s main stronghold of raqqa.istan's heat waive is continuing to rise and 400 people have died in the singe province. >> take it down. >> reporter: more controversy over the u.s. confederate flag with growing calls for removing from public places. and how long is too long to spend online? we report on japan's growing digital addiction. ♪ we begin in syria where kurdish fighters made more advances against the islamic state of iraq and the levante. kurdish people protection units or wpg say they have driven out i.s.i.l. fighters north of the stronghold of raqqa city and backed by u.s. air strikes and say the kurds pushed i.s.i.l. back to the outskirts of raqqa and it's important because it links it to other i.s.i.l. out post in provinces of aleppo to the west and to the east and still ongoing in the i.s.i.l. held town about 50 kilometers north of raqqa city and we have this report. >> reporter: this kurdish fighter say they discovered a tunnel used by islamic state of iraq and la van on the turkish border and not cl

that said, i mean, the kurds are now unprecedentedly close to raqqa.t will have islamic state worrying, especially given the time of year, i mean we are in ramadan now and they really need to be looking as powerful as possible in order to insure the momentum narrative keeps up a strategic did he fight right now is very important. >> very interesting indeed, charlie winter thank you very much for joining us from london. >> thank you. >>> u.s. air strike in iraq has killed a person linked to an attack on the u.s. consolate in the libyan city of benghazi. he was an isil fighter. the pentagon says he was killed in a strike on mosul last week. the am bass don door to libya and three other americans were killed in that 2012 attack. >>> a scorching heat wave gripping pakistan is showing few signs of letting up with the death toll surging towards 450. most casualties have been in the southern port city of karachi with temperatures have reached 45 degrees celsius also on being swammed with heat stroke and dehydration, leaves many without air-conditioning or run

s stronghold of raqqa.ou are watching al jazeera and i'm laura kyle and also ahead the death toll in pakistan continues to rise at least 400 people have now died in southern providence providence. more controversy over the u.s. confederate flag with growing cause for removal in public places. ♪ and a swift u-turn by apple over music royalty payments. ♪ kurdish fighters in syria made more advances against the islamic state and levante and protection units or ypg have driven out fighters from the base of the stronghold of raqqa city and backed by u.s. air strikes and the base is important because it links them to ohiother i.s.i.l. bases and they secured the town about 50 kilometers north of raqqa causing i.s.i.l. to completely withdraw and we reports. >> reporter: this kurdish fighter says they discovered a tunnel used by islamic state of iraq and levante on syrian/turkish border and not clear if they were used to smuggling people or materials and they go by ypg have made gains on the border and took over thi

to launch an offensive for raqqa the de facto capitol for isil? >> i think that it has the military wherewithal as well as the experience to fight islamic state. i suspect that its campaign will become more and more challenging as it expands further given its limited numbers of syria kurdish fighters and also the fact is that as it goes deeper and deeper into syria, there is a more mixed population and a more hostile environment for its military advance. >> good to talk to you many thanks indeed, turkey analyst from london. >> u.s. investigators accused both sides of the syrian conflict of targets civilians. investigators say the government has dropped barrel bombs on aleppo nearly every day this year. the military as well as rebel groups have seized cities depriving people of food and medicine. >> a u.s. air strike in iraq killed a man linked to the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi in libya. he was an isil fighter. the pentagon says that he was killed in a strike on mosul in iraq last week. the u.s. ambassador to libya and

airstrikes has forced them to retreat from a base north of raqqa.at base called brigade 93 is important because it links to other outposts. >> this kurdish fighter said they have discovered a tunnel used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant on the syrian-turkish border. it's not clear yet if isil used the tunnels to smuggle people or material. they have been making gains on the border and have taken back territory from isil. now that the fight something over hundreds of families are over. turkish borders were reopened in but despite kurdish forces pushing back isil there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have accused the kurds of driving out sunni tribesmen. >> we were asked to communicate with the ypg forces, but they refused to allow members from the fact finding member to enter claiming that they have a political position towards the ypg movement and that the committee is bias. >> they deny this discrimination and abuse. they say that the check points that were set up are for insured. >> we share the with all.

