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a trip to east africa and factions in south sudan are now in his sights. ♪ within the past few minutes or so we've heard the son of libya's former the leader moammar gadhafi has been sentenced to death and faces charges ranging from war crimes to corruption for his role in suppressing the 2011 uprising and he wasn't in court in tripoli to hear his sentence. he is being held in the town of zintan four years ago from former rebels who are now loyal to the installed government in tripoli and gadhafi's former chief has also been sentenced to death. more on that a little later on in the program. as i say that is news that has

come in within the past five minutes or so but in the meantime let's look at other news in the united states and turkey have agreed on a plan to create a buffer zone to fight i.s.i.l. within syrian territory, this has been a long-held demand by turkey that says it's suffering more and more from i.s.i.l. presence on the border and how it would work though has not yet been established. but this is the area currently that i.s.i.l. controls and this is where the proposed buffer zone would be. well, meanwhile nato is to hold a rare emergency meeting to review the threat that i.s.i.l. poses to turkey. ambassadors from the 28 member block will debate actions. the turkish authorities are taking against i.s.i.l. and the extraordinary meeting was called by turkey because it's worried about the growing strength of i.s.i.l. on its borders.

we can talk now to our correspondent zaina who is very close to the syrian border and zaina you are in the area we are actually talking about, the area that is at most risk as turkey would see it of i.s.i.l. activity which it has called for them si meeting of this nato allies. >> yes. the village behind me is the syrian border village that is controlled by i.s.i.l. we can actually see turkish military patrolling the border area. turkey did request the extraordinary meeting of nato not to ask for military help but turkey wants to update its allies about what it perceives as threats that this country is facing as well as inform them of the military actions that they have been taking. at the end of the day nato the united states the coalition, they have welcomed turkey's

decision to directly engage i.s.i.l. they have been demanding this really for some time now and some are calling this a game changer. but what is controversial will be turkey's decision to simultaneously declare war on the kurdistan workers party or the p.k.k. yes, the united states and the eu considers the p.k.k. a foreign terrorist organization but they have been urging restraint, urging turkey to relaunched the peace process and they believe this is the way forward. why? because this can complicate the fight against i.s.i.l. and the coalition has been relying on the kurds in iraq and syria as partners religion the ground. the syrian kurds, the y.p.g. is an offshoot of the p.k.k. for turkey the y.p.g. is a terrorist organization but for the coalition it's a partner and do not shy away from it and now they let us use the air base we

can coordinate with kurds on the ground but this is going to be one of the topics that will be discussed because at the end of the day nato wants turkey really to differentiate against the war against i.s.i.l. and the war against the p.k.k. >> and within turkey itself zaina i'm not sure how able you are to tell us how much consternation is there, the fact the country is deciding to go or to prosecute two separate wars effectively at the same time. >> undoubtedly as you can imagine people are worried especially here in the southern border villages and some are telling their children to stay home. they are worried about retaliatory attacks and you mentioned two organizations that turkey has now declared war but at the end of the day what is happening is turkey is trying in one way or another to save if you like syria's opposition

because the coalition since it started bombing i.s.i.l. in syria has been concentrating in the northeast of the country close to the border with iraq and wants to deny i.s.i.l. safe haven and free movement between the strongholds between syria and iraq and on the ground are syria's kurds and they want the coalition to concentrate on the area behind me the north the northwest because i.s.i.l. is threatening syrian opposition group which turkey supports and this is all the talk about a no fly zone and buffer zone and the united states made it clear a no fly zone military fly zone is not under consideration but what is under consideration is discussing with turkey how to cooperate to rid i.s.i.l. from this territory but there are a lot of details that need to be worked out who will fill the vacuum once i.s.i.l. is gone. at the end of the day turkey will not want to see the syria

