mainly kurdish city of bakir. getting to britain from their camp in france. and in at the deep end, rio de janeiro starts putting some of the its olympic venues to the test. anti-houthi forces and rebels loyal to abd rabbu mansour hadi have launched a new offensive in aden. to secure the southern port city from houthi attacks. sinjabar is critical because of its proximity to aden. war damage more than two weeks after houthi rebels were driven youout of the city. highest ranking official who has returned to the area. started bombing houthi positions four months ago. >> translator: what happened in aden are inconceivable crimes many. residents will never forget. i urged the u.n. envoy to visit aden to document these crimes. >> as the u.n. starts to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid, jamal el aden sent this report. >> managed to recapture the airport from the shia militia the houthis and the allies. hundreds of tons of much needed aid now delivered by the qatari air force now being unloaded by locals here. passenger terminal, when we had arrived here a

also protests against turkey's attacks on the pkk in the mainly kurdish city. another night another bid by desperate migrants to get to britain. a cyclone is whipping across the bay of bengal bringing floods and landslides. thanks for joining us. anti-houthi forces including forces have launchedded a new offenseive near aden. they have been advancing as part of the campaign to secure the southern port city from houthi attacks. it's important because of its close proximity to aden. the anti-houthi fighters are trying to take control. a civilian has been killed in shelling in a border town inside aden. yemen's vice president has been surveying the damage. the prime minister is the highest branching ranking official. more than 4,000 people have been killed since the coalition started bombing houthi position months ago. >> what happened, residents will never forget the horrible scenes. on behalf of the yemen government i renew the u.n. to visit. >>> the world food program begins delivering food. the population is in need of aid. >> reporter: this is one of the firs

in the irk raki kurdish city, kurds are angry not just about turbish air strikes but the for the call to the pkk to withdraw from northern iraq. he says he wants to protect civilians. his opponents believe he is serving the interest of turkey and many kurds believe turkey's real egenda is ep coog kurdish political and territorial ambitions in check. >> i wonder how to turkey comes to the defense of forces fighting isil. they are protecting isil and fighting anyone who fights them. >> reporter: they might have a long history of internal power struggles but are cooperating in the fight against isil and have but cracks are emerging. >>> britain and france have called on other uk countries to deal with the growing migrant cases. another 200 tried to get into the channel tunnel. some attempted to break down several levels of fencing which surround the enterance. french riot police responded by spraying migrants with a chemical irritant. there. >>> a service at the migrant camp known as the jungle houses about 3,000 people. the congregation including migrants from ethiopia and sued an. mone

. >> in the iraqi kurdish city, kurds are angry not just about turkish airstrikes but at a call by the president of the kurdistan meteorologistennal government for the p.k.k. to withdraw from northern iraq. barzoni said he wants to protect civilians and prevent the area from becoming a battlefield but opponents believe he is serving the interest of his close ally turkey and the agenda is keeping territorial ambitions in check. >> i wonder how turkey comes to head our popular defense forces who are fighting isil. that means the turkey government is protecting isil and fighting anyone who fights them. >> the kurds both in iraq and syria may have a long history of internal power struggles but have been cooperating in their fight against isil. they have been the coalition's forces on the ground. cracks are now emerging. zeina hodor, al jazeera southern turkey. >> seven people are dead and dozens wounded in bomb attacks in yemen. there's been intense fighting in aden for several weeks. houthi rebels were driven out by anti houthi forces two weeks ago. local fighters including supporters of

in the iraqi kurdish city, kurds are angry, not just about turkish airstrikes but at a call by the presidentf the kurdistan regional government for the pkk to withdraw from northern iraq. barzoni says he wants to attack civilians and prevent the area from becoming a battlefield. his opponents believe he is serving the interests of his close ally turkey and many belief the real agenda is keeping tear tollway ambitions in check. i wa i wonder how turkey comes to our popular defense forces. it means they are protecting isil and fighting anyone who fights them. >> the kurds both in iraq and syria may have a long history of internal power struggles but they have been cooperating in their fight against isil. they have been the coalition's forces on the ground but cracks are now emerging. zena khodr. >> another night of fighting where 200 migrants tried to get into the channel tunnel which links the country to the u.k. some tried to break down fencing. french riot police sprayed migrants with a chemical irritant. >>> thanksgiving service held at the migrant camp known as "the jungel." the congregat