raqqa.ds of people have fled the violence there and headed to the turkish border town from where bernard smith reports from. now, bernard as we have seen her, the town of tal abyad has been retaken tell us about the significance of this success on the kurdish side. >> reporter: really for the syrian kurdish fight percent a significant victory over isil really. they manage to take this town in about 20 days, a fear some assault on this town it needed of course help there u.s. coalition air strikes and wouldn't have imagined without it. they have inflict odd isil their most significant defeat in the 40 months or so when they swept through northern syria. pushing them right back, pushing them back to their self declared their effective capital of raqqa. the border crossing here between the turkish side and the syrian side, much quieter this morning. most of the people who were in tal aybad have left. forced out because of the 20 days of the intense bombardment. for 14 months isil controlled thi

airstrikes forced isil to retreat from a base north of raqqa.that base called brigade 93 is important because it leads to other outposts in in aleppo and hasakah. >> this kurdish fighter said that they discovered a tunnel used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant on the syrian-turkish border. it's not clear whether they use the tunnel to smuggle in people or materials from turkey into syria. the people's protection units have been making gains on the border and have taken back territory from isil. the latest discovery was after they took this border post now that the fight something over, hundreds return to their home. despite kurdish forces pushing back isil there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have were blocked from entering tal abyad. >> they refuse to allow members of the fact finding committee to to. >> ypg fighters deny discrimination and abuse. they say the check points set up on the border are for security. >> we share the administration of the town for all as this country is for all. >> the ybg ga

syria says they have pushed ice it's back to the outskirts of raqqa.tegic post linking raqqa to other isil outposts in the province of aleppo to the west and east. >>> u.s. a irrelevant strike in iraq has killed a person link today the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in bin gas iagain gaza compound in libya. he was killed in a strike on mosul in iraq last week. u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans were killed in the 2012 attack. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has slammed the u.n.'s report on gaza is flawed and bias. they say both groupings may have committed war crimples during the 50-day cop flijt. james bays reports from the nun new york. >> reporter: should there now be war crimes charges following last summer's gaza war? that's the key question poised by the release of a report by the u.n. commission of inquire any to the war. a conflict that killed well over 2,000 people. the panel's find goes criticize palestinian armed groups to extra judicial executions of those claimed to be collaboratorclandrab ratersb

s effective capital in raqqa 80 kilometers away. they have now lost control of the road to their city. most of these people have been waiting at least 24 hours to get through, they're carrying everything they can manage. for most part they look relieved to have gotten through. they will now be processed by the turkish authorities and allowed into turkey. beturkish authorities caught these trying to be blend into the crowds. northern syria and for the kurds it means for the first time chrome of an increasingly large area of syrian territory along the border with turkey. burnd smith, al jazeera turkey. >>> talks over yemen started in geneva without the houthi delegation. they have been delayed in be djibouti. >> reporter: the united nations secretary-general was hoping to meet all sides of the yemen's beyemen's conflict. houthis missed, their plane was refused permission to fly to switzerland. an opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance. why parties bicker, yemen burns.

i don't think they'll continue to advance in raqqa. they are giving their all when it comes to liberating kurdish areas, and that's because they regard the fights with i.s.i.l. as existential. . >> elsewhere in syria opposition rebels launched attacks against government forces. they've taken a strategic square in aleppo, after two years of fighting. the opposition fighters are advancing in idlib, close to bashar al-assad's latakia. further south activists say rebels attacked areas in deraa where heavy fighting continues. we have the details. >> reporter: even after five years of war, it takes time for those hit by a bomb to make sense of what happened. this is deraa, close to the jordanian border, in southern syria. the birthplace of the syrian resolution has again been bombarded by air strikes as rebels made gains. rebel faces are calling the latest offensive southern storm. in the alliance of other groups of fighters in the south, it's been formed. they say they have successfully resisted the air and ground offensives by syrian gover

