two rallies set off from lahore and will arrive in pakistan. the main rally led by former sports car imran khan. >> reporter: after several hours, imran khan and the professor are on the way to islamabad, with thousands of supporters. the leaders, imran khan, will gather more supporters as he passes through major towns in the punjab. the two marches are combining and the government is wondering how to deal with the situation, because the local administration has not removed the obstacles. it will be interesting to see how the large crowds are able to come into the city and what

the government, on the other hand, is holding a high level meeting in lahore. the prime minister is chairing that meeting. there is some sort of a policy or a decision likely from the government as to how to deal with this crisis. >> more ahead on al jazeera - including kenya closes its borders to travellers from sierra leone, liberia and guinea in an effort to keep out the ebola virus. >>> and a nice cold shower for one of the world's richest men. why bill gates is passing the bucket for motor neuro-i don't know disease. @j >>> the top stories on al jazeera. kurdish peshmerga forces in iraq are reported to have taken three towns east of the mosul dam from the islamic state fighters. the peshmerga have control of the three towns. they are fighting to retake telkif. protests continue in u.s. town of ferguson. demonstrations have taken place since august 9th after an unarmed teenager was killed by police. >>> nawaz sharif has been askeded to step down, protesters accusing him of fraud >>> a suicide attack in mali caused injuries after a car blew-up near timbuktu.

the parliament, on the other hand is holding a high-level meeting in lahore. the prime minister is chairing the meeting and there's a policy or a decision likely from the government as to how to deal with this crisis. >>> over 10,000 israelis have taken to the streets of tel aviv demanding the government. the demonstrators called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. protesters demanded that israel end its occupation of the gaza strip. israel and palestinian groups are observing a ceasefire thought to expire on monday. hamas's military wing threatened to fire rockets. al jazeera has been given access to rocket making factory. they were making rockets in case israel continues the offensive in gaza. hundreds of thousands are sheltering in u.n. run schools. many are forced to find refuge. the school year was scheduled to begin in a week. as ferguson reports, that's been delayed. >> reporter: the gaza girls' prep school is home to 3,000 desperate people. they ran from the homes during the israeli bombardment hoping that the u.n. run school would offer protect

imran khan is out of the jurisdiction of lahore. the authorities opened the gt road, the grand trunk road. it's a 5-hour journey, but likely to take several hours and will snowball with more supporters joining in on major cities along the way. >> pope francis arrived in south korea, the first time the head of the roman catholic church visited asia and urges koreans to seek peace. harry fawcett has more. >> pope francis was going to address the issue of north korea and the peninsula. on monday he's due to give a reconciliation mass at seoul's catholic cathedral, the main cathedral in seoul. he wasted no time in talking about the issue, in his first speech with the president of south korea. he talked about the need for dialogue, the only which ta achieve peace and stability, and that wouldn't be achieved through shows of force. there was a show of force, north korea fired three projectiles off the east coast into the see, an hour before pope francis touched down. two more came later in the day. this is day one of a 5-day visit. the ce

pakistan's capitol islamabad is in lock down ahead of the arrival of thousands of protesters from lahor. protesting the leadership of the government. accused sharif of rigging last year's elections. kamal hydr has the story. >> on their way to islamabad with thousands of their supporters. the leader imiran kha imran khae instructing his party workers who have a government in the province to bring a large number of supporters to islamabad. now professor khadry is moving his march, imran is calling his march as the freedom march, the two marches are joining together. the local government has not yet removed the obstacles and it will be interesting to see how these large crowds are able to come into the city and what steps the government will take to make sure that no untword incident takes place. >> 20 people have been killed in the suburbs of damascus. according to local media, they died in government strikes. deposit force and hezbollah has almost entirely taken the city of liha in eastern damascus. syrian jets launched four strikes on the city. they have been fighting the islamic briga

thousands of antigovernment protesters gather in the pakistani city of lahore, preparing to march to the capital. two politicians: their supporters to take to the streets, claiming there was vote rigging in last year's election and calling on prime minister sharif to resign. russian minister navalny back in court. navalny says the case is likely motivated. he led protests that put pressure on the kremlin in 2011 and 2012. the first papal visit to asia in 15 years, pope francis arrived in south korea. south korea has one of the fastest growing roman catholic communities. it is still just 10% of the 50 million population. on his arrival, the pub called for peace between the two koreas. >> it is my hope that korean democracy will continue to be strengthened and that the nation will grow to be a leader in the globalization of solidarity which is so necessary today. one that looks to the integral development of our human family. >> with us now in studio is a special advisor to the archbishop in paris. thank you for taking time out of your holiday to talk to us here on france 24. south kor

