♪ the u.s. launches air strikes against the islamic state in northern iraq and washington says it wants to prevent a genicide. ♪ hello and welcome, i'm from al jazeera's headquarters in doha and good to have you here with us, also ahead. the three-day cease fire end in gaza with both sides launching attacks against each other. uneasy alliance and the president agree to government in

afghanistan before a review of the resent vote. i'm in emma where the community faces the challenge of trying to rebuild itself. ♪ the united states has started air strikes against the islamic group in northern iraq and the u.s. shot at artillery targets and wants to create an islamic state across the middle east and accused of killing minorities in the region and it has taken over large parts of iraq and syria and suspended flights to the region. tens of thousands of people have fled northern iraq and members of the ethnic minorities and include the jahiti and out of the towns and in mountains without water, food or shelter and many have died. jane has the latest in northern

iraq. >> reporter: we are told by kurdish officials that those air strikes, the ones confirmed by the u.s. on islamic state artillery batteries have actually hit in an area they have evacuated just a short time ago. now east of the kurdish capitol, hundreds of sorry close to 100,000 people who have fled cities and towns overrun by the islamic state have been moving here according to kurdish officials and some of them have chosen to go back to mozal and a short while ago we saw some who had come over the past 24 hours saying that they had been fleeing essentially for the past two months ever since mozal fell and there are reports that emergencies are evacuating their staff here, reports that oil companies are also pulling their workers out of the oil field, all in all a growing sense of

panic here. >> roslyn joins me from the state department in washington d.c. roslyn, any indication from the pentagon how extensive these strikes are going to be? >> well, they are saying they are prepared to carry out more strikes if that would be necessary. but they are not going to talk about them until they are done to protect the safety of the fighter pilots who would be carrying out the air strikes and two fa fighter jets bombed an islamic state mobile artillery unit early this morning about 10:45 gmt, 6:45 a.m. here on the east coast of the u.s., we don't know how many people were killed or how many were injured but the u.s. says that this air strike was authorized by president barack obama because of a perceived threat against u.s. persons and property in side

urbeel and the u.s. consulate is there and while there has not been any plan reached on whether to evacuate the people who have been assigned to that consulate, certainly the u.s. considers it part of its national security interest to protect the facility at the very least and certainly those americans who have been assigned to work there. that was the main reason for this strike. it's very distinctive from the air drop that was conducted overnight which brought food and water to the members of the community who have been basically held up on a mountain side on mt. sinjar not far from urbeel. >> the u.s. had clearly said when this conflict started they did not want to be involved. can you take us what led them to this point to actually now take military action? >> well, let's not forget that when the islamic state fighters moved from syria into iraq and started fighting primarily with

kurdish in the northern third of the country, yes, there was a lot of alarm, there were calls from members of congress that the u.s. should do something to stop the spread of this group which essentially is another iteration of what had been known as al-qaeda in iran. however, the u.s. decided not to move that quickly and sent in military advisors, several hundred at this count, to work with the iraqi army and with kurdish authorities and want to assess capabilities on the ground to protect their country from these fighters. then the decision had to be made and it took several weeks to decide what, if anything, the u.s. military would do to help basically backup the iraqi military and the kurdish people. only when they detected more aggressive movements from islamic state fighters over the past weekend and getting closer to orbeel did they finally

consult with the president and they came up with these very limited rage of options in terms of when military air strikes could be launched when humanitarian air drops could be launched and what conditions could be carried out. it's also important to note the u.s. would not have done any of this without an expressed invitation from the iraqi government. >> thank you very much, roslyn jordan with a view from washington. many analysts flee months of instability in iraq for the current crisis faces the government and dominick takes a look at the fragile political solution in baghdad. >> reporter: fighters from the so called islamic state go through a northern iraq town and their strength is such the u.s. is launching air strikes against them. for months the influence of is spread across the country as the national army witnessed before

