. >>> hezbollah says they are making gains against fighters in zabadani the last rebel held city in the area. regime forces launched the assault on saturday, against el nusra linked the al qaeda. dropping barrel bombs and heavy fighting is underway as well. >>> five world powers are gathering in vienna for last ditchditch talks with iran. a deal has never been closer. as you our diplomatic editor james bays reports the u.s. is warning some hard choices will have to be made. >> reporter: time is running out. that's the clear message from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, who spoke to reporters after two sessions of negotiations with his iranian opposite number. >> we are not yet where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues. and the truth is that while i completely agree with foreign minister zarif that we have never been closer, at this point this negotiation could go either way. if hard choices get made, in the next couple of days, and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. but if they are not made, we will not. >> reporter: foreign ministers have been a

. >>> enthuse air strikes often rebel territory in zabadani near the border with lebanon. pushing out al qaeda linked fighters from the nusra front. >>> an egyptian human rights group says prisoners are being subjected to abuse and torture. the group's record, backed up by medical testimony of prisoners in custody. jamal al shaed has the story. >> these were the last pictures taken of this prisoner, notice or thenotorious for deaths in custody. he suffered from chronic az in. his lawyers say despite proving his medical condition and having the correct paperwork to transfer him to a hospital, the police station refused. they told the lawyers that they wanted to let him die here. death in custody is exon. one human rights group says 279 people have died in custody since the july 3rd military coup. more than half of those died since abdel fatah al-sisi became president. the egyptian center for economic and social rights say that more than 40,000 people have been thrown into jail in the past two years most for their political beliefs. prison authorities and the police have bee

syrian government launched new air strikes in rebel territory in zabadani near lebanon. activists are trying to push out al qaeda fighters from the el nusra front. >> this is al jazeera america. this is david schuster in new york. we are interrupting our regular programming to go to wakasha wisconsin. scott walker will become the 15th republican to officially join the race. scott walker is infamously known depending on your point of view from busting union protests. the recall that he survived back in 2012 following his effort to bust the unions of public employees there in wisconsin. again we expect his wife jeanette to officially introduce her husband at any moment, joining me in studio is jeannie zano a political science professor. jeannie what should we be looking for in the speech? >> scott walker to reintroduce himself, as somebody who not just busted the public sector unions, which he did to have people remember his name. there has been some questions about his foreign policy, and somebody who could hold the line, on immigration environment and economy. i think he

. >> syrian force he have launched dozens of air strikes against rebel forces in zabadani. one of several battles raging around the country. rebel groups and i.s.i.l. fighters vie for control. mohammed jamjun reports. >> the conflict continues. an unending barrage as fierce as this fire as suffocating as this smoke. as the violence schailts. a regional threat of spimover from syria has never been so real. on the move still is i.s.i.l. fighting to keep control of raqqa its main stronghold and to take over hasaka amka on the border with turkey. government is fighting to repel rebels and gain the upper hand in yabadani. with hezbollah entering the fray once more, syrian planes descron drop be barrel bombs from the air. running low on weapons rebels in aleppo use what they can. here transforming a gas canister into a bomb. complicating the conflict even further, the presence of kurdish fighters. until now the most effective force against i.s.i.l. driving deeper towards raqqa and on the front line in hasaka. more battle lines are drawn and more fighting projects are open fightin

. >> syrian forces and hezbollah says they are making gains against rebel soldiers in zabadani. regime forces launched the support on saturday to cut off the supply route for el nusra fighters to al qaeda. heavy fighting is underway as well. east african leaders are set to meet to discuss the situation in burundi. haru mutasa reports from bujumbura where opponents say they actually fear for their lives. >> they called out to him before he died, please help me they're killing me. they watched him being stabbed shot and set on fire. also been killed if they are seen telling journalists what happened. the 28-year-old friend was an opposition activist. >> a lot of people are scared. after my friend was killed, how can they stay here when people are being killed? >> reporter: the international community wants president pierre nkurunziza to delay the election. the president's spokesman says the election has to go ahead. >> we cannot go beyond what is provided by the constitution because we must have the president elect come 26th august to be sworn in on 26th august. >> reporter: the n

the government is fighting to repel rebels and regain the upper hand in zabadani. with hezbollah having entered the fray once more, syrian planes drop barrel bombs from the air. they're not the only group using makeshift munitions. running low on munitions rebels in aleppo use what they can. here transforming a gas canister to a bomb. complicating the situation further, the kurdish fighters, up till now the most effective fighting force against i.s.i.l. scushed ypgkurdish ypg forces are attempting to stop the islamic state of iraq and the levant. more battle lines are drawn more fighting frofnts are open as the war in syria gets more complicated every day. mohammed many jamjun, al jazeera. >>> a bottom has hit yemen port city of aden. >>> u.s. president barack obama has spoken about the latest efforts against i.s.i.l he said the battle against cite will be i.s.i.l. will be a long one. >> i.s.i.l.'s strategic weaknesses are real. i.s.i.l.'s surrounded by countries and communities committed to its destruction. it has no air force our coalition owns the skies i.s.i.l.

the government dropped dozens of barrel bombs on the city of zabadani, from the al qaeda offshoot the el nusra front. meanwhile, the refugee crisis gross dimmer by the day. some people will be facing starvation. met with a family living in jordan struggling just to put foot on their table. >> most families have feasts during the muslim be holy month of ramadan. he worries what he's going to feed his family when they break their fast at sunset. they were taken to azra camp but they couldn't stand living in the unforgiving desert and escaped. don't receive any aid from any agents. >> there is no electricity and we had to walk for ages to get water and carry it back. i'm an old man. i couldn't walk to the shop without breaking down on the way. >> no u.n. assistance means no education for his daughters or health care. jamal is diabetic and goes days without his pills. his wife has been forced to find work as a house plaid. >> imaid. >> i work so we can afford water. if we can't afford water how can we live? this life is too difficult. >> life has forced many families like jamal's getting