Plus im james bayes at the United Nations. World leaders are gathering. The focus on isil, and in the next hour or so a speech by president obama. We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise. Mission accomplished, india joins an elite group of countries becoming the late toast put a satellite around mars. The United NationsGeneral Assembly is getting underway in new york as we speak. These are live pictures coming in to us from that meeting. Well be following the speeches this throughout the coming hours here on al jazeera. U. S. President barack obama expected to speak shortly, and well take that speech live. But well begin this news hour proper with news from syria that fighters from the opposition muse muslim front with evacuating their bases, and another group says it too is leaving its bases. Lets get the latest from zana huda. What are we to make of this . Reporter these are powerful rebel movements. They have told their followers to leave their bases, headquarters, and to move heavy weapons. These forces are afraid they could be targeted in uslead Coalition Air strikes. Yesterday according to activists, the bases were indeed targeted and nuzra fighters were killed. In a Statement Released by the u. S. Defense department they made no mention of this, but they said they targeted an area where an alqaeda affiliate operates. So these two groups are worried they will be next. We are seeing more and more protests on the ground, adrian, people condemning these air strikes, and telling the Obama Administration we do not trust you, and you are working on behalf of the regime. Are these elements within these two groups that are allies to states that are now part of president obamas coalition taking on isil . Reporter well, to a certain extent these groups do enjoy good ties with arab countries, and this is why it issing important because yesterday in that statement they were very, very careful. The u. S. Even said in that specific operation we acted alone and not with our arbab partners. Arabs cannot be seen targeted ing groups that have support on these ground. So they see these two groups as they are standing on the front lines and taking on the regime. And were hearing more and more syrians saying the u. S. Has double standards. Why are they just attacking isil when we have been appealing for help, help never came. So the u. S. Is at risk of creating more enemies on the ground if it doesnt tread carefully, and if it doesnt take the fight to the Syrian Regime and target government bases and forces on the ground. And has there been any reaction from the Syrian Government to the withdrawal of these groups and the latest air strikes against isil . Reporter no reaction on the withdrawal of these groups, but the Syrian Government reiterating today that it had previous knowledge about the air strikes. They were told in advance that the u. S. Was going to carry out these strikes. Saying they are proceeding in the right direction. Very, very different rhetoric coming from damascus, just a few days ago they said any air strike would be considered an act of aggression, and now this tacit approval. This really works very well for the regimes narrative that it has been fighting terrorists. A group known as the ypg is attacking on the border. This follows the uslead air strikes which began on tuesday. Lets take you live to Stephanie Decker who is very close to cabani, and tear gas has just been fired there . Reporter yes, there has been a bit of a standoff. Union groups came here starting protesting taunting things like the turkish go is responsible for what is happening in cabani, they are giving isil support. It wasnt really that rowdy, but at some people the Security Forces seemed to have enough, and riot police pushed them back. People have come back, but the water cannon truck has returned. They are really trying to make ab point that theying dont tolerate any of those kinds of messages. There is an issue between turkey and the kurds, something that really has been stirred up here over the past week or so. Turkey fought a long civil war with the kurds, but now you have 140,000 of them crossing into turkey. No one is happy about that. So turkey is facing challenges on two fronts. They dont want to be seen as supporting kurdisher fighters that could launch attacks in turkey. You are on the border between turkey and syria, and you are very close to this town cabani where we understand there is some sort of fight going on between Kurdish Forces and isil forces. Yes. It would take us about 30 seconds to walk there. What we have been seeing is a couple of hundred people passing back, and a few families, but mostly men, and what were hearing is they are disregarding these reports that there were strikes from isil south of cabani, turkey has said they werent involved. But these men are civilians, people who live there going back to take up arms to help the kurdish fighters who are battling isil. But everyone is telling us they dont have the right weapons to confront isil, because they are very well armed and briefly the refugee crisis remains huge here. Many families crossing saying they have nowhere to stay here, so thigh theyll have to head back to syria. The u. S. Has carried out five more air strikes against isil in syria and iraq. They also carried out two strikes southeast of erbil, and two west of bagdad. The fight against isil has taken its toll in many areas in both syria and iraq. One of those places is in northern iraq. Al jazeeras sue turtin is there. Reporter this town has been flattened by u. S. Fighter jets. The local people here are saying that either these buildings were completely flattened by these aerial attacks or the isil forces as they retreated improvise explosive devices in their homes. But the only building Still Standing is the mosque. Just to the right of the mosque is a Police Station completely flattened. All of these buildings