arare u.n.-backed deal in syria. hundreds of opposition fighters and their families are evacuated from three towns. this is al jazeera. also ahead on the program, ending a decade's long dispute, japan offers 8.7 million dollars in compensation for war-time korean sex slaves. uganda, talks over escalating talks in burundi. dilemma for doctors.

a patient who risks death rather than accept someone else's blood. around 100 wounded syrian rebel fighters tanned their families trapped in the regime town are being evacuated. this is part of an iranian, turkish, u.n. brokered deal between the syrian government and the opposition. they're being escorted by the flshl red cross-- international red cross. around 300 supporters of the syrian regime are given safe passage to the damascus via turkey and lebanon. the latest from the border crossing. >> reporter: the first part of this deal has gone underway. the u.n. along with the red cross has entered the besieged town. we expect 143 wounded fighters

along with their families to cross this crossing between syria and lebanon. at the same time we expect 243, coming from predomestic nabothily shia, two-- predominantly shia to cross. they will be travelling to syria. the process has been undergone since september 24. an agreement was made between an irani iranian. the ceasefire went underway september 24. this is the second phase we will be seeing more phases of this. there is around a thousand fighters and their families held up along with two shia villages in idlib, about a few thousand holidayed up there-- holed up there. this is the first face, to cross

into these areas much more coverage on those transfers throughout the news cast. in the meantime, south korea and japan have reached a deal on a longstanding dispute over war time sexual slavery. foreign ministers of both countries you have been holding costs. an apology is being offered. tokyo is offering 8.7 million dollars in compensation for former sex slaves when were referred to as comfort women in war time japan. korea was a jape knee colony for 35 years from 1910 to 1945. histori historia historians-- south korea has maintained japan should apologise to the victims and pay compensation. until now japan had refused. returning now to our coverage of

the rebel fires being transported out. our correspondent near where one of the transfers is is happening. tell us what is happening there where you are. >> reporter: activists in idlib are posting pictures of bus es arriving ready to carry the people in the safe pass appling out of the two predominantly shia villages into turkey where they're going to be flown to lebanon and then they will drive to damascus. this has been underway for quite some time. there have been attempts in the past to secure a deal between the syrian opposition to pave

the way for shia fighters who have been holed up to leave those areas in exchange for allowing fighters and their families to leave. there has been a problem in the past. basically, some very powerful factions saying we should not allow this deal to go ahead because it is going to pave the way for the government to carry out ethnic cleansing. basically referring to the fact that predominantly sunni areas, people have been forced out which will pave the way for the government to allow the supporters to be based there. i think from different sources that we've been talking to, they're saying that they are expecting the deal to go smooth and expecting the 300 or so members of the shia militias and their families to leave turkey

in the coming hours and then fly to lebanon to be clear, the people that are leaving syria will, in fact, be returning to syria. >> reporter: this is part of the deal. i've been talking to people here in latakia. they say as far as the families and fighters, once they get back to turkey, they have two options, basically. trying to find out whether they're going to be in refugee camps here in the southern part of turkey, particularly on the border, or they will be allowed to go to an area in the north which are under the control of the rebel. we're talking about a huge swathe of land from aleppo to the outskirts of latakia and also idlib. the same thing for the people from other areas. the moment they get here to

latakia, they will fly to lebanon and then they are expected to drive from beirut to damascus to reunite with their families thank you for that. talks ending months of unrest in burundi are due to begin. groups are expected at this meeting. violence began in april when the president announced his intention to run for a controversial third term. since then more than 300 people have died. rights group explained security forces for many of the killings. let's check now with our correspondent who is reporting live from bujumbura. what has the reaction been there? >> reporter: the people of burundi have welcomed the peace talks that are expected to start

today in the town in uganda and mediated by the president. many people feel that the talks are the best way to end, to put an end to the conflict that has raged on in this country since april this year when the president announced that he was going to run for a third time in office, a conflict that has not only devastated the economy of the country but has seen 200,000 people leave their homes. there has been an argument especially raised by the civil society organizations here in burundi about who actually is the burundian opposition. they say not those who have remained in bujumbura, those who are still in the country who have taken up their positions in parliament and have taken up positions in the government created by the president after he won the disputed elections in july. what they're saying is the real opposition are those people who oppose to the president's third

time in office and also the people who fled the country for fair of their safety and who are living in exile. some have been invited to these talks. they say all of them should be invited. in a statement the civil organizations have also said that parties at the peace talks in uganda should not allow any arrangement. they should not sign any deal that puts in place the president as the leader of burundi continuing forward let's talk more about the failed coup leaders who will be appearing in court. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: just moments ago we were told that a judge in the town of gutaga, about 100 kilometres away from bujumbura, where the accused were supposed to have appeared, adjourned the

hearing of the case until 4 january. it is the third time that the accused were supposed to be heard. it was supposed to have started today. although the government sets it wants to expedite and-- says it wants to expedite and have it finished in record time in afghanistan a bomb has gone off in an entrance to kabul's airport used by nato forces. at least one person has been killed and 13 wounded. all of them were afghans. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: afghan police say a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives next to this pick-up truck. the attack happened on a road near kabul airport.

