. >> lebanon's gun battles in around around the northern city of tripoli, violence is seen as a spillover of the civil war in syria with sunni fighters snider by i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. stephanie decker is following thing situation. >> reporter: little further north, there is a home of the salifi sheik that the army has surrounded. lebanese army is using helicopters, significant, first time helicopters have been used in that area since the spillover of the syrian war began. just to put this in context. the latest fighting was kicked off when the army raided the home of a man they believe was involved in i.s.i.l, calling for attacks on the army, calling for the army to lift its siege on tripoli. we are also hearing from the al qaeda affiliated nusra front, they still hold those men in the no man's land between lebanon and syria and threatening to execute one of them if the army doesn't lift the siege in tripoli. >> coming up in the bulletin. we look at how africa's funding crisis is dealing with the threatening threat of ebola. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot s

they're rebuilding northern cities that were destroyed in the world. japan and india are among the countries backing the reconstruction work. >>> many farmers in northeastern japan are struggling more than three years after the nuclear accident. they had trouble finding buyers even when tests show their products are safe from radiation. now tea farmers in one village are trying to turn their bitter experience into sweet success. >> farmers in the kunohe prefecture are proud of the locally produced tea. the drink is sweet and caffeine free. few people drink it even on special occasions. it's mostly used as an ingredient in medicines. >> it's sweet. >> a local cooperative supplies the organically grown tea to a natural medicine company for several decades. the company use it as ingredi t ingredient. it brought out 70% of the annual production. everything changed three years ago. the fukushima plant melted down and fears about contamination spread. the company became concerned about contamination of the release. even though the results of the tests were n

fighting is continuing around the northern city -- northern syrian capital.ttacks by islamic state. pressure is going to give them more support. >> the battle is intensifying once more. this was a day of colossal explosions. aircraft from the us-led coalition launching another series of dramatic airstrikes. one of these columns of smoke came from a suicide truck bomb driven by a single jihadist will stop the kurds say they blew it up before it reached its target. close to the border, we listen to the sounds of battle. it was relentless. fighters from the so-called islamic state entered the city and there have been furious street battles. today was by far the most intense. the kurds say airstrikes are helping to push the attackers back. we cannot verify the claim or these pictures which report to show captured islamic state weapons. other images too gruesome to broadcast showed that militants nearby. border, a defiant demonstration by turkish kurds. they have gathered in groups large and small along the border to watch with mounting horror the assault on their

. >>> the syrian army stepped up a fight to drive opposition troops from a northern city in aleppo. a number of opposition fighters have been killed. this is 2.5kms from aleppo, overlooking the only road linking the city to supply lines. hundreds of al qaeda-led fighters launched an offensive near north-east lebanon. forces in lebanon confronted the group. 16 fighters said to be aligned with the al nusra front, al qaeda's syrian wing were said to have been killed. there are reports that two hezbollah fighters died. hezbollah sent re-enforcements, we understand, to assal. >> four suspected i.s.i.l. recruiters have been arrested. they are accused of wanting four men. four men confessed that they were part of a cell, with four others at large. they were attributed to a director of security, according to a state-run newspaper. >>> african union forces in somalia say they expect to take over al-shabab's strong hold on the south coast within a matter of hours. they held a town of ber ou way since 2006. katherine sawyer is travelling from the troops fighting the forces. >> we are at the edg

. >>> in the northern city of tripoli at least six have died. >>> and residents in tunisia have pen voting to elect a new parliament. >>> and the brazilians are also voting, the senator and former state governor, a latin america editor lucia newman has more. >> even buying or selling a coconut at this busy market is a chance to show allegiance. in brazil's most fiercely fought elections in decades. a former e left wing gur guerila leader. ung like her immensely popular pred says, she's seen as an iron lady, who nonetheless represents the political party who in the fast years, neves who promises business friendly policies. married to a model, now, technically the economy is in recession. brazil's capital away built in 1960, literally in the shape of an airplane. and in the cockpit is the presidential palace you see here. taken off under the prevention government but under the president gilma roussef, has been losing altitude. >> there is a roman god called janus. he has two faces, looks to the future, looks to the past. and the middle class, look to the future and they're not sure juma will

