All the news from the tennis grand slam. Mario returns, in action to liverpool. Details in about 45 minutes time. Kurdish peshmerga and shia militias claim to have taken the northern iraqi town after fighting with the Islamic State group. The town has been under siege for two months. Sue turton joins he on the phone, 20km north of amearly. Tell us about the retake of amearly. It was a joint operation between peshmerga and shia, trying to push through the ring. Theres a ring around the town, and it has been bepeopled for the past 80 address. There has to be air drops of food and water. People were scared that the is fighters were so close to them. The peshmerga talk about how prnt it was that they broke the siege. That is what happened. They are telling us that they go all the way around the area, the area surrounding, to clear away the fighters. Have been hearing gun fire pushing away to the north, was the place we have been out is 20km to the north. Hearing gun nighting. Peshmergas have broken through. They are telling us that theres a village there, and they are trying to take back from the fighters. The push is ongoing, but they got into the town. The push is ongoing. Any ideas at this statement what their planning to at this stage what they plan to do next. How significant is the battle. I think what they do next is reliant on what is going on. They are honest. They could not have taken amerli. They have been relentless in june on saturday. U. S. Fighter jet, iraqi helicopters, and iranian fighters jets pummelled the. S line. The peshmerga are saying theyve been led by what is going on from the air. The areas are softening up and they are pushing in. Taking amerli is significant for moral because they are worried about the turkman residents inside amerli. They were worried that the men would die. Its a small dent really, and a battle in the whole area. There was another area, way is further to the east of amerli. They have managed to make inroads in there. They have the momentum at the moment. How long they can keep pushing and whether they can hold the positions is a different matter. Meanwhile australia is the latest nation to join a growing International Coalition against Islamic State fighters. Tony abbott said his nation will provide guns and ammunition to support kurdish forces. As Hoda Abdelhamid reports, american Officials Say they have never dealt with a fighting force like the Islamic State. The scars of battle. The Islamic State group use houses as defense lines before it was forced to retreat. They came home to find this. The groups fighters moved into the village in mud august. They did not just use the house as a base. They ate the food and used their clothes, and didnt give up without a fight. This is an organization that u. S. Officials say is behind anything they have seen, each those engaged in combat say they faced welltrained fighters. They placed a few snipers in different houses, and they did all the way, the roads, put the tnt. Reporter the Islamic State may have been pushed back. It is far from defeated. Kurdish forces and elements of the army did not win the battle alone. Dozens of u. S. Air strikes supported the counter offensive. Air power does damage. It may have been an option, but its not always the case. They control cities, population centers, using air strikes there would cause mass civilian casualties. The kurds have been battling is on several fronts, but not in the strong hold where sunni arabs live. Iraqis and former members are fighting alongside arabs. Unfortunately most of the relatives are sunni, and they support, the people here are disappointed in government as a revenge action, i think they supported these people. The air cap pain slowed their progress in this corner of iraq. Is, armed with u. S. Equipment stolen from the iraqi army controls territory in syria, where the Barack Obama Administration lacks allies, the war needs to be fought on the ground on both side of the border. Its a challenge since the governments in iraq and syria are not seen as legitimate by the sunnis. The United Nations is negotiating with Syrian Rebels for the release of 45 u. N. Peacekeepers. The troops from fiji are among hundreds mon forking the line monitoring the line between Golan Heights and sunni held areas. Reporter u. N. Peacekeepers are caught in a conflict of which they have have no part. After 40 years of monitoring the goal of no engage. U. N. Soldiers are held hostage in a war. The al nusra front released the id cards of 45 u. N. Peacekeepers captured last week. Its one of armed groups battling the government, and accuses the u. N. Ofsiding with the dam regime. We cannot confirm the exact location of our troops. Continuing negotiations at all levels. It is the official Negotiation Team by the u. N. Negotiations, negotiators. And also the local negotiation by the people on the ground with local contack. The u. N. Says its in touch with other parties that could help in negotiation. They try to use all possible ways and means to talk with them. And we are trying to get support from the countries that have influence. The al nusra appears open to negotiation. This weekend they released five of the lebanese soldiers during fighting on the border with syria. It continues to hold 24 lebanese soldiers and Police Officers, all of whom are shia. The u. N. Managed to move two large groups of filipino peacekeepers threatened in the conflict. The bulk of forces have been withdrawn to the safety of the primary base in the is ray oil occupied part. The u. N. Mission in the Golan Heights and the monitoring to the zone of disengagement. Technically it is at war. Elsewhere in syria activists say 10 are killed and 12 others by air strikes. They say five children were killed in the city after government