only on al jazeera america >> a 72-hour truce takes hold in gaza. israeli ground forces have withdrawn. the focus now turns to cairo and the longer term solution. palestinians, meanwhile, are beginning to return to their homes only to find that there is nothing left. hello there, this is the al jazeera news hour, live from london. i'm barbara serra. also coming up, kurdish fighters vow to fight back, against the islamic state as thousands flee.

>> the brunt of sunday's quake, as you can see, the place looks like a bomb has been explode he on it. looking through the rubble of flight 17 for remains. plus: ♪ ♪ >> art of celebrating some of the best and bleakest literature on the se sen sen te centeniaryr i. >> lomg welcome to the newhellos hour. the 72-hour ceasefire, their

goal to come up with a permanent solution to the conflict. meanwhile the people of gaza are leaving shelters and returning home. the u.n. estimates that 72% of the victims of this conflict were slifnls. here's a rks beings -- civilians. 64 israeli soldiers have been killed along with 3 civilians, a thai national working in israel. gaza's health ministry says that 1875 men, women and children have been killed. more than 9563 gazans have been injured, that includes 2700 children and more than a quarter of a million people are taking refuge in u.n. shelters. for many gazans who are returning home all that awaits them is devastation.

reporting now. >> this is where israeli forces took cover while fighting an armed palestinian group. this flat in batanoon. once the family if a of a home of seven. the people who owned this house are the lucky ones. it's still standing and one day they may be able to rebuild and move back in. but that's not case for many others. >> with tuesday's withdrawal of israel's ground force he from the gaza strip and the start of the 72-hour ceasefire, many have come back to assess what's next. atia zanin told me where his home once stood. now it is only a pile of rubble. now he has returned to assess what happened after israeli

forces told him to evacuate weeks ago. getting cash has been difficult since the conflict began and most are taking out as much as they can. >> for weeks, he couldn't leave my house and i ran out of money completely. i have 25 family members staying with me and i couldn't get food for them. >> there is hope a ceasefire will hold. many know from experience just how fragile it is. al jazeera, gaza. from andrew simmons now who is live in gaza for us. just hearing from that report, the people realize that ceasefires in that part of the world can be very fragile indeed. but are you feeling that people are at least optimistic seeing that it's held for quite a few hours now? >> reporter: barbara, it's right

to get -- hard to get the right sus sijt words here. you -- succinct word here but from bait han an, the 45 kilometers of this small gaza strip, 1.8 million people inside it, people are in a sort of surreal state. it is a dark shadow hanging over gaza. it's seen so much violence over the years, so much fraught political situations over the years. but right now, there is a sense of desperation, a sense of this is more than 72 hours, a desperate hope but one that's grounded with a sort of sense of reality, a knowledge that life is so cheap here. and that, with time, there could

be more violence that happen there could be a switch of a diplomatic line, a political tactic by either side, whether it be hamas or the palestinian factions or indeed the israelis. there could be a switch of tactics at any stage. and they would be back into a situation of violence. but we're talking here about people desperate to get to some form of normality. more than 1900 deaths expected overall, possibly nearer to 2,000 by the time they found all the bodies. because in so many areas, they're still digging through the rubble. and so many people have returned to their homes only to find that there's just nothing left. and they've returned to the shelters. i was in one house that was completely and utterly destroyed, with a dazed man with a bandage around his head just murmuring to himself and telling me that he'd lost three of his daughters in their teens. another girl was in a coma, the

other we saw later on covered in shrapnel wounds with a bandaged arm. a man who was just destroyed inside. the people here, the trauma being suffered is something you really can't put into words. it's very deep. it's unprecedented, even for gaza. and there is a real sense of desperation here. but the guns have fallen silent and that's hugely important and there is some level of hope barbara. >> andrew simmons live in gaza, andrew thank you. palestinian prime minister says there's evidence wash war s were committed by israel during its conflict in gaza. the palestinian authority want to give the icc jurisdiction to investigate the crimes by all sides. >> it is you know, we know that if we will ask for

investigation, they will investigate every action that was committed during this kind of war, 29 days. if it really entails actions being committed by alternative palestinian groups we are ready to accept that consequences, absolutely. but knock is compared, nothing is compared to you know, the atrocities, the carnage committed by israel against the innocent palestinians in gaza. >> well as we mentioned earlier palestinian negotiates hav negoe arrived in egypt. let's look at their demands. they want a full withdrawal from

