♪ >> this is "al jazeera america" live from new york city. i am richelle carey.ere are today's top stories: two americans detained by north korea have been freed, and they are coming home. the president nominates the federal prosecutor to take on the role of attorney general. >>> the debate over helping the homeless. why one city chose to make it illegal to serve the food under certain circumstances. >> this is the mass grave. they must be here. i feel they are here somehow. >> remembering and rebuilding one year after the most powerful storm ever made landfall. >>> the last two americans being detained in >> either former president or high-profile diplomat on the fate of u.s. citizens. there is some speculation that by releasing the men, kim jong un kim might be trying to soften his country's image. north korea faces sanctions because it refused to stop the nuclear weapons program and the u.n. security council could soon refer kim and others to the international criminal court for human rights violations. bay, a christian missionary, had been convicted nearly tw

on al jazeera america.reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, diplomates trying to remain up beat over agreement of nuclear program and they have until midnight local time, just under 12 hours to strike a deal of talks in vienna. kurdish forces backed by iraqi troops and maysha have taken two towns under isil control northeast of baghdad. and more storms forecast in morocco after torrential rain caused floods and at least 31 died and others missing and feared drowned. when the long se

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. >> welcome to al jazeera. welcomtwo new citizens jailed in north korea are released and september home. a new peace deal for south sudan, will this prove more successful than previous to end the fighting. and one poppy for every fallen soldier. a field of remembrance for those who died in the first world war. >> houthi rebels reject yemen's new government. it was announced on friday that he accused the president of solicit sanctions. >> this is yemen's former president. when he was handed over power to his successor. he has now sacked his long-time ally from the leadership of the people's congress, a party he formed in the 1980's and remains one of the busiest political actions in yemen. the deposed president also rejected the new government, a move that is sounds likely to deepen yemen's political divide. yemenis are divided over the sanctions. >> the sanctions are wrong. domestic issues are none of the u.s. business. leave us alone. >> they were pushed out. >> the houthi rebels still control the capitol of s

>> the stream only on al jazeera america ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to thes hour, i'm july in doha with all the top stories, the final push talks over iran's nuclear program continue in vienna as agreement is looming. isil and back fires with sheer malitia and retake two towns northeast of baghdad. sweat to the death in morocco and rain causes devastating flash floods and forget karati and judo, the philippines are showing off their skills. ♪ the clock is ticking but diplomates trying to remain confident about an agreement over iran's nuclear program and major world powers and tie ran have until midnight local time to strike a deal with talks in vienna and it's one of the most controversial issues for the west and the last couple years the diplomacy has been nonstop. looking back two years ago to may 2012 negotiates fell apart and increased sanctions against iran and fell 40% and they agreed iran could enrich uranium to 20% and u.s. president barack obama spoken the phone to the new president and it was the first call between the two leaders of the country s

only on al jazeera america. >> hello again, you're with the news hour in al jazeera,ing adrian finnegan in doha. >>> 21 people have died most of them migrants from syria and afghanistan. the search continues for 16 who are still missing. >>> the world trade center building has reopened, tallest and priciest building in the western hemisphere. >>> and the african union has told military leaders in burkina faso to hand the government over to civilian leaders or face sanctions. seized power on friday when the president was forced to resign. more now on that, from dominic kane. >> a crowd marches on state tv on ouagadougo. why she should be burkina faso's new leader. but she won't get inside the building. this gun fire is directed over the heads of the protestors. fired by a group of soldiers. in the confusion, state tv is taken off-air for several hours. the l military action continues as armed jeep jeeps patrolled te athletes. but burkina faso's are leaders insist their means are peaceful and democratic. >> we ask to be given some space towards putting our country back on track. power doe

al jazeera. also on the program. two u.s. citizens jailed in north carolina are released and september home. we have the latest south sudan has proven more successful than previous attempts to cease fighting. and remembering the troops who died in the first world war. >> yemen's ruling party has dismissed from his ranks. he's accused of soliciting u.s. sanctions. this comes after a new government was formed and dismissed. yemenis are worried about their future. >> he has now sacked his long time ally from the leadership of the general people's congress. a party formed in the 1980's, and remains one of the biggest political factions in yemen. the deposed president has rejected the new government. accusing of orchestrating the united nations sanctions that has banned the deposed president from traveling abroad and would freeze his assets. yemenis are divided over the sanctions. the sanctions are wrong. >> i think they're counter protective. >> shia houthi rebels still control the capitol of sanaa.

