down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> israeli bombings continue in gaza, with talks in cairo on the virgin of collapse. >> hello, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - more u.s. air strikes in iraq. president obama warns the fight against the islamic state may be a long one. turks go to the polls for their first chance to choose a new president. plus, this bush meat is suspected to have caused ebola's outbreak. why are so many still eating it?

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says israel will not go back to the negotiating table in cairo as long as attacks from the grip continue. earlier palestinians threatened to leave the talks, mediators by egypt unless israel returns without conditions. 64 israeli soldiers and three fillans including a thai national have been killed. air strikes and artillery attacks killed 1,911 palestinianions. the united nations says 73% of those are civilians. 449 of them are children. add to that 10,000 palestinians have been injured, and more than 220,000 who are living in u.n. shelters. >> here is some of what the

latest victims had to say. >> this is not my house, it's my family's house. when i heard the explosion, i heard my brother. there are more than 40 in the same place. i called them. the israeli army told us to leave the houses. in less than five minutes the missile landed. thank goodness the family alived. we escaped. >>. >> translation: i'm 50 years old with nine daughters. we have nothing, we are civilians. we don't have jobs. >> translation: we are asking all the arab countries to support us and return to our houses. even if we put tents, we don't ask for food for iing else. we want to return home. >> "simcoe county sports" is in gaza city and sent us this report. persistent attacks by the israelis on the gaza strip.

nine dead on saturday and another died in the early hours on sunday. the situation really has become absolutely tense on the ground, not just because of the military pressures, but also because in cairo the palestinian delegations are saying that if the israelis don't arrive for talks, then they'll walk out. hamas said that it's gone far enough. they want uncontinual agreements for talking and then there would be a ceasefire. the israelis are saying categorically as well that they will not attend the talks while rockets are still coming into their territory. there may be shorter range rockets than earlier in the conflict. nevertheless, they are still being fired. it has to be said that the violence is on a lower grade stayed us than before the 72 hour ceasefire. nevertheless, it's persistent. and it seems that the two sides

seem a long distance apart, and a breakdown is really possible now. >> u.s. fighters jets and drones have carried out a new round of air strikes targetting fighters from the islamic state in iraq. u.s. president obama warned that it may be a long battle insisting baghdad is ultimately responsible for pushing back the islamic state. tam ackerman reports. >> president obama's pledge was to keep defense forces out of iraq. this time he is the fourth to send them back, to protect the yazidi from the is group. asked whether he'd underestimated the is fighters he said... >> there's no doubt their advance, their movement over the last several months has been more rapid than the intelligence

estimates and i think the expectations of policy makers both in and outside of iraq. >> the administration has been accused of ignoring several warnings about the islamic state group since it first appeared in syria. >> then we watched it go from city to city across iraq without it being hit from the air with drones, despite the request i know were made. the administration says the requests for access came in late may. since then barack obama held back from respondenting for aid from nouri al-maliki. barack obama blamed his government for inflaming the situation, and allowing the arm toy to -- -- army to become corrupt. >> i don't blame the president.

i think we need a different government in baghdad to make it a realistic proposition. >> the u.s. would have to abide by what obama set out as his rules for direct military oaks in any country. >> that means taking strikes when we face an imminent threat, and only where there's no certainty, there's ear certainty of no civilian casualties. our actions should meet a simple test - we must not create more enemies than we take off the battlefield. >> the humanitarian rational met the standard. a timetable has not been laid out for action. in congress and public opinion president obama will face resistance if he decides to deepen american involvement in iraq. at least 16 people, including four children, have been killed in syria's largest

city on saturday. witnesses say a government helicopter attacked a residential part of aleppo. we have this report. >> one. children killed at home by a barrel bomb. an re-examinationally condemned weapon because it kills -- an internationally condemned weapon because it kills indiscriminately. witnesses say a helicopter dropped the bomb. many of the casualties are from the same family. >> translation: the boys were asleep. the grandfather is the only one who came out alive. at least he did, thank god. he has three married children. one with six daughters, the other seven, and the last has four. there's no sign of them. not even of their mothers. >> reporter: the neighbour hood is under opposition control. people blamed the government led by bashar al-assad. >> translation: there is not a single fighter here. for god sake it seems the front line is safer than a city.

this is clear evidence that bashar al-assad wants to target civilians, killing the children, women and the elderly. youngsters are dying on all sides. rebel rockets hit a district killing another group of children on saturday. in february a united nations security council resolution demanded government forces stop using barrel bombs in populated areas. human rights groups say many more explosives have been used in the last five months. barrel bombs are cheap to make, filling tents with explosives and scrap metal. >> we don't have a final death toll. this is a big market, hosting a large number of people. we are looking for survivors under the rubble. >> the effects of barrel bombs can be devastating, something the civilians have experienced for themselves. >> iranian state media is

