>> the u.s. and turkey discussed the creation of an i.s.i.l.-free buffer zone. along turkey's southern border with syria.hello there i'm felicity barr. and this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: why the u.s. has taken malaysia and cuba off its list of countries not doing enough to fight human trafficking. ethiopia's prime minister defends his country's democratic record against criticism from president obama. and they're already endangered. but there's new concern as

figures show a dramatic incline in bengal tying are numbers. tiger numbers. >> hello the u.s. and turkey are discussing the creation of an i.s.i.l.-free buffer zone along turkey's southern border with syria. and turkey appears to be increasing its involvement in military operation he in iraq and syria. following last week week's bombing in suruc which killed 32 people. ankara has been accused of shelling a kurdish village in syria, ypg are battling the islamic state of iraq and the levant. but the government says it's not targeting syrian kurds and are investigating those claims. well that alleged shelling followed several days of turkish strikes in northern iraq targeting kurdish and i.s.i.l. forces known there as the pkk.

nato will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation requested by turkey. zeina khodr has the story. turkey says it is cooperating with ground forces already inside syria. those troops are not syria's kurds who the coalition have been relying on but opposition groups fighting both i.s.i.l. and the syrian government. the prime minister says they have agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. the agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations up to a certain level. i cannot go into details but for example an important point was the air cover for freams free syrian army and other groups who fight

against daesh. it is an open secret that turkey is not happy with the loins the kurds have expand he theired their borders. it doesn't want the kurds to create a state and inflamed separatist it also considers the ypg and offshoot of the pkk the kurdistan workers party which it has declared war on and more importantly it doesn't want the kurds to be the only force on the ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey has spelled out the conditions the ypg needs to meet before it can be part of what the prime minister called the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government and cooperate with opposition groups. so far the kurds have refused to joijjoined forces with the main

informs, repeatedly attacking their units across the border an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds also accuse turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a coverup to launch war against kurds both in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the agreement with the coalition against daesh to target kurds political parties and this is something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some ethnicitialethnical groups. >> turkey is now an active player on the syrian battlefield where yet another front line seems to be emerging. zeina khodr, al jazeera southern

turkey. >> rosalind jordan.claims to u.s. spokesman john kirby. >> reporter: the u.s. telling turkey not to go against the pkk if the pkk are going against i.s.i.l, yes or no. >> the pkk in syria? >> correct. >> the pkk as we observe them are in more than -- in operating in iraq and inside turkey. to conduct -- >> you don't know that they are fighting inside syria as well? >> i have no specific information. i know what she's referring to, i'm getting there. i have no information specifically about where the pkk may be inside syria. in syria largely the counter-i.s.i.l. fighters are members of the ypg right? >> no. >> and the attacks that they rendered were against pkk not

the ypg. >> but does that mean that you're telling the turks because now we have this complication inside syria who is shooting at whom at this point? >> you are talking about this recent claim of attack that the turks fired on ypg? >> right. >> so let me -- so the turks have said they are going to investigate that and they have reiterated and clarified that their purpose against i.s.i.l. or their purpose in said syria is against i.s.i.l. not ypg. they've said that -- >> and kurdish fighters are reported to have retain a town in northern syria from i.s.i.l. there has been a month long offensive to cut i.s.i.l. supply lines near the euphrates river. kurds helicopter by coalition air strikes. i.s.i.l. has used the town as a launch pad for raids on the nearby town of kobani.

both sides in yemen's conflicts are accusing the other of breaking a humanitarian ceasefire. there have been hoght houthi attacks near ta'izz. this latest responsiveness does not violate the five day truce but again on sunday. well yemen's government in exile says the truce is purely humanitarian and puts the burden on houthi fighters to allow in help for 21 million yemenis who need assistance. >> translator: as yemen's legitimate government we are with the humanitarian truce. we support a truce that is fully implemented. not for changing conditions on the ground. >> pakistan has condemned an tack which has killed people at a police and bus station in northern india.

