a deal for libya, rivals reach agreement with one side claiming it's a historic opportunity. ♪ ♪ hello. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. isil says it was behind a car bomb attack in which the governor of aden and a close ally of yemen's president was killed. could political change lie ahead in venezuela as opposition gains are expect ed in parliamentary elections. plus. >> reporter: i am john hendren in the republic of the congo one of the most remote places on

earth and one of the few place where en danked great apes can prosper. the tripoli based leaders in libya have described the deal signed with their rivals as a major breakthrough in efforts to end the political deadlock in the country. the deal finally sees agreement between the parliaments of the general national congress in tripoli and the one recognized by the u.n. in tobruk. the deal stipulates that an election will take place in two years and it calls for the two sides to form a committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. victoria gatenby has more. >> reporter: a libyan i tiff. for the first time in the country's long-running political crisis an initial agreement to work together. these are representatives of the two rival parliaments. the deal calls for the two sides to form a 10-member committee to help choose a government of

national reconciliation. >> translator: this is a purely libyan meetings arranged by libyans, now we call on the united nations to endorse this move which will provide a swift, prompt solution to the libyan crisis. >> translator: it was a national, sincere and constructive dialogue and each party accepts the other party with an open heart. we are not taking decision on his behalf of the parliament. but i call on all parties to support it. >> reporter: some m.p.s from both houses a against the deal. the u.n. has welcomed it. it says isil fighters have taken advantage of the power vacuum in libya and the country needs to unite before the ideology spreads. >> you have the threat. d.a. esh. and the international communities are also fighting in

syria. and this means that probably fighters from syria come to where the security vacuum is to libya. it's a matter of days not weeks to sign this agreement. >> reporter: violence and rivalries have poll orized libya. it has fall phone to chaos since the topple of muammar qaddafi. there are two rival admin stranges the other is the recognized government by the u.n. based in at that brewing. each is engaged in daily fighting. former libyan general haftar took charge of the army with the tobruk government. the kay hospital has been made worse by militia who don't following the main groups. some have claimed allegiance to isil. under the agreement elections will be held within two years. an interim president and a deputy are expected to be named

within weeks. a sign of unity ahead of u.n.-brokered peace talks in rome later this month. vic your i can't gatenby, al jazeera. >> martin is special representative and head of the u.n. support mission in libyans he out lined what was at stake if the deal wasn't implemented soon. >> it's very important to conclude this because isil is ex-packed. this cannot be allowed. the social economic situation is dire. the resources of the central bank will be soon out. this is reasons to take together in unity and promote the economic, and social situation of the country and the first step is to sign the agreement to have rapidly a government in place which the international community is supporting. and then go to work to bring the country together and unite it

again. now, the governor of the yemeni port at th city of aden s been killed. he was on his way to work when his convoy was targeted by a car bomb. he was an ali of yemen's president hadi who is running his government from aden. mohamed adow reports. >> reporter: this is the spot where the governor of aden, major general was killed. the car that he was traveling in is engulfed in flames. he was sworn in as governor just two months ago. he was a close ally of president hadi. who returned to aden from exile in saudi arabia. >> the governor moved about in a convoy of about five cars. it was heavily secured. he knew he was going to be targeted. he knew an attempt was credible.

so he moved cautiously over the past two weeks multiple militia groups blocked him from entering his own office in aden. so he knew the situation was precarious. >> reporter: so the allies launch aid military campaign in march. they have been targeting houthi that have taken over the capital sanaa. although the conflict began with airstrikes the coalition sent ground forces. a loose alliance of anti-houthi fighters backed by troops from the e.u. a. drove the rebels out of aden five months ago. but security remains a challenge in this port city, groups affiliated with a isil in gem en have increased their operations and the armed group has seen the arrival of al qaeda in the peninsula which has been the mained armed group in yemen no years of analysts say the presence of al qaeda, isil and

tribal militias with allegiances to the different groups will create a bigger security threat. >> isil is here, aqap is here. more others are in yemen and yemen is surrounded by aqap and isil. so unless president hadi addresses the lack of secure any in aden quickly and swiftly things will deteriorate. >> reporter: the latest vie ends comes as the u.n. envoy to generally met president hadi in yemen in an effort to bring eight months of conflict to an end. mohamed adow, al jazeera. al jazeera is in aden and september this update from the scene of the explosion. >> translator: we are know in atta den province the place

where the governor was targeted and this is the vehicle that he was in with his aides. according to security forces a car was poked on the side of the road when his motorcade passed by the explosives were detonated. get governor was killed immediately other cars were detroit along with property in the area. the explosion was mass and i have caused cracks as well as landslides. multiple security violations and explosions over the past few days, the yemeni government and president hadi must now take the necessary measures to maintain security in this province which is considered the provisional capital of yemen. at least 32 isil fighters have been killed and another 40 wounded after airstrikes carried out by the u.s.-led coalition hit syria's raqqa province, accord to this syrian observatory for human rights. 15 explosions were reported in and around the isil heartland city. the u.s. says a total of 29 strikes were launch ed in syria and iraq on saturday.

