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grass. why mexicans are turning their rooftops green. the united nations security council is backing the call for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire from the gaza strip. the council held an emergency meeting in new york three weeks after the israel assault began. israel and hamas are unable to agree on the terms of a truce. israel's offensive on gaza has left more than 1,034 palestinians dead, most of them civilians. at least another 6,000 have been injured. 43 israeli soldiers had died in the conflict. well, neither side were terribly happy with the outcome. this is what the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. had to

say following that u.n. security council meeting. >> the business of the security council is maintaining international peace and security. and they should have adopted a resolution long time ago to condemn this aggression and to call for this aggression to be stopped immediately, to provide the palestinian people with protection, and to lift the siege against our people in the gaza strip. and this from the israeli ambassador to the u.n. >> we did everything we could to avoid this conflict. but hamas refused to stop the attacks. israel agreed to five ceasefire proposals. hamas rejected or broken all of them, even the ones that they requested by themselves. every single time the international community called for a ceasefire, we seized and

hamas fired. let's go to our diplomatic editor james bays. neither side particularly happy with this. it wasn't a security council resolution, rather a presidential statement. >> no, the arab countries, particularly the palestinians had been asking since the start of this crisis, now three weeks ago, for a u.n. resolution to be passed, because a u.n. resolution becomes binding international law. on the israeli side they are unhappy, i think, with some of the language in this resolution, because the second paragraph calls for full respect of humanitarian law including the application of the civilian population, coming on the back of that phone call between president obama and prime minister binyamin netanyahu, and similar language, i think, in the phone call. in that phone call president obama centered a strategic

imperative of an unconditional ceasefire and raised serious and growing concern about the number, the rising number of palestinian deaths. that's diplomatic language. when you hear from the president of the u.s. and growing concern about the actions of israel, that's unusual. where are we now with diplomatic evidence, because there seems to be a lack of trust, doesn't there, between the u.s. and israel. >> absolutely. you just have to read the israeli press, whether it's the english language papers or the hebrew press. every single newspaper whether it's left or right is condemning john kerry, and saying he's made a mess of the situation. he's an unpopular man in the israeli press and i am sure among politicians, left and right, condemned his proposal here. it will be difficult for him to be the mediator, i think, now,

to bring this to an end. both sides, even though we have seen a lull in hostilities in the last few hours. both sides say there is something they want in a ceasefire, in a final deal, that they haven't got yet. israel says it's stopping the ability to fire rockets ever from gaza to israel and on hamas's side they want a lifting of the siege, something where there has been no negotiations yet. >> james bays in west jerusalem. let's cross live to gaza. nicole johnson is there. first day of eid, it does seem to be a little quieter in gaza at the moment. >> yes, that's right. for the last 10 hours we have not had reports of tank shelling from the eastern side of gaza. nor have we had reports of rockets being fired from gaza for about 10 hours. it's been a quiet night in gaza

compared to what we had in the last couple of weeks. right now i'm outside a united nations school. and we'll show you the scene around us. you can see here that people have put up blankets to give themselves privacy. some 3,000 people living in the school. they should be at home and celebrating the religious holiday period of eid, but most of the people here are from the area of shajaiya in gaza. they say that their homes have been destroyed or they are so damaged that they can't go back, and they are too unsafe. it's difficult conditions for people living here. the tension is high. families are in close quarters. more than 30 people are staying in each classroom and they don't have enough mattresses, food for water. >> nicole johnson, the u.n. security council has issued a statement calling for a

ceasefire. are people talking about a permanent ceasefire, are they hopeful that something may be worked out? > the people we have spoken to this morning, which has mainly been women, the mothers of large families, are desperate for a ceasefire, they want the fighting to go back. this has been going on for well over two weeks, they are exhausted. they should spend this time of year travelling around gaza visiting their expended families. instead, people are inside their houses, too fearful to go out, they are lying in the united nations schools -- living in the united nations schools or are visiting family who have lost members during the fighting. so instead of a celebration it's really a time of mourning in gaza thank you for that. nicole johnson in gaza. israel says it will continue

excavating tonne et networks -- tunnel networks during a short-term truce. this video shows the destination of a tunnel leading from gaza and israel. international offices of the red cross in gaza have been attacked. it's been said they are neglecting calls in relation to trapped people. they are saddened by the attack but will continue their operations in the area. charles stratford reports there's little joy for palestinians. >> reporter: the resilience of the people of gaza is astounding. after a month of fasting, foregoing food and water, while

israel's bomb destroys their lives, they buy whatever gifts they can afford. eid is a time for children, but there's little if anything here. >> translation: we can't celebrate eid under the position much the children want toys. they don't understand the bombs or attacks. a walk through the words of the paediatric hospital is a shocking reminder. this 7-year-old cannot move because she has shrapnel in her spine and net. the air strike killed her mother and who sisters and destroyed her family home. >> the situation here is terrible. how cap we celebrate eid, we want to get her transferred to hospital abroad, but how. >> reporter: she has been here for more than a week. her condition is critical. eid or the end of ramadan is a

time when families come together. there's a lot of focus on children. when you speak to the children in hospital and their families, you realise there's little to celebrate in gaza. in another ward is a 3-year-old boy. his family home was destroyed. he moved for safety to a school. akmed was injured when the israeli military targeted the school. >> there'll be no eid, because my house no longer exists. it was destroyed. we'll try to make a shelter nearby. how can we celebrate eid like this. >> there's the sound of an incoming missile. there were two air strikes on buildings close buy in the half hour we were in the hospital. the traditional ramadan lantern made of mainer hung in the corridors, a reminder that this should be a time of joy.