kurds to fill the vacuum. and in the beginning the kurds population in turkey they fear that turkey is using the war against i.s.i.l. as a cover up against fighting the kurds so you can imagine the tensions within the communities here. >> thank you very much in southern turkey right on the border with syria. now, our top story this hour of course is that sentencing to death of the son of the former leader of gadhafi and this is a shot of the court which this sentence is handed down and islam is not there, he is not in this court in tripoli and we can find out a little more as to why but we go to a political analyst and director of the tripoli based institute and he is talking to us from london and thank you for talking to us and why isn't islam in the court and

will this death sentence actually apply to him? >> well this has been a wrangling between the different factions and militias since 2011 since he was captured in 201 11 by a malitia based in the western mountain who have kept him there and this has been a broad based example of where he has been over the last four years and most malitias held the central authority and these people or use prisoners like islam as political bargaining chips and i think that is one of the main reasons why today the context of the area is there are many different authorities and many authorities that want to make the country like it's functioning and we are in the middle of a nasty civil war. the court that is holding these

proceedings in tripoli is ultimately under the authority of one government and then the rival government has sentenced islam so it's a very difficult mess. to the question of whether he will actually be given the death sentence back to the national transitional council which is the first authority to take control of gadhafi [inaudible] . >> i'm afraid that the line is definitely not cooperating with us so we will have to leave it there for now but good to talk to you and we will see if we can try and get a more secure a more stable line from london but for now thank you. now, we are going to move on to some other news once we try and get that line back but there

have been confrontations between israeli forces and settlers in the occupied west bank. it happened in an illegal israeli settlement and israeli forces tried to stop construction and evacuate buildings following a court order and land owners went to court to block the construction in the compound. the saudi-led coalition and houthi rebels accusing each other of breaching the latest ceasefire in yemen. it's now day two of what was supposed to be a five-day truce but there has been heavy fighting in the south, in the central part of the country and in the north on the border of saudi arabia and we report. >> reporter: the markets in aiden have once again come to life even though the saudi-led coalition and truce is barely holding. on the city's outskirts pro-government fighters say houthis and loyalists fire missiles towards the airport. meanwhile a saudi air strike

targeted a rocket launch pad in a nearby province and the houthis have not commits to the pause in the fighting and used it in government held areas, in roads leading to aiden checkpoints have been established to monitor our movement. but the relative calm in the fighting means much needed aid is arriving and getting aid to aiden is the first in reaching people who are fast running out of supplies. >> translator: 80% of yemen people are in need of assistance and 9 million need help and immobilization of children has stopped completely and poses a threat to the future. >> reporter: the mood in the houthi held capital sanaa is grim and want the war to be over. >> translator: we are entering the fifth month of war and destruction and the children don't deserve this and in the end after all this destruction the warring sight will sit down and negotiate and it's

impossible to negotiate except through dialog and it's better if they just do it now. >> reporter: in areas where houthi rebels are trying to take control there has been no pause in the fighting. and there are reports of shelling and pro-government fighters say the houthis are sending reinforcements. on the border of saudi arabia they fired missiles and saudi forces say they responded to the attack and even in areas where there is support of the government in exile people don't have much faith in the cause. >> we hope this truce will stop. it's something strange but as we can see here as you can listen from people we do not trust a truce and we think attacking houthis continually is the key to beat them. >> translator: truce, what truce? we didn't know anything about it. we heard there is a truce to get electricity and water. we just want things to improve. >> reporter: in aiden damage

infrastructure and lack of public services is a constant reminder of the fighting and people here know it's not over yet, al jazeera. we've got a lot more to come here at al jazeera including protests in the philippines, over shadow the president's final state of the nations speech plus. i'm daniel and in a town in the center of argentina where residents suffer three times the national levels of cancer. we are here to find out why. ♪

