there's any indication that they are in harm's way, he will use the three-day ceasefire in gaza comes to an end as hamas says it's ready to resume fighting. held on there and welcome to al jazerra. i am y liz beth in dough a. also ahead. >> one iraqi in the area cried to the world, there is no one coming to help. well, today america is coming to help. >> the united states president authorizes air strikes to help the people of iraq and prevent what a calls a genocide. >> you leave behind even a single burning ember it's like a forest fire, it flares back up.

>> experts warn it too take six months to bring the ebola out break under corollas fears grow that it has spread. and why there is a cold front coming for feather forecasters in the philippines. israel and palestinian groups have so far failed to agree on extending a temporary ceasefire. they have been holding indirect talks in cairo. three-day truce that began on tuesday has just now expired. this is the scene in gaza right now as that 72 hour ceasefire comes to an end but it's not clear whether or not hamas will agree to a new three-day truce. israel says earlier two rockets were fired in to southern israel. but hamas the palestinian group which controls goose a denies it launched at tacks.

our correspondent andrew simons is joining us live from gaza right now. andrew, what are we to think, israel says rockets launched in to southern israel and hamas saying they know nothing about this. >> reporter: what is clear is that these talks have gone right to the wire. we understand more than six hours of talks overnight and that included the indirect means as egyptians acting as mediators and the statement from the israeli military in the early hours of the mor morning that to rockets have been fired in to southern israel. no casualties. the rockets landed in the southern deserts. now, as i speak, there was a crunch a short time ago and i can see in the sky behind me what appears to be like an iron dome deployment there.

so it's pass table there has been a rocket fired. certainly heard a crunch. there is massive uncertainty, it doesn't look good. hamas came back after that statement by the israelis accusing palestinian factions of firing rockets they said category no rockets have been fired. but the ceasefire -- that the ceasefire had not been breached. but all of these with preceded by hamas' mil military wing sayg on thursday night as far as they were concerned israel hadn't met any of the demands and they didn't want their negotiators in cairo to carry on on the talks and didn't want them to he can tend the ceasefire at all. some sources in cairo suggesting even at this stage there could be a 72-hour you can tension, another suggestion there would be a 24-hour temporary suspension. it has to be said that all sides naturally posture at certain stages but right now it doesn't

look good. >> and andrew, if you could just remind us, what is it that both sides are asking for to secure a longer-lasting peace here? one of the things that hamas has been insisting on is just a condition of the last ceasefire that was in place after israel's last operation that the siege of gas arc the blockade be lifted. that was supposed to happen. >> reporter: hamas and the -- all of the palestinian factions want the siege that dates back to 2007 lifted. in particular, what they were demanding was the formation of a port here, the respiration of a port and then, of course, there were demands for the release of prisoners. israel, on the other hand, wants to see the demill ter saying of the strip, it wants to see the disarmament of hamas and the other palestinian factions in return for a number of things, lifting of the blockade and also

a program to rebuild the it ever stated state the strip is in now. at least $6 billion estimated in rebuilding costs, and not only the costs of reconstruction but also the extraordinary trauma that the people of gaza have been through a population of 1.8 million with 1,900 nearly dead after this one-month conflict. but as far as the talks are concerned it went right to the wire. do not rule out a possible ceasefire extension late. but it's obviously in a situation where things are not looking good. >> i am just hearing right now that the israeli army is saying a rocket has been intercepted and we are hearing that that air sirens are going over. >> well, that fits from what i saw from her, which was the

designates in the sky, it looked like iron dome being deployed. that seems to be the case. as far as the israelis are concerned, all of the troopses amassed on the border are in place. from what we understand. it's unlikely they'll resume a ground operation but certainly they will continue to their air strikes it's likely and the use of artillery. there may have been another deployment, but that's not within my view at the moment. but it does appear, it does not look good,-, elizabeth where the has been a resumption of the rocket fire. because as far as hamas the palestinian fax shuns were concerned israel hadn't given anything in the way of concession to his any of the demands this they were making. which as i said are really the lifting of the blockade that has throttled ordinary life in this city. but, then, of course israelis insist that the tunnel complex

