saudi arabia announce a new alliance saying it will lead a group of 34 mainly muslim nations against isil. ♪ hello i am jane dutton this is al jazeera. also ahead. ending the war in syria. a new attempt by the u.s. and russia to find some common ground is about to get under way. heading for europe, what the e.u.'s new migration strategy means for refugees. the mystery of the shores of latin america, what is happening to the wales of chile.

♪ ♪ saudi arabia has announce aids new military alliance of 34 wouldn't cunts are yous with the aim of fighting what it calls terrorism in the region. the government says it won't just confront isil but will fight any throwing threat inning it its co linc, including turkey, qatar, egypt and pakistan. >> translator: terrorists in yemen, libya, mali, al year, pakistan, afghanistan. >> u.s. second ashton carter is heading to the middle east. this comes as president obama stepped up his rhetoric against isil, patty culhane with more from washington, d.c.

u.s. pre president barack obama focusing on his national security of defense announcing he was immediately sending had tomorrow middle ease trying to get country to contribute more in the fight against isil. the president is under increasing pressure to do more in a new poll, 60% of americans want more u.s. troops sent to fight. 54% disapprove of how the president is handling the threat of terrorism, that's the worst he's ever done. >> we will prevail. >> reporter: now he's trying to convince americans his strategy is working. >> isil has lost about 40% of the populated areas it once controlled in iraq. they are working in encircle fallujah and cut off isil's supply routes in to mosul. again, these are urban areas where isil is entrenched. our partners on the ground face a very tough fight ahead. >> reporter: a new tact for the president for the first time siting what he sees as a big success, some analysts saying that it's still unlikely to change public opinion. >> i think in an election year,

unless basically bag baghdadi the head of isil surrenders or we take back mosul and you saw the situation in syria, other than at that will be very hard. this is a strong struggle. the president asking for patience but in a political year that's much harder to come by. >> the u.s. u.s.' top diplomat s concentrating on syria, he is meeting with sergei lavrov. that's the room they will be meeting in. it's to try to narrow the differences between russia and bazar al-assad in the country's future, peter carp is live in moscow, you hear time and time again how important russia is, how russia is key to what happens in syria, is that realization there?

>> reporter: i think it is. i think john kerry knows huh hee has a difficult task ahead of him. he has to prepare the grounds of the talks can move forward and basically narrow the differences with russia over two things, assad's future, if he's got any. and also the participation of rebel opposition groups in any planned peace process. now, the saudis have been working very hard to bring in about 75 members of the opposition who are prepared to sit down in u.n. sponsored talks, but certainly not with assad and perhaps not even with assad in the same job he's got. when the talks begin. i think what both sides can really agree on is that this momentum must not be lost and time is running out. we have the under second u.n. general of humanitarian affairs in syria on monday, yesterday. and he gave out the latest

stable statistics and it's really very grim reading. 250,000, a quarter of a million people dead in 4 1/2 years of the civil war. we have 4.3 million syrian who his have fled abroad and we are only too familiar with that with the migrant crisis and another 6.5 million tunne internally did and there is need to action and it needs to come quickly. >> extraordinary figures in good. how much support does putin have from the public for his role there? >> reporter: the polls that were take ben a month after the strikes began showed that he had an amazing 89.9% approval rating. but don't forget, this engagement, this incursion in to syria was sold to the public as a short-term telegenic occupation. and it's now clear that russia is now getting increasingly

mired in the country. they initially put out, two, 25 fighters when they first started the bombing campaign, they have racked that up now to 75 aircraft, including super sonic bombers that can standoff ones of kilometer to his deliver their payload. so they don't really to flyover syria. they have got submarine off the coast. and basically they are planning to move in to two unused air base, so they are extending their foot print there. analysts here and politicians here say that russia is in no danger of over extending themselves but there appears to be no thought out exit policy. >> at this for that, peter sharp. ray ceasefire is expected to begin in yemen in less than two hours. the truce has been arranged to coincide with peace talks between the warring sides in geneva it will halt more than eight months of fighting between the saudi-led military alliance