them and it mirrored the wilting government of the prime minister. for eight years he governed iraq in a man tear that is sectarian and the constituent assembly is unable to agree on a new prime minister. and yet in april's election maliki's party won more seats than any other and he won more votes personally than any other candidate. but crucially he fell short of a majority. in the months since the combination of the rise of the islamic state group, kurdish opposition and weakening support from iran has eroded maliki's support base. in iraq itself the shi group has said it will support any candidate for maliki's party except maliki himself. the sheer grand iatola indicated he thinks maliki should not cling on to power. >> translator: insisting and

staying in the government post could lead to negative effects on the country, it's a terrible mistake and politicians should avoid it even with a small amount of responsibility to the people. >> reporter: people are united against maliki it's less clear who could succeed him. >> it is not a given. this depends on the person, it depends on the situation. but the main delta in terms of how that would come out, those possibilities is strong american support including military support in return for an iraqi political class that pulls together in one direction. >> reporter: some believe maliki's predecessor could return but he is tainted to some people by his failure to deal with sectarian violence ten years ago. others point to akmed, once a favorite of the bush white house he is close to iran, one thing is clear, whoever does emerge as prime minister will face a series of challenges.

first to defeat the islamic state and then to try to patch up a country that has begun to divide on tribal and sectarian lines. dominick cain, al jazeera. >> to a situation this gaza now and the three-day's fire between israel and hamas ended and fighting started again and negotiators are trying to secure a long lasting deal in cairo but have not been able to agree on some key sticking points and israel pulled out of negotiations and it says it won't continue while hamas fires rockets into its territory. ♪ let's take a look at the human toll first. 64 israeli soldiers and 3 civilians including a ty national have been killed since the fighting started a month ago and 1898 palestinians have been killed. nearly three quarters civilians

by the u.n. 10,000 palestinians injured and more than 187,000 are still living in u.n. shelters. we have correspondents covering both sides of the conflict and we are standing by in gaza and nicole on-johnston is in jerusalem but let's listen to the report from my colleague in gaza. >> reporter: the skyline once again blighted by war far after attempts for a 72-hour cease fire failed in cairo and then the grim familiar routine of the emergency response and tending to the injured. among the early casualties was a 12-year-old child who died after an israeli air strike. rockets have been fired at israel within seconds of the cease fire expiring. some intercepted by the iron

dome missile system. then after israel's delegation pulled out of cairo, its military was ordered to launch attacks. the stricken people of the gaza strip has seen it all before and dread and knew heading for u.n. shelters, schools was the only answer. 4700 people are housed in this shelter. it has been full to capacity. during the 72-hour cease fire 1500 left to return to their homes. now they are all back, looking for water and food. among those who have returned is this family. their house is here and it was badly damaged but have been back to receive condolence for one of their adult sons who had been killed. >> translator: i remember him in every part of the house. i think of how good he was to his father, how kind he used to be to his kids, i miss him so

much. >> reporter: palestinians in gaza having had only a brief are back in a mindset of desperation. andrew simmons, al jazeera gaza city. >> nts is in gaza for us, what are you hearing about hamas from the state of the talks in cairo and another possible cease fire? >> reporter: well around an hour ago a senior hamas spokesperson gave a press conference in which he said that at this stage the israelis have not accepted the key demand which is lifting of the siege, lifting of the blockade which has been in place since 2007, has effectively choked the economy here, has prevented people from being able to come and go as they please and goods coming in as well. however, what he did say which was quite crucial in my mind was that he said that the door was still open to talks and indeed the door was still open to a cease fire. so it would appear for now from

hamas point of view they want to come up with some sort of agreement but at this stage the ball appears to be in israel's court. >> thank you, in gaza and that leads me to nicole johnston in jerusalem and nts saying hamas saying the ball appears to be in israel's court, what is israel saying about the situation? >> reporter: well, israel is hardly saying anything at all at this stage. we had one short comment from israeli spokesman and said he wanted the cease fire to succeed and taken defensive positions by removing the troops and the tanks, putting them back inside israel and they are blaming any tragedy in gaza on hamas. so that is line from the israeli government. when it comes to negotiations over a short term cease fire though, when we hear from hamas demands such as lifting the siege i would imagine from an