police fired water canon and tear gas to break up a rally in a kurdish city. thousands gather said outside the h.d.p. party officers. politicians are calling for a resumption of peace talks with the p.k.k. >>> kurdish protesters in northern iraq call for an end to the bombing campaign. some condemn the kurdish government and are asking the p.k.k. to withdraw from the country. the president wants the group to leave, to stop civilians being caught up in the fighting. more from zeina khodr, who is on the turkey-syrian border. >> attacks against security personnel - the army and police are continuing. there has been numerous n incidents over the past week a total of 22 turkish soldiers and police men killed. the latest incident, really, is you know signals an escalation because according to the governor of agri province in the east of the country, a suicide bomber parked an agricultural vehicle outside the army base detonating the explosives and killing two and wounding 24 others. the government blames the p.k.k. there has been no claims of responsibility. the att

also protests against turkey's attacks on the pkk in the mainly kurdish city. another night another bid by desperate migrants to get to britain. a cyclone is whipping across the bay of bengal bringing

authorities in agre city are blaming the outlawed kurdish workers party or pkk. escalation in the continuing conflict between turkey and the pkk which has spilled onto the streets. scenes like these have been recurring in mainly kurdish parts of country. the kurds have been calling for an end to the military operations. >> translator: we wanted to organize a march urging the continuation of talks. but as you know there is chaos in kurdistan. >> turkey disagrees. it has blamed the pkk for violating a ceasefire and killing a civilian and 21 security personnel over the past days. >> the game is clear, target turkey's democracy and public order. their actions in june were messages to us and a declaration of war. the turning point was not when we declared war on july 23rd. >> the turkish government says there can can be no talks if the attacks continue. turkey began ocampaign of air strikes on pkk bases in northern iraq and i.s.i.l. in syria over a week ago. officials you call it a synchronized campaign against terror but the campaign has caused a divide among kurdish

reporter: this is a kurdish majority city. like most of the area, it's divided along ethnic lines between kurdish militias and those near assad. he works here as a taxi driver. move around freely, living nder two separate authorities. >> i have two driving licenses. one from the syrian government that i show to syrian traffic police and one given to me by kurdish police that i use when they stop me. reporter: the start of the syrian conflict in 2011 has forced kurdish fighters and regime troops into an unofficial alliance to defend parts of the province. the common enemy, jihadist fathers the islamic state group, prompting tens of thousands to flee. after government forces withdrew from kurdish majority areas, local forces stepped in to fill the void. the separate government and kurdish institutions create administrative procedures that includes two separate military services. >> every resident living under kurdish control, whether arab, kurd, syrian, between the ages of 18 and 30, must come to us to get the required papers for

in the iraqi-kurdish city they are angry not just about turkish air strikes but the call for the pkk to withdraw from northern iraq. he says he wants to prevent the area from becoming a battle field and his opponents believe he is serving turkey. many kurds believe turkey's real agenda is keeping kurdish ambitions in check. >> i wonder how comes to defense of fightingi sill and that means they are fighting anyone who fights them. >> reporter: the kurds in iraq and syria may have a long history of power struggles but have been cooperating in their fight againsti si l. against isi l. did. >>> eu countries are being called to help with the area's migrant crisis. another 200 trying to get into the french port. some even attempted to break down several levels of fencing. officials responded by spraying a chemical irritant. and a service held at the migrant camp on the outskirts. the congregation includes migrants from eeght i don't migrants migrants and it houses 3,000 people. money collected is said to be going for a generator to a site. this update from the camp. >> reporter: while euro

police fired water canon and tear gas to break up a rally in turkey's kurdish city. thousands gather said outside the h.d.p. party officers. politicians are calling for a resumption of peace talks with the p.k.k. >>> kurdish protesters in northern iraq call for an end to the bombing campaign. some condemn the kurdish government, and are asking the p.k.k. to withdraw from the country. the president wants the group to leave, to stop civilians being caught up in the fighting. more from zeina khodr, who is on the turkey-syrian border. let's start with the attacks on police in south-eastern turkey. >> well a dramatic escalation. yes, the attacks have been continuing for some time now. turkish police men, turkish army soldiers have been targeted. what we understand from the governor of this province in the east of the country, this time around it involved a suicide bomber who used a truck and detonated explosives outside an army base killing two soldiers wounding more than 24 others. the p.k.k. used suicide bombings in the past but the last time was in 2012. turkey for its

