♪ an iraq brigadier general says the city of ramadi is under their full control and raised the flag of liberation over the government building. ♪ you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha and also ahead a rare evacuation underway, syrians trapped in three battleground areas given safe passage out. a painful legacy resolved, south korea and japan reach an agreement over the women used as war time sex slaves. hoping to end burundi's unrest,

talks underway to try to resolve the month-long violence. ♪ iraqi forces in ramadi say they have raised the iraqi flag above the central government building seized from i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. seized ramadi more than 100 kilometers west of baghdad back in may. the army along with sunni tribal fighters now control the government compound in the neighborhood, other reports had said i.s.i.l. still controls parts of the city and we are joined now from irbill and tell us the very latest as it seems to be changing by the moment. >> reporter: yes, in the last few minutes you have heard a statement on iraqi state t.v. by one of the spokesmen for counter terrorism forces saying the

compound that was being liberated since last night is now completely under the control of iraqi forces and they put the iraqi flag. this flag has gone up after may when iraqi forces left the area of ramadi. they were forced out of ramadi and it was taken over by i.s.i.l. there is symbolism to the set of buildings, at least three major buildings and and bar headquarters and provincial building and who controls the building holds the city of ramadi and downtown ramadi there are at least three to four major neighborhoods that are still under the control of i.s.i.l. fighters, the iraqi government has been trying to completely take over both from the north and the south and in the north there are two neighborhoods across the river from the city of ramadi where there is still fighting that is going on so they have not completely taken them over. when they take over these two

neighborhoods they will be able to cross over from the river into the city of ramadi. so much remains in the city of ramadi. it's a very, very urban populated, dense area where it will take time for the iraqi forces to completely declare victory over it but this nonetheless is a very significant achievement that they have now taken over the neighborhood and the three important buildings. >> tell us more about the particular tactics involved in this back and forth, this urban warfare if you will. >> this fight for ramadi has continued for months now. it is day seven of the final iraqi forces have put it as they try to take the city of ramadi. they are using all sorts of conventional warfare tactics. this is the first i have seen those being deployed to a major population center. most people of ramadi have left but there are also reports of some civilians left there being

used as human shields by i.s.i.l. fighters. what is going on is iraqi security forces told us is iraqi forces moved closer to an area, they are trying to fight off i.s.i.l. and when they get pinned and face very, very strong resistance, they call for air support. more than 600 coalition air strikes have helped the advance of iraqi forces and helped on the ground by sunni malitia fighters. this is important because this is an area where majority of sunni population lives and they have not been using the popular mobilization forces also known as shia malitias just to make sure they have the support of the local population after they take this area from i.s.i.l. >> and as you were reporting right now at this moment we are seeing live pictures out of iraq and it looks as if the iraqi armies forces were answering questions about this latest development out of ramadi but to be clear what you're saying is

that they captured a few strategic buildings but don't necessarily control the entire city yet but they certainly in the video and in the live pictures rather we are seeing they certainly seem to have a victory stance if nothing else but that is the latest we are getting out of ramadi is the iraqi army says they raised the flag of liberation over the city of ramadi and retaken it from i.s.i.l. and are reporting that they do not control the entire city of ramadi at this moment. and reporting live for us and thank you. a rare deal to evacuate syrians trapped by the fighting in two parts of the country is being implemented. on syria's border with lebanon a group of rebel fighters and families have been under siege by government forces for months and now injured fighters and

their families are allowed safe passage out of the town to eventually get to idlib where el nusra is strongest, there several hundred shia families have been trapped in two towns controlled by the rebels but now under this u.n. backed deal they will be given a safe route to damascus where the government is still largely in control. the first mentioned group will be leaving and headed to lebanon where they will continue to turkey before finally arriving at idlib and the shia families will go from idlib to turkey on to beirut before finally being transferred to damascus. this is all very complicated but this is not the first evacuation agreement of its kind. in the past year there have been similar agreements of city of homs and urmuk which are on hold and we are live near the turkey-syria border. tell us how these transfers have

