. >> we believe everyone should be united against i.s.i.l. >>> an iraqi force launches a counteroffensive against i.s.i.l. to reclaim anbar province. >>> diplomatic disagreement. >> one more. >> i know you'll have the last word any, you may as well go. >> on the contrary. >> british foreign secretary phillip hammond publicly clashes with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. >> anger at shinzo abe. >> japan is an ally and friend. we are always interested in looking at ways to support our partnership. >> the u.s. supports japan's decision to fight abroad for the first time since world war ii over the objections of the japanese people and china >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. we begin the hour with traumatic shootings of two military shootings. four marines were killed in chattanooga, tennessee. two were injured. the gunman has been identified as mohammod youssuf abdulazeez, born in kuwait and came to the u.s. as a child in 1996. he was killed during the attack. national security correspondent e pentagon. a sad and difficult day there. >> absolutely, and

on sunday he called on middle eastern countries to unite against terrorism as well as i.s.i.l. >> this is my first visit to the persian gulf to develop relations and start continuous discussion between iran and its neighbors. to achieve the interest of all countries in this region and the islamic world and also to achieve international peace and security. i've had good discussions and negotiations in some countries and hope god willing for the same in this critical region. >> still to come on the program new concern for the endangered endangered bengal tiger. plus. >> i'm treak bazley. tarek bazley. >> and straight back in the saddle more details in sport. rt. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's >> hello again reminder of the stop stories on al jazeera. turkey has been accused of shelling a village of kurdish. and a paramilitary police commander has been shot dead in the predominantly kurdish eastern province. >>> both sides in yemen's conflicts are accusing the other of breaking the humanitarian ceasefire. mountainous southern region of ta'izz, and near th

this complicates the fight against i.s.i.l., especially for the united states. yes, the u.s. said that turkey had the right to defend itself against the p.k.k. but is urging restraint, and is saying there's no connection with the kirkish air strikes against the p.k.k. and cooperation with turkey and the u.s. simply saying the coalition strategy is not the fight the p.k.k., but i.s.i.l. >> thank you for that report >>> turkey's renewed air strikes against p.k.k. targets are the first since a truce agreed in 2013. turkey long had a strained relationship with the kurds and was concerned about the expansion of kurdish territory in neighbouring syria. >> turkey shared a 900km long border with syria, stretching from iraq to the mediterranean sea. a kurdish administration largely oversowing the province since the civil war started in syria, four years ago. in january, syrian kurdish fighters took control of the border town of kobane from the islamic state of iraq and levant. last month the y.p.g. captured the town in raqqa province with the support of u.s. air strikes. the victory wa

against i.s.i.l. the syrian government and kurdish fighters. the people protection units or ypg now hold much of the syrian border with turkey. the syrian opposition accuses them of forcing out sunni is are tribes and the power struggle is making more people homeless. >> i couldn't take it anymore so i had to leave. i walked out and i keep walking until i reached the border. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy for syria has met the syrian regime again but hopes for these meetings have dimmed in the years of the syrian war. fractured opposition and unrelenting government. the assad regime says it is too soon to talk about a peace process, preventing a be diplomatic solution to the process. thousands of flimsy tents are looking more like permanent homes. osama ben javad, al jazeera. >> antiterrorism bill will impose the death penalty of people convicted of so-called terror crimes. part of the security clamp down following the terrorist attacks that targeted tourists. human rights law undermines free tom of speech. hashem hashem ahelbarrafreedom of speech. hashem ahelbarra reports.

against i.s.i.l. not the ypg. they have said that themselves. >> you see the point pat as we go back to you in washington d.c, there are suggestions that the united states is getting this help from turkey, in taking on i.s.i.l because in essence it's turning a blind eye to what the turks are doing against some members of the kurdish community, fighters from the kurdish community. >> and actually there's been even more conspiracy theories. last thursday the united states announced turkey was going to let them use the incirlik air base. the u.s. has been pushing that for about a year. so the state department very clearly trying to separate the two saying the ypg attack syria they believe they're going to investigate that they don't condoesn't that. at the same time they are saying turkey has a right to defend itself against the terror astacks, as the state department put it, but there's no coordination between use of the air base and the pkk attacks. they are urging both sides to get back to a peace process there. they are trying separate the two even though the groups seem to be linked. >> patty culhane there. >>> the turkish government last been

