with pakistan 185-5 and one down in the series and has to win it to level it. new zealand is in sight of a world record and victory of australia will have 18 conservative wins and the southern hemisphere rugby will be on course to retain the cup and that is the trophy and the countries play each other for every year. >> it's an opportunity here but you know you look at the line as well and we want to perform well and if we do we have a chance of winning and on one hand that would be nice. >> i've never beaten them and i withdraw with them once and enticed but you want to be able to go in through your career knowing you can take on these guys as a team and as an individual you can play these guys and try and match up with them. >> reporter: american teenager lexi thompson started well in the effort to win a second golf major this year, 19-year-old is in a tie for lead along south korea lei after the first round of the lpga championship and rounds of 66 at the monroe course at new york state and share one stroke each. >> the course is in great shape and it's play

. >> at least four people have been killed in protest across pakistan. demonstrators blocked the highway. they want the prime minister to reside. >>> fighting in the central african republic has killed thousands of people and split communities along religious lines. one of the few places in the west where muslims still live but as we have reports many would leave if they could. >> they're clearing the ground in the hope that violence could return. there could be a while. the men get paid to do this, but they need to bring shoulders to protect them and there is hatred between some christians and muslims. >> on both sides there are extra elements. they're attached they make sure that there is strong process. >> they have killed thousands of people, destroyed homes and divided the mining town of boda. the church is home to some of those displaced. there are 2,000 people living in this compound. they've been here for nearly seven months. they're all christians. they say they can't b leave because their homes have been destroyed. people need food, water, clot

bombings in pakistan and the number of attacks across pakistan. there are some groups which never went to pakistan so they are framed as good taliban. haqqani group is one of them. but they are pursuing some of the pakistani interest in afghanistan because of the expansion of the indian infrastructure in afghanistan. some right some wrongs. they don't want the situation to revert to the 1990s where they were says ethnic war in pakistan was using some of the iran media for pashtuns militants in the area. they don't want that to happen again. they wanted to risk war northern afghanistan not out of love for business but billy based on this spurt -- perspective. the most interesting to me as i found out during my studies bats for the first many years doing the war on terror no one or maybe it was some use the word no one in most meetings between the head of state within pakistan and the united states the issue of taliban never came up. we mentioned in passing and it's a very popular issue for america to look into. why from 1002 -- 2,012,006 and the in

pakistan is the only country in the world where polio infections increased last year and according to the world health organization that's a direct result of president obama bragging all over the place for political gain here's the story remember when the obama administration gave their spiel about how they killed osama bin laden in pakistan and of course you do president obama was all over the t.v. bragging about it hollywood even made a movie about it which come on is ridiculous white house officials really gave information about how they got bin laden to every media outlet they came across they leaked so much information that dianne feinstein even called for a criminal investigation of the leaks but of course they were bragging all over the place with all the bad news about the economy and a crappy foreign policy everyone in the obama administration was incredibly the willed to have this blockbuster story to make them look like heroes again the problem is that a lot of the leaked information gave the taliban and pakistan a lot of pluto's as to how the cia operates over there they w

. >> pakistan an anti-government march set off yesterday from the eastern city was due to end 300 kilometers away when things turned violent. thousands of people chanted slogans against prime minister slamming last year's election as rigged and calling for new -- as protestors continue their way there are 20,000 security forces deployed. >> and independence day 67 years after breaking way from british role. they have used their annual speeches to warn their neighbor. but this time around they decided to address sexual violence unemployment and the economy. speaking without notes and refusing to stand behind bullet proof glass, the indian prime minister struck an optimistic tone. >> poverty needs to be eradicateed from india. let us come together to fight poverty. let's give it a try. let's forget the world of violence and enjoy the gift of life. in a notably progressive move he also spoke about his shame as the recent spate of rapes in india. for him a shift in the nation's attitude towards sexual violence is crucial. we asked our sons where they're going. have they asked their sons the same

in pakistan there are agencies. so behind that faÇade also are many criminal organizations that are operating. this suits them in a big way. the same in afghanistan. in one case i was told that in one area we realize there were five girls schools it was not the taliban. he was a member of the construction company. a girls school everyone will say taliban has reconstructed. the religious angle is not there or the debtor phenomenon is linked to all these issues in a significant fashion but all the factors the most important one is also a big fashion. it in karachi for example they were able to unearth a training school that is not a suicide bombing training school. in karachi this was meant to teach you how to rob a bank to the seniormost police officer who was able to unearth that was killed in karachi. that is a very critical issue for us to look at. the third one is the whole issue of these two words -- the frontier state of course is this tribal belt farm where they are able to -- there's no international border.