protesters demanded that the prime minister resign and they blocked the road between lahor and islamabad in the united states, police say they are treating the death of a former white house spokesman, jim brady as murder. he died on monday of complied cakes he received 33 years ago. he was seriously injured in 1981 during an attempted assassination of the reagan. lawyers for the would-be assassin doubt new charges will be laid. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> for almost 40 years, hundreds of granted parents in argentina have been searching for their stolen grandchildren. many were babies when the military took them away during argentina's dirty war and put them up for adoption. as daniel reports from buenas aires, one grandmother's dream has come true. >> with his grandmother, it's an image that has moved and delighted argentina. she is the high-profile president of the granted mothers of the organization that searches for their stolen grandchildren. >> the meeting was marvelous, very nice, with a lot of love, compassion, wonderful hugs, totally unexpected. >> he is the

dissolved, and he is here because he says he want justice for the killing of his party supporters in lahore in june, when the police resorted to heavy-handed tactics. imran khan on the other and wants to condition with the system, he wants sa re-election, but he wants the re-election because the last election was rigged. he says that his party knocked every door going to the judiciary, and asking for justice. that was not provided to hum. he has had to protest that. he wants nawaz sharif to resign. strategically the two parties have not succeeded in bringing thousands of supporters to islamabad. technically they have succeeded in bringing islamabad to a grinding halt and showing an ability of the nawaz sharif government. >>> myanmar has the worst telecommunications infrastructure in the world. 5-10% of the population own a mobile phone. the government is trying to change that. >> reporter: these people are part of a telecommunications revolution. the only way to get a sim card is through a public lottery system, paying $100 for it. now buying it for $1.50 has people swarming into the mobile

dissolved, and he is here because he says he wants justice for the killing of his party supporters in lahorjune when the police resorted to heavy-handed tackics. imran chan wants to continue with the same system. he wants a reelection but he wants the reelection because he says the last election was, was rigged. he said his party went to the judiciary and asking for justice. that was not provided to him. therefore, he is here to protest that. he wants sharif to resign as well. even though strategically, the two parties have not succeeded in bringing thousands of their supporters to islamabad, technically, they have succeeded in bringing islamabad to a grinding halt and showing a vulnerability of the sharif government. >> angry protests are continuing in the u.s. city of ferguson despite a curfew being put in place that follows the shooting death of an you know armed black teenager by police a week ago. the killing has intensified racial tensions in the state of missouri. the aim of the curfew was to help calm the situation. the clashes with the police continued overnight. several people wer

the prime minister to quit the corruption and vote rigging tens of thousands joined the rally from lahore to islamabad which put security forces on alert why police blocked the main road into the capital but the interior minister later allowed the march into the city. the world health organization says the magnitude of the outbreak is vastly underestimated there have been nearly two thousand reported victims in the worst affected countries in west africa where medical services are breaking point the un agency approved the use of an experimental vaccine elsewhere u.s. scientists believe they've discovered how paralyzes the immune system which could help develop new treatment. and iraq's foreign minister nouri al maliki has agreed to step down and give way to his newly appointed successor in a televised address he offered his support. thoughts to the new premier the president approved maliki's replacement earlier this week but the embattled politician refused to go as western educated replacement is also a shia muslim and his hope to form a more inclusive government to help ease sectarian t

begun in pakistan sounds of security personnel have been deployed to maintain security the rally from lahore it is not about is being led by opposition the years calling for the prime minister to resign and they say he has failed to investigate fraud in last year's elections but is long bought accuses the protestors of trying to disrupt democracy saying it has now launched a probe into allegations of vote rigging in the twenty third team poll. hospital in the u.s. state of nebraska has been flooded after heavy rainfall a security camera captured the moment a wall of water pushed through the cafeteria doors all of the hospitals kitchen and eating areas have been damaged and it could take months to repair several northern parts of the u.s. have also enjoyed having rain and flash floods. well after the break take a look behind the scenes and see how the news is made here and nice to. baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made even ea

