kurdish forces claim their biggest victory over isil fighters in iraq. breaking the siege, they say of sinjar mountains. ♪ i'm david shuster these are the top stories we're covering in the next 30 minutes. rallies across pakistan to remember the victims of the school siege. political turmoil in haiti, protesters take their demands back to the street. and football's governing body, fifa says it will release

its world cup bidding corruption report after a unanimous vote. ♪ in northern iraq kurd irk forces are fighting they say to secure significant gains which they believe they have made against isil in the sin yar mountains. that is where at least 10,000 people from the aagencydy community have taken refuge. sue has this update on the peshmerga offensive. >> reporter: the head of the national security forces in northern iraq have announced that the peshmerga, the kurdish fighters have managed to take lands that was originally isil controlled. it stretches from a town just south of the mosul dam all the way to the mountains.

this land is made up of pockets of villages and towns that isil has been holding. we know many of these areas are sunni, and they could disappear into those communities, or they could well have retreated into mosul city. and the request is whether there will be a backlash. we have seen their tactics before switching from front line fighting to insurgency fighting. when the per mer ga first took the town of sue m&a, they thought nay could relax, and then suicide bombers came in and killed me of those fighters. there is a town that we passed just a week ago, which was very much held by the isil fighters, and that is really turning into what i'm told a very big fight. the lieutenant we have spoken to on the top of the sinjar mountain says even though they

have managed to push through, they are not yet in a position to be able to hold it and to let the 10,000 yazidis leave if they want to, but that battle is ongoing, and they hope that will happen in the coming hours and days. we spoke to an expert about what the iraqi army could do to help. >> i think they have been successful because isis forces are concentrated now in anbar, and around fallujah, and other areas near bagdad. so i think these attacks are to ease the pressure on the iraqi forces elsewhere. the iraqi army could be constructed by providing the armed forces with real armaments, by training, by recalling the old members of the iraqi armies who fought for many many years, many wars, and they have the experience.

as you can see and hear that most of the staff officers of isis are members of the old iraqi army, and they are the ones who are putting these plans and strategies, and they have been successful up to now, and this was the fault of the iraqi army and the american occupying forces by losing these people to the other side. >> the syrian opposition says it has discovered bodies in a village in the northwestern countryside. fighting has been going on for weeks, but government forces are fighting hard to prevent the advance on damascus. the state has lost control of large parts of the country and it doesn't have the soldiers to win it back. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: more often than not this is how the government fights back. it attacks rebel-held areas from the skies. it hasn't been able to win back all of the territory it lost to

the opposition. it doesn't have enough soldiers for every front line. it chooses its battles and fights on one front at a time. >> in my opinion it doesn't give -- doesn't take any -- doesn't present any importance -- vital importance for the regime. aleppo is important for the regime, but it has [ inaudible ] for two years the first priority. now it is [ inaudible ] on it. why? he made military success on the field. >> reporter: over the years the state has managed to recapture and protect strategic areas to survive, even though estimates say it now controls a mere 30% of syria. but the amount of territory is not as important as which territory. it is still in charge of its seat of power and damascus is not isolated from other major urban centers understate authority.

it is connected to the borders of lebanon and jordan. the central city further north and the divided city of aleppo, as well as the coastal region in the west. it also has a presence in other contested provinces, apart from ritka, which is a strong hold of islamic state of iraq and the levant. the remaining areas are under the control of other opposition groups, but a lot of it is desert and countrysides, and now the conflict is more complicated, because rebels are at war with each other. al-nusra front has just taken over government bases in the southern outskirts of idlib, off it pushed some of the so-called moderate rebels out last month. >> neither side is winning because of the presence of isis

and al-nusra. >> reporter: the southern province is a strategic front for both sides. the army has reportedly reinforced its positions with fighters from lebanon and hezbollah to prevent a rebel advance at the doorsteps of damascus, and the rebels recently recovered a town where they found many bodies. this is a war that neither side is likely to win with battle lines continuing to shift. for now, however, the state has managed to hold on to territory that it needs to stay in power. pakistan has detained again one of the men suspected of planning the mumbai attacks just 24 hours after releasing him on bail. india complained that zaki ur rehman lakhvi shouldn't have been released but he has been picked up again this time under pakistan's new order act.

new delhi has ook cued pakistan of being slow to prosecute. rallies are being held in pakistan to remember the people killed on tuesday. most of the victims are -- were children. the rally thousands held signs calling for the perpetrators publicly to be hanged. other signs read we are innocent, and don't kill us. al jazeera's mohammed value has been talking to some of those who survived the attack. >> reporter: this man has only one child. he is now in a hospital bed fighting for his life. she is trying to combat her worst fear. >> translator: when i heard that my son was shot, i ran toward the school in a panic, but

luckily when he entered he phone he tried to calm me down and tell me mom, i'm okay. don't cry even though he was bleeding. >> reporter: this boy was in 9th grade and was in the school auditorium when the attack began. shot in the chest he fell down and was bleeding, but his father tells me he was brave enough to crawl away and call his family. and a 12th grader who was shot in the groins, and had his left ear chopped. this eighth grader was shot in the back, and a nine grader has a gunshot wound in the arm. >> they looked like just animals. they were animals. they had long hair, long beard and a cap on the head, and have [ inaudible ] in hands, and [ inaudible ] pakistan [ inaudible ].