meanwhile, serious's president has warned that strikes on his nation will increase the risk of attacks in europe unless there is a concerted effort to destroy isil on the ground. he also dismissed claims by britain's prime minister that there are 70,000 moderate opposition fighters inside syria which could be part of a political solution. david cameron presented that figure to the u.k. parliament before it endorsed airstrikes in syria. >> translator: about the statement that there are 70,0000 moderate opposition fighters in syria, that is not send anywhere in this world. there is no 70,000. there is not even 7,000. there is not even 10 of those. the international coalition's airstrikes are doomed to fail. britain and france don't have the will and they don't have the vision on how to defeat terrorism. in other developments, turkey is now in a diplomatic dispute with iraq, baghdad is accusing ankara of breaching it'eights sovereignty to the

presence of turkey troops. imran kahn reports. >> reporter: you don't have to go far in you are bill to feigned out how close the ties are between turkey and the kurdish region. trade is the big one, ankara imports a lot of its oil from here and in turn the kurdish region imports a lot of turkish products. but relations between baghdad and annik ankara are restrained. it turkish troops on iraqi soil tension has risen. despite baghdad knew about them since they arrived. he writes regularly on political affairs, he says other concerns lie behind ankara's decision to send in troops to help train militia belonging to the governor of mosul, particularly ray crane vinnie role. >> iran opposes that. so by sending in troops it's just one way to maintain good

relations within the region. >> reporter: but those good relations have angered others. speaking in baghdad, a leading shia politician issued a warning to ankara. >> translator: in case these forces didn't leave and didn't get hid by iraqi air force it will be followed by other forces, american, saudi, qatar, and other islamic countries. therefore it's the begin a tests and that's why there should be a real confrontation and i ask the parliament to hold an emergency session to take the right decision that backs our government. >> reporter: many say that this is a preposal to forms a turkish troops out of the country. however turkey says it was invited. >> translator: around 2,00 2,000 volunteers fighters have been train there had for the past year, supporting them in their fight against isil. this train has been launched upon the request of the governor of mosul and coordinated by the iraqi defense ministry. >> reporter: what this shows that iraq is divided. while the central government

controls baghdad ask the south the rest is divided between the kurdish region, territory controlled by isil and areas disputed by both kurds and arabs. turkey supports the iraqi kurds because of oil and trade. however it doesn't look at turkish kurds and syrian kurds in the same way and views those groups with suspension. now, baghdad says that turkey is how long the kurdish regional government to remain independent and therefore it can't maintain a control over the whole country. and that's a real issue. this latest spat between baghdad and ankara is only going to make that worse think imran kahn, al jazeera, you are bill. there is more to come for you on al jazeera. including. >> an early poll suggests france's far right has made strong gains in the first regional election since the paris attacks. and hundreds of soldiers were deployed to help victims stranded by india's flooding.

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♪ ♪ welcome back. you are with al jazeera. an update of the top stories now. libya's political rivals have signed an agreement aimed at resolving the country's deep political crisis. the governor of the yemeni port city of aden has been killed in an explosion along with six of his body guards. and syrian president bashar al-assad has warned that strikes on his nation will increase the risk of attacks in europe unless there is a concerted effort to destroy isil on the ground. now, venezuelan as are voting in parliamentary elections with the country's economic troubles putting heavy

pressure on the socialist government, the opposition could gain a majority of the votes for the first time in 17 years. al jazeera's virginia lopez explains. >> reporter: venezuelans in this working-class neighborhood woke you want to a recovering of their late leader's voice. one of his favorite songs serves both to call on venezuelans to vote and supporters to remain faithful to the populist state model. >> translator: today we are inviting people to vote. but for those who like chavez used to say feel the mother land in our hearts. today we have to go out and defend her. >> reporter: the wake-up call might just work. all polls have given the opposition more than a 20-point lead. but this margin has narrowed in the last week. thanks for a government political machinery that the opposition lacks. this is the voting center where the late hugo chavez would cast