least 11 people have been killed in afghanistan after taliban fighters attacked a court in the northern city. in recent months the taliban has taken advantage of the security left by withdrawing international forces. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> the target of the taliban attack is a symbol of afghanistan's justice system. the prosecutor's office. they fought against the attackers for hours as they defended the city. the use of taliban method, suicide-bombers getting past the front gate, and then the fighters moved in, firing as they win. the policemen and prosecutors moc among the dead as well as the attackers. they attacked the building because they believe that punishment against their fetterers unfairfight fighters unfair. >> the taliban is testing with tactics like this one as well as on the battlefield. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> still to come on al jazeera, pro western parties dominate ukraine's party after a big election win. >> i'm rob mcbride in china with wine makers who are making a big splash on the world stage. with al qaeda. >> since 9/11 the us has spent

. >>> in lebanon, soldiers say they have secured a neighborhood in the northern city of tripoli. at least eight civilians and 11 soldiers were killed friday. some of the thousands forced to leave are now returning. >>> tunisia's former ruling party has admitteded its main rival will likely win seats in parliament. but they are describing sunday's election as a success. they will need to enter into a coalition to form a government. final results are expected wednesday. >>> egypt is relocating people along the border with gaza to widen a security zone. residents have been told to leave before their homes are destroyed. in march a three-month state of emergency was in effect in the sinai region after 31 soldierings were killed in the area on friday. >>> al jazeera's acting director general has repeated the demand to release three journalists from prison. they have now been detained for 304 days on charges widely regarded as politically motivated. comments follow interpoll's -- international arrest warrant against another al jazeera journalist. while al jazeera says the decision send

, al jazeera, beirut. >> lebanese troops have launched attacks on gunmen hold up in a historic northern cityf tripoli on friday. the violence is seen as a spillover of the civil war in syria. sunnis, inspired by al-qaeda and isil crossing into lebanon. ir >>> iran has haged a woman who killed a former intelligence official she said was trying to rape her. >> that's despite despite international condemnation. human rights groups say she was acting in self defense when a man tried to sexually assault her. they urged iran to halt the execution. the u.n. has been critical of what it describes as deep flaws in her trial. >>> still to come on this news hour, as ukraine heads to the polls, the parliamentary elections, it is wondered who can bring stability to the country. >> the impact of proceed hong kong's proceedtests on the city's tourism and find out were serena wasn't too happy, the racket she was beating in singapore. but did she? joe will tell you in sport. sgrafrnling the number of intoolz cases in west africa has passed theebola cases in west africa has passed the 10,000 mark. sc scan. th

this comes as syrian state tv reported that its forces recaptured three villages near the northern cityaleppo. >> reporter: a syrian air force jet bombards duma. this area has been fought over since the civil war began. many houses have been transformed into rubble, and injured or killed many of its people. friday's air taattack killed mo than a dozen and wounded many more. contrast those chaotic scenes with these in the government-held area of the capitol. in this cafe, these students are using digital tools to stay safe from the fighting. they up load a daily diary of mortars effectively telling others which areas are safe, and which are not. >> translator: sometimes we're able to go directly to the site of the shelling, but sometimes it takes longer. we go and survey the damage, the victims and the wounded to record their names. >> reporter: in its first five months their page received more than 300,000 followers. >> translator: before going out, you have to find out where the mortars have fallen. there might be too many in certain areas, so you cancel your trip. >> reporter: but els

the first time the game is being played in a northern city in a building without a roof. >> bringing super bowl to the new york region has been a decade-long effort for tisch. it began after 9/11 when he began pitching the idea to nfl and local politicians as a way to jumpstart the stuttering economy. it was not until the metlife stadium was built in 2010 that idea caught on. >> the nfl owners liked to bring the game to some of the newer stadiums to highlight them. they wanted the world to see this great facility. >> millions of people around the world will be watching super bowl xlviii. perhaps no venue is better prepared or staffed for an event like this. 20 times a season, metlife undergoes a transformation. a staff of about 20 takes two days to change it from one team to the other -- from jets green to giants blue, or vice versa. that includes the removable endzone. the turf from one team is rolled up and stored under the stands and the other team's turf is rolled out. special end zones will be rolled out for the broncos and seahawks. that is about all nfl is saying. >> what are