against i.s.i.l., in which they have been effective. turkey. >> you have hit on the point. turkey has different priorities from n.a.t.o. parties. the united states and other countries regard i.s.i.l. as the primary threat. from the perspective of the terks, i.s.i.l. is a new threat. there are people within turkey, supporters of the ruling party who are somewhat supportive of the overall i.s.i.l. view of the world in which the sunni world needs to be defended. but a central drama - if not the central drama of politics since the founding has been a conflict between turkish nationalism and kurdish nationalism. right now, it is intolerable, as the syrian kurds start to develop an autonomous enclave in northern syria, to go away with the autonomous kurdistan region in iraq, to go along with the fact that a kurdish based party did well in turkey's parliamentary elections, lease are the pressures -- these are the pressures intolerable to the government, and it's clear that president recep tayyip erdogan are seeking to use the fight. it's the way that it undermines the kurdish efforts to create the zone in northern syria. >> this is enough to mak

against i.s.i.l. the numbers of militia casualties is hay. -- high. the united states is prohibited by law from supplying military aid from anyway regime which recruits underage soldiers. the u.s. supports the armed -- the u.s. doesn't for the militia, but supports the armed forces which back the militias. critics of the militia say the reason they recruited so young was because of losses on the battlefield, a charge denied. by no means is this a new thing. saddam hussein, former dictator used to use young recruits. he called them his lion cubs, for many, it's a continuation of that tradition, it's a show of loyalty from iraq. >>> china said it recovered more than $6 billion of money and assets lost to corrupt officials, part of an anticorruption drive by president xi jinping, who promised to tackle the matter at all levels of government >>> bangladesh supreme court upheld a death sentence given to a leading opposition politician. he was ground guilty of abduct abducting and killing minority hindus. we have this report from the capital dakar. >> reporter: for ar

i.s.i.l. was thaet thing attacks against the mainland and urging people in the united states to carry out the attacks through social media, and it was decided all facilities be on a heightened state of alert. you can't harden every target to the point where it can be defended against these attacks which are difficult to detect. especially the recruiting station, it was a store-front operation designed to be open to the public to get people in. it's not a target you can harden. an interesting thing they said at the pentagon is one reason there was no loss of life was because there was a bag door and as you heard from the news conference, the gunman was firing from the convertible, never got out of the car, and sped away. >> the great fear has been a lone gunman that is it importantly what happened today. the other big break, an erik colwell jury convicted james holmes. the 27-year-old killed 12 people and wounded others. paul beban is there with the verdict. the jury didn't take long to reject the in sanity argument. >> that's right, they took 13 hours to decide that they had taken three month

that would be a by lateral issue between the united states and turkey but that in brought terms welcomed the increased participation in a struggle against i.s.i.les. >> barnabie phillips live in brussels and the turkish president is saying he can't continue the peace process with kurdish fighters and we are going to leave it because president obama is about to become the first sitting u.s. president to address the african union union. >> leadership to prime minister and the people of ethiopia once again thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this african institution institution. to members of the african union, distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen thank you for welcoming me here today. it is a great honor to be the first president of the united states to address the african union. [applause] i'm grateful to speak to the representatives of more than one billion people of the great african continent. we are joined today by citizens by leaders of civil society, by faith communities and i'm especially pleased to see so many young people who embody the energy and optimism of today's africa. hello and thank you for being here.