where are pakistan's nuclear weapons? when we went in and got osama bin laden, the reaction of most pakistani generals was not oh, my god. responsestani generals was if they can do this, could they steal our nuclear arsenal? it is apples and oranges. one person versus a couple of hundred nuclear weapons is a hugely different. that is their reaction. it tells you they regard us as the existential threat along with india. >> it is sometimes said that if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the saudis would go to their friends of pakistan who they have given a lot of money and say we need some weapons. is that your understanding? >> certainly a lot of smoke about that. very close relations. there was no closer relationship than the one between saudi arabia and pakistan. week ise minister this in saudi arabia meeting with all the officials. he has lived there in exile for them first decade of the century. i do not have proof positive. i do not have a signed contract. extremist, if saudi arabia goes to pakistan and says we need nuclear

foley now, nicklas berg several years ago, and daniel pearl in pakistan. this is just a continuation of a long exosistential movement the world is facing. isis is a create of misrule and the campaign of genocide that bashar al-assad has waged, and also the hezbollah mission out of lebanon. >>> a new foreign minister has been admitted for turkey. this man will take the office of president next week. bernard smith joins us from turkey. bernard was nomination a surprise at all? >> well there have been speculation that he was going to be the choice to be the chairman of the party, and therefore, he'll become prime minister. in the end we have somebody who was a close friend of the outgoing prime minister, the president elect. they are peas from the same pod. they share the same political philosophy. so he has overseen the selection of somebody who is like minded, but one of the challenges, the first challenges for him is to fill the shoes. he has dominated the political landscape in turkey. he enjoys adulation from his he gones of supporters. his successor doe

. >>> mass protests in pakistan calling for the resignation of the prime minister. >>> and hong kong's political future. china says it has the right to choose candidates for the territories next leader. >>> kurdish peshmergan militias are claiming to have retain the northern iraqi town after fighting with the islamic state group. the town has been under siege from the fighters for around two months. with more, sue turton joins me live 20km north of the town of amerrily. i believe you have been close to some of the fighting. what is happening there, sue? >> we are horing from one of the pesh fighters -- peshmerga fighters, they say they have take back amorally town. the fighters have been besieging the town. there had to be air drops of food and water. fear among the turkmen. fighters coop have been - could have been a massacre. we understand that they have driven back the fighters to the south. i understand there's a battle on one of the villages between amerli and tikrit. we under from the fighters, there's small ammunition and weapons. they are hoping it may push the fighters out of

. >>> leading a mass anti-government campaign, tens of thousands of protesters in pakistan's capitol islamabad has brought traffic to a standstill. they say the election was rigged and they're calling for the government to step down. kamal hyder has more. >> ththey had been protesting in islamabad, but today was th they decided they would pull out of parliament where they have 34 seats and 340 plus and pulling out of the provincial assembly of the punjab where his party has 30 seats and two seats in the province, however his party has not decided whether they'll give up the provincial government where the pti is in the majority. he is saying that they had knocked on every door, going through the country's scores as well, but there was no justice. he wanted a system which would be transparent and would guarantee free and fair elections. so indeed a significant move by khan and not one that would go well for pakistan's democracy. >> in england 35 immigrants found in a container on saturday have been identified as sikhs from afghanistan. one man died making the journey. most of the refu

