israel is continuing to search for a soldiers switching in action. israel claims the soldier who went missing on friday has been captured by hamas, but hamas said it does not know where the officer is. president obama has called for his release adding that it is a pre-condition for further cease-fire talks. intense diplomatic efforts to end the fighting, israel said it will not go to egypt for talks of peac cease-fire deal. a group of hamas is expected to arrive in egypt in a couple of hours. a man was killed during a demonstration during israel's military offensive on gaza.

another man was killed in a separate protest. the protests were widespread across the west bank on friday. israeli police used tear gas against demonstrators. protesters blocked a road and threw stones at security forces. police fired on another rally in hebron injuring a number of people. you can keep up to dates with all our developments on our websites. we have live blogs, analysis, and much more. at our website at www.aljazeera.com. let's go now to nicole johnston who joins in gaza. now nicole, i believe you are in

an area where residence have been told that it's safe to return. how is it that this came about? >> reporter: well, people from the area had received word from the israeli army that they could now move back to their homes. we were just ate the an united nations schools right on the outskirts, and there were thousands of people there. they said they would not be returning back to their houses just yet even though they had received this word from the israeli army they didn't believe it. they don't think it's safe just yet. where we were we could still hear the shelling of tanks. certainly people are very nervous. we've had cease-fires come and go. people thought they would be safe to return home at various times and people have been injured or killed as they've done so. at this stage the people there, there are four and a half thousand of them, they said as much as they desperately wanting to home they've been living in this u.n. school for 17 days,

they're not prepared to risk it. we're starting to get word from various areas inside gaza about israeli tanks start to go pull back from the areas that they've been in. in all areas expect for the extreme north military operations are continuing their. our sources inside gaza are telling us israeli tanks in other areas of gaza are start to go pull back closer and closer towards the israeli border. >> nicole, thank you for joining us. that's nicole johnston speaking to us from gaza. well, a plane carrying an american aid worker infected with the ebola virus has left liberia for the united states. meanwhile, the dubai based airline emirates has suspended flights to guinea because of the

outbreak. >> reporter: uniting against ebola. they're on a campaign to spread the word. a killer that has taken 700 lives in sierra leone lik, liberia and guinea this year. >> you must support the extraordinary measures. protective probing and other resources including financial resources. >> reporter: this is the largest outbreak since ebola was

identified in 1976, and some medical staff treating victims have themselves become infected. two sickened aid works from liberia have been flown to atlanta for treatment. >> they've become infected through medical care, and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections. >> ebola is highly contagious an. >> we don't have the prevention practice materials to lock down breakdown. >> reporter: ebola is one of the most life-threatening diseases to humans and attacks almost every cell in the body.

there is currently no cure or vaccine. some blame the lack of financial incentive pharmaceutical companies to develop and one that they say needs to be addressed. al jazeera. >> we are looking at live picks now. there is a helicopter shot of an ambulance that is taking that particular doctor, american doctor that's flown back into the united states. this is a doctor who has been infected with the ebola virus. he is being taken by ambulance to a hospital in atlanta. we will, of course, be bringing you more on this story as it develops. let's move on now. army officials in lebanon say syrian level syria.

in syria itself, there are some picture reportedly showing the aftermath of a barrel bomb. these are the pictures. the bomb dropped from a government helicopter on the village i and a province. 14 kurdish troops have been killed as they fought off an attack on an oil facility in mosul. the armed group islamic state which controls the northern city acts as a kurdish base on frid friday. kurdish forces say they killed 100 i circumstance fight necessary a battle that lasted several hours. in libya, it's main fuel depot is on fire. firefighters were force ohed back by the fighting that is

taking place for control of th of the base. the you violence has forced several countries to evacuate their diplomatic staff. the u.k. is the latest. it's closed the embassy and pulled its people out. the greek navy has picked u them up at a port saturday morning. >> today it's much more under control. for many people who are stranded in libya, this is the only way out. now yesterday the tunisiaen government closed this border crossing. it was reopened today. and in the past couple of hours we've seen more cars, more people coming. some are tunisians.

