[♪ music ] >> this is live from do had a. doha. welcome to this program. gazaens pick through the republic to see what it left of their homes. >> reporter: liberia put another province under guarantee to stop the spread of ebol ebowl virus, and nigeria has more case there is. and new reports of civilian

deaths in afghanistan accusing the u.s. military of avoiding accountability. iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki is refusing to resign but he is coming under intense pressure to step down. and iraq's president has anamed haider al abadi to replace the prime minister. so who is haider al abadi. he was born in baghdad and lived in britain for many years after his family was targeted by saddam hug saddam hussein. he was a key adviser to prime minister nouri al-maliki.

like al maliki he is shia muslim and part of the state of law coalition. he was deputy speaker of parliament just a few weeks ago but was considered contender in the role of prime minister in the last two elections. we spoke with an analyst who said that al abadi must name a cabinet in the next 30 days in. >> they have assigned haider al abadi, now he must form a cabinet within 30 days. containing all the parties and blocs inside the parliament. thirdly if he failed within to days if he failed to form a

cabinet then the president must assign the second majority bloc inside the parliament. now we have now a matter of issues about 30 days. now mr. maliki is depending now on these 30 days that he will push all these blocs, all the iraqi blocs, sunni, shia, kurds, to not make a promise for haider al abadi, that they will support him. this is all that al maliki could do. this would allow him to be the biggest bloc that is supposed be the candidate for the president to the prime ministry. >> we are following those events in erbil. this is her report. >> reporter: finally after weeks of political deadlock and islamic state fighters almost at the capito kurdish capitol in

erbil. now nouri al-maliki is not going out without a fight. he's made clear that he'll launch a political challenge questioning the constitutional basis for not allowing him to form the next government. the u.s. has welcomed this move saying that it believes that this will be a positive step in bringing the country closer together. or countries as well are welcoming it, and ordinary iraqis are just relieved that there is actually perhaps an end in sight to this political deadlock. on the ground fighting continues with kurdish forces trying to retake territory that they have lost to islamic group fighters in many parts of the thousand kilometer long border in which they're trying to hold these cities and towns. the yazidis, members of that small minority, ancient minority still trapped on sinjar mountain are coming down in small numbers now that a corridor had a opened

up, but still thousands are trap there had without food and water. we talked to some who managed to climb down that mountain and make their way to erbil. they say there are horrendous things there, children still dying, people struggling to survive with the limited supplies that are being dropped from helicopter. >> israel and palestinians are holding talks in cairo to secure longer-term cease-fire in gaza. a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire is holding at the moment. that's giving palestinians a chance to go back to their homes to salvage what they can. now nisreen is in west jerusalem for us. what is happening in cairo. has progress been made for longer cease-fire?

even if there was progress we wouldn't know because the israeli government has been tight-lipped with these talks. we do know for now that the israelis did go to cairo. they had talks with the egyptian government indirect talks mediated by the egyptians because they did not speak directly with the palestinian delegation, and their plans for the delegation to return to jerusalem at some point on money to carry out consultations with the prime minister and the defense minister. this is what we know. but from sources close to that's talks we know there are demands. also the israelis are insisting on the demilitarization of gaza

and the disarmament of hammams and other factions, and that's a non-starter because hamas is a group that is an armed resistence group so difficult talks there. >> indeed, nisreen, regardless of what is happening in those talks, the progress being made we know that the people in gaza are getting much-needed respite from the shelling. how are they using this time? we're hearing news that it has appointed three members to serve on an independent commission of inquiry to look into possible violations on june when three

israeli settlers were kidnapped and when israeli army began to conduct arrests and raid homes. this is when some of the case there is require an investigation because they could amount to war crimes. now back in july on the 23rd of july when the human rights council said that it had plans to form this commission of inquiry we heard very angry responses from israeli officials saying benjamin netanyahu the prime minister, saying that this is a travesty, that the human rights council should be investigating hamas, not the israelis who have gone out of their way to try to send text messages and make phone calls with residents in gaza and drop leaflets on their homes asking them to evacuate where hamas was firing from civilian areas and

using civilians as human shields. very angry response about this investigation commission. but now that the members have been appointed it looks like this would start soon, and it's expected to submit a report and this could hurt israel in the international arena and u.n. said some of the violations could amount to war crimes. >> nisreen. thank you very much. nisreef el shamaylem in jerusalem. >> 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians which includes a thai national have been killed. gaza's health ministry said airstrikes and arres say 1944 palestinians were killed and almost 4,000 palestinians have been injured.