strikes there. Several other people were injured. Israels Prime Minister said he will run for a fourth term in office. Binyamin netanyahus anaunsment comes from a speculation. A poll saw satisfaction. And his face increased criticism. There has been more fighting between protesters and police, coming after violence leaving three dead and 300 injured. They called for nawaz sharif to step down. Kamal hyder is in islamabad. What is going on at the moment . Well, the situation is still tense. Scuffles are continuing as far as protesters and police are concerned. Imran khan and dr Tahir Ulqadri are talking through the supporters out there, and despite the fact that the government has used heavy hanned tactics, they have not been able to remove the protesters fro the venue. Reporter in identify are the protesters stand their ground. They staged a sit in. They wont go on fl the Prime Minister resigns. Translation we will not return until we achieve our objective. They have no justification. They dont have a legal justification for its existence. The demonstrators are led, saying that seek justice for their followers in ley hor, who were killed by police. Opposition leader imran khan, who accuses the Prime Minister of corruption and electoral fraud. Translation im here with you, with you, and have been with you the entire fight. I will be with you until we get freedom for the country. With allahs help, move to your final destination. Remain peaceful, peaceful. Maintain my credibility. There should be no violence, no destruction. No violence. God willing, you will win the war. That message was disregarded on saturday night. They broke through police lines, tearing down the walls of parliament. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. The army was called in to protect state buildingsment the military has tone over in times of civil unrest. This time theres little appetite for a coup. The Pakistani Military established that they are in any combative position to run the government. If they try to do that, they fail miserably, leaving pakistan in a tic situation. In a terrible situation. This is an elected parliament. Whether it can remain peaceful or not is critical to pakistans future. I know the demonstrators says nawaz sharif is not good for the country, but the stand off, what impact is it having on the country . Can it afford this . It cannot afford political instability, everything is at a stand still. Parliament is no longer functional. Protesters so close to parliament, it is unlikely that it will function at all. A dangerous time for pakistans parliamentary democracy. If you look at pakistans military interventions on numerous occasions, it is because of the changing political scenario here in pakistan, the fact that a large number of people are young, no one wants a domestic hold on the parties, and is playing into all this. However people are questioning as to what good this will do for a country that is back on the road for democracy. The military was supposed to be organising a senior commanders meeting, meeting in rawalpindi. The military was seen as the beginning of an arbitrator or mediators. The government stepped back. More would work, but everywhere will watch to see what the military has to say. The political crisis is going nowhere, and protesters are at the venue. Thank you for that update, kamal. Coming up, russia and Ukraine Exchange prisoners captured on each others soil. What does it mean for the ongoing crisis. Plus date diplomat. If its safe to be here, why havent official come to visit us. People worries as ebola spreads to sepp gal. Khchelsea charms to the topf the premier league. Robin has that later in sport. Prodemocracy activists in hong kong say theyll take over the citys financial district in protest against chinas refusal to allow democratic elections. Cant dates chosen by beijing will be able stand. For hong kong, the announcement for Chinas Parliament was anticipated. The political masters in beijing clarified how much democracy theyll tolerate. A mistakesman for the National Peoples congress has confirmed the election will be limited to a handful of candidates. Theres a need to proceed in a steady and prudent manner because the sovereignty and improvement of the country is at stake. A small group of people in hong kong with political motives is trying to replace the law and came up with the nomination. The goal is to interfere with society and spent a grate amount of time discussing the agenda. The decision means that only candidates that meet with beijings approval can stand in the election. The candidates need the endorsement of half the members of a nominating committee. Beijing will select. It guarantees on election. Therell be no uppleasant surprises. When hong kong was returned to china as an autonomous region, beijing promised the autonomy a high degree of political autonomy. And the capitalist system continued. But the Chinese Government said that deal is being undermined. Part of what is calls are foreign conspiracy to turn hong kong into a base of subversion. The Foreign Ministry in china races the issue and warns whoever is involved in this emanuelal forces or international forces, from avoiding using hong kong. Reporter for china, the matter of hong kongs political fewer has been finalised. And now expects hong kong to listen. Roderick is in lion, an associate fellow at chat am house. Thank you for joining us. China confirming that it wont allow the fuli demics elections to go ahead. What is china worried about. I think china the main concern for china is to ensure that it controls the political processes in hong kong and the chief executive. So they dont want completely free and open elections, they want to be clear that the candidates will be fully supportive of chinas