you >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. members of a religious minority group in iraq, now take center stage. that ceasefire between the israelis and palestinians continues to hold. there are reunions and rule. demonstration today after a night of violent arrest following a police shooting.

there is fighting on the ground and in the hall of power today in iraq. iraq's president nominating haydr al albadi to be the new prime minister. there is a new problem, nouri al maliki is refusing to step down. from iraq. >> after weeks of deadlock and islamic state fighters, there is an agreement of a new prime minister. but prime minister maliki is not going out without a fight. he's made clear that he will launch a political legal challenge against this. questioning the constitutional basis for not allowing him to form the next government. and the u.s. has welcomed this move, saying that it believes that this will be a positive step in bringing the country

closer together. other 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 restay territory that they have lost to the islamic group fighters in many parts of the thousand kilometer long border in which they are trying to hold these cities and towns. the yazidis part of that ancient minority still trapped on sinjar mountain are coming down in small number now that a corridor has been opened up. but thousands are still trapped there without a lot of food and water. we have spoken to some that have managed to climb down that mountain and make their way to erbil. they say there are horrendous scenes there of children still dying, people struggling to survive with the limited supplies dropped from helicopter. >> and we want to show you some

new video of the thousands of yazidi refugees getting aid from those iraqi forces. they were taken to the iraqi kurdish region of zaho. the yazidis at you heard are is a religious minority in iraq. the islamic state told them to convert or die. lisa stark joins us live from washington and lisa has there been an official response from the obama administration? >> well del, the u.s. wasted no time in backing the election of this new prime minister. at the state department. deputy secretary o secretary ofr eastern air force brent mcgurk said, we urge them to form a new

government as swiftly as possible. he says the u.s. stands available to support the newing government. prime minister nouri al maliki is refusing to step aside. >> the government formation process is critical in terms of sustaining the stability and calm in iraq. and our hope is that mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> reporter: and in iraq today maliki and his party went on television there. and they said they are refusing to accept the selection of this new prime minister. secretary kerry warned maliki if he tries to hold on power that could threaten international aid to the country and we also have support for the new prime minister from the united nations, from great britain and

france. so we'll have to see if mr. maliki is under enough pressure to ultimately step down, del. >> lisa, at this hour where do we stand to provide humanitarian relief to the people of iraq? >> the united states has made four air drops, about 74,000 meals ready to eat and about 15,000 gallons of fresh water, british dropped fresh water yesterday and some solar lanterns. so that effort continues. but even as the air drops are going on the u.s. a.i.d. has decided to send disaster relief team to iraq. they will there be to help coordinate and get it to the folks as quickly as possible. and also del i want to mention the air strikes continue as well. so far we're told on background from official with the defense department that athere has been 16 air strikes on fighters and

equipment working with the islamic state group. >> lisa stark live for us in washington today, thank you very much. now to gaza where that latest 72 hour ceasefire appears to be holding. israeli negotiators are in cairo holding talks with suspect mediators. gazans are inspecting damage from the latest attacks. israeli troops meanwhile say they will stay on the gazan border if hamas violates the current ceasefire. in turkey, now trying establish an air corridor to evacuate the injured. in the first phase they plan on bringing in as many as 200 people. officials say they plan on holding more talks to bring in more flights. and just hours before this latest ceasefire, israeli attack

hitting a soach factory -- a soap factory. andrew simmons has more from gaza. >> aside from all the people returning to their homes only to find them destroyed, business people have been returning to their factories like this one. $2 million of stock and equipment completely burned out. and a business that's on its knees now and will make at least 25 people jobless. it was set on fire because of an air strike in the final hours before the ceasefire came about. plumes of black smoke, a massive fire, and now, a company that says it cannot understand why israel targeted its business. its raw materials were exported from israel, and it had always dwelt on good business throughout the gaza strip and indeed israel and elsewhere in the middle east. other companies are affected as well as a massive economic

impact, aside from the humanitarian crisis here, and people are at a stage where they're so worried now about whether there can be any form of permanence to this ceasefire. many feel they are not confident enough to return to their homes in areas where they feel they're exposed. i spoke to one family who said they could not categorically consider living near the border. so they were going to live in a shelter instead. that applies to so many families who just don't feel that peace is in the air yet. >> now, since the beginning of the offensive, gaza's health ministry says 1944 palestinians have been killed. the u.n. saying nearly one quarter of those are civilians. 9,996 have been injured on the