that they have damaged severely but they want to demill terrize whole strip and making demands that hamas can't possibly make. what makes the situation much more fraught aside from all the international criticism of israel for some of its tactics in terms of targeting there is a phenomenon where hamas has become more popular amongst its citizens in desperation really because their backs are against the wall. there is one disputed fact about this conflict and that's the vast majority of those dieing here are civilians, many of whom have to real political ax to grind in the direction of one or the other. they want to get by. so there is a situation now, elizabeth, where people must be extremely confused this morning as to what to do next. >> so, andrew, with so many

civilians lives there at stake with so much at stake here, is there any chance, then, that these talks, that they could continue? you said they were down to the wire. -- >> reporter: as i say, as i say, our source sources in cairo, particularly some egyptian ones it would appear are suggesting that there may well be some means of putting together an unconditional extension at some stage. so by no means is this all over but at this stage, as far as hamas and the palestinian factions are concerned they have gone the distance and don't feel that israel is giving enough. but having said that the egyptians are working furiously hard to get some common ground to carry on talking, not necessarily to agree but trying to convince both sides to carry on talking. now various negotiating tactics are being used by all sides in

this. there has been posturing. there is no doubt whatsoever about that. but right now, it has to be said that as of 10 minutes ago, the 72-hour truce expired and, there is nothing in place right now, nothing in place to actually insure that the guns will stay silents. there has been a deployment of iron damaso obviously rockets appear to have been fired. i can't be certain either but certainly the iron dome was deployed and so right now uncertainty hangs over the whole process and gazans have every reason to be very confused and frightened by the situation. >> andrew, i am just hearing from the reuters news agency that they are reporting hamas is prepared to continue talking in cairo but not prepared to continue with the ceasefire. can the two sides talk, andrew, while they are attacking each

other? >> reporter: as i was saying there has been posturing going on. there is a possibility that something could be patched together. so right now, you've got to look at the way the order of events went in the past 12 hours. that the military wing of hamas engaged in a news conference. and spelled out its position. it said that it was not prepared to engage, to carry on with its ceasefire if there was no concession by israel, no move towards its demands being met. that was the lifting of the siege of the gaza strip and in particular, the reopening of the operation of a port here. now, following on from that, there were varied messages from hamas officials, but the majority of them were quite pessimistic, but then in the background, our sources in hamas and, indeed, in cairo, have suggested that there is some

means of getting an extension or there was some means of getting an extension together. now that did not come to fruition with a statement. but whether or not there is still some possibility of talking going on remains unclear, it's a very cloudy picture as to where we are at right now. but certainly there isn't a fuel resumption of hostilities, but there is obviously a big level of tension here. >> andrew, thank you very much for that. that's our correspondent andrew simmons joining us from gaza. let's move onto other news now. and u.s. president barack obama has authorized air strikes to tagger sunni rebels in air rack, he wants to there are out fight presser the islamic state and aid of thousands of gentleman seed is trapped in a mountain us reason region, here are the details. >> one iraqi cried to the world there is no one coming to help. well, today america is coming to

help. >> reporter: u.s. fighter jets escorted three military cargo planes over the mountain, enough water and meals for just 8,000 of the 10s of thousands of yazidis that are trapped. u.s. president barack obama says the military will help iraq's forces break the siege surrounding the mountain in a coming days, sending another warn to go the islamic state group to stop that are advance. >> i directed our military toy take targeted strikes against isil terrorists should they move toward the city. we intend to stay vigilant and take action if these terrorist forces threaten our personnel or facilities anywhere in iraq, including our consolate and our em bass a in baghdad. >> reporter: the president had said he would not react until a government was in place that represented all iraqis. but he said the polite and the

