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al jazeera. our top stories. the fight for fall ja is taking on the al qaeda fighters.ion day fights and mobs are attacking the polling station and migrants are holding a protest. >> the headlines from europe,

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al jazeera. our top stories. the fight for fall ja is taking on the al qaeda fighters. election day fights and mobs are attacking the polling station and migrants are holding a protest. >> the headlines from europe, including the great water warning and people are told to fill up elsewhere and don't touch what is coming from their own taps. al qaeda fighters are coming under presh y in iraq and syria, and the islamic state is being attacked in syria. first to the operations to drive them out of the province. we have more on that and the attacks in baghdad. >> the standoff lasting for days they are ready to go into the city and fight the group. the agreement to do so was hard fought. local tribes insisted they be part of the operations, however, other tribes in the area have disagreed. the tribal revolutionaries are fighting to protect the city and we swear to take on others from the government. >> the standoff is indicating the tension between the new tribes in the province and the government and now the prime minister has an agreement and poised to act. >> increased co

check ja sna >> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> iran to scale back its nuclear program on 20th jan. >> i'm confident they will come to geneva. >> pushing for peace. syrian opposition to attend the geneva talks. >> the hacking breach may have occurred to other stores than target, but they are not fessing up. >> we have a firm date on when iran will begin it's nuclear slow down. 20th january when access will be allowed. the islamic republic in return will get about $7 billion in seized oil revenue. >> this was the first step taken in november, six countries in iran agreeing to a temporary deal to slow its nuclear program. now the next step. on january 20th, iran's leaders say they'll take action, promising to enrich uranium to 5% level. they will also allow for increased inspections. in return they get sanctions release. and a let-up on cars and airplanes. overseas accounts will be unfrozen, putting a $6 to $7 billion back into the economy while they try to work out a long-term deal. >> from the

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