gaza, international assistance in the reconstruction of gaza. well for its part, israel is demanding that gaza be completely demilitarized which would require hamas to give up its arsenal of weapons. israel also wants a way to prevent hamas from rearming in the future. joining me is al jazeera's mar 1 bashara. do you think there's any common ground, do you think anything will come out of cairo? >> yes, i think it will. i think war has done enough destruction and enough damage to both parties, not only the palestinians and the netanyahu government, certainly israel's deterrence is in shambles, the gaza strip is in shambles as is the home of 2 million or so. so this is about time for them to come around and put an end or

at least oppose a ceasefire, to the tragedy that's been happening the last month that started with israel's offensive there. now, in terms of the first point, barbara, it's already happened. so israelis have withdrawn from the gaza strip, we know that. in terms of opening the crossings, i think egypt has already committed to that, otherwise it wouldn't have hosted this thing. egypt and other countries are committed along with european countries, are committed to help rebuild. that's another discussion for another day. in terms of demilitarizing hamas, the 1,000 mile journey that i think they're going to be starting that day, they're going to be walking that journey. not walking or flying. it's a thousand miles. it's not going to happen any time soon. hamas is not going to give up its arms, the head of hamas says we will disarm if israel

disarms. you and i don't think that will happen any time soon. israel's understanding or attempt at disarming gaza will be on the table. i think these negotiations barbara are going oto be as difficult as the war itself as the parties are saying. already there is tension between hamas and the egyptians. a lot of tension between hamas and the israelis. not easy negotiations but i think there is a clear ground that this is going to have to end soon. >> you mentioned the hamas, israel and egyptians. what about, the unity government, after years fatah and hamas not cooperating all of a sudden that was formed, some think that was the catalyst for everything. but unified, post28 days of

fighting? >> it seems they are at least they are saying they are. what they are saying is it is a national consensus government, none of the people in the government are from hamas, or fatah, but this is meant not have hamas up front in any government. they've agreed about it a long time ago. the one against this national government was israel. one of the political objectives was to destroy this national government. but the irony of it all after israel did what it did, and failing, this national consensus government is actually a helpful, no one does, we might go into some far more extremist groups, far more offensive

towards israel. so for the time being, the national consensus government will come in. and the americans and the europeans would like it to take responsibility for things gaza and all of that would end up shoving it forward and nudging it towards even more powerful than it is today. >> marwan, thank you. much more to come on the al jazeera news hour. we will continue our coverage on gaza. and with its sewage system crippled by weeks of conflict, experts are warning of a health crisis there. also coming up on the program a plane carrying a second u.s. ebola patient arrives in atlanta, as the outbreak continues to climb. and in sport, one of spanish football's most decorated players, announces retirement.

two star u.s. army general has been killed at a military base in afghanistan by a gunman dressed in anen afghan army uniform. another 15 wounded. in imul. kabul. the assailant was also killed. two lebanese soldiers have been killed fighting the islamic state group on the border with syria. it comes as a group of ple lebae liquorics try to broker a peace deal. more than 30 are still being held by the islamic state. now 40 children from northern iraq's minority are reported to have died as a result of an attack, islamic state fighters. under threat their largest

community is in iraq where population estimates range from 100 to 600,000. they follow a faith born in mes pomesopotamia, more than 4,000 years ago, which incorporates islam and christianity. truck bombs in 2007 killed more than 400 yizidi. an iraqi member of parliament from the yizidi cult, says her people are being slaughtered. the kurds start to fight back. >> spotting the enemy on an ever shifting front line. in just a few days, the kurdish fighters lost towns to the so-called islamic state. they are ready to fight back, newly taken by the militia of

the islamic state. >> translator: half and hour ago we started an offensive attack to towns of the northwest of mosul. we have managed to seize control of these towns without fighting. we witnessed a sense of low morale among is fighters. >> reporter: those towns are near the iraqi-syrian border. and on the iraqi side is forces have pushed north taking the towns of sinjar and jumar. their growing momentum have set off alarm bells in the kurdish region. want the iraqi air force to strike. urging the international community to help fight what they call terrorism. >> translator: our goal is clear. and it matches literally the words of president massoud

barzani. quote, we will not stop and we will liberate all the places taken over by is. as more fighting is expected in the area civilians is continuing to flee. cross to the kurdish areas during last few days. on sunday al jazeera cameras accompanied more people fleeing. >> we came here from sinjar because we were afraid. our town was destroyed. we left all our household items, our our possessions, savings and i.d. cards. many people didn't have time to pack their belongings. >> reporter: driven away from their villages by fear these civilians could face precarious conditions. they are being hosted by the kurdish militia in makeshift camps. they need ogo back home. mohamed val, al jazeera. joining us from the phone in northern iraq is donatella