been going. >> it's smooth as planned according to different sources on the ground and we're expecting from both sides, i mean to be at the border crossing and also at the turkish border crossing in any time soon. we have been evacuated from their own areas given safe passage and have been driving all the way and it's just going to be about the end of this whole operation that took some time from the opposition and from the government. it all started when opposition fighters were trapped there after a counter offensive launched by the government, backed by the shia malitia of hezbollah and after that military operation the rebels

launched surprise attack in the northern city of idlib. they managed to control the city, the province, the whole northern area and except for two towns which was still under the control of the rebels, sorry the government, there were shia malitias fighting against the rebels and this is how the whole idea of the deal came that the rebels will be given a safe passage in exchange for the shia rebels to be allowed to leave so expecting the pro-government shia malitia fighters to arrive to turkey and from there flown from beirut and from there they will drive to damascus and simultaneously we are expecting the rebel fighters and their families to be flown to turkey and the injured are going to be treated at turkish hospitals and that most likely they will cross the border into syria into the areas under the control of the

rebels. >> clearly these are small numbers of people that we're talking about, small groups and totally significant for them and their families obviously but still real small groups of people according to the hundreds of thousands whose lives have been changed and effected by the war, how significant can these developments actually be in the grand scheme of things going forward? >> i have spoken to different members of the syrian coalition. the umbrella organization that is the umbrella for different faction groups. as i say this is a small step but it's a significant step for them and they and the international community have been pushing for such deals between the government and the opposition to boost moral and go to geneva and go forward and find a way out. of course as you said there are millions of syrians who were

forced out of their country, thousands trended on the border with turkey, in lebanon, in jordan and thousands who are still caught in the cross fighting and there is also a deal which has been on hold for quite sometime on the outskirts of homs in the district which is under the control of the opposition. the general sentiment now is that if this goes as planned it could pave the way for further deal to be implemented and who knows once the comprehensive political settlement could pave the way for both parties the government and opposition to turn a chapter and start a new era in syria. >> live and thank you. as you can imagine it is difficult to get people out of syria. at this moment i.s.i.l. controls much of the country's central corridor. the syrian opposition controls large parts of the north and the southwest. the kurdish popular protection

units or ypg have also been battling i.s.i.l. and the rest of the country remains under government control. evacuations have been taking places under the supervision of the international red cross. and lebanon spokesman has this update for us from the crossing. >> reporter: at the border waiting for the convoy to enter lebanon. once people get to lebanon there is emergency medical care that needs to be provided before they continue their journey to the final destinations and they have lateral lack of water and food and no medical care and injured people who have been there for a month without healthcare and are not part of the negotiation for this deal. however, we hope that we will see more of this in the future. there are more than 100,000 people now that we cannot access inside syria and we hope things will continue to happen. >> reporter: syrian state t.v.

supporting multiple explosions in the city of homs, at least 14 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded in the blast, a syrian rights group has the death toll of the explosions at 32. south korea and japan have agreed on a historic deal to end a longstanding dispute. the issue of war time sex slaves. tokyo will offer $8.7 million of composition to former korean women used as sex slaves. japan is said to have enslaved nearly 200,000 korean women during world war ii and prime minister said the deal would open a new era and ties between the two countries and south korea's president said it was important the deal was implemented soon. >> translator: i think we did our duty for the current generations by reaching this final and irreversible resolution before the end of the war and expressing feelings of

remorse and apology on this issue as the previous governments have and such position will not be changed. from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era. i hope this agreement will serve as a momentum for japan and south korea. >> reporter: in order to restore the dignity and regain the impaired reputation of the women as well as heal their wounded hearts through the agreement i think it's most important that the japanese government swiftly carry out the measures under this deal. more to come on al jazeera. who is raising the benefit of a gold mine boom and local people say it's not them. plus stylish with luxury and affordable and what is behind a budget sports car. ♪