against i.s.i.l. the numbers of militia casualties is hay. the united states is prohibited by law from supplying military aid from anyway regime which recruits underage soldiers. the u.s. supports the armed forces backing the militias. critics of the militia say the reason they recruited so young was because of losses on the battlefield, a charge denied. by no means is this a new thing. saddam hussein, former dictator used to use young recruits. he called them his lion cubs for many it's a continuation of that tradition, it's a show of loyalty from iraq. >> cam bode i can't is enduring -- cambodia is enduring its worst drought for 30 years. farmers say they are facing an imminent crisis because of weak monsoon rains. we have this report from one of the worst-affected provinces. >> the people here are worried. by now these farmers should have finished planting their rice, but the rains have been week, and there's not enough water to cultivate the crops. like many here, this person is concerned that she will not be able to harvest anything this year if th

against flow of foreign fighters. we had a number of arrests in united states against i.s.i.s. inspired individuals. you don't have to be a foreign fighter and train in an i.s.i.l or al quaida training camp. you can be indoctrinated and radicalized at home through the internet and social media. so this is a huge part of the campaign. turkey is a piece of it but not the only piece. >> rose: you live this every day. all of us ask this question what is the attraction of i.s.i.l, the caliphate and the islamic state for the young people who discover it on social media and other ways but a lot on social media and another state department issued a counterforce with respect to social media. but what's the attraction? >> we find that there are different motivations. they put out a very positive message at one level. come be a part of this glorious historical movement of the caliphate. it's perverse, but you can see in the propaganda that level is scenes of children eating ice cones, and people see an historical movement they want to be a part of to be a part of something bigger than themselves. it's false and perverse but that's one line. the other line is the bottom fe

units across the border, an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds also accuse turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a coverup to launch war against kurds both in turkey and syria. >> they are trying use the agreement with the coalition against daesh to target the political parties. and this is something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian right for some ethnical groups. >> turkey decided to militarily engage i.s.i.l. a few days ago but its decision to also target the pkk is causing the most controversy where yet another front line seems to be emerging. zeina khodr, al jazeera southern turkey. >>> more now on the discussions between southern turkey, an i.s.i.l.-free zone, will encompass about 100 kilometers on turkey's southern border. patty culhane has more. >> the white house calls an i.s.i.l.-free zone would cover roughly 100 kilometer stretch on turkey's border. once established they say it will be a safe haven for the refugees in turkey, but u.s. says it will not create a no fly zone and they don't have disagreement on the issue. >> the

units across the border an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds also accuse turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a coverup to launch war against kurds both in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the agreement with the coalition against daesh to target kurds political parties and this is something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some ethnicitialethnical groups. >> turkey is now an active player on the syrian battlefield where yet another front line seems to be emerging. zeina khodr, al jazeera southern turkey. >> rosalind jordan.claims to u.s. spokesman john kirby. >> reporter: the u.s. telling turkey not to go against the pkk if the pkk are going against i.s.i.l, yes or no. >> the pkk in syria? >> correct. >> the pkk as we observe them are in more than -- in operating in iraq and inside turkey. to conduct -- >> you don't know that they are fighting inside syria as well? >> i have no specific information. i know what she's referring to, i'm getting there. i have no information specifically about where the pkk may be

united states and other nations would be unnecessarily severe. third, it would be a great political victory, propaganda victory for i.s.i.l. because they could turn the fight na one that is no longer terrorist against the iraqis but as terrorist against the united states of america, the coalition nations. that's not helpful at this point. >> a delicate balance to achieve there. thank you mark kimmitt. >> saudi-led air strikes hit houthi positions across yes answer as the u.n. envoy arrived in sanaa to try to broker a ceasefire. the humanitarian situation continues to worsen. >> reporter: in the ongoing 3-month air campaign this is a daily seen in tiaz. air strikes targetting the palace hitting the building where houthis and fighters loyal to the president are stationed. air strikes targeted the presidential palace in sanaa. houthi and pro-ali abdullah saleh fighters were killed by local resistant forces fighting the yemeni president, for him, abd-rabbu mansour hadi. >> they say they launched attacks in the city and control an air base. one saudi arabia soldiers was killed when his base was attacked with artillery and rocket fire. the u.n. has been bidding for a post. until the end of the holy month