air strikes, taking control of an area 50km near raqqa. fighters began to dig the trenches around the city. we have news coming in. we are told that a car bomb has exploded in syria's kobane. this is near the turkish border gate. there has been eight casualties that have been reported. just to repeat. a car bomb has gone off in the kobane region. eight people have died from that attack. we'll bring you more details on that as we get it >>> for the first time since his trial began, boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev apologised to his victims for the attack in 2013 which killed three people and injured 254 others. dzhokhar tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death. erica pitzi reports. >> reporter: for the first time since police named him responsible for the boston marathon bombings dzhokhar tsarnaev spoke to the court saying: before he finished his statement he asked allah to bestow mercy on him and his family. >> i wish he had done it before. . >> i think it was a lot to me . >> not all survivors feel the same way. >> i feel ver

and they're moving closer to raqqa. they conducted one suicide car bombing in the city of ayn al arab. they then entered the downtown area in five cars and opened fire on resident. a human rights group says at least 35 people were killed. the city was briefly at risk of falling into the hands of the extremists in january, but kurdish forces launched a fierce battle and drove the militants out. the islamic state group has recently been losing ground. kurdish fighters recaptured ain issa and it's a major supply route between turkey and raqqa. but they launched an offensive in northeastern syria. now that muslims are observing the holy month of ramadan, the extremists are calling for more attacks against people it regards as infidels. >>> the death toll from the heat wave in southern pakistan has reached 1100 according to local health authorities. in karachi, pakistan's largest city and economic center, the mercury hit 45 degrees celsius over the weekend. temperatures have cooled a little thanks to the sea wind, but people

fighters scare a rare victory and push the armed group back to raqqa. good morning. this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm stephanie sy. you're rezone leaders are optimistic that a deal with greece will happen this week. they are reviewing a proposal put forwardly alexis tsipras. we have more from athens. >> if greece accepts its creditors proposals as they now stand, it will have to extract another $3 billion from an already heavily taxed economy this year and roughly five and a half billion dollars next year. that's over and above budget predictions. that's because rather than growing as predicted this year, the economy is again shrinking to the tune of half to three quarters of a point in g.d.p., meaning tax revenues are smaller than they would have been, because total economic turnover is smaller. that presents particular difficulties to the government, because they were elected promises no more austerity measures but now presented with increased taxation, increased pension contributions and possibly more spending cuts, which we'll have to see alo

i don't think they'll advance in raqqa. they are giving their all when it comes to liberating kurdish areas, they regard the fights with i.s.i.l. as existential. it is presenting an opportunity for the kurds to claim more self-discrimination, and they are, of course helped militarily by the international coalition that is coordinating the air strikes, and this is as we can see, achieving visible results on the ground. >> great to get your input. thank you for joining us. >>> well, elsewhere in syria, opposition rebels launched attacks against government forces. they've taken a strategic square in aleppo after two years of fighting. the opposition fighters are advancing in idlib, close to bashar al-assad's latakia. they have attacked areas of deraa, where heavy fighting continues. we have the details. >> reporter: even after five years of war, it takes time for those hit by a bomb to make sense of what happened. this is deraa, close to the jordanian border the birthplace of the syrian resolution has again been bombarded by a

earlier this week, the kurds took over a military base near raqqa. as those kurdish forces continue to make strides against isil, syrian pop significance groups accuse them of ethnic bias. >> this kurdish fighter says they discovered a tunnel used by islamic state of iraq and the levant on the syrian-turkish border. it's not clear whether they smuggled in people or materials from turkey into syria. the people's protection units have been making gains on the border and taken back territory from isil. the latest discovery was after they took this border post in the nearby town near idlib. hundreds of families have returned. turkish authorities reopened the border but despite kurdish forces pushing back isil, there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group accused them of driving out soon any tribesman. the syrian coalition tried to assess the situation but were blocked. >> we were asked to communicate with the y.p.g. forces, but they refused to allow members of the fact finding committee to enter claiming that the s.n.c. has a pol

strategically important town, al aviad, the only town on the border near raqqa in syria. video of an alleged incident shows a soldier swinging a rifle, it happened north of rah ramallah. >>> israel, video shows a man pulling afiring a bomb nearby. >>> files contained intelligence techniques that would allow foreign powers to identify supplies. edward snowden is wanted in the u.s. for leaking files from the u.s. national security agency currently in russia where he was granted asylum in 2013. >>> a man who opened fire on the dallas police headquarters, was shot dead by police. melissa chan has more from dallas. >> reporter: the blaze of bullets in the night caused such chaos that police thought they were attacked by multiple gunmen but it was one man who rammed his car into headquarters. before leading officers on a car chase. and then, a standoff. >> this was an on again off again negotiation. he would get angry during negotiation and hang up and stop talking. he would rant for a while not actually have a conversation with us during negotiations in hutchins and at some po