rivera. thank you so much for joining us. you've traveled extensively in the north of iraq. what would you say are the main threats to the civilians there from the group called islamic state? >> well, we've seen the brutality that they have employed in mosul, iraq's second city which has now been under i.s.i.s. control for almost two months. and in recent day their takeover of the sinjar area, the town of and other towns and villages nearby, we've seen a repeat of the same practices. the community, the main community there, being yizidis, are particularly vulnerable . they have been the target of attacks by splawk extremist

groups over and over -- being islamic extremist groups over and over again. this is by far the worst, we are seeing tens of thousands, well over 100,000 as we know, some of them tens of thousands of them are trapped in a mountain area, cannot leave because the roads are now controlled by i.s.i.s. militants. and their humanitarian situation is absolutely dire. they are lacking water, food, medicines, and their situation is increasingly precarious because it's impossible to get aid to them by roads. so the only possibility are air drops, so far those have not reached everybody. the situation for the displaced is desperate for all but particularly those trapped in the mountain area. >> for the ones that aren't trapped in the mountain areas and perhaps have been able to cross through roads before the

islamic state took control, what support is there for them? are there any particular centers that are being set up and how are they handling all the internally displaced people? >> well, at the moment, it's absolute chaos because the numbers are so huge. so there is really a scramble to basically provide some sort of shelter, and begin very basic humanitarian aid. for those who have reached areas that are safe, ss going to take a few days, possibly more, due to get all the aid that those need. >> and i mean obviously, it used to be that refugees from syria would go into iraq to try and find safety there. are you finding that there is now a sort of two groups both internally displaced iraqis and

some syrians trying to scale from syria to iraq? >> most certainly, there are syrians taking shelter in iraq. the number has now grown tremendously of the number of those displaced. because there are so many people who have been displaced first of all from mosul and tal afar, and the sinjar area, the local communities, the host communities, the organizations, the kurdish regional government are quite obviously struggling to get all there aid that so many people need. so many people having arrived so quickly. >> donatella rivera, from amnesty international, speaking to you from -- us from erbil,

thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. frantic search for survivors of an earthquake on sunday. it left 400 dead. that number is expected to increase. few international journalists there sent us this report. >> there is only one road into the quake zone. and it's clogged with emergency vehicles. some are soldiers, some are students. and they form an army whose sole mission is to help those, who have lost so much. but their efforts are hampered by heavy rain. the quake's epicenter was the small town of long shu chan. its flimsy buildings and the people inside them stood little

chance during sunday's violent jolt. this woman is wearing a shawl because she is in mourning. >> my mother would have turned 80 in two weeks. she was lucky, she had several grandchildren. one at university but she'll never see him again. >> reporter: rescuers are still finding people alive but increasingly this is turning into a are recovery operation, with children among the dead. a parent looks on as everything he loved most in the world is pulled from the rubble. this impoverished and remote corner of southwest china is an active earthquake zone with three in the last 11 years. relief and rescue teams have have been able to reach places like long tu chan.

they believe people could still be buried under rubble. but those who survived are still reluctant to leave. this farmer and his wife are among those who have lost homes. but they now cook and sleep in fields they have now cultivated for decades. >> i am not leaving. i have nowhere to go and i don't want to leave my field. >> reporter: this disaster is much smaller in scale than the earthquake in szechuan that killed 700 people. that means little, now mourning the lost of so many people in this remote community. three journalists have spent 220 days in a egyptian prison np in june mohamed fahmy and peter greste were given seven year

sentences. baher mohamed got a an extra three years. greste and mohamed will appeal. al jazeera continues to demand their release. still to come in this news hour, an exodus from eastern ukraine. government forces close in on separatist strong holds. plus: >> i'm tanya page reporting, where tens of thousands of jobs are at risk. it is a preferentialial trade deal with the united states. >> an early fight for silverware.