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only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a reminder of the headlines here on al jazeera. the u.s. state department said two i. citizens are on their way home after being released from north korea. bae was sentenced for 14 years of hard labor for what it says is hostile acts. pushing for a deal of south sudan's civil war said that the two sides have agreed to stop fighting. economic sanctions were placed on any group that violates the deal. >>> now commander of nato troops have told al jazeera that al-qaeda is still hiding in the country. nato's mission was to irradicate the group, and the group is withdrawing, an. >> on board of patrolling the pakistan area, an area hotly contested by the taliban. the local people do not believe in borders. it's where pakistan merge into one and an easy place for al-qaeda to still operate. and as nato forces pull out of this conflict it's top commander in afghanistan tells al jazeera that the group they came to wipe out is still here. >> i think it continues to be an al-qaeda presence here. i think that there has has been a continued figh

talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." nailgt accuse -- nato accuses russia of sending more tanks and troops into ukraine. that could set offcourse a shaky seefers. >>> two window washers stranded 69 floors up the side of the one world trade center have been rescued. they got stuck after a cable came loose on a scaffold. two dangled for an hour until firefighters broke a window and pulled them inside. >>> weather computers, in late september were hacked by chinese. now all systems are b

talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> consider this: the news of the day plus so much more we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> why did so many of these people choose to risk their lives? >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> people are dying because of this policy... >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but what is the administration doing behind the scenes? >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> and finally for us, a big day for man kind and indee

only on al jazeera america. >> this is talk to al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy speaking with actor geena davis, who also works with u.n. women on gender equality. >> what would be your dream role today. >> role? >> in your age, given your vast repertoire of work, what would be the dream role? >> hum. >> aside from the president of the united states. >> after president where do you go from there? you don't get much more iconic than that. you know i don't know. i don't know specifically, but i see something like breaking bad or something, well, i want a part like that. >> an inmate, maybe? >> yeah, or the wire, i want something really interesting and gritty. that would be fun. in many spheres of society we know in sectors of society we know that progress for women in leadership positions has stalled out for female ceos, females on boards, in lots of different areas, but the one area where females are lacking in droves that can change overnight is on screen. it's going to take a long time until congress is half women. let's face it, no matter how h

on al jazeera america. on al jazeera america. >> at least 16.4 million ballots have already been cast in this election during early voting and while mid term elections are never a big draw for voters, democrats hope they have one last trick up their sleeve before voting ends on tuesday to stay in control of the senate. turnout. >> it all comes down as it always does to who shows up. >> joining me is lynn sweet and here in new york, al jazeera political correspondent michael shore and peter roth, u.s. news and world report. peter good to have you. >> thank you antonio. >> early voting, it seems that democrats have some reason to hope for better returns than the polls indicate. african american turnout thus far in georgia and north carolina is higher than normal. but you wrote on monday that some democrats are returning to race-baiting and you mentioned specifically of the race of kay hagan in north carolina as an example. >> there was a flier that had a picture of a lynching, kay hagan, the impeachment begin

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. >> the day israel attacked america only on al jazeera america the turkish prime minister agrees to close security cooperation with iraq in the fight against isil. ♪ from al jazeera headquarters in doha, also ahead. >> you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. >> president barack obama hopes and gives hopes to millions of undocumented people in the u.s. a former journalist goes on trial in china accused of leaking secrets and critics call it attack on freedom of speech. and looking for a breakthrough, john kerry arrived in vienna to seal all deal over iran's nuclear program. ♪ the turkish prime minister is in irbil to meet leaders of iraq and they held talks with iraqi prime minister al-abaddi in baghdad and going to khan live in the capitol baghdad and he has just met with brazani and what were the main points of discussion? >> four points being discussed around to ideas and energy and security. energy front what he said was that the kurds were very important in supplying energy to the turkish region and kurdistan was a key partner and agreed a deal for oil to be

