the balancebattle for anbar government forces launch an offensive to drive rice ill out of iraq's largest province. this is al jazerra, i am darren jordan in doha. also a ahead at prom. a grim cover discovery. the remains of human trafficking victims. a severe heat wave in india. also ahead. >> reporter: i am in london, where daniel is unveiling his reinvention of the piano.

♪ ♪ iraq's military has launched an operation to try and retake anbar province from the islamic state of the iraq and the levan shia in litschs are also involved which some thinks could raise sectarian tensions. isil took control of ramadi last week with iraqi troops fleeing. ramadi lies just 115-kilometers from the capital baghdad and keeping isil out of baghdad is now a top priority with troops secure its outskirts imran kahn reports from the last safe place to cross from anbar to baghdad. >> reporter: iraqi forces gather to pretear to ray prepare to retake the city. it's likely to to be a long operation there are reporters of isil forces preparing to lead

government forces. they will lead with the backing of shia militia man support booed by iran. and air strikes led by the united states. they are also gearing one other battles. it's feared isil could push in to baghdad. to prevent that from happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capital. the town just under 30-kilometers from baghdad is being fortified. >> translator: we are fighting a psychological war. isil have an effective media campaign against us, we have been accused of retreating. we are not. we are now backing up our troops here and preparing to take back ramadi. >> reporter: the forces here are mainly shia militia since prime minister abad-y brought in them they are flying a new flag. each militia has its own identity but all fight under this manner including this sunni fighter group.

fortifying baghdad comes with a unique challenges. this is the bridge, the last safe place across from anbar province in to baghdad, with the operation now underway being it's likely that we'll see more scenes like this. fears of what comes next are common here. >> as long as we sunnis are mar yalemarginalized the fight will take a long time. sunnis are willing to fight. i would join the fight if the government accepts us. >> reporter: iraqi security forces have opened and close third degree bridge at random, concerned that ice it's fighters will enter baghdad disguised and displaced people. only increasing the tension. they ever a huge challenge on their hands in secure western anbar province and defeating isil think it's also securing baghdad as well. many people say if baghdad falls, isil have won. but there are also other significant challenges, that includes finding homes for these people who are fleeing the try lens and making sure that they get back home eventually.

imran kahn, al jazerra the bridge, on the outskirts of anbar province. the fall of ramadi to isil forces was an embarrassing defeat for the iraqi army and the government of and of the prime minister. >> reporter: 10-1. the pentagon says that's by how much iraqi army troops out numbered isil forces before ramadi the provincial capital of anbar province fell on may 15th. making u.s. defense secretary ashton carter's recent criticism the iraqi army all the more damning. what apparently happened is iraqi forces showed no will to fight. they were not out numbers in fax, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet failed to fight and withdraw from the site. that says to me, and i think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis to fight isil and defend

themselves. carter's assessment caused an uproar in baghdad. forcing the u.s. vice president joe biden to call the prime minister on monday to reassure him the u.s. still stood by iraq in its fight against isil. but on tuesday the obama administration was once again putting pressure on baghdad. >> what the iraqi government hasack that they experienced in ramadi was at least in part attributable to a breakdown in some military command and planning. >> reporter: u.s. officials have also expressed caution over the introduction of shia in litsch as in mainly sunni anbar province. even the name used by the militias for the upcoming battle for ramadi refers to a historical figure revered by shia islam it's a name that could offend sunni tribe who his might otherwise join the pro-government forces. >> we would urge a all iraqis involves in the fight against ice toil avoid any action that would heighten sectarian tensions. >> reporter: meantime, human

rights groups are worried about the people of ramadi. not everyone is going to be able to head to baghdad and relative safety. and there is concern too that shia militias are is said to have committed abuses in other liberated areas of the country. >> we have seen a lot of destruction of homes of other infrastructure in some cases mass displacement and an unwillingness to allow people to return looting, a lot of criminal behavior, a lot of aggressive behavior, and some attacks against civilians and recorded a number of disappearances as well. >> reporter: the pentagon is sending 2,000 anti-tank missile says to iraqi forces in the next week and promises to step up train bug u.s. officials say the iraqi military must work hard officer it wants to defeat isil, roslyn jordan, al jazerra, the state department. in afghanistan the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on the guest house in the capital on. tuesday, security forces battled with gunmen for hours in a part of kabul where many foreign

workers live. official say four militants were killed. 14 people died in a similar attack on a guest house two weeks ago. police in malaysia are continuing the grim task of exhuming the bodies of dozens of suspected trafficking victims from mass graves. 139 graves discovered in a forest in the northern state which borders thailand, florence looi reports. >> reporter: in a shallow unmarked grave a forensics team is carefully trying to unearth what's buried here. they soon find something. human remains. wraped in what was probably once a white cloth. d with dirt and time. >> translator: we are still digging up the graves and getting the remains, we cannot tell you how many bodies there are except for the ones we found today. >> reporter: the police suspect almost 40 graves in the area. they don't yet know who these people are or how they died of but they are likely to be migrants or refugees who were being trafficed in to malaysia.

