♪ you. >> good afternoon to you. welcome to al-jezeera america live from new york city. i am morgan radford. these are the stories we are following just for you. >> that's gaza and israel exchanging airstrikes as egypt propos a new 3-day cease-fire. this as more humanitarian aid is sent over for iraqi refugees trapped on top of mount sinjar. the global reactions to the threat ofb ebola.

>> egypt has proposed a new 72 hour cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. the palestinian delgration has agreed to the deal but it's still unclear whether israel is in fact on board. jane ferguson joins us with the latest on the cease-fire. >> reporter: just in the last hour, the news has broken, of course, that the palestinians have agreed to a 72 hour cease-fire. >> that's on the record. now, in terms of the israel delegation who had left these negotiations, we are hearing records in the israeli media, the israeli delegation talking out saying that they will come if there is a ceasefire, that they will come back to the negotiatingtable with the palestinians on that. that is unconfirmed at this point. the israeli position has always

been that they wouldn't negotiate whilst under rocket fire. technically if the palestinians, if hamas stopped firing into israel, technically, that does open the door for the israelis to come back and, of course, the egyptians will have been extremely busy over the day-to-day trying to really bring this about. it was an egyptian proposal in the first place, those who are brokering these talks to try to get the palestinians to stop rocket fire so that the israelis will get on board with in a ceasefire and come to the negotiating table again. as it stands right now, unconfirmed reports are that if this cease-fire goes ahead, it will go ahead around about midnight local time. >> jane, say around about midnight local time, people are coming back to the table. if the second cease-fire comes into effect then, what are the next issues facing both parties involved? >> even just getting the cease-fire together is really

almost an easier step. what comes afterwards is the tough stuff, how they are going to keep this ceasefire long-term. what both sides have been asking for, have been polar opinion citizen up until this. the iezzois have -- theitsi is raleighs say they want to disarm gaza. it's unlikely hamas will agree to that. the gazans wants their own seaport in there. they want a lifting of the extreme blockade that has been there since 2007. that's been a severe limitation of the movement of people and goods in and out of gaza, itself. these are some of the huge issues, issues that have been argued over for years now. those will be brought to the negotiating table if the palestinians and israel is sit down together. that's when the tough negotiations will just begin. >> now, jane, you said that israel wants to disarm hamas

entirely, but has israel shown any flexibility in their tactics? >> in terms of disarminghamas, we haven't seen vocally and on the record any flexibility on that. >> that's always been an official policy for some time now. what they are talking about as well, though, is getting the palestinian authority more involved in gaza. >>, of course, those, of course, are those who rule the west bank as well. their fatah partners, that the israelis have said again and again that they would rather deal with them. of course, it's hamas that they don't want to deal with. so in terms of basically disarming gaza, it may be more p palletable to the israelis to have the palestinian authority take more authority in the gaza strip. but let's not forget it's hamas who won the elections in 2006. so the israelis have been calling for this for some time. whether or not that's going to be realistic is not clear in

terms of disarminghamas, there is no official line that demand is in any way being retracted or softened at the moment. >> all right, jane ferguson joining us live from west jerusalem. jane, thanks for being with us. >> now although there are reports that airstrikes on gaza have been less intention since the 72 hour cease-fire ended, civilian deaths to continue climb. airstrikes killed people in gaza today including a 17-year-old boy. his body is seen here being taken back to his home. according to witnesses, the teenager was leaving a mosque in central gaza when i was struck by a drone. over all, almost 2000 people have died in gaza. the u.n. says that 73% of those killed were civilians. over 9,000 more have been injured. 63 israeli soldiers have been killed since israel launched operation protective edge.

also died was a thai national. taking aim at the islamic fighters. the penalty gone says four airstrikes were carried out alongside roads that occurred near erbil. others have joined the humanitarian effort in iraq. british cargo jets have started to air lift food and water to refugees who were trapped on top of the mountain: a religious group threatened by the islamic state group. this is happening while kurdish forces are saying they have driven rebels from two strategic locations just out there in red of erbil. >> that's following the latest round of u.s. air strikes. al jazeera's jane araf has more. >> reporter: the latest were some time ago, but they appeared to have had their desired effect with the mesh americaa retake -- peshmergat it's on the road to

the capital of the oil fields 40 kilometers southwest of erbil. there had been concern that erbil could indeed be threatened. now, on the humanitarian side, there are small groups on sinjar mountain continuing to come down. we spoke with one who said he walked down with dozens of other people with seven hours helped by syrian kurdish rebels who have come across through syria and are leading some of them down the side of the mountain. >> tensions are running high in st. louis, missouri, after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager yesterday. dozens of people rallied outside the police department this morning chanting: i'm bloack ad i am proud. no justice. no peace. the st. louis county police chief provided details about the incidents. >> it was a physical altercation between the subject and the police officer at the time that extended eventually out into the street. and that is, in fact, where the

shooting occurred. the fatal shooting occurred in the street outside of the police car. >> a full investigation is soon to come while the officer involved remains on paid administrative leave. governments in the west africa are closing their borders hoping to stop the spread of ebola. getting shut-off border crossings with see aierra leone nigh year gentleman the third african country to declare a national emergency because of the outbreak happening while a nigerian man in hong kong has tested negative was a he was suspected of carrying the virus. there are encouraging signs for an american missionary worker. nancy writebol, contracted the disease while working in liberia. she is treated at emery university hospital in atlanta, georgia. her family says she is improving but still has a big fight ahead. >> she is doing really well. unfortunately, she still has a long way to go. at this point, really, the

doctors are just trying to care for her and keep her as comfortable as possible. >> writebol's colleague, dr. kent brantly is being treated at the same time hospital. china is sending help to fight the outbreak if in west africa. a cargo plane is carrying 80 tons of productive suits, they are momters and medicine. after guinea, that plane will head to see array leone and lineria. officials in saudi arabia have ruled out a suspected case of ebola where a 40-year-old manual died while showing symptoms that looked like ebola after trips to see array leone. lab results showed he did test negative. healthcare workers who were in direct contact with that patient are still under medical observation. but because of all of the resources being devoted to fighting off ebola, healthcare workers in lineria are demanding more pay and better working conditions. >> that's them chanting in a meeting with the country's president. workers say they are on the front lines and the government

isn't doing much to support them. >> how many have died? we are going down there to fight. yet we go hungry and come back hungry. >> nearly a thousand people have died from ebola but almost twice as many have been infected. guinea has lost more than any other country followed by sierra leone and nigerinigeria. the ukrainian nilt is advancing on donetsk trying to drive out pro-russian separatists. the hundreds of thousands of residents there are cut off completely from food, water, medicine, even basic electricity. they are all in need of great humanitarian aid.

emma hayward has more. >> they are being given their orders for the day ahead: receiving mug shots of people that the police want to find. each day, the station receives almost 100 calls from residents reporting crimes committed during separatist rule. there is a new man in charge of the police force which was chased out of slovyansk when the separatists arrived. >> the police never had to deal with such a situation. we are used to work in peaceful times. now, we are living in post war times. policemen and citizens need psychological help. the three months we were under occupation, there was a constant threat of killing or kidnapping, especially for civilians. >> the police here tried to deal with the alleged crimes. separatists and their supporters, they are also

concerned in the community that people could be wrongly accused of being collaborators. >> outside the police station, we met vladimir and his mother. he filed a report saying he had been beaten up by men in military, not police uniforms. who he told us had wrongly accused him of being a separatistit. >> i am innocent. i am an ordinary citizen. they have beaten me and taken my car, even my driver's license. i don't know what kind of justice will be served. a i hope them don't kill me and my car willing returned. >> the editor-in-chief of the local paper has returned to work. they stopped printing when the separatists arrived. he says even though they have now gone, they still wield some power here >> the separatists came here and destroyed the infrastructure and houses and killed people. i thought the people who supported the separatists would change their mind. there were a lot of people who

changed their attitude. but i am amazed that they are also a lot of people who didn't learn anything from these events. they still think that the kiev government is a junta and they are illegal. they think the bp r is good. >> many people here are keen to try to move forward, forced to hold back their opinion, a trade-off for peace. emma hayward, al jazeera, slovyansk in eastern ukraine. >> ukraine ukraine is one of the many issues we will discuss tonight when we take an in-depth look at russia/u.s. relations. join us at 8:30 p.m. eastern for our regular look at the week ahead. right here on "al jazeera america." china state media is stating 44 people died when this tour bus tumbled into a valley. another 11 people were injured and the bus swerved off of the cliff right after it hit two vehicles. investigators are still trying to figure out why. most of the passengers were tourist from the eastern china. at least 39 people are dead and