his vote. today is exactly 17 years since the day he rose to power. and venezuelans are heading to an election that could eventually see an end to the process he set in motion. behind chavez's most change of fortunate, analysts say is an economic model that has bread one of the world's highest inflation rates and chronic shortages of most basic of goods. and yet this discontent might not influence the overall result. >> translator: the government hayes degree of mobilization that could allow them to win two or three deputies in certain special cases. if they can do this in four or five districts, they can easy swing the vote the other way. >> reporter: whichever way the vote goes this sunday, the key political actors could be forced to negotiate as the dire state of venezuela's economy my might not be able to wait to political reconciliation. virginia lopez, al jazeera, caracas. let's go live now to caracas

and our latin american editor lucia newman. this could be a landmark election in venezuela. what is the mood like over there? and what have the people been saying about this vote? >> reporter: hello, myriam, right now i am in the electoral council center, it's here that the results will start to be made public once the polls close. there has been a huge turn out especially for i a national assembly election. this is not a presidential election, but you would never know it by the way they were talking about it in almost apocalyptic turns, president nicholas maduro who vote ahead a while ago said if the opposition were to win a majority it would lead to the darkest period in the political history of venezuela. and so they are really making it sound like that. but as virginia just said, it's not clear that the opposition

will actually win a majority, but if it does, it will be the first time in 16 years that the government will not have control of absolutely every state institution. and this at a time which the economy is absolutely in tatters. it's been seen very much as a [ inaudible ] on the administration of president nicholas maduro. for the opposition, a good vote, a good voting turn out will mean that it will feel emboldened to perhaps try to hold a recall referendum next year to try to basically out of the president. so there is a lot riding on this. >> lucia newman our latin american editor following that parliamentary election in caracas, thank you very much, lucia. now voting has en ed in the first french regional election since the paris attacks. and an early exit poll suggests that the far right has made strong gains in this the first round. and a poll suggests that marie le pen's nationist front secured

30% of the vote. if confirmed that will be a boost for her party which has an anti immigration party. according to the polls the former party of nicholas sarkozy is in second place with 27 president and president francois hollande is in third with about 23 percent of the vote so far, jacky rowland joins you live from paris. jacky, as we were saying this vote comes as a sensitive time for the country. but i suppose these early polls pretty much confirming expectations from the regional vote. >> reporter: they confirm the way people felt i am talking to you from inside the national front's election campaign headquarters for these elections in paris. and we moment, o on the dot the 8:00 local time when the exit polls were announced.

you can imagine the scene here the place erupt ed in jubilation has those figures started flash ago cross the scene, we have to stress that these are only exit polls, different television channels have different figures. some of the polls significant actually that the national front and nicholas sarkozy's republican party actually neck in neck. had it be at least another hour and a half before we get firmer results, but nevertheless, the figures as we see them already are obviously quite an upset to the established french political system, but obviously very encouraging for the national front and for its voters. >> and about about his is the national front expected to do well, jacky? >> reporter: the national front, what we can see that they have done well up in the north around calais which is where marie le pen the party leader herself was standing as the main candidate in that renal inning. in this first round of voting it looks like already she's gained

about 41% of the vote. although had will be a second round of voting in a week' time. the other place where they have done very well is right down in the southeast of the country where marine le pen's nice niece has again gained more than 40% according to those initial exit polls. it's really very much a family affair. in both the north and south those councils look within their grasps and other councils where they could have done pretty well. >> and, jacky, many of the issue that his have been debated in this regional election, immigration, security, radicalization, these are not actually going to be directly impacted or shaped by this election, but nevertheless, why is this vote important? >> reporter: the vote is important because it comes at a very sensitive time. just over three weeks after the

attacks here in paris. and also at a time when the whole of france is still under a state of emergency. and on alert for potential future attacks. it's also, these elections, today on sunday and also in a week's time, the last national elections before the presidential elections of 2017. so they are being seen as a very important gauge of the political temperature. but you are right, people were voting very much against a background where security has an issue. immigration, well, some parties were trying to make it in to an issue for the elections, but, of course, the regional councils don't have the power to sledge slate on immigration, don't have the power to legislate on security. these are all done on a nationl level. it's far more humble issues that these regional councils will be responsible for. but nevertheless significant politically here in france. >> thanks very much, jacky rowland joining us live there from paris where early poll