♪ you're watching al jazeera and here is a recap of the top stories, iraqi military says it liberated the city of ramadi from i.s.i.l. and flown its flag over a government complex, a military spokesman for joint operations says ramadi is now a free city. international red cross over seeing the transfer of 140 syrian rebel fighters from the town to be treated for their wounds in turkey. separately assad supporters from two villages in idlib province are boarding buses bound for turkey and they will then head to lebanon in route to damascus and part of a deal between

syrian government and opposition negotiated with the help of iraq, turkey and the u.n. historic deal between south korea and japan over the issue of war time sex slaves, japanese prime minister to offer apology and compensation to former sex slaves and a professor of political science says it took japan a long time to come around. >> reporter: this is a huge deal as far as we can tell a long time problem that has divided these two countries has been seemingly resolved, at least on a government to government level. now, saying that you have to realize that this is an issue that has divided peoples and has been very much personalized whether the individuals who have been involved in this issue will accept this government to government agreement is something that is really up in the air still at this time. there were steps along the way

that were attempted in the 1990s but they reached an impass. basically the government of japan during the 1990s came to the idea that they cannot apologize as the government. instead various forms of apologies involving prime ministers as private individuals were worked out amongst bureaucrats. however, this did not satisfy public opinion particularly in south korea so this is an issue which would have been put away a long time ago if someone in the japanese government had said this is a government problem, let's solve it. talks aimed at ending months of unrest in burundi are underway in uganda and government authorities and civil society groups are expected at the meeting and more than 300 people have died in violence in

burundi since april. the country is struggling to emerge from a decade long ethnic based civil war and violence began in april when the president announced he was running for a third term. the opposition says this violates ethnic power sharing principles and the following a failed coup in may when he was voted in, the african union wants to send peace keepers but the government is rejecting that move. amnesty international says the country is facing a human rights crisis and says tillings are taking place and we are live from burundi's capitol and what is it like there and how are the people processing this? >> reporter: well, the people of burundi have cautiously welcomed the talks that are taking place in uganda and know the talks are the best way out of the crisis that hasn't gulfed their country

this year and also know how polarized politically they are with how far the government opposed to it are with the leader or the government delegation with talks during the opening ceremonies saying that the government will not negotiate with people who have taken part in the coup attempt. now it's very important to point out that it was not just former military officials accused of taken part in the failed coup attempt but civil society organizations some of them represented at the peace talks in uganda. now, that sets the stage for more aclimony and while this is going on trying to convince burundi to agree to the deployment of 5,000 peace keepers and chairperson of the union has written to the president and also friendly

delegations from friendly countries to burundi have been visiting in the past few days. >> all right mohamed reporting live and mohamed thank you. only 20 people have been killed in a bomb blast in northeastern nigeria. over 90 people were injured in the blast that targeted a mosque in the city and earlier a suspected boko haram fighters attacked a village near a city killing 15 people. local media say ten gunmen were killed in that attack. suicide bomber in the afghan capitol killed at least one person and wounded 13 others near the airport. the attack happened near the military entrance used by nato forces. and we report. >> reporter: afghan police say a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives next to this pickup truck. the attack happened on a road near kabul airport. the suicide bomber's target appears to have been members of

nato security forces but instead civilians were caught up in the bla blast. >> translator: i was standing near my shop when suddenly i heard a huge explosion and everything became dark around me. shattered pieces of iron fell over me. i was three meters away from the explosion. i saw a teenager dead on the ground. it was real terrible. >> reporter: the explosion destroyed cars and hit a street lined with shops. >> translator: i was teaching children in the mosque when suicide attack happened and i was injured. >> reporter: kabul's chief of police says the attack was aimed at creating fear among afghans. >> translator: suicide bomber with a car loaded with explosives detonated bomb and 13 passersby were wounded and one person was killed, all of them were civilians. >> reporter: this is the 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 more than two

weeks before the army regained control and earlier this month more than 70 people died in a taliban attack on the kandahar airport complex. attack in kabul came a day after the head of pakistan's army attended a conference in the city and it was aimed at helping restart peace talks with the taliban. al jazeera. the european union border agency says stepping forward would help process a large number of refugees still arriving on the greek island and sending a team of almost 400 officers and interpreters and include experts in security screening, fingerprinting and forged documents and we report from the greek-macedonia border. >> we are talking about a few days perhaps before they can actually be started on processing and helping the greek authorities. they could be deployed on the main hotspot of the greek islands. we don't know that number yet.