skirmishes between demonstrators and government supporters tens of thousands have joined the rally from lahore to islamabad in a major opposition call for the prime minister to quit over corruption and vote rigging. and the world health organization says the magnitude of the break is vastly underestimated there have been nearly two thousand reported victims of the worst affected countries in west africa where medical services are at breaking point the u.n. agencies approved the use of an experimental vaccine for us scientists believe they have discovered how a bowl paralyzes the immune system which could help develop new treatments. iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki has agreed to step down and give way to his newly appointed successor in a televised address he offered his support to the new premier the president approved moloch his replacement earlier this week but the embattled politician refused to go his western educated replacement is also a shia muslim and it's hoped to form a more inclusive government to help terri intentions. style vegan diets and a friendly approach are not what usu

pakistan saudi security personnel have already had a massive anti-government march the rally from lahore to islam about will be led by opposition leaders calling for the prime minister to resign they say he has failed to investigate fraud in last year's elections as lama bot accuses the protesters of trying to disrupt democracy saying it has now launched a probe into allegations of vote rigging in the twenty third team poll. hospital in the u.s. state of nebraska has been flooded after a bout of heavy rainfall a security camera captured the moment a wall of water pushed through the calf. hearing indorse all the hospitals kitchen and eating areas have been damaged and can take months to repair seven northern parts of the u.s. have also enjoyed heavy rain and flash floods. never had eighty's action movie star turned campaigner steven segal tells worlds apart how to build a bridge of trust between moscow and washington. baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the

ebola outbreak there is now a national emergency has five more cases of the virus were confirmed in lahore starts a city of twenty one million. acres also. killing over nine hundred people so far. more than two thousand people had to be evacuated from the mexican town of san pedro after a gas line exploded creating a burning crater right there in the middle of a highway it's thought that a water leak toppled an electricity pole onto the pipeline causing a big explosion luckily enough there are no injuries reported. human rights watch has said that civilians in south sudan have been subjected to extraordinary acts of cruelty including ethnically motivated murder and widespread gang rape the international body says members of the army and rebel forces have committed widespread killings and looting of property and potentially crimes against humanity violence erupted in december when the president accuses deputy of plotting a coup in the eight month conflict has now left thousands dead and forced at least one point five million to flee their homes that's according to the un. bangladeshi philly

brief couple at least a massive anti-government marches currently underway in pakistan a rally from lahore to islamabad is being led by opposition leaders calling on the prime minister to resign they say fail to investigate for committee during last year's elections but is now about accuses the protesters of trying to disrupt democracy saying it's now launched a probe into allegations of vote rigging in the twenty whole. hospital in the u.s. state of nebraska has been flooded well about after heavy rainfall a security camera captured the moment that wall of water pushed through the cafeteria doors all of the hospitals kitchen eating areas were damaged and could take months to repair several other parts of the u.s. of also injured every rain and flash floods. thanks for being with us up next on our t. boone bus cups and more the spin in the world's economic headlines after the break . baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made ev

corrupt and that the prime minister should be ousted the thousands of demonstrators who turned out in lahore vowed to start a revolution and also protested over the deaths of fourteen anti-government campaign is in june another gatherings planned in islamabad later this week to highlight alleged vote rigging. turkey's prime minister has addressed a cheering crowd in istanbul after winning the country's first direct presidential election. victory but take him a step closer to the executive presidency that he's longing for it's the first time that it is head of state has been elected directly by the population as opposed to being appointed by the grand national assembly at the ones you know gratian will take place later this month. coming up a look at how sexual assault in u.s. colleges is being kept quiet while in the u.k. you have spoken the differences euro skeptics talks to safety shevardnadze stay with us. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that governmen

demonstrators are led by anti-government cleric tahir ul-qadri, saying he is seeking justice for followers in lahore, killed by police. and opposition leader imran khan, accusing the government of corruption and electoral fraud. >> translation: i'm here with you, with you and have been with you the entire night. i'll be with you until we get freedom for the country. >> with allah's help, move towards the final destination. remain peaceful, peaceful, peaceful. please maintain by credibility. there should be no violence, no destruction, no violence. god willing you will win the war with peaceful means. >> that message was disregarded saturday night. protesters broke through the police lines, tearing down the outer walls of parliament. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and the army was called in to protect state buildings. the military took over in times of civil unrest. this time there appears to be little appetite for a coup. >> the pakistani military established that they are in any combative position to run. when they try to do that, they fail, and leave pakistan in a problematic situation.