reporting that 48 people have died in a plane crash. the small passenger plane crashed during takeoff from the airport in the capital. iran had a series of airplane crashes and aiming aircraft and poor maintenance are to blame. western sanctions made it difficult for iran to update the pair parts. >> at least four civilians have been killed in a dust bombing targetting a -- suicide bombing target a group travelling. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. we'll cross to our correspondent jennifer glass, joining us from kabul. describe this attack for us. >> well, it was a huge car bomb. eye witnesses say the explosion was large. 35 civilians have been injured. four killed. among them two children, one woman and one man killed in the attack. n.a.t.o. says it was a joint

convoy with afghan security forces and the car bomb managed to stop the convoy. n.a.t.o. says there were no n.a.t.o. casualties. as you said, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. as often happens, the tart may have been a military convoy. civilians are the victims. the united nations says for the fires six months civilian casualties are up 24%. it seems that this is the taliban living up to its pledge to step up attacks as that withdrawal of foreign troops at the year end grows closer. >> that's right. despite the announcement that foreign interests will withdraw this year, and fewer troops really out on the roads at all nato, the taliban continue to

target the convoys. the brumping of the casualties are civilian. >> thank you very much. a trial against former egyptian president mubarak is due to begin in cairo. he and his two sons and interior minister are being recharged on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising. it was alds that the u.s. was -- alleged that the u.s. was behind the revolution against hosni mubarak, part of the washington's new middle east plan. still to come on this programme - the american university accused of withdrawing a job offer to a professor who spoke out against israel. and the chinese quest to be above par as millions flock to perfect their swing. @

hello again. a reminder of the top stories this hour on al jazeera. the israeli bombing of gaza continues. talks in cairo are on the verge of collapse. binyamin netanyahu says israel will not go back to the negotiating table as long ag attacks from -- as long as attacks from gaza continue. u.s. fighter jets and drones carried out a new round of attacks targetting the islamic state. president obama warns that it may be a long batsle, insisting baghdad is responsible for pushing back the islamic state. and iranian state media is

reporting that 48 died in a plane crash near the capital tehran. a passenger plane crashed during take off from the airport. >> voting has begun in turkey's first direct presidential elections. until now the presidents were chosen by parliament. 53 million were expected to go to the polls to choose. the front runner is prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. in power for more than a decade. turkey has seen economic growth, wanting to change the largely ceremonial post of president into a more assertive one. the main cherping is a diplomat, ekmeleddin ihsanoglu, a joint candidate for a number of parties, and then selahattin demirtas, a 41-year-old lawyer, seen as part of a new generation of kurdish politicians. >> let's join the correspondent

in ankara. jam am, show us how the media, the local media is reporting on the vote? >> well, laura, the media here is like society itself, polarized in the sense that there isn't an independent press. it gives you a sense of how divisive politics is. let's start with the paper, a government pro-party paper. this is dictatorship, democracy, pointing to the decision to ban the muslim brotherhood. a sad day for egypt, an honourable and proud day for turkey. the government of the party has been in favour of the anti-coup movement. through the daily newspaper, which is an anti-rather government one, critical of the

government, it says essentially that to the ballot boxes people flock essentially and chose, an session of many that cut the holidays short. here in the newspaper, the headline here, you have the president to be elected by popular votes the first time, an indication of the historic nature of this. it wasn't the first time that voters would choose their president, as you mentioned earlier. and finally, a paper funded by the cleric based in pennsylvania, who has been at the forefront of the political spat why recep tayyip erdogan saying make way for democracy and rule of law, an indication for not so concealed jab at the governing ak party and recep tayyip erdogan, who they accuse

of not abiding by the rule of law and paving the way forward by the judiciary, and the accusations levelled against the ministers, re. corruption charges. it shows you both sides of the political spectrum. each paper and television channel has been trying to direct photoers. >> recep tayyip erdogan has been pretty active. how significant is the foreign policy record in the vote for president? >> well, pretty significant. as has been the case with the politicians, when they try to deflect issues, or gape smithy or support. they have a foreign policy idea that they try to rally people around. it's important to note here that recep tayyip erdogan, in his final campaign rally, they dedicate a large part to talk about international issues, including gaza, iraq, syria.

the moigs made use of this. -- opposition made use of this. there has been discontent. turkey, housing hundreds of thousands of them. you have someone like the main contender telling al jazeera that voting for him would ensure that turkey doesn't slide into the war that is have engulfed the region. both sides trying to use foreign policies. >> jamal reporting from ankara. thank you very much. >> now, world health organisation says a clinical trial for the ebola may begin next month. bats, monkeys are thought to carry the virus.

but game meat is a tradition that they are not willing to give up >> reporter: this woman has been selling game meat for the past 30 years, running this restaurant outside lagos, a commercial capital. on the menu is monkey and antelope. it is prepared for customers that may not come. >> still come. for everybody they used to buy. >> reporter: bush meat, as it's called, is suspected to be what caused the deadly disease to go from the animal world to the human. all it takes is a single transmission from animal to human, caused by handling carcasses of infected animals, to create an epidemic. >> west africans say game meat is the food of their ancestors, and they have been consuming it for as long as anyone can

remember. at times like this, authorities are encouraging functions. it can be available in every street corner. the chairman of the national association of hunters, he's livid. >> it is a lie. it they don't want bush meat, they should not ate it. but they cannot say we should not eat it. and they cannot tell the public not to be eating it. >> reporter: for now, it's only the brave and ardent of consumers who demand it. for them, abandoning the tradition is out of question. >> i would rather eat bush meet. i'll continue to eat it. i've enjoyed it. i wish to do so. pure knowledge and superannuation contributes to the spread of ebola.