>> at least four people have died and many others injured after violence broke out in cities across pakistan. the violence was between the police and supporters of an anti-government cleric. protesters demanded that the prime minister resign and they blocked the road between lahor and islamabad. >> in the united states, police say they are treating the death of a former white house spokesman, jim brady as murder. he died on monday of complied cakes he received 33 years ago. he was seriously injured in 1981 during an attempted assassination of the reagan. lawyers for the would-be assassin doubt new charges will be laid. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> for almost 40 years, hundreds of granted parents in argentina have been searching for their stolen grandchildren. many were babies when the military took them away during argentina's dirty war and put them up for adoption. as daniel reports from buenas aires, one grandmother's dream has come true. >> with his grandmother, it's an image that has moved and delighted argentina. she is the high-profile president of the granted moth

no one realized that pakistan was playing both sides of the fence. and still are. you start from that base, of course you're not going to know how much arms are in the hands of the afghan army at this stage. we did not do her homework for seven years. .- our homework for seven years it is hard to catch up in the eighth and ninth year of the conflict. >> why is it so hard to build an army in a country like a -- afghanistan? >> a good question. the soviets in the 1980's built-in afghan air force which is three or four times larger than what we have built in afghanistan over the last decade. that is amazing to me. what could the soviets trained them to fly airplanes and not us? russian manuals and teach them in russian? it comes down to a question of resources. resourcesngest time went to iraq. when we started the resources in 2009 and 2010, we imposed a timeline on how long it was going to be. we -- we can still pull those out but all along the way the day we went into afghanistan in 2001 we have inflicted demo -- damage on ourselves over and over again. brightest, t

pakistan wants f-16s or pakistan wants modern police stations. you can rather than -- price of one f-16, you build 30 new modern pli stations and not only about salary but a policy choice and those that provide pakistan with the weapons, they have a choice. i think most likely the best chance i will have is to be able at some stage advise the prime minister. i love my job as an academic and love to be a professor and writer so there's no chance that i'll ever become a prom bime minister but if i get a chance to advise and i quote a pakistani friend who served in high positions and i'll actually record him because i'm mentioning him, very bright pakistani foreign service officer who was here on a u.s. scholarship a couple of years ago, went back. he had mentioned in his experience working in the prime minister's office that pakistan's 50% of all the problems can be resolved if you get an honest and an efficient and a competent prime minister. because some of the things are very, very basic. for instance, and that's my idea, the first and foremost

they are expected to meet next week >> now to pakistan and the heavily guarded parliament district has been sealed with shipping containers and is packed with soldiers. the move is to control thousands of protesters. supporters of the leaders are calling for the prime minister's resignation. they are accusing him of rigging last year's election. >>> the death toll from the oboe la outbreak across west africa has s now at 1,200. and all 17 patients who fled a quarantined center over the weekend have now been found. guinea's neighbor, senegal hasn't had any ebola cases but is on high alert, but it is also scrambling to deal with another killer disease. here is our report. >> reporter: doctors can't tell what is wrong with this woman's daughter. she is in pain. this hospital ward is hundreds of kilometers away from the ebola outbreak, still she fears the worst. but this is not bole la. it's like to be a different virus. one that kills more people in west africa, hepatitis e. the chief doctor believes it's an epidemic going unnoticed. >> translator: the outbreak started at the same time as

in pakistan it's illegal. to months ago this woman's husband was arrested in abac in a raid that arrested 200 people. now they're worried sri lanka immigration asylum seekers back to pakistan. >> i'm ready for what w wonder what they have done to my husband. i'm worried to go back to tack stanpakistan. >> reporter: three ahmedis were killed when their homes were burned down in pakistan. >> my son keeps asking me, if we go back, will they burn us? i have no answer for them. >> reporter: in court they say victims of persecution should not be forced to go back. >> this is a right under constitution allah which needs to be abided by all as part of this streetly. >> reporter: the sri lanka government said there are lots of people seeking asylum has become a burden on state resources and compromise state and regional security. while those involved forget the details, most families like hers are packing their bags just in case. al jazeera, sri lanka. >> and before we go a reminder you can always keep up-to-date with