>> reporter: mohammed and the other student in this ward are now in stable condition, unlike a few others with more severe wounds. we're now in the intensive care unit. ten were brought here. one of them died on the first day, and three are still on life support. the familiar list of these young victims aren't even allowed to see them. we're told it's meant to prevent shock among the parents. outside families of the wounded students gathered to show their anger at the authorities. they blame the army and the government for having failed to maintain security in public places. and no amounts of visits by high-ranking politicians could calm the parents. >> translator: unfortunately i can't see any future of our children in pakistan. we can't send them to the mosques, to the school, and even sending them to the parks is

unthinkab unthinkable. >> reporter: this man says his son is brave. we can't afford to surrender he tells me. the bodies of eight children have been found at a home in an australian city. police say they were between the ages of 18 months and 15 years. they had stab walked -- wounds. the mother of seven of the children is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. turkey state tv is reporting that an arrest war rent has been issued for a muslim cleric. he has been living in self imposed exile in pennsylvania since 1999. the turkish president has referred to he and his followers has traitors and terrorists. fifa, that's football's world governing body says it will now publish the michael garcia ethics report. he investigated the conduct of

the organization over the bidding of the 2018, 2022 world cups. a decision was made a short while ago in morocco. fifa had said that a summary was enough. but garcia resigned this week saying he lost confidence in the organization. >> reporter: on first inspection this looks like a climb down of humiliation for fifa. but in fact they are coming out of a very, very difficult position as well as can be expected for them. remember, they wanted closure with this. they want to move on what [ inaudible ] looking to the future. but the problems over the bidding process just won't go away. now it looks as if they are being transparent. of course they have resisted transparency, but now they are looking at doing what the public wants. but when the report is publish

more fully, when it is published more fully, it won't be be as damming as some people believe. in fact qatar and russia are looking safer than either. michael garcia was proven to be a real thorn in their side. i don't think they wanted him there anymore. so they are coming out of this not badly at all, and once again we're in a situation of them coming out of a really difficult position, actually looking like president will still be at the helm and find a way to carry on. still to come on al jazeera. spreading awareness of aids through drama in a country with the highest number of hiv cases anywhere. and -- >> you may not have noticed but the way we watch movies is changing. i'm kristin in new york, i'll take you to some places where you can still watch a film the

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♪ the top stories, iraqi kurdish forces tell al jazeera that the fight against isil continues in the sinjar mountains. they claim to have made significant gains after battles to free the minority, yazidis. the area, according to the fighters remains dangerous. one of the main suspects in the mumbai attacks of 2008 has once again detained.

24 hours earlier, zaki ur rehman lakhvi was released on bail, infuriated india. there have been rallies across pakistan to remember the 141 people killed by the taliban on tuesday. most of the victims were children. shia houthi rebels have been targeted in a series of attacks in yemen on thursday. the worst took place in a town north of the capitol where 16 houthi fighters were killed. >> reporter: just north of the capitol sana'a, three improvised explosive devices hit houthi fighters. dozens were killed and many others were injured. there has been arrests in the town over the last weeks when houthi rebels stormed the homes of tribal leaders and destroyed a number of schools. in the western sea port a

suicide bomb attacked was carried out against a headquarter for houthi rebels. several people were killed including the attackers. also a military commander escaped an assassination attempt when unknown gunmen opened fire on his vehicle. yemen is in turmoil since houthi rebels controlled the capitol and such of the area since september. that lead to fighting between the houthis and al-qaeda members. the president is struggling to rule. yemen faces many challenges, including the rising political and military power of the houthis, a separatists movement in the south and the relentless al-qaeda insurgency. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have been behind bars for 356 days.

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, all jailed on charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. muslim brotherhood. and they have lodged appeals against those convictions. the u.s. president barack obama spoke to the egyptian president specifically about the plight of these three. deputy spokesmen of the u.s. national security counsel say that mr. obama, quote: plans by the israeli government to develop the desert are threatening a way of life of palestinian bedwin. they are being asked to move

out. and it's not the first time. andrew similar months reports. >> reporter: in every direction you look in this part of the z dessert, you will see bedwin communities. but they believe the latest development plan the government is working on, once again threatens their ancestral homeland. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is what happened with the last plan. mass protests, which turned violent. eventually moves to resettle thousands of bedwins in towns were dropped. but now campaigners fear they could be faced with a similar situation again. >> we want to maintain our life. we want to live in peace here. we want to be integrated in the state. we want to be part of it. we want to contribute to its community, but in our way. >> reporter: this is a place

where a few homes have already been demolished. the people manage without any main services. all they want is to stay put with better facilities. the people living here say they are not asking for much, and they also say they have long-standing rights that go back more than seven generations. it is said that the site of this village dates back to the days of the ottoman empire. >> translator: it's normal for any person to hold on to their land, because it's where our ancestors were born. this is our village. we didn't give it to the ottomans or the british. we are still here, and we're staying here. >> reporter: there is a deep distrust of the israeli government. the people here believe it is has always intended to cut the historic links between palestinians and their land to allow more jewish settlement.