about 200 meters from the burial site is a camp. its inning lab dance long gone. authorities say they believe this camp has been abandoned for at least twoers where two years much the structure is already in ruins you can see it was probably big enough to hold about 200 people. all around the camp, there are signed that people lived here. plates crock are you basins, thrown in to a pitiful pieces of cloth that may have been curtains and crudely built cages where trafficking syndicates kept their human cargo. to prevent any escape, they used barbed wire. the cam is on the hill less than 500 meet presser the thai border. it's one of 28 human trafficking camps found by the malaysia police over the weekend less than a month after thai authorities made similar discovery in their territory. these camps are where traffickers hold prisoners while they demands ran some from their

family. the majority of believe to be row hundred duh. escape sigh sea brought overlapped through thailand and malaysia. thousands are thought to be adrift at sea after police in thailand started cracking down on human trafficker think. malaysia at first denied the existence of these camps but now they say they are investigating what happened. these camps in malaysia may be a ban doned. but thereban doned but thereabandons but there is no indications that these trafficking groups have been disbanded. set to deal with the growing migrant crisis later on wednesday, the proposal includes relocating some 40,000 migrants from greets and italy to other e.u. countries. it would have to be approved by member states. the action comes as increasing numbers of people take the perilous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe. well to deal with the rising number of migrants land on the ground its shores, italy

says it will house them in abandoned buildings. buildings that some locals say could be used to help italy's homeless. hoda hamid has more from rome. >> reporter: they keep arriving in italy on daily basis. migrants who dream of a new life in europe for themselves, and their families back home. to reach this point, they have put their lives at risk. his journey took him from air trayeritrea to sudan to libya where he was detain today several months. >> translator: it was dangerous. my parents sold everything for me to be freed and come here. they transferred the money, ask and then i was taken to a beach and we left. it was a zodiac, it was raining water was coming in from everywhere. we were about to drowned. we were saved by the germans. i was so happy to see them. >> reporter: his rescue was part of operation tritan, a joint even u. mission initiated at the

end of last year aimed at patrolling the mediterranean sea. but for most migrants, italy is yet another transit point on their way to northern europe where they think there are more job opportunities. now, many here in italy fear that under the current atmosphere across our up and with the tightening of the borders, holding centers like this one could just become permanent homes. italy has so far borne the brunt of migrants, authorities have had to locate them across the country whenever there is an empty building. police have recently confiscated this one from the mafia, it will soon open its doors to the newcomers. an abandoned school is also being reif you refurbished in a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of rome. people living here fear the sudden arrival of a large number of migrants. >> translator: this area is

isolated. there are a few public services, there are no shops pharmacies, telephones nothing. these are people who are still in the process of being identified. we don't know who they are. it is something that scares us. this is a private area. it could become a ghetto. >> reporter: a group of homeless people have also set up shop in front of the school. they say italians in need should come first. >> translator: there is nothing for us. nothing. we can't ask for anything. we have nothing left. and then we see these situations. the migrants get house they get help. and then what? i have nothing against them, but we are the ones becoming foreigners in our own country. >> reporter: and while those who made it this far are relieved to have fled war-torn libya. many here in italy and other european countries worry about the future identity of their hometowns. hoda hamid, al jazerra rome. now there are reports a swiss-based operation has been

launched to arrest several high-ranking fifa officials on corruption charges. u.s. media reports that authorities in zurich are looking to extradition more than 10 football officials to the united states. the u.s. federal charges include racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud. more on that, of course, a as get it here in al jazerra. in india a searing heat wave has killed more than a thousand over the past week, the helping temperatures cleaned am 47 degrees celsius. nicole johnston has more. >> reporter: people in india are iced to hot summers but not like this. >> translator: it is too hot. it's even tough to accept that there is so much heat. >> reporter: temperatures have been climbing for a month. and a serious heat wave has developed. more than 850 people have died. in the middle of the day, there