affectedness of the recent campaigns forced their hands. they are pushing for a new government. promising more aid to iraq once a government is put in place. the u.s. president promised americans this would the wow not lead to another full-scale war in iraq, but he said what is happening in iraq could be genocide and the u.s. has to pretrent sr*epbts it. patty culhane, albuquerque, washington. the united states conducted its humanitarian mission from many bases, c17 and c130 transport aircraft dropped 72 bundles of supplies to the region. the bundles included more than 2,000 letters of fresh water and 8,000 meals. they were accompanied by 2f18 fighters jets, but there were no u.s. ground forces involved. a former iraqi think bass door to the united nations welcomed the humanitarian assistance but explained on you inninineffective air strike on s

their own would be. >> i think that by themselves perhaps very little, but as part of a larger strategy, they are venture shall. the larger strategy begins i think with a political resolution of the problems in iraq. and there was a tip of the hat by the president to that as well. he noted that the process in baghdad is well underway to find a new prime minister one who is committed to reconciliation and reaching out to all of iraq's groups and we have reason to think that may happen sooner rather than later despite the relative gridlock in iraqi politics. you also have to have close coordination between the forces under baghdad's control ander bill's control. the united states have been encourage that go and the military commanders have been in contact with another and that's occurring. >> iraq's largest christian city is the latest to be over run by fighters belonging to the

islamic state. reports suggest that up to 100,000 people have been forced for that homes, mohamed veil has more. >> reporter: the people southeast of mosul are now homeless. some are here in the kurdish city after being driven out of their homes. they are majority christian town was taken over by islamic state fighters on thursday. hundreds of thousands of people have been uprooted since june when mosul fell in to the hands of the i.s. militia. most of them are women and children. >> translator: we had fled, we are under fire. children start today cry and were in fear, so we had to get out last night. we gathered our stuff and fled. >> translator: the situation became very dangerous and we had to flee. 50,000 people became homeless in just a few hours. those strangers came to our towns and occupied them. >> reporter: claiming by both arabs and cureds the tow cured a

disputed territory. it is only one of many cities overran by islam vikingsers in the last few days. on saturday and sunday they took towns northwest of mosul. the residents sought refuge in kurdish areas. the group's stated aim is to establish an islamic state. it has been moving through iraq and syria claiming territory with renewed victor since june, by telling people to convert to its version of is lame or leave. it poses the biggest threat to iraq's security since the u.s.-led invasion in 2003. mohamed, al jazerra. the united states government is setting up a group to see if experimental drugs can be used to tackle the ebola out break in west calf a africa. two american have his been given the unmovement treatment but the virus is still spinning out of

control. so far ebola has killed 932 people in guinea, sierra leone, liberia and nigeria. now a report from la from lagos. >> reporter: at the international airport, airport workers check for the debtsly virus. passengers have their temperatures taken, anyone with a high fever is isolated and given a blood test. it's through here that the liberian man who first brought ebola to nigeria came. these workers are determined not to let it happen again. >> it's about insuring that we take our responsibility seriously. you recall after that first unfortunate case the airline that brought the unfortunate case in was suspended because the airlines also have a respond. a role to play. and so this is just a bit of a bigger picture. >> reporter: that bigger picture

includes the lagos mainlands hospital. outside where patients with owe bola people wait for news. medical workers here say they are preparing for any venture trueventuality. they are caring for seven patients who are six with the virus and say they hate the fact that they can do so the for those patients. all seven he bola patients being cared for here are medical workers who treated the lie berrian patient who was traveling through the city and died. >> those had the first contact thinking it was malaria, handling him like any every day patient coming to visit they are struggling right now. >> reporter: the effort to

combat ebola are happening during the time when physicians are on strike for larger pay. >> you ca "consider this" not withhold your services at a crucial time such as this it. i am hoping my colleagues will rise up to the occasion and step out and assist us in taking care of this problem. >> reporter: until they do those on the frontline line in the fight against ebola have to make do with the reduced number of staff this they have. the medical workers like the rest of the people in lagos hope the disease doesn't spread through the city of more than 21 million people. still ahead on al jazerra, residents flee rebel-controlled areas of eastern ukraine and the military tightens its group on the separatist strong hold. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.

