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not yet online. ♪ ♪. >> hello the u.s. is to announce plans to establish a my military base in iraq keys anbar province. it will be a boost against the levant. isil fighters took control of ramadi the capitol last month. washington is under pressure to do more to fight isil. 400 extra u.s. soldiers will be deployed to join the 3,000 advisors and trainers already working there. two new base could be established near the town. it will see more support for sunni tribal fighters. as concerns grow about the ability of iraqi troops to become. more detail on the plans an in the next couple of minutes or so with the state department and the white house all holding briefings.

that was when it took control of mosul iraq's second largest city as troops fled. more now from iraq. >> beyond the bridge is isil territory. mosul the biggest urban center in northern iraq. come two many people are believed to zillion live there, cut off from the rest of the country. the people who want to leave but they have to pay isil a huge amount of money which they don't have, they have to provide guarantee like their house to prove their plan to combat they live in a prison. >> these people are born and raised in mosul, they fled to therd cannish controlled north last year, when isil took over. al jazeera doesn't have access to the city, but these journalists have contacts inside who secretly film. they explain how isil uses every opportunity to brainwash the people, they even preach in malls. according to these journalists isil hinds it's

weapons in civilian neighborhoods so that people will turn against the coalition when it targets the area. but isil does have some support. it is able to exploit sunni grievances many have long felt targeted by the militias. and majority may not support but we can't deny there are those that do. they exploit the long history of oppression, many prefer isil over the shia government or the curds who they believe want their land. >> mosul is surrounded by forces from three sides. they have managed to hold the lines with the help of u.s. led coalition air strikes. but for now, they have to plan to move towards the mainly sunni arab city. their leadership says they will play a supporting role if and when a decision is made to recap sure iraq's second largest city. >> the iraqi can government's plans to do so have been stalled but isil has reportedly been preparing for that. it has dug a terrific around

the city in and places concrete barrier evers a a line of defense. and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. isil is recruiting children. there will be sleeper cells in the future since they have brainwashed children. >> a major part of isil strategy is to control every aspect of the lives of the people under it's rule, and ensures it's ideology will endure for years to come. northern iraq. >> let's talk now to al jazeera correspondent, she is in washington, d.c. patty, what more do we know about these u.s. mans to establish that military base? are we looking here at a complete change of strategy. >> let's try once more. >> you are dropping out --

>> sorry i lost that question again, i know you had a slight drop out, i was saying is this idea of establishing a new base in anbar province, and sending in more ever trainers are we seeing a change in strategy from the u.s.. >> all right we radioclearly having a few problems. sorry about that, i will try to get back to patly later in the program we can now speak. what do you make after this new plan is that is due to be announced to the u.s. to establish this new military base in anbar province? specifically on bringing in more trainers? >> you know until we hear more about it, i find it a bit peculiar, perhaps as they would with say it is too little too late, but certainly it is part of the

commitment to train the iraqis in order to fight isil then i would suppose the americans are going to be -- meaning they have to be close by into proximity. to the battlefields but having said that, how he will build that when exactly in anbar, how close it will be to the hot spots of anbar, it is all not clear what is clear is that perhaps there is a bit more urgency. to act more forcefully against isil, because as everyone has recognized america has very little in order to fight the group it has supported the iraqis in a very in"ways and certainly has done very well in syria what is interesting is all the noises we are hearing. training more of the sunni fighters.

a lot of criticism. they are now talking about some sort of training scheme. >> back to square one for the government sunnies the political process, there is no political reconciliation, just like his predecessor the new prime minister has also failed. a real conciliation, agenda in order to bring the sunnies into the fall, so what we have now are alienated sunnies who are stuck between

the vicious practices of isil. to break out of that cycle washington knows what to do it sneeds to put in a pressure on baghdad in order to put the kind of political process in place then move on to the military. because disarming people or training people is not going to resolve the issue as we have learned. al jazeera patty it was asking whether you consider the plans they know so far for this base in anbar whether that is considered to be some sort of a change of strategy. >> we will probably find out in half an hour. it almost never stops on time, in fact it doesn't but within the next couple of hours we should hear from the

press secretary, what we do know that told me less than 500 trainers would be sent to this base, we believe they are going to be training the sunni fighters here is the big question. and also some people that say fund their training, circumvent baghdad government the president has refused to do that, when the briefing does start is this a change in strategy? will the president directly arm and train the militias. it was pretty critical of the iraqi government that say they are not doing enough, they have more capacity to train more fighters they are just not getting the recruits. >> the president himself was being quite heavily criticized at home over his strategy what does some lawmakers actually want him to do. >> the more hawkish that