before we left we met this 6-year-old, injured when her family's home was destroyed, and a 3-year-old. his mother says the home was also flattened in an israeli air strike. >> i want to stay in the hospital and look after my baby. there'll be no need for us this year. the eid festival was sombre in ramallah in the occupied west bank. a memorial was held for the victims of gaza. several members attended. the prime minister expressed smathies, and said the government is going everything it can to help. >> i would like to send our deepest sympathy for brothers and family in gaza who are suffering due to this israeli negotiation. we are doing what we can to stop the aggression as immediate as

possible. the government has been there from the beginning securing food, medical supplies, fuel. this is all new, to look after the people in gaza. we are joined from melbourne in australia, an author and human right activist. good to have you with us. we heard the palestinian prime minister saying that the palestinian leadership is doing everything it can to help the people of gaza. do you think they are doing enough? >> i don't think the international community is doing enough. i think all the palestinians are united in trying to get our message across to the international community and insist on basic demonstrates for human rights and application for the people of gaza. it was really heart-breaking listening to your report about how people are celebrating aide. we need to remember this is the

third war in three years. a solution needs to be had, and it needs to be a political solution, it needs to fulfil and the siege needs to be lifted. >> that is what the people of gaza are asking for. we have seen a u.n. security council call for a comprehensive and lasting peace in the future. that is what they have been trying to achieve for a long time. do you think that after the war is over, there can be those kind of negotiations? >> you know, one has to have hopes that there cap be those kind of negotiations. it's interesting to hear the rhetoric that has come out from the people what are in power, from israel, from egypt and from the u.s., and they are insistent on demilitarizing the resistance

in gaza. having lost the footage, the only thing that comes to mind is who is protecting the palestinian people, who can guarantee security. no one talks about the palestinian community. one has to look to the west bank, were there hasn't been an armed resistant group, and where the security force, the palestinian security forces are in collaboration with israel for the sake of israel's security, and yet the palestinian security in the west bank don't have security, the children are kidnapped from the beds in the middle of the night and are arrested by the israeli army. the children can't go to school without having garbage thrown at them by the jewish settlers. protection needs to be high on top of the agenda. when they talk about peace, they need to talk about security and accountability. what israel violates, even the

most basic principal of human rights. >> it's been clear... >> the israeli narrative is that it is fighting a terrorist organization, it is fighting hamas, and, therefore, its national security considerations have to come above all else. that narrative has to change, surely, for progress to be made. >> well, you know, look at the west bank, there's no rockets flying out of the west bank, why is israel expanding settlements in the west bank, why is israel marginalizing hamas. why do we not have access to our miperral resources -- miperral resources -- minerals, to the dead sea, to water. israel needs to do what it needs to do in order to expand, take the land and resources, and it doesn't care much for the application of the civilian

indigenous population on the land. until we talk about these things we are pandering to israel and are not looking for long-term solution. peace is the presence of justice, it is the perhaps of equality. until we talk about security, especially security for the palestinian people, we really are not talking about the root cause of the issue. >> thank you for that. interesting to speak with you. live from melbourne there. still to come, we'll hear from an expert on why the deadly ebola virus is hard to detect as liberia and nigeria step up security.

hello. welcome back. a reminder of the top stories - the united nations security council is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza. they held an emergency meeting in new york, three weeks after the israeli assault began. the embattled people of gaza have been praying after the end of ramadan. there has been no sign of rockets or artillery for several hours. the israeli army says it will continue ex-gavating tonne -- excavating tunnels in gaza during a truce a second american doctor treating ebola patients in liberia contracted the virus. the two doctors worked in the same compound.