israeli perspective those sorts of demands would be something they would want to leave for a longer term a cease fire and not short term and not three days, that is something they would put in sort of the basket of long-term negotiations. so what it's going to take to get the two sides to agree to an extension at this stage is the first question. we really have two tracks. we have talks over a short term cease fire and eventually longer term talks and at the moment both of them are stuck. >> nicole johnston in west jerusalem, thank you. al jazeera is continuing to demand the release of three journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 223 days. fahmy, greste and no had were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood and given 7 years and mohamed got an extra 7

years because of a spent bullet he picked up in a protest. presidential elections agreed to form a unity government and they signed a document vowing to work together. even before an official review of the resent vote has been completed. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry through to kabul to prevent a dead like. >> the candidates will work together to move the process forward and signed a political agreement saying they will form a unity government, a government of national unity and one will be president and a chief officer and who is not president they will have a voice in a post in the new government and both agreed to abide by the election auditing process, the biggest in the u.n. history, 8 million votes are being looked at again.

witnessed by representatives of both party. that process going on for several weeks has been bogged down by differences over specifics about how a vote is disqualified and things like that and that has slowed the process down and timing is very critical here. the international community as well as the afghan candidates say they want to try to have a new president inaugu auaugus aa inaugurated to go to wales on september 4 and 5 and nato pulling out troops and trying to figure out what the follow on mission or future training mission might look like here and secretary of state john kerry here facilitating what he called an afghan-led agreement, the two candidates agreeing to work together but still a lot of work to be done here if a new afghan president is to be declared and

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fighters in northern iraq and have take end over large parts of iraq and syria. fighting resumed between israel and palestinians in gaza, two more people have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, more than 8 people were injured. israel two people were injured by rockets fired from gaza. afghanistan rival presidential candidates have signed a deal to cooperate on forming a national unity government. both claimed victory after the june election and the results are currently being reviewed. in the central african republic fighting separated hundreds of children from their parents and many know their parents are dead and some have become child soldiers but others have found

relative safety by getting help to find their families. and we have this report from the town. >> reporter: despite everything they have gone through the children manage to put on a brave face and religious-based violence torn families aport in the central african republic and saw lives unrival in an instinct. >> they were carrying machetes and took my father to the forest and killed her and cut up my mother and killed her and i escaped. >> reporter: the real numbers of children affected are not known and this is one of the few people who have taken in orphans and children who do not know where their parents are. >> translator: war brings suffering, i couldn't leave these children the street, that is why i took them in. >> reporter: there is a shaky cease fire between the muslim silica and they are muslims

living in the town and they have a buffer zone between christians and muslims. french and african union soldiers tried to keep both sides apart but not easy. on the christian side 12-year-old tries to get through another rough day and doesn't know if his mother is dead or alive. >> translator: my older brother and i ran away when the fighting started. we came here to sleep in the church with other christians. i want to find my mother. >> reporter: reuniting families is slow and difficult because of the insecurity. for 2014 we had 41 children under its on going we probably have three or four more. it's an on going process because at the same time we offer new research. >> reporter: but some parents escaped to neighboring countries when the violence broke out, finding them is going to be a

lot harder. i'm with al jazeera, boda in the central african republic. >> ukraine wants to impose sanctions on 172 russian citizens and more than 60 russian companies and the transit of people and resources from russia to ukraine and means it could effect the movement of russia gas to europe and we have this report from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: they are learning how to help those affected by this war. the fighting has stopped but the scars left by the battle run deep and more and more people need the help of counselors like these to cope. many of the victims in slovonsk are too young to understand why their world was turned up side down. >> translator: everyone is anxious and worried about the future. it's very hard for people to deal with this unstable situation and to find resources to cope. the symptoms we see in children are speech impediments,