threat ebbs sanctions against south sudan if the warring party don't reach a peace deal >>> the united states and turkey agreed to create a buffer zone in syria to fight i.s.i.l. tuckey has been bombing -- turkey has been bombing i.s.i.l. targets inside syria. from washington patty culhane reports. >> reporter: as turkey turns its bomb on islamic state of iraq and levant, it's talking with the u.s. about creating an i.s.i.l.-free zone covering a 110km stretch. once established it will be a safe place for the refugees in turkey. the obama administration said it would not create a no fly zone. experts say it's unlikely there'll be enough u.s. trained syrian opposition to do it on their own. >> the opposition to bashar al-assad's regime does not have the military capacity tore someone more extreme that the terrorists would not want in that zone. and the united states are too far away and another providing that military presence. it comes down to the turkish military guaranteeing that a zone is free of i.s.i.s. >> turkey started to bomb the p.k.k. in iraq coming days after the u.s. announced it could use their base. leaving some to question if the two events are

time there have been countries in western europe and the united states of course who have wanted turkey to be on board in the fight against i.s.i.l syria and in northern iraq. well, it does seem that that is happening in the wake of last week's attacks but it comes with a caveat which is turkey is of course also going after p.k.k. bases in northern iraq and there lies the rub because for the west the kurdish forces in northern and in eastern syria have been an important ally and so to what extent can a viable military relationship with turkey against i.s.i.l. be productive without alienating kurdish forces in syria and that is going to be a very tricky diplomatic question. >> indeed, the turks are saying they are not targeting syrian kurds despite accusations being levelled against them that they have indeed hit them as targets but it says that it does have the right to go after the p.k.k. domestic kurdish force which is based in northern iraq. it's saying to nato it doesn't need any weapons. what does it really want then in this rather ambiguous battle? >> i think crucially what will happen today is that both sides, nato and the

against shia groups i.s.i.l. may search for ways to maintain momentum by citing attacks in the united states. >> the attacks are things that get a lot of publicity, and they can play back through the social media feedback group, and show members they are taking the fight to the enemy in different ways. >>> sticking to his guns donald trump takes his brash message to the u.s.-mexican boarder. next - a look at how the anti-immigrant message is viewed in mexico. >> the parliament votes on anti-terrorism in the wake of the beach front massacre. >>> a new anti-terrorism bill in tunisia is raising concerns among human rights groups. legislation comes after a string of attacks targetting tourists. >> reporter: a crucial vote for tunisian's parliament. m.p.s are debating a new counterterrorism law. for the government it's the only way to extend the rise of armed groups groups affiliated with islamic state of iraq and levant. the bill is likely to become a law. it's the biggest political parties and conservative in number. >> terrorism and terrorists are the best lives of despotism and lack ever liberty, if we vote this law, t

i.s.i.l. is to blame for a suicide bottoming cilgtkilling 30 and injuring 100. >> and a joke against sepp blatter, sabotaging a media press conference. >> hello cuba an the unitedhave formally restored diplomatic ties after more than half a century of hostility. the cuban flag is restored over washington and the u.s. consulate is reopened.the u.s. secretary of state said the road to full diplomatic ties will be difficult and complex. shihab rattanzi has the report from washington. >> finally the u.s. government has accepted the cuban relations. u.s. and cuba still have further to trial. [ spanish ] >> only the lifting of the economic commercial and financial blockade which has caused so much harm and suffering to people, the return of the occupied territory in guantanamo and respect for cuba's sovereignty will end some meaning to the hifng historic ceremony we have today. >> notably the lifting of the economic embargo. that is not considered likely for moment, however it was noted that congressional opponents of closer relations to cuba were unable to derail talks when they had a chance. lifting the embargo on capitol hill. after talks with cuba at the u.s. sta

united states are stronger when we stand toot. our lives are based upon the common valuation our two country share. >> to iraq where the government says they launched a new offensive against i.s.i.l. 80 soldiers have been killed. attacks took place in and around fallujah. four civilians were killed. i.s.i.l. fighters attacked military and residential areas, and stole weapons, forcing troops to retreat. >> shia militia, government forces and sunni tribesman are involved to repap tur the government. they have made some gains and are moving towards ramadi. imran khan reports. >> reporter: the announcement came early on monday morning. a military spokesman told iraqis that security forces were beginning a new fight. >> the military operation to retake anbar started at 5rk. shia militia, special forces and tribes are advancing towards the target. the military provisions have been continuing but are predominantly concentrated on ramadi. tens of thousands of troops are used within the new offensive. 500 within anbar. the operation will focus on liberateing fall usualingee. ricky fighters hoped to open a corridor. fighters have an advantage, they control border crossings. allowing them t