now theres virtually nothing left of them, and thats because of their proximity to the nearby town. They are saying they think isil is fighting so hard for this area because it is a very oilrich area. The peshmerga say they are surrounding the town of zuma. They are hoping there will be more air strikes and they are saying they are absolutely sure there are no more civilians there, and they are calling on the uslead coalition to come and bomb zuma. Live pictures once again of the opening session of the General Assembly in new york where the u. N. Secretary general ba ban kimoon is speaking. Lets listen in. And other lifesaving surprise. Diplomacy is on the defensive. Undermined by those two believe in balance. Diversity is on the assault by extremists who insist that their way is the only way. Disarmament is viewed as a distant dream. Sabotaged by profit tiers of perpetual warfare. The leadership is precisely about finding the seas of hope and launching them into something bigger. That is our duty. That is my call to you today. Ladies and gentlemen, it has been a terrible year for the principles enshined in the United Nations charter from barrel bombs to beheadings, from the deliberate starvation of civilians, so the assault on hospitals, u. N. Shelters and aid convoys, human rights and the rule of law are under attack. [ inaudible ] tragedy to gaza [ speaking foreign ]. Okay. So the u. N. Secretary general there now repeating that speech in french. Lets bring in al jazeeras diplomatic editor james bayes at the u. N. In new york. James the secretary general saying it may seem at times as if the world is falling apart right now, with all of the crises and disease. It is the leaders duty to find the seeds of hope. It has been a terrible year he said for the principles enshrined in the United Nations charter absolutely, adrian. Just look at the list of the problems that they have to confront, and i have spoken to so many diplomats here, and senior officials, Foreign Ministers and heads of states, and they say they have never known a year like this, when you have such unprecedented crises, at the top of the list is the situation with isil. But then you add to that list all of the other you can hear the helicopter above me. That means the president isment doing soon. But in addition to that, of course, you have the situation in ukraine, and that is worrisome for the world because that involves one of the great powers of the world, russia directly involved in that conflict. On top of that, the other problems in the middle east, in yemen, the situation in libya, the conflicts taking place all over africa, south sudan, the list goes on, and not only conflict but also the ebola epidemic, which they are going to have a summit about, a mini summit during this General Assembly. And you do wonder whether some of these very, very important issues will get properly dealt with. Some of the countries are not going to get the attention their deserve. Busy day at the u. N. Today. And later a meeting of the u. N. Security council, which president obama himself is going to chair. Reporter yeah, let me take you through the day, adrian, and give you an idea of the highlights. President obama will be speaking the second of the World Leaders to speak after brazil, so in the next hour, we think, hell be speaking us to, a very important speech. Were told it will be a forceful speech, but also an optimistic speech. Thats the word from the white house, and then of course well be followed by all of the World Leaders who queue up one after another to speak. We have been looking closely on some of the arab speeches. President sisi is going to be speaking, and the king of jordan is going to be speaking. And then as you say, seven hours from now, the speeches go on in the u. N. General assembly, but in the Security Council, theres going to be a meeting of the Security Council, normally around that horseshoe table there are ambassadors, instead this time there are going to be World Leaders. The president is the head of the Security Council this month, so he will preside. They will vote on a resolution on isil on foreign fighters, but i think the more important part of it is how all of the countries respond to the military action that took place inside syria, and look particularly closely at what the russians and chinese say. Because their position on that action, which some believe is not necessarily legal under the charter, there is a big debate on that. All right. James well be back for analysis after we hear from president obama has to say. As james was saying there, the fight against isil set to be discussed in great detail at that meeting in new york. Australian military aircraft have landed in the united arab emirates. Around 400 Australian Air force personnel have arrived at an air base near dubai. Australias government has yet to commit to taking part in any combat missions. Military jets have been joined by cargo aircraft, which are expected to deliver humanitarian aid. Police in australian have shot dead a man they were about to question on terrorism charges. They responded after the 18 year old attacked two officers who are now recovering in hospital. It has raised tensions. Andrew thomas reports from sydney. Reporter he was says australians government a known terrorist suspect, a person of interest for the police. But when he arrived for questioning, he produced a knife and stabbed two police officers, if one hadnt shot him, the government says, he would have killed both. Obviously this indicates that there are people in our community who are capable of very extreme acts. It also indicates that the police will be constantly vigilant to protect us against people who would do us harm. Reporter the attack comes at a sensitive time. Last week Australian Police mounted what they called their biggest ever Counter Terrorism raids. On wednesday the government introduced legislation that