andrew thomas, al jazeera. sydney. >> the timalists in canada are warning of the dangers of a potentially catastrophic oil spill in a major city, and they're alarmed of the use of a pipeline that is decades old. >> reporter: under canada's biggest city crude oil from the west of the country will soon run through a pipeline built 38 years ago to carry lighter oils from overseas. it will flow near neighborhoods, parks, and this primary school. [ children singing ] >> reporter: earlier this year students and teachers made a youtube video called "look what's coming down the line" in the pipeline next to their playground. >> lots of children travel the pathway behind us every day on their way to and from school and probably never considered the sign that notes that there is a high-pressure pipeline here. >> reporter: line nine, as it's called, is a crucial link between canada's oil-producing regions and world markets. it will start to flow with crude very soon, but it's route is troubling to many. those who feel the

on al jazeera america. a a a al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> all right let's catch up on the top stories here at al jazeera. the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has resigned. has been pentagon chief since early last year. he will remain on post until his successor has been nominated. >>> during first european trip since becoming president, abdel fattah al-sisi has met pope francis. he'll also meet fre

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>> this is al jazeera. >> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour. i'm folly bah thibault. israelis shot in the occupied west bank. a suicide bomber. a u.n. plan to end the fighting in syria. president bashar al-assad is ready to look at it. and a change in burk burkina fa. we begin with a story out of the palestinian west bank. a man has been shot after he stabbed at least three people one is a woman who has died. first what are the latest developments? >> very tense situation. a palestinian man from hebron according to israeli investigators, they've named him as a 30-year-old man from hebron, he's also known to israeli security forces that he was in prison from 2000 to 2005. but again, a very tense situation. after three people were stabbed, two with what's been described as moderate injuries and a third, a woman at the age of 25 who lost her life in this attack. so again we're still getting information from the scene. but as we've been saying, a very tense situation as israeli investigators peace together what happened in this settlement outside t

talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america o. >> another night of cold, painful, potentially deadly cold, in the great lakes. the early and extreme start to winter has started in many communities, seven deaths tied to the wet in the nation already. as you might expect some of the most extreme conditions, buffalo new york in some spots, five feet of snow already. >> i haven't seen anything like that my entire life. four or five feet and the bay is just crazy. >> you can't describe it any other way. walls of snow trapped people in their homes, in their cars. >> as you can see it's white everywhere. cars are stuck. we aren't going anywhere. >> the players on niagra university's women's basketball team tweeted photos of themselves, tuesday on the through way for nearly 30 hours before they were rescued. white out conditions shut down a 100-mile stretch of i-90. kaitlin bataglia was stranded for hours. >> we don't know when we're going to get out of here. we don't have food we don't have water, we have maybe half a tank of gas. the snow is coming down so much right now, i don't see us ge

america ♪ >>> the top stories on al jazeera.syrian city, government air strikes have killed more than 95 people and injured 100 ores. it comes as the syrian foreign minister holds talks with his russian counterpart. >>> police in hong kong have cleared protesters in a central area. demonstrators have blocked the ar area since late september. >>> and more than 40 people have been arrested following protests in ferguson, missouri following the decision not to indict darren wilson, who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in the u.s. these protests have been going on coast-to-coast. people are representing their anger and demanding equality. these pictures are from oakland. and the scene in the nation's capitol is right there. the crowds came out. they grew to more than a thousand in downtown washington, d.c. now barack obama's election was taken as a sign that america has changed, but race relations are now more in the spotlight than every. patry culhane explains. >> reporter: for 34 years hannah hawkins has done there. feed the pe

holy money only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> this is "al jazeera america" live from new york city. am richelle carey. here are today's top stories: world leaders at the g20 summit unleashed scorn on russian president vladimir peatn. >>> the president ponders executive action on immigration. we will tell you about one man's fight to stay in the united states. while the power may have gone out, the come met lander is providing scientists with new insights. ♪ >> our top story, president obama and other ligeaders of th world's 20 largest economies gather ner australia. day 1 began with the promise to provide help to struggling structures throughout the world. it turned to ukraine. putin was lambasted by members of the european union. climate change made headlines but president obama urging leaders to commit to fighting global warning. more on the first day of the g20 summit. >> reporter: the focus of the speech was expected to be the united states's pivot toward asia with a nod to the g20 economic talks to come, but unexpectedly, one of barack obama's main themes was the environment. >

