. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.lso coming up on the show, more fighting between houthis, government troops and the military. >>> and fighting rages on in benghazi. >>> an al-qaeda linked group in the philippines frees two german hostages after holding them for almost six months. ♪ >>> we begin with a developing story out of nigeria now where the government has reached a ceasefire deal with boko haram. that's the armed group that has kidnapped dozens of high school girls earlier this year. we'll be hearing more later from our correspondent from west africa. >>> let's shift gears to another hot spot. in yemen houthi rebels are fighting al-qaeda-linked gunmen. houthi leaders have sent more fighters to an al-qaeda strong hold. but the shia minority are facing a backlash. >> reporter: soon after the friday prayers were over in sana'a, there was a clear message to the houthi fighters. houthis are not welcome here. and a pledge to protect their country. they have 2.5 million people here, most sunni. and if fighting with ho

. ♪ >>> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour, i'm sami zeidan.oming up in this the next 60 minutes: >> we need more, we need much more. >> the u.n. is warning the ebola outbreak won't be controlled without a massive international response. >>> the battle for kobani, al jazeera america fighters trying to capture the syrian town are pounded from above. >>> thousands of people back on the

. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.lso coming up on the show, more fighting between houthis, government troops and the military. >>> and

. >> earlier my colleague, sami zeidan spoke with al jazeera's director general, and he began by askingut the significance of interpol's decision. >> yes, i believe it means that since he is found to have been sentenced on political reasons, not for any crime he committed, it also means the kind of accusation that journalists are having all over egypt are baseless. they are politically motivated. therefore, it makes the whole world understand that the egyptian authorities are looking for ways imprison journalists in order to opresz the media. it means that the accusations of these three also are the same thing. they are politically motivated. we always felt, and we -- we are convinced that these accusations are false. our journalists have been doing their job, only their job, not more, and none of them has committed any crime. we hope the egyptian authorities realize that the rest of the world is understanding what is going on, and reacting positively towards al jazeera, and certainly, the egyptian authorities have to rethink what they are doing in order to keep the -- their -- their le

. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.lso coming up in the show, more casualties in yemen where there's more fighting between houthis, government troops, and al-qaeda. >>> scores of families trapped in libya's second largest city is fighting rages on, the red crescent wants a ceasefire. >>> an al-qaeda linked group in the philippines frees two german hostages after holding them for almost six months. ♪ >>> well we begin with a developing story out of nigeria where the go says it's reached an agreement for a ceasefire with boko haram. that's the armed group which kidnapped dozens of high school girls earlier this year. our west africa correspondent has been following the events. >> reporter: this is what we know. the defense force has just ordered all soldiers not to attack boko haram strong holds, and boko haram has promised or said it will not attack civilians or soldiers. in terms of the more than 200 girls abducted six months ago, we're told that substantial progress has been made, but there are still talks going on. th

i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.oming up in the next 60 minutes, they say it's a deal. nigeria's government and the armed group holding over a hundred schoolgirls agree to a truce. >>> dozens of families are trapped in libya's second-largest city as fighting rages on. >>> more casualties in yemen as houthi rebels, government troops and al-qa

i'm sami zeidan in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes.urdish fighters in iraq prepare to travel to syria to help fight against isil. aid agencies describe syria's refugee crisis as the worst humanitarian disaster of modern times. >>> and african president visits china to try to forge closer ties between these two countries. >>> and we look at why the u.s. media is being accused of whipping up his tieria over the ebola outbreak. >>> we begin with develop in iraq where kurdish peshmerga fighters say they will soon deploy to help syrian kurds in the town of kobani. iraq's kurdish capitol, erbil is only 600 kilometers away from kobani. that's about 8 hour's drive by road. but isil controls much of northwest and central iraq, along with territory stretching well into syria. that's where forces will be air lifted through turkey air space to enter on the syrian side of the border. >> reporter: we have spoken to peshmerga spokes people here today, and they have indeed confirmed that there will be a continent of peshmerga and weapons being sent to

i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.oming up in the next 60 minutes, they say it's a deal. nigeria's government and the armed group holding over a hundred schoolgirls agree to a truce. >>> dozens of families are trapped in libya's second-largest city as fighting rages on. >>> more casualties in yemen as houthi rebels, government troops and al-qaeda fighters battle on the streets. >>> rebels in the philippines free two german hostages after holding them for almost six months. ♪ >>> we'll begin with the developing story out of nigeria. the government says it has agreed to a ceasefire with boko haram, the armed group that kidnapped dozens of high school girls earlier this year. let's go straight to our west africa correspondent. any indication of the fate of those girls now? >> reporter: that's what people are waiting to find out, waiting to see. people are happy about the news, but many are still quite skeptical. they want to know about the terms and the thousands of people still being held by boko haram, and they want to

. ♪ >>> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour, i'm sami zeidan.oming up in this the next 60 minutes: >> we need more, we need much more. >> the u.n. is warning the ebola outbreak won't be controlled without a massive international response. >>> the battle for kobani, al jazeera america fighters trying to capture the syrian town are pounded from above. >>> thousands of people back on the streets of hong kong has planned talks fall through. >>> and malala yousafzai says she is happy and honored to become the youngest-ever recipient of the nobel peace prize. [ applause ] ♪ >>> the u.n. general assembly is being told the ebola outbreak cannot be controlled without massive international response. the virus has killed more than 4,000 people mainly in west africa. it says if the virus is not brought under control, the world may have to live with it forever. quite a stern warning from u.n. officials that the clock is ticking. >> reporter: a truly scary thought. think about this, the leader of the u.n. mission on this saying if you don't contain it now, th

i'm sami zeidan in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes.ighters in iraq prepare to travel to syria to help fight against isil. aid agencies describe syria's refugee crisis as the worst humanitarian disaster of modern times. >>> and african president visits china to try to forge closer ties between these two

. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha.o coming up in the show, more casualties in yemen where there's more fighting between houthis, government troops, and al-qaeda. >>> scores of families trapped in libya's second largest city is fighting rages on, the red crescent wants a ce