. >> lebanese soldiers secured a neighbourhood in the northern city of tripoli, where fighting broke out on friday. the battle between government forces and gunmen forced thousands of people in the area from their homes. the violence is a spillover from the war and neighbouring syria. >> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of three journalists who have been detained in egypt for 304 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges against them. >> tunisia's former ruling party admitted its rival will likely win the most seats in parliament. according to preliminary results, neither party has not run enough votes in the election to govern alone. we have this report from tunis. >> there is a quiet sense of expectation at the headquarters here. the leader will wait for official results before declare victory. unofficial results suggest that the secularist party is in the lead. if it wins, members admit that it can't rule alone. >> we cannot talk about coalitions. we d

. >> the syrian government has stepped up fight to drive opposition groups from the country's northern cityaleppo. >> it has been attacking rebel positions the several opinion vision fighters have been killed. the town is two and a half kilometers from aleppo and over looks like the only road connection to the city to rebel supply lines. -linked fighters have launched a major offensive in northeast lebanonon near syria. force ins lebanon con fronted the group in the town of asal, 16 fighters said to be affiliated with the alnusrrah front were reportedly killed. there are reports that twoez bello fighters decide. hezbollah century enforcements. million of brazilians are voting for their next president. the eriction is one of the country's closest in recent history. the incumbent dilma roussef cast her ballot. she wants a second term in office but will need at least 50% plus 1 vote to win in a first round. al jazeera gabriel he will elazondo has more from sao palo. this is one of the main voting locations here in the entire city in what is going to be the biggest election in brazil history wi

. >> reporter: the sixth military zone in northern city lie in ruins.s is the only army base that put up a fight to defend the yemen capital. after weeks it is surrendered. it's field commander left and the houthis took over the site. over 200 boyds were found in the rubble in and around the place. the shia fighters took dozens of tanks and artillery from the base and moved them to the northern strong hold of is dar, but the houthis deny this. the commander of the form i or herred division took all of the weapons with him when he retreated and gave them to the extremists and al qaeda where almost all of them. we have the remaining weapons and plan to hand them over to the military and the police. >> reporter: residents in the area seem to be happy with their presence here. but others are not. and they are starting to make their voice heard. this was the second time since the houthi take over that activists tried to stage a protest. their number is small but they say their message is important. >> translator: this is just the beginning. now we have start

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. >> it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. for the first time we have seen the battles, the center of a city, that is no different to the spillover in lebanon. there's two neighbourhoods supporting the revolution and another supporting bashar al-assad. they have fought together, but it's been quiet. the recent flare-up. the army raided on apartment north of tripoli. they arrested a man, a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. we sat with a commander on friday, and he received a statement. it called for attacks from the army in retaliation for the arrest. the army is ready. there's a concern that this will go on. lebanon no strange are to the spillover of the war. it's sectarian and divided, a concern to the people here. politicians, divided, giving the message that they stand behind the army. >> sobering figures on the ebola outbreak in west africa. the world health organisation released data. the number of people sickened by the virus rose above 10,000. of those 5,000 have died. in other developments nigeria and senegal is virus free. 1

least 11 people have been killed in afghanistan after taliban fighters attacked a court in the northern city of kunduz. the taliban has taken advantage of a security gap left by withdrawing security forces. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> the policy of afghanistan's justice system, the prosecutor's and appeals court in kundu city. defended the facility, used a familiar taliban method: a you is suicide bomber to get past te front gate. police and prosecutors among the dead as well as all the attackers. the taliban said they targeted the court building because they believe governments are unfair. fears resistance across afghanistan and they have taken heavy casualties. nato is withdrawing. its troops have left and while a small nato contingent will remain until 2016 afghan forces are in charge here and the taliban is testing them with attacks like this one as well as on the battlefield. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the pakistani military is continuing its operations against taliban forces, foicials are saying that the offensive which start ed in june has driven hundreds of tho