palestinian side. and as many as 10,000 structures were destroyed in the fighting schools, factories and yes, homes. charles stratford takes us to a hard hit is city in gaza. >> tense of thousands of people used to live here. there were schools, shops, mosques. a gaza neighborhood struggling but surviving under israel's blockade. in shujayea, nodavad shows me her home. she and 39 members of her family used to live here. another ceasefire means another chance to salvage what she can. >> translator: we came in the ceasefire to take out what we can from under the rubble. we hope we can find a few of our things. god willing the situation will become stable again so we can rebuild our lives. >> reporter: there was the sudden sound of machine gun

fire. israeli tanks were kicking up clouds of dust as they raced towards the border. now it is the first day of the new 72-hour ceasefire. you may wonder why i'm wearing a flak jacket. we're in shujayea and as we arrived there was machine gun fire 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 had gone down to their farm lands close to the border. the nearby market was busy, shoppers buying as much produce as they can afford. after so many failed ceasefires, there is hope that this laterrest ceasefire will last. >> translator: thank god for this ceasefire we just hope at the time last. i have been here to buy things for the children. my house is gone, possessions are gone, i have losing lost

everything. >> two hours of lesk electricia day. many are from shujayea and many are afraid to return to see what remains of their homes. >> my house was smashed by aan f 16. i'm scared about going back even though there's a ceasefire. i'm afraid they will hit it again. me and my family of 15 have nothing left. >> reporter: in a quiet room at the back of the school, children are given crayons and paper. supervisor tells them to draw whatever they like. >> the children are the most vulnerable in this war. we're working with them in order to ease the pain of their psychological suffering. we let them draw to release their feelings. >> another truce, another attempt obring an end to this war. there is nothing the people of gooz can do but to hope and pray

this ceasefire lasts. charles stratford, al jazeera, gaza. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton says the president is so focused on how actions are perceived. she says grace nations, not doing student stuff is not an organizing principle. she has yet to say whether the e will run for president in 2016. today there was a peaceful protest in ferguson, some holding up signs saying, "i am a man." michael brown's hands were in the air when he was shot. the chief of police talked about the investigation. >> this is a very complicated investigation. as it should be.

a man lost his life. there's a police officer involved in this. and we need to make sure that this investigation is done right. frankly we're still waiting to talk to some folks who we believe have some information that will lend itself to this investigation. >> now the fbi's investigation will be separate from that of the police. rachel pizzi last the story. >> with their hands in the air, they say they represent the unarmed position michael brown was in when a police officer shot and killed him. late sunday night peaceful protestors turned violent. throughout the night cameras caught an angry mob of residents trashing public property looting local businesses. dozens of people broke into an auto zone and stole tires and rims. aftermath of the bombing and

looting, like this gas station nearly burned to the ground. their frustration at a boiling point, nearly two days after the teenager was shot to death when he was walking to his grandmother's in a st. louis suburb. there was a physical confrontation and a struggle for the officer's gun. >> one of those individuals at the time came in as the officer was exiting his police car allegedly pushed the police officer back into the car where he physically assaulted is police officer. >> it was a much different story from the friend walking with brown. >> he then reached out, it's like the officer's pulling him inside the car he's trying opull away. >> reporter: moments later, the shooting. >> they shot him in his face and chest and he went down unarmed. >> inon saturday brown's stepfather doubled over with

grief. watches from the other side of the crime scene tape, a mother inconsolable. erica pizzi, al jazeera. nigeria is are confirming another case of ebola. the health minister says patrick stewart was infected. he died later as did a unusual who rushed to his aid aid. all 10 cases, 177 case are being watched. china sending 80 tons of medical supplies to west africa. they include dysin effec dysinf. z map was asked for, that is the same formula given to those two american missionaries who had the virus as well.

the priest and nun working in lieliberia. >> it's not america's first. the group that sent those american missionaries over they tracked the drug down and asked. believe it or not, they asked first and the company said okay. it would be useful if we have a system, when we have a crisis, pandemic, ebola whatever the cries is, to have rules and a system for accessing experimental drugs, we don't have this. >> this is largest ebola outbreak on record. 961 have died since march, 1800 people are infected. guinea the country with the most casualties. all colleagues of nancy

writebol. robert ray is there. >> here in emory university hospital in atlanta in the isolation ward behind me in the first floor, the two american aid workers, still recovering from the ebola virus, giving experimental serum, z map, whether or not it is helping them to recover still unknown, the fda hasn't approved it and hasn't gone through any trials. in the meantime, some of their co-workers on their way back to north carolina, as a precaution the aid workers will be quarn quarantined for weeks, if not more, to make sure they're not disposing themselves to the public. also the w.h.o. meeting today to talk about the experimental treatment and possibly bringing that out to west africa to try

and help the folks that are infected and helping those around them. >> coming up up on al jazeera america, there is a new report that claims the united states is leaving thousands of afghanistan slifnls without accescivilians o justice.