there's a refusal by stom believe that bush -- some who refuse to believe that bush meat is not safe. well, the line earian president -- libyan president apologised to health workers for the death toll amongst them. health workers demanded more pay and better cons at the -- conditions at their capital. >> they have pledged $18 billion to tackle ebola, which killed many since december. >> a university in the united states is accused of withdrawing a job over to a professor after he criticised israel. a series of comments was made on social media, condemning the latest offensive in gaza. as reported, some believe it may have cost the job. >> as the body count in gaza

rose, the emotion in steven's tweets were more charged. like this one sent out on jul july 19th: >> reporter: he was set to begin a professorship, but the chancellor blocked the appointment. saying it was a personnel matter, and will not publicly comment. many believe that his tweets cost him the job. he has an active twitter presence that has been slept. >> the criticism of the state of israel and zionism could hardly be called a secret. he wrote two books. >> university of illinois professor kerry nelson wrote in support of the chancellor's decision. i think the tweeting has become

address if. there's an invocation of violence there. he has seemed at times to step over the line into what some feel is anti-semitism. >> there has been support. they have garnered more than 11,000 signatures. the american association of university prove ser said if the job offer was voided, that would be a violation of the academic freedom and an affront to free speech. >> this is a growing trend to debate israel and palestine. it's essential in this case to recognise that he is not alone. >> reporter: it is said there's a difference between the academic freedom of a tenured

colleague, and what is acceptable by a job candidate. >> most is protected by economic freedom, you are not required to give someone a job if you don't think they'll work well in the community. >> for now, he appears to be a professor, without a classroom. >> a massive storm is pounding central japan, putting a million people on notice to evacuate. the typhoon made landfall on sunday, killing one person, leaving 40 others injured. plus one day's ferry disaster in bangladesh claimed dozens of lives has drawn attention to the safety record. there has been 28 ferry accidents in as many years, and four in this year alone. they went on the longest ferry route in the country to bola island. >> reporter: people waiting for

the bodies to be found. on average, a ferry capsizes, thousands die in the past 28 years. it's not just the death. the entire system is a mess. people have to wait for hours, days to get on the ships. that's one of the reasons that the ferries are overloaded with passengers and officials. the ferries were carrying close to 300 people. how many more of our brothers, sisters, mothers die before people do something, rich people, government officials, so they don't have to care about this. >> they may not find their brother. recovery operations are slow. over 100 passengers are missing the same is true for a ferry that capsized in may. >> the water is bad. our open vessels are thrown around. >> it's give for us to carry out

the rescue operation smoothly. when they stay afloat the ship poses problems. >> this is the longest ferry route if all of bangladesh, taking three hours to get from one port to the other. nothing compared to the waiting time to get op or off the vessel. >> sometimes the group will come with a dead body that they hope to bury, but the court could be rotting. that is the hardest thing. >> drives spend days waiting to board. it's not unusual for the load to go bad. >> there are 60 to 70 trucks waiting in line to get into the ferry. i've been waiting for four days now. it's the same story year after year and nothing gets done. most ferry passengers are some of the poorest. many are convinced that nothing

will change. it was condemned as a bouj war pastime, but china's new elite are taking up golf in numbers >> reporter: it can boast about the world's biggest golf resort, and there are more to come if the growth forecast is accurate. china likes its golf. >> translation: there are more young people playing, it's becoming more popular since becoming an olympic sport. >> translation: weekends are bys your on the course. weekdays there are more people playing. >> reporter: growing at an impressive 10% a year, it's estimated china is a country of 1 million golfers. given the population, it's huge potential for growth, especially when it's so easy. making it look easier and without cheating are younger players. with parents able to afford

summer coaching camps. throughout the next two months, they have 10 different countries, i have never seen it go up in bulk. condemned as an elitist sport by the communist leaders, golf club membership is highly prized by the upper class. a 10-year-old ban on new course instruction to protect the environment has been largely ignored and the industry has boomed. development has been patchy with a number of failed projects as evidence. parts of china facing an oversupply. restart developers believe in the long-term vision of china as a golfing superpower. >> the opportunities for cost development in this country is limitless. 1.4 billion. all it would take is three% of the population. 40 million plus golfers, which

is the world's biggest, biggest golfing country. and with so many players, courses like this one are probably already hosting gurt chinese champions. and there's much more on the website, aljazeera.com. didn't. but it did change things in ways big and small. world war i began 100 years ago this summer, and we live in the world it made. it's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez.