i'm darren jordon. the eruption on mt ontake is believed to have killed 30 people. >>> thousands of protesters in hong kong are surrounding government headquarters to demand sa greater say in -- demand a greater say in elections. >>> a bomb blast in kabul, a day before the new afghanistan president is sworn in. >>> collision air strikes targeted i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a turkish town. an i.s.i.l. building and two tanks were destroyed near the tank of kobani. kurdish fighters attacked the group on the ground. >> kurd are spread across parts of the north of the i.s.i.l. fighters overran dozens of villages, and tried to take the town, but were repelled by kurdish fighters. stefanie dekker reports. >>> the sound of fighters jets in the sky above kobani, there were multiple strikes on i.s.i.l. positions around the town. this was an ongoing battle and this is not over. as we drive east, we come across a town of kurdish refugees receiving aid. >> translation: we have been humiliated. there's no water or

i'm darren jordon. the eruption on mt ontake is believed to have killed 30 people. >>> thousands of protesters in hong kong are surrounding government headquarters to demand sa greater say in -- demand a greater say in elections. >>> a bomb blast in ka

i'm darren jordon. also - japanese believe the eruption on mt ontake killed 30. >>> standoff in hong kong - demonstrators appear to have won concessions from the government. >>> a bomb attack in the heavily secured diplomatic area of kabul, a day before the new afghan president is to be sworn in. >>> coalition air strikes have targeted i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a turkish town onned border with turkey. an i.s.i.l. building and two tanks were destroyed near kobani. kurdish fighters attacked the group on the ground. kurds in syria are spread across the north. i.s.i.l. fighters overran dozens of villages around the town of kobani, they tried to take town, but were pushed back by kurdish fighters. >> here is stefanie dekker from the kurdish side of the border. >> reporter: the sound of fighter jets. there were multiple jets around the town. it's an ongoing battle. it is not over. as we drove east we come across a crowd of syrian crowds. depended on handouts, human desperation by the war. >> translation:

. >>> welcome to the newshour, i'm darren jordon from doha. >>> protests continue in hong kong for a 7th day. >> coalition air strikes target i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a kurdish town in syria. >>> 30 hikers found dead after being found at the peak of an erupting

. >>> hello, i'm darren jordon, this is al jazeera live from doha. also - hong kong's leader says china will not back down as they set a wednesday deadline. >>> afghanistan to sign a long-awaited security deal allowing some u.s. troops to stay on the ground. >>> i'm outside new delhi where a gandhi statue is being made. we speak to the artist, still busy at the age of 89. >>> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant are closing in on a strategic town in syria, next to the border with turkey. i.s.i.l. is within 5km of kobani, and there are reports of coalition strikes in other areas of syria. i.s.i.l. began their advance sending tens of thousands of kurdish syrians into turkey. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: more shelling in the town of kobani. the attacks intensified or the last few days, and is intensifying the anger on the turkish side of the border. many kurds have come to protest saying the government has not done anything to stop the price. >> translation: we are protesting because i.s.i.l. and turkish government is planning aga

. >>> welcome to the newshour, i'm darren jordon from doha. >>> protests continue in hong kong for a 7th day. >> coalition air strikes target i.s.i.l. fighters surrounding a kurdish town in syria. >>> 30 hikers found dead after being found at the peak of an erupting volcano. >> i'm nick spicer in germany where children of gaza are receiving critical care. >>> welcome to the program, hong kong's lego promised huge talks. pepper spray was used on activists outside the financial center. it's the 7th day of protest. a day to handpick candidates for the 2016 elections. beijing condemns illegal activity undermining the stability. electoral reforms will we reconsidered. but did not say when. >> even if we decided to start the process again, would we have enough time to implement the process in 2017. that is a valid question. because at the end of the framework decision within hong kong, and the passage of emotion by two-thirds majority of the legislative council, we need to amend the legs laces. that's time consuming. we have a date in mind, and this date is 2017, not 2018 or 2019. >>> the

. >>> hello, i'm darren jordon, this is al jazeera live from doha.s leader says china will not back down as they set a wednesday deadline. >>> afghanistan to sign a long-awaited security deal allowing some u.s. troops to stay on the ground. >>> i'm outside new delhi where a gandhi statue is being made. we speak to the artist, sti