. >>> protesters marching from lahor, calling for nawah sharif's government to leave, antigovernment marches, aren't officially allied but their protest is the same. kamal haydyr has this from islamabad. >> after several tense hours, both president and his vice president, and the leader imran khan will be gathering more supporters as he pass he through major towns in the pun jab. punjab. bring a large number of supporters to isla islamabad. his march is called the revolution march, the two marches is now combining together and the government is still wondering how to deal with this situation because the local administration has not yet removed the obstacles and it will be interesting to see how these large crowds are able to come into the city and what steps the government will take to make sure that no untoward incident takes place. >> much more still to come to you on news hour. food becomes much more important, russia bans food imports from europe. and in sport northern most point of europe as the world's best cyclists take part in the optic race of norway. details shortly. when y

as far as cadre is concerned, 14 of his followers were killed in lahore in oh june and wants the resignation of the prime minister. now that talks are underway, that may ease tensions, but the political tensions are sometime high. there are reports that prime minister's own party might bring its supporters on the streets, and if that was to happen, then of course the situation would become more complicated. for the first time since this cries began, it seems it is heading for some sort of a conclusion. >> thank you. >> police in liberia fired tear gas to disperse the testers in an area that has been quarantined because of the ebola outbreak. people wanted to leave the neighborhood cordoned off. they are angry about a nighttime curfew announced by the government on tuesday. liberia has recorded the biggest number of new ebola deaths with 53 people who have died in the past two days. >> still to come, the bottle collectors of berlin, german recycling becoming a popular extra source of income. >> waiting for a new president, indonesia looks forward to a court verdict on last months disputed ele

police forces and we are getting reports that there are scuffles that have broken out in the city of lahore. there has been incidents in rawalpindi. very tense. other political parties are warning that they'll stage protests across the country on sunday. there's going to be a day of mourning, as we speak, we'll get reports that hundreds of people have been injured, including women and children. some of them, because of sufocation, because of excessive use of tear gas. the police inspector has been speaking, saying that they have not used live ammunition, but have resorted to rubber bullets. we don't know if there are fatalities, but the situation is tense. for the last several hours we hear ambulances rushing to the scope, and at the bureau, with islamabad, situated a kilometre or two away. >> a military coup took place in the small african nation of lesotho. the country's prime minister fled to south africa, saying the life was in danger. soldiers seized the headquarters and surrounded the home. the army denies staging a coup. it is deeply concerned by the clashes, and it's encouraging pea

. >>> now, gaza, i'm joined by a human rights lawyer from lahore. welcome to al jazeera. you've been involved in various committees and reports when investigating the ongoing scenarios in the gaza strip. you were involved in the 2009 inquiry as well. what has changed, if anything, from then to now. >> i don't think that much has changed. i think the intensity of the military operation by israel in gaza is almost the same. and maybe worse. deliberate killing of civilians, targetting of protected places. using weapons that are not - really not used in areas where civilian preps is so dense. i think these are things that i see as a repeat of the scenario in 2009. israel has always acted disproportionately. it seems that there is a policy of collective punishment. there is never the use of the principle of distinction in the way that hostilities are conducted. and i think we see the repeat of the same thing. you see so many casualties, depths, injuries, children dying. families wiped out. >> you serve as a united nations special representative. therefore you have a lot of way

at least eight were killed in lahore. supporters of an anti-government cleric fought with police.ritics are calling on the prime minister to resign. police expected large protests in islamabad. new developments to stop the spread of ebola outbreak. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. a new ceasefire in gaza-israel will begin in an hour. a delegation is expected to meet in cairo for another round of talks. >>> in iraq - kurdish forces are taking advantage of the u.s. strikes. the peshmerga saying they have driven out the rebels out of two key villages south of erbil. >>> tensions are running high in stows -- st. louis area after the shooting of a black teenagers of the dozens rallied outside the police station, and police held a conference. >>> in donetsk at least one is dead. the ukranian military is advancing on the military. the rebels want a ceasefire, but the ukrainian army say they'll agree if the separatists surrender their arms. many in the city are fleeing to moscow. those left behind are cut off from food, electricity and are in need of humanitarian aid. >> reporter:

the opposition figure is leading supporters from lahore to islamabad.n said people threw stones at the convoy as it drove past, and a spokeswoman said his vehicle was shot at. police disputed that account. >> sreenivasan: the death toll from the ebola outbreak in west africa has risen again, to 1,145. u.n. health officials report 76 new deaths in the two days between monday and wednesday. in all, there have been more than 2,100 cases in four countries, guinea, liberia, nigeria and sierra leone. >> sreenivasan: the governing body of stock car racing will bar drivers from getting out of their cars after accidents. nascar's decision follows last saturday's fatality during a dirt track race in new york state. driver kevin ward jumped from his car after his car and tony stewart's collided, on the next lap, stewart's car struck and killed him. the incident remains under investigation. >> sreenivasan: on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 50 points to close below 16,663. the nasdaq rose nearly 12 points to close near 4,465. and the s-and-