. >>> lebanese soldiers have secured a neighborhood in the northern city of tripoli where fighting brokeut on friday. the battle has forced thousands of people from their homes. analysts say the fighting a spillover from the war in syria. >>> the afghan president is on his first official visit to china. rob mcbride is live for us in beijing. rob, what is he seeking from the chinese? he's taking a plane load of businessmen with him, so assumably hoping to get more than smiles and handshakes out of this. >> reporter: that's right. this is a recognition of china's growing importance. president ghani making beijing his first official overseas visit. it's also a recognition of china's importance to the afghan economy. ghani has brought with him, a large delegation of business people. they have been signing deals. expected to sign more deals in the coming days. many agreements are looking at restarting the mining sector. afghanistan of course has large mineral deposits which are eyed eaglely by china. but china also looks to afghanistan has an important strategic partner in the years to come,

. >> reporter: it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. the center on the old suit of the city. it's no stranger to the spillover in lebanon. there are two neighbourhoods. they have och fought together. it's been quiet for the last few months. the recent flare-up gives you complex. an apartment was raided on thursday, at dawn. they arrested a man believed to be a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. in lebanon. we sat with a military commander. we received a statement calling for attacks on the army and retaliation for arrest. the army is ready, but there's a concern that this will go on, lebanon no stranger to the spillover of the syrian war, a sectarian society, divided and it's a huge concern to the people. politicians are divided, all giving the same message that they stand behind the army >>> tonight there is video of a hostage held by i.s.i.l. the 6 minute video shows british journalist john cantlie reading a scripted message, in it criticizing the u.k. and u.s. cantlie was kidnapped in syria in 2012. it comes days after the death of his fath

. >> the northern city of tripoli fighting armed men for the first time, we have seen those battles, e center on the old suit of the city. no stranger to the syrian spillover here in lebanon. there are two neighborhoods support the revolution and reports president su-bashar a al assad: arrested a man they say believes to be one of the main recruiters for isil in lebanon. in tripoli, calling for attacks on the army. he told us the army is ready but certainly there is a concern that this will go on. lebanon, of course, no stranger to the spillover, a sectarian society, very divided. that is a huge concern to the people here but the politicians, i have to tell you, often divided, giving the same message that they stand behind the army. >> security forces have carried out a wave of arrests. the government is warning there could be attempts to disrupt sunday's parliamentary elections. a report: >> reporter: violence and instability loom large in a country set to cast an historic vote. security sforsz track a group of people with explosives in a house in a suburb of the capitol tunnis. in t

powerful drug cartel and they say all it took was a routine traffic stop and he was captured in the northern cityl reports from mexico city. >> reporter: forces in one of the most wanted cartel leaders and 51-year-old known as the general was the leader of the once powerful cartel. federal police arrested him along with his body guard on thursday, not a single shot was fired. he is the second cartel leader to be detained in a week. >> translator: one of the main criminals that mexican justice needed to arrest, this effort from the federal government and the work involved in this talk is really one of the fruits that we hope to have many more of so as to return the country to peace and security. >> reporter: a bloody war here against the rival, the head of the cartel. thousands were killed and he was known as one of tell most violent cities in the world and lost the war and the cartel weakened. >> he was a major player and in one of the bloodiest episodes in contemporary mexican history and the war here cost -- caused over 11,000 deaths. >> reporter: and the government like those before it continu

into much of the sunni heartland in june, they took control of many routes connecting, bagdad to northern citieshway is the only road that is not under their control. >> reporter: but isil is not the only threat. it is a 375-kilometer drive south to the capitol. further down the highway there is another force on the ground. they are fighters belonging to shia armed groups. the drivers who have encountered them say they act with impunity. >> translator: the shia militias do whatever they want. they make problems for the drivers, especially the kurds. they blame them for the way the kurdistan government treats arabs in their territory. >> reporter: many taxicab drivers tell similar stories. this man has no choice but to take the risky journey. her children are in bagdad, because as arabs they need residency visas to enter the kurdish region. >> translator: this there should be no difference between aranswer and kurds. i have no choice but to go back and forth. >> reporter: shias in the south and the kurds in the north can no longer travel to the isil-controlled cities, and while there may still be