her story coming up on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we're following right now. kurdish fighters from iraq are on the ground in syria to engage isil forces in the battle for kobane. 150 fighters crossed turkey's border into syria last night. they brought in urgently needed heavy weapons like artillery, heavy machine guns and anti-tank missiles. >>> control of the u.s. senate is at stake as are all of the seats in the u.s. house of representatives. >>> and 36 states will elect governors. >>> now leading the investigation into that deadly crash of a commercial space rocket. virgin galactic's spaceship two exploded above the ground. one test pilot was killed. the other was seriously injured despite ejecting. virgin galactic planned to take passengers into the space by spring. 700 people had paid $250,000 for their ticket. >> it's the set back for a company vying to take tourists into space. they set the groundwork for space travel. >> hopefully to make space travel for the masses. >> virgin galactic to shuttle tour

on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ welcome back, let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera now, u.s.f state john kerry will meet with saudi foreign minister on sunday to update the nuclear talks in vienna after a flurry of last-minute diplomacy after monday's deadline. voters are choosing a president for the first time since the revolution three years ago and elections official governing body says turn out so far is just 12%, the two frontrunners are from the tunis party and interim president who replaced the president. israeli troops kipped a palestinian farmer in northern gaza and israeli army said two approached the wall ignoring calls to stop prompting fire from soldiers. the war in syria has forced millions to leave their homes, more than a million live in neighboring lebanon and each refugee has a story how the conflict impacted their lives and share the fear their country will never be the same again and dana reports. >> reporter: he is a business graduate and ballet dancer and works at this cafe earning a living and the war in syria has made her a refugee. the 26-year-old is

hello there i'm barbara serra, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up from the program. >> this decision does not come easily to him but i consider myself extraordinarily lucky to have him by my side for two years. >> pressure over the i.s.i.l. crisis. u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagel announces he's resigning. the victims of sunday's suicide attack on a volleyball match in afghanistan. and a swiss museum accepts hundreds of artworks from the son of hitler's art dealer, with the promise to return any looted pictures. hello there thank you for joining us. world leaders have failed to reach a deal with iran at the end of historic talks in vienna. instead they have decided to extend the talks until the middle of next year. all sides saying that progress has been made towards an agreement. it will meet again in december, draw up a time line by march and look to seal a final deal by july 2015. >>> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says real and substantial progress was made at the vienna talks but he's warning that the negotiations ca

al jazeera. >> al jazeera. >> yes. >> i wonder whether you might be willing to do an interview. >> theye battery is only one part of the complex system. there's a charger made at a factory thousands of kilometres away. what happened there showed boeing learnt years ago how dangerous a lithium-ion battery could be. in tuscon, arizona, we track down michael layon, an electrical technician. >> i've been working electronics since i was 17, and i joined the paratroopers and was assigned to an electronic communications battalion in the 2nd airborne. this is the first time i have been here since 2007. it's hard to believe that this is what's left of the 3-storey engineering structure. >> on a november morning in 2006, layon and dozens of others clocked in at secure plane, the charger. >> and i started a pot of coffee. i went into the lab and started unit. >> then it happened. >> there was a loud explosion. all of a sudden i was laying on the floor. there it was, coming out the side of this battery, it was about that big, and it wasn't like fire, it looked like a jet afterburner, like jet exhau

only on al jazeera america. >> i'm stephanie sy. you're watching "talk to al jazeera." i my guest is geena davis, who also runs an institute on gender in media. >> as an actress in hollywood who does speak out on gender roles in film and in roles, does it damage one's career to do that? >> you know, not at all. not at all. we're actually very much embraced by the entire industry. thank god, i want to keep working. >> yes, of course. >> whenever we have a meeting at a studio somewhere, i say, you know, this is all just a ruse to get in here so i can ask you when is my next movie going to be made at your studio? >> tell me, what is next for y you? i've heard some rumors. >> right now i'm playing a role in the series of episodes on gray anatomy. i'm a doctor. i'm a surgeon. >> you're in one of the stem fields. >> yes, highly specialized doctor. >> what do you want to be next for you? >> well, you know, as far as my career goes, i've been playing it the same way all along, which is when something good comes along, something that really speaks to me, i really want to do it,