aims. Where does this leave hong kong then is this. Well, this leaves those in hong kong who want more open elections in a very difficult position. China has spoken, pretty firmly and finally. They can protest, and they clearly will protest. The next step in hong kong would be for a bill to be put to the Legislative Council to introduce essentially the china programme. And they may well oppose that. If they oppose that, and the bill does not go through, therell not be universal suf rig. You say prodemocracy supporters say theyll take over the financial district. Is this something that china will allow, when you say theyll stop people being outspoken. How far are they prepared to go . This is the big question. It will be a challenge for the authorities as to how they handle the protests. The future will depend on how effective and sensible the Hong Kong Government are in handling the protest, and whether or not it does somehow provoke the Central Government to feel they need to take a happened in it. Good to talk to you roderick white. Thank you very much. Thank you. Despite moscows denials that it has a role in the crisis of ukraine, a prisoner swap has tape placement 63 ukranian soldiers were handed back in exchange for nine russian parr troopiers captured on ukranian soil. In russias region on the border with ukraine, a latenight handover. The men were quiet as they grossed a checkpoint. 63 soldiers swapped for in my opinion russian paratroopers in a sign of cooperation. The negotiations were far from easy. Thank god commonsense prevailed. I want to stress we dont abandon our people. From the first minutes our servicemen were detained. The ukrainian soldiers were trying to get away from fighting when they entered russian territory. Its paratroopers crossed accidentally. Ukranian authorities said the unit was on a special mission. Kiev maintains russia is to blame. 1,000 russian soldiers were operating in the east. Terrorists would not have been capable of conducting an operation without Russian Federation troops they are there. Several russian marines were captured during one breakthrough operation. The deal was reportedly stuck between ukrainian president petro porashenko, and his russian counter part during talks in minsk. Vladimir putin is calling for statehood to be considered. A stark progression from his previous calls for regional powers, heeding works that the point of no return is near, and na point is fullscale war. There has been a new eruption of icelands bardabunga vol capo, Scientists Say the lava flow was calm, causing authorities to issue a code red warning to aviation. Lets get the whether from richard. And we talk about flooding in the area. It looks like at the moment there is a risk of flooding. You can see the thick cloud extending down the south of mexico to the great lakes. We have another area of cloud and rain. That makes it well for a day or so. As you look at the forecast. You have rain extending all the way up to the eastern seaboard, and as we po from sunday through to monday, you can see the part through to the great lakes, where the risk of showers will develop. As we take them through to a tuesday, the rain is extensive. Therell be developments in the caribbean. Theres an area of cloud moving towards the peninsula, this area here. It will fragment as it moves across the peninsula. Once it gets into the bay, we could see it develop and over the next few days it will develop into a psych lop. The potential for the next few days means extensive flooding. It look like being a wet spell. Thank you for that. Lesothos Prime Minister has taken control following what appears to be a coup. The South African president jacob zuma called a meeting in pretoria to resolve the crisis. We go to lesotho, with tania page. Calm on the streets and cracks are wide open. The army may have withdrawn to its barrack, but the Prime Minister is in south africa, where he accuses the military of totalling to seize power. The deputy Prime Minister has taken charge. They told al jazeera, he is not trying to destabilize the country. This is not a coup. Lets get if straight. Id not still bee a deputy Prime Minister, the Prime Minister would not be a Prime Minister. If there is a coup that has tape place in lesotho. This is the first Police Station the military raided. One Police Officer was kill, three injured, and so was a soldier. The military says it was not an attempted coup. It was seizing weapons it believed would be supplied to the army. Anyone with such a government creates a crisis. Im calling on the military to put down their arms, sit and follow the right procedures. The army that we spent so much Time Training and putting together. The 2 yearold coalition government, the first collapsed in june, and parliament was suspended. The landlocked kingdom is surrounded by south africa. The Prime Minister has the full backing of south africa, the regional body saddicing and the african union, but not the military support. Without that, his problems are far from over. Aide workers in south sudan are reporting a rise in the number of eplansiated children arriving at Food Distribution centers. The u. N. Childrens agency deployed Rapid Response taxes to supply weapons, food. A fam yin is imminent in south sudan. Health authorities in senegal are trying to track down people that may have come into contact with their first ebola person. World Health Organisation is sending personnel and people to contain the outbreak. It is the fifth county in south africa reporting ebola. For weeks a man with ebola lived here. Most saw him. Talk to to him. Shook his happened. Now this neighbourhood lies in fear that some among them may be sick. Translation he will not come down, its too dangerous. Some tell us we can catch it from the wi