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going on in cairo. fears are growing over the yazidi area of iraq, one authority saying they are being slaughtered by groups from the islamic state. and more rescue teams have arrived in southwest china to search for survivors from the earthquake in sequester china. beyond the human toll, the destruction left by a month of fighting in gaza has had a huge financial cost. palestinian deputy finance minister says the fighting has cost between four to $6 billion to gaza's economy. the united nations relief and works agency says it needs to raise at least $187 million to provide emergency assistance. aid agency oxpham estimates

15,000 tons of human waste is lying on the streets with many waste water pumping stations running out of fuel. from gaza nicole johnston has more. >> untreated sewage is flowing into the mediterranean sea. people still go fishing, they don't catch much. knee deep in filthy water. the smell is terrible. >> we may get sick but what do we do? i need my family to survive, we need to eat. >> reporter: even when gaza is not in a war, it doesn't have enough energy to treat the waste produced by 1.8 million people. now it's even worse. the sewage pumping station was bombed, the overflow runs down to the sea. for the last two weeks, 30,000 cubic meters of raw sewage a day has flooded into the streets in

northern and central gaza. >> our effort now is to take the sewage to the ocean even if it's not been treated, okay? but the problem is we are not able to bring the sewage from streets down to those facilities. so the sewage now in the streets is flooded in the nearby areas and is contaminated in some areas like here. >> the refugee camp right near sea waste water trickles through the street. >> translator: now it's here all day and we can't get rid of it and i can't describe how bad the smell is. it is a problem before the war, now it's worse. >> reporter: if that wasn't bad enough mounds of rubbish are getting bigger. another 200,000 people have moved into the center of gaza city since the war started, almost doubling the amount of rubbish produced to around 700,000 tons a day. and all of it is ending up here, right in the middle of the city.

the mainland fill site is in east gaza in the middle of the fighting, there's no way this rubbish can be sent there. gaza's beaches are empty, it's cafes are desserted, and when the sea breeze comes in the stench of rotting garbage and sewage drifts across the city. nicole johnston, al jazeera, gaza. >> more on this we are joined, vie skype, ms. marwan thank you very much for joining us. we could see nicole johnston's piece, the health risks. the water supply, the drinking water supply. what are the chance he that that might now become contaminated sufnlg it hasn't -- assuming it hasn't been already? >> the drinking water supply has been suffering critical lack of

supply, because so many water pipelines have been destroyed during the air strikes. when the main power plant was completely destroyed, and now it's out of service, this affected pumping the water, the clean water into the houses of the gaza strip. which means now hundreds of thousands of people are out of water especially drinking water. talking about the situation in the shelters, where at least 400,000 people are sheltering, in schools and other public places, they have a cute shortages of clean and drinking water. now everyone is having only three liter of clean water a day. we at oxfam started to distribute clean water during

the start of this operation but the need is huge on the ground. >> we saw on the report, how long would it take to get sewage system that at least works as well as it used to? >> unfortunately, it might take months or even years for the situation of the sewage to be back ... >> apologies, i think we are having trouble with the line on skype, we are speaking with the oxfam person. see if we can hear again -- no, apologies -- hello? >> we lost you for a while. the situation of the waste water and the sanitation service in gaza would take months or even years to be back the situation

before this military operation. not forgetting that this situation was not perfect before the military operation because this sector has already been devastated by the impact of the blockade that was in force on the gaza strip. that's why we in oxfam we are considering the 72 hour ceasefire as a positive step but what's needed in gaza ask a long term ceasefire, so enable gaza to return from the defective consequences of this operation as well as the consequences of the blockade. >> a spokesperson for oxfam speaking to us from gaza city. madam, thank you so much for your time. british airways is suspending flights to liberia and sierra leone as response to the ebola crisis in africa.

as second aid worker has arrived back in the united states. be nancy writebol touched down just under two hours ago, she is now being treated in one of the city's hospitals. new suspected cases of the disease have also been identified in saudi arabia and nigeria. death toll of the ebola outbreak is is now approaching 900. nigeria's victims debt toll is four. >> the announcement of a second ebola victim in nigeria has raised fears could spread into the continent's most populace nation. >> the consequences of a viral disease why we are able to know is because government has put in

place structures, strategy to detect the disease. this is coming from one of the cases under surveillance and that's why we're able to pick it early enough. >> reporter: the first victim collapsed on arrival in the city and was put in isolation at a hospital. had he spent even a few hours outside the airport he may have spread his illness to more people. many of them impossible to trace in lagos with its endless rows of tin roof shacks and apartments. nigeria has strengthened the surveillance to control the spread of ebola within its borders. countries in west africa have been put on red alert and public health officials have been put at alert throughout the country. campaign against the disease to the churches with a knack for growing huge crowds, authorities also see them as conducive environments for virus to spread. some are warned not to hold