. >> in the iraqi kurdish city, kurds are angry not just about turkish airstrikes but at a call by the president of the kurdistan regional government for the p.k.k. to withdraw from northern iraq. barzoni said he wants to protect the area from becoming a battlefield but it is said he is search the interests of turkey and some say turkey's ambition is keeping territorial ambitions in check. >> i wonder how turkey comes comes to the aid of popular defense forces fighting isil. that means the turkish government is protecting isil and fighting anyone who fights them. >> the kurds in iraq and syria may have a long history of internal power struggles but have been cooperating in their fight against isil. they have been the coalition's forces on the ground, but cracks are now emerging. >> we can go live now to zeina hodor in southern turkey. let's start with civilian casualties. what do we know has happened? there were reports that civilians were killed in northern iraq. the turkish military tell the promised to launch an investigation to find out exactly what's happened. the military now rel

in this iraqi-kurdish city kurds are kurds are angry at a call by the regional government for pt p.k.k. to withdraw from northern iraq. they want to protect civilians and protect the area from becoming a battlefield. the opponents believe he is serving the interest of his close ally turkey. they believe the real agenda is keeping political ambitions in check. >> translation: i wonder how turkey hits the fence forces fighting i.s.i.l. that means the turkey government is protecting i.s.i.l. and fighting anyone that fights them. >>> the kurds in iraq and syria may have a longs history of power struggles, but they have been cooperating in the fight against i.s.i.l. they've been the coalition forces on the ground. >> cracks are emerging >>> in syria the 4-year war is devastating the country, 227,000 thought to have died. 8 million forced from their homes. syrians that live in rebel-held areas facing fighting and they are vulnerable to air strikes from government forces. some living in dhaka to protect themselves. >> reporter: this is the remote part of aleppo under the control of syrian reb

in this iraqi-kurdish city, kurds are angry at a call by the regional government, for the p.k.k. to withdraw from northern iraq. they want to protect civilians and protect the area from becoming a battlefield. the opponents believe he is serving the interest of his close ally, turkey. they believe the real agenda is keeping political ambitions in check. >> translation: i wonder how turkey hits the fence forces fighting i.s.i.l., that means the turkey government is protecting i.s.i.l., and fighting anyone that fights them. >>> the kurds in iraq and syria may have a longs history of power struggles, but they have been cooperating in the fight against i.s.i.l. they've been the coalition forces on the ground. >> cracks are emerging >>> that was zeina khodr reporting. nearly 2,000 migrants were rescued in the mediterranean sea yesterday. refugees from found on seven boats. the bodies of five migrants that did not survive the journey were found. tens of thousands attempted to cross the mediterranean, they are escaping poverty and war in several countries in africa and the middle east.

a car bomber targeted the kurdish headquarters in the northeastern city. kurdish forces have been some of the most successful at fighting isil, which has seized control of large parts of syria and iraq. >>> well, in other developments a leading archaeologists leading at the ancient city of palmyra has been beheaded by fighters from isil. the 82-year-old khaled assad was captured at the world heritage site. >> for half a further khaled assad was an architect at the palmyra unions. it is here that that it is believed he was beheaded by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. before the syrian conflict, the ancient buildings and amphitheater would draw tourists from around the world. khaled assad would oversee the relics in the site. >> he would live there and die there if need be, and he did pay the ultimate price. >> in better days assad showed foreign dignitaries around the site, including the former french president, but then the war came to pa palmyra. fighting peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. after capturing the site from government fo

strike aircrafts last month, following the deadly attack in the kurdish city of suruc. the airstrike comes as the u.s. and turkey are planning a joint campaign to push isil from a 60-mile-long strip of northern syria along the turkish border in hiroshima, japan, temple bells tolled this morning as a solemn crowd marked 70 years since the united states dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the city. shock waves, radiation and heat rays took the lives of some 140,000 people -- nearly half of the town's population. hiroshima mayor kazumi matsui marked the anniversary by calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. >> in order for us to live together, we need to end the use of all nuclear weapons, the ultimate in inhumane pure evil in the moment to get this done is now. amy: three days after the atomic bombing of hiroshima, the united states dropped a second atomic bomb on nagasaki, killing another 74,000 people. we'll have more on the bombings with nobel prize-winning japanese novelist kenzaburo oe after headlines. in other news from japan, at least 25 people have died

the kurdish community in the german city of cologne were out in force, calling for peace in the middle east. >> houthi forces in yemen have taken the city of zinc jibbar from houthi rebels, they used tanks to launch their offensive on the capital of the southern avian province. pro government forces retook aden, and seized the air base on tuesday, to the north. >> residential areas in yemen's largest city of tiaz continues to be hit by shelling. 8 civilians have been killed. pictures on social media appears to show the blood-stained floor of one home. houthi forces and supporters took control of taiz. government forces are pushing north to try to retake the city >>> meanwhile, the united arab emirates says three of its soldiers have been killed taking part in the saudi-led campaign. >> mali's military held funerals for soldiers killed in a hostage siege. 12 died in an attack. gerald tan has the report for us >>> at the heart of the tourism industry, the town is not used to such tight security. the military is taking no chances after a hostage crisis unfolded here for 24 hours. the hote

