Liby libya. Yemens army steps up its fighting against houthi rebels. Were on the front line with Kurdish Forces in iraq. They they dont have the equipment to defeat isil. And its being called ming bling. Well take a look at the new exhibition highlighting the golden age in chinese history. We begin this news hour with the deepening political and security situation in libya. The United Nations says the country is on the brink of a quote protected conflict and civil strife, end quote. How to stop that from happening is the focus in madrid, spain, thats where top diplomats are gathering to discuss the crisis. Represents from nato and the European Union is also there. But it is who is not there that could prove the sticking point. First lets take a look at what is happening on the ground. There you can more clashes. And there has been more fighting in the eastern city of benghazi with nine soldiers reportedly killed there. Is this an attempt to put a peace effort together or an attempt to rally for support for one side . Reporter well, i think its the latter. I think it is a message to the opposition government who is not here that the International Community stands behind the government. And that is the result of the new parliament that was elected in june. Even though there has been an impressive turnout here, also the u. N. Special envoy, the arab league, there is a big array of players here, but when it comes to solving libyas problems it comes down to the political camps, tribal leaders, and libyans to be sitting down at the same table. The issue also with libya is foreign interference, both sides accuse each other, for example, the the legitimately seen in the internationalized government says the government in tripoli, their militias are being armed by sudan. They deny that. And tabrook is being supported by egypt. The government signed an interim deal with egypt allowing egypt to intervene, and this is what the opposition government in tripoli had to say about that. Translator the Agreement Draft is a severe violation to the sovereignty of the libyan state. And opens the way for foreign interference. Second, the socalled government has no power to conduct any kind of an agreement of that kind. It has already been claimed that some countries are sending their plains into action in libya. How much appetite is there for former International Intervention . Well, i can tell you when you speak to libyans, they do not want any foreign intervention whatsoever. They say this is libyas problem, and something that libyans should resolve amongst themselves. So there is a real concern about this foreign interference, but libya is also very attractive to foreign powers. It has a porous border, really when it comes to the south, fighters coming across the border, tunisia is concerned about that, egypt concerned about the religious extremists being on its border. And the libyans absolutely dont want anyone to get involved. Its a an issue that really the only way to solve it as good as the intentions may be, the International Community can be concerned or interested, but it will only be resolved on the ground between these players, none of which are willing to give up power. And what that translates for ordinary libyans, there is crime, hijackings, gas problems, and the people will tell you it is time their leaders should put their power, their own interests to the side and think of their country as one, a and move it forward to get it out of the situation which is incredibly dpers rate at the moment. All right. To yemen now where the army has shelled positions north of the capitol. Fighting there has killed at least 38 people. Violence has been escalating as the go steps up its battle against the shia minority group. Reporter there has been intense fighting over the last 24 hours on the outskirts of the capitol. It started when houthi fighters moved into a village about 10 minutes drive from here. Then they were repelled by angry residence who were worried that the fighters would just create more instability. Later in the day an army sent a unit to repel the houthis, but that unit was ambushed. Then over the night, the army started shelling houthi positions. So its a very critical situation. It has been described as the worst escalation since the start of the conflict about five weeks ago. The United Nations top envoy is here now starting talks with the houthi leader. Were getting reports from the u. N. That we are likely to sign a landmark deal later in the day, but this isnt the first time a dielevel delegation went there to get a deal, only to find the houthi leader changes his mind. In iraq Kurdish Forces in the north are struggling to hold their front lines against heavily armed fighters of islamic state. By some estimates isil has taken control of a third of iraq. Sue another day of reports of expanded u. S. Air strikes. How is that leaving the fighting on the ground . Reporter yes, were hearing of air strikes. Not sure if they were u. S. Or iraqi air strikes in the city of tikrit last night. We understand that 23 isil fighters were killed in those air strikes, which is a large number when were only hearing of handful of fighters killed usually in these air strikes. But it seems there has been some sort of retaliation if it was linked indeed in tikrit, we have reports that the citadel has been blown up by isil fighters in the center of tikrit, were not sure at the moment as to how large that explosion was and how much damage it has done. There was a truck suicide bomb that has blown up on the bridge into the center of ramadi, we understand four were killed and quite a number were injured and many cars are on fire. Now as each day we also get like a trickle of information or some details about what sort of International Support might come to the aid of the antiisil fighters there. How do group like the peshmerga feel about the support they are getting . Reporter firstly, they are very concerned that even though there is so much talk