raud, waste and abuse. >> we've spent 110 billion dollars. >> this is their dirty little secret. >> the u.s. offers a helping hand in backing the government of iraq against isil. they have announced 4 a more trainers. also coming up. >> libya has no more time. >> as isil gains ground in lib y the u.n. envoy says that the two rival governments must come to an agreement and soon. the u.n. discusses how to improve it's darfur peacekeeping mission. and one of the safest faces in a

troubled country. we'll have a special report from afghanistan. the u.s. has announced it will send more troops to iraq to help train government forces in their fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. 4050 soldiers will be deployed to--450 soldiers will be deployed to help those who are already there. there are also plans to provide more support for sunni tribal fighters as concerns grow over the ability of iraqi troops to overcome the isil threat. the u.s. department said that it's about empowering sunnies. >> it is in anbar province.

and this will be an effort in local fighting forces. this is sunni fighters. they have a stake in this. they have a stake in this fight. this is their region. it's about giving them the training certainly but also the equipment and the training they need to take to the fight of isil. >> let's go to the state department in washington, d.c. roslind, is this a return to past military missions or is this something actually new here? >> well, it's not exactly new sammy, and it's not going back to what we saw the u.s. military doing in iraq during that war which started back in 2003 and ended in 2011. this is as the u.s. military is putting it, a continuation of its current policy, which has been for the past nine months or so to train and assist the iraqi

military as well as local forces. now what we're seeing that is new is the expansion into the training of local members of sunni communities anbar province. but that is still being done under the auspices of the central government in baghdad. the u.s. is not simply going into anbar and hand picking people who want to fight against isil and training them. they are having to go through basically baghdad in order to be part of that training regime. >> what caught my attention in some of the press conferences announced today, the u.s. focus seems to be more and more on military supports. what about measures to push the iraqi government to move quicker on reconciliation and the root cause of the conflict. the feel ever of isolation and alienation amongst sunnies? >> well, that's the part that just isn't as visual, and certainly that is something that many are ask about every single

day. but the limbic efforts to put pressure on eidur al abadi's government to make sure that it is much more inclusive than the government of nouri al-maliki was, a government criticized for favoring shiite citizens. it does believe that hyder al abadi has the political will to try to be more inclusive. but he's just one man. is the message trickling down through the ranks of the military and are people actually putting into action the promises which the primaries has made repeatedly when meeting with u.s. officials and meeting with owe officials in the region to be more inclusive? there is a real concern here in washington about whether the country of iraq could fracture if those sectarian differences

and grievances of tension are not fixed. >> thank you for that. >> beyond the bridge is isil territory. mosul, the biggest urban center in northern iraq. some 2 million people are believed to still live there cut off from the rest of the country. >> the people who want to leave but have to pay isil huge amounts of money that they don't have. they have to provide guarantee like the house to prove they try to come back. they live in a prison. >> these people were born and raised in mosuled. they fled last year when isil took over. journalists are not able to go into the city but these

journalists have contacts inside the city who film. they say that they use every opportunity to brainwash in mosul, they even breach in preach in malls. isil hides weapons in residential areas so that people will be angry when u.s.-led forces bomb the areas. >> the majority may not support isil but we cannot deny those who do. isil has an ideology and exploit the oppression against sunnies. many prefer isil over the kurds when they believe want their land. they managed to hold the lines with the airstrikes. but for now they have no 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 recapture iraq's second largest city? >> the iraqi government's plans to do so have been stalled. it has dug a drench in a line of defense, and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> isil is recruiting children. we have information that there are a thusser thousand new graduates. there will be sleeper cells in the future. [♪ singing ♪] >> a major part of isil's strategies is to control every aspect of the lives of the people under its rule, and even if it loses ground it insures its ideology will insure years to come. >> it's gun to fight isil along the ruggel syrian lebanese board. the leader says that fierce clashes have left dozens of isil

fighters dead. >> i want to say that the fight with isil in cameroon syrian -lebanese border had a started. we came to put an end to isil on our borders. whatever the circumstances are. we're quite keen to put an end to the elements of those that fear terrorists are on our borders. >> more developments from syria opposition groups are making more progress in the south of the country. after capturing a major military base in in the province on tuesday. they say they're now closing in in the area. it's a major airport used by the assad regime.

the united nations says takes on both it's peace keepers and civilians in darfur are increasing. if is described as most dysfunctional peacekeeping mission. we have reports from the u.n. >> the situation is deteriorating. these are people who have been forced to flee their homes. the size of the current peacekeeping force in place since 2008 has already been reduced just 15,000 troops and police to parole the kerr tore the size of france. on the security council one diplomat told me that unimed, a joint mission between the u.n. and african union was the most dysfunctional peacekeeping mission in the world. this are some calling for an exit strategy.

others are focusing on a different approach doing things better. >> instead we need to reconfigure its mandates so we focus more of its efforts on the core role, which is protecting vulnerable civilians. we see a role in mediating a conflict but any other task we want to reduce so we can focus more effectively. >> they have said in the past that they want unimdi out of his country. >> we can leave daughter darfur in a year. the conditions have to do with security the protection and the security and the anti to go back

home without fear. we also need to engage the government to address the root causes. >> an example of the problems in the relationship between the government of sudan and human is an recentand human rights groups when a soldier was requested to leave, and permission was not granted he died. >> if unimed continues to fail, the suggestion is that that the u.n. should withdraw, but that's exactly what sudan says it wants to happen. >> now security has been stepped up as sites across egypt after a suicide-bombing near the ancient

