also from especially in sinjar, because sinjar is a big area for the yazidi. they do different kind of dealing with the other minority in mosul. they kidnap a woman, and also as a gift, but with the other they don't do that. they kill more than 3,000 people from thpeople, and sinjar especially south of sinjar. one of the massacres to happen, until yesterday and this morning, the yazidis fight, and peshmerga liberate north of sinjar, they find more mass grave of civilian people who have been killed by isis. if you see isis, they have a plan to just finish or clean the area from yazidis. so it's a really big genocide and tragic area that still continues. even the peshmerga, they control the north of sinjar. but it is the north of the area and south that is surrounded by isis. >> are there places in iraq that have been home to yazidis for a long time that now it's hard to see them from ever going home. they have yazidis have been wiped out, and it's unlikely they'll ever go home again? >> you know, the home of the yazidis in the south of kurdistan, especially in

they insist that they're still in sinjar. kurdish forces also claim nearly 700 square kilometers as isil-held territory along the route to sinjar mountains. >> to move all the way to sinjar, to liberate and to rescue those yazidi people who are trapped on mount sinjar. >> kurdish forces say they've gained nearly 700 square kilometers of what was isil-held territory along the route to mount sinjar. this offer as way for stranded families to leave, but they have to navigate through landmines planted by isil fighters. this is a village about 50 kilometers from sinjar. burned out houses and bullet-riddled walls are everywhere. evidence of fierce fighting that took place peer. but they say that there is a limit to what they can achieve on their own. >> we do not want peshmerga to be the only ones going in to the areas to have some political ramifications. liberation require participation of our forces, especially the iraqi government and military. >> forces here in erbil say that more than 8,000 peshmerga fighters were involved in

-led air strikes have broken the siege of mount sinjar.rapped with next to no food or water. if you go back to august, many who had taken refuge there were eventually air lifted to safety. but thousands more came on afterwards, and they were trapped there. >> our hope is that all those people will eventually be able to go back to their own homes and villages and towns, but those that are in need of evacuation, now a corridor has been open to evacuate those people. >> the town of sinjar is still under i.s. control. it's much the same in nearby mosul as well, one of the country's biggest cities. we can just give you a map showing you where they are, sinjar here, and a little bit further over to the east, mosul. nonetheless, this operation has been deemed a success by the pentagon. >> 53 precision strikes that have resulted in allowing those forces to maneuver and regain approximately 100 square kilometers of ground. combined efforts like these are having a significant effect on the ability to command and control, to resupply, and to conduct

sinjar. in turkey, a minardi that makes up 50% of the population. it's place of worship is not recognized by the state. in bethlehem nuns at one orphanage are doing all they can . hoping they might find a family for the infants. kurdish fighters in iraq claimed a victory against islamic state. taking back control of mount sinjar where thousands of yazidis have been trapped since last august. airlifted to safety by peshmerga forces, yazidis are not relatively safe. fighting continues in the region. taking us through how the peshmerga went about breaking the siege on the mountain. >> the leader of iraq's kurds relishes the moment. he's reached the top of mt. sinjar. the site had been under siege for months. >> what the peshmerga have achieved this historic. never expected to win all these battles. >> the sinjar offensive was launched last wednesday, coalition forces carried out assault on targets to allow fighters of kurdistan to move in. on the ground, the battle was fierce. as shown on footag

in sinjar town which is at the foot of mt.whereas you say that thousands of yazidi, ethnic yazidi people are stranded and there has been a siege on them by isil fighters. contemporary to reports that we have been getting late yesterday and overnight that the town of sinjar had been taken over by kurdish peshmerga fighters, we are now hearing with confirmations from peshmerga commanders that there is heavy fighting and isil is putting up a very stiff resistence, the commanders say that the coalition aircraft strikes on the towns where positions with e the ice it's fighters are has not softened the resistence, and they are saying the fight is going on for this town. the fighters are keen to take this town because it's where a big. [ inaudible ] happened more than 2,000 ethnic yazidi women were taken away by isil for enslavement as sources say. and it's also very important because this is where most of the people who are stranded up on the mountain have fled. and people really want to come back because the weather is getting real

