of italy. >> the brightest stars of the opera world lighting up doha's night sky. >> bruno, who cut his teeth in the 1980's showed the audience how it's done. [♪ singing ]

>> but the opera oscars is about developing new talent. >> at 23 he is the youngest professional tenor in italy. >> with opera it's the wrong approach all over the world that it is connected with something old, and the singer of opera has to be a man or woman of a certain age. i'm only young, but i've had an opportunity to have children come and listen to opera in school. and i saw the faces of children, and they loved it. it should be more approachable. >> in all eight awards were handed out including the coveted baritone of the year. the caliber of talent, a coup

for qatar. >> qatar makes no secret of wanting to raise its profile on the music scene, and do had doha is a constant destination. they refuse to say how much this event costs but it accounts t continues to attract. >> one of the aims and objective of qatar, before qatar, we do work close with different embassies, and we make sure that the cocktail of nationalities, the events are present in qatar. qatar's objective is to make sure that the world is here. >> hoping the international language of music will cross the

geographic divide. >> and you can find much more on our website. the address for that is al jazeera.com. as you can see the climate negotiators scrambling to make a deal is our headline right now. over twelve million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa on slave ships like this, to the colonies and plantations in north and south america. today slavery is illegal on every country on the planet. but the truth is, slavery did not die in the 19th century. it is alive, it is thriving, and it it is bigger than ever.