al jazeera's charles stratford has been on the ground in gaza and sent us this report. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people used to live here. there were schools, shops, mosques, a gazaen neighborhood struggling but surviving. but there are a few places habitable in shujaye. another cease-fire means another chance to salvage what she can. >> we came during the cease-fire to see our house, to take out what we can under the rubble. we hope to find a few of hour things. god willing the situation will become stable again so we can rebuild our lives. >> reporter: there was the sudden sound of machine gunfire. israeli tanks were kicking up clouds of dust as they race towards the border.

now it's the first day of the 72-hour cease-fire. you may be wondering why i'm wearing a flak jacket. there was the sound of machine gunfire coming up from the right here. we hear that there are tanks down there. you can probably see the dust, and they were firing over people's heads. people who have gone down to their farmlands close to the border. >> reporter: the nearby market was busy. shoppers buying as much produce as they can afford. after so many failed cease-fires there is a desperate hope that this latest truce will last. >> thank god for the cease-fire. we just hope it will last. i'm here to buy some things for the children. my house is gone. my belongings are gone. i've lost everything. >> reporter: the conditions at the local u.n. school is shocking. two hours of electricity a day dependency on delivered drinking water, overflowing drains, the majority of the nearly 500

people seeking shelter here are from shujayea and many are still afraid to return and see what remains from their homes. >> my how was smashed by a f-16. i'm scared about going back even though there is a cease-fire. i'm afraid they'll hit it again. me and my family of 15 have oh nothing left. >> reporter: in a quiet room at the back of the school children are given crayons and paper. their supervisor tells them to draw whatever they like. >> the children are the most vulnerable of this war. we let them draw so they can release and express their feelings. >> another truce, another attempt to bring an end to this war. there is nothing the people of gaza can do but to hope and pray this cease-fire lasts. charles stratford, al jazeera, gaza. >> human rights watch have accused egyptian government of

trying to silence criticism. that's after two of its member staffs were stopped from entering the country. now the group is plan to go release report on tuesday about last year's security crackdown on protesters who were backing the deposed president mohamed morsi. more than 1,100 people were killed in the demonstrations in july and august. human rights watches middle east and african director sara lee woodson was one of the two detained and denied entrance. she explains what happened. >> first of all, i think it was very factual investigation that i think provides the evidence definitively and conclusively that the mass killing of protesters and five other incidents in july and august was systemic and deliberate attack on protesters.

without the safeguards in place for security reasons or health reasons, and so forth. the report provides almost 200 pages of evidence to show how the government moved in as planned an fired on demonstrators with live ammunition within minutes of arriving to dispurse the protests. and we document very carefully that this was carefully planned by the government, and it wasn't an accident. it wasn't security forces running amuck. but the violent dispersal of the demonstrations was something that the government planned systematically. >> well, al jazeera's demanding the release of its three journalists who have now been in prison in egypt for 226 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june they were given

seven-year sentences. bader mohammed was given an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession that he picked up at a protest. still to come on al jazeera, 2,000 migrants in just two days. report numbers coming from africa and risking their lives to reach italy. >> reporter: i'm on the thai-myanmar border where the thai government is planning to send tens of thousands of refugees back to myanmar.

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. >> hello again let me take to you our top stories in al jazeera. iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki refuses to resign after coming under intense pressure. rake will form a new government. in gaza a 72-hour humanitarian truce reached on sunday is modelin holding and many go to see what is left of their homes. who human rights watchers were stopped from entering egypt when they went to deliver a report on egypt. >> now the prime minister and president-elect will continue to find a new premiere.

eerdogan is promising more con sillation in the country. we go to turkey's oldest english newspaper. >> the problems is we don't have a checks and balances system. the system is for a parliamentary system. the president with limited powers and limited authority. in government. with an undisposible president, a president who cannot be held accountable for its actions but with full executive powers, a president which has the party, the president which has a government under he's orders,

we'll have a neuter can i, which is to me very different than the past, and ambiguous. >> and the n.a.t.o. forces in afghanistan are not being held to account for the thousands of civilian deaths in a warrant that hawar that has lasted more than a decade. we have details from kabul. >> reporter: he only has pictures left. i. forces attacked his home early one friday morning four years ago. they killed his wife, sister, niece, and his two brothers. >> we want justice. we demand a trial. they should be given the death penalty. they should explain to us why they killed innocent people. d >> reporter: part of 125 afghans detailed in a new amnesty report documenting 140 civilian d.t. at the hands of international forces. it says evidence of possible war