kurdish forces battle to capture the tof sinjar from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. ♪ ♪ >>llo you are watching al jazerra i am jane dutton in dough happen. also in the program. the polls are open tunisians vote for their first freely-elected president in an historic run off. >>> the ref lines will go on, cuba's president says a better relationship with the u.s. won't change the island's communist system. >> when the kids smile and say thank you very much. with a full tummy that's enough for us. >>> tough love we neat the new zealand gang helping hungry kids. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in northern iraq where kurdish tosses are batting to capture the town of sinjar from the islamic state of iraq and the have land. early he had in the week the kurds known as peshmerga managed to improve the situation for people trap odd sinjar mountain. thousands of ethnic yazidis have been stuck there for months surrounded by ice it's fighters. we can cross there now to mohamed, what's the latest now as far as the fighting is concerned? >> reporter: well, jane, reports coming to us from sinjar say that

. >> sinjar -- >> while winning back sinjar town would be a major accomplishment. >> two different kurdish melissa's have come together -- militias have come together. inside's and john -- inside sinjar it is believed that they are burning tires to create a smokescreen against u.s. airstrikes. this kurdish fighter tells the camera his name is my one. over heavy gunfire, he says he and his comments are ready to sacrifice the bodies and their souls to stand and the kurdish people. -- to protect the cruise people. -- the kurdish people. they are on their way to build a barricade on the front line >> islamist state was using snipers. the peshmerga responded with machine guns and missiles and antiaircraft fire. the fighting in sinjar is very heavy. >> the kurds say they are fighting only to liberate kurdish territory, but if they do succeed in retaking sinjar town, it would also deliver a huge strategic victory to iraq's central government. control over sinjar would allow the kurds to brock -- block the highway, cutting off and it -- cutting off a major islamic state supply line. >> part of the

kurdish forces fight to hold their ground in the town of sinjar. two new york city police officers are shot dead by a man accused of threatening revenge on social media. >>> and volatile oil markets with prices sinking. how will it affect the global economy? >> we begin in to you knee, the home of the arab spring, where people are casting their ballots in an historic presidential vote. it is the final step in tunisia's transition in to a full democracy. they're choosing between two candidates. the first is an 88-year-old seen as an established figure from the former regime. his critics say that he is too old for the job, and opponents point to his experience an. the other a well-known human rights activist. he served tunisia in an interim role for four years. we go to jamal for all the latest. how close of a race is this? >> reporter: it is a very close race. there were over 20 candidates in the first round, and now it has come down to only two. it's representative of how polarized the society here is here, divided in many aspects. you have on one

but isil fighters insist they're still in sinjar. peshmerga claim to have taken areas held by the isil. >> to move all the way to mount sinjar, to liberate and rescue those yazidi. people trapped on mount sinjar. >> they claim they have taken what was once isil-held territory. this offensive force families to leave but they have to navigate landmines planted by isil fighters. houses and bullet-riddled walls are everywhere, evidence of fierce fighting that took place here. kurdish forces say they're marching towards isil's main military base, but they say there is a limit to what they can achieve on their own. >> we do not want peshmergas to be the only ones going into the areas to have political ramifications. liberation o require participation of iraqi government and military. >> more than 8,000 peshmerga fighters were involved in the oppression--operation to break the siege at sinjar mountains. but knowing how fast isil can change its practic tactics in the battlefield, their fight could be far from over. on the front line of ramad

sinjar, but nowhere near taking isil's main navel i base in that area. was there during some of the battle and joins us live now from erbil and how difficult is it going to be for the kurdish force to his maintain these gains? >> reporter: i think it is probably worth describing what sort of terrain we are talking about. the area from zuma, just south of the mosul damn across sinjar mountain on his the iraq-sear request border is made up of lots of pockets of villages and towns the majority of whom are sunni. and we are now seeing that everybody though the peshmerga forces have managed to move a line all the way along that stretch of northern iraq, north of the main isil military base that they hold just to the west of mosul, they have managed to push quite a lot of what i am told is military hardware, tanks, hu humvees and a number f many thousands of peshmerga fighters but these pockets of towns in these areas are very clear places where the isil fighters can just disappear in to. and indeed, to the south of there, in to toe suggest city, even though t