. >> kurdish fighters and kobani have defended the city for weeks against attempted i.s. advances. many view them as heroes. together with pkk fighters, curtis peshmerga fighters have repelled i.s. invaders. at the moment, they are the only groups to have formed a functional democratic community. could the turkish air attacks cost the kurds, the staunchest partner in the fight against i.s. to turn their backs on the west? peter: so how much credit should we be giving to the kurds. for having established a very plausible and functioning state. a viable state at a time when in the region there are so many failed and failing states. >> i think we should consider that it is a big success but it's also a success because turkey has lately been very close to resigning who is the leader of the iraqi kurdistan regional government. i think this shows us how we can achieve stability in the region. this means consensus and regional powers, global powers. they need to sit and talk and have common interests which the kurds and turks have. it is an enormous amount -- they are very good close rela

police fired water canon and tear gas to break up a rally in turkey's city >>> crowds gathered outside the pro-kurdish h.d.p. party officers, politicians called for a resumption of peace talks with the p.k.k. more from zeina khodr, on the turkey syria bored erm. >> attacks have been continuing, there has been numerous incidents, 22 soldiers and police men killed. the latest incidents really signals an escalation because according to the governor of agriprovince, in the east of the country, a suicide bomber barked an agricultural vehicle outside an army base, and detonated the explosives, killing two army soldiers, and wounding 24 others. the governor blames the p.k.k., but there has been no claim of responsibility. these tacks continue, turkey, for its part, keeping up the pressure on the p.k.k., targetting bases both in northern iraq and on turkish soil. as the ongoing campaign against the p.k.k. causing tensions between the turkish government and the kurdish population, they have been taking to the streets, denounlsing the air strikes, urging the turkish government, saying violence is not going to s

watching and help us -- helping kurdish forges advance on the city that isis leaders may be hiding ine now. that will be seen when the ypg forces and the rest of the anti-isis forces continue their advance south. only then will we see how doug and they truly are. >> officials say mutazz was a key military planner. >>> a storm brewing in paradise, can -- coming up. we are tracking what was once a hurricane as it heads for the hawaiian islands. >>> next on kron 4 at 8:00 p.m., i'll show you a mobile app that can help students if they get stuck on difficult homework. >>> and it's a nice evening and the fog is now starting to push into the bank and making for some great additions. we have temperatures in the 60s. i'll have the forecast coming up next. >>> hawaii is preparing for destructive weather. the tropical storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression. state and local emergency personnel are keeping a close watch on the system that has the potential to become a hurricane by next week. >>> here it was a pretty nice day. mild temperatures throughout the day. brian van aken has be

. >> the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg has long denied links with the syrian government. but it's forces have called the government troops to clear the northeastern city from isil. syrian kurdish official tells al jazeera that the regime could be a partner if it commits itself to a democratic syria. >> the syrian government is taking credit for pushing out isil but they did not win this fight alone. the syrian fighting force, the ypg, joined the battle with the help of u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. for years the ypg and government controlled separate zones as part of an understanding to prevent the city from becoming yet another battleground. the ypg said that the cooperation was logical under the circumstances but that only fueled accusations from turkey and syrian opposition groups that the kurds are allied to the government. now an official from the ypg political party, the pyp, told us that the threat of terrorism means that it would partner with any group, including the syrian government, if it's militaried to a democratic syria. >> of course, as i mentioned, maybe i told you some examples of the opposition, and also the syrian region. >> the ku

city. but they didn't win this fight alone. the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg joined the battle with the help of u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. for years the ypg and the government controlled separate zones. it was part of an understanding to prevent the city in freedom fighters becoming yet another battleground. cooperation was logical understand the circumstances. but that only fueled accusations from turkey and opposition groups. now, an official from the ypg the pyd told us that the threat of terrorism means that it would partner with any group including the syrian government if it is admitted to a democratic sirdemocrat democratic syria. >> the kurds may be a minority in syria but they've become powerful players in the conflict. territorial gains allow them to enjoy political autonomy in the kurdish heartland in the northeast. the kurds have a long history of struggle with the syrian government. many of them were not given citizenship and their culture and language were suppressed. in 2004 they rose up against the state, but their p

the president of iraq's kurdish region has accused them of killing civilians. furthszer violence in the cityaden. an egyptian court has postponed a verdict in the retrail of three access journalists for a second time. it's now been delayed until august the 29th mohammed is om trial. all three deny charges of supporting the badged muslim brotherhood and spreading false news. peter greste had this reaction from sydney avenues of that postponement. >> none of our lives, the lives of no one who is involved in this can move until we get the verdict. everything hinges on that day. for me obviously, it really defines how my life works from here on. it defines what my career is but particularly for berhe ma'am and fahmy, they are free or walks on. it is impossible to look beyond that point. it defines everything. to be in this position where you build up, you say goodbye to your wife and kids as berhar did, not knowing whether you will see them at the end of the day or go back into prison that makes it incredibly tough way to have to live and to have another adjournment, i think, is really difficult