>> helping the pakistans to make them secure but the pakistans don't want our help because they are convinced any help we give them in securing the nuclear weapons is an act to clandestinely figure out where the nuclear weapons are and they're probably right about that. >> charlie: why won't they bleat us talk to a.q. khan? >> a.q. khan didn't pirate nuclear material all around the world by himself. he had the help of the pakistani army. he was able to fly around the world in pakistani air force jets and sell stuff and have it delivered. the last time i checked on expedia you can't get apactiony jet to deliver you or stuff for you. the pakistani military was involved and a lot of the politicians were intimately involved like bhutto. >> charlie: bhutto was involved in what way? >> the early negotiations with north korea on exchanging nuclear secrets in terms of missile parts. she even admits it in her memoirs. if mr. khan was on your show and told you the truth, it would be highly embarrassing for the government of pakistan and for many, many pakistanis. >> charlie: yet he's a national hero in

five wickets, for 177, as pakistan bold out for 451. still trailing pakistan by 152 runs. india has recovered a little bit, 89-6, this series level at 1-1. >> ahead of this month's u.s. open, most of the top tennis players, djokovic surviving a scare. this is his first match since a wimbledon title last month. >> it might surprise you to know that golf in some parts of the u.s. is in serious decline. the sport has lost 5 million players and hundreds of courses have been forced to close. the younger players in particular, the game is seen as elitist and expensive. some clubs are fighting back. >> abandoned, overgrown and off limits, even in the sunshine state famed for its greens, this is becoming a familiar sight. close to 700 courses across the u.s. have been forced to close due to golfers who simply stopped coming. >> many in the sport blame the requestion, and that tiger woods stopped flying. the truth is the gentleman's game is viewed at time consuming and expensive. golf is in trouble. at this course, something revolutionary is happening. >> this is foot golf, about a

to mock to see the should not be interested who governs part of what the interest ought to be is how pakistan is being governed having succeeded in developing into creating a democratic culture in the country and we would appreciate if they do lot meddle in internal affairs of pakistan. let's take a look at more headlines from around the globe. these twenty people have been killed and dozens injured after three car bombs exploded in the northern iraqi city of kirkuk one of the bombs went off by the entrance to a market while the other two detonated near buildings use this look at points by security forces so far in august a little over a thousand civilians have been killed in the ongoing efforts by the iraqi army and kurdish fighters to repel the islamic states onslaught. a fresh series of his really are strikes in gaza has killed at least eight people and injured over thirty others one of the missiles hit a high speed for dawn killing five members of the same family including two women and two children since the start of israel's assault on the gaza strip over twenty one hundred palestinians

there is no closer relationship than the one between saudi arabia and pakistan. prime minister sharif this week , they are meeting and spending time there and meeting with all of the senior saudi royals. yes. i do not have proof positive, i do not have a signed contract. i do not think anyone has a signed contract but in extremis if saudi arabia goes to pakistan and says we need nuclear weapons it will be pretty hard for any pakistani leader to say no. >> no. i hear you. there's also this question. do the saudis worry about the fact that the arab spring could come to them? >> absolutely. when the arab spring began king abdullah invested $30 billion in buying off the saudi population. that is a lot of money even for saudis. that tells me he and the other royals were worried it could happen to them and they responded in the best way they could. make sure everyone has got everything they want, try to buy everybody off. it worries them a lot. i think it is one of the reasons why they supported the military coup in egypt. they were the first within minutes to endorse

in pakistan it's illegal. two months ago her husband was arrested in a crackdown by immigration authorities who have arrested more than 200 asylum seekers. fleeing fail, possible death, many are hoping that sri lanka will be a safe place to wait while the u.n. processes their claim for asylum. but another they're worried, they have ordered another an asylum seekers to be sent back to pakistan. >> he was put on a plane to pakistan ten days ago. she and her extended family are scared of what will follow. >> on july 27th three ahmediss were killed when their homes from burned down. >> my son keeps asking me, if we go back, will they burn us? i have no answer for them. >> reporter: in court they say victims of persecution should not be forced to go back. >> this needs to be abided by all countries of the world. >> reporter: the sri lankan government said there are lots of people seeking asylum has become a burden on state resources and compromised state and regional security. many are packing their bags just in ca