that's our correspondent sue joining us from the sinjar mountain.sue. >>> now, al jazerra continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been impresseimpress prison today 35. they were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brother hood, they are appealing against their convictions. >>> beijing says 300,000 people were killed by occupying japanese forces over six years in 1937. at noon on december 9th japanese dropped leaflets giving people two option to his vendor or day of a day later china hadn't responded the japanese attacked from several directions, forcing chinese soldier to his retreat. eyewitness accounts saw that for the next six weeks japanese soldiers carried out rapes, murders, thefts and arson on a massive scale. some japanese have cast doubt on the scale of the attack. while others say the massacre never happened. adrian brown reports. [ sirens >> reporter: nine deeply symbolic moment for an anniversary that still resonates here almost 80 years on. the decision to upgrade the ceremony was made ea

kurdish forces set their sites on the town of sinjar. health checks overshadow elections in liberia, plus... >> i'm phil lavelle back in the 1950s. that's how it feels with all of this old equipment. find out how these machines are helping to set new record for vinyl records. >>> we begin in tunisia, the home of arab spring, where people are casting their ballots in historic presidential votes. sunday's run-off is the final step in the transition to democracy. peep are choosing between two capped date, beji caid essebsi, is the candidate for the secular party. he's 88 and seen as an establishment figure from the former regime. critics say he was too old for the job. supporters point to his experience, and a broad coalition behind him. beji caid essebsi won 40% of votes in the first round. his opponent. interim president andrei markov is the candidate of the revolution, overthrowing the dictators and ben army. markz moncef marzouki is a human rights activist. jamal is in tunis, and has this update. >> another historic day in tunisia as th

. >> this was isil-held territory along the route of zumar and mount sinjar. this opens a way for stranded families to leave, but they have to navigate through land mines planted by isil fighters. this is the village of kobane. evidence of the fierce fighting that took place here, kurdish forces say they're now marching to isil's main military base, but they say there is a limit of what they can achieve on their own. >> we do not want peshmergas to be the only one going in to the areas to have some political ramifications. liberation of mosul require participation, especially the iraqi government, military. >> many say that more than 8,000 peshmerga fighters were involved to break the siege of the sinjar mountains, but knowing how fast isil can change its tactic notice battlefield, it could be far from over. on the other front line of ramadi, the city is getting more intense. part of the city lie in ruins. the result of frequent shelling for most of the last year. airstrikes by coalition forces cause damage here. like the rest of anbar province there are peopl

coming up on the program, kurdish forces report more gains against isil after breaking a siege at sinjarountain. >>> fifa agrees to release the whole corruption report. >>> and we'll meet the woman who has three husbands in nepal. >>> as we start, the fbi has -- says it has conclusively linked the north korean government to a devastating h&king attack against sony pictures. this is the first official statement blaming the country for the attack. officials say they found similarities between the tools used in the sony attack and previous hacks linked to north korea. it forced sony to cancel the movie called "the interview" before it's planned release. we are joined now live from washington, d.c., and just what is the fbi saying? it is saying there is no doubt that north korea are behind this? >> reporter: yeah, i have that statement in my hands now. for some reason printed in very small type to bear with me. but it says as a result of our investigation, the fbi now has enough information to conclude that the north korean government is responsible for these actions. while the need to prote

there is an ongoing battle for sinjar in northern iraq. >> the fight has been intense. for almost a week, kurdish peshmerga fighters have faced steep resistance from isil fighters who are still in control of sinjar town at the foot of the mountains. sinjar has been where ice ill has committed some of the worst atrocities against ethnic yazzis. the president vested troops on the front line. he also addressed the displaced families. >> i learn. >> thanks to god, we have opened and controlled all of the roads and broken the siege imposed on sinjar mountain. today, we have liberated the whole area. libration of the sinjar town was not part of our plans, but we have managed to take control of a large area of it. kel not leave any members of the terrorists on any area which we can reach and our brave peshmerga are ready to teach a lesson to anyone who dares to attack our people. >> pesh punish fighters are supported in their effort to take sinjar by ethnic fighters. jets belonging to the u.s.-led coalition are also carrying out airstrikes against isil positions in and around