those who launched the attack crossed from pakistan. liddy dutt reports. >> hijacked a car and attacked a bus then opened fire in a police station, close to the india-pakistan border. bombs were also found on a niche rrl, government's opposition are raising questions about the strength of india's border security. >> translator: it is a very you unfortunate incident, there is a vast difference what the government preach and practice. poor and innocent people have been killed. >> reporter: even before the security operation ended some politician he in india were proclaiming pakistan. >> translator: terrorist attacks cannot take place without the orders of pakistani intelligence. the plan for such attack and the supplies needed are be supplied

by isi. this means isi has planned this attack. we need to send a message that this is not acceptable. >> reporter: previous attacks pakistan is condepartmenting this incident. pakistan has already stepped up security along the border. >> after the incident the whole of punjab is on alert. we are checking the bus stations railway stations and other places so that another incident does not occur here again. >> a person dress dressas india personnel in 20 years. police are investigating where these attacks came from. liddy dutt, al jazeera nuldz.

new delhi. >> shanghai exroft exchange plummeted almost 8%. director of think tank policy research in macroeconomics says this stock market flight was expected. >> the stock market rose by 135% last year so it was bound to fall. it was bound to come back to reality at some point. but the question is whether or not this is a reflection on what's happening in the real economy and i'm not sure that it is. i think this is purely speculative stuff. speculation based on borrowed money. and it seems as if the chinese government is increasing the borrowing or the this speculation in the hope of dampening the market. but i fear that it might be making it worse. i know the rate of growth in

china is falling. it's still very high at 6.8% of gdp per annum. much higher than in the u.s. but it is falling. >> in the annual trafficking and persons report release50 state department, malaysia was poofd up amovedup a grade. that means the u.s. peoples it's made some progress but not enough to fix the problem. cuba also went una tier. the u.s. says it's tried increase the number much prosecutions but forced labor and sex tourism are still widespread there. thailand remains at the lowest level. the u.s. blames the thai government of not doing enough against crungs. corruption. u.s. secretary of defense john kerry your honor veiled that report in washington d.c. >> we want to provide evidence and facts that will help people

who are already striving to achieve reforms to alleviate suffering and to hold people accountable. we want to provide a strong incentive for governments at every level to do all that they can to prosecute trafficking and to shield at risk populations. >> and rosalind jordan has been monitoring events from washington d.c. >> reporter: perhaps the best way is to recognize that three of those rankings indicate that a certain country isn't doing enough to stop the problem. people at the very bottom of the list both have a serious hooux trafficking problem and -- human trafficking problem and aren't doing anything to try change the situation. the next step up known as tier 2 watch means that countries have serious problems but are making some sort of token effort perhaps to try oimprove the situation. that is where both malaysia and

cuba happen to be in the 2015 report. they are both trying to make some legal chairption, both changes but haven't done enough to make preecial appreciable differences in the problem. forced labor now these countries are escaping escaping the financial, black list, there is considerable room for improvement for these countries and certainly, in the tier above them there's a lot of room for improvement as well. it's only in tier 1 where you're considered to be meeting the minimum standard, and the u.s. government says that it should be even tougher than that but that's a matter for congress. >> still ahead on the program one person murdered nearly every hour, violence spirals out of control in el salvador. and we'll hear from burundi's

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>> hello again reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. turkey has been accused of shemg of shelling a kurdish village in northern syria. u.s. has been criticized for removing cuba and malaysia from the list of countries failing to

prevent human trafficking. and chinese stocks have recorded their biggest one day fall in years. closed down 8.5% in one day trading. barack obama has praised key african ally ethiopia for its fight against the armed group al shabaab in be somalia but has challenged the country for its democratic reforms. mohammad adow reports from addis ababa. judge it's a warm welcome for president obama at addis ababa national one aimed at strengthening relation established more than a century ago. economic and security ties, with the ethiopian prime minister.

addressing journalists president obama praised ethiopia as an outstanding partner. >> pushing back against violent extremism. ethiopia face serious threats and reduced areas under al shabaab control but as the prime minister noted yesterday's bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. >> he also called on hyram miriam. some human rights groups criticized president obama's visit, the committee to protect journalists states of all the countries worldwide it is only neighboring eritrea that jails more journalists than ethiopia. before obama arrived a number of bloggers were released, some held on charges of terrorism.