. >>> in pakistan sick fighters killed and six injured in the capital of the southwestern province. the attackers used guns and grenades to storm a police checkpoint close to an airport which also serves as an air base, in a separate incidents four bombs were did fused as a neighboring air force base, meanwhile thousands of pakistani opposition supporters continued their march to the capital. protesters want the prime minister to resign, they accuse him of voter fraud in last year's election. he's seen as the challe strongest challenger since he took over a year ago. >>> still ahead, human rights groups blame separatist militia for hundreds of abductions plus. >> reporter: i am in india with the country's contribution to the first world war likely saved the western front. coming up we'll see how those and other memories from the war are fading. ♪ ♪ >>> er watching al jazerra, a reminder of the top stories. nouri al-maliki has quit as iraq's prime minister after domestic and international pressure. he was vying for a third term in office, but he's stepped down to support his repl

special forces in pakistan and in syria those are countries that us isn't officially at war with so it's not like you were doing the dirty work for them. look i sold the business back in two thousand and ten and i've had nothing to do with it since then. so i can't speak to any involved in pakistan and certainly not in syria yet what about the cia contracts that were out in two thousand and nine well if you read the last chapter of my book there's a reason it's written by a third party. you know certainly the work that i did or the company did is been leaked many times by by politicians that talk too much. you could read through the detail there but you know in tradition with a guy named bill donovan who was the founder of the o.s.'s the predecessor of cia he believed that. there's a lot to be gained from from using the civilian capability from the know how of americans that have capability courage and know how to do things in difficult places and so i tried to continue that tradition. you personally do you believe the wars in iraq and afghanistan where necessary or it's just a business

the political future of pakistan may be at steak, but beyond that it also has a heavy economic impact the country cannot afford. kamala harris, al jazeera, islamabad. >>> still to come, we're in yemen's capitol where the government has been given an ultimate tum to quit. >>> and portraying war in an artistic life. >>> and i'm in spain where little ones are about to make big waves in spanish football. ♪ >> now! >> faul lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> there blocking the door... >> ground breaking... >> truth seeking... >> we have to get out of here... award winning investigative documentary series... special episode ferguson: city under siege only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. ♪ >>> a quick reminder now of those headlines here on al jazeera. sunni politicians in iraq have suspended talks on a new government o

. >> talks to end week long pro tests in pakistan calling for the resignation of the prime minister have broken down. the protests, which have brought the capitol to a standstill are led by the opposition leader and a cleric. they say the prime minister rigged last year's election. imran khan said his party is pulling out of negotiations. for more, let's cross over to islamabad and bring in our aljazeera reporter. imran khan is accusing the u.s. of involvement. what can you tell us about that statement and what are the implications of imran khan pulling out of negotiations with the government? >> well, indeed, this evening, imran khan said that the united states was interfering in the internal affairs of pakistan. he appealed to the u.s. ambassador that the u.s. should withdraw a statement in support of the government. the u.s. embassy was very quick to issue its own statement saying that yes, they were monitoring the situation in pakistan, but that they were not in any way interfering with what is going on. however, imran khan, as you mentioned had called off the dialogue with the gover

the one big danger that has not been mentioned is that of pakistan. we talk about iran getting the bomb. pakistan already has the bomb, and who can be 100% sure the fundamentalists in that country have not infiltrated the army, maybe the units guarding the nuclear stores. the prospect of an al a.l. -- al qaeda type group getting ahold of a number nuclear weapon is scary. >> that cheery note to start q & a. given the shortage of time, those who have a question, you can state in 15 seconds or less, i'll give you your first opportunities. then those that have 30 second questions, then up to those who have minute questions and those who have a four-hour statement, we'll see if we can get to that. okay. 15 seconds. this gentleman here. >> does iran get the nuclear bomb, do you believe they would use it against israel -- >> i'm not aware of any leaders announcing they would use nuclear weapons against israel. everything i have seen abouted the leadership they're quite pragmatic. billionaires squabbling for power. when they were involved in a bloody war with

the pakistan now. antigovernment protesters have agreed to meet with ministers after days of the medical turmoil. thousands have been demonstrating outside the national parliament in islam about -- islamabad. they want prime minister nawaz sharif to step down over allegations of corruption. the demonstrations have been largely peaceful so far. u.s. attorney general eric holder is expected to visit the st. louis suburb of ferguson in missouri. following an 11th night of unrest after the shooting of a black teenager. police in riot gear arrested another 47 people after protesters hurled bottles at officers. otherwise, the night was comparatively calm. the lease in st. louis earlier shot down another black man who was reportedly wielding a knife. stay with us. we will be back in just a minute. >> welcome back. palestinians fired dozens of rockets into israel today, and the israeli military responded with airstrikes. both sides blame each other for the renewed escalation in violence, on tuesday just before