bedwetting, anxiety and fear of certain sounds. >> reporter: around the city there are constant reminders of what happened here. relative calm has been restored after weeks of turmoil. just over a month ago this was the scene of heavy fighting. reconstruction work here has started but questions linger about how to rebuild lives and how to help those coming from further afield, not far from the city a place reknown for peace and tranquillity, holiday homes now turned into temporary shelters for these families. >> translator: everyday we are worried about our relatives and we cry and try calling them but there is no phone connection. my brothers back home and mother. i would like to return home ideally today but we have a terrible war ranging there. >> reporter: but she and the four people she is sharing this tiny shelter with will have to

stay put as both sides try to get the upper hand in this conflict. emma with al jazeera in eastern ukraine. they declared the ebola out break in east africa an international health emergency and requires an extraordinary response to stop the spreading and the disease killed at least 961 people in guinea, sierra leone, liberia and nigeria and we have reports. >> reporter: the ebola is the worst in history and will affect more than than all the other previous out breaks combined. >> this morning i am saying the ebola disease a public health emergency of international concern. the committee's position was unanimo

unanimous. if they acknowledge the serious and unusual nature of the out break and the potential for further international spread. >> reporter: the current outbreak started last december in guinea and has spread to liberia, sierra leone and nigeria. the who decorations of the ebola outbreak is an international emergency will come as a relief to africa nations and until now they have been fighting it on their own and the declaration will come financial and technical assistance. >> our technical health security depends on support for containment operations in these countries. i urge the international community to provide the support on the most urgent need basis as soon as possible. >> reporter: sierra leone and liberia two of the worst affected countries by the outbreak from civil wars that lasted for more than a decade.

on the out cut of the liberia capitol liberia troops have set up ebola roadblocks to stop public access to some of the worst hit towns. they are part of the state of emergency the government declared to contain the outbreak. disruptive as they are these measures will continue for at least 90 days. >> translator: . >> reporter: in sierra leone travelers arrived at and flying out of the capitol town are being screened for the virus. and a number of international airlines have also temporarily suspended flights to the town. ebola has no licensed treatment. of all the people who caught the disease during this outbreak, half of them have died. al jazeera in nigeria. the government is planning to take over the country's national airline, malaysia

airlines financial woes worsened after a plane disappeared in march and another shot down last month and trading on the company shared suspended and we have the latest from kuala-lumpur. >> reporter: it has been in poor financial health and operating at a loss for several years, it's in massive need of a capital injection and putting the company into state hands is one way of saving it. analysts had earlier speculated the other option would be to allow it to go in bankruptcy and the government clearly ruled that out and now the state investor has put forward a proposal to take over the rest of the shares that it doesn't already own. it already owns 70%, close to 70% of the shares and it is planning to buy the further 30% that is publically traded on the stock exchange. it's offering a small premium of about 12.5% over the last traded price.

it's an exercise that is going to cost the nationals about $470 million. it plans to completely overhall the airline and this is just the first step in restructuring the company. now, how and what the restructuring will entail, those details have not been reviewed yet. but there are things that the state investor could look at, perhaps trimming the bloated workforce, cutting out roots and replacing the entire management team. taking the company off the stock exchange, delisting it means it can do these things without having to answer to minority shareholders. but the bigger test for the airline of course is to regain the trust and confidence of consumers so soon after two disasters struck the airline. >> reporter: and people in hawaii are bracing for two storms and quick succession, hurricane iselle has been downgrade to a tropical storm. and it brought strong winds and heavy rain which knocked down

trees and power lines. but a second stronger storm julio is heading to the island and it has strengthened to a category three hurricane. reminder you can keep up to date with our news on the website, to find it go to al jazeera.com.