so-called healing sessions that could attract ebola patients from outside the country. information about the virus has been widely broadcast on radio and television stations as well as social media. information on ebola www.ebola.org is functioning now. >> experts say however, rituals and traditions for the disease pay be counterproductive for spread of ebola. >> to convince to take care of the body of your relatives, it has been very challenging. 60% of infections is due to bhoid to body, human -- bowed to body, human to human

contamination. >> reporter: the epidemic has killed almost 900 people in sierra leone, guinea and liberia. moving faster than efforts to control it. warning that with more infections comes a greater risk of the virus mutating into dangerous new forms. the fighting in the ukraine's east has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 civilians. many thousands have left before they're caught up in the violence. the united nations refugee agency has said quote, a wind of panic is driving the area, as authorities close in on the rebel forces in donetske and luhansk, three quarters of a million have left ukraine for

russia. fully 117,000 people have said to be displaced inside ukraine itself. the rate is growing at around 1200 people a day. from eastern ukraine, nazaneen mashari reports. >> ukrainians are battling separatists. they have relatives and friends they could stay with. can't afford to reach them right now. this camp for the displaced is their home. >> the events that are happening now feel like a play, not real. one side pushes another and the other pushes back. in this endless conflict a lot of civilians have been killed by shrapnel and by gun fire. >> for just a few hours a day people are being allowed to leave donetske. driving out along this humanitarian corridor, some have

tied white flags to their cars, hoping that will be enough to protect them. in the sunflower fields ukrainians wait for their orders. they are pushing forward, but progress has been slow and dangerous. >> for these ukrainian fighters are getting closer to donetske but they are meeting heavy resistance from the pro-separatists. you can see how close the shell landed to their position. this is of course also a propaganda war. russia say these men are ukrainian deficitters who crossed their border. ukraine says they are prisoners of war and should be returned. one thing is clear, many of these soldiers don't want to be here. >> you want to return to your family as soon as possible? >> yeah, as soon as possible to see our family. >> that is unlikely the happen. kyiv says it won't stop until it retakes this land. just before we left, this ukrainian check point was

shelled again. forcing them to turn back towards the fighting but it is tearing apart their country. nazaneen mashiri on the outskirts of donetske. targeting medical personnel and equipment putting six civilians at risk. barnaby phillips reports from slovyansk, a city recently retain by government forces. >> this is lenin hospital in slovyansk and i'm in the surgical ward. now when the separatists controlled this town they took over this ward by force. they set up a roadblock on the street outside and many of the hospital staff were so frightened that they ran away. we're also told that the separatists took over the hospital bomb shelter and stopped some patients and hospital staff from using it. now in june this ward was hit by shell fire. a nurse was killed, and the roof just above me was badly damaged. we don't know who fires that

shell but one hospital official told me that he believes it would have been government forces. what we do know is that medical staff and medical premises are receiving very little protection in eastern ukraine's war. >> still to come on the news hour we're going ohave all the sport. so stay tuned how much formula 1 boss bernie eckelston has paid to avoid bribery charges in germany. plus. how the war continues to pay the most extraordinary tribute to those dead and the most criticism of the conflict. conflict.

>> president obama has announced $33 billion in u.s. corporate investments in africa. african leaders are in washington for a three day summit. that's hoped to improve trade links. 45 heads of state and government are present, as well as business leaders from africa and the united states. high on the agenda is a deal which allows several african countries to export the specific products to u.s. duty-free. that deals expires next year and if it is not renewed it could lead to job losses. tanya page, is in lesoso, one of the countries thought to be most

affect.about. >> 24 hours a day, seven days a week, once it's better than stretcheddists died duck blue and turned into denim. her share of the 15 million pairs of jeans her employer exports to the u.s. every year. her worry is if the act expires next year. >> if i lose this job, i won't be able to pay my children's school fees. >> selected products to the u.s. duty and quota free. it's propelled this country of just 2 million people to become the biggest exporter of textiles to the u.s. in subsloor subsahan

africa. >> issues like there be in cambodia those countries. >> all of the apparel factories in lesutu are foreign-owned. the they all leave about 40,000 people will be out of work. >> like other african countries benefiting from the dollar, lesutu, but thousands of items like car parts to lightbulbs qualify for duty free. i must is a to a certain degree it is late. we need the fast-track some of those plans that we have or the recommendations that we have in place. but i must say, there are other companies that are huge players that are already diversifying. >> but that diversification is likely to happen fast enough or

on a big enough scale without a go for these factory workers that are now marching for better wages may not have a job at all. tanya page, al jazeera, lesutu. . >> here is raul. >> barbara, thank you very much. formula 1 bernie ecclestone the 83-year-old avoided a jail sentence but his career could be at risk. >> from used car salesman to formula 1 owner, bernie eccl ecclestone, stories haven't always been favorable. ecclestone went on trial in april over allegations he paid a