crimes has been ignored by the u.s. military justice system. >> it's commander-driven. there are too few incentives. in fact, there are disincentives for proper investigation and follow you will for prosecution where it's warranted. >> they know of only six cases with soldiers have been tried. including the massacre where 16 afghan civilians were murdered by robert bale who is now serving life in prison. >> reporter: it could not immediately say how many investigations had taken place or cite their outcomes. that's the frustration here. afghans rarely see signs of justice. >> he said he was arrested and tortured in the american-run

bagram prison. >> our hands and feet were tied. every day and every night there were beatings. and in 45 days there was not a date we were not beaten. >> reporter: he said he still bears the scars of abuse. he's talking about it now and will continue to speak until he sees his torche torturers in court. >> al jazeera's emma hayward has been in eastern ukraine and sends us this update. >> reporter: this is the operation for the ukrainian forces fighting on the front line. hot and dirty work which is some believe is entering it's final phases. after months of conflict the ukrainian military claims to be back in control of three-quarters of the territory it lost. >> i think we will regain these

territories soon. i won't predict a date. >> the shell hits the outkits of the city. more than 100 inmates managed to escape. >> we escaped when an explosion started. we went away and they didn't even ask who we are. we went running because we didn't have anywhere to go. >> reporter: almost half of the city's population has led the fighting. others have sought shelter anywhere they can find it, and the military is urging people to leave donetsk. >> we're siding from the bombs. why are we here. shells are flying over our heads here and there. people are dying. how many people have already

died? it's horrible. >> back the base preparations for what lies ahead goes on. some of the troops here are returning from the front lines and there is a sense that they now believe they're in the final stages of this battle. >> reporter: it with "l" have come at the cost of the deaths of soldiers and four months of might be. >> another case of eye bowl la in nigeria and puts the number to 10. >> the italian navy says it has intercepted boats full of migrants over the past two days. record numbers of people are trying to reach italian shores.

100,000 people have attempted that crossing. >> some have been living in camps along the border for decades. we have this report. >> it's been 30 years since the first people came across the border to this camp in western thailand. they cape t came to escape the oppressive governments of m myanmar or burma as it was known then. >> my husband died and my children and i could not survive there. they didn't care, telling us they didn't have money. so many people died there. >> reporter: since then the number of people living in the camps along the border has grown to 120,000. ironically. they are now living in a country with a military government

following thailand's coup just a few months ago. in recent weeks soldiers have tightened security at the camps following an announcement that they plan to start sending people back. most of the refugees along this stretch of the border come from just oh over the mountains there. the rebel national union has fought for independence or autonomy for more than 60 years they fired a cease-fire deal but sporadic fighting continues. negotiations are under way for a nationwide cease-fire. talks are being held with most of the rebel armies particularly in the north where fighting has been particularly intense in recent years. those working with refugees in thailand say it's too early to send them back. >> in the conflict area there is n no help there.

>> everyone in the came is talking of being sent back. but i will not go back. i have no home and nothing else there. myanmar is chaotic. >> reporter: disappoint conditions in the thai camps they feel they have a better chance of a good life here. al jazeera on the thai-myanmar border. >> in sri lanka, people are being deported. they say they face persecution in their homeland. >> reporter: freedom to worship. many who attend prayers here at

sri lanka's oldest ahmedis mosque. some say it's the first time that their children are able to practice their traditions. >> we live our lives according to our traditions. >> reporter: among hundreds of pakistani who is travel to sri lanka and ask the u.n. to recognize them as refugees. they believe in a prophet that came after prophet mohammed. in pakistan it's illegal. to months ago this woman's husband was arrested in abac in a raid that arrested 200 people. now they're worried sri lanka immigration asylum seekers back

to pakistan. >> i'm ready for what w wonder what they have done to my husband. i'm worried to go back to tack stanpakistan. >> reporter: three ahmedis were killed when their homes were burned down in pakistan. >> my son keeps asking me, if we go back, will they burn us? i have no answer for them. >> reporter: in court they say victims of persecution should not be forced to go back. >> this is a right under constitution allah which needs to be abided by all as part of this streetly. >> reporter: the sri lanka government said there are lots of people seeking asylum has become a burden on state resources and compromise state and regional security. while those involved forget the

details, most families like hers are packing their bags just in case. al jazeera, sri lanka. >> and before we go a reminder you can always keep up-to-date with all the news on our website. to find that go to www.aljazeera.com. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. are they more polarized than ever, how the military is handling the crisis. after decades of turmoil what's different now?