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hit and run jail sentence overturned on appeal. ♪ two suicide bomb attacks have killed at least 27 iraqi soldiers northwest of ramadi as they tried to recapture the city from isil, the islamic state of iraq and the levant. it's the capitol of anbar province, and it's strategically and symbolically important. sitting here on the river and also a main road linking baghdad to the jordanian and syrian borders. isil fighters took ramadi in may. now those forces are trying to take it back. the u.s. offering to send personnel and equipment to help. iraqi officials say isil has

destroyed the last bridge leading from the city. and that leaves about 300 of its fighters trapped in the center. >> reporter: some of the operations in ramadi which took significant chunks of the suburb, were done with u.s. helicopter gun ship's help. so the u.s. are helping. this is likely what i have been told by several sources throughout the day today is something that might be a bit more domestic to the u.s. audience, rather than being aimed at iraq. clearly the pentagon and the department of defense would like a much larger role in the fight against isil in iraq. that's not something that the prime minister wants. he wants training, intelligence gathering, but he doesn't want the kind of levels of boots on the ground, of forces on the ground that some have been hinting at. so this fight be something to do with internal politics within

the u.s. it certainly came as a huge surprise to a lot of iraqis that i have spoken to. one of syria's main rebel groups has pulled out of opposition talks in the saudi capitol. the aim had been unite all of the groups ahead of negotiations with bashar al-assad regime. the group said it took the decision because of what it called the fundamental role given to personalities linked to the regime at the conference in riyadh. those talks are being held as the annual gulf cooperation council summit, with gulf leaders renewing their position that assad has no place in syria's future. >> translator: the syrian opposition conference aims to unify the syrian opposition, strengthen their position when it comes to negotiations and talks for a political solution.

that may lead to the establishment of a temporary authority that may pave the way for a new constitution, with no place at all for bashar al-assad. bashar al-assad has two options to leave the scene through talks and negotiation, or leave the scene through force, because the syrian people reject bashar al-assad and reject his regime in syria. >> let's bring in our correspondent live for us now in istanbul. there are countless different groups involved in these talks in saudi arabia about syrias future, so when we see that this group has pulled out, how much does that upset the balance? how influential has it been up until now? >> reporter: well, it's very upsetting because it is one of the biggest rebel groups fighting the syrian regime inside syria.

the other participants are also rebel groups and the rest are political groups. in terms of power they do have several thousand well-armed, well-trained fighters, fighting the assad regime. it also has a number of regional backers. now how it will effect -- has it effected, rather, the conference in riyadh? i'm not quite sure, because -- simply because, david, the -- the reports we're getting of the statement -- the final statement from that meeting coming out of reahhed is that they have agreed on forming a high body to choose a united delegation to meet the assad regime at a future negotiation. so in terms of the goal set for that meeting, they have achieved that with a unified delegation. however, it appears it doesn't appear this group, which i think

could happen later if the negotiations with the assad regime will be seen as serious. i think the regional backers will force the group into the negotiation table. >> no surprise that iran doesn't like what is going on. it says there are those groups affiliated with isil at these talks. how much is the shadow of that country going to effect what is decided over the next day or so, months, years? >> reporter: yes, it's very important, because, remember, david, before the start of the talks in riyadh, iran was not happy with the meeting itself taking place, and the fact that they are calling on a number of rebel groups. the deputy foreign minister of iran did say that groups who are talking in riyadh are linked to isil, and that according to the deputy foreign minister, he said we will not allow terrorists to

determine the future of syria. also remember, david that russia was not happy with the fact that the saudis have called the group to be present at the table, because russia also considers the group and other rebel factions as terrorists. so you can see there are competing agendas, completing different interests from regional and international powers, so it's not very clear that all of the regional and international powers agree among themselves as to what should happen next and who should be represented or not. >> thank you. gulf leaders have called for an international meeting to talk about rebuilding yemen. the announcement was made at the end of the two-day summit in riyadh. they are scheduled to meet in switzerland next week to discuss

ending the civil war. forces loyal to president hadi have captured a strategically important power in the red sea. according to state media, houthi fighters have been driven off the islands. they are close to a major shipping route. the island was being held by troops allied to the houthi rebels. millions of barrels of oil are moved through that channel every day. international community pushing for a deal in libya, amid fears of isil expansion there. the u.n. wants the two rival administrations in libya to form a single unity government. the special envoy to the country is meeting both sides in tunisia, ahead of a major conference in rome on sunday. ♪

in an office for around about a couple of hours now, argentina's new president has been sworn in. he won the election on a promise to revive the country's economy. the former president boycotted the ceremony. she has had a number of disagreements with the new president over handing over power. this is the new president at his inauguration. >> translator: this government that we are beginning today will work tirelessly over the next four years so that all argentinians, particularly those who need it the most, that when i'm done with my term, they are leading a better life. columbia's government and mark the largest left-wing rebel group are inching closer to a peace deal. they have been talking peace in