many remain still in custody. the ethiopian leader defended his country's commitment to human rights. >> it is not skin deep. we have both note they'd we need to step up efforts to strengthen our institutions, and build our capacity in various areas. we believe the u.s. support in this regard as age-old democracy will contribute to assuring that our system becomes robust. we have agreed to continue our engagement despite minor differences here and there, with regard mainly to the speed with write our democratization process is moving. >> european figures have been reacting to president obama's visit. >> he never walk this talk for the last six years. so if you don't walk your talk,

always giving provisions say something in the dining and the wining with dictators people don't believe you. >> reporter: later on monday president obama joined the are leaders of kenya ethiopia and somalia, urged parties in the south sudan conflict to come to agreement. if the warring parties do not agree to a peace deal by august 17th. mohammad adow, al jazeera addis ababa, ethiopia. make or break talks on what is known as the transpacific partnership there is disagreement between the u.s. and canada about cheese and milk. al jazeera's daniel lack explains. >> canadian governments like to say, this is a trading

arrangement. that's why.canada's take part in the tpp negotiations but a big stumbling block is the agricultural sector. not every part but the be dairy part. this is worth billions of dollars a year in this country but america would like canada to dismantle that if it's going to be part of the tpp. and that is the huge problem right now in the negotiations. >> i think likely what will happen and we hope what will happen is the government will decide just to keep pushing back it could be found that the united states has an interest in protecting its sugar famplers right? there are afarmers right? >> the negotiations are now in a crucial stage and trade

ministers this stage in hawaii are expected to really put pressure on canada to start doing something about its supply management. that's what they call the system that's holding this thing up. there are many other oaks expressed in canada, especially to the left of the political spectrum but the business sector are four square with the u.s. going ahead. there's no way for the country to continue to be prosperous if it doesn't sign up. >> this is going to be a very important disagreement and if canada is not part of it, canada will lose significant economic gdp and employment. >> canada's conservative government says it's pro-free trade and really warntle this agreement but knows it's politically risky to do anything for the country's supply management division for dairy

and eggs. that's why it's going to be tricky for canada government, it may have to wait until after the election in okay october. >> burundi's main opposition leader has attended the first sitting of parliament against the presidential elections. be the thought was that he would boycott, after president nkurunziza won a much talked about election. >> arriving at the national assembly still early days but he may be willing to work with his rival, pierre nkurunziza. noassa says he is not betraying his where supporters. >> i'm not letting down anybody. and perhaps this is a judgment which comes from just emotional

feelings. let them take some few times few days, many they will come to a conclusion that they are not betrayed. >> reporter: east african leaders, it won't be easy but they say if it brings peace then they are willing to try. police found a body in a shallow grave on monday. they suspect he may have been an opposition leader killed earlier this month. government ministers say calm has been restored. >> translator: the situation in the country is normal. there is peace. there is security. but unfortunately, there are people who are criminals would try to destabilize things, but we have a competent justice system. there is peace and calm just like in other countries. >> reporter: no date has been set yet for president pierre nkurunziza third term.

the constitution says he can only rule for two. now he has to rule a highly divided country. haru mutasa, al jazeera bujumbura. >> in the second part of our series on gang violence, adam rainey traveled to san salvador. a warning you might find some of the images in his report disturbing. >> reporter: a steady stream of bodies. bullets lodged in the chest sometimes the head. people shoot to kill in el salvador. >> reporter: they catalog the dead. some have no name. it's been another busy night

these men arrived in the middle of the night both killed in shootings. they say 90% of the bodies they receive die that way bearing all the signs of gang violence. a mother and her supporters turn to prayer. god is called on often here in the country named the savior. his father tells us it must have been god's will. what else could it be? a message board outside the morgue bears photos of those disappeared, feared dead. without any system in place families end up here hoping of news of their loved ones. three weeks ago maria ramirez's husband never came home from work. she stops herself from speaking of him in the past tense.

>> reporter: they're taken to a room. finally someone will hear their story. there, a doctor asks them when they last saw her husband. the missing are rarely found. many are hidden in clandestine graves, if they are also discovered, often they are only remains. juan diego says killings are set to go down, he is searching for meaning. splaiption perhaps answers in 'em sasmed are hard toel salvador

are hard to find. adam rainey, al jazeera el salvador. the search is for the person who killed one of africa's most famous lions. cecil with his characteristic black mean. main. mane. recent survey of tigers found only about 100 of them living in the area. down from the 440 in the last census in 2004. some believe the significance is because more accurate reports were used in that last census.

the bangladesh scientists says help is needed to help secure the future of the species. >> there are very few forest outposts and very few guarding the forest of this area, so i've suggested that the forest department should increase its strength in terms, as well as the staff so they can fight with the poachers because the poachers are active all over the areas. >> forest fires have forced dozens of homes to be evicted fire broke out on sunday. emergency services say the blaze has now been contained. another active volcano has e been

erupting. five years ago has led to international calculation. a reminder, you can find much more on our website the address is aljazeera.com aljazeera.com.