a significant setback for islamic state, as kurdish fighters break the militant siege of mount sinjar. peshmerga fighters open up a humanitarian corridor to thousands of yazidi citizens trapped on the mountain and claim a significant strategic victory. >>> australia reacts with shock to the discovery of eight dead children and a woman with stab wounds in a family home in the northern city of cairns. >>> and the murky world of online sex and blackmail. we have a special report from the philippines on a digital brand of organized crime. >>> jamie's here with all the business, including a look at the fallout from the falling oil price for the wider industry. >> exactly, stephen. as oil prices fall, so investment falls. workers are being laid off. first in the oil industry, and then in connected industries. and oil revenues fall for governments as well. they rein in spending and the fragile politics of many oil producing nations will start to fracture. we'll be looking at the countries already in danger. >>> a very warm welcome to "gmt." it is 7:00 a.m. in washington. noon here in london.

we have more now on the battle for sinjar. >> reporter: the fight has been intense. sinjar has been where isil halls committed some of the worst atrocities against ethnic yazi yazidis. >> thanks to god we've opened and control all the roads and broken the siege on sinjar mountain. today we've liberated the whole area. the liberation was not part of our plans, but we've been able to take control of a large portion of it. our brave peshmerga are ready to teach a listen to anyone who dare attack our people. >> reporter: jets belonging to the u.s.-led coalition are cutting out airstrikes against isil positions in and around the town isil fighters took the town of sin air in august. forcing many to escape to the mountain. they've been trapped there ever since. they began fighting early this week but they sustained heavy casualties. peshmerga troops and allies travel in vehicles with bright colors to avoid being bombed by coalition aircraft. >> it means that now more aid can preach the yazidi in the mountain. al jazeera al jazeera, erbil. >> at least 11 people were killed

our diplomatic correspondent has more. >> the battle for sinjar mountain was fierce.hese kurdish forces call it their biggest victory so far against islamic state. in the path of the advancing kurdish soldiers, there's plenty of evidence of u.s.-led airstrikes in support. all this is significant because it reverses some of the shockingly quick successes for the islamic extremists back in august when they forced the people to flee for their lives. their desperate plight in the summer triggered local rescue missions and an american-led action at the start of a long fight back. what was this big push by kurdish forces combined with u.s.-led strikes against the extremists? what has it achieved? the aim in this port of northern iraq was to be as much as possible of mount sinjar, opening a corridor. kurdish forces relied heavily on massive u.s. air power with around 45 different strikes by coalition aircraft reported. all that as around 8000 kurdish troops pushed in from two towns. they have control of a substantial area, but not of the main road to north and south as well

homes in sinjar, and also thousands of others who are stranded on top of the sinjar mountains. >> two neighboring towns in nigeri nigeria has been the target of deadly attacks. at least 20 people were killed in a bomb attack at a bus station. and on sunday government buildings and police stations were also hit. several buildings were set on fire, forcing residents to flee. >>> the united nations has released new figures on the number of people killed by the ebola virus. the world health organization now says that more than 7,000 people have died since the outbreak in march. the total number of people infected has reached over 19,000. the vast majority of infections and deaths have occurred in three west african countries, liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. well, senegal has previously closed it's boards with guinea, but now it's using an airport to provide supplies and relief. >> reporter: doctors and nurses are getting ready to board a special u.n. flight. it will take them to where the virus kills the most. this man will spend the next six months without physical contact, constantly

sinjar mountain, where i.s.i.s. has created its worst atrocities. >> north korean response for sony pictures hacking. and political crisis around the world. there's a growing memorial for two new york city police officers killed in the line of duty, candles and flowers line the sidewalk where the officers lives were taken. officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were killed as they sat in their car. families of michael brown and erik garner have roundly condemned the process. all this brings little comfort to police officers who have withstood criticism. >> we're used to flowers and crowds. >> they have families and children. it's wrong all around and this has got to stop. >> cell phone video shows the chaos in a brooklyn strain station 24 hours earlier as ismaaiyl brinsley killed himself. >> they were quite frankly assassinated. >> baltimore, maryland, a five hour drive to the south, shot a former girlfriend and used social media. link his actions to michael brown and erik garner. new york city's staten island in con