temple in the city of luxor. two gunmen were with the bomber. they were shot, one killed and the other badly wounded. no tourists were hurt and there has been no claim of responsibility. it's the second attack in just over a peek to target the egyptian tourist industry. talks to solve libya's political crisis has wrapped up with no agreement. officials and representatives from libya's two government met in berlin. it was a day after negotiations broke and the creation of an unity government fell apart. >> well, the news talks were remarkable for two things. first, the absence of either governments long side the two speakers to say anything from their points of view, and then the unanimity between the germany foreign minister about the need for speed in dealing

with the situation. they said this was a last best option and that it had a shelf life. >> libya has no more time. it's very important to understand and to translate these actions and saying very clearly that enough is enough, and the time has come to make a deal. >> and the reference to time there is particularly to do with the holy month of ramadan, which is only days away. and they were very clear in say to go reporters that both sides of libya needed to appreciate that this was the right time for them to be trying to find resolution moving towards an agreement. they also talked about the role of the islamic state in iraq and the levant, and the suggestion that they had taken the city of

sirte, and said this should be like a catalyst for both governments to appreciate now is the time to come together and form a national unity government. but like i say neither two governments appeared to speak for themselves, and the communique after the press conference was full of warm words but appeared not to have an announcement or real resolution in the coming days. >> is still ahead we'll tell you how south africa's tournament is holding up amid the fifa scandal. and the mers outbreak if has killed nine people.

>> welcome back. we'll recap our headlines here on al jazeera. u.s. president barack obama has approved a plan to deploy 450 military personnel to anbar province. they'll help in the fight against isil. the troops will train and advise iraqi forces. the announcement comes a year after isil took control of mosul, iraq's sect largest city. al jazeera has discovered evidence in the group recruiting thousands of children in the city. reaching an agreement to end libya's power vacuum ended without a deal in berlin. tuesday the u.n.-backed government said they that the

agreement gave rivals too much power. president vladimir putin met with pope francis. which is prosecutors have said it data from football's world governing body fifa for the scandal investigation. well the opening match of copa america kicks off if two days in santiago on thursday night. the shadow of the fifa scandal

hangs over the tournament while the stadium itself houses a dark history. we'll speak with al jazeera's but first his report from santiago. >> the final touch has been applied to the national stadium ahead of chile's opening in ecuador. it's a stadium that hosted many sporting triumphs. they would go to the 1973 cup final. >> the surprise for many of us was how stadium built to entertain the people could be turned into a torture center, a place where people simply disappeared. >> there are talks now how chilean football, and in particular the national stadium was disgraced during and after the 1973 military coup. more than 40,000 prisoners were tortured some executed in the

stadium. manuel mendez was one of the survivors, held for 50 days in what should have been a changing room. >> when they opened that door we never knew whether it would bring good or bad. they would come to take people away, 10 or 15, we never knew what for. >> and a former political prisoner she has insured the stadium houses this memorial for the victims. >> unfortunately the stadium emits a double message. it has a price of the emotions of thousands of cho chilean families. >> the idea that sports here in chilean stadium the benches where prisoners once sat was.

the soviet union would refuse to show up disgusted by human rights abuses. chile said there were no prisoners in the stadium. >> according to fifa there were no prisoners watching that game against the goes self ghost soviet side. but my friend said that's a lie. on the day of the game he was there. >> they would qualify for the world cup but they felt ashamed and played badly. hopefully they the stadium will

be remembered for its victories and not for the past. >> how much of a fifa cloud is hanging over that? >> well, a fair amount. the finishing touches have been put on this tom ahead that have game between cho lay and ecuador chile and ecuador. it's not clear which of the fifa officials, the federation officials will actually be at that match. who will fill those seats who will shake hands with the president. so everybody else is talking about the fifa scandal how it's effected south americanen football at the same time all the teams have arrived. they're at the training camps warming up. we have some of the best players in the world taking part. everyone is hoping that the football will overshadow what's going on off the pitch. >> you're talking about the football high expectations of argentina going into this?

>> they have great expectations. i would say that they're certainly the favors, argentina. chile is a country that never won the copa america. they have a particularly strong team this time around. they have the home support of great expectation here in chile and of course you can never forget about the brazilians. not playing their best football but still winning games. great expectations for what people hope will be very good footballing tournaments. >> i'm glad you mentioned brazil. it's more than just winning a game for the brazilians, isn't it? >> oh, yes, it's coming over the shame of the 7-1 defeat against germany in last year's world

cup. so many brazilians ready to put themselves on the right track. >> thanks, daniel from santiago. >> now the "world health organization" is urging the south korean government to open schools this have been closed during the middle eastern respiratory outbreak. >> at the medical center the common cold is being taken more seriously than ever. those suspected of having mers are treated in isolation. >> as we start to share information the atmosphere will

be more incorporate incorporated in bringing this under control. build we can control this or not this week will be a water shed moment. >> despite measures being taken to protect staff and other patients there are eight patients with mers currently being treated in this hospital. they've been brought here from other hospitals already with the disease. so the risk elsewhere in this facility is minimal. but the government has been saying that other patients have been presenting themselves to other facilities and they're worried about the spread of hospital to hospital. >> they're asking anyone who thinks they may have mers to stay putt stay put and contact authorities authorities. >> do engage in regular activities such as traveling over the weekends. the government's first priority

is to curb the spread of mers. >> half of the cases were contracted here in southern solely seoul. the numbers should start to decline this week if it has been limited to a hospital outbreak. experts from the "world health organization" are trying to establish why mers has spread so rapidly through medical facilities. and it is causing companies to take precautions even if some employees are not reassureed. >> it's like prescribing medicine after a death has already occurred. >> will is an attempt to show unified, concerted response across south korea. rereassurance, though, will only come when there is a decrease in

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