an air of optimism. climate negotiators in paris say they're close to a deal. >> hello, i'm darren jordan, with the world news in doha. the car bombs that hit kabul's business district, the siege is now over. the unity deal can it be sustained. violence flares up in burundi,

bringing conflict to the u.n. security council. a new global climate deal is edging closer after nearly two weeks of tough negotiations in paris. the french foreign minister laurent fabius who is leading the summit is expected to present a final report of the conference within 24 hours. nick clark reports. >> reporter: all day and all night and again all day and all night. we're very close. >> after the consultations i will have, at 9:00 tomorrow morning i'll be fest in a position to present a text that will be approved and be in place for whole of humanity. >> fabius was hoping to bring a report friday night. >> it's a struggle. i feel like there's a light at

the end of this tunnel and we can do it but there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it's very political at the moment and i think we've moved past the substance, we've got a good text, a lot we can live with, we have to push the bar and make it not the common denominator. >> blocking progress, the issue of finance who pays who what. responsibility, that old argument between developed and developing nations. it's all about what countries are prepared to trade off and some feel poor nations are getting a raw deal. >> loss and damage is very important concept that is in the gloarkts text. the poor countries in the world that have nothing to do with climate change need to have mechanism to find liability, risk management mitigation.

the whole point to this negotiation. >> what do scientists think of this? >> there used to be options in there saying we have to cut climate change by 2050. now, what's in there says these missions need to peak and decline. emissions neutrality. to keep 2° and certainly 1.5 target. >> blocking progress over the issue of decarbonization. if it comes the deal will by necessity be full of compromises. but the foundation for safer cleaner future for all. nick clark al jazeera paris. >> there have been news agencies reporting that the text of the deal will be finalized and slld slcirculated soon.

in 1997, the kyoto protocol was made, the u.s. didn't support it, and developing nations were exempt. they claim they didn't contribute to globaling warming even though china and india were among the biggest emitters. so for 2009 a road map set out the need for a new agreement but it didn't happen. in copenhagen, world leaders emitted a vague agreement to prevent global warming but binding treaty had to be in place within four years and had to include developing relations. three years later in lima, leaders agreed nations would produce voluntary limits for climate change. just how effective will this new deal be?

>> much more positivity about reamg areaching annal agreement. i think people realized we really have to do something so it certainly looks more optimistic. we'll have to see the final draft and exactly how ambitious it really is. finally realizing that impacts to health especially, will occur below 2°, in fact they're already occurring at just 1°. how effective the agreement is i think that's difficult to say at this stage. the tradeoffs of course can undermine it. so we've obviously got to wait for that. it has to be quinlt. anequitable.that's one of the sg points, the countries that are reluctant to act, the countries that do still need to develop,

have to be economically encouraged to develop. we have to basically support them with technology and other, you know, economic means. we can't became of take away the opportunities that are needed. >> a standoff between special forces and taliban fighters in afghanistan has now ended. the armed group carried out attacks near the spanish embassy in kabul. jennifer glasse has more. >> reporter: the attack started with a car bomb explosion that could be heard around the city. it went off just by the spanish embassy. >> translator: at first i thought it was a gas balloon explosion then i saw the dust coming from the back of a bakery, i don't know where the explosion was but i saw two wounded. >> reporter: taliban fighters exchanged fire with afghan police and security forces. taliban says the target was a guest house for foreigners. the fighters claimed to have them trapped inside the

building. >> a car was blown up. right after the blast happened we turned off the lights in the area and night operation special forces started searching the vicinity and niche houses. >> reporter: the blast was closest to the spanish embassy. >> we can all be targets of terrorist attacks, all of us, but in this case it was not an attack on the spanish embassy. >> this was the fourth targeted attack in three days. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> around 9,000 women and 600 men are voting. legal age lowered from 21 to 18. saudi arabia is the last country

where just men are allowed to vote. formal eun deal. forced out of power it will zeina khodr has the platest on an efforts to find a path to peace. >> italy is where world leaders will meet on sunday. a u.n. draft deal has been on the table for months and now, rivals of the government says it will be signed on november 16th. parties agree on the urgent need to work together. arrangement in tunis, even cobbler said, the way forward

wouldn't be mean. >> that's what governors are there for. the implement of implement problems will always support the new government of. >> rejected previous attempts to disarm. it is not clear if all of them are backing the u.n. keel or der others will give their support. italy's prime minister says no deal is perfect but he is hoping that but will put that aside. >> the more perfect solution so we'll have not 100%, i'm hoping we'll have 90% because we need obviously afternoon clurve an .

all the internet community, we will have the responsibility to craft something for the lynnian people. >> ending the political, the west is growing increasingly concerned about the growing strength of i.s.i.l, some people say the libya is a fall back position from the armed groups since it's been coming into pressure in italy and iraq. ant i.s.i.l. is just a few hundred kilometers away. and i.s.i.l. has been attempting to push into more areas where oil and gas terminals are it a

couple of, hasn't ruled out the option of concerted military action. >> i think that we have now to concentrate not on plan b. but on the effort of the international community to ream mymiopic government. the only solution is a libyan government to stabilize. >> the days ahead however will give an indication on whether the urn deal has the quorum, national ooufnt government, without regular actors could being a recipe for disaster. zeina khodr, abc, roam.

>> expressed their concern over libya's on going issues. and urged all lynn yahs to euned enable libya to take thairg plates in the international community. >> whether we come back. a newspaper that's about to be bought b.