. >>> at least 10 kurdish fighters have been killed in a suicide attack. it happened in the north-eastern syrian city of kamashili. a bomber in a car targeted the kurdish security headquarters there >>> we are going to go back to our former guest. we managed to get him back on the line from prague. you were talking there about hall add, you know him from the past, the man he was known, saying he was mr palmyra. why did he decide to stay in syria, even as i.s.i.l. came and took over the palmyra area? >> i don't know. i mean i can only guess. my instincts will tell me, and just from what i know of him, he has always been closely connected to the city. he could have escaped with - when they evacuated the museum contents. which he was very much involved with, he chose to stay behind. as a result, it was taken by d.a.e.s.h., i.s.i.s., and clearly executed, unfortunately on tuesday. i think he just felt that he was so much involved in part of the city and part of the culture and the history of the archeology, that he would live and die there if need be, and paid the ultimate price. >> why did he pay the ul

from the northeastern city of hasake but they didn't win this fight alone. the syrian kurdish fighting force the ypg, joined with u.s. coalition air strikes. for years they controlled separate zones in hasake, ill was part of the understanding of allowing it is to become another stronghold. that only fueled accusations when turkey and syrian opposition groups that the curbed are allied to the government. now officials from the pyd told us that the fear of terrorism it would partner with any group, if it is committed for the democratic ruling of syria. >> accepting the diversity within syrian people, of course we are ready to coordinate with them and now as i mentioned i told you some examples with the opposition and also the syrian -- with the regimes. >> the kurds may be a minority in syria but have become powerful partners in the conflict. allowed them to many enjoy political autonomy. >> in 2004 they rose up against the state but their protesters were violently queld. when the syrian uprising began in 2011 they didn't fully enjoy efforts to overthrow the government. instead

the discipline of of peshawar gas and other kurdish forces but also of finance to take over the city's that they always believe should have been there and what role will iran play? as they sent in forces or troops to assist maliki the way they said in the hezbollah troops to support decide then we are looking at a potential war in the middle east that will cross borders in potentially threaten though larger region and beyond. the latest figures are more than 1,000 fighters on behalf of extremist groups coming from just europe and open borders with britain nor the netherlands to come home touche travel. this has implications far beyond if what we think we can and should do to stave off a total collapse of the maliki government. so a the conflict in syria that is a stalemate besides controlling large parts with many of hundreds of thousands of refugees in jordan and lebanon and turkey and iraq. and the tensions that our pervasive throughout the region because of the decision of whether governments that have to do defend the sunii or the kurds. lots of competing interest. now it is wicked

city of aden. coming up in the next half hour, a call to withdraw iraq's kurdish leader urges pkk rebels to leave their bases in order to protect civilians. >>> for another night migrants in the french port of calais attempt to travel into the u.k. and we go back to nepal to meet a young girl whose life was changed forever by the devastating earthquake. >> yemen's vice president have has toured the southern city of aden. the most senior official to visit the city since local fighters drove out houthi rebels more than two weeks ago. he is also the prime minister of the exiled government has "s" traveling with several members of the cabinet, a saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against the houthis since march after the rebels fought--forced the yemeni government into exile. >> what happened in aden is unforgivable. we will never forget those scenes. >> now the visit comes as the world food program begins delivering desperately needed aid in aid. the united nations said that the conflict has killed nearly 4,000 people, half of them civilians. 80% of the yemen population is in need of aid

city of aden in yemen. iraq's kurdib leader said kurdish pkk fighters will withdraw or more civilian life will be lost in turkishstrikes. talks on what was supposed to be the biggest trade deal in history

city of aden in yemen. iraq's kurdib leader said kurdish pkk fighters will withdraw or more civilian life will be lost in turkishstrikes. talks on what was supposed to be the biggest trade deal in history andend in deadlock . >> i am lee wellington. sports news. a big debate in australia. unpopularity or outright racism. the indigenous sportsman being booed at every match. >> yemen's vice president made what many say as a highly symbolic visit to aden the port city in the south afterrow houthi rebels were driven out. he is the most senior official to visit aden since the city was recaptured. there has been a defendant civil war. southern forces loyal to the exiled government are fighting houthi rebels loyal to the former president. the u.n. says 4,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed and around this extraordinary number 16 million people are in need of some kind of aid. several members of the cabinet, he promised normal life would return to the city. and the government spoke to al jazeera about how bad the situation is there. >> what happened in aden are inconceivable crimes. residents will never