pakistan's opposition begins its independence day protest march. ♪ ♪ >>> at least four children have been killed after iraqi troops carried out attacks in the city of fallujah. a fighter jet bombed targets including a mosque and a water purification plant. fallujah has been the scene of ongoing anti-government protests for months think meanwhile, the u.s. says it's unlikely to launch a rescue operation to help those people trapped on the sinjar mountains in northern iraq. thousands of the i can' yazidi y group fled there as i.s. moved in to the area. the humanitarian situation isn't as bad as originally thought. jayna joins us now live from erbil. jane, regardless of what happened with the yazidis. the humanitarian challenge in iraq is simply massive across the different sects, isn't it? >> reporter: it is absolutely, sammy. as the united nations says that schools here likely won't open in northern iraq because half of them are occupied by people displaced from the north. in the refugees camp where we have been over the last 24 hours, people would horrendous stories people beheaded.

pakistan already has the bomb. who can be 100% sure the fundamentals in the country about infiltrated the army, or infiltrated the units regarding the nuclear storage, the prospect of an al-qaeda type group getting control of nuclear weapon is very unsettling. >> that's a cheery note to be can keep an a on. we have just a very few minutes for questions. given the shortage of time of questions, those of you who have a question you can state in 15 seconds or less, i will give you your first opportunities. then those that have 30-second questions. been for those of you who have a four-hour statement, we will see if we can get to that. 15-second questions. this gentleman here. [inaudible] >> i'm not aware of any leaders announcing using of the weapons against the sugar everything i've seen is quite dramatic. they are billionaires squabbling for power but when they were involved in a bloody war with iraq, they sent other people out, the leadership in tehran didn't show up on the battlefield. israeli security folks that

pakistan finishing day four 127/7. chasing a target of 271. now, south africa lead the semmes fear's rugby championship after -- southern hemisphere's rugly championship. this earlier proving to be the only try of the game. quite a conprast to last year's game. 73-13. it was a home win for the intring book's. >> -- springbok's. >> saturday's game saw australia prevents new zealand claiming an 18th straight test win australia will travel to nz's eden park stadium, where the home team won the last 32 tests. >> the history, we are not living in the left. not many of the team are involved in the history of the eden park. there has been plenty of success. they won. that's a context. new zealand. >> britney leads the way in the golf lpga championship. the american looking to win her second title. with a one shot lead. close behind is defending champion parke, the south korean is nine under par joined by norway's susan petty son. >>> now, it's described by some of its fans as not so much a horse race but a war. the palio de siena takes place twice a

three return to pakistan in june involved to stage mass protests to topple the government accusing it of corruption. and solve the in yemen al qaeda militants have executed at least fifteen soldiers witnesses say their bus was ambushed near the town of shoe bomb holding two unconfirmed reports their bodies were beheaded earlier this week al qaeda claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on the army in the south and southeast of yemen that claimed the lives of twenty soldiers. several thousand libyans protested in tripoli benghazi and ms rogers gave the official handover of power to the country's newly elected government the violence has sharpened libya's political divisions as pro-government forces clash with groups of former rebels and islamists meanwhile the newly inaugurated problem and has threatened to act against warning militias who don't abide by its call for an immediate cease fire the struggle for power began immediately after the overthrow of the regime of one of the duffy in two thousand and eleven. skyrocketing tuition fees in america are now forcing many students t

returned to pakistan in june and valley to stage mass protests to topple the government all the while accusing it of deep corruption in southern yemen where al-qaeda militants have executed at least fifteen soldiers when is to say their bus was near the town of show and according to unconfirmed reports their bodies beheaded earlier this week al qaeda claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on the army in the south and southeast of yemen claiming the lives of twenty soldiers. so four thousand libyans protesting in tripoli in misrata against the official handover of power to the country's newly elected government the violence has sharpened libya's political divisions pro-government forces clashed with groups of former rebels and is in the midst meanwhile the newly inaugurated parliament has threatened to act against warring militias who don't abide by its call for an immediate cease fire the struggle for power began immediately after the overthrow of the regime of moammar gadhafi in twenty eleven. well they are one of nature's most spectacular displays a great ox of light freezin