more violent protests on the streets of haiti. demonstrators who say they want their president to step down. the background now with kim vinnell. >> reporter: riot police lead the escape after unidentified gunmen opened fire at the start of a protest in port ah prince. demonstrators quickly followed. undeterred by the violence, anti-government protesters regroup and march through the capitol. the song sounds upbeat, but carries a serious message for the country's besieged president. >> translator: the administration of the president is defending the rich interests, and they are very corrupt. they don't care about the poor ha -- hey shans. >> reporter: opposition leaders having met with the president to try to agree on a new prime

minister say the time for talk is over. >> translator: we're not going to enter into negotiations with the president. we want her resignation. today we have the rope, and if we find him, we will tie him up. >> reporter: protesters have held near daily rallies in the capitol angry over government corruption, and the elections are two and a half years over due, they say. they are trying to take that message to the presidential palace, their calls, for the most part falling on deaf ears. the president blames legislators for the delayed elections. accusing them of blocking the law. critics say the president is trying to hold on to power, and if there aren't elections, he could rule by decree. protesters say the writing is

already on the wall. the resignation will stabilize this fraccous country. the president of kenya signed an controversial anti-terrorism bill. it was chaos inside and outside the parliament in nairobi. the new law will allow suspects to be held without charge for up to a year. south africa is the country with the highest prevalence anywhere of aids. and at least 6.3 million people are thought to be infected with hiv. that's 19%, roughly of all adults between the ages of 15 and 49. it's thought that maybe 360,000 children under 14 are infected. and -- in the year 2013 about

200,000 people died from aids. let's join tania page about why south african women are particularly at risk. >> reporter: they are fighting over a guy. but they aren't the only ones who's sexual partner has been sleeping around. the play is about how hiv spreads through risky sexual behavior, but it's too late for brenda. she caught hiv when she was in the age group considered most at risk. young women under 25 years old. that's because they often date men much older who have had more exposure to the virus. she was 17 and sleeping with a 25-year-old. their relationship was unequal. she didn't demand he use a condom nor disclose his hiv status. she say older men pray on young

women. >> they will tell you [ inaudible ] i have to pay a husband [ inaudible ]. this young women i think they are doing it because they need things, and in my community, i think we are so poor, so we rely on men. >> reporter: once the fight is over, the health-care worker reveals they are all hiv positive. they believe that involving young people in making the hiv awareness message entertaining is the most effective way of catching and holding their attention. that this is far better than a lecture in a school hall. this woman wrote it. the 25-year-old is also hiv positive. she is counseled to help her cope with stigmatization. and wishes healthcare workers were also better educated. >> they never gave me the counseling i need to make me strong enough to get the

treatment. so it's difficult to take the treatment in the clinic as well, because i was like people are going to laugh at me. >> reporter: it's about far more than using condoms, as long as there's poverty, and imbalance in power and sexual relationships young women will always be vulnerable. and the second part of that will be shown pretty soon. we're off to the movies now with kristin sal loumy. she goes to look at a film that goes into the future, but in reality she and the people she met are going back in time. >> reporter: it's old fashioned technology in a digital age. >> it has a torn purse. >> reporter: jobs like hers as a movie projectionist are becoming increasingly rare. >> i have been doing this for ten years, so it has only become

more interesting in that particular time frame, because film production has basically become obsolete in that time. >> reporter: until recently this is how all movies were seen. now 95% of u.s. theaters have convicted to digital projectors. that cuts down on shipping and labor costs. >> if something needs to be changed at the last minute or something, you can get into the theater a lot quicker than getting a reel, having a professional in house, assemble it, spool it through a projector, run it and then dismantel it at the end o ship it back. >> this manhattan theater opened recently for the epic space odyssey. the movie was released earlier to theaters that showed it on film at the insistence of its director. kwiel the quality of digital is

getting better, they say watching on film is a real treat. digital formats still have their limitations. especially when it comes to preservation. this is a company that specializes in restoring analog films to the digital market. >> let's say our drive doesn't work. which happens a lot. a film is going to work. >> i think it's the responsibility of institutions to put pressure on distributors and, you know, studios to keep making prints like museums and archives they have to demand it. they have to be like this is important. it's what our audiences want to

see. >> reporter: without that pressure, film tradition risks being left on the floor. from the old days to the modern days, all of the news on aljazeera.com. ♪ did they just win the battle of the interview, it is "inside story." hello, i am ray swarez. press materials, professional intervi