hundreds of them over the age of 60 will be able to come every friday during ramadan to pray atal raqqa and a few hundred others will be allowed to visit family members in the west bank during the holy month. now, israel is describing this as a good will gesture. analysts are saying israel in the absence of talks between israeli's and palestinians is trying to contain and absorb frustration by palestinians living under occupation and living under these restrictions. if you talk to palestinians who have made the long journey to al aqsa today whether from the west bank or gaza. they will tell you that while they are happy about an opportunity to pray at al aqsa, which is considered a privilege for muslims they say that this is their right and the restrictions on their movement should not be placed by israel in the first place and that the rights to worship and the rights to movement is guaranteed by international law. >> the gunman arrested over the church shootings in the u.s. state of south carolina has confessed. police are investigating the shootings as a hate crime. dylann roof is du

capital raqqa in syria. >>> video of this incident shows a soldier swinging a rifle at the palestinian protester before more soldiers wrestled him to the ground. it happened on friday during a demonstration. >>> a british newspaper says crack many revealing secrets from the u.s. national security agency. the sunday times says that files he revealed contained intelligence techniques which would allow foreign governments to identify british spies. hillary clinton has held her first major rally since announcing her candidacy for the white house speaking from new york she addressed concerns of her age saying she would be the youngest ever female president. kimberly halkett reports. >> the island named after the president who lifted millions out of poverty. >> prosperity can't just be for ceos and hedge fund managers. democracy can't just be for billionaires and corporations. prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain too. >> clinton believes the recovery has eclipped too many work and middle class americans. she says she will build on the causes first championed by her husband

in the nearest border town of raqqa city. and hundreds of syrian refugees have been blocked from entering turkey at the border. there has been an influx of syria in the past 13 days. thousands of people have crossed over. and turkey already hosts 1.8 million refugees. the islamic state in iraq and the levant has killed 20 iraqi troops in attacks in the north of the country. four suicide-bombers throw vehicles into military headquarters. the attacks happened in a 15-minute window. >>> the former foreign prime minister tariq aziz has been buried in jordan. but getting the body to jordan was anything but usual. >> there are ceremonies before putting former foreign minister tariq aziz to rest. getting his body out of iraq was a week-long ordeal for his family. aziz's casket was seized by an arm group at the international airport before recovered by the iraqi authorities. his sons avoided talking about the incident. >> he belonged to the tire nation. may god have mercy on his soul and all martyrs. i thank jordan for receiving us a

the kurds now control the road to raqqa, the capitol of isil in syria. >> you may remember back in january, syrian kurdish fighters managed to repel an assault on the town of kobane. it's about 70 kilometers to the west of here. that was after a four month long battle when isil forces were attacking that town, they tried to take control of it. the syrian kurds managed to repel the isil attack with the help of an intensive air campaign airstrikes led by the u.n. led coalition. that campaign resulted in much of kobane pretty much left in ruins, hardly a house was left standing in the pictures that we saw in the days after the syrian kurds managed to keep hold of it. it is a bit different here in that the campaign, the battle to take control of the town from isil only lasted about 20 days. yes, there have been some places destroyed, but certainly not to the extent of that one in kobane. i think there are again, you can just see behind me some people who have decided that for them, it's better to go back and see what the situation is in there rather than stay here in turkey. jane. >> thank you

commanders are left inside and the ypg now controls the only road to raqqa which is i.s.i.l.'s effective capital about 80 kilometers away. this is fourth time that turkey has opened its border, most of these people have waited at least 24 hours. everything they can manage. for the most part, believes to have made it through they will now be processed by the turkish authorized and allowed into be be turkey. >> newly homeless this lady will join the 1.7 million syrians already sheltered in be turkey, safe butten strand he as their country crumbles. bernard smith, al jazeera turkey border. >> simultaneously attacked two buildings in the capital many, one of the bombs went off as a police academy. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. >>> nrnlgnigerian police say bombs unclear who's behind the astack. boko haram has been behind similar attacks in the area. u.n. sponsored talks saying that ending violence in yemen started in geneva on monday without members of the houthi delegation. they have been delayed in djibouti waiting for clearance to leave. hashem ahelbarra r