this just in from lebanon -- government troops are battling sunni islamic gunmen in northern city ofripoli. reports say five lebanese soldiers and two civilians have been injured in the clashes. having weapons and rockets are apparently being used. the fighting began friday when lebanese forces carried out security campaigns targeting the militants. >>> still to come this hour -- oh, it looks like we have nick back -- no, we don't -- still to come this hour. it might look like a pileup on a motorway. instead, this was a scene in athens hours after it was pounded by heavy rain. more details on that next. one month, deep wrinkles look smoother. after one year, skin looks ageless. high performance skincare™ only from roc®. >>> a heavy storm hit the greek capital of athens on friday causings cars to overturn and pile you up on the city streets. there's also flash flooding and the national weather service said storms are expected through saturday. meteorologist ivan cabrera joins me now. we're hearing about businesses and homes being flooded what more can you tell us? >> an area of low pr

. >>> fighting between lebanese army and militants in the northern city of tripoli has intensified.anks and hum vees has arrived on the edge of the neighborhood where these clashes have been heaviest. so far five troops and two civilians have been killed and many others injury. >>> three years planning and training to sky dive from the edge of space, and it is over in less than five minutes? >> google executive allen houston took this daring plunge friday morning over southern new mexico. it took more than two hours for him to reach an altitude of more than 25 miles, in a balloon that he was, look at that, that is so cool. so he plunged back to earth, from this balloon, he broke the sound barrier and he set several sky diving records. arizona company plans to offer somebody the chance to break that record in late 2016. that is crazy. >>> state and federal officials are decited over mandatory quarantine policy for health care workers returning from west africa. >> this is coming after that nurse got back from treating ebola patients from sierra leon called her isolation in a, new jer

know like our tanks everything left behind inside iraq they now have, they have now pushed to the northern city kobani, and it may -- that city sits right on the border with nato ally turkey. one kurdish official says u.s.-led air strikes won't be enough to stop isis's march there. and officials in syria are warning, if isis captures that town, terrible atrocities will be committed for the reason i just gave you, all those refugees that went there. jeff hallcot has the latest from turkey-syria, the border. >> that besieged syrian town is warning tonight of a large scale massacre if the isis terrorists make it inside that town. that is looking more and more likely, take a look at what we saw near the front line earlier today. this is the closest we have seen and heard to a sustained battle here in the town of kobani, just across the border from where we are in syria. smoke coming up from the tower hill there, and to the left, this is the eastern side of the city, and we have seen a lot of firing there, isis tanks, isis mortars shooting in and small arms fire coming from the kurdish section of th

. >> leb nineteen knees troops launched attacks on gunmen hold up in the northern city of tripoli. person was killed and 13 others were injured in the fighting that started on friday and has stretched into saturday. the balance is seen as a spillover on the is civil war in syria with sunni fighters inspired by al-qaeda and isil crossing in to lebanon. >> tun easeia is set to take the next step in the democratic transition with parliamentary elections on sunday. many hope this will be the end of a nearly 4-year transition period after the president fled the country. hasham albahara reports. >> reporter: tunisia's youngest candidate in the upcoming election. he is campaigning in the area where he was born and spent most of his life. 23-year-old mukdad realtime graduated from university and wants to win a seat in parliament. his friend's bike is his only way to move around and meet people. like many young tunisians, he says he doesn't trust the political parties. >> i have decided to run for the election so that young people in tunisia take destiny in to their own hand. here, politica