about weapons coming their way, they are not seeing a flood of them so far. And they are basically saying we cant hold these tronth lines for much longer. Were seeing a completely different kind of manpower and weaponry on the other side of the front lines, and they need this supply of weapons to come as soon as possible. And they are very grateful the air strikes have softened up positions, but they are saying this is a blunt force when isil fighters disappear into the community you cant use air strikes to kill them then, because you are risking civilian casualties. One of the generals we spent some time with, says quite often when we call in these air strikes it can take over two hours before the actual jets arrive in the air. Reporter military hardware heading west. Helping Kurdish Forces shore up their defenses, but this convoy is not enough to hole the line for much longer. In a bunker on the front line, we talked to the field commander. The general is worried. This peshmerga position is 10 kilometers from the main Border Crossing from syria to the road to mosul. But the general says they are battling against a much superior force. Translator as an army we need everything from a to z. Everything from uniform, small weapons, body armor, weapons, tanks, night vision kits. If we dont have night vision equipment, we cant see where the enemy is or what hes doing. We need the whole package. Reporter can you win this battle on the ground without foreign fighters . No. Reporter after the head of the u. S. Military revealed on tuesday that he could reck mekd advisors go on command missions. The general is already getting help from an unlikely quarter, the ypg have taken two huge bases already on iraqi soil. Translator its a relief that the ypg took control of these and at isil, because if you control these fort indications you control the whole area. Reporter they say at the moment its really a fight against time. Say they as they desperately need these foreign weapons that have been promised to come up. And the air strikes coming from the sky can sometimes take two hours to get here, the target has often disappeared by then. The general explains how the delay allows the fighters to disappear into the villages or to put women and children in their vehicles. Translator when we started the operation, the u. S. Jets responded very quickly, but now theres a huge delay, many times we ask ten times, and many times they dont respond at all. Reporter promised manpower, equipment, and expertise cannot come soon enough. We understand that there have been quite a lot of peshmerga casualties, but they dont want to make this public, worrying about morale, but the message is very clear, you have to hurry up backing us up or we cant hold the line much longer. The Syrian Military is continuing to launch attacks on several cities as it battles rebel groups. More than a dozen people were killed in an air strike on a market out damascus. These pictures were uploaded op line and cant be independently verified. The u. N. s top officials have pledged to help lebanon deal with the rising number of syrian refugees. Lebanon is home to more than a million syrians, the largest number of refugees in the region. Much more still to come on the al jazeera news hour. Eight years after a military takeover, fijians head to the polls. India looking east, why a warming of relations with china is going from the political podium to the classroom. Plus, coming up in sport the nfls Minnesota Vikings reverse their vision on Adrian Peterson as he faces a charge of child abuse. U. S. President Barack Obama Says the spread of ebola in west africa could become a threat to Global Security if not contained. He has announced a 500 million plan for washington to take a greater leadership role in dealing with the virus. Reporter president obama has been under increasing pressure to confront the ebola crisis sweeping across west africa, and on tuesday he announced major plans to tackle the outbreak. The president called the outbreak a Global Health and security crisis that could threaten an entire region. Here is the hard truth in west africa, ebola is now an epidemic of the likes we have not seen before. It is spiralling out of control. It is getting worse. It is spreading faster and exponentially. Today thousands of people in west africa are inflicted. That number could rapidly grow to 10s of thoughs. Reporter obama is sending 2,000 u. S. Troops to the area, and committing 500 million against the effort. But in liberia there are questions about why troops are needed. Translator what kind of troops . If its armed troops, then i will start to question myself whether this virus can be fought by guns, but if its medical people then its great. Reporter ebolas toll here has already been severe, this area has a population of 4 million but only 50 doctors. The u. S. Plans to train medical steph and build field hospitals. Right now the world still has an opportunity to save countless lives, right now the world has a responsibility to act, to step up and do more. The United States of america intends to do more. Reporter at a hearing in washington experts are appealing for more cash to pay formedical staff. There is a real sense of emergency to tackle an outbreak that experts say could set africa back a generation. This has been widely welcomed by the International Community, but the u. N. And others say the global commitment may need to be even greater if this outbreak is to be truly brought under control. Katherine is the communication manager for the International Federation of red cross societies. She says the u. S. Personnel being sent in could make a dent in stopping the spread of the outbreak. Its very intense here. Its very busy. I just watched one of our dead body management teams leave to go in and collect the bodies and prepare the burials for the day. There is a constant stream of patients going in, and unfortunately bodies that need burying. It is definitely an epidemic that is