this is the village about 50-kilometers from sinjar.ned outhouses and bullet-riddled walls are everywhere. evidence of the fierce fighting that took place here. during dish forces say they are now marching towards isil's main military base in the city there. but they say there is a limb toyota what they can achieve on their own. >> we do not want peshmerges to be the only one goes in to the areas to have some political ramifications. liberation of mosul will require our forces the iraqi government military. >> reporter: forces here in erbil say more than 8,000 peshmerga forces were involved in the operation to break the siege of the sinjar mountains. but knowing how fast isil could change its tactics in the battlefield their commanders say that the fight for sinjar could still be far from over. on the other frontline of romadi, the battle for the strategic city is getting more intense. parts of the city lie in ruins. the result of frequent shelling for most of the last year. air strikes by coalition forces have also caused damage here.

they insist they're still in sinjar. kurdish forces also claim they have gained 700 square kilometers of what was once isil-held territory. >> this is an operation that happened on the auspices of the president himself to move all the way to mount sinjar to liberate the vast area of kurdistan, and also to be able to rescue those yazidi people that are trapped on amount sinjar. >> kurdish forces say they have gained 700 square kilometers of what was isil-held territory along the route to mount sinjar. this opens the way for families to leave, but they have to navigate through landmines planted by isil fighters. this is the village of koban. houses and bullet-riddled walls are everywhere, evidence of the fierce fighting that took place here. kurdish forces say they're now marching to isil's main military base. but they say there is a limit to what they can achieve on their own. >> liberation require participation of armed forces, especially the iraqi government military. >> they say that more than 8,000 peshmerga fighters

in the sinjar mountains. it's where at least 1,000 families from the yazidi communities have taken refuge. the kurdish forces victory allowed a corridor to be open through which the yazidi can escape. this is an operation that happened under the auspices of the president himself, to move all the way to mt sinjar, to liberate a vast area, and to be able to rescue those yazidi people that are trapped on mt sinjar. >> reporter: kurdish forces gained nearly 700 square kilometres of i.s.i.l.-held territory along the route. it opened the way for stranded families to leave, but they have to navigate through landmines planted by fighters. 50km from sinjar is the village of coban. burnt-out houses and bullet ridden walls are evidence of the fighting. >> kurdish forces are marching to the i.s.i.l. area. they have retaken ground from i.s.i.l. near the west of mosul. they can only do so much alone. >> we do not want the peshawar to be the only ones going into the areas to have political ramifications. elimination of mosu

the president of the kurdistan region of government visited troops on the sinjar frontline. he addressed the displaced families. >> translation: thanks to god we have opened and controlled all the road and broken the siege imposed on sinjar mountain. we have liberated the whole area. liberation on the center of town was not part of the plans. we have managed to take control of a large area of it. we'll not need any member of the terrorists in any area. we are ready to teach a lesson to anyone who dare to attack our people. >> peshmerga fighters are supported in the effort to take sinjar. jets belonging to the u.s.-led coalition are carrying out air strikes against i.s.i.l. positions in and around the town. i.s.i.l. fighters captured the towns of sinjar in early august, prompting tens of thousands from the yazidi minority to escape to the mountains. fighters managed to open a corridor for the mountain, but they sustained cas uties. they are treating the wounded at a base on top of the mountain. the troops and allies are travelling in a convoy with bright colours, to avoid bei

fighters breaking the siege of the sinjar mountains.hree days after this massacre to pakistani school they say ground forces have killed dozens of fighters. political turmoil in haiti as protesters take demands back to the streets. and south africa has the highest rate of hiv aids in the world, we will have the latest on efforts to stop the spread of the virus. ♪ in northern iraq kurdish fighters are in the sinjar mountains and it's important because people are taking refuge in those mountains and have been under siege for months and we have been in the sinjar mountains in some of this and is in irbill and has more on the peshmerga offensive. >> reporter: the head of the national security forces in northern iraq says peshmerga and kurdish fighters want to take 700 square meters of land that was originally i.s.i.l. controlled. this land stretches from zuma south of the mosul dam to the sinjar mountains and the syria border and is made up of pockets of villages and towns i.s.i.l. has been holding and the question is where the i.s.i.l. fig