$44 million bribe to a former german banker to help secure the sale of his f-1 shares to preferred fida pfn thda. the britain agreed to pay a fine. >> can now focus on his job. >> the decision means ecclestone keeps the grip on the support that he has dominated for 40 years. he became a big player in the sport when he formed the f-1 constructors in 1984. he won the right to negotiate television deals. his company receiving a 23% cut of any agreement. there has been controversy in 1997, when he donate$1.7 million

to the u.k. labor party. just months later the new labor government proposed to exempt formula 1 from tobacco sponsorship. in 2009 he caused an uproar when he described hitler as a man who could get things done. ecclestone remains effectively in control of formula 1 but this could be the end of the f-1 supremo. >> apparently cvc capital partners who run formula 1 and whom ecclestone works for, realize they must move on and start to look to the future. >> whatever lies ahead, whenever he does decide to call it a day, formula 1 will be a very different sport without him. sarah coats, al jazeera.

the settlement hasn't gone down with the german public. our reporter nick spicer has a report from berlin. >> a travesty, pretty much the reaction of german press and public to news of the deal. it's up $100 million, that is 36 million less than the prosecution was asking for. however, the biggest ever such payment in german criminal history. what it means is the 83-year-old bernie ecclestone can walk are free, charges will be dropped. he was accused to having paid from 2006 some $44 knoll a german banker. the idea was he paid this money so the banker would choose a company that was bidding for formula 1 shares that had the favor of mr. ecclestone and that company is now majority

shareholderreshareholder of for. said he actually paid that money as hush money so he wouldn't reveal the state of his tax affairs. as things show now, after the $100 million payout we may never know the truth. retirement from international football. the 42-year-old won the world cup and championships with his country. 113 appearances scoring many goals. spain failed to make it past the group stages. he will continue at club level for barcelona. >> lewis enrique greatly changed my thinking. he was key for my decision to continue and be important in the club. meanwhile, barcelona has been showing off their recent

signing. costa rica surprised many by reaching the quarter-finals. a reported fee of $13.4 million. now that becomes the third keeper along with fasia and lopez. louis van halle, in their final preseason friendly in miami more than 50,000 fans turned up to watch the rain-soaked game. liverpool took the lead in this one. in the 43r 43rd minute, a goal. they scored three times, wayne rooney scoring the first one helped by javier hernandez. in the 51st minute. wrapped up the victory when substitutes jessie lynngaard.

>> i think we have gave a lot of pressure to this fence, that is very important, it is important to win in the preparation time than to lose. but the most important is the first at home in the premier league. >> this marks the two year count down to the next summer olympic games in rio de janeiro, many deemed a success of the world cup. sailing regatta, organizers were criticized by ist president john coast but happy with their progress. that's all for sport now more later. >> raul, thank you. world war i commemorations are continuing across europe, marking 100 years from the starting of one of the deadliest

wars in history. ceramic poppies were planted by pris william, representing a soldier who died in the were away. lawrence lee has been listening to the verses that still offer a vivid glimpse into the horrors in the flanders field. >> the poppies grow that mark our place. and in the sky the larks still singing. amid the guns blow, we are the dead. >> this is michael mopergo, author of the warhorse. the se he centeniary.

, during the 20th 03. do they matter, those dreams from the pit? people won't say that you're mad for they know that you've fought for your country and no one will worry a bit. a verse from "does it matter" written by one of the best of all the war poets, siegfried sasoon. he was initially a supporter of the war but as years went by, he became increasingly resentful. over what he saw was the smug and aggressive attitude of the british establishment. poetry was no doubt the ideal

mechanism by which to express all that anger. sassoon was himself part, hardy was a pacifist, he was approached by the government to write verse which would encourage patriotic ver for. >> what the audience were pitching towards was the audience of neutral countries and one particular neutral country, america. so hardy writes a poem called an appeal to america on behalf of the belgian destitute. it is not his best poem as can you imagine from the title. >> but sent a message to the government. >> absolutely. >> some who refused to fight inn the war but put their thoughts paper. the voice to millions of men who lost their lives without being able to speak for themselves. lawrence lee, al jazeera in sojournesouthern england.

>> that's it for us. stay with us, going to have more of today's news in just a few minutes.

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