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♪ hello again, you are with al jazeera and these are our top stories. a son of former leader moammar gadhafi sentenced to death ranging from war crimes to corruption for his role in the 2011 uprising. gadhafi's former intelligence chief has also been sentenced to death. the united states and turkey have agreed to have a buffer zone inside syria to combat i.s.i.l. and nato holding a rare emergency meeting to talk about the threat that i.s.i.l. poses to turkey. the saudi-led coalition and houthi rebels are accusing each other for breaching a ceasefire in yemen and fighting in central southern parts of the country as well as in the north. now president obama is wrapping up his tour of east africa with a speech at the african union

and he becomes the first u.s. president in office to go to au headquarters. and he is expected to talk about the civil war in south sudan and given warning that sanctions could be imposed if both sides don't reach a peace deal next month, august the 17th is the date that has been set. now fighting broke out on december 2013 when the president accused his deputy of trying to state a coup. tens of thousands of people have been killed and almost two million people are now homeless and living in camps after 17 months of conflict and a series of ceasefires government forces started their latest offensive in april and only last week human rights watch accused government soldiers of killings rapes and attacks on civilians during that military operation.

now east africa security analysts says the u.s. is trying to reenforce its influence on south sudan. >> what we are seeing right now with president obama and the american administration is having a new approach into engaging with south sudan with many critics believe the obama white house has ignored and believe the united states is very involved in the creation of south sudan but afterwards not much follow-up in the state itself. we have not been able to have them really consider what coalition government will be over the next few years so i think it's trying to add pressure, you know. i think the united states may try to inflict some sanctions on individuals if the date has past august. but i think it's really trying to reinvigorate talks that have been at a stand still so far.

>> they are fighting al-shabab and president obama has been praising its efforts but inside somalia itself the soldiers are being blamed for killing civilians as our correspondent mohamed reports from mogadishu. >> he was run over by vehicles belonging to african union soldiers and happened in the capitol last year his body was left on the streets for several hours. he is now struggling to raise their kids. >> translator: we were married for 27 years. we had a very happy life. all our children were going to school. then one morning they took him away from us. now our life is just in misery. our children didn't just lose a father but also lost their chance to finish going to school and have a happy life. >> reporter: the african union troops are deployed in somalia as part of international effort

to fight the armed group al-shabab but people are too afraid to walk in the doors for fear of being run over. >> no one knows the exact number of accidents involving the african union soldiers in this city. most traffic accidents go unreported and families of victims we spoke to say they feel powerless. these small people are looking after more than 100 cases and 20 inclusive yanukovich deaths and all of them are from the last four years. >> translator: the local courts are powerless. if and when they rule against the soldiers, they have the problem of enforcing the court's decision they are above the law. >> reporter: and that is exactly what happened here. he won a court case against african union soldiers following that traffic incident. the soldiers were ordered to pay compensation but that was four years ago and he is still

waiting. >> translator: they say they came to order but they are killing people. they killed a man who is driving his car. he is no threat to them or to anyone. >> reporter: she wants the african union to apologize and pay compensation so that her children can go back to school. al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia. the greek government officially started bailout negotiations with creditors in athens and prime minister has urged his party to unite over the bailout measures and earlier this month almost a quarter of the party rebelled over the bailout proposals and parliament eventually approved the measures. now, when the philippines president took office he promised to reduce national poverty and to improve the country's economy and five years on they say he has failed and his final state of the nation address has been over shadowed by street protests as we report

now from manila. >> reporter: violence outside the philippine congress, hours before the president's final state of the nation address. an estimated 15,000 protesters gathered from different provinces across the country, unrest that has not been seen in resent years. this was meant to be a peaceful rally but now hundreds of protesters have managed to break the police barrier and this was his last year in office and a message that the protesters are trying to send is clear. >> what happened with corruption remained our sovereignty and was under minded and human rights violations persisted and all around government neglect. >> for young people who say they are faced with agonizing positions over their future the government is a disappointment. in his speech to congress the president highlighted government

