Well get there. The bitter siege at the border town of kobane is straining relations between the Kurdish Forces defending the city and turkey on the other side of the border. Dozens of i. S. I. L. Fighters have been killed, but kurdish leaders are angry, accusing attacks to come through turkey. Reporter the latest attempt by fighters by i. S. I. L. To take control of kobanes crossing into turkey involved an assault, including a car filled with explosives and suicide bombs. At least 110 shells were launched and tanks involved in the attack, according to the syrian observatory for human rights, u. K. Based. The border remains under the control of Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to their spokesman. This latest push by i. S. I. L. Seems to have exacted a heavy toll on the group. Around 50 fighters have been killed since saturday. According to the soh. It would be their biggest single loss of life since i. S. I. L. Began its assault in september. A kurdish spokesman said the car bomb appeared to come from the turkish side of the border. Turkish military dismissed the claim as lives. Video has been posted of a man firing from the turkish side of the border, showing grain silos in turkey. The man emerges from between a wall and silos. The railway line is in turkey, 100 or so meters from turkish territory. Turkey said the man is one of a number of y. P. G. Fighters during heavy fighting. The attempt to take control of kobane is one of i. S. I. L. s toughest challenges. Fierce resistance from fighters joined by iraqi peshawar, and backed up with u. S. Air strikes to stop the town from falling. Despite both sides pouring resources into the fight, control of kobane remains roughly evenly split between both sides while in turkey, pope francis and the head of the Orthodox Christians condemned i. S. I. L. And the persecution of the religious minorities. The pope wrapped up his visit, including meeting bartholomew the 1st. And says more must be done translation we hear this here, some are scarred by an inhumane war, taking away the pass of the people, committing acts of violence, especially when directed against the weak and the defenseless is a sin against god. It means showing contents for the image of god. Turkey is home to 2 million refugees from syria. Thousands of christians are among the refugees. France called for an interfaith dialogue with muslims to counter fundamentalism coming up, a one on one with a french fighter in syria, considered to be a leading recruit are for i. S. I. L. Dozens of arrests in hong kong after protesters clashed with police. Protesters are stepping up the movement, demanding greater autonomy for elections in 2017. Police hit demonstrators with batons trirks to drive them from the trying to drive them from the streets. There was a big flareup in hong kong. It began as a rally. Student organizers told protesters to turn up and be prepared with face masks and goggles. Seems they had a plan in mooned. They have been looking in mind. Theyve been looking for something to do since being cleared out of an occupation site in kowloon district. They urged protesters to come to the admiralty part of hong kong island. And it seemed theyd try to block the headquarters, seal off the entrances into the headquarters and stop people turning up for work in the morning civil servants. They have gone beyond that. There has been serious clashes, a number of injuries and arrests, and a number of roads have been occupied. In is one of the main battle ground, if you like, between police and protesters. Police maintained and kept traffic running through hear for the past couple of weeks. Its been the scene of sporadic clashes and once again the scene of a big clash. As you can see, thousands of protesters have taken obvious control of this road. They are waiting to see whether, indeed, the police will intervene, whether theyll come back, and what theyll come back with, with how much force. Police maintain they used minimal force. Thats disputed by the protesters, who are on the receiving end of the batons and the like rob mcbride reporting there rallies in egypt have been peaceful today after at least four were killed protesting a judges decision to drop murder and corruption charges against former president Hosni Mubarak. The same groups that opposed Hosni Mubaraks regime, are calling for demonstrations Cairos Tahrir square has become a symbol for the january 25th revolution bringing down the government of Hosni Mubarak three years ago. Now, the protesters are back. Demonstrating against a court verdict. Hosni mubarak had been charged with conspiring to kill demonstrators during the revolution. Now that case has been dismissed. Translation the verdict to acquit Hosni Mubarak and his aides was a shock to all those taking to the streets. Reporter in scenes reminiscent of the 2011 revolution and the coup against former president Mohamed Mursi there were running street battles, tear gas and water canons. All those who died. If Hosni Mubarak didnt kill them with adley and his helpers, who killed them. We saw the Armored Vehicle running over people in cairo, tar rear and every province tar rear and every province in egypt. How can he be cleared. Reporter his aides and two sons were cleared as well. Hosni mubarak is under house arrest for a separate embezzlement conviction. After the verdict he spoke on local television. Translation i felt i did nothing wrong at all. I was waiting to find out what they will come up with this time. It was an innocent verdict. I did nothing wrong at all. The socalled arab spring was full of hope and promise in egypt. Most of that has been lost. In its place is an undivided country. And the man protesters struggled to overthrow may walk free in russia, the issue is health care. Thousands of demonstrators converged on the street of moscow protesting changes to