s effective capital in raqqa 80 clom away. i.s.i.l. have now lost control of the only main road to their city. this is the fourth time that be turkey has opened the border from tal abyad to akchakalay. for the most part they look relieved to make it through. they will be processed by the turkish authorities and allowed in to turkey. losing tal abyad is the most significant defeat for i.s.i.l. since it first swept through northern syria more than two years ago. and for curds it means for first time control of an increasingly large area of syrian territory along the border with turkey. bernard smith, al jazeera akchakalay, turkey. >> kim vanel reports from camp in northern iraq. >> the main street of kalagosksk refugee camp is lined with life. young gamers play night next door older does the say. several basher shops mean there's close competition for the shave. all signs of developing micro-economy but not all who call this camp home are convinced things are looking up. heaven is 30 years old and has four children. her tent is a playgro

the kurds now control the road to raqqa bernard smith al jazeera, on the turkey syrian border. >> the united nations peacekeeping forces often have too few resources to make a difference. that is the conclusion of a panel which was asked to review the effectiveness of u.n. peacekeeping missions. it says that too much bureaucracy and lack of leadership. finding released today after a separate report accused u.n. peace keepers of routinely carrying out sexual abuse and exploitation. well chairman of the independent panel which released the latest report on tuesday. he told us sexual violence by peace keepers would not be tolerated. >> immunity under international law, the convention that regulates the immuneity is applicable only as the functions of the individual. sexual violence, sexual exploitation it has no immunity whatsoever. so if a particular u.n. staff somewhere in the world is involved in sexual violence, and there is credible evidence to that effect, the authorities of that country have the right to immediately initiate legal domestic process against an individual regardless

. >>> hudges of syrians from raqqa province even he though they've safely made it to turkey, most of these people have nowhere to go. refugee camps are already overstretched. >>> still to come on the program, guatemala's president faces a corruption probe. plus from slippers slippers slippers detectives decorated with indictments. ndictments. with diamonds. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the headlines here on al jazeera. the u.s. has announced at the time send more advisors to iraq to help inform the fighters against i.s.i.l. >>> south korea has confirmed 14 more cases to the mers virus taking the total number of cases to 122. the middle east respiratory syndrome has killed 13. >>> be myanmar be be opposition leader aung san suu kyi has reached out to the west. 8thadrian brown is here. adrian what is the thinking behind the trip? >> darren, it's curious isn't it, china for so long provided military and financial support to the government that kept aung san suu kyi under house arrest for years. why has the chinese government invited aung san suu kyi here? they are sending a stro

-led airstrikes, had pushed isil militants back to the gates of raqqa. it's the second major kurdish victory against isil in a week after forces retook the syrian city of tal abyad on the border with turkey. in afghanistan, government forces have reportedly retaken control of a key district near the northern city of kunduz amid a renewed offensive by the taliban. the apparent victory comes a -- comes after taliban militants attempted to storm the afghan parliament in kabul monday setting off explosives and firing rockets in a siege which left six gunmen, a car bomber and at least two civilians dead. , dozens of people were wounded. european creditors say a deal to prevent greece from defaulting on its debts could be reached in the next 48 hours. greece's latest proposal reportedly includes new taxes on businesses and the wealthy, and a pension reform plan which increases contributions and restricts early retirement but does not change the pension rate. european council president donald tusk expressed support for the measures. >> the new greek proposal to

so they resell them over and over. >> now, talk about the ones who go to raqqa.tiest ones. and there again there's a hierarchy, right? >> there's a hierarchy. the sheik is the most senior on the ground. after the sheik you have the emir. and outside the emir you have the fighters. sought first choice is for the sheik. the most beautiful, the youngest one are the sheik. i met one girl who the sheik who was there who fell in love with her actually wanted to keep her for himself alone. so he had her name printed on his palm. so she couldn't be bought by any other person. >> but again, even with these ones, once they've been used they are cast aside. >> they're cast aside or resold. >> one of the things you describe is women who -- a woman who refused to perform an extreme sexual act was burned alive. so it is very clear that you have to behave like a slave. >> i think it's much more than a slave. i think these people mentally are sick. we have a moral crisis in this country. and i think they're asking these girls to do acts that for a 12-year-old girl, who has never