achievements, the economy has grown and direct investment has more than doubled and economic reform was for corruption that for decades held back the economy. >> translator: this is a referendum for the straight path and you decide if what we have is permanent or it will be a momentary recovery. >> reporter: the philippine government's negotiations with the most powerful rebel group in southeast asia and islamic liberation front finally bring an end to insurgency in the south which lasted for decades. government shows poverty levels have risen to more than 25% with no marked improvement in the delivery of social services. more than half of philippines die without access to healthcare. >> translator: we did not address the fundamental issues of land for our farmers and the

problem of wage and job security for philippine workers both in private and public sectors and hospitals and other social services are privatized and corruption remains rampant. >> reporter: election season has begun and the race to replace him is well underway. these are decisive times and whether he is seen as a president that served his people welcome paired to his predecessors and many say only history will be the judge. al jazeera manila. a week of mourning has been declared in india for former president. the 83-year-old was given a lecture when he collapsed and he was best known as the missile man from new deli we explain why why. >> reporter: for a country that prides itself on its scientific traditions a.p.j. was one of its best success stories, a son of a

boatman from the southern state he worked as a scientist with the government's defense and space agencies for several years. he helped india conduct a nuclear test in 1998 its first in more than 20 years. >> translator: the demise is sad news for the country and community of scientists. as the president of india his work is still a guide to the country. >> reporter: known as the people's president one of his most enduring qualities was his ability to work with politicians and leaders across party lines. >> actually when i heard about it i could not believe to my knowledge he was not ill, he was not in bad health and he was used to identifying and all that and really it's sad news. >> he died in the northeastern

city doing what he loved the most delivering a lecture to students. the indian government declared seven days of national morning, al jazeera, new deli. demonstrations over the shooting deaths of two black men by police have taken place in toronto. [chanting] protesters marched near the site of the most resent incident and andrew from south sudan was shot to death early in july and police say he failed to comply with demands to drop a hammer. in 2014 he was killed during a traffic stop the officer involved in that shooting was cleared of any wrongdoing last week. now cancer rates in a farming town in argentina are three times the national average. a herbicide called glycide is suspected of causing it and the

big producer of this chemical says it's safe if it's used properly. in the third part of our special series on health concerns surrounding the chemical daniel reports. >> reporter: more than half a million liters of chemicals are sprayed each year on the farmland here. some contain the chemical glyfosate which the world health organization says probably causes cancer. >> translator: think about the risks but you are not scared. i was young. i have no finger nails because i touched chemicals without gloves and we have to handle delicate things so you take the gloves off. >> reporter: for nine years he sprayed crops for a living and now he has liver cancer and five champels have been found in his blood. this land is regularly fumed and a few feet away from houses where people daily will be touching eating and breathing

toxic chemicals. the work was founded in 2005 where a doctor highlighted unusually high cancer levels. this map graphically showing the spread of the disease. >> translator: hearing off the street a nine-year-old girl died last year, a friend of my grand daughter. >> reporter: most members of the network have cancer or other diseases they believe are caused by the spraying. and he has colon cancer called in a team of investigators from the universities. >> translator: we want all the fume machines be sent far from the town and want the chemical deposits stored far from the town. >> reporter: residents citing the report voted for a cleanup, for an end to unsafe storage of chemicals and for this kind of dumping on the town's tip. >> translator: we are up against a lot of economic interests because we are questioning the agricultural

production model based on the application of substances which are detrimental to health and their response was to question the validity of the reports. >> reporter: in towns across the province or the livelihood to the genetically modified crop with spray and chemicals like this and major manufacturers insist their products if used correctly are safe. and one of the biggest producers of the chemical declined our request for an interview. >> translator: i'm in a bad way because i did bad things. that's why i'm in this fight so that things will now be done properly. >> reporter: some have left town fearful for their children but most stay and fight against the chemical sprays and for cleaner air, uncontaminated food and healthy soil and the sun has not set here just yet.

daniel from al jazeera, argentina. you can find out a lot more about agricultural methods, particularly that are causing concern around the world on the website. there is the rest of the day's news as well. al jazeera.com.