>> new allegations today about how the u.s. and 92nd treated afghan civilians during war. thousands are being, quote, left in the dark, unable to pursue claims against american forces or american troops. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> the embassy report says thousands of afghans whose family members have been killed possibly by international and u.s. forces over the years

really have no idea whether the cases have been investigated and whether anyone has been brought to justice. the report singles out the u.s. military in particular. it says the u.s. military structure really discourages, has disincentive of reporting civilian casualties on the battlefield and it discourages the united states government and operation to stop that command culture and to try and encourage investigations be carried out promptly and that they be transporttransparent. in response to this amnesty international report they both say they take reports of civilian casualties very seriously and they say they investigate where warranted. but when we asked both 92nd nate investigations, neither nato nor

the united states military had those numbers forthcoming. they said they would have to look into it and that's really the construction of the problem. afghan civilians believe there is no transparency, except in a few cases amnesty international cites six cases and very high profile cases. being united states military could be carrying forth situation with impubt. as well as other nato forces, the afghan government to carry forward and make sure they are transparent. >> to mexico where they are in the middle of a fracking controversy. not everyone is happy with the reforms. adam rainy is in mexico with more. >> fridafracking is has been sos

a clean way of dealing with the situation. cracks appeared only after pemex began exploratory fracking in the area. >> i'm 50 years old and as far as i can remember we've never felt any earthquakes before. they only began after the drilling. >> many in the region told us the first thing, the earth is shaking and houses are chris crossed by cracks. juan morel rodriguez say they are increasing in strength. >> by 2014 there have been reports of 200 in a span of only six years. in 2012 alone there were 89 quakes. >> in the u.s. there's been a large increase of earthquakes near fracking sites. tremors are not the only concern.

fracking requires water, lots of it. just one well requires million of liters. water is already scarce in western mexico. rancher has sold rights to drill on his land even though it would be less water for his ranch. >> many people now are emigrating to the u.s., others to monterey, the nearest city. the same reason here in this ranch, this hacienda, there is no life. if there's no water we've got nothing. >> reporter: besides consuming water, there is growing concern that fracking pollutes it too. fracking has been band or restricted in several countries. still, the head of pemex says drilling forshale gas is critical to the future. >> we have the fourth largest shell reserves of gas in the world.

cheaper gas, cheaper energy cleanerrer energy. now that the energy reform is set to take full effect, foreign companies are planning to build thousands of fracking wells in mexico. they promise it will lead to boom but many fear long lasting environmental effects. >> imagine going to your car and seeing this. alabama hit hard with flooding so bad yes, it did drag cars into ditches.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines. shake up in iraq's president, haydar al badr as the new prime minister. another humanitarian ceasefire in gaza appears to be holding. the residents there trying to salvage what is left of their homes. israeli negotiators are in cairo meeting with egyptia egyptian negotiators. shooting death of st. louis youth michael brown, witnesses say he was unarmed. a flood turning streets in alabama into small rivers.

it happened in decatur. strong storms causing flash flooding. a carpet business there saying they have $100,000 worth of damage. people say it could have been avoided if the city did not ignore its poor drainage system. eboni deon, this is not exactly what they had in mind when they printed the tourism brochures. >> probably not, those drainage systems are going to be overworked today, we have a lot of moisture around and we'll see another round of heavy rain and thundershower activity underway. big hole under northern areas of alabama. we're getting in on sunshine, don't let that fool you, it will be increasing instability. decatur, out of alabama.

over the weekend we had record rainfall and we could certainly see an additional one possibly up to three inches. we picked up nearly three inches in decatur and there were reports cars seeing water at least halfway up their tires. looks like now, no flood warnings in place for you but we do have flash flood warnings up by jacksonville mississippi, any trabl plans along i-20 it is going to be a slow-go. over the last few days, drawing in the moisture between that low and the area of low pressure over the great lakes, we're going to see heavy rainfall, scattered storms and that include detroit where we have a flood warning in place. already this morning, 1 to 3 inches across southern michigan. not much in the way of rain across the northwest where we

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