. >>> the islamic state of iraq appears to be reinforcing its syrian strong hold of raqqa. isil fighters have begun digging trenches around the city. >>> the boston marathon bomber has apologized to victims of the 2013 attack in a court hearing where he was sentenced to death >>> in armenia, plans to -- armenia's only power supplier is controlled by russia and protesters accuse it of taking advantage of its monopoly. >>reporter: it's optimistic and relaxed. people generally want to see an end to corruption and the monopoly. protesters say this is not about a protest against russia. it's a protest against the russian company that his gone too far and has a monopoly on electricity here. they are implementing a 16% price hike and people here cannot afford it. one-third of the population live below the poverty line. the other day police tried to fire water cannons at protesters >> britain is taking steps to tighten border controls in response to the hundreds of migrants who have taken advantage of a strike by ferry workers. people have been trying to cross the channel by illega

and we believe it is one of the principal sources for supply to isil's capital in raqqa to the south. so we're waiting to get more reporting on it. we'll get more over the next few days and get a better and a clearer picture. but one thing that's very important, i think, as these forces continue to operate, we're going to continue to make the point with them that they have to protect the populations that they're liberating. it's essential, really, to the stabilization of the area. we're going to watch that as well. >> woodruff: but as we were saying overall the news has been pretty discouraging. the fall of rahm. the last stronghold essentially of the iraqi government in anbar province, and the fact that isis has been able to not just take but hold large swaths of territory in syria. in iraq we're a year out from isis taking over mosul. i mean, what-- who has the upper hand right now in this conflict? >> well,ic i think the momentum is growing, actually, on the part of the coalition, the iraqis. if you look at the battle space across iraq, tikrit was recently liberated, which is not a

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syrian kurdish fighters say they have n out ic isil from an porn base nh of its strong hold the raqqa. ♪ ♪ >>> hello there, i am laura kyle in doha. the world news from al jazerra. also on this program. at least 400 people in southern pakistan died in a heat wave. >> we are close than we were ever before. >> european leaders say they are hopeful of a deal on a greek bailout within this week. >>> and seven indicating smog in santiago. cars are banned fromhe

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supply line to its stronghold in raqqa and slowing the is flow of foreign fighters. but it was a triumph of kurdish peshmerga fighters who have demonstrated prowess while iraqi soldiers have not. >> you're right, committed capable, the kurdish forces are what we aspire to. with respect to their iraqi security forces in general. >> but with the progress against i.s.i.l. in iraq slow and uneven, house members were highly dubious of the pentagon's stay course mantra. >> are we winning are we losing? is it a stalemate? is it a quagmire? >> if you are asking is the united states winning that's the wrong question. >> i'm sorry that's question i'm asking. >> we're on path to deliver the capability to confront i.s.i.l. inside their sovereign territory. this is a far different approach than if we were to decide ourselves that it was our responsibility to defeet i.s.i.l. inside of iraq. >> reporter: dempsey was adamant that the presence of u.s. spotters to coordinate air strikes would change little, not limiting u.s. and coalition air strikes but secretary carter indicated he

s only direct link to raqqa. thousands fled the violence. they headed to the border town from where bernard submitted now reports. >>> for 14 months i.s.i.l. controlled the syrian town on the border with turkey. not any more. these are fighters from the syrian kurdish y.p.g. their flag flies over this border crossing. the 3-weak assault forced thousands of people to cross to turkey. u.s.-led coalition air strikes helped the y.p.g. push through. the price these people have paid homes turned to rubble. >> we lost our home 10 days ago. fierce fighting forced us to leave to save our children. before that life was okay. >> we were terrorized by i.s.i.l. we left because of heavy bombardment from all sides. i'll never go back. in there you died 100 times a day. the y.p.g. had it in its sites as a connection between the turkish border and i.s.i.l.'s capital. i.s.i.l. have now lost control of the only main road to the city. >> this is the fourth time that turkey opened the border. most of these people have been waiting 24 hours to get through. they a