and protesters demanding the resignation of pakistan's prime minister begin talks with the government. ♪ >>> iraq's ethnic and political divisions have been widening for months now, placing the country's future under threat. but now at least one sign of reconciliation. kurdish ministers are returning to the central government. now the kurds are in charge of their autonomous region in the north. their mp's include a foreign minister who pulled out of the national government last month. now they were in dispute with prime minister maliki, but now maliki is on his way out, blamed for deepening iraq's sectarian divisions. the man whose got the task of healing those wounds now is the new prime minister designate. monica has this report. >>> kurdish politicians are coming back. the block had left prime minister maliki's government two months ago after he accused them of helping terrorists. now there is a common enemy. the islamic state group. kurdish foreign minister resumed his official agenda and urged the international community to help iraq fight the islamic state. malky is on his way

and there has been a mass rally in pakistan in support of an exiled cleric who claimed the government was corrupt and the prime minister should be ousted thousands of demonstrators turned out for just about to start a revolution and those who protested over the deaths of fourteen anti-government campaigners in june and other gatherings planned an islamic jihad later this week to highlight alleged vote rigging. and greece may still be mired in a dad that's almost twice the size of its economy but the e.u. is considering disbanding the troika and giving athens greater freedoms to chart its own path have but it will be cold comfort for greeks and during massive unemployment and painful austerity and with widespread discontent at a government they say has failed as marine corps through every ports. enough is enough sake troika with you and lets us live that is the message from the greek taxi operators association to the government stopped with demands the prime minister step down for failing to stop the economic crisis and the strict austerity measures which resulted in poverty and desper

pakistani crisis seems to be going and the scholars are worried about the future of pakistan. whether we like it or not and whether the u.s. likes it or not iran is one of the most stable countries in the region. despite 30 years of the war and everything iran is one of the most stable countries. i look at the area and say iran and turkey are the most stable countries. others have instability like iraq or afghanistan or they are vulnerable to the crisis. this is additional responsibility for tehran and washington to cooperate. i don't believe the crisis in the region will only be resolved by cooperation by iran and the united states. we need to engage other powers like saudi arabia and turkey. we need a regional corporation system which i have discussed in details in the book in the persian gulf and the region. i would prepare warren to stop here and go to the questions. [applause] >> i am going to ask a couple questions of my own and then we will go to the floor. hussein, you mentioned saudi arabia and the need to include them. i want to ask you about something that is curren

he can shoot a target in afghanistan or pakistan. in a nearby secluded town of indian springs and habitants observe the waltzing drones with a neighbor's benevolent i. i'm sure that we are constantly checked out i would be surprised if the drones aren't keeping tabs on us here.

pakistan. you will be amazed, they were from all different backgrounds, all very secular. if you look at those 15 proponents, different to comprehend how a state that is falling. at people, the idea is distributed in 2 different action. that is a phenomena and i tried to answer is that question how the draft had taken place. to begin and explain the context of what we are looking at. i think five major factors i would like to mention, my findings, first and foremost, need for us to understand the different ways in which the taliban and pakistan and how they were doomed in some ways. what was the genesis of these two organizations. i met gandhi today, the old class of the old guard of the afghan taliban seems to be open to negotiation. i will not say they have come to the best, but they are looking for opportunities to negotiate. maybe some of the other associates -- my understanding is the old taliban has lost control of the incidents taking place in afghanistan. this is the second problem with

of pakistan when all is really is that it. was. now pakistan is a shadow theatre. its authorities complain about this. franks but never do anything serious such as calling for the united nations to stop. this ruse. and if america or anyone else in the world was flying a drone over your hometown and they were firing missiles at anybody that would be will go three in the french air force would shoot things down in a heartbeat and you know when the pakistan government says they're doing everything they can you know it's not true and you don't know quite what their motivations are and i daresay that quite complex as to read that some are just afraid the americans get so much money from the americans that they don't want to do anything i had one come to say with one of the pakistani elite who honestly said to me that the americans give us so much money that you know what's three thousand people and reservist you know they can kill that many then kill more if they want and this is unbelievably horrible attitude and i'm not saying that by all pakistanis and government i t