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cairo. warning sirens have been sounding israel with reports that the iron dome defense system has intercepted rockets. the three-day truce which began on tuesday has now expired. u.s. president obama barack obama has authorized air strikes targeting sunni rebels in iraq. he also confirmed humane darien supply drops to spring a genocide against minorities. and the u.s. government is setting up a research group to see if experimental drugs can be used to contain the ebola out break in west africa. 932 people have died from the virus since march. residents in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk are fleeing their homes. ukraine's military is trying to retake the city from pro-russia separatist that his control it at least one person has been killed after a hospital was hit by shelling. emma heyward has more from

nearby. >> reporter: part of the city came under fire yet again and people in don everything were left picking through the pieces. this was once part of the hospital. now reduce today rubble. >> translator: they were wounded on the street. we drive one at the beginning then he died. another one was brought in by his relatives. he was just walking past here, his left lung was injured, and his heart just stopped working. a very painful death after 10 to 15 minutes. >> reporter: the city, home to the separatist movement, the donetsk people's republic has been in the sights of the ukrainian military foy weeks. around half of its population are thought to have already fled to try to escape a possible onslaught. now the man who has led the separatists for months is stepping down. alexander, who is russian, is accused of having too close of ties with moscow. >> translator: i think that the don everything people's republic should be ruled by a person who

is originally from here by blood and a person of this kind is among us. please welcome alexander. >> reporter: this would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. this city was controlled bicep tests, but is now back in the hands of the kiev government. but not without heavy losses on both sides. what the authorities here are trying to do isn't just rebuild trust with the community, it's to try to heal the rift between the people themselves. but this is an uneasy peace, being watched closely by everyone here. even a hey ward, al jazerra, in slow vee afternoon. lawyers in the murder trial of south african athlete oscar pistorius have presented their closing argument. the oral and pai paralympic i cn runner says it was a tragic accident. now weather forecasters in the

u.s. are tracking the path of the first hurricane expected to hit hawaii in more than 20 years. the role of forecasters is crucial for warning people of such storms. but in the philippines, more and more meteorologists are leaving of the country. let's find out why. >> reporter: he has been working as a forecaster for the state-run weather bureau for almost 30 years. the salary is low and the working hours unpredictable. but he says this is not why he is here. >> i have stayed because i want to help our country. to serve our people. and aside from that, a few years from now, i will be retirable. >> reporter: but some of his colleagues have been leaving. five meteorologists have left just this year. lured by overseas jobs mostly in the middle east. the president says the departure of these professionals shouldn't

be a concern. over 30 new forecasters have been recruited this year. but the state weather bureau admits the problem is not in finding good people in the country, it is in keeping them. >> we need to raise the status of the meteorologists in the philippines because actually, i think we are moving on with what we have now, but still, we need support, continued support because we have a technology change, we must not be left behind from other countries. >> reporter: forecasters abroad get paid at least five times more than they make here. those who have opted to stay say they hold to the promise of better benefits and an improvement of their outdated equipment. their job has become crucial following recent natural disasters. a typhoon left more than 400 people dead with the city unprepared for a disaster of such scale. government officials here say

lessons have been learned since then, but for residents here, the fear of another disaster remains. some communities have found ways to cope. learning how to monitor weather changes and setting up their own systems so that they are able to respond faster. the world risk index has put the philippines as one the countries most vulnerable for extreme natural disasters, like at that identify haiyan left more than 700,000 people dead last year. expects say it's expected to get worse. and so some weather forecasters here stay on despite the challenges. they do the best that they can, they say, with what little they have. well, still ahead, the show must not go on. why these israeli performers are without a stage at the edinburgh french festival. operating in