. >>> as isis fighters shelled the northern city of kobani, the turkish prime minister says nearly 200,000 refugees have crossed in the country. they have not engaged isis directly across their border even though kobani sits on isis' doorstep. he says they don't have an integrated strategy about how to stop isis lurching from one to the other. christiane amanpour is joining us from london. turkey is a member of nato and a lot of people are asking why hasn't turkey played a more prominent role in this war against isis, which is really right on turkey's border. >> exactly. that's precisely what i asked the prime minister. i've just come back from istanbul. i sat down with him last night for an in-depth interview about this problem. i remember when we were discussing the air strikes on syria, everybody said, hey, where's turkey, nato's ally. the prime minister is well known and he said, one, turkey has been doing a huge amount, as we all know, 1.6 million refugees in the three years of the brutal civil war that assad has been waging. now, as you just mentioned, they are getting hundreds and t

incident involving the british prime minister and david cameron leave agree press conference in the northern citybumped into him and happened very quickly and slowing down the video and replaying it. at first it was reported cameroon had been shoved by a protester but say the man was just jogging too closely. the man himself said he was on the way to the gym when he accidentally ran into what he calls a bunch of men in suits. and that is it from me and the entire news hour team and thank you for watching. ♪ >> an american votes 2014 special report kansas >> in our state, government is broken >> a republican governor has made drastic changes >> the highlight of this is... eventually doing away with income taxes... >> the democratic challenger says, these policies aren't working >> we are trailing the states in our region >> can governor brownback win again? >> i think you spend your money better than the government spends it.. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america >> the c.d.c. releasing new guidelines to deal with health care workers returning from ebola-stricken coun

government troops in lebanon battling islamic militants in the northern city of tripoli for a secondaight day. five were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in the clashes. lebanon is bitterly divided over the hostilities, sunnis supporting the syrian rebels, shiites siding with the government which is receiving support from hezbollah. >>> voters in ukraine going to the polls for parliamentary elections. residents in eastern towns could hear the sounds of artillery fire from pro-russian separatists. national guard troops were stationed outside polling places to protect voters. this election is seen as important since it will change the composition of parliament. incoming representatives are viewed as pro-western supporters of ukraine's president who dissolved the old parliament. >>> i'm robert gray. now back to "justice with judge yeah 19." >>> the agency released these low-risk, noncriminal detainees under a less-expensive form of monitoring to ensure detention levels stayed with i.c.e.'s overall budget. >> let me ask you this question, on the aggravated felonies that you talk

carried out air strikes near a northern syrian city. it's close to -- the operations destroyed some of the facilities, but u.s. department officials say the city is still in danger. >>> afghan security authorities say they've arrested two senior members of a network responsible for a number of sophisticated and deadly attacks. the officials say the men are leaders in the haqqani network, a faction of the tall lan. one of the arrested men is ahnas haqqani, the son of the network's founder. he was captured along with another commander on tuesday. the haqqani network is believed to be responsible for a car bomb attack in july in the southeastern province of paktika which killed more than 40 people.2g the network repeatedly staged high-profile attacks against the government and nato troops. ahnas haqqani is believed to have played a key role in strategic decision-making and raising funds from overseas. a spokesperson of afghanistan's intelligence organization expressed hope saying these two arrests will have direct consequences on the netwo

the lebanese army has surrounded the sunni neighborhood in the northern city of tripoli there is nowandoff with what the army calls terrorist cells. just outside of the area people wait for news from their relatives inside. >> translator: what is the reason? nobody knows what is going on on the ground. we hope our families are okay. all we ask for is that the government open up a passage, let the civilians come out and then do whatever they want. >> reporter: security has been increased the army checks the ambulances that are coming out of the area. there has been calls by religious figures to attack the army for raids that started on thursday. that began the stand off. the man arrest second degree one of isil's main recruiters in lebanon. syria's war has already divided this fractured country. tripoli that is seen fighting before a bushelly betwee but use syrian opposition and those that support bashar al-assad. but now the army is involve. there is an intense fight ongoing the army has positions there about one kilometer further you. but even though this remains a stands off, many