fighters stealing control of sinjar town, at the foot of the mountains. it's where they have been committing atrocities. the president of the kurdistan region of government visited troops on the sinjar front line and addressed the displaced families. >> translation: thanks to god we have opened and controlled all the roads and broken the siege imposed on sinjar mountain. we have liberated the whole area. liberation of sinjar town was not part of our perhaps, but we have managed to take control of a large area of it. we will not leave any member of the terrorist on any area where we can reach. brave peshmerga are ready to teach a lesson to anyone. >> reporter: peshmerga fighters are supported in their efforts to take sinjar. jets belonging to the u.s.-led coalition are carrying out air strikes against i.s.i.l. positions in and around the town. i.s.i.l. fighters captured the town of sinjar in early august, forcing thousands from the minority to escape to the mountains, they've been scrapped there since. they opened a corridor to the mountain, but sustained

kurdish troops are pushing towards the center of sinjar. there are reports that i.s.i.l. controls neighbourhoods. >> peshmerga forces in erbil, the capital of iraq's kurdish region say they need more heavy weapons to continue the fight. we report from the kurdish front line in northern iraq. >> reporter: as night falls on the kurdish country side, kurdish fighters take up their position. i.s.i.l. attacks under darkness. they can't afford to lower their guard. this is the most important front line in the flight against i.s.i.l. erbil, the capital of the autonomous region is 30 miles away. >> we love the defending. it's our, you know, big city. we must lead the fight to be safe. >> reporter: protecting erbil is a dangerous task. two days ago they wanted them to carry out a daring attack. using a combination of suicide bombers and vehicles laden with explosives, they took over before the kurdish forces recaptured it. as the fighting is more intense, tactics are more desperate. it's the first time fighters used a tank for suicide bombing. it's the ability of i.s.i.l. to strik

the battle continues for the strategic northern iraqi town of sinjar.urrently being held by the islamic state group. courage and -- kurdish and yazidi fighters trying to retake the town. hoping to break the line between mosul and syria. let's bring in a journalist in baghdad. the iraqi prime minister has said this victory for the peshmerga, the kurdish fighters, is a victory for all of iraq. that is a different take than deprive mr.'s predecessor. tell us about that. >> the incoming of prime minister abadi changed the battlefield with is. also the current situation on both front lines, mount sinjar and the town of tel afaar the data fields are close to each other. there will be cooperation on the political and military level. you mentioned cooperation on the military level, could there be cooperation from the iraqi army and peshmerga to take mosul? >> definitely cooperation will increase. especially the close distance between both battlefields, mount sinjar is controlled and operated by kurdish peshmerga and the yazidi, tal afar is controlled by iraqi f

the main fighting is north of the sinjar mountains.own we passed just a week ago, which was very much held by the isil fighters, and that is really turning into what i'm told a very big fight. the lieutenant we have spoken to on the top of the mown says even though they have managed to push through, they are not yet in a position to be able to hold it and to let the 10,000 yazidis leave if they want to. but the battle is ongoing. >>> syrian opposition fighters say they have discovered bodies in a village in the northwestern countryside. the area had recently been captured by rebels, but government forces are fighting hard to prevent them from advancing towards damascus. the state has lost control of large areas of the country, and doesn't have the soldiers to win it back. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: more often than not this is how the government fights back. it attacks rebel-held areas from the skies. it hasn't been able to win back all of the territory it lost to the opposition. it doesn't have enough soldiers for every front line

peshmerga fighters say they're pushing to reach sinjar center. peshmerga fighters opened a corridor to help thousands of the yazidi minority community to escape. but for some yazidi families the help came too late. they say isil fighters kidnapped three and a half thousand women and girls earlier this year, and they fever their loved one have been sold as sex layoffs. >> whenever this family comes together their discussion is dominated by their missing daughter. the seven-year-old was kidnapped by isil fighters four months ago. the pain of losing sarah is i am bearable for her family. >> our village was the first to be attacked by isil. we defended ourselves until we ran out of ammunition. they entered the village and starting killing people. we fled. my daughter was one of those taken. >> he fierce that his young daughter has been sexually abused by isil fighters. in another tent we met another family. his 30-year-old daughter was abducted by isil together with her four children. in all, in their extended family they've had nine members kidnappe