against i.s.i.l. in syria, this is fair to say probably that this is going to be a matter of continued discussion between washington and ann ankara. when you are trying to provide a united threat against a common threat you want to make sure there are no complications that could inadvertently weaken that bond. so this is probably something that is going to have to be continually negotiated. >> rosalyn jordan, thank you very much indeed for that lineup from washington, d.c. >>> a top advisor to iran's supreme leader says international inspectors should not be allowed access to military sites. foreign minister in iran for more than 15 years in the 1980s and 1990s. he told al jazeera access to the sites with it knoll be allowed. swr ---- not be allowed. >> i say access to military sites is not allowed. the access of any foreigners including the iaea, to sensitive military sites will not be allowed. we will not allow that regardless the cost, the final word. >> will continue for a third term in office, nips. pierre nkurunziza. nkurunzizaness's decision to run for a third term triggered months of protests that often turned deadly. haru mutasa reports from bujumbura. >> it wa

united states - illegally >>> good evening everybody. this is al jazeera america, i'm david shuster, sitting in for antonio mora. tonight washington is trying to digest a sober assessment from president obama, on the u.s.-led fight against i.s.i.l. in a rare appearance at the pentagon the president says the coalition is making good progress, but as jamie mcintyre reports, president obama indicated that destroying i.s.i.l. could take a very long time. >> david the president came to the pentagon saying he wanted to discuss the status of anti-i.s.i.l. strategy, the parts working and that could use improvement. one thing that has not changed is there's no consideration of putting u.s. troops in a combat roll on the ground in either iraq or syria. >> reporter: after an hour and a half meeting with top civilian and military advisors at the pentagon president obama made a rare appearance in the briefing room flanked by ash carter and top commanders the president gave a 15 minutes speech about his campaign and with forces on the ground that handed i.s.i.l. a series of defeats. >> i.s.i.l.'s losses in syria and iraq prove i.s.i.l. can and will be defeated. we are intensifying our efforts against i.s.i.l.'s base it syria, the air strikes

against i.s.i.l. british prime minister david cameron says he considers i.s.i.l. a threat to the nation's security. days after the defense department admitworking with the united states launching air strikes in syria and iraq. >>> houthis attacking aden just days after officials claim it was houthi-free. further north 28 rebels reportedly killed in ta'izz. more than 3500 people have been killed since the escalation of the conflict three months ak. >>> next to a body officials find a note in which a man denies spying. harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> found dead in his car in an apparent suicide next to him a three page will, part of that will has been released to the media on sunday in which the agent says he can reassure the south korean public that the hacking program he was involved in and whose technical operations he was also involved in was not used against south korean civilians. he also apologizes for deleting some of the data, he was being overzealous in attempting to keep the controversy from the nis, restricted its usage to the monitoring of north korean agents and foreigns with links to the north korean regime. however the service does have form

against i.s.i.l. there were 16 military air strikes in syria and iraq. fighter jets hitting six targets in syria. 10 in iraq. among them. tactical units, tanks, storage facilities and tunnels. no word on how many may have been killed. i.s.i.l. saying it was behinds four explosions in gaza city the attacks targetting six vehicles. hamas recently cracked down on supporters of i.s.i.l. in gaza, and stephanie dekker is there. >> reporter: this car belonged to a hamas fighter. the bomb was placed under the fuel tank. >> there was a huge explosion that shook the neighbourhood. first we thought it was israel attacking us. then be realized it was from inside gaza. it's scary when you think it's one of your brothers. >> reporter: hamas is quick to say all is under control. no specific group has been named. it's not the first time that it has been hurt from within. groups that swore allegiance. they threatened to topple hamas, hachl as saying i.s.i.l. is trying to destabilize gaza. >> instability will be seen as a weakness of hamas, and these groups sometimes provoke israel by launching missiles against israel, and provocation with israel and h

. >> we believe everyone should be united against i.s.i.l. >>> an iraqi force launches a counteroffensiveinst i.s.i.l. to reclaim anbar