to launch air strikes against isil in the northern iraqi city of kirkuk to save it from falling., the city lies on the main road between baghdad and erbil and it straddles the contested border between the kurdish north and the arab south. kirkuk's frontline extends to the down of dibbs to just south of the city close to the counsel the daquq. fighters are only 500 meters apart in some places, zeina has a report now from kirkuk. >> reporter: the kurds control the oil fields in can i coo kiry not able to protect them for much longer the threat fro ther. kurdish troops replaced government forced here when isil pushed them out of many cities in june. since then, it's been a struggle to hold this territory. that's why the governor of the city is asking the u.s.-led coalition to launch an intense and sustained assault against the group. he says isil wants we are cook's oil fields. >> that's the point i tried to make to our american friends when i was in washington and when i talked to them here. that's why it's so important for the united states and for the air strikes to focus on kirk

heavy fighting there in the northern city of tripoli as military forces battle islamist gunman. nine soldiers were killed along with two militants and two civilians. 13 soldiers were injured. both sides used heavy weapons and rockets, devastating parts of the popular tourist location. >>> a journalist in lebanon says the gunmen are sunnis believed to support isis. >> i suspect some of them certainly share some of isis's goals. or maybe it's just an alliance of convenience. it's very difficult to say. but one of the side effects of what's happening in syria with isis's fight against the syrian government there, one of the side effects is that it's roiling affairs here in lebanon and exacerbating tensions between different communities. right now you've got people who are fighting because they feel their community, the sunni community in lebanon is being marginalized, has been set aside in favor of the shiite community and specifically hezbollah. they accuse the army of doing hezbollah's bidding. and of course every time they target the army and then the army reacts, well, then it'

on tuesday and wednesday, coalition forces carried out 18 air strikes near the northern syrian city known as kobani and destroyed islamic state positions. pentagon spokesperson john kirby said the air strikes likely killed hundreds of militants, but he cautioned that islamic states could still seize control. >> i think it's important for people to understand kobani could still fall. >> u.s. president barack obama wednesday spoke by video conference with five european leaders. they agree they need to do more to stop the influx of foreign fighters and funds to the islamic state militant as. they also agree to enhance military capability of iraqi forces and moderate antigovernment forces in syria. meanwhile john allen, u.s. special envoy for the coalition against islamic state militants spoke to reporters after visiting countries such as turkey and iraq. turkey shares borders with both syria and iraq and hosts air force base at incirlik. allen says he and his turkish counter parts are continues talking on using the air base in turkey. >> we had very detailed and very constructive conversatio

investigating but meantime fighting continues between kurdish million list a and islamic militants in the northern city the turkish border. earlier this week the u.s. central command said its forces conducted 135 air strikes around the region. >>> more cars could be joining the the already long list of recalls over exploding air bags. nearly 8 million vehicles currently under recall have been concentrated in warmer states, but there is increasing pressure to expand that recall nationwide. at least four deaths and injuries are link to air bag parts that didn't expand presently or even exploded. japanese parts maker takata manufactured the defective air bags. we have posted a complete list of the vehicles affect on our web site at cbs philly.com and click on consumer. >>> well, volunteers are helping to clean philadelphia schools hit hard by the budget crisis. young people washed tables and did lots of stuff at martin luther king promise academy high school in germantown and in fact this weekend. they pick up trash outside the school there because budget cuts have have led to a reduction of custodial sta

mexican officials said he was taken in the northern city of it, oraon. the u.s. had offered $5 million for his arrest. >> woodruff: black leaders in st. louis called today for the justice department to investigate the latest fatal shooting of a black teenager. police said an off-duty officer killed 18-year-old vonderrit myers last night after the teen fired first. the shooting sparked protests, 11 miles from ferguson, where another officer killed michael brown in august. st. louis police chief sam dotson called for calm. >> i'm being as open and transparent as the department can be and i hope the public appreciates that. i know emotions are high and i know tensions are high, but the reality is, what we've seen or what the evidence tells me right now is an individual pointed a gun at a police officer, fired at least three rounds and continued to pull the trigger. >> woodruff: the teenager's relatives disputed the police account, and insisted he was not armed. police did not identify the officer, or give his race. >> ifill: french author patrick modiano has won the