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real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. there's any indication that they are in harm's way, he will use america's military might to protect u.s. citizens. so john, clearly this president does not want to go back to these are the top stories on al jazerra. israel and palestinian groups from gaza haven't yet agreed to extend the ceasefire. warning sirens have been sounded in israel, meanwhile, and the iron dome defense system has intercepted a rocket. the three day truce which began on tuesday has now expired. u.s. president obama barack obama has authorized air strikes to targets sunni rebels in iraq. he also confirmed humanitarian supply drops to spre vent what a called a genocide against minorities.

and the u.s. government is setting up a research group to see if experimental drugs can be used to contain the ebola out break in west africa. 932 people have died from the violence since prim. for monther from gaza we are joined by our correspondent andrew simmons he's live there now. andrew, half an hour since the ceasefire came to an end and already reports of rockets. >> reporter: yes, certainly only seconds after the 5:00 g.m. t of the firing of the ceasefire we saw a big cloud -- well aircraft fair large cloud in the sky of the iron dome being used to intercept a rocket. the israeli forces say it was deployed one deployment and it took that rocket which is about 15-kilometers across the border in to israel.

the israeli forces say there were another five rockets which were landed but no casualties. as far as the ceasefire goes, it's an extraordinary position really because there is no ceasefire right now, i can tell you this, that according to a very reliable source in cairo, the egyptians, fatah, hamas, and islamic jihad are all sitting down talking at the moment. there are negotiations taking place. now that fits with what hamas officials said that they want to carry on talking. now as far as what's gone on now, with the rockets, could this just be a show of force in the hand of the military wing of hamas or other factionse factiot entirely clear at this stage about, you hopes are pinned on some sort of deal now to have a temporary ceasefire without any agreements in place as such.

>> andrew, will these talks that have gone on throughout the night, will they continue if rocket attacks continue, and israel responds? >> reporter: it very much depends on what israel does. if it responds the likelihood of the talks it's questionable if they can be sustained. whether or not israel will exercise restraint and not respond depends. whether or not this was just simply a signal and there won't be any further rocket attacks. there is so much posturing going on, so many tactics being used to try to get concessions made. because there has been no give at all in these talks. that's entirely clear, that the demands of the palestinian factions and hamas have not been met by israel. israel which was taking a very much unilateral position on the whole conflict ahead of these talks being agreed in egypt, you know, it's agreed, it would

seem, to a 72-hour extension, israel, they will have an extension without any preconditions. but hamas made it clear that it's not interested in that, it wants something, something achieved before it extends those talks. and, remember, there is pressure from the military wing of hamas on thursday night, a statement made on tv which clearly laid out the position of the military wing and that they would not continue any further talking unless israel was to make some concessions, was to actually move towards the lifting of the blockade on the gaza strip and the formation of a proper port here. those are the many, many demands being made, of course israel in response wants to see a demilitarization of the strip in returns for any concessions it makes, no progress on this. the only hope for gazans right now is that there will be some sort of extension, temporary or

otherwise, 72 hours, 24 hours, all they want is an assurance that there won't be rockets being fired and exchange and of course the israelis have no other -- no military means are being taken at this stage. no reports of any israeli action or any big movement on the part of the israelis, no aircraft in the skies. right now everyone is hoping that there will be some sort of breakthrough and some sort of -- well, i say a breakthrough, some sort of agreement for a temporary ceasefire. >> andrew, how hopeful are the gas an people havthegas an peope gaza people about the prospects of this happening. you can only imagine what the ordinary gas an is going through right now, with nearly 1900, 1,900 people dead, 432 of

them children. of devastating nature of the the attacks, offense random it would seen by the israeli forces over this one-month periods. it really is a question of agony, no other way of describing the move of the people in gaza. but they have seen these talks take place in the past with sometimes agreements made, but they don't last for much longer than maybe a few months or at best a few years. so a very, very cynical viewpoint being taken by most gazans and it has to be said that hamas does appear to have gained support because of the level of loss here. one of the few undisputable facts of this conflict is that the fact most of the victims are civilians. so right now there is hope and only hope and some of that is in