the suicide bomber's target appears to have been members of the nato security forces. instead, civilians were caught up in the blast. >> translation: i was standing near my shop when suddenly i heard a huge explosion and everything became dark around me. shattered piece of iron fell over me. i was three metres away from the explosion. i saw a teenager dead on the ground. it was really terrible. >> reporter: the explosion destroyed cars and hit a street lined with shops. >> translation: i was teaching children inside the mosque when the suicide attack happened and i was injured >> reporter: kabul's chief of police says the attack was aimed at creating fear among afghans. >> translation: a suicide bomber in a car loaded with explosives detonated his car in this area. >> reporter: this is latest in a series of security setbacks for the afghan government. in september the taliban took

control of the afghan city of kunduz and held it for two weeks before the army regained control. early people died in an attack in a kandahar airport complex. a conference was aimed at helping peace talks there iraqi forces are claiming victory over i.s.i.l. and ramadi over retaking government buildings near the city center. i.s.i.l. seized ramadi more than 100 kilometres west of baghdad back in may. the army as well as sunni tribal fighters now controls the compound. other reports say i.s.i.l. still controls parts of the city. plenty more ahead on al jazeera. high profile names in u.s. sports are linked to doping allegations in an al jazeera

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you're watching al jazeera. a look at the headlines. international red cross is over seeing the evacuation of syrian rebel fighters and families from three be siegeed towns. rebels are being transferred to turkey. separately supporters from supports in idlib will head to damascus. it is all part of an iranian and turkish and u.n. brokered deal between the syrian government

and the opposition. a deal on war crime korean war crime. an apology to be given and 8.7 million dollars as compensation to the former sex slaves. talks aimed at ending months of unrest in burundi are due to begin in uganda. violence began in april when the president announced his intention to run for a third term. the african union has warned the country may be in danger of returning to civil war. to our top story, a u.n. back deal allowing safe passage for some fighters and their families out of syria. a senior associate at the middle east center joins us from beirut via skype and we appreciate it. why do you think this deal happened? >> well, it's part of a larger set of deals that have been happening, that focus on

creating local ceasefires in specific areas. they happen mainly where there is sufficient will. they take a long period to put the mechanisms in order. there are lots of low-level, intricate negotiations that are happening. many of these have been brokered by the u.n. but they tend to happen between local leaders who have managed to build some sort of trust amongst each other, if anything. i mean, i know the international red cross has been involved in this one as well. it is mainly part of a broader set of cease fires that have been having sporadically across syria who benefits from from deals like this being successful? >> everybody, i think. i mean, those on either side of the deal benefit. they usually happens when there

is a deadlock, but also civilians who are caught in the cross fire also, obviously, benefit because these local ceasefire bring a halt to fighting and this is why there has been quite a push on this front, particularly by the u.n. and by under the guidance if these work out well today, do you see more of these happening and what could the ramifications be? >> i'm not sure that there will be more happening because this situation in syria is so complicated on the ground. there are so many different forces. they could possibly happen in different places. the longer-term ramifications are questionable because it is not clear. some of these deals include population transfers where you have residents of specific areas being transferred to other

areas. this has already happened before. these are disconcerting for any potential future for syria when people - i mean, conflicts in other places show that when people are forced to move because of this kind of conflict, and they are being moved based on sectarian identities, and they are shias and sunnis today, they're fighters but also their families. this kind of population transfer is not promising for the future of the country. it also is not an indication that we're going to see any kind of immediate change in the political process as such. they have some implication, but not a big implication on the political process as such you're saying in the short-term it benefits the civilians, but you're saying

this is by no means a long-term solution. >> no. it is not. it is disconcerting. it poses a lot of challenges for the future of syria thank you so much for your time. suspected boko haram fighters have killed at least 15 people in north-eastern nigeria. they attacked a village. it is fear the death toll might be much higher. at least ten gunmen were also killed. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: the nooirnlg nigeria n authorities are on hot pursuit of the attackers. they comb the bushes to try to find whether or not there are more boko haram fighters hiding around the area. we're told that boko haram fighters led as many as eight suicide bombers to attack that village causing so much damage. after the nigerian government and military have defeated boko haram, we will see incidents

such as like this, such as this attacking isolated communities, launching suicide missions as well as ambushing either patrols or local communities on the highways. i spoke to the commander of the operations against boko haram in the north-east of the country and this is what he said. >> more peaceful, a better place than it used to be. we believe that for every second, for every minute of the day since we continue to improve. >> reporter: the government is confident that it has broken the will of boko haram to occupy any nigerian territory. what we will probably see over the next few months as the nigerian military alongside troops of cameroon, chad, try to clean up and crush boko haram will be incidents such as this. attacking isolated communities, ambushing patrols or civilians