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>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. climate negotiators in paris say a new global deal could be within reach. french minister, laurent fabius, is expected to produce a final draft within hours. a car bomb, and a spanish policeman was killed in an attack near the country's leaders. u.n. backed plan next wednesday. yemen's prime minister says he's determined to end the war in his country. in the past eight months an estimated 6,000 people have died in the fighting. the u.n. ask helg meas talks

that week. >> we're not just going for accepting the invitation but in response to the voice of the yemeni citizens who have been forced often this war by the houthis and saleh. >> kurdish security good officers were killed in the town of tel tamir. meanwhile, bashar al-assad says he is willing to find a political solution in the war in syria. are u.s. is cautiously optimistic, ben jordan reports from it will.

>> the syrian government once gel again holds that city. the u.s. is cautiously welcoming the syrian oppositions division that will not create peace with the regime for at least a year. >> there are kinks to be worked out and i'm sure he will be. before a transitional government takings power, that's what rebel fights fighters in are leap. >> god wilings we will not negotiate with these. our first goal is the removal of assad.

>> reporter: not soon after we definite the fate of bashar al-assad. it brings into contend our partners, suggesting the syrian people will choose accompaniment. so what could keep them out on the field. >> they have to be afraid to lose, the only way you make bashar al-assad nervous is defending against him. >> allowed us to cause sears damage to infrastructure and to

really. do what is promised. >> in order to stop propping up the assad regime, help us bring this civil war to an end. stop bombing the opposition groups that have been opposed to assad. >> trying to wage war against one enemy white brokering an end with the other. rosiland jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> stand dwrof over turkishoff,h troops are withdrawn. security council has confirmed receiving a letter from iraq. >> it is very clear that the situation has not been resolved. he expressed i'm sure what he's expressed to all of you which is his growing alarm, his

government's growing alarm at the situation. we reiterated our position which is that any troop deployments in iraq need to be done with the consent of the sovereign iraqi government. and i reassured him that that was america's very strong position and urged that the dialogue continue between the iraqi and turkish governments to find an amicable way out of this situation. >> a court in finland has ruled to imprison two iraqis on suspicion of taking part of an i.s.i.l. massacre. suspected of killing unarmed iraqi soldiers near the city of tikrit last year. they were arrested in a finnish town on tuesday. arrested in eastern congo early this month, a former mayor in southern rwanda, he is

accused of orchestrating the massacre of tens of thousands of tutsis. extradited to stand trial. the u.n. security council has condemned the violence in burundi after a closed door meeting. series of coordinated attacks on three army barracks on the exafl capital of bujumbura. >> residents woke up to roadblocks checkpoints and military patrols. violence in the land locked east african country has intensified over the last several days. ambushing the police and the military, sometimes exchanging gun fire for several hours. the attacks have stain plate in areas where there is strong opposition to president pierre

nkurunziza's third term in power. witnesses taken to their homes, marched to the street, and executed at point blank range. >> the police entered and took my mobile phone. they broke down the be door and found this man in there. they took him to the street and shot him. >> on thursday they displayed a large cache of weapons they say was seized just this week. unrest began in april when president nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term in power. it's despite whether or not the constitution allows it and critics say a third five year term also violates the arush accord. more than 300,000 people were killed between 93 and 2006,

ethnic hutu rebels against tutsi. putting burundi on the brink of another civil war. malcolm webb, al jazeera, cam pakampala, uganda. move raising concerns over the paper's future editorial independence. willie lam is former china editor for the newspaper. he joins us live from hong kong. willy lam how significant is this buy?

reshaping coverage of its own country. >> definitely. this is part of a well orchestrated plan by the chinese government to boost its soft sided projection around the world. it will be used to project chinese soft power and also sure as ali baba will not be taken through rose tinted lenses. >> are you worried about the paper's future editorial independence? >> well, that is certainly reason for concern. actually, even before the preent

acquisition, given ali baba and jack mar himself's close connection, the real possibility that the post will toe the line and beijing's representatives in hong kong. >> interesting poirnt you make because one of ali baba's officials say what's good for china is good for ali baba, on giant and the central government? >> no question about it, ali baba has been a major beneficiary. it's difficult to imagine after the acquisition of the post that jack mar in the morning post will come out with articles that are highly critical of the chinese government.

moreover, we understand beijing has a policy through boasting the mainland chinese ownership. in line with beijing's efforts to control political direction in hong kong. >> you seem to say this is about ali baba taking a leap into politics. hong kong which has a relatively free press and mainly china with strict censorship rules. >> what's happening in the past few years is beijing is gradually but relentlessly rolling back the high degree of autonomy including press freedom. so most papers are towing the

line, reporting in hong kong has been now now heavily controlledy beijing. this trend will certainly continue after the ali baba requisition. >> professor thank you for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> ukraine parliament has ended in a fight. arseny yatsenyuk yuck was dragged from the podium. almost five years since the giant cruise ship costa co costa

concordia was sunk off the coast of italy. >> the smaller ships fit under the harbor bridge, the giants get the prime spot right option the opera house. but right now, the cruise terminals can handle three ships at a time but more discussion. >> in terms of infrastructure here in sydney. >> the reason for the diswee sqn space is cruising's popularity. more and more want to get on board. >> this floating hotel, to underplay its size, the vessels are huge and getting big are all the time. cruising among australians have never been more popular, 20% growth, 3.6 pe% of awfns austrae

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