. >> and there are thousands more yazidi still stuck on mt sinjar. >> yes. near - 1,200 families, about 6,000 or 7,000 people. >> how are they living there in the winter time? i don't know because it's the winter time, cold weather without food without tents, blankets. only 20 person of that. eight are received until now. it's not just the ones on mt sinjar, we have half a million yazidi living as refugees mostly in kurdistan, how are they doing? >> when we spoke about the situation of the refugee. the yazidi re refugee in the kurdistan region, is bad situation, we have the camps. but it's very bad camps, very bad camps. not waterproof, fireproof. it's - the tents - it's on the mud. and maybe can i show you some pictures today or tonight the situation of those refugee in the camp, in the sharia camp, it is very, very bad. this is one thing. another thing - the foods and waters and and other its - it is very little. and it's not enough for the people. another thing, it's very, very important thing, the health care. they don't know anything about health care f

it's not even just the ones on mount sinjar. we have half million yazidis living as refugees mostly in kurdistan, how are they doing? >> when we spoke about the situation of the refugee , we have a camp, but it's a very bad camp. very bad tents. not waterproof, not fireproof. the tents, it's on mud. maybe i can show you some pictures today or tonight of the situation of those refugees in the camp, in the different camps, it is very, very bad. it is very little, and it's not enough. another thing that is very, very important thing, the healthcare for children, for women. >> terrible conditions. do you feel after the rescue on mount sinjar, that the world has forgotten the yazidis? >> i think that it may be before the yazidis. i think after this isis attack, i think most of the people , i think when i go back home that it's a very complex issue because it's not a problem only with isis. those who grew up with isis are coming from outside. it is a small group. maybe two or three hundred. but the big problem, the big issue is that o

fighters from the town of sinjar need the syrian border. the town, and other parts of northern iraq are affected. thousands from the yazidi kurd community fled no the mountains, where they were besieged for months. peshmerga forces opened a corridor for them to flee to safety, but only last week. members of the ethnic minorities say 35-00 women and girls were kidnapped. many families fear the girls shn sold as sex slaves. >> reporter: whenever the family comes together, it will be dominated by their missing daughters. the 7-year-old was kidnapped by i.s.i.l. fighters when they attacked the village, four months ago. the pain of losing a child is unbearable for the family. >> translation: our village was the first to be attacked. we defended ourselves. they entered the village and started killing people. we fled. my daughter was one of those taken. >> reporter: in another tent we met another man and his family. they were abducted by i.s.i.l., together with four children. in all, the extended family had 39 members kidnapped by i.s.i.l. we don'

they have an attempt to have an advance at the top of the sinjar mountains. the fighters are in position to fight back, and it's really helped to hold back isil put they've managed to surround two more of the isil vehicles, it seems that they're holding back for the moment, and it's credibly mourn "o" important that they do that because there are up to 10,000 yazidi up on sinjar mountain. many want to come down from the maughan. many are in need of aid and food and protection from the terrible weather. right now they're waiting for the larger aircraft to get bigger here. but they well do need weapons to hold back. >> wthank you. those are the reports from sinjar mountain. >>> the indian police have arrested a man wind the twitter account that supported isil. we're following the story from new delhi. >> the police in bangalore have arrested the man behind this twitter account. he is 24 years old a trained engineer who has been working as a manufacturing executive for a multi national company in bing galore since 2012. the police say he has no past criminal rec

they are pushing to reach sinjar center.t week they opened a corridor to help thousands from the yazidis community escape. but for some families the help came too lay. they kidnapped 3.5 thousand women and girls earlier this year, the families fear their loved ones have been sold as sex slaves. >> reporter: whenever this family comes together their discussion is dominated by their missing daughter. the 7 year old was kidnapped by isles fighters four months ago. >> >> translator: our village was the first to be attacked. my daughter was one of those taken. >> reporter: this man fears his young daughter has been sexually abused by isil fighters. in another tent we met this family. in all their extended family has had nine members kidnapped by isil. >> translator: we don't want anything else from the kurdish government, or the united nations all we ask is to return our kidnapped relatives. life in camps like this one have become a reality for members of the asee dee community. they are struggling to cope with loss of relatives.