this is their only leak to their self did declared capital rah raqqa: >>> there are allegations that australian has been bribing smugglers for a decade. they are not confirming if they paid. >>> posey description president mohamed morrisey is expected to receive the final rule on his death sentence tuesday. he have sentenced to death along with dozens of others over a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising the court has been considering the recommendation of egypt's highest religious body whether the verdict should stand. rob matheson has more. >> reporter: mohamed moore say was sworn in as egypt's first elected civilian leader and fifth president in june 2012. a leader member of the muslim brotherhood he won from backing of his supporters and voters who didn't want on the president like mubarak he promised a government working for all egyptians. but politically and economically the following 12 months were tough. morsi's opponents accused him of being a puppet of the muslim brotherhood, failing as an international statements and allowing small things to become crisis. all of that

forces and taking the city would allow the government to push on to raqqa which it says it's the capitol fled the city. security council meant to discuss what it calls a growing kurdish threat on the border with syria and promised to take quote all necessary measures to ensure security and turkey is concerned after continued gains by gains in syria against i.s.i.l. the kurdish ypg force a terrorist organization and we have more now from the syrian/turkish border. >> reporter: turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighbor and made territorial gains in northeast syria controlling 400 kilometers from iraq to the town of kobani to the west and help the only partner in syria capture territory from islamic state of iraq and the levante and believe the ypg which it considers a terrorist organization with the workers party or pkk has another agenda. >> translator: the u.s. led coalition is doing the ypg little help and 80% of the coalition bombings help the kurds and ypg is a thought to all people and the kurds are trying to create a state and ethnically cleansing areas. >> repo

just 50 miles from the isis stronghold of raqqa, the loss of the border town is a strategic blow to thests. isis used this stretch of syria's border with turkey to spirit foreign fighters into the war zone and to smuggle the oil it uses to fund its operations. now tal abyad is controlled by kurdish fighters. in contrast to isis, many of their front line soldiers are women. but any suggestion of an isis collapse is premature. for syrians who have lived through four years of civil war, peace is a very distant hope. only a few hundred people crossed back to tal abyad today, but, scott, after suffering under the syrian regime and then isis, many residents told us they'll wait to see if the town's new rulers can be trusted before they return home. >> pelley: holly williams on the turkish border with syria. holly, thanks. well, today, we learned that rotten wood is likely the cause likely the cause of that tragic balcony collapse in berkeley california. six college students were killed. seven others were seriously hurt. today, one of the apartment building's other balconies was torn down and

it's 80 miles from isil's self declared capital of raqqa. lose the town they will lose their only direct route for bring in surprise and fighters. a very fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, he says the battle is proving to be controversial. >> the kurdish fighters are leading the way. and it's a bit of a controversy the y.p.g. and the p.y.g. the local variance of the p.k.k. are supporting the operationses there, but they are being supported also by the free syrian army and lots of other arab elements as well. it's a collective effort by the kurds are leading the way and this is a bit controversial because turkey doesn't really want the p.y.b. to be dominant in that area, if they do become dominant in that area it really i think cuts off isis' ability to easily reach turkish territory. it would be a major loss for isis. their ability to sale elicit oil or smuggle in and out of their territory it. goes down significantly and also the p.y.d. is closer to the eye rare vinnies as well. and, of course, isis' main enemy are the

and it's strategically important to isil as the nearest border town to its de facto capital of al raqqa city. there has been an an influx of syrian and 13,000 people have already crossed over. well the islamic state in iraq and the levant has killed 11 iraqi troops and their shia militia allyies in attacks in the north of the country. the attacks happened over 50-minute window. 24 people were also wounded. >>> well the u.s. has sent military advisers to iraq, but so far it has ruled out deploying combat forces. there are offer, a few u.s. veterans who have volunteered to take on isil. we caught up with some of them in kirkuk. >> they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. but this time they're here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. they came to the north of the country as volunteers to help iraq's kurds fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. and they brought their experience with them. >> you can guarantee that this field is laden with ieds. they utilize ghosts a lot what we call ghosts. hidden snipers. they could be out here. they could be in th