very short supply. >> andrew, thank you very much for that. that's our correspondent andrew simmons joining us from gaza. well, to other news now, u.s. president barack obama has authorized air strikes to target sunni rebels in iraq. he wants to flush out fighters from the islamic state and aid the thousands of yazidis trapped in the mountainous region. >> in recent days yazidi well, men, and children from the area have fled for their lives. and thousands, perhaps 10s of thousands are now hiding high up on the mountain with little but the clothes on their backs. they are without food, they are without water, people are starving, and children are tying of thirst. -- dieing of thirst. meanwhile, isil forces below have called to the us systematic destruction of the entire yazidi people which would constitute genocide. so these innocent families are faceed with a horrible choice, descend the mountain and be

slaughtered or stay and slowly die of thirst and hunger. i have said before, the united states cannot and should not intervene every time there is a crisis in the worlds. so let me be clear about why we must act and act now. when we face a situation like we do owe that mountain with innocent people facing of prospects of violence on a horrific scale when we have a mandate to help in, this case a request from the iraqi government and when we have the unique capabilities to hepa vert a massacre, then i believe the united states of america cannot turn a blind eye. we can act carefully and responsibly to prevent an act of genocide, that's what we are doing on no mountain, i have therefore authorized targeted air strikes if necessary to help forces in iraq as they fight to break the siege of mount sinjar and protect the civilians trapped there. already american aircraft have begun conducting humanitarian air drops of food and water to help these desperate men, women

and children survive. >> jane described described how aid is needed. >> reporter: the air drops on behalf of the iraqi government failed dramatically. they were dropping bottles of water and packets of food directly from helicopters so as they were hitting the ground the water was shattering and lost. and as we have seen a big problem on mount sinjar is that children are dieing of dehydration, now, what the u.s. is doing is a proper air drop which is food and water that's cushioned by palates dropped from the helicopters. that has a much better chance. but we have to kind of picture what is happening on mounts sinjar which is a very rocky outcrop, huge place which has towns and villages on the lower part. as the islamic state pushed forward these people who are generally very peaceful people,

were protected by the kurds, the kurds made a strategic withdrawal as they say and, they started walking and in some cases barefoot up the mountain. so they are up there, and they are not in one place, they are all along the mountain. this is why it's so difficult. it's hard breaking. i talked to people wh who were n the mountain. i have earlier in the day. and they were saying that they are absolutely desperate. and they were, of course, pleading for help. which is part of the reason that we are seeing now this u.s. response. it's hard to ignore families dieing of hunger and thirst trapped on the mountain. malaysia's troubled national carrier will soon be taken over entirely by the government. it follows two disasters involving its passenger jets which killed more than 400 people. shares of malaysia airlines have been suspended on the stock market. let's go to our correspondent florence who is standing by for us in koala lumpur. what does this mean now for the national carrier?

>> reporter: well, this was a company that was already in trouble. now, it's been operating at a loss for the past several years now. and it doesn't have enough cash to perhaps last it until the end of the year. it's in need of a massive capital injection, one speculation was to allow the company to go in to bankrupt the other option is restructure the company. the malaysian government has clearly opt today the latter. so the state investor has now put forward a proposal to buy the shares, the remaining shares it doesn't already own. the state owns close to 70% of the shares. it plans to buy the 30% still publicly trade on the stock exchange. it's an exercise that's going to cost about $417 million, it's offering a small premium of 12.5% over the shares last traded price on thursday, when they were suspend suspended.