city. these activists tell us that solely relying on the kurds is working in i.s.i.l.'s favor. >> translator: u.s. support for kurdish militia has caused age are among the arabs. many of them went south to rakka and some are now saying they fear the kurds more than i.s.i.l. >> the u.s. is now trying to put together an army of its own to fight i.s.i.l, the new syrian forces, to partner with the factions on the ground but there are those who warn against this. >> any force linked to the u.s. and doesn't fight the syrian government will be looked upon with suspicion. nationalist agendas the u.s. won't work with them because they are religious. >> reporter: the new syrian forces are supposed to lead the ground assault, but even before they deployed in the battlefield some of them have been captured in the ground by syria's el nusra front. >> many rebels won't join because it won't fight the syrian regime. >> syrian rebel groups consider both the government and i.s.i.l. as enemies. >> translator: there won't be any solution unless the coalition can move freely to iraq and other areas in syria. >> reporter: for now the foc

discipline of the patchwork, the kurdish forces as they does protect kurdish areas, but also a fair to take over some of the cities, particularly clear-cut, which they have always believed should be buyers. what role will they ran play if you read and then cuts force -- cuts force troops to assist maliki the way they assented both quds forest to support assad, then we're looking at a war in the middle east that is going to cross borders and potentially threaten the larger region and beyond. the latest figures i've seen is that there are more than a thousand fighters on behalf of extremist groups in syria comment from just europe. and with open borders, no visa restrictions, somebody wrote in france or germany or britain or the netherlands were ever will be able to come home and will be able to travel. so this has been vocations far beyond what if anything we think we can and should do to try to stave off a total collapse of the maliki government. i would just add one other note. if you look at where we are in the region, the conflict in syria, which right now is still a stalemate, but i thought this control in lar

. >> >> add least 10 kurdish fighters have been killed in a suicide attack in the northeast syrian citymber in a car bombed the turkish headquarters there. they have been the most successful fighting isil in syria and iraq. >> an official from palmyra has been beheaded by fighters from isil. the 82-year-old was abducted in may when isil fighters captured the 2000-year-old word heritage sight. >> half a century, he was a guardian of palmyra's ancient roman ruins. it's here he is believed to have been beheaded by islamic state of iraq and the levant. before the syrian conflict, palmyra's ancient buildings drew tourists from around the world. as head of antiquities, he oversaw research, gaining international recognition. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and part of the culture and history and he said he would live and die there and he did pay the ultimate price. >> the war came to palmyra. fighting peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. then after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. assad stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the valuable contents

city, working in i.s.i.l.'s favor. >> translator: the u.s. support for the kurdish militia has caused acre among the arabs. pushed the arabs out. many of them went south to raqqa and now some are saying they fear the kurds more than i.s.i.l. >> putting together a army to fight i.s.i.l. what it's called the new syrian army, there are those who warn against this. >> translator: any force linked to the u.s., will be looked upon in this way, the u.s. won't work with them because they are religious. >> reporter: the new syrian forces are supposed to lead the force against i.s.i.l. but have been linked to el nusra front. >> nusra is not the only obstacle. the force is not strong enough and many rebels will not join because it won't fight the syrian regime. >> reporter: syrian rebel groups that consider both the government and i.s.i.l. as enemies. >> translator: there won't be any solution if the coalition doesn't focus the fight against the coalitio other groups as we. >> reporter: for now the focus is to clear i.s.i.l. from the northwest. along turkey's border and stop the flow of foreign fighters. but this won

city hit including one of the biggest mosques. three members of turkey security forces have been killed in a battle with kurdish fighters in the southeast of the country. six members of the security forces also injured in the violence in the hakkari province which borders iraq. still to come, chaos on the greek island. new challenges for those who already struggled to lead their home country. >>> and stunning energies in the scale of the exposes since expose--of the explosions in china's port city of tianjin. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here in al jazeera. the united states reopens its embassy in cuba's capital havana. >>> many gather in support of the recent reforms by the prime minister. >>> and egyptian police disperse demonstrate necessary cairo on the second anniversary of the break up of protests. >>> in syria a cease-fire in the damascus country

kurdish rebels. two bombs exploded in east iraq. killing 50 and injuring 100. a car bomb exploded in the marketplace, another ambulance east of the city. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for both attacks. a month ago i.s.i.l. carried out a similar bombing in a nearby town, killing 100 people >>> a debt free college education, hillary clinton hits the campaign trail with a proposal to make higher learning more afford table. donald trump explains why megyn kelly should be apologising to him. him. >>> there's an environmental disaster unfolding in the south-west. 3 million gallons of toxic waste water spilled out of an abandoned mind into the river in colorado, carrying arsenic, lead and other pollutants and the cause was an e.p.a. project intended to prevent the skills. an asoisht at the advocate group environment colorado, and joins us via skype. can you tell us the extent, as you know it, of the pollution caused by the spill so far. >> yes, well it is a - just to back up for a second... >> we have a difficult moment with the skype reception, we hope to restore it with our guest, jean bassett. we don't have it up yet. okay >>> in other