would significantly extend its Counter Terrorism laws, making it illegal to advocate terrorism or to travel to declared zones around the law, and extending laws that mean suspects could be held without charge. Rebecca kay has received abuse online and in the street. The government, she thinks is whipping up hysteria. A lot of our community are fearful. They are fearful that they might not be targeted not only by racist people within the community, but also by government officials. Anything within these laws that prevent a potential terror attack on australian soil, it is beneficial to all of us as australians regardless of muslims or nonmuslims, because if Something Like this happens, we in the Australian Muslim Community will be the first to bare the brunt. Reporter but some say its a rushed decision. The balance has already shifted far in favor of security and away from freedom. Reporter but freedom australias government says including the freedom not to be attacked. If the sum evidence of the needs new the preventative laws, but others worry about the consequenc consequences trampling on the liberties of all. Now lets bring in con ross from a nonprofit diplomatic advisory group. I dont know if you heard what the u. N. Secretary general was saying in his opening remarks. He said it may seem at times right now that the world is falling apart with all of the crises and the disease that were witnessing. Its up to leaders there to fine the seeds of hope with isil taking so much of the focus right now, diplomatically. Are World Leaders going to have enough time to deal with all of the issues that need discussing . Well, its a good question. I mean first of all, i somewhat reject the purple pose of the world falling apart. I dont think it is a particularly helpful way of thinking about the world. We need to think about these problems locally. There are local solutions to all of these problems. Yes, there needs to be a Global Response as well, but each of these problems has a detailed aspect it to, that doesnt lend itself well to these wild reactions. So i rather reject that. But there is a time when World Leaders get together to focus on one or two top priorities. And its interesting that the top priority is a u. S. Priority. But for me the two highlights this week with climate change, interestingly enough, and iraq. Climate change is on the agenda at the General Assembly for the first time ever, which is surely a very welcome thing. The summit yesterday was i think quite a positive step towards a global deal in paris next year. Where isil and all of the rest of it will deliver normal states outside of the u. N. Would produce, i rather question. Im sorry, im not hearing you very well at this end. I want to focus on the attacks on isil right now. This grand coalition that president obama has put together. How strong do you think that coalition is . Will it be able to hold in the weeks and months ahead . Well, thats a good question. There will not be u. N. Authority for military strikes in iraq or in syria in particular. Russia and china would not permit that would come to damascuss okay. As we all know isil is in a sense a division of much deeper divisions across the middle east reflecting a deeper sunni divide. There are real problems about forging a collective response to this problem in northern iraq. I think the americans are on the right track, but i would like to see iran and russia included in that conversation too. Good to talk to you. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. Still to come here on the news hour, why hundreds of thousands of people live on the riverbeds of pakistans mighty river even though it floods every few years. Plus how the Ebola Outbreak has left these gold diggers strabd stranded. And the asian games are hit by a head scarf procedure. Well have the details in a little over 20 minutes. Opposition activists in syria say that proassad forces have used toxic gases. These pictures which al jazeera cant verify are said to show victims struggling to breathe of what was called a chlorine gsa attack. The jordanian cleric has been cleared against the charges against him. He spent years detained in britain without charge and was deported to jordan last year. In june he was cleared of planning an attack on an american school. Here is more. Reporter he is now a free man. He has been acquitted of all charges for lack of evidence. In the particular case we heard about today, he was charged with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against jordanians and foreigners during jordans millennium new years eve celebrations in the year 2000. He was found not guilty last year as well, and acquitted of charges for conspiring to carry out attacks in 1998. Before this trial in jordan and before he was departed from the u. K. To jordan in july 2013, he was sentenced to life in presence in absentia, but faced a retrial as soon as he arrived in jordan. He was in u. K. On political asylum, where the government spent almost a decade trying to extradite him for trial because the secret service saw him as a terrorist risk. And his release is very significant, because jordan is now fully engaged in a war against isil with the Global Coalition to try to defeat it, and is even sending its own fighter jets to syria to shell isil targets. Its concerned not only about his borders, but from threats within. Isil sympathizers inside jordan. He is very influential to his followers and he has openly criticized isil, and said they have committed atrocities, and jordan is trying to send a message that those who are not promoting isil, and are not isil sympathizers are welcome in the country, but those who try to promote isil will be under a heavy crackdown by the government. Now lets get some weather. Monsoon rains continuing to track eastward. Steph is here with the details. We have been hearing a lot about the flooding in india and pakistan, hav