and houthi rebels. thaws of civilians -- thousands of civilians have been killed in this time. but a zeina khodr reports the violence continued right up until the ceasefire 67 it is a show of force just before the warring sides talk piece, the yemeni government and its supporters in the saudi-led coalition have did he played forces along the front lines close every to the capita sanaa. that's where houthi rebels and their allies remain in power. the troop deployment appears to be an attempt to pressure the houthis and their ally to his make contentions at the upcoming talks in switzerland but people north ho. thaare not hopeful they will gie up power without a fight. fight. >> translator: i reject the geneva talks. the houthis that carried out this against the legitimate government want them to give up legitimacy, it's unacceptable, he's tree son. the conflict is now in its nine

month. ninth ear side is winning and the human cost has been high. the united nations says yemen is facing one the worst crisis in the worlds, 80% of its population that is 21 million people, are on the brink of famine. >> translator: it's time to end the humanitarian crisis, but let's face it what we see on the ground and what we hear from the politicians shows both sides are not honest enough and willing to end the war. >> reporter: yemen's internationally recognized government is backed by a saudi-led coalition it's wants the iran yep backed houthis and their allies to lay down their arms and give back territories they captured. they are unlikely to do that much they have long demanded broader discussions which would involve a power-sharing deal. the u.n. will be hosting peace talks at an undisclosed location in switzerland the u.n. has impose a press blackout because

it wants to insure every chance for successful the conditions for a political solution is in place, what is clear is the intimate national community is determined to stop groups like isil and al qaeda from exploiting the security vacuum in yemen. for now, neither side can dictate the terms of a political settlement, since the balance of power on the ground is not clear. the u.n. is hoping the talks can lead to confidence building measures and at least ease the suffering of millions of yemenis, this could involve agreements to lift seems of population centers, guarantee security and unfettered access to aid agencies. the last time the warring sides agreed to sit on the same table was in late may, but those talks clappinged even before they started talking. tranny think we badly need an immediate truce to create the rerequisite for the talk and a

broader political solution the ceasefire was something we tried during the first round of geneva talks but it lasted less than an hour and failed. >> reporter: this time around they say they are committed to a ceasefire that will begin on the eve of negotiations if that holds, at least while the delegations discuss peace it could be a sign of whether the diplomatic process can succeed. zeina hod he should al jazeera, geneva. the e.u. is set to unveil plans for a new border force and coast guard exactly sy in response to the refugees crisis in to europe under the proposal the e.u. will have the power to deploy force to his countries without their permission. some governments see this as a violation of national sovereignty. it will have close to 1,000 permanent staff compared to about 400 at the current border agency. the commission is also suggesting syrian refugees are resettled directly from camps in turkey to try to stop people making the dangerous journey by sea. the proposal is partially due to

greece's border control problems. and the majority of people that make it to europe do so through the greek islands, john psaropoulos reports from athens. >> reporter: the debate over the european border and coast guard has focused on greece because this has been the entry point no 800,000 migrants in to europe this year. the greeks have cleared been in need of grater assistance than they have so far received from their e.u. partners through the existing european external borders agency which operates on a purely voluntary basis. and the greeks, too, have insisted that they are up to the task of policing european external borders and fingerprinting migrants but the sheer numbers of people arriving were ultimately overwhelming and so earlier this month. the greeks invoked emergency assistance status which forces e.u. partners to provide them with more aid than they have voluntarily done. but the greeks only did this after they were threatened with expulsion from the open borders

treaty. border security is a sovereign duty. and the greeks have been eager to prove that they can perform the tasks of a sovereign state. >> a phenomenas enormous as that, as this crisis demands at that time e.u. and its con stitch wentsconstituents and mes stay divided in order to overcome the challenges of that phenomenon. and i believe the potential of the e.u. is more than enough to absorb the device i ever effects 67 the greeks have traditionally been pro europe. they support a european foren and defense policy and even have preferred to remain within the eurozone despite seven years of austerity. but they have lost sovereignty over financial and fiscal policy. and appear to be reluctant to lose responsibility for border

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alliance of 34 countries its aim is to fight terrorism in the renal up, the government says it won't just confront isil but will confront any group threatening its members. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has arrived in russia to meet foreign secretary air game lavrov. that's a live picture coming from moscow there. they are due to focus the conflict in syria and president assad's role in the country's future. the e.u. set to unveil plans for any if you border force and coast gart agency. under the proposal the e.u. will have the power to deploy force to his results are yous without their permission. despite a new political agreement in august there has been no peace on the ground. the conflict has forced more than a million people from their homes and left nearly 4 million with severe food insecurity.