suggests that the far right national front party is in the lead in those regional elections. now, india is stepping up its relief operation in the flooded city. soldiers and emergency workers are rush to go get food, clean water and medical surprise to the worst affected residents, nearly 300 people have died across the southern state of tamil, since record rainfall began last week. nidhi dutt has more. >> reporter: with the few household ideas, the flood waters spared, she prepares a meal for her family. this isn't much but it's better than nothing. for the past week, she has struggled to find the basics to keep her family alive. >> translator: when the floods game suddenly we ran out of this place to safety. the first floor was submerged and the water kept rising up to the second floor. i have been wearing these clothes for the past five days, we lost everything, we don't know how we will continue our life. our future is a question mark.

>> reporter: power is slowly being restored in this and the surrounding years, but until the lights come on, all they can do is wait. his home is dark and damp the perfect breeding ground for disease. the dangers are growing by the day. but he says no one has answered his call for help. >> translator: so far nobody from the ruling or the opposition parties have visited us. they never bother to find out what condition we were in. water was rise, we scream for help, but no one came. >> reporter: flood waters have recede ed in this neighborhood, but residents still have a lot to worry about. piles of pubbish and fears that water sources are contaminated are raising concerns about possible outbreaks of illness. rain continues to threaten this city's recovery. but where they can, communities are beginning to clean up.

>> translator: we urge the government to immediately provide basic amenities like drinking water and milk. but first they must clean up the garbage and provide hygienic living conditions. the government has to conduct regular medical camps. then for the people who have lost millions of rupees in the floods we urge the government to estimate the loss and competent at least half of it. >> reporter: for nearly a week, millions of people have waded through these waters. the height of decision along this river bank serves as a poignant reminder of how bad things were. while the worst may be behind many of these people, drier conditions have brought with them more desperate times. nidhi dutt, al jazeera, new delhi. world leaders continue to discuss climate change in paris, environmental assists have highlighted the threat it's pose to go some of the world's most endanger wildlife. a triangle is a safe half phone rare gorillas and chimpanzees in

the northern part of republic of congo. john hendon made the difficult journey to discover this unique region to discover the problems being caused by climate change. >> reporter: this is the view from atop the most isolated jungle on earth. this is really cool. we've got fiona who is an adult chimpanzee, she have the doesn'y children and this one with her youngster. >> reporter: it remains an unspoiled haven for wildlife. home to endangered chimpanzees, gorillas and a breath taking a ray of species all flourishing. how remote is it. to get here it's a two day road trip from the capital. first you take the northbound highway to the nearest village. you are still 50-kilometer as way. from there, it's an hour's drive down narrow dirt trails. and a barge across the river. you paddle a canoe down two more rivers and hike for five hours

on elephant trails. so this is it? >> yeah, this is home sweet home. >> reporter: at least that's how you do it if your guide is dave morgan an ape expert from chicago's lincoln park zoo, he has been studying here for 16 years and now concerned that climate change could spoil the most pristine environment on earth for endangered great aped. >> we believe suddennal changes could have dramatic impact on chimpanzees and other species that are specialist. they need particular food items to survive. >> reporter: indigenous wildlife trackers say development and hunting have already taken their toll. >> translator: it's not good now with the wildlife. there are not many left. there is a lot of hunting and the animals have gone very far away. >> reporter: this is the most remote corner of the national park. no one lives here, they are not allowed. nor are hunters are tourists, no one but researchers and their rare guests, our al jazeera crew is wrong only about 20 outsiders

who have ever seen it. it's the ideal happen dat for endangered great apes but even mind or changes in climate could alter that. this is one of the last homes for so-called naive chimpanzees chimp that his show cur curiosiy rather than fear around humans because they have never seen one before. >> having an elephant or chimpanzee look at you and not not what you are and realize that you are a human being and therefore dangerous that world of innocence that only true wild places can offer is so rare and so valuable. as that disappears from the earth, we will be impoverished. not only biologically but spiritually. >> reporter: after a meal of leafs, she turns this tree in to a fire pole. blissfully unaware of the danger around him. even when they are protected from hunt, logging and development. they might not be safe from changes in the fragile climate that make this a unique animal

eden. john hendon, al jazeera, the triangle republic of the congo. well, there is more on everything we are covering right here, comment, analysis, video on demand including the latest on all of our top stories aljazeera.com. government. u of the s food and drug administration has sparked a new debate about genetically modified food. in particular frankenfish that salmon produced by a company is just as safe for humans to eat as