two rallies set off from lahore and will arrive in pakistan. the main rally led by former sports car imran khan. >> reporter: after several hours, imran khan and the professor are on the way to islamabad, with thousands of supporters. the leaders, imran khan, will gather more supporters as he passes through major towns in the punjab. the two marches are combining and the government is wondering how to deal with the situation, because the local administration has not removed the obstacles. it will be interesting to see how the large crowds are able to come into the city and what steps the government will take to make sure that no untoward incident takes place. >> exactly one year ago, bella asharpliy was taken by the egyptian authority, 800 were killed. alsharmy was held without charge. he went on a hunger strike until his release in shaun. abdullah al-shami credits his release to pressure on the shone government. >> if it was not because of the support of people for this aspect, the freedom of the press, it wouldn't have been possible for me to

cars, trucks and buses left from lahore this morning, with more than 5,000 protesters. others joined along the way. >> ifill: three people were killed in egypt today as security forces crushed small protests by islamists. they were trying to mark the anniversary of the killing of more than a thousand demonstrators one year ago. those demonstrations followed the military ouster of islamist president mohammed morsi. >> woodruff: a russian aid convoy edged closer to the ukrainian border today. more than 200 vehicles headed toward a crossing controlled by pro-russian rebels. ukrainian officials had demanded the convoy pass through a government border post so its cargo can be inspected. meanwhile, the ukrainian government dispatched its own shipment of relief supplies to the war torn region. it is sending 75 trucks loaded with 800 tons of aid. >> ifill: doses of a potentially life-saving drug have arrived in liberia to treat ebola patients. z-mapp is still untested, and these are the last known doses. the company that developed it says producing more will take months. also t

. >> we always aim lahore in the weather department.e. >> then people go, not bad. >> shredder -- >> iain, lucy and my good friend caitlin roth, we are talking some football tonight. talking about a dominating preseason win for the eagle last night but one area has chip kelly a little concerned with opening day just two weeks away, and this routine single by carlos row uz created chaos and ultimately a phillies win. what happened as the cardinals became keystone cop ♪ >> the phillies starting weekend series with the st. louis cardinals tonight cardinals team that came with a four game winner streak and adam wayne white on the mild. on the pound for the phillies kyle kendrick and it wasn't good early. adam solo shot off kendrick. gave up three in the first. four-one cardinals but the phillies come back and tie this game at four in the their. then carlos ruiz with single to center. watch ryan howard he'll round third slam on the brakes and cardinals have dominic brown trapped in run down. they decide to throw and get howard. they get nobo

gunmen abducted weinstein from his home in lahore, pakistan, where he was working with the u.s.onsulting firm, helping to develop local industry. married now for 46 years, the father of two grown daughters was kidnapped just four days before his scheduled return home to the u.s. >> i would like them to know that i love them very much. >> reporter: this grandfather of two with a heart condition and asthma became property of one of the most notorious terror groups in the world. >> i have been suffering deep anxiety every part of every day. >> warren weinstein is going through hell. these sorts of situations are an extended mental torture of mine. >> reporter: christopher voss is the former lead international hostage negotiator for the fbi. >> the fact that his captors have released a couple of videos unprompted is an indicator that they want to negotiate. >> good morning. >> reporter: but the obama administration has previously told al qaeda it will not negotiate with them for weinstein. how does it impact warren weinstein that bowe bergdahl was released along with five prisoners

the fighting began last night near the city of lahor and continued in to today.ecurity forces blocked a route to a planned protest. the cleric says 7 supporters were killed when police opened fire on a con vie going to the demonstration. police say at least one officer has been killed in the fighting. candidates for president of turkey wrapped up their campaigns today for the first time tomorrow, the national's leader will be decided by popular vote. a report from one of today's political rallies in konask. >> the frontrunner in turkey's first ever directly elected presidential elections finished his campaign on a high. the man who many idlized here, they, as far as they are concerned, believe he will win these elections in the first round. a large part of that success of popularity is due to the huge successes economically that erdowan has managed to achieve in his premiership of over 10 years here in turkey where 99 universities have been built, the distance of roads that were build under his premiership doubled which were built in the entire history of the new