>> reporter: with heavy hearts and little hope, 20-year-old rebecca leaves the small clinic in a camp set up here. to shelter those displaced by the conflict. she brought her six month old daughter who was born with severe defects for a doctor's point. >> i gave birth to my child in june. it was very tough labor, but this is what god gave me. the doctors said it's only in juba that she can be treated. >> reporter: it has been two years since this conflict began in south sudan. forcing people like rebecca to flee and seek refuge. in different war-torn areas of south sudan, thousands of is ill civilians are in camps like these. >> the challenges that we are

facing number one, is this camp was design today hold say mauler population than what it has right now. we are having to deal with a lot of most patients than our facilities were envisioned to support. that is a strain over surprise, in terms of staffing, in terms of space that we use for con are constructing our facilities. >> reporter: many families live in small space with his limited access to clean water and not enough food. a peace agreement signed in august of this year most are you remains in paper as fighting continues in many parts of the county. the aid organizations they all agree on one thing, people here need peace and stability to be able to go home and resume their lives. lives that have been put on hold for two years and may be on hold a while longer if the peace agreement signed more than three months ago is not put to

practice. al jazeera, juba, south sudan. in burundi concerns are rising that the country's political unrest might be getting worse. the country saw some of its worst violence on friday. 87 people were killed. mo ram he had adow is live for us. tell us about the violence and the situation now, mohamed. >> reporter: well, jane, there is an uneasy feel here, fewer people on the streets, fewer businesses open, the people from this city are still reeling from the vents of last friday 87 people the government says were killed in the city after attacks, attacks on military bases in different parts of the city. in many of the [ inaudible ] the government strong holds, people still mourning the death their loved ones some were killed execution style with their hands tied behind their backs, some

had bullet holes on top of their heads. and police say they are looking for the people who attacked the military bases while the residents say the police came looking for revenge. >> okay. and later today an ex-burundi minister and 27 other former security men are expect ed in court. what are they being charged with and how significant is this ca case? >> reporter: well, very significant indeed. the coup attempt which [ inaudible ] was what triggered the violence that we are witnessing right now. the defense minister and five generals in the army with others who are accused of having planned and tried to execute that failed coup attempt. are being charged with having carried out this coup. it's a very big case that is being watched closely.

it's happening about 100-kilometers from the capital. and it's going a lands mark case and also it's wits one that is showing also going to indicate whether the military here in burundi is as national and [ inaudible ] you know, trained and very professional army as the government wants to put it. because [ technical difficulties >> all right, let's leave it there, mohamed there is quite a bit of audio break up there. voting was extend ed in central african republic's constitutional referendum. polls reopened in the capital on monday where at least two people were killed and 20 injured in separate attacks, violence and intimidation prevented many people from voting on sunday. the. >> referee: seen is seen a attest of the national policies

this month. or general tina's new conservative president has ended export taxes on key agricultural products as part of his plan to his revive a struggle economy. ma roos owe macri's leftist predecessor had imposed the tack to his keep prices low. it also helped finance christina kirschner's social welfare programs for the poor but marci says opening up the sector will bring in more ref knee. brazilian police have broke end up a fraud ring that ranged fake brazilian citizenship for syrians fleeing the war. 72 syrians have been identified four people face fraught and belonging to a criminal organization. several that traveled using those passports are allegedly former members of the syrian armed forces. the par. i want upped are resulted with tear gas, op sips law maybe, are

against an agreement given more all tonighautonomy. chile is asking for international help to investigate one of the largest whale strandings in history. more than 300 dead animals were found on the country's pacific coast between april and june, lucia newman reports in southern chile. >> reporter: this is the straight of magellan where normally at this time of year you can see wales swim to go their feeding grounds on the tip of south america. stunned, earlier this year, scientists discovered a mass graveyard. first 30 dead wails and then another 307 in remote parts of the region of chile. a discovery that is baffling experts. marine biologist took part in the first scientific expedition to try to discover the cause.