now, this then will -- this then will enable the state investor to look at completely overhauling the company. which is what it said it plan to his do. it says this will be the first step in restructuring the company. now, it hasn't gone in to details of what the restructuring will entail. but there are things that they can look at. it could look at trimming the airline's bloated workforce, it could look at cutting out the loss-making route. it could look as replacing the entire management team. details that have will come. the malaysia airlines board of director will be meeting later today and issue a statement about what it thinks about the proposal. but, of course of course the bigger test for the airline will be whether or not it can regain the confidence and trust of passengers so soon after two disasters, as you mentioned hit the airline. >> florence, thank you very much for that. that's our correspondent florence louie joining us from kuala lumpur. still ahead on al jazerra,

russia's food ban begins. countries that have imposed sanctions on moscow are targeted. plus. ♪ ♪ >> the show must not go on. why these israeli performers are without a stage at the edinburgh fringes festival. and once again, the president authorizing airstrikes in iraq tonight, targeted at the islamic state. the group known as the islamic state. in the meantime, we have other breaking news to tell you about, involving the fight between gaza and israel. in three hours, the latest truce is set to expire, but now we hear that the israeli military said that two rockets have been fired from

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see if experimental drugs can be used to contain the ebola out break in west africa. 932 people have died from the virus since march. russia's ban on imported food products has come in to effect targeting countries which have imposed sanctions over moscow. the one-year ban targets fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the united states, the european union, all, a canada and norway. the restrictions could spell big losses for farm nurse those countries. last year the u.s. ex-pouredded $1.3 billion of agricultural goods to russia and the e.u. close to 16 billion. dutch exports to are herb a alone amount to $2 billion annually so russia wants to boost imports from knew see land. moscow imports 70% of all of its food.

rory chall challenges looks at e ban. >> reporter: french cheeses, italian olive oils, spanish happens, russians have gotten used to eating the same food as their western neighbors. but that's about to stop. >> translator: russia is introducing a total ban on beef, pork, vegetables, poultry, fish, cheese, mill and being dairy products from the european union companies, the united states of america, australia, canada, and norway. >> reporter: at the market in central moscow the produce glistenses invitingly. this is all nice fish but what here will you have a problem finding off the import ban? >> translator: these are from france, this is also from france, the carp is ours and lobsters are from canada. >> reporter: so as she was explaining, life is going to get quite tough for her once these import bans kick in, because

pretty much 50% of what is showing she's telling here will be restricted o. the middle classes are whaling on social media about the return of so far he had area destroyed shelves and a future detroit of pardoparmesan. but it might not be them that suffer the most. >> translator: it will primarily effect the poorest people buying the cheapest import goods. if the government does not find alternatives then prices on meat and verna vegetables will surge. >> reporter: the russia app's intent it to hurt the united states and the even u. and the ambassador here says there will be pain. >> it is significant. that's why we are serious, it's about 10% of entire eve eu expos to the russian market. that's why we are taking the measures seriously. >> reporter: nine embargo has

been introduces for a year, but pretty much everyone hopes it doesn't last that long. u.s. press barack obama has voiced his support for the three al jazerra journalists who have been jailed in egypt for 223 days. they were forcely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood and in june 2 were given seven years sen attorneyses, an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. the trial is closing up against oscar pistorius, he says it was a tragic accident, the chief prosecutors in the trial has accused pistorius of repeatedly lying in his testimony. officials in china say there is little hope of finding more survivors from sunday's

earthquake. at least 615 people were killed and another 114 are missing. but rescuers are yet to reach several remote communities where they believe they will find more bodies. thai police have discovered what they say is another scoopeddal involving a surrogate mother. a few days ago a story drew international attention and prompted the government to take new measures to regulate the suhgurr sassy industry. >> reporter: when a police mls raided a flat they found nine babies, their nannies and a surrogate mother four months pregnant. a rich japanese man said he is the father of all the children through surrogates. the flat is being called a baby factory. if proven to be true, the case is likely to be even more complicated than that of baby gamey. gamey was born with down syndrome. his mother says an australian couple paid her to bear their