says that u.s. ground troops need to go in, and fight alongside their counter parts. that is definitely the minority opinion here in washington. what they are seeing is that the president should again directly arm and train the sunni fighters or put more pressure on baghdad to basically have better leadership in the fight. there's also some that say put in forward air controllers. they point a laser at a building and then the air strikes can be more effective, i know from coffering the military that if they are going to do any sort of close air support in cities like ramadi it is much more effective if they have someone on the ground that can can gather intelligence, and tell the aircraft what they can hit so the president so far has refused all calls to put americans on the front line, and is very weary about any more american casualties in iraq. >> life there with the latest from washington, d.c., thank

you, patty. now, representatives from libya's two governments for talked aimed at softing the country's political process. those talks took a day after they brokers negotiations aimed after it fell apart. al jazeera is in berlin and joins us live right now what if the u.n. envoy been saying about these talks? >> the news conference that followed the talks was notable for two things. first of all the absence of either side, either government from libya neither of them spoke and then when the two spoke they talks first of all warm words for each other and it was a suggestion that the draft proposal which he has put

forward was the last hope as it were. but they said the last hope did have a shelf life. >> and for all those that are listening from libya, it is very important to understand and to translate these in complete action. in saying very clearly that enough is enough, and that the time has come to make do. >> all right so there's talks underway, what is is the timeframe for reaching an agreement. >> well, both mr. sign meier, were saying that the arrival of the muslim holy month of ramadan was the moment where some sort of indication that an agreement could be arrived at needed to be happening. and mr. leon was particularly have sis rouse about this saying there has been so many opportunities up to this point and this really was the last chance. and when he was pressed upon it he said that ramadan

represented a moment that was an obvious point for both sides to say to themselves look, we need to do something for the libyan people, and we heard from both of them, about the role of the islamic state of iraq, which has taken setter, mr. leon talked about that and said seeing the presence of isil in setter and other parts should be something to motivate the two sides to try to form this national unity government. which mr. leon says is essential, and these were sentimentses echoed by the foreign minister. >> the latest on those talks in berlin. >> still to come, after four decades in solitary confinement, why albert wood fox face as few more days in prison. and how to clean up what is being described as the world's most dysfunctional peace keeping mission.

welcome back area minder of the top stories. the u.s. is set plans. to be more of a help iraqi forces of the anbar provincial capitol. was captured last hospital. that announcement is expect add year after isil took control of mosul iraq's second largest city, al jazeera has discovered evidence that the group is recruiting thousands of children in the city. and tomorrowing sleeper

cells. and today after u.n. back talks on libya broke down, officials from the country's two rival governments are now meeting in berlin. let's hope the negotiations will put an end to the chaos gripping the country. >> rescues more that 350 migrants off the country's southeast coast. the group have left libya the italian island. the four of the migrants including a pregnant woman are being treated in hospital. al jazeera joins us live now from the does newsian capitol. tell us more about this? >> the coast guard don't have the same resources as say the italians do. so they are covering huge expanses of area between tunisia. but this is happening more and more often where they

are finding boats that are drifted towards the coastline in trouble and rescuing them as they did with this boat of almost 400 people, now we understand that some of the people onboard are from syria, morocco and tunisia themselves there are also many who were in libya trying to get to europe. now they are going to be brought to tunisia where they will be detained and registered. for a lot of these people, they will be wondering what will happening next to them. >> what does happen to people long term once they do reach the shores of tunisia? >> well a bit of a difficulty really, because a lot of these people that have been rescued that i have spoken to, will be pleases that they were rescued and didn't end up drowning like many others have done in the mediterranean sea but once that euphoria is over, they will realize that they are back where they started.

they are back in africa, and tunisia really will try so process them as soon as possible they will want the economic migrants to go home, as soon as possible so we are talking about people from west africa, mainly nigerians or see year leyon, but those from syria or from somalia of course they can't can go home. they will be registered by the u.n., and the difficulty is really what to do with them. there are no resources or jobs here for them. and many them will try to make that perilous journey again, they will try go back to libya through the dessert however they can to try to get back to europe again because they can't make a future for themselves here in tunisia. >> all right live with the latest there, thank you. >> in western sudan. it is a crucial meeting that

is is what being described as the peace keeping mission. james bays reports from the united nations. >> the situation in darfur is certainly deteriorating. these are among 150,000 people forced to three their homes since the beginning of this year. the size of the current peace keeping force in place since 2008 is already been reduced just 15,000 troops and police to patrol the territory the size of france. on and security council, one diplomate told me a joint mission by the u.n. and african union was the most dysfunctional peace keeping mission in the word. but there's disagreement on how to change things some are calling for an exit strategy, others want a more focused approach doing fewer things better. >> now is not the time to withdraw. instead we need to reconfigure the mandates. which is protecting vulnerable civilians.

we also see a role for it in mediating a conflict, but in any other task we with want to reduce so that it can focus more effectively on that role. >> the government recently re-elected as sudan's president, and indicted on war crimes charges related to darfur has said in the past that he wants out of his country. and the acting head of the mission was pretty clear when i asked him about the problems he faces. >> we can't live in darfur. the government has necessary conditions to make that possible and those conditions have to do with the security, the protection of civil isians, the guarantees for their protection, and their security. going back home without fearing. we also need to have engang and encouraging the governments to find the root causes.