havana since 2012. at least 220,000 people are believed to have lost their lives in that conflict, most of them civilians. in the second of a three-part series, al jazeera got air access to a rebel camp. >> reporter: a rebel farc unit on the move. columbian solders are just a kilometer away, but instead of fighting, they hide. >> translator: we are in a unilateral ceasefire and avoiding clashes with the soldiers even if it means giving up territory. the military is taking advantage of it, blocking our regular routes. >> reporter: it's rain season in the eastern jungles, the farc rebels have called theirs for decades. with progress in the talks, larger camps are being set up deeper into the jungle, where they are preparing for peace. these will most likely be the

last days in the jungle for these rebels, and after decades of fighting they haven't won, but neither have they been defeated. their numbers, though, have been reduced in recent years. this man and his partner have been at war since age 15, they survived bombardment and seen comrades die. >> translator: the government never guaranteed our right to political opposition, and the rights for the poor. >> reporter: but for most rebels this betrayed their idealed. >> translator: in 51 years of war, we have committed errors, of course, and we are ready to take responsibility, but we want reconciliation, we are also victims of this conflict. rebels remain reluck important to give up their guns. when farc was part of a legal party, 3,000 members were murdered by paramilitary and

government forces. most of them had never been fighters. >> translator: our biggest fear is that the government will not respect the agreement, and we'll get killed by paramilitaries and have to go back to fighting. >> reporter: farc vows to demobilize within 60 days of a definitive agreement. but those holding out say this will not mean the end of their struggle. >> translator: it's a now how the government thinks we're reintegrate and surrender. we'll stick together and continue our fight as a political party. >> reporter: precisely how this will happen is unclear, the last major sticking point in the negotiations, and it shows that silencing the gun will be the first step to truly end this bloody conflict. still to come in this program, a step towards justice, 21 police sacked over a massacre carried out in the philippines

six years ago. and i'm nick clark reporting from paris as climate negotiators seek out a biening agreement. ♪ reement. ♪

top stories. the u.s. has offered to help retake the city of ramadi in iraq, after at least 27 soldiers were killed battling iraq fighters there. gulf leaders have warned syria's president, bashar al-assad will be forced out of power if he doesn't negotiate a

political transition to win the country's civil war. argentina has a new president, ending 12 years of leftest rule. he won the election last month, promising to fix the country's economy. politicians, environmentals, hundreds of people are in paris, and they are in the last 24 hours trying to draft a deal on an agreement. 29 pages, it doesn't sound like much, but it is the first time a deal has been put together properly. sticking points surround compensation for climate inflicted loss and damage. another disagreement is whether the deal will seek to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees. that's a big difference for islands suffering from rising

sea levels. delegates under increasing pressure so sort all of this out by 6:00 pm paris time on friday amid fears the talks could collapse as they did in copenhagen in 2009. nick clark is there, and if my math is any good, nick, it's now less than 24 hours. >> reporter: yeah, it's all getting pretty tight nflt the 6:00 pm deadline tomorrow, was set by the chair of these proceedings, the president of this climate conference. it's a pretty ambitious target. but so far we had the draft text issued yesterday, they have been working on that all night and all day long, and we're hearing in about half an hour's time we should get a glimpse of the next version of the draft text, which will be even more honed down, hopefully less than 29 pages

with hopefully less issues of contention. it has been suggested this will be the penultimate draft. which means there will be another one tomorrow. let's get a view from the world food program. great to see you here. what is your take on where we're at? >> as you said, i think we're making steady progress. the negotiators have been working very hard to work through many of the issues. yesterday's text was a significant improvement. they have gotten down to some of the penning issues, but they are also taking care of a few of the really important ones, a clear goal linked to mitigation. they have done a lot of the initial work, clarifying how important the agreement is, for example, the draft text states how key ending hujer and food security are to this important

negotiation. >> reporter: still a lot of problems, aren't there? especially on differentiation. >> there are a lot of issue, and they are difficult issues that these negotiators have been dealing with for years. but in general the sense we're getting is people really want to get a deal and then move forward with implementation. >> reporter: from your point of view, once the deal is agreed, what is the most important thing that -- as we see implementation over the coming years? >> the most important thing is in fact going from this very high-level political negotiation to action on the ground to address -- address both the causes and the consequences of climate change. there has been a tremendous amount of work done during the year by countries to come up with their national commitments both in mitigation and adaptation. those are really the foundation,

and have to be put into action and updated regularly, so we increase the ambition over the coming years. >> reporter: and what impact could climate change have on food security. how serious is that problem? >> that's a very serious problem. food insecurity around the world is closely linked to the climate of the 1.4 billion people who live on less than $1.25 a day, 70% of them rely on agriculture for their livelihood. they live in countries suffering from climate disasters, more floods, more droughts, more storms will only make those worse. >> thank you very much indeed for your time. that's richard johnson from the world food program. david in the last draft text he had some 300 bracketed clauses which had to be ironed out, we