nine others injured following a plane crash in iran today. state t.v. says the jet went down shortly after taking off from an airport near tehran. reports say the engine unexpectedly shut down but iran has had a certaseries of these crashes. local politicians say it's because the planes are old and poorly maintained. they say that international sanctions prevent iran from actually buying new planes. well, we have breaking news for you right now. israeli officials say they have agreed to a new proposal for a cease-fire in gaza. hamas has already agreed to that proposal, which was put forward by egypt. the latest ceasefire would last for 7 two hours beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern time today. the ceasefire could clear the way for new talks on the xlikt between israel and gaza. >> stay tuned. coming up next on "al jazeera america," greece is dealing with maven debt and a crimming unemployment rate. what the country is doing to pay off its bills and it has to do with water. plus canada has a pretty unique

proper problem of their own, trying to figure out how to build a pipeline without completely ruining the environment. stay tuned.

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what do you know works? >> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! we have breaking news for you this afternoon. israeli officials say they have agreed to a new proposal for a cease-fire in gaza. hamas has already agreed to the proposal put forward by egypt. this latest ceasefire would lake for 72 hours beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern today. it could clear the way for new talks on the conflict between israel and gaza. greece has agreed to sell billions of dollars of public assets. all as part of a loan agreement with its eurozone partners. a court decision is preventing the government from providetizing the country's water system. >> has a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief. john cirapolis has more from athens? >> this restaurant owner and his clients are celebrating a

triumph. greece's top administrative court has told the government to keep a 1 third stake in the athens water and sewage company because it is a monopoly industry. this will help keep bills low and this restaurant in business. the citizens action group says itt it shouldn't sell off assets the? >> the worst-case scenario is off of the table now. we are, of course, are still aware offed aware of the the pressure from the international lobby of water players to deal with the greek government. >> it's the first time a court has stopped a private eyization demanded by greece's credit. agentens water started out as a private venture eighty years ago when an american company built and operated marathon dam. most people don't believe contractors would match this level of investment today. and contractors would forfeit european public sector subsidies that paid for infrastructure

like this sewage treatment plan for athens. >> people see water as a human right, unlike telephony. and electricity, it is essential to life. the idea for a private for-3r069 company controlling access is not accessible to most greeks. >> many others agree. since 2000, 86 cities around the world have claimed their water works back from private contractors. this rate of failure doesn't preturning matopolus. ? >> failure doesn't mean privatization was wrong. it just means that the buyer couldn't provide a common good in the right way but that's why we have regulate. we are creating a water regulator that will oversee buyers and impose rules in the public interests. >> greek debt stands at over $400,000,000,000. greeks may never be able to pay off the debt but most can still

pay the water bill. john ciropolous. athens. >> volkswagon is recalling some tiguan suvs because of stalling issues made between 2009 and 2014 are going to be effectedr effectivive. bubbles can form during the warmer months which makes it hard for the car to start up. volkswagon is recalling 18,000 of the rutan mini vans. the auto maker says some of the 2009 models have ignition switches problems. the world's third largest oil reserves in candidly, getting the oil to high-demand ports is quite the challenge. a new pipeline policy is supposed to change that. many local land owners are saying, not so fast. al jazeera daniel lak has that story. >> reporter: to the mountainous

western shore, the pipeline is supposed to carry bichumen to super tankers bound from asia. in june, it got a green light from the federal government fishermen and tourist guides all object. >> we have a sustainable forest industry. we have a sustainable fibery, a bloso omming tourism industry and everything northern gateway represents gemses all we are talking about. we don't need to depend upon a product that will sdloi the rest of the economy we already have. >> that opinion resonates here in kitamat, the port at the end of the pipeline. residents have already voted to reject the project and town counsel followed suit. yet local business and unions whose members benefit from pipeline work still hold out hope. >> construction time will see many thousands of workers here but really what we are looking for is what's after the construction period.