kurdish rebels. there have been attacks on turkish soldiers and bomb attacks in turkish cities.rity situation that turkey is facing and it's not out of the question that the u.s. is ramping up its campaign could play into that. >> you here in syria, you're on the ground there. what are syrians saying about this latest effort from the united states to help in the fight against isis? >> well, you know one of the thing this is t syrian government has been trying to do is get on board in the fight against isis. it has stated in the past it wants bashar al assad to leave power is there is no cooperation between the u.s. and syria. so therefore a lot of people here, i'm in the government-controlled territory in syria. they don't believe these air strikes will make much of a difference. they believe it's the syrian military doing the brunt of the fighting. but, of course, we have to see the syrians have lost a lot of ground to isis in the past. so certainly at least on this front the u.s. and the syrian military and a lot of rebel factions have the same enemy in isis. a lot of people h

. >> kurdish officials say peshmerga forces have killed 25 i.s.i.l. fighters and killed nine areas near the stiff cuc. city of kirkuk. >>> pentagon's inspector general is reportedly investigating a claim that intelligence is being skewed to make it appear that things are actually better than they are. jamie mcintire has more from washington. >> antonio, intelligence by its very nature is ambiguous and inconclusive. now pen pentagon's inspector gel is looking into whether some intelligence information was colored so the president's group was told what it wants to hear. the question is when president obama makes upbeat statements like this is he working off the best intelligence? the new york times reports an internal inquiry is weighing whether the intelligence presented the president was was distorted. whether the u.s. central command has been improperly reworking the conclusions of intelligence assessments to provide a more optimistic account of progress. it was flawed intelligence about the existence of weapons of mass destruction that was used to support the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. no such weapon

kurdish fighters have bigger plans. the challenge is keeping both focused on the immediate fight against isil. >>> more than a hundred people have been arrested in the u.s. city of ferguson after a fourth day of protests. they are marking a year since the unapped black teenager, michael brown, was shot dead by a white policeman. a state of emergency has been put in place. >>> a u.s. coast guard seized a ship with heroin. they enter setted traffickers off the coast of industrial mark. it contained 32 tons of cocaine and two tons of heroin. >>> the drug trade in the philippines is so lucrative, even mexican dealers want a piece of it. a suspected leader was arrested earlier after selling cocaine to undercover agents. >> reporter: law enforcers have been planning this drug raid for months. at the end, six sashays of meth were found here. a small quantity where over 100-kilos of the drug are consumed every day. she's asked to keep her identity hidden. for 15 years she worked as a fixer, putting international drug sellers in touch with local distributors. she's also a police informant. the chinese are the one whose run the biggest cindy cats. it's through connecti

city of tianjin. at least 55 people have died and more than 700 injured. the u.s. is investigating reports of chemical weapon use by isil against kurdish forces in northern iraq. the incident is said to have happened on thursday. turkey may be facing a new election this autumn after political parties failed to form a coalition government. the prime minister asked parliament to call for a new vote as soon as possible. syria's main opposition group rejected a peace plan offered by russia. the leaders have met in moscow. the group wants president assad to step down before any peace talks can begin. but russia says fighting isil should be the priority. >>.even if a peace deal is agre, it's unlikely to work. >> i think the different sides view this as a zero sum gain. the syrian opposition, most of the syrian people want him removed from power. it seems that russia and iran are still trying to put forward a peace settlement that allows assad himself or the remnants of the assad regime to remain in power. that's a position that will not be accepted by any credible syrian negotiating partners. i think that is one of the bigger, it's the bigge

city of aden. coming up in the next half hour, a call to withdraw iraq's kurdish leader urges pkk rebels to leave theires in order to protect civilians. >>> for another night migrants in the french port of calais attempt to travel into the u.k. and we go back to nepal to meet a young girl whose life was changed forever

city of aden. good to have you along. you are watching al jazeera. i am david foster. up in the next 30 minutes, iraq's kurdish letter said bkk fighters must withdraw from their northern position or more civilian lives will be lost in turkish airstrikes. a wing reaches expert's in france. >>> new restrictions on hunting in zimbabwe after another lion is killed in a national park. >> yemen's vice president has visited parts of aden affected by the bar in that country. he is the most senior official to have been to the city since loyal -- local fighters drove the houthis out more than four weeks ago. the prime minister of the exile government was traveling with several members of the cabinet. his trip coincided with the world food program and desperatelied needed. government spoken to al jazeera about the severity of the situation in that port. >> what happened are inconceivable crimes. we will never forget these healthcare scenes or the level of the widespread destruction and from here and on behalf of the yemeni government, i renew the invitation to visit aden urgently to document such crimes. >> some people i