nick spicer, al jazeera, berlin. deeper look at the impact of that historic day is coming up later tonight. forb some, it was like watching communism literally crumble. join us at 8:00 o'clock tonight for a deeper look, the berlin wall. 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. >> to cuba where the medical system is considered efficient. the doctors were active in fights against diseases around the world but that effort faces obstacles including finances and the country's relationship with the u.s. more from havana. >> agost i & o says medical treatment in cuba was the best thing to happen in his life. it's from angola and had an accident aged 8 which left him walking with difficulty and unable to play fwauchlt. >> the young real madrid fan says he hopes to be up and running soon. he is one of thousands of foreign patients given high quality medical care at cuban hospitals paid for by those who can afford it, free for those who can't. >> hufrm medicine is national and international. it has a spirit of solidarity written

. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha with your top storieshis hour, stepping up security is really police calling reenforcement at the mosque to prevent more violence, travel ban and asset freeze and set for u.s. proposed sanctions and temporarily release the serbian war suspect allowed to return home for cancer treatments. the cheap incubator saving lives of premature babies. ♪ we begin this news hour in jerusalem where police deployed extra fores in the mosque in occupied east jerusalem to prevent further violence and daily scuffles between israeli forces and palestinians over the past few weeks and palestinians are saying that israel is looking to change the rules of who can worship at the mosque and they issued separate statements on thursday and have called on palestinians to take to the streets following friday prayers. on the increase in security comes after an israeli man who was critically wounded in a car attack in west jerusalem died. a palestinian man had driven his mini van in a crowd of pedestrians on wednesday and was then shot

al jazeera's investigative count, produced broken dreams. a study on, some factory members, based on what are they've seen, they wouldn't fly. will jordan has more. >> this is a factory in the u.s. state of south carolina. workers here in charleston are assembling the company's flagship product, the 787 dreamliner. some have little faith in the plane they build. >> would you fly in one? >> no. >> no. >> would you fly in one of these planes? >> not really. >> reporter: of 15 workers asked randomly, ten said they would not fly on the dreamliner. >> i wouldn't fly on one of these planes because i see the quality (bleep) going down around here. >> reporter: an employee captured the footage after contacting al jazeera to tell us he had serious concerns about what he was seeing. at his request we changed his voice. >> with all the problems reported on the 787, there's 90% that's getting swept away. hushed up. it's an u iceberg. >> clearly, there's a lot to unpack here so let's get started. joining us on set mark schaeffer, a senior producer for al

daniel lak, al jazeera, toronto. a sales tax increase a key element of the government's economic plan is go ahead blamed. another scheduled tax rise is expected to be delayed. >> when making the decision on the tax like, we need to be careful not to slow down the economic recovery. what's most important is not to let it go back to the deflation. >> the return of recession piles on shinnzo abe. high attempt to reduce the economy known as abenomics. not just in china but internationally. the shanghai stox exchange stocs linked. from hong kong rob mcallister bride reports. >> counting down to the launch with simultaneous ceremonies in hong kong and shanghai. billions of dollars of cross border investments can be traded in both directions every day. moving southward offshore investments from china's growing population of investors. >> inspired bying kangaroos nonetheless is saving many of their lives. nicholas hawk reports from the capital, da ca. >> these twin girls were born too early. >> we haven't given them names ye

lori jane gliha, al jazeera. washington. >> ahead on "america tonight," testing the waters, the navy will allow female soldiers to serve on submarines. >> what was your reaction? >> first reaction was whoa, they're probably going to be in trouble, because they're going to be in enclosed spaces with a lot of men. women in those situations can be at high risk for sexual assault. >> saturday on tech know. a brutal killing. a thorough investigation. >> we're pushing the envelope. >> but this is no ordinary c.s.i. >> what went on right before that animal died? >> hunting the hunter. >> we're gonna take down the bad guys. >> solving the crime. >> we can save species. >> tech know's team of experts show you how the miracles of science. >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> tech know, where technology meets humanity. saturday at 7:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> america votes 2014 on al jazeera america focusing on what matters t