shall see how many of those are left. >> thank you, nick. i wonder if any of those brackets will effect where we're going next. in that is the arctic. in the american state of alaska avenue rain annual temperatures are already up to 4 degrees higher, and there's much less snow and ice. from alaska's far north, daniel lak reports. >> reporter: people have been living on this small remote island for centuries. now the rising waters and surges of the bering sea are washing away their homes. >> my grandparent's house the ocean took. we watched the land erode, fall into the ocean. >> reporter: u.s. military engineers built stone air yours

that halted erosion somewhat, but they are temporary at best. villagers voted to move their community inland. since then little has been done, and people want to stay. >> we are the peoples of the coast. we move to the mainland, we are going to lose our identity. we are not going to be who we are anymore. >> reporter: in a high school science class focused on climate change, students learn about greenhouse gases and global efforts to curve them. they measure coastal erosion, and conduct research, by surveying community elders. >> every person we talk to talks about something different, whether it was how the ice was here later, forming later, or berries on the land, or how the water depth has changed. there are a few places where the impact of climate change is more

obvious than here. people have seen houses wash away, seen much of their island disappear. but they say they want to stay, this is the place that they know, and moving elsewhere is almost unthinkable. it has become a worldwide symbol for the changing north. across the arctic temperatures are warming twice as fast as elsewhere. and hotter drier summers bring wildfires and even more impacts on indigenous people. alaska considers itself the last frontier in the u.s. where people work hard to earn a living from a rugged challenging landscape. climate change is taken more seriously here. >> there has been a building awareness, particularly in the arctic, that the arctic is at the leading edge of change, but i worry that the environment is

changing so fast, that we may not be able to catch up. >> reporter: meeting those challenges will be daunting, expensive and uncertain, but alaska will have to try. it's young and growing population will demand no less. daniel lak, al jazeera. ♪ germany has its one millionth refugee registration for the year. 200,000 people applied last month alone. the country has become the top european destination for people who are fleeing the war in syria. two people have been killed in an operation to break up an armed group in yushg. four russians and four ukrainians were among detained. the ukrainian security forces say they believe the arrested

russians could be working for the intelligence services. a lawyer for a ukrainian pilot on trial in russia says she won't be appealing against the verdict if she is found guilty. she is accused of murdering two russian journalists in eastern ukraine last year, and is facing 25 years in jail. she says she doesn't believe in russian justice one bit. rory challands reports. >> reporter: on some days vira is allowed to see her sister but because she might soon testify on this day, she was kept out of the courtroom. we weren't, though, for what keemed like a very brief minute, we could film the woman ukraine calls a hero, a political prisoner. the woman who has hopes, probably in vein, might be acquitted. >> sometimes i dream the judge

will stand up and say enough of this farce, the prosecutions' witnesses are lying. the testimony don't match. let the girl go home? it is my dream. but the judges take orders here. >> reporter: this is what she is accused of. last june, two russian journalists died in a mortar attack in eastern ukraine. the army helicopter pilot had been fighting in a volunteer infantry unit loyal to kiev. the charge is she was the artillery spotter. her defense team says she was captured by pro-russian separatists before the attack, but they expect her to be convicted anyway. >> the problem is, it's not a trial at all. we may predict that the court's final verdict. final sentence will be as severe as it could only be. >> reporter: another burning issue is how she came to be in

russia at all. the prosecution says she crossed the border illegal, posing as a refugee. she says that is nonsense. she has also insisted app she was captured by separatists, she was smuggled into russia. the european union agrees, saying she was kidnapped. we asked the prosecutors to comment for this report, but they said know. most people we spoke to here want the trial to be wrapped up quickly, and the town left in peace. >> translator: of course she should be punished. but it's such a lengthy process, so expensive for the country. it's taking too long. >> translator: i think it's political. i think russia and ukraine should make peace and stop war. >> reporter: ak -- assuming she will be convicted, her supporters hope that

international support may help. the last taliban attacker in a group of 14 has been killed after a siege in at an air force base in afghanistan. the siege in kandahar went on for more than 24 hours. it all coincided with a conference in neighboring pakistan. at that meeting, averring's foreign minister called on pakistan to immediate peace talks with the taliban. the bollywood actor has been killed of killing a homeless man in a car crash in 2002 he was jailed in may this year. one man was killed the others were hurt. the judge said it wasn't clear if his driver was behind the

wheel or if kohn had been drink driving. >> at the end of the day it is a professionally satisfying out come for me. and for my client obviously it is a relief. tunisia's dialogue quartet has been awarded the nobel peace prize. it was bestowed for the role it plays in the peaceful transition to democracy. >> the kwaut -- kwaur tet helped to halt the spiralling violence. tunisia was spared the horrors of civil war, and it instead established a constitutional system of government,

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