child in the end she had twins and accuses of couple of taking the healthy sister but rejecting him because of his condition. the couple denies this. authorities are scramble to go catch up on these refer layingses and those intense media scrutiny. >> translator: when these children are born and there is a problem, the law requires the government department of social development work to take care of them. no matter what happens, the children will be protected. >> reporter: these are websites that advertise for surrogate mothers there has been a boom of surrogate birth million dollars thailand. no law bans the practice out right the medical council requires surrogate mothers to be relatives and not make money from the birth. he helped draft a new law that says will not prohibit the practice, though it will discourage it. >> there are a lot of women in thailand who, you know, are in a position to become a surrogate

mother, they need money, so and to get there with the advancement of technology thailand may be the. [ inaudible ] authority. >> reporter: the vast majority of surrogate births are not controversial but cases like these demonstrate that it's a complicated, painful business. the babies between six months and one year olds are being kept at this government orphanage for the time being. the child protection act here in thailand prevents from actually filming them. at this point no one can say how long they are going to be kept here or where they are going toned up. and this is just the start of the crack down on suhr gassies, there may be more babies put in the same position. there are further woes that baby are being born for human trafficking adding urgency to tighten regulations,. columbia's president juan manuel santos has been sworn in to a second term.

his reelection is a vote of confidence for his effort for peace. a report from bogota. >> reporter: playing peace make never an anxious country, juan manuel santos took the oath of office for a secretary term making a plea for unity and peace. >> translator: i firmly believe that colombia today has to set a goal for itself that we can all commit to. and what's that goal? to become by 2025 a country in total peace with equality and education for all. >> reporter: but while the country wants the violence to end, it's also wary of what a peace deal might mean. >> one crucial aspect that he has failed in or his government has failed in is really communicating both the needs and challenges surrounding the peace process, its content and the

cost that will be to be able to achieve it. >> reporter: the economy is growing faster than anywhere else in the region, investments are booming and two approximately identified miff jol colombians have made their way out of positive. the income gap remains stubbornly high while lack of rural development has sparked decent. while peace negotiations continues, so does the war. rebel groups recently stepping up attacks on roads and infrastructure. fresh fodder for those opposing the talks, like the ex-president who left the ceremony with his party before santos started his speech. >> the people will not accept peace with impunity. >> reporter: however skeptical. most come low bee ans think he

will make a peace deal in his second term. while it might not be the answers to the many problems, many hope it can open the door for a new and just dough local bee a. now, to a story of politics, power and performance. a play by an israeli group has been forced to give up hits spot over the protest in gas actual the show gets money from the israeli culture ministry, a report from edwin bureau. >> reporter: if any bit of space becomes a stage, hotel lobby that, will do this is a show which has suddenly found itself without a home. it did have one, this place. this is the perfect place for drawing a crowd and for protesters to make a point. which she d this is a show

coming from israel, receiving money from the israeli government and the demonstrators have been quite clear, they do not wants it here. the protests have been loud. the determination obvious. the show must not go on. it's had to give up its venue and fueling this dispute, one question, should theater and art be immune from politics? two very different opinions here. >> the israeli government used cultural events to promote israel as a modern democratic society. which covers up for what is really happening in israel and the west bank and in gaza. >> we are not here as an agent of the government. but that's -- that's not the issue you. nobody talks about our artistic qualities. only about, you know, the situation and politics. >> mainly our show has been missed. >> reporter: this has become the face of the campaign, she is scotland's national poet, but she's not dressing up her words

on this one. >> we want a whole cultural and action i can boycott of the country -- of anything israeli that's official. and that's terrible to say to universities we don't want to hear your speaker coming hering but it's about saying that this country, people in this country find that a pariah state and i think it's important to do this. >> it's a dangerous precedent. now it can happen to anyone i think. >> it will become an arena for political gladiators 67 the city is not a political tale. but this is now a political story. whether the artists want that or not. phil lavell, at the edwin bureau festival. you are find that story and, of course, the rest of the day's news including much more on all the developments out of gaza, including a live blog, videos, analysis, all that and much more at aljazerra.com.

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