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techknow, only on al jazeera america >> welcome to joining us on al jazeera. four afghan taliban suicide-bombers have died in an attack in a foreign compound in can ball. the explosion could be heard across the city. >>> israel has cracked down on palestinians involved in recent attacks in jerusalem. the home where a palestinian behind a deadly car attack has been destroyed. the jerusalem municipality has approved 78 new homes in illegal settlements in occupied east jerusalem. >>> and a controversial guru is accused of murder after a stand off. five bodies have been found inside of a self-declared guru compound. >>> the disputes in the region seem to be taking evacuate. egypt has endorsed saudi arabia's calls to normalize ties with qatar. they recently agreed to return story ambassadors to doha. >> well, joining us to further discuss this is now, , thank you for being with us on al jazeera. this is supposed to be a deal between gulf states, why did the saudi king feel that egypt needed to endorse it first? >> well, there is widespread relief within the gulf st

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dominick kane, al jazeera. >> still ahead on al jazeera, some women in ghana protest ancient rituals demanded of widows. we'll introduce you to a woman who is a force for change. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines here in al jazeera. the armed group of al-shabab claims responsibility for the shooting death of 28 people. it happened along the somali somalia-kenyan border. >>> in bahrain opposition parties say grievances that sparked unrest has not been addressed. bahrain has been ruled by sunni muslims but the majority are shia. >>> piece keeping troops in dafur has been i there since 2007. inial news are . >>> u.n. openers were pulled from the syrian side of the demarcation line. civilians say despite taking refuge in the so-called cease firecease-fire, they are still under bombardment. >> the fight something fierce. thousands have fled the area which borders the cease-fire line now villages inside the zone are coming under attack from syrian forces. u.n. peace keepers on the israeli side of the line after rebels took control of the crossing. those who live or took refuge ins

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lucia newman, al jazeera, santiago. >> the u.s. says coalition forces have conducted 11 air strikes against the i.s.i.l. sieislamicstate of iraq and thet fighters since friday. kurdish media say dozens of i.s.i.l. fighters including several commanders were killed on sunday. the armed group has been trying to recapture kobani for two months. >>> meanwhile the iraqi army has forced i.s.i.l. out of a town in a province, but the fight has left them devastated. imran khan has this report. >> she has incorporate to go noo go nowhere to stay. the men in her family tried to fight back but without backup, they were overrun. >> i.s.i.l. attacked us in the early hours of the morning. they swept the house he of the village and looked for those who were resisting them. when my husbands and two sons ran out of ammunition, they stormed the house and executed them but i managed to escape in an underground hole. after two days i got out with my grandchildren only to see that our house was burned down and i.s.i.l. had taken our car and electricity g

al jazeera, in northern france. much more to come here, including america's undocumented how millions of immigrants can be saved from deportation by barack obama. >> rounded up and locked up, on one of the refugees. >> world number one shows the class once again. in dubai. >> almost 1,000 people have been killed in ukraine in september. more now from done terrific. >> sayen on thursday that nearly 1,000 people have been killed in fighting which is continued since the cease fire between these two sides were signed on september the fifth. that will come as no surprise in this region owho especially here have been listening to daily shelling around the airport. between pro russian separatists and there have been isolating pockets. it's been a real attritional battle which is continued in these very sporadic and separate areas cease fire no cease fire. at least politically, this cease fire does continue to hold although the rhetoric on both sides has been the coming increasingly hostile in recent weeks. and on othursday

this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up israel resumes its policy of demolishing the homes of palestinians who carry out attacks. a suicide-bomber kills six people in erbil. one of iraq's safest cities. new pictures show donetsk airport in ruins after months of fighting. >>> and after days of smog-free skies for the summit, beijing is now covered in pollution. >> hello, we start with breaking news out of a where the taliban has carried out a brazen attack. it began with an explosion outside of a heavily guarded complex in the so-called green village, which is known for housing foreign contractors. the deputy interior minister said that four attackers are dead. the taliban launched a similar suicide attack in kabul on tuesday. the bomber struck at an entrance killing two afghan guards. let's go to a journalist over at "the l.a. times" based in can ball. you were there at the time of the attack. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: i wasn't nearby, but i heard the explosion. the attacks began with a low-bari