fighters captured the towns of sinjar and zumar in august. prompting tens of thousands from the minority to escape to the mountain. they have been trapped since. peshmerga fighters opened a corridor to the mountain this week, but sustained heavy casualties, they are treating the wounded at a base on top of the mountain. peshmerga troops and allies are forced to travel in a convoy of vehicles with bright colours, to avoid being bombed by coalition aircraft. >> al jazeera's correspondent reporting >>> a deadly exchange of violence in yemen, happening near the capital when militia men killed four body guards. the group retaliated by ambushing a convoy of four vehicles. another rescue in the mediterranean as 200 syrians were saved in a floundering boat, as the boat was about to sink. that dangerous journey is one of many undertaken by syrians, desperate to find safety since the start of war. zeina khodr reports. >> this woman is yet again preparing to start a new life. he is a refugee from syria who moved from lebanon with her family. her husband

breaking the siege, they say of sinjar mountains. ♪ >>> i'm david shuster these are the top stories we'reovering in the next 30 minutes. rallies across pakistan to remember the victims of the school siege. >>> political turmoil in haiti, protesters take their demands back to the street. >>> and football's governing body, fifa says it will release its world cup bidding corruption report after a unanimous vote. ♪ >>> in northern iraq kurd irk forces are fighting they say to secure significant gains which they believe they have made against isil in the sin yar mountains. that is where at least 10,000 people from the aagencydy community have taken refuge. sue has this update on the peshmerga offensive. >> reporter: the head of the national security forces in northern iraq have announced that the peshmerga, the kurdish fighters have managed to take lands that was originally isil controlled. it stretches from a town just south of the mosul dam all the way to the mountains. this land is made up of pockets of villages and towns that isil has been holding. we know many of these areas are sunni, an

ount sinjar. this is allowing civilians to flee for safety. pakistan cracks down on the country's militants in the wake of a deadly attack by the taliban that left scores of children dead. a hollywood scandal threatens to escalate into a political crisis. the white house calls the cyberattacks against sony pictures a matter of national security. also coming up in the program in business, the latest on the financial hit to sony. it is expected to take a hit from canceling the showing of "the interview." in france, ski resorts are seeing red as warm temperatures in the alps are keeping the snow and the tourists away. ♪ >> we begin in iraq where kurdish forces a managed to open up a key corridor to the sinjar mountains pared recent days have involved heavy fightings involving peshmerga troops and an increase in u.s. airstrike speared the area has been under siege on the islamic state organization since august, trapping thousands of people and prompting a humanitarian crisis. thomas waterhouse reports. >> in the foothills of the s injar mountains,

. >>> kurdish forces report more gains against isil after breaking the siege of sinjar mountain.nd football's governing body agrees to release a fuller version of the investigation into the world cup corruption report. ♪ >>> a turkish court has issued an arrest warren for the muslim cler cleric gulen. he has been living in the u.s. state pennsylvania since 1999. he is accused of trying to overthrow the government. he is also the spiritual leader of the hizmet group. it says it promotes cultural and interfaith dialogue, but the turkish government says it is a closely connected gang that runs a parallel state in turkey with power in the police and the judiciary. the president blames hizmet of orchestrating an attempt to remove from him power. so does this automatically mean he will be arrested? >> well, he is living in self imposed exile in the united states. and once the warrant is issued then the prosecutors will also ask the court to issue what it calls a red seasons to interpole which would ask the united states to arrest gulen pending extradition. we're a very, very long way f

they have hope on the sinjar mountain that they will be able to go home sooner than later. >> russian foreign minister has met with chief palestinian negotiators in moscow. it comes after a palestinian draft resolution was formally summited it the u.n. last week. >> we're deeply concerned with this situation in the peace process between palestine and israel. we fully understand and support the legal aspirations of the palestinian people to finely find statehood. we know how it develops in the united nations particularly in the security council. >> thank you for your support by efforts to solve the palestinian issue. >> in other news a cold front has brought the indian capitol to a standstill. thick fog has forced several flights to be canceled and delayed trains. the city has recorded its coldest temperatures in five years on monday. >>> no. france airbus has handed over its first a 350 passenger jet. airbus invested $15 billion to develop the plane. >> it's a historic day, what they're calling the last brand new generation plane for another decade. it's the airbus a 350. why do we ca