. >>> the northern syrian city of ayn al arab, or could banny in the kurdish language, is the latest to help the campaign by the islamic state extremist. the city sits on the turkish border and the kurds are the majority of its population. kurdish forces are trying to defend the city with the help of the u.s.-led coalition. residents have been fleeing the violence and taking refuge on the other side of the border. our reporter has the report. >> reporter: the city of ayn al arab is a border town. >> reporter: as many as 180,000 people from syria has come in since the islamic state started attacking their hometown. there is no official refugee camp around. they are scattered everywhere. this 50-year-old man said he fled syria two days with 14 other families. >> translator: fighters of islamic state suddenly appeared and took away all our belongings and land. they killed men, women and children. we had no choice but to run away. >> reporter: 120 members are taking shelter at an unfinished building with bare concrete floors. they didn't bring much with them. local people have given them

. >>> the northern syrian city of ayn al-arab or kobani in the kurdish language, is the latest focus of international efforts to halt the campaign by islamic state extremists. the city sits on the turkish border and the kurds are the majority of its population. kurdish forces are trying to defend the city with help of the u.s.-led coalitions. residents have been fleeing and taking refuge on the other side of the border. freelance journalist kenji goto reports. >> reporter: the city of ayn al-arab is just a stone's throw away from the turkish border town of suruc. [ speaking foreign language ]. as many as 180,000 people from syria have poured in since islamic state started attacking their hometown. there's no official refugee camp around. they are scattered everywhere. 50-year-old yosef talubini says he fled syria two days ago with 14 other families. >> translator: fighters of islamic state suddenly appeared and took away our belongings and land. they killed men, women and children. we had no choice but to run away. >> reporter: 120 members are taking shelter at an unfinished building

world from the northern iraq city of tala afar that 29 militants have been killed. 29. health officials there is a the hospital received their bodies this morning. the officials say most of the isis fighters were killed by coalition air strikes. >>> in chicago, a teen stands charged with trying to join isis. muhammed hamzah khan was arrested on saturday. he bought a round trip ticket to istanbul. he left behind a three-page letter to his parents saying he was on the way to join isis. he invited his parents to join him. >>> a non-action from the supreme court. same sex couples can marry in five more states. the supreme court denied not to weigh in on the appeals for now. this move cleared the path to legally wed in oklahoma, wisconsin, wisconsin, indiana and virginia. >> this decision will change the lives of thousands of loving couples, children and families in a positive and transformative way. the rights and privileges of marriage, which are guaranteed to us by the united states constitution, are now available to all loving, committed couples in virginia. >> the supre

there's a 64-kilometer defensive perimeter around this city in northern iraq. kurdish troops replace government forces here, when isil pushed them out of many cities in june. since then, it's been a struggle to hold this territory. that's why the governor of the city is asking the u.s. led coalition to launch an intense and sustained assault against the group. he says isil wants the oil fields. >> that's the point i tried to make to our american friends when i was in washington and when i talked to them here. that's why it is so important for the united states, and for the air strikes to focus. we want to keep these people away, drive them away. coalition air strikes began in august, but there haven't been many in this corner. and the problem is kurdish security forces don't just face fighters on the battlegrounds this check point is considered to be a front line. it is the main entry point from the south. >> thousands cross this check point daily. where they already have some support. >> . >> we have fought terrorists. we have even among students who come to ta

it's a little different than in the northern cities, and it's a real challenge.ce issues still exist, and they still matter. so where things matter, muslims should be involved. where things matter, muslims should be involved. [ applause ] >> so i had a personal reflection on the flight over, largely, because i don't actually fit on planes. so can't really sleep or relax, and i don't actually know how a plane flies if i don't stand up in it. that's why i'm here and don't have a real job. one thing i was thinking about was here we are again going to war with iraq, and it brought me back to 2003. and it was an interesting time in my life, and i want to, i promise it will all make sense. 2003 i graduated from college. i thought i was going to go to law school. i went to law school. and i was unbelievably mississipmis miserable. nothing against lawyers, but it was not for me. but in my blinker view of the world, there were only two career options. either you're a doctor, or you're a lawyer. and it sounds ridiculous now, but this is what i honestly thought. and i thoug

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