the system, saying it will lead to job loss and the closure of Health Centers reporter doctors, nurses and patients gathered in their thousands, united in opposition to the Moscow Health service reshuffle. No one argued that it doesnt need a makeover. These professionals near the plans will lead to the had closure of 27 moscow hospitals and clinics, and 8,000 Health Care Workers being made jobless. Health care is being buried, it says, on the side of the coffin. This doctor, a gastero enterologist says she is living on the edge, fearing redundancy along with others. She sees no logic in sacking doctors when theres a dire shortage of doctors in the capital. Translation they fire doctors and nurses of preretirement age, those who gave up to 30 years of their lives to medicine. Many doctors were offered ridiculous positions as cleaning staff. They fire people because they say theres too many doctors, although its acknowledged theres a shortage of them. Reporter many the elderly joined the march, genuinely concerned that the cuts would leave a vulnerable sector of society at risk to a brutal winter. For the second time in less than a month they are on the march again. Thousands upon thousands in protest, sending a message to the government that this rebellion is far from over. Demands for independence could be heard in yemen today. Thousands gathered in the south to call for independence from the north. It comes on the 47th anniversary of independence. North and south yemen were separate states. This report from aiden that the movement is again gaining momentum. This is the focal paint of south yemens secessionist movement. The Independence Square has become the symbol of their campaign to breakaway from the north. Today they commemorate the anniversary of their independence from British Colonial rule almost 50 years ago. The flag, the slogans and the chant are a nostalgic reminder of when aiden was the capital of a socialist republic that existed until 1990, when the south joined the unified republic of yemen, a move that is widely seen here as a mistake. We want to breakaway from the north, which is occupying our lands. We will wean our fight for independence. This colonel is a retired officer, now in charge of training the army that will take over security if the south splits. Translation we are prepared to take over the security of the south. We have military bases and our soldiers are ready to fight for the liberation of the south. Secessionists described the movement as peaceful. Inspired by houthi political and military gains in the north. The separatists say if their demands are ignored. They may be advised to unilaterally close the border with the north. For the secessionists this could be the beginning of a long fight. They plan to escalate the civil disobedience campaign, until they get a state of their own womens issues have been a big topic of discussion at the francophonic summit. There was a milestone in the selection of a new leader. Barnaby phillips reports. The most significant outcome of this meeting of la francophonie is the choice of a new secretarygeneral. For the first time in this organizations history, it will not be led by a man or an african. That had been the unspoken tradition of la francophonie, that an african elder statesman would be at the helm. Its been broken by a canadian woman of haitian origin. She is a former governor general of canada and shed like to take la francophonie into the 21st century with a greater emphasis on womens rights and the rights of young people, human rights, democracy and so on. Well have to see how easy that will be. It appears her selection was something of an arduous process, the announcement coming later than expected. Perhaps that indicates tensions behind the scenes. The french supported her, they are keen to dispel the notion that la francophonie is a cosy cabal of oldstyle west african leaders, if you like, with close ties to governments in paris Barnaby Phillips reporting the mayor of ferguson, missouri says his city is taking steps to address issues raised following the killing of Michael Brown and hopes the community can begin healing. Jonathan martin joins us with more. The mayor is hopeful. It seems there are significant segments of the community that are not as hopeful. Yes, still a challenge here for a lot of people. A lot of people here in the community expected that Darren Wilson would resign, but a lot of leaders wished he would have resigned sooner, before the grand jury decision, the tone of the protests would have been different. The mayor and the police chief of ferguson held a News Conference a couple of hours ago talking about the resignation, that it had been in the works for weeks, and the threats made to the Police Department and to officer wilson himself, and that he will not receive severance pay and the decision, the resignation is effective immediately. I think its best at this point that we move on as a community. Officer Darren Wilson and his family have moved on, and the city of ferguson is looking to see how we can bring the community together. Reporter did you or the chief ask for his resignation . No. So, again, saying they did not. It was up to Darren Wilson to resign. A criticism in ferguson over the last few months is the Police Department not reflective demographically of the community. One of the things that the police chief and mayor mentioned is they are starting a scholarship to recruit more africanamericans. Theyll provide scholarships to the Police Department. Africanamericans. I want to mention that we saw Michael Browns parent. They were at a church service, at the church where Michael Browns funeral rahs held. Was held. They did not speak publicly, but reverend al sharpton was there to deliver the sermon and spoke, saying the resignation was a step in the right direction, but brings little