unfortunately our country's becoming the pakistan of europe history will repeat itself will have riots it will get ugly no one is offering any solutions so people don't know what to do the government is nonexistent it's subservient to the troika and their economic interest union reps say they feel like slaves working under a government that doesn't serve their interests it's already hard to find a job in this economy and also lucky enough to have one fear that heavy taxation will eventually force them out onto the streets and the rise in fact is a mental make up our taxi drivers making ends meet let's find out. the many. many times we return home unable to cover our basic needs they're taxing everything that moves and they expect you to pay for it somehow if you don't you're in danger of going to prison having your house repossessed we mortgage our lives our children's and grandchildren's lives to pay off debts that we didn't create and we're sitting here taking it with our hands tied by fools most greeks is the old tacitly of the government to increase the already high burden of respo

. >> the leader of pakistan's party is pulling out of parliament. they are trying to force the prime minister to resign. tens of thousands of protestor brought part of the capitol to a stand still. fellow opposition leader say that last year's elections were rigged and called for the government to step down. >> for the past few days, they have been protesting, but today was a climax of the protest when he decided that his party was the pulling out of parliament where they have 34 seats and total of 340 plus, that he's pulling out of the assembly, where his party has 30 seats and two seats in the province, however, his party has not yet decided on whether they are going to give up the government of the province where the pti is in majority and saying he knocked on every door and going to the country's as well and no justice and he wanted a system that would be transparent and would guarantee free and fair elections and not likely all to go well for the pakistan democracy. >> aljazeera is demanding the release of the journalists in prison in egypt. th

how cricket nation pakistan is supplying the world with footballs. and, we visit europe's hydroelectric powerhouse, norway. >> the democratic republic of congo is a rich country on paper, but the oil wealth that could help build a prosperous nation has so far mainly fuelled conflict. both with its neighbors and among its own communities. all efforts to re-build the state have consistently failed, even after more than a decade. rampant corruption is leaving people languishing in poverty and without access to basic services. especially if they live in remote areas like the ngiri triangle along the congo river. those swamps make tough terrain for humans. but they are a crucial reserve for the country's wildlife. conservationists are now applying an unusual formula to keep that ecosystem intact. they are providing health care to the people who live there. >> in parts of the democratic republic of the congo, medical care arrives by water. the rivers are the roads in this country. the boat was a donation from germany. it travels into the ngiri reserve, the

. >>> protests are financing in pakistan's capital after the prime minister ignored opposition demands for him to step down. >> demonstrations have been going on for a week. protesters want nawaz sharif to resign and an investigation into the results of last year's election. >>> fiji hold an election next month, the first since a coup in 2006. after almost eight years in charge, frank barney mar arna is hoping to win the democratic vote. [ chanting ] >> reporter: fiji's prime minister promised an open forum, he'd take any questions much but not, it seems, from opponents. frank barney mar armour made his way to sydney to campaign for votes to fijians abroad. will the election be fair. for g.m.s in exile in australia down it. >> i don't think it will be fair. as for free, it remains to be seen as to intimidation exercised by people collected with him. >> reporter: outside the venue for the rally, confusion. >> this is a public area. >> what happened. >> we are coming in. >> the meeting's organizers told the media where it was held, and when. >> it is one test of a free election. with pro

the leader of the pakistan party will be gathering supporters as he passes through major towns. he has instructed his party workers who have a government in the province to bring a large number of supporters to islamabad. also moving his marsh, known as the revolution marsh, the other march the freedom marsh, the two marches are combining together and the government is wondering how to deal with the situation. the local administration has not removed the obstacles. it will be interesting to see how these large crowds come into the city and what steps the government will take to make sure no untoward incidents take place. >> korean airlines is suspending lights to kenya to stop the spread of the ebola virus. flights will stop next week as kenya's medical authorities warn it is not ready to handle the outbreak. >> the airports remain crucial. we don't think enough seriousness has been placed in terms of doing screening. it is imperative that we reduce the risk of the disease getting into our borders. >> in west africa, the outbreak killed more than 1,000 people since december. the