they did not tell us. we expect to know within the next few hours. in terms of what these officers will be doing is helping the greek authorities speed the process of registration. they will be taking debriefs and security debriefs with the refugees and will be determining their identity and carrying out some security background checks and then they will cross check it with national and perhaps the european database and all of that procedure will not help the greek authorities or stem the flow of the big number of refugees, it will only speed the process to allow them to continue their journey through the rest of europe. a gold mine creating big profits in kurzistan and many say they are not seeing the profits and people surrounding the gold mine want better facilities like schools and hospitals but their demands are being silenced and we report from kurzistan.

>> reporter: harvest time is a reliable if humble income for the people of the region. but they know that gold in the mountains above earns the government tens of millions of dollars a year. the contour gold mine contributes as much as 25% to the gdp of kurzistan and many who live nearby worry about the environmental impact of the mine and the lack of tangible benefits. two years ago demonstrations against them turned violent. protesters who were jailed accused police of brutality. now activists say nothing has changed and no one feels safe to speak out. >> translator: the guys who were convicted, their relatives are always being frightened and told if you talk to someone your voice won't ever get out, they

will rot in jail. >> reporter: we drove to the villages to see for ourselves if things had improved but discovered we were being followed. unfortunately we are not going to stop here because we know the people we want to speak to have been warned not to talk to foreign ners, in fact, a team of environmentists came here and were surrounded by an angry crowd, later they were held in question for three hours by state security and told to go back to the capitol. this is a delicate time for the government. it's trying to renegotiate its ownership agreement with the canadian company which runs the mine sintera gold. the prime minister says more than enough is being done for local villages and he warns he won't tolerate interference with the terms of the agreement. >> translator: protecting investors is the job of our state security services. we have a lot of people there who sometimes are motivated by

greed. >> reporter: these men filmed allegedly trying to extort $3 million from the managers of the gold mine were later jailed but environmentists say villages demands for decent schools and hospitals are legitimate. >> if you look into what their demands are, they are pretty simple and see it's for the benefit of the communities of the villages rather than describing them as people who just are blackmailing to get the personal profit. >> reporter: in the search for greater national profit villages are not yet convinced of its value. robin walker with al jazeera. the philippines is known for its lush tropical beauty so it's probably not the first country that springs to mind when you think of sports car design, a group of young engineers is aiming to change that. and supports from laguna where they are building stylish and

affordable super cars. >> reporter: this is the car, what is being described as the philippines first super car weighing 650 kilos has 515 horse power and reaches top speed of 200 kilometers per hour and developed by car enthusiasts because they could never afford to buy a sports car they decided to build one. >> translator: it all started when we were challenged and told we couldn't do it, that we wouldn't be able to complete one and make it run. >> reporter: but they did using parts that were easy to find locally and adapting the over all design for the philippine market. its engine is japanese and has a tubular space ring chassis. >> translator: the thing about this car is that it is not too delicate in how it's made, what i mean is in the philippine context which is there is a lot of traffic, a lot of humps and

many uneven roads and adapted for that. announcer: it's called the poor man's sports car and doesn't bother the builders and see it as a case of philippine inguinity and it begins here with no machine assembly lines and each piece is crafted and molded by hand and takes between 6-8 months to complete a car. so far only four prototypes have been produced and developers say there has been much interest from buyers but it will be a while longer before the car is ready for the market. >> translator: we want this to serve as inspiration to each philippine person if we can achieve the dream so can others who can appreciate what we have done here. >> reporter: what they have done the developers say is create a work of art by making the most of what they had. al jazeera, laguna, philippines.

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