on the highways and launching of suicide missions an al jazeera investigation into sports doping in the u.s. has revealed possible connections between medical professionals and athletes. pay ton peyton manning is involved. >> reporter: a professional doctor advises on the use of banned substances in professional sport. >> this is delta 2, a steroid, but it will be great for you. a bump of football players have taken this and basketball players too. >> reporter: he is not a cheat but is working undercover for our investigative unit to expose what athletes call the dark side. the alleged use of performance

enhancing substances. charlie sly claims connection to several top sports men in american baseball and football. one tailor teagarden was in his apartment explaining his use of the drug. >> i was scared to be honest with you. i took it for, like, two weeks and i was also taking peptides too. >> reporter: sly also alleges that when he worked at aborigine anti ageing clinic, a banned substance was shipped to the wife of football staff peyton manning. >> all the time we sent ashleigh man i manning hormone. it would always be under her name not her husband's. >> reporter: peyton manning has responded to the allegations in the program >> it is completely fabricated. complete trash, garbage. it's more adjectives i would like to use.

it really makes me sick >> reporter: we spoke to the geyey institute who gave us the start date charlie sly worked in their pharmacy in 2011. in the last 24 hours sly issued his own video denial. >> i am recanting any such statements and there is no truth to any statement of mine that al jazeera plans to air. >> reporter: our investigation also infiltrated a doping network in canada. we filmed a pharmacist and doctor who supply our undercover adds lit with-- athlete with an arare of drugs and offer to destroy medical records to cover it up >> we would only be doing ten injections a day in some cases. if you want to go black ops, so to speak, i can just document everything not in this chart but on my own chart and if somebody ever comes sniffing for it, there's the decoy. >> reporter: chad robertson, brandon spletzer and tailor teagarden didn't responds to

comments. other professionals who did responds deny the allegations. al jazeera's undercover investigation raises new questions about the possible use of performance enhancing drugs in sport. debra davis a government official in southern china has killed himself a week after a devastating land slide in his city. police say he jumped from a building. he worked in the local government, the city where a pile of construction waste slid onto an industrial part burying several buildings. one person was killed and 75 are missing. the head of china telecom has become the latest high profile target of a government crackdown on corruption. the ruling communist party says he is being investigated for disciplinary violations. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: he is boss of china telecom. it is one of the three big telecommunications companies in this country.

he has only been in the job since august, but according to a posting on the website of chinese anti corruption watchdog, he is now being investigated for what they call serious violations of discipline. that is generally a euphemism for corruption in china. just a few weeks ago the man who was boss of one of the biggest private conglomerates in this country vanished from view for several days after police confirmed that he was helping them with their inquiries. so this widening anti corruption campaign is focusing not just on the private sector, but also increasingly on the state-owned sector and there may be a reason for that because there has been a lot of resistance among these state-owned enterprises against some of the structural reforms that president xi jinping wants carried out in order to get the economy moving again. what we have had, i think, is another reminder that as this campaign continues, no-one is

untouchable at least 11 people have died as a strong of tornadoes swept through text's. it toppled homes, blew aware cars cut power connections. eight people died in east dallas. the extreme weather will continue over the next few days. blood transfusions have long been a modern part of modern medicine, but for people with religious objections to them, doctors need to find different treatments. from the state of new jersey our correspondent reports. >> reporter: kimberley brown suffers from a number of medical issues, including a tumour in her breast. as a practicing jam ovahs witness she does not want blood transfusion. it is against her belief >> i was raised a witness all of my life. that's all i know.

i have complete trust and faith that if anything happens to me, my family will be okay, but i'm human and i do get nervous. >> reporter: when it came time to remove the tumour in addition to god she put her fate in the hand of angle wood hospital. they cater to people with beliefs. >> with operations you expect high blood loss, you want to make sure the patient is optimised. if it is a surgery we're not losing a lot of blood, there's nothing special that the patient has to do ahead of time. >> reporter: kimberley's procedure is fairly routine, but in an emergency her beliefs take a common treatment option off the table. her father and brother underwent open heart surgeries here also without transfusions. the practice of treating patients without the use of

blood transfusions was developed for those who have religious objections to them. but it turns out there are medical advantages to so-called bloodless medicine. as a result, the number of transfusions in the united states is going down. doctors can bank or recycle the patient's onblood as an alternative, as was the case in this open heart surgery. because transfusions cause an immune reaction and blood can be contaminated, they come with risks. in recent years studies have confirmed what hospitals like anglewood first hands, less blood is sometimes better to have less blood. >> it may outweigh the risk. estimates are we do between 40 and 60% of transfusions in this company for no good reason. >> reporter: while kimberley said she would risk death rather than accept some other person's blood, she is happy that

scientists are finding alternative therapies that are giving her chances to live without compromising her beliefs on our website al jazeera there are plenty of updates of this throughout the day-- new throughout the day and breaking news. it is al jazeera.com jungle animals is one of the most popular attractions on the tourist trail. whether it's riding an elephant, patting a tiger, feeding a monkey, you can do it all in thailand. >> but in the rush to meet tourist demand and make profits animals are often mistreated