a many jobs will last. i think it's if the three projects go, it will bring probably another 1,000 people full-time jobs, well-paid jobs back into this town. >> the thought of petroleum super tankers making their way through these i can trick cat coastal waters is something that horrifies many people who live and work along the coast. candidly neats to get its oil to market. >> market in the future will increasingly be asia. >> why the northern gateway pipeline approved but beset with challenges is not along. there are three other big proposals to pipe alberta oil west, including one led by an aboriginal entrepreneur who says he has got approval from many first nations along the route. first nations people aren't opposed to development. but it has to be done on their terms and always the number 1 issue is going to be in the environment. >> whether it's northern gateway, the contentious keyston xl project to the gulf coast,

crude oil pipelines are becoming more, not less controversial here. >> building pipelines are a national priority. part of the challenge is that we are not really having a national dialogue about it. we also need to understand that the various groups that are involved all have valid interests. >> if ways aren't found to b balance those interests to protocol protect water and wildlife and win support, new pipelines may not be built for years if at all. realizing the vast petroleum potential is proving a challenge for canada. al jazeera. kitamin. >> talk about a 1-2 punch, hawaii was virtually shut down after being hit by tropical storm iselle and now residents have to keep an eye out for hurricane julio. stay tuned. ♪

♪ welcome back to "al jazeera america" live from new york city. i am morgan radford. here are today's top stories.

palestinians andits israelis act a new deal to begin at 5:00 p.m. eastern time today. an israeli delegation is expected to return to cairo for more talks. kurdish forces appear to be taking advantage of the u.s. air strikes against the islamic state group in northern iraq. today, pershmerga forces say they have driven rebels out of erbil. the third african country to declare a national emergency because of the outbreak. all closing their borders just to stop the spread of that virus. so far, nearly a thousand people have died from the disease. tensions are running high in st. louis missouri after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer just yesterday. well, dozens of proceed pesters there rallied outside of the police station in st. louis this morning while police held a news conference.

hawaii's governor has been defeated in the state's $ic primary. incumbent neil aber come bring lost and i t.g.o. t aber crom bi out spent him. they say it could end his 40-year political career. >> although residents and tourists prepared for the worst, iselle turned out to be weak earn expected. it hit maui and heavy rain and downed trees and caused some major flooding. now, a second storm, lurn julio is expected today. for that and more, we turn to our meteorologist eboni dion. is it on the clear? >> they are in the clear for the most part. cigars a direct hit, that's not going to happen. we know that by now. it will make its way we will to the north of the eye islands here is a look at the radar moving off to the west. we will see some passing showers

as we go through the day across the islands, but the bulk of the activity we dealt with iselle is behind united states. here is a look at hurricane -- or our next hurricane moving julio to the north of the area, a push-off to the neorth and west. right now, maintaining status as a category 1. it is forecast to weaken by late monday evening, expecting it to become a strong tropical storm. here are the concerns for the hawaiian islands, for beach goers and mariners. offshore waters there remain hurricane warning. closer to the islands, beach concerns. rip currents will be an issue. high surf will also be a concern. so do watch out for that. as we get you closer to home, across the lower 48, it's going to be another stormy day throughout the central u.s. and all across the southeast. we have a frontal boundary making its way across the upper midwest bringing rain into the great lakes by the time we get into monday. but today, storms will pop along and ahead of that front and right along the stalled outbo d

outboundary, we have a lot of moisture to work with. we will see showers and storms continuing to develop all across this area. storms are already blossoming along the gulf coast. we will see more back into the carolinas, certainly something we don't want to see because the grounds are already very saturated from yesterday's rain and we could see an additional two to four inches of some areas. that's going to cause concern for more flooding in these areas. a little bit further off to the west, texas is going to be hot, mainly dry in dallas where we have heat advisories in place. morgan. >> ebony, thanks so much. speaking of the weather, it might be a bit tricky to cast the start of a meet or ite shower tonight. these are pictures from last year's event where thousands of shooting stars will appear in the skies over the next few days. this year, the shower happens to coincide with a so-called super moon. >> means the moon is at its closest point for the earth and will be about 3% brighter. all that extra light might washout the view for some of the meet yorz. astronmembers say your best chance of catching the shooting

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