kurdish gorillas. and a bombing at the police station here. this is normally a very safe city. and almost exactly at the same time that the bombing of the police station took place there was a shooting incident right in front of the u.s. consulate. [ gunshot ] >> nbc news obtained this video. it appears to show police confronting a woman they say had just approached the consulate with a gun. she's cornered in a crawl space. a police officer opens fire but misses. he shouts for the woman to surrender. she appears confused and angry. the attack starts around 7:00 a.m. the consulate in a well-fortified compound was not breached. witnesses say the woman fired at least two shots outside. i woke up hearing police yelling stop, stop get on the ground. and then the area running. >> the entire area has been sealed off. witnesses say after the woman dropped a bag, took out a pistol and was confronted by police she started running. she ran to the end of the block and then hid in a building. that is where the standoff developed. at one stage the woman seems to hold up her hands in surrende

kurdish forces have been some of the most successful at fighting isil which has ceased control of large parts of syria and iraq. >>> a leading archeologist working at the ancient citylmyra has been beheaded by fighters from isil. the 82 year old was abducted in may when isil fighters captured the 2,000 year old world heritage site. neave barker reports. >> reporter: for half a century he was a guard i don't know of palmyras ancient roman ruins. it's here where the 82 year old is believed to have been beheaded by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. palmyras ancient buildings drew tourists from around the world. as head of antiques, he oversaw years of research and restoration at the world heritage site, gaining international recognition. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and the culture and archeology of that place that he would live and die there if need be, and heed by pay the ultimate site. >> reporter: fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient building with bullet holes, and then after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. he stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's invaluable contents,

those fleeing violence are passing through the serbian capital belgrade, a city that knows war all too well. >> he strums an old kurdishg. his wife and 3-month-old in a park in central belgrade, turned weigh station for refugees. it was his voice she first fell in love. we wanted to settle in turkey. i was working weddings there she says, but tensions have started to rise. and if they kick anyone out, it will be us. she sorrowful lyrics about feeling like a foreigner is a sentiment that echos with all we spoke to here. we met a group of friends from iraqing didn't want to appear on camera because they have family still in baghdad. one is a 30-year-old teacher. he says his students cried when he told them he had decided to leave but he couldn't take it anymore. two years ago, militias bombed his wedding and killed his 14-year-old brother. another of his friends is a computer engineer. yet another a journalist from what is now the isis stronghold of mosul. all of them say the most precious thing they have is iraq, but now because of everything they have been through, they feel they are strangers in their own land. for th

concerned about, according to kurdish sources, is they'll take this mustard gas and fire it into erbil, close to yesterday's strike, causing the foreigners to flee the cityute catastrophe to the kurds. we may not react to the mustard gas attack by the islamic state but the kurds will. >> is it more concerning if indeed isis was able to mix this itself, to see a terror group like isis so well-funded, growing so much, taking so much more territory essentially able to make its own chemical weapons? >> absolutely. even if they're only making them in small quantities. if they use them often enough, the u.s. and the coalition have to start thinking about, do we start supplying kurdish forces and iraqi forces with a way to combat this? like a full bio suit and the training on how to put those suits on. and after each possible exposure, do they have to have a new one every time? those suits cost up to hundreds of dollars. and they're hard to wear in that heat. so it adds, especially for the kurds who suffered great losses through chemical attacks under saddam hussein a psychological impact degrading their ability to fight. >> how does it change the way the kurds

kurdish fighting force ypg joined the battle with help of u.s. led coalition air strikes. separate zones in hasake, it was part of an understanding from preventing the city from becoming yet another battle ground. that only fed suspicions, now an official from the ychg's political party the ypd said the threat of terrorism means it would partner with any group including the syrian government if it's committed to a democratic syria. >> anyone who are ready to work for democracy who accepts the diversity with the syrian people of course we are ready to coordinate with them and now as i mentioned i maybe told you some examples with the opposition and also with the syrian -- with the regime. >> the kurds may be a minority in syria but they have become powerful players in the conflict. territorial gains over recent years allow them to enjoy political autonomy. they didn't fully join efforts to overthrow the gift. instead they managed to expand into areas where the regimes retreated. leaving the kurds to fill the vacuum. >> for regime it was important because they didn't want to fight on several fronts. and what their main calculation probably was if the kurds

city of aden. good to have you along. you are watching al jazeera. i am david foster. up in the next 30 minutes, iraq's kurdish letter said bkk fighters must withdraw from their northern position or more civilian lives will be lost in turkish airstrikes. a wing reaches expert's in france. >>> new restrictions on hunting in zimbabwe