pacific, right here on al jazeera. want to thank you for watching the special coverage of the new cold war this week, from actor to bulgaria, we have seen firsthand the rising tensions between russia and the u.s. it's worth noting that one year ago today that the seeds of the current crisis took shape. an activist journalist took to facebook and called for a rally on november 21st, 2013. called on protesters to gather at kiev's independence square. they were angry because the ukrainian government under pressure from russia cancelled talks with european union, eventually toppling ukraine's pro-russian president, russia acted hamply by sending troops into crimea then annexed it outright. the russians retaliated and those cascading events led us to where we are today. just this week there was an update from nato secretary of state general underscoring the seriousness between russia and the u.s. we showed you the video of that just a few minutes ago. those 400 flights are more than three times as often as last year. all of

talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> inside the gates of california's largest 55 and older community, you'll find seniors that swim, sow, sand and smoke... medical marijuana. but 68 year old lonnie painter does more than just smoke it from his living room he runs one of three cannabis collectives in laguna woods village - home to more than 16,000 seniors. even though medical marijuana has been legal in california since 1996, there are no dispensaries in laguna woods because landlords have refused to lease space to pot shops, the collectives fill that void. >> we have a cancer patient who's dying right now and he said "it's helping me die a little bit easier", he said "isn't that a right"? >> city council member and medical marijuana user shari horne says seniors are emerging as a new powerful voice in the fight over legalization. the generations that lived through the great depression and the vietnam war aren't sitting this one out either. >> we're not talking about seniors in a nursing home, we're talking about active seniors that play tennis, play golf and are mentally st

>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the newsour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. nato confirms it has seen russia tanks, artillery and troops enter eastern ukraine. a palestinian mosque comes under attack in the occupied west bank. israeli settlers are blamed. >>> also this hour the world's worst polluters agree to clean up that act, but there's doubts over whether they can actually do it. >>> and can scientists land a probe on the surface of a speed comemet. ♪ >>> we begin with a developing story out of ukraine. nato says it has seen columns of russian military equipment entering the country's east. what more do you know, what have you seen? well, nato says they have observed what the osc have been observing which is that columns have been crossing from russia into ukraine. these include troops artillery and tanks. we ourselves witnessed a column coming toward the city of donetsk yesterday on our way to the mh17 crash site. we can hear daily shelling going on to the north of the city, where there has been a tense standoff for

talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experiencenytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> ukraine is accusing russia of spending fresh support to rebels in eastern ukraine. officials say five columns of heavy equipment were seen crossing into ukraine on monday, and the top commander says russia has enough troops along ukraine's border to mount a major incursion. russia denies any involvement in eastern ukraine, a ceasefire between the two sides started in september. at the airport, north of the city of donetsk, there has been constant fighting. harry fawcett gained access to fighters on both sides of the battle suns. -- lines. >> this is a village home to the ukranian side for a vital trip of run way. >> we've been told on our way in that it's been a quite mor

lori jane gliha, al jazeera. washington. >> ahead on "america tonight," testing the waters, the navy will allow female soldiers to serve on submarines. >> what was your reaction? >> first reaction was whoa, they're probably going to be in trouble, because they're going to be in enclosed spaces with a lot of men. women in those situations can be at high risk for sexual assault. >> now a thought about testing the waters down under. after years of debate the u.s. navy wants to allow enlisted women to serve as submariners. the full plate is under review by congress but some female veterans are concerned. they cite the long months at sea and extremely close quarters as precursors of sexual assault. tanya moa moseley reports. >> no women allowed until four years ago. when the u.s. navy allowed female officers board ballistic missile submarines. >> serve he on a crew of almost 150 men when i asked her, whether that concerned her? >> we are all respected officers, i rep rp the respect them and they respect me. >> a nucle

jazeera. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the news hour. live from our news headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60ing minutes, just 24 hours after a suicide bomber kills nearly 50 people, goodluck jonathan asks his people in to relek elect him as president. >>> also this hour, 36 years in jail for the captain of the ferry that capsized in april, killing more than 300 people. >>> plus the scandal that shocked ip -- india. >>> african football boss has banned morocco from the country's biggest tournament after the country refuses to host the africa cup of nations. ♪ >>> nigeria's president has normally announced he is running for reelection. goodluck jonathan was cheered by supporters in a rally in the capitol which took place just a day after students were killed in the north. the group made headlines around the world in april when they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls who still have not been returned to their families. he addressed the abductions in his speech. >> we are equipping the arms forces, and deployed special forces this