>> an example of the problems is a recent incident where permission was requested opinion an ethiopian peace keeper to be evacuated the request was denied and he died. u.n. officials will tell you private that the actions of sudan is one of the reasons why it is not working and when you speak to the security council, some will tell you that if unimed continues to fail, then eventually the un should withdrawal, of course that's exactly what sudan has made it clear it wants to happen. at al jazeera of the united nations. the world health organization has urged the government to reopen thousands of schools that were closed following a mers outbreak. so far nine people have died and more than 100 people have been infected. harry faucet has the latest.

>> the common cold can is being taken more seriously than ever. kept well away from patients in the main building. though suspected of having mers are treated in isolation, anyone confirmed is immediately quarantined. as we start to share information, there will be a uptick in answering whether we with can control this or not, this will a major watershed moment. >> up side the measures being take reason on display. >> so there are eight patients with mers currently being treated they have been all brought here from other hospitals already with the disease, so the risk of infection elsewhere within this facility is very minimal. however, the government is saying that other patients have been presenting themselves and other facilities and the concerned about the spread from hospital to hospital. >> the acting pine minister telling anyone who suspected

they may have mers to stay put and call authorities everyone else should live life as normal. please refrain from overreaction. and do engang in regular economic activity. the first priority and curb can the spread of mers. >> nearly half of the confirmed cases contracted here, in southern seoul. officials say the numbers should start to decline through this week if it is limited to a hospital outbreak. inside visiting experts from the world health organization are trying to establish why mers has spread so rapidly through medical facilities in south korea. and concern can that the virus may have gotten out in the population is causing company to take precautions. even if some aren't reassured. the cameras are to detect people that are already shows

symptoms. which is like prescribing medicine after a death has already occurred. >> real reassurance, though lurks only come if and when there's a sustained decrease in the numbers of new infections. harry faucet, al jazeera seoul is. we promised you some press conference in the next hour or so. up to 400 and any fact additional u.s. military personnel are to be sent to iraq specifically to anbar province to train advise, and acsis the security forces in their fight. the press release also saying the new advisors will work to build the capacity of iorackky forcing including local tribal fighters to improv their ability to plan, lead, and conduct operations against isil in eastern

anbar. they are also have been told that the hat has directed the expedited delivery of essential equipment and material, in coordination with the central government to iraqi forces including peshmerga and tribal fighters. more on othat as soon as we get that. now there's been a delay in the release of an american prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for 43 years. his murder conviction has been overturned twice was supposed to walk free earlier on wednesday. a federal court has ordered his release saying it was not right to try him for a third time, but louisiana attorney general want as retrial oand is convinced an appeals court to keep him in prison until at least friday. the u.s. police officer involved in the latest accusation of police violence against black people has now resigned. he calls an international outcry when this video of him pulling a gun on a

14-year-old girl went with viral. his behavior in a suburb of the texas city, sparked protests and allegations of racism. it comes when the police are under heavy scrutiny following the high profile death of several black summits. now with internet connections seemingly everywhere, the number of people online has dramatically risen but more than half the world is sit not online. more than 3.1 billion people are currently connect canning to the internet. more people are signing up at the rate of 450 every minute, that's almost 65,000 new people coming on line each day. the trouble is 40% of the people online, 1.1 billion live in just three countries. china, the u.s., and india. contrast that with 100 at least connected country together their home to just one with .65% of those on the

internet. many of these lack fiber networks making it expensive for people to get internet access. that's why google has been testing drones and balloons. these were flown over the south island. google declined an interview with al jazeera but said in ask email, the technology could be cheaper. critics say google search engine is a powerful force and any move that will see it controlling infrastructure as well would give the company too much influence we are very much about speed drones and balloons, that these are awesome. but what are they being used for? are the underlying power diem thats changing or is it again a very small group of people exerting their power and control over a much larger group. >> it starts up here. at 60,000 people. >> facebook internet has been

looking at using drones to enhance internet access in remote areas. >> our plan is to make basic internet services affordable so that everyone with a phone can join the knowledge economy. >> internet.org has launched an app in 11 countries that says kit be accessed by a billion people, offering them free access to a limited number of online services. no coincidence, one of these is facebook, and it's internet.org that determines which ore services can be on the platform. >> they are not doing it because they are charities because they -- because they believe in altruism, etc., they are doing it because having is more people online benefits them. >> google is working to improve the strengths of the balloons the launch system and how it can can keep them connected during flight, one these are solved google says it will scale up the network.

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