is a bit of shade. and some ponds to cool off in. the biggest problems are heat stroke and dehydration. >> translator: vehicles are breaking down because of overheating. we are sweating so much. the throat is getting dry, we have to keep ken wering our thirst frequently. >> reporter: it doesn't look like letting up any time soon. the government is telling people to stay indoors if they can. wear a hat and drink lots of watering the meteorological office has blamed the heat wave on a shortage of rain, he's warning people there are more hot days to come. the last big heat waves in india in 2002, and 2003, killed thousands of people, nicole johnson, al jazerra. nuclear envoys are in seoul for talks the three countries will discuss the threat posed by north korea's nuclear program. but follows cents claims this

from pyongyang that they tested a new missile from a submarine and claim they have built a nuclear warhead small enough to be mount odd a long-range missile. still to come on the program, a u.s. journalist appears in an iranian court facing spying charges. we'll be speaking to his brother later. plus we find out why talks planed in geneva to end the war in yemen have been postponed inning definitely. month ore that. stay with us.

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high-ranking fifa officials on corruption charges. u.s. media reports that authorities in zurich are looking to ex-extradition more than 10 football officials to the united states. the u.s. federal charges include racketeering and wire fraud more on that as we get it. a counter offensive by iraqi troops to are try to recapture anbar province from ice it's fight percent in from its second day, shia muslim militias are also involved can [cheering] some fear too raise tensions with sunni. now, a journalist from the washington post has appeared in an iranian court. jason rezaian has been detained now for more than 10 months and charged with spying, collaborating with hostile governments and spreading prop began at that. here is patty culhane. >> reporter: this is about as much as anyone knows about what happened to jason rezaian

tuesday. the official state news agency announcing the start of his trial taking place behind closed doors. >> translator: rezaian was active in iran under the cover of a journalist and was arrested last july. >> reporter: he works for the washington post his editor calls the allegations absurd. and says iran has annal tear yearan ulterior moi have. >> iran says it has to do with jason's conduct. i can only believe that the timing suggests a connection, that there is a close tie in what the iranians are doing to their belief that this would improve their position at the bargaining table. >> reporter: but the obama administration has knock the link his case to the negotiations . >> the nuclear talks are are the nuclear talks we take the opportunity of being in the same room with the iranians to raise our concerns about american citizens, who are detained, missing or on trial. iran has not made any evidence

public but in a recent trip to the u.s., the foreign minister blamed a low-level u.s. operative for the arrest. >> but the fact is, that there are people who take advantage of the needs of some of people who try to get a visa to come to the united states. or get a visa for their wife to his come to the united states. and make demands that are illegal, and dangerous and damaging to the professionalism of a universal i. >> reporter: r*r's brother says jason did apply to a visa for his wife says the asked the u.s. to speed it up because in his words a ryne could become a dangerous place for journal assists. but he insists he wasn't asked for anything in return. >> he's committed the fight. it's what he said, you know, consistently. when he saw my mom when he met with his lawyer. i want to defends myself and let everybody know i am innocent.

>> reporter: he might have his chance to do but only he and the few in the courtroom will get the judge the strength or weakness of the case against him. libya's u.n. recognized prime minister said he escaped an assassination attempt. he was forced to abandon a parliamentary session after protesters set fire it a car outside think it's the latest disruption for lib yaps parliament which huh struggled to bring stability to the country. the u.n. secretary general has confirmed that talks planned in geneva toned the war in yemen has been postponed inning did he ever thatindefinitely.they have been delayed to allow both sides more time to prepare. jamessjames bays has more. >> reporter: he says he's disappointed these talks couldn't be held at the time he wanted. he said it was at the request

the government the yemen and key stakeholders urging them to take place as soon as they can in good faith and without preconditions, he also notes in his statement that, we had that five-day sear fire ceasefire since that the situation has been worse and violence escalating. let's go back to our breaking news story where fifa officials in zurich have been arrested and now ex-extradited to the united states. let's gets more now from al jazerra's sports correspondent andy richardson. how significant is this? and what's the background to the latest accusations against fifa and its officials? >> reporter: well, darren, i think we are still at this point working out exactly how serious this is. fifa officials arriving at the hotel where the arrests were made in switzerland this morning were caught completely by surprise. it's seemingly part of a u.s. investigation. it could well involve former

fifa official chuck. [ inaudible ] who pointedly said a few couple of years ago that he was turned whistle blower against five uh-huh rumored that he was wearing a wire tap at some important fifa meetings, so the charges and arrests may well result from that. at the moment we assessing how serious this is. we are expecting a press conference in new york in a few hours time. to get an explanation. >> as you say the details are still sketchy at the moment. is this likely to change set bladder's election. >> i stands bladder isn't amongst those being charged. and you would think in any normal situation a major arrest being made on the eve of a