there are 60,000 tunisians who have been ordered to evacuate by the government. some are libyans who are fleeing the violence and some are egyptians. we saw 55 egyptians leave this border crossing but there are thousands more who are stuck on the other side of the border. the estimate is between 10,000 to 15,000 of them, and they have been stranded there for more than three days. yesterday they tried to force their way into tunisia, but they were not allowed in. today they were meeting with officials to try to organize how can they evacuate from libya without having to stay in tunisia. the tunisiaen government has major concerns. they don't want their country to turn into a refugee center. they're only allowing people who are going in and have a way out. for now the agreement is that the egyptian government is going to start flying charters from

cairo to hear to take 2,000 egyptians every day. it's a lot of suffering for thousands of people who are stuck on the other side. libya is an oil rich country, and there are tens of thousands of people who work in libya. tunisiaens, egyptians, indians and filipinos, all having a hard time letting go of their jobs there. >> three al jazeera journalists have spent 217 days in an egyptian prison. in june mohammed fahmy and peter greste were given sentences of seven years and bader mohammed was given seven years plus three years for having a spent bullet case. al jazeera demands their release. a record number of smugglers.

100 years after the war to end all wars, remembering the men who refused to fight.

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israel said it will not be going to cairo for pe peace talks. an ambulance carrying an aid work who was infected with the ebola virus. necessary lie beer y and a plane has move ohed him from liberia to the united states. we'll be bringing you more on that story later on. >> adrian, do we know what caused an explosion? >> reporter: well, earlier today

local government officials gave a media conference, and they said a preliminary investigation has shown perhaps the explosion was caused by a flame being ignited in a dust-filled room which made it highly combustible and it was enough to send this huge fireball tearing through the workshop. that was a huge explosion. it was heard several kilometers away. the bodies of many of the dead have been charred beyond recognition. the bodies of many of the survivors have 80% burns to them. that is testimony to the power of this explosion. now many of the dead were poor migrant workers from far away provinces. they were working a saturday shift to earn extra money to send home to their families. china's president has ordered a full scale investigation. he sent his advice premiere to

oversee his can you operation and oversea the inquiry and said no stone will be left unturn to find out what happened here. >> it's being touted as one of china's worst industrial accidents. it does go to highlight china's poor record for industrial accidents, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. believe it or not in recent years there have been slight improvements in china's workplace. but clearly it's not enough, and it's president has said just as much. on average, incredibly on average some 200 workers die inville accidents in china every day. 70,000 were killed in 2012 alone. now overseas labor organizations say that clearly it is a case of profits being put ahead of safety. china is now the world sect largest economy, but safety in the workplace, they say, is lagging behind the demand for profits. the investigation here i think

is going to perhaps be different. i think we're going to see criminal charge. five members of the management team have been detained. and remember, this was a factory that was supplying parts to some of the biggest names in the auto industry including general motors in the united states. >> all right, adrian, thank you for the update. reporting for us in eastern china. at least 12 people have died in a landslide in northern nepal. the river turned into a lake and threatened to burst and flood several villages. houses have been buried under soil and rocks. australia is sending 300 sri lanka asylum seekers.

the australian prime minister has warned they are not welcome to australia. >> don't come to australia illegally by boat. even if you get here you will never stay here. no one who comes to australia illegally by boat will ever get permanent residency in this country. >> bangladeshy are trying to keep pace with the gold smuggling rush. >> the international airport is on high alert. over the past year it's become a gold smuggling hub. this man is suspected of smuggling in gold bars. he has been asked to show what is inside a suspicious package. lucky for him it's a gold necklace and he's allowed to move on. these men were not so lucky. they were caught with gold wrapped stately around their legs. >> smugglers are bringing in gold in many different ways. some bring it in the soles of

their shoes. others in briefcases. others put it on their bodies. some are even hiding it inside televisions. >> reporter: these men say they were doing what they were told. taking the gold from point a to point b. receiving it to people they don't know, and also handing it over to people they don't know. this man was paid $60 to smuggle ten bars of gold the last time he did it. >> i'm just a driver. they asked me if i wanted to do it once before. the money was good, so i did it again. >> reporter: but it's not hard to figure out where this gold was supposed to be heading. >> while large amounts of gold is being brought into bangladesh illegally every day traders say it's not affecting their business at all because almost all of the precious metal is headed to neighboring india. >> india recently raised its import tax on gold.