comforted to the family. The affected is the family that remains with open wounds. And just quitting your job or taking your job will not be objective. It was not about Darren Wilsons job, it was about Michael Browns justice. So again, the question here remains, and the thing that a lot of people talk about is how will the resignation, the fact that he stepped down will affect the tone of the process. A couple of hundred were out here, some were arrested. A lot of protesters pointed out they were not just protesting for Michael Brown to step down, but for new lawyers, and a lot want the police chief to step down. During the News Conference he said he had no plan to step down if its sunday in america, its football. I understand you have something to tell us how football and social issues intersected today. Yes, the rams, st louis rams and Oakland Raiders are playing. It should a wrap up any minute. They are playing at the stadium of st louis. We saw some of players protest in their own way. Some came out with their hands up, the gesture we see over and over again during the protests. We saw a lot of protesters outside before the game started. Seems like thats something the protesters are trying to do. Getting attentions that this is on national tv. A lot of people saw the players protesting in their own way. Makes a statement. Thank you the state department is urging the qatari government to allow an american couple to leave the country. Matthew and grace swan were sentenced to three years in a qatarry prison in march. They are convicted for the death of their daughter who died, die apparently from complications of an eating disorder. Cleared by the court, they are unable to leave qatar. We feel the qatar government is ignoring the calls of police and the u. S. Government. And that the emir has a heart for justice, but this case is a fault of lower level people that refuse to admit their mistakes. They spent a year in prison before being released. This note al jazeeras American Company is funded in part by the government in qatar coming up, hopes for an aidsfree generation, world age day as 34 Million People are living with the disease today plus, an al jazeera exclusive one on one with a man recruiting foreign fighters for. I tomorrow is World Aids Day which has been marked every year since 1988. Its time to assess the impact of the disease and focus on efforts to eradicate the virus. The disease has killed 35 million worldwide. 34 million are living with h. I. V. Aids. Joining us is dr dmitri, an assistant commissioner of health with the department of hygiene. Thank you for joining us. Its tomorrow. What are the big advantages to celebrating on a day like tomorrow . The world of h. I. V. Is different to the last couple of decades. We have antirhettero viral therapy saving millions of lives and h. I. V. Acquisition, its the town of a now day where we have hold and new tools creating a continuum of those at risk. What progress has been made, and people who need these things getting access to it . We are making a lot of progress. The important thing is that all the stars are aligned. The political, scientific will and medical will are there, where we are getting antiviral therapy to the hands that need it, at risk and living with h. I. V. We have wonderful ways to increase access and really, like i said, with new medicines on board to prevent h. I. V. Acquisition, that political will is there, and the medical will to make a Public Health intervention. What has been working in new york city, that you think can work in other parts of the world . I think the treatment and prevention is a powerful element working in new york city. Thousands and thousands of people are on antirhettero viral therapy, more and more are engaged in care and taking meds and more being detected, if you dont have the virus in the blood. That means you are protecting their health. That is a lesson for the world. We are learning from africa and other parts of the world. Tell me about that. From a lot of studies, many of which happened in africa, it demonstrates that if you treat people you may have a 96 reduction in transmission risk. Thats huge. Its staggering. Treating people is enough to make an impact. On top of that, the messaging with condoms, testing and preexposure, we have a lot of tools necessary to take this on. What are the next achievements or goals horizon. I want everyone tested for h. I. V. That is important. For me, h. I. V. Testing is a gateway not just for People Living with h. I. V. To get into care, but people who are a negative, to learn about ways to stay negative. I think it is to lead the duality of h. I. V. Positive and negative, and enter the world, but this is just one story. Fantastic, tomorrow, World Aids Day, thank you very much the latest numbers from the World Health Organisation show nearly 7,000 have died from ebola this year. The outbreak has been controlled in guinea, sierra leone and liberia. One of the biggest problems is lack of awareness. Kim vinnell introduces us to people going door to door to find anyone that is infected. Reporter when hes on patrol he gets to the point. Do you have any sickness in your house here . No. He asks whether anyone has died recently. Or whether anyone is sick. Its a routine hell repeat every day until this entire county in liberias northwest is declared ebolafree. Translation in my country im assigned to 40 households in block c. There is two of us. For me i have 20 houses i visit daily. Among the 20 houses i came across three who are sick. Reporter he is an active case finder, one of a thousand locals who finds those that have ebola and teach them about the disease. Liberian officials believe communities have the power to lower rates of infection, even by simple means. Since i started the awareness, its encouraging. People are accepting it, some are going by what