>> translator: in samples taken from the stomach contents of four wales we found a poison in sea plants but can't say what the cause was either, while only these wales and no other animals if that was the case we should have found other dead sea mammals and birds. these waleses can weigh up to 20 tonights and mesh you were to 18 meters. it's not sure i what happened. a prhe says there are many posse causes. >> translator: it could be a virus that affected their hearing system that would explain why they were beached. another reason is if they ran in to rocks which changed the magna tim of hearing which can also disor went them.

>> reporter: for more than a century, whales were widely hunted hear. and all the way up chile's pacific coast. they were sold for their meat for making margin, soap, corsets even perfume. today killing whales is illegal in chile and now local scientists are calling on international experts to them discover what is killing the whales that are dieing on these shores, at peel is being made at this week's marine mammal conference in san francisco. >> this is something that should be studied in -- with more -- in detail. so that is why we are asking for a collaboration of international colleagues from the international whaling commission. >> reporter: this particular mass death is considered the largest registered in such a short period of time. and a mystery scientists are anxious to resolve. in order hopefully to be able to prevent a repetition.

lucia newman, al jazeera, chile. an australian court has ordered that several brands of the pop layer painkiller be taken off the shelves. the court has ruled that they were identical to the standard but cost double the price. the drug's british manufacturer has denied it club rattily misled customers but the court says all of the products contained the same amount of active ingredient. >> obviously consumers are skeptic toll up to a point but when you tell them something as specific as this just deals with one form of pain, when it doesn't, it's just like any other pain relief tablet that causes concern to us and so we are very hopeful these sorts of actions sends a message to companies don't mislead consumers. the crew of the space craft is preparing to lift off to reach the international space station. the three men, -- three-man crew spoke to the media in

kazakhstan, they are expected to launch at 11:03 gmt. we'll spend six months on the iss to carry out maintenance work and various equipments staying up, it's one of the most anticipated films for years, the new star wars movie premiered in hollywood early we are people camping out for days to be a part of opening night. it is one of the biggest film openings los angeles has ever seen. it reunites the cast of the original trilogy and is expected to break box office records, rob reynolds reports from hollywood. >> reporter: a banner for the force awakens unfurled over the historic chinese theatre in hollywood as hype for the latest star wars film reached a crescendo. hundreds of diehard fans have been coming out in weather unusually cold for los angeles to be part of opening night. these folks have been here on and off for over a week.

>> overnights and in the rain and in the w cold and i am froma so it doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: a lot of people say people who do that must are crazy. >> we are not crazy, we are just fans. >> to be a part of this to see this, to feel it, i am living it. i am in it. this is the moment. this is awesome. this is a blessing. >> reporter: hour excited are you about tonight? >> so excited. oh, my goodness. i don't -- i don't -- i am surprised i can contain myself. >> reporter: it's expected to be the biggest opening night of the year and possibly the biggest in cinema history. three hollywood theaters have been dedicated to screen the premier. >> this is the biggest film of the year, star wars is what everyone has been waiting for the entire year, for several years, everyone cares about this movie. >> the dark side. >> reporter: the movie is predicted to earn one and a half to $2 billion in global box office returns. but it is potentially a much

larger cash coul cow for disneyh bought the rights to star wars from lucas film three years ago for $4 billion. disney will sell toys, video games, dvds and include star wars experiences in its global chain of theme parks. >> i think $25 billion is a very safe guess for the entire universities they are creating between the toys and the games and the movies themselves. i mean, i think it's sort of i don't understand what we can imagine for how big this could get. >> reporter: at a toy store in swanky beverly hills a truck load of star wards paraphernalia is unloaded. >> honestly there are they have been selling out. they are hot cakes. >> reporter: this four-year-old has definitely got her eye on some star wars toys. >> what's your number one thing that you want? >> light sam sabres. >> reporter: that's part what

have disney hopes will be another generation hooked on the sag for years to come. i wouldn't camp out to see it, but i certainly look forward to watching it when it comes here, website address where you can catch up with all the news aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": the rise of the right. anger at politicians. fear of foreigners, drives the return of vicious hate to the streets of germany. >> people trying to kill others. that's the reality we have again in 2015 in germany. >> maintain's sheila macvicar with a spark that threatens to ignite