not slowing down by any means. We have just opened an ebola treatment center. The first we have done here. This is where a number of nurses and doctors fell victim to the ebola virus. So were hoping that that will help relieve some of the pressure on the Government Hospital which is no longer accepting admissions because of the stress that its under. We have to try everything to stop the spread of this virus from expanding any further. So we welcome the Ip Initiative that the u. S. Government is putting into place, particularly the focus on educating and training the nurses and doctors. If we can make sure they are following the proper procedures, using their personal protect tiff equipment as they should, then that will make a huge break in stopping this outbreak. Its the last day of campaigning before people in scotland vote on whether they want independence from the u. K. If they vote yes it would end the union that has lasted more than 300 years. I honestly dont know what is going to happen. It is really exciting, but i think it will be very, very close. I think its impossible to call at noement. I can only hope that those that are on the sort of on the side of the camp at the moment choose to go no, because i think it will be carnage if it is a yes vote. Jonah people must be on the edge of the edge of that seat by now. Reporter absolutely, sammy, too close to call is correct. They all know it. The latest polls out at this final stage of the campaign indicate the tiniest of leads for the no campaign, but too small of lead to indicate any type of victory, and that is because there is thought to be well over 10 of people who will turn out to vote on thursday who will make up their mine. So an enormous effort by both sides to try to get people to sup pore them. Not to change micc minds, bu help make up minds who are undecided. Three polls out to talk more about, the polls that everybody watches so closely throughout the last week or two. Im joined by jamie willet. Thanks for joining us, jamie. What in reality can these polls really tell us. They are so close, nay indicate a slight no lead, but that doesnt mean a no victory, does it . No, one of the things we have seen is a succession of polls that have come out, which reveal that it is very much too close to call. There is a high degree of as you mentioned about half a million voters at the moment still havent made their mind up. And if we look at the campaign in the course of the last 12 months or so, we have had a situation where at that statement the no camp had a lead of about 19, 20 Percentage Points, and as this has gone on, the lead has gradually ebbed away to where the latest polls there is just a couple of Percentage Points in it. So yes, as you say, very hard to call. Of the half a million perhaps as you say, is there any science in what you do that helps us predict which way they may go . Well, the most recent poll last monday, we had an entire about 18 of people who said they dont know. And we were able to look deeper and say are they slightly inclined to go one aor another. And when we did that, 3, 4 either side, they both canceled each other out. The other thing as well is this campaign, were looking to see almost a record turnout. On the most recent numbers we had 84 saying they were certain to vote. And if we look at the most recent scottish and local government elections in 20011, we had turnout of around 51 . So we have a huge order of people who were not previously involved in the political process, and that means the whole thing is very, very difficult to call. The no Campaign Says those undecided are all theirs, because they are shy people. They dont want to voice their opinion. Is there science to back that up . If im honest, our most recent tns poll that came out last week, it was not something we were seeing hugely. Reporter jamie, thanks so much for joining us. And throw it straight back to you now. Thanks, jonas. I guess were just going to have to wait until every last vote was counted on that one. Voters in fiji have elected the military leader that had taken power in 2006. Election observers say there has been no reports of fraud. Andrew thomas has the story. Reporter fijis current Prime Minister left it until almost lunchtime to cast his vote, not that it put off the waiting media pack. The interim Prime Minister has been fijis biggest character for almost a decade. It was a coup that put him in the lead. Fiji was suspended from the commonwealth. But new chinese money helped keep the economy going, and when he finally announced an election date, australia and new zealand restored diplomatic ties. The hope is this election will be free, fair, and mark a return to democracy. Joe is 23, so before wednesday he had never voted. Like we can choose who will be running the next government. Reporter whoever they were backing, all seemed to appreciate the importance of the moment. Taking into consideration like for the past years the instability and everything, i think this is a very significant moment, like, we need to make the right choice. Reporter was it fair . Some candidates were banned from standing. An International Team fanned across the country to judge the fairness. If you lose will you expect defeat and will you expect the same of your opponents . Im going to win. Reporter if you dont . Of course we will accept the election results. Thats what democratic process is all about. Reporter democratic process, though, involves more than an election, Democratic Institutions like free court and free press are important too. Frank has ruled fiji since 2006, but he has never been elected. What is happening now isnt so much power as legitimacy. Theres been some breaking news coming into us here from reuters saying that libyas Prime Minister has presented a new cabinet of 16 ministers to the countrys parliament for approval, and amongst those names, human rights activist to be the next foreign minister. Recap, reports coming in that libyas Prime Minister h