reelection would have a major impact of the seth bladder is reliant on the votes of fifa, 209 votes and he still has huge support within africa, within asia and within the majority of confederations outside of europe. again, it's very early stages and exactly what has happened this morning. i am obviously on my way to switzerland at the time moment. but bladder was very confident that he would be reelected so upon canconfident he hasn't even issued a manifesto it's just a case of four more years of the came. >> all right sand andy richardson in london updating out this breaking news story we are having there that there is a swiss-based operation taking place where a number of fifa officials have been arrested in zurich and are to be ex-extradited to the united states. 10 officials more on that of course, as we get it here on al jazerra. >> israel has launch aid number of air strikes on the gads a

strip to the east and west of rafah. no reports of injuries israel says it was a response to a missile being launched. britain's new conservative government is laying out its agenda in the queen's speech marking the opening of parliament. the plans include more spending cuts and proposals to take back more powers in the european union, lawrence lee has the story. >> reporter: five more years of david cameron and an amazing opportunity for the conservative party to population of the u.k., entirely unopposed. after all around the cabinet table now are only conservative allies the first time that's happened since 1997. the conservatives have made it clear that they will portray themselves as a party that speaks for the working classes. >> i think it is absolutely right that would in every decision that we take, every policy that we pursue, every program we start, it is about giving everyone in our country the best chance of living a

fulfilling and good life. >> reporter: the conservative government is certainly bad news for these people, so-called extremist preachers will find it harder to speak on the streets without being arrested. there will be more powers, too for the spy agencies. the government now is free to try to pursue objectives it simply hasn't been able to so far, cuts to benefits, e.u. migrants who can't find a job in six months are velshi to return have to return home. the. and not accepting people lost in the mediterranean. these might come across as right wing and certain are in part an attempt to diffuse a threat from the far right u.k. independence party. but the government knows many labor voters feel much the same way about many of these issues and so david cameron is trying to present himself as a man for the whole country. or perhaps the whole of england if the fukudome not scotland with the liberal democrats and labor parties in total disarray, the only political force in

westminster offering an opposition to what the conservatives have on offer is the scottish narc the party. on big issues like whether the u.k. will leave our enough a ref remember did you done. snp's voice has become a crucial one. >> there is a substantial number of very strong technical arguments, about jobs, investment the long-term future, all of those will have to be deployed. in that debate now. first of all, we will oppose an eu referendum saying that we will be campaign on the ground staying in, we will we deplowing each and every one of those arguments. >> reporter: and what of the pub lie mood? well this happened three days after the vote at the gates of downing street and another big december voice is scheduled to protest against austerity to be outlined in the queen's speech n some way this is "the stream" looks like what happens when opposition doesn't have a political focus and there could easily be a lot more of it. lawrence lee, al jazerra london. the pianist and conductor has take own another challenge

as charlie angela reports from london. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: they arethough the keys look like they have for hundreds of years the sound they produce is slightly different. pianist and compose erden el has played on stein way pianos all his life. but this is the first one with his name on it. it's inspired by the piano used by the 19th century hungarian composter franz list, he tried it and wanted to combine its sound with the power of the modern piano. from the outside it looks like a modern concert grand piano. but inside are where the differences lie, you can see how the string run in straight lines reactor that angles and that creates the different sound a much warmer sound closer to what composers would have had almost 200 years ago. daniel is considered the worlds greater musician and

as a conductor he's tried to build bridges through miss i can, with his orchestra of palestinian and israeli musicians. and he's reportedly condemned israel's occupation of gas and the west bank. even when describing his new instrument he likens his role as pianist to solving a political problem. >> it's as if each note is there for itself. and you the pianist have to give them a feeling of solidarity. but i feel very inspired for that. i am rapturously happy with it. >> reporter: but listen to him talk to the instrument's build every, chris maine it sounds like there is still some tweaking to do. >> if the wall now goes there make a difference? >> it will make danks. >> i think -- you know the problem -- >> reporter: so far this is one of only two in the world a rare

reinvention that will be kept under wraps until he runs his fingers over it later this week in london. charlie angela, al jazerra london. all the latest news on our website, there it is on your screen the address aljazerra.com. on target tonight, fight for flight? the u.s. defense secretary says iraq's army has lost the will to take on isil. new questions raised about a connection between donations to the clinton foundation and arm sales approved by hillary clinton's state department. one week after being driven out by isil fighters, iraq security forces launched a new operation to try and take aback the