kurdish fighters have made gains further east near raqqa and hasaka. government is fighting in aleppo too. they have troops on the ground but have an advantage with their air force. activists say this is the aftermath much a of a military attack. opposition groups are having to focus on the front line with i.s.i.l. or daesh rather than pushing for new ground with bashar al-assad's new government. raising questions of help from the international community. >> the international commission is supposed to be meeting again tomorrow, the question is where are the jets of the international commission? this won't even wait until tomorrow to be frank. otherwise syrians will feel as if they are really in this alone. >> reporter: for now opposition groups are having to focus on defending themselves from i.s.i.l, rather than colt theconsolidate the gains they have made against assad. kaycaroline malone, al jazeera. >> translator: we make an urgent call to the neighboring countries to coordinate amongst themselves after the international communities fail to support

fighters are left inside and the ypg controls the only road to raqqa about 80 kilometers away. this is the fourth time, most of these people have been waiting at least 24 hours to get through. they're carrying everything they can manage. for the most part they look relieved to have played it through. they will now be processed by the turkish authorities and allowed into turkey. this woman with hut her self hurt herself be on razor wire as she scrambled over a checkpoint. bernard smith on the turkey, syria border. >>> most refugees, even when they do reach safety, face a struggle to survival. kim vanel reports. >> the main street is lined with life. young gamers play inside next door older ones do the same. several barber shops means there's competition for closest shave. all sure signs of a with developing microeconomy. but not all who call this camp home are convinced things are looking up. heaven is 30 years old and has four children. her tent is a playground, her designing room and a family meeting plawrs. most people share one toilet. things are changing. these tents have b

this brings them closer to the raqqa province, which is an isis strong hold. >>> in the united states, following that shootout in front of the dallas police headquarters, we now know that the armored van used in that attack was bought on an online auction side called ebay. it was sold in the state of georgia, here, just last week. >> [ bleep ] cop car. >> oh, my god. [ begun -- >> you see that van ramming the police car and gunshots and it was used by the suspect to open fire on police headquarters. the suspect was shot and killed by a police sniper while inside the van. cnn nick valenca has the very latest. >> we try to figure out exactly how this all played out. we were given a tour of the crime scene and we were told by investigators they believe the first shots by the suspect were fired from the street. he later entered the arm ordered vehicle and continued on with his brazen attack against police. we don't know exactly what type of weapon was used, but police say it was an automatic weapon. the caliber or type that's going to be given in details in a press conference on sunday bu

ypg has had talabyaz in its sights as a strategically important connection between tushed border and raqqa 80 kilometers away. i.s.i.l. have now lost control to the only route to their city. this is the fourth time that turkey has opened this border, most people have waited at least 24 hours to get through they are carrying everything they can manage. for the most part they are looking releafd to relieved to have mate id played ithave made itthrough. >> more than two years ago. and for the kurds it means for first time, control of an increasingly large area of syria territory along the border with turkey. bernard smith, al jazeera turkey. >> most refugees even when they reach turkey, have a struggle to survive. kim vanel reports. >> the main street of the refugee scamp lined with life. young gamers play inside. next door, older ones do the same. several beachseveral barber shops peens means there's be competition for a close shave. not all are convinced things are looking up. heaven is four years old has siblings, her playground is a tent. >> when i took her to the hospital they just gave

in the east near rah raqqa and hasaka. troops on the ground have an advantage with their air force. activists say this is the aftermath of a syrian military attack in the town of maria. occupation groups are having to fight on the ground against daesh, raising questions about help from the are international community. >> the international coalition is supposed to be meeting tomorrow again. the big question is, where are the jets of the international coalition? i think this won't even wait until tomorrow to be frank. those air strikes really have to start today. otherwise syrians will really feel that they are really in this alone. >> reporter: for now syrians rather than consolidating their gains in the last years. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> saudi foreign minister says there will be meeting in geneva but no dates yet. talks taking place oman. night yemen no signs of fighting easing at all. osama ben javid recording. >> be yemenis running out of safe places, forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh, targeted several neighborhoods with rockets and tank fire. some belie