in 2012 before the tax hike, last year after th almost twice as much. >> obviously bangladesh has become a transit route for gold headed to india. >> reporter: there is a silver lining of sorts, the gold that is seized is headed to the bangladesh bank making bangers just a little bit richer. >> more human remains from the downed malaysian airlines flight hm-17 is being sent from ukraine to the netherlands for identification. the flight was shot down july 17th in the eastern part of the country. the fighting between ukrainian and pro russian forces kept

investigators away from the site for days. the cease-fire remains in place but fighting continues. the ukrainian army said pro russian fate fighters have attacked luhansk airport in the eastern most part of the country. the ukrainian army still controls the airport but luhansk is a rebel stronghold. the ugandan government said it will appeal the overturning of a controversial anti-gay law. those convicted of so-called aggravated homosexuality could face life in prison. the legislation that has sparked criticism were from members of the ugandan government. visiting the site of a gas pipe explosion that killed 27 people and injured 280. investigators are looking into the cause say a petrol chemical

firm based in taiwan's second largest city failed to notify authorities of problems of the pipeline in the area. witnesses say the explosion sent flames 15 stories high setting fire to entire residential blocks. a fund succeed set up by u.s. automaker general motors for its recalled calls are accepting claims. the question is were all those claiming against general motors will be accepted. >> she claims they are brother was killed by the gm problems. but gm said it's not to blame. and under the terms of the compensation problem only

crashes in which the airbag did not deploy are eligible for compensation. for a decade g.m.'s claim that a heavy key chain could jog off power. documents show that g.m. cars were still controllable as the engine can be restarted after shifting to neutral. that's what this mother feels after her son's crash. he managed to switch the car back on only to be hit by an oncoming vehicle. >> i can see that he would have tried to turn that vehicle on or shifted or do something. >> but g.m. says? >> g.m. says no. but also think about who is saying that. the people who hid this for a decade. you know, how credible are they? >> reporter: they will pay it, but there are already doubts about the funds announced a month ago, not only eligibility but burden of proof for victims.

g.m. has announced it expects to pay out a total of $600 million and claims there is no cap on compensation. the industry's watchdog say that only prosecution will change g.m.'s ways. >> they'll just get out the checkbook and say how much do you want to keep our executives out of jail. >> i know i lost my son because of their greediness, because they could have repaired and they could have fixed all of this. with just a few cents. >> reporter: since the chevy cobalt recall in january, millions more g.m. vehicles were recalled because of a problem with their ignition switch, but sales remain brisk and g.m. said there is no conclusive evidence that this latest problem has caused any accidents. >> a hundred years ago the world

was teetering on the brink of the first world war. but not everyone went willingly to fight. we go to meet some of the consciencous objectors in. >> reporter: so at least, they were from right here. >> degree. >> many are remembered here now. pacifists stretching back generations but with a philosophy that still persists. >> it was an important thing that was done. and i owe peep ahead of me started. >> reporter: the men who refused to fight, the quaker community which helped to persuade tribunals of their case.

this village was a thriving mill town but the crushin war was shot supported here. this part of england had been a place of protest, protest against the excesses of lack of workers rights. and so by the time 1914 arrived it was already a sizable body of opinion here prepared to make a direct equation between the excesses of capitalism at home and the reasons for war. this nearby village looks as peaceful as can be. but in 1907 the streets look like this. hundreds of socialists railing against british imperialism. men were sacrificed by the million in a capitalistic war for trade. for that he ended up doing hard labor. >> the argument was that he was imperialist, an.

>> this historian has compiled the most complete database of all the men who refused to fight as co conscript. not only is it thousands more than previous thought but it also includes those who hid the men from their authorities. >> we're dealing with a movement here which is beyond just individual conscientious objectors but movement in certain parts of the world that reflects or grows from a local radical communities which took it's own view on the war. >> reporter: jail and accusations of cowardice follow those who wouldn't follow the line that it was a patriotic duty to fight. others see it as treachery but here they regard it as a source of heroism. >> and we'll have more news for you in just a moment.

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