imran kahn, al jazerra. >>> in south african a appeal against oscar pistorius conviction for culpableomicide will go before the supreme court. the pair limb pill para olympic athlete was convicted. they want pistorius convicted of murder he's currently surveying five-year prison sentence. >>> weeks after mexico blamed pope francis for saying it was a breeding for gang, they have blaming the devil for the violence there. >> i think the devil is punishing mexico with great fury. and for that reason all of these things you have seen that throughout history. there have always been areas of great conflict. who is at fault for that? the governments are always to blame. yes, but all of us are to blame in one way or another by not taking responsibility for the suffering. >>> a wildlife conservational in the u.s. state of florida are puzzled more than a dozen approximately cans have been found with their pouches slashed and no one nose why. a reward is being offer today find the culprits, andy gallagher has more from florida. >> oh, my poor baby. my little baby. my baby. >> reporter: mia train

. >> we can talk now to al jazeera correspondent imran kahn who regularly reports for us from baghdad. i suspect that getting to the outskirts has been the easy part of the bat jewel that's absolutely right. they've cleared you towns and villages and now are inside the center of the city. the iraqis are confident the last couple of hours briefing local media saying they've taken key buildings in the center of the town and suggesting that they might take the hole town by the end of the day. this is going to be a lot tougher than fights for previous towns, such as baiji the oil refinery town. this is urban warfare street to street. isil are very good at using snipers and pushing back iraqi forces. there is sadaam hussein's hometown. there is anger toward the shia government and shia militias. it's likely the people there will want to fight considerably. the iraqis are confident briefing that they may well take the town by the end of the day. >> how do you prevent sectarian atrocities from happening now? >> this is a big confrontation. clerics say anybody responsible for resending attack