liberia imposed many border crossings as west africa battered its worse outbreak. lij earia is on -- liberia is on high alert. it is contagious and can kill within cases. it spread to sierra leone and nigeria. 660 people have died. dr ben newman is a virologist in the u.k. and explains why ebola is difficult to detect and campaign. >> for the first few weeks you'll have flu-like symptoms, caused by the flu, colds and a host of other viruses and bacteria. if you look at the population, one person out of every 300 or so, one person per jumbo jet load will have flu-like symptoms ongoing at the moment. while they are trying to detect

people and catch them at the border, it's a difficult thing. few have ebola, and many with similar symptoms, at least in the early stages. when one of us is infected we are all at risks. this is a virus that doesn't belong with one person. we have known from the start that a person could potentially get on a plane and travel anywhere in the world, and now they have. it shows that we need to be careful and proactive in dealing with the virus. russian foreign minister lavrov is holding a news commence in moscow. it is continuing now. not surprisingly he's been talking about the crisis in ukraine. rory challands joins us from moscow. did you here any of the salient points? >> yes, some of it. from what i can tell mainly lavrov was reiterating points he

made before. he was saying essentially the main reason for the crisis in ukraine, the violence, is that kiev is not talking respectfully to the people of the south-east of the country. that is fuelling the crisis. we know that lavrov and kerry talked on the phone last night, sunday evening, and they did find a point of agreement, which is essentially that the fighting must stop and all the parties must sit around the table and talk. there are deep divisions that remain, and have not been resolved. the u.s. is still accusing russia of channelling heavy weaponry across the border, supplying the separatists in the south-east with weaponry that is fuelling the crisis. russia says it is nonsense, and last night kerry refused that line from russia, saying he didn't accept russia's

noninvolvement in the supply of weaponry to the rebels. russia, for its part, has been calling for some time for the o.s.c.e. to come down to the border with russia, come onto the russian side, and see what russia says is evident that it has been shelled, and attacked by the ukranian military. it wants the o.s.c.e. to come and have a look at that. the o.s.c.e. has not done that yet, and russia says that kerry or his subordinates are deliberately trying to obstruct that. >> thank you for that. rory challands updating on that ongoing press conference by sergay lavrov. australian police investigators tried to get access to the crash site of the downed malaysia airlines plane but were unable to. police chief andrew col burn wants to complete the mission.

as he said before, as has the prime minister, it's our intention to make the mission to get into the wreckage site and get out as quickly as it can, and the need to collect evidence and to remove the remains of victims from the flight from the scene as quickly as we can. we will be back into that site as soon as we can. >> muslims the world over are celebrating eid. they come after a hotly contested presidential election. some muslims expressed hope for national unity. indonesia is a populist muslim nation. rain did not stop a congregation in a park. muslims are the largest religious minority in the

catholic philippines. >> celebrations more bittersweet in iraq. sunni fighters captured large swathes of the north. shi'a and christian families fled mosul. omar joins us from hazar refugee camp. it's been a difficult time for iraq. what is the mood at the refugee camp where you are? >> well, it's a sombre one. there's no signs of celebrations. some of the chin were wearing their new -- children were wearing traditional clothes. i spoke to app old man that said he couldn't have the traditional shower. another man was saying he only went to the toilet once in the last 24 hours. this camp is a transit camp. the unhcr is building a new one.

it is home for 5,000 families, most of them are from mosul and the surrounding areas. there are a mixture, they are complaining of the conditions, it's tense, hot. they have a few hours a day. you imagine the conditions. they do get some aid from the various u.n. agencies, and basically the camp was set up with the help between the government and the u.n. hcr, but the conditions are tough. omar, thank you for that update. three al jazeera journalists have spent 212 days in an egyptian prison, last month mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were given seven year

sentences. baher mohamed was given seven years, but received a further three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. al jazeera demands that its journalists be freed. >> mexico city is one of the largest. it's one of the most polluted. its high altitude contributes to poor air quality. 20 million citizens are growing grass on the rooftops to try to breathe easier. >> reporter: walk through mexico city any given sunday and you see a transformation. no cars, streets and avenues turned into bike lanes, and free aerobic and exercise glasses. this woman is rolling out the grey carpet. dozens of gardens are a trend. they pure fi the pair and regulate the temperatures.

>> this is excellent. i feel like i'm contributing to making the city better, greener and cleaner. this is a small area. i feel a difference already. she says the whole family is less stressed out. including the dog. the company behind the roof top garden say authorities are banking on the project and giving tax benefits to residents that insal them. >> applicants and everything green is helping to improve the air to get more oxygen, because they capture carbon dioxide which is bad for us. >> reporter: decades ago people said breathing the airways unhealthy as smoking a cigarette. >> it has an almost permanent fog. it is only one of several programs. bicycles are available around

the city. cars that are 15 years or older must change the exhaust in order to reduce pollution by half. >> translation: we must be responsible. having a car doesn't mean filling up with gas and driving. the owner of a car must be accountable for the car's emissions and people are aware of that in part, thanks to government policies. >> reporter: many say some of the policies are designed to help the 20 million residents become more environmentally friendly. that explains the growing demand to build small gardens, wherever there's available space, even on rooftops. and the u.s. state of california - hundreds of firefighters are battling two wildfires, both from the ground and the air. large areas of land have been scorched near the yosemite

national park. a second fire destroyed homes near the state capital, sacramento and you can keep up to date with all the news and development on our website. the address, aljazeera.com. >> dadu, southern pakistan, just a fent