>> this is al jazeera. >> hello from doha everyone i'm kimal santa maria. prime minister maliki warns everyone to stay out of the situation,. criticizing the egyptian government post-morsi crack down. direct talks between hamas and israel go on in cairo.

and a very important matter. an underground quest for the mysterious substance thought to hold the universe together. hello everyone, the political crisis continues in iraq as prime minister nouri al-maliki refuses to give up his position. now on monday, haider al-abadi was appointed to replace maliki. he's been given 30 days to form a new government. maliki says that appointment vitals thviolates the constitut. he's ordered the international community to stay out of the issue. >> i really urge you to iraqi military to uproot the islamic state group and al qaeda. you are responsible. they are otherwise a cancer that can spread. we are all responsible for the safety and security of our

country. >> that's the political battle. meanwhile in the north of the country, kurdish forces continue to fight against islamic state fighters. the u.s. has been backing the kurdish fighters with weapons, however humanitarian crisis going on and on as thousands flee their homes a with islamic state forces enter their homes. jane in erbil. seems like nouri al-maliki's days are numbered yet he is holding stubbornly firm almost. >> reporter: well he seems to firmly believe that actually he is constitutionally entitled to be the prime minister. but of course this isn't a vote

that, what is about is clearly the support is going tot prime minister designate. we have spoken to the kurdish officials and very importantly, sunni officials today and they tell us they welcome the new appointment. some of them say with cautious optimism given the difficulty of politics here. but certainly for the sunnis this is a new page. prime minister maliki is not expected to disappear entirely. there is quite a bit of talk he will be offered some position in some extent, some capacity in connection with security, jamal. >> he's talking its a violation of the constitution, does he have a point there? >> reporter: the problem with the constitution is: that it's quite flexible shall we say. so a lot of people have different interpretation. for instance, there was even a disagreement over when the

deadline was. now there are some things the constitution is very clear on. one is that once there is a prime minister, he has a certain amount of time to nominate -- i'm sorry once there is a president he has a certain amount of time to nominate a prime minister. maliki rests his case on saying he's got the largest number of votes. but again it's not really about that. it's about who can form a deposit. and clearly at this point he cannot. >> jane quick word on the humanitarian side of things the kurdish officials saying they really can't cope with this humanitarian crisis. what is going on with this? >> reporter: they're absolutely overwhelmed. we have to remember there's almost a million people displaced here. first they had a couple hundred thousand syrians and then the wave of mosul and the area where islamic state has taken over just down the street in quite a posh neighborhood there have

been people displaced three times sleeping in a construction site, essentially. the people of kurdistan are essentially taking care of the displaced people themselves. there isn't a lot of help available from the government. the government says it hasn't received money from baghdad in ongoing dispute for months, i.t. just cannot handle -- it just cannot handle this. these cities are bursting at the seams and the communities are desperate. >> jane, we appreciate that. after being seized by the islamic state last week, have a look. >> kurdish forces were able to retake there territory on sunday but only with the help of u.s. military. it was u.s. air strikes which helped make the islamic state fighters pull back. we are in mosul and as you can

see behind me scars of the battle. it's quite difficult really for kurdish forces to hold the line. they are sharing a 1,000 kilometer stretch of territory with the islamic state group. so now islamic state fighters have been pushed out of town but wherever you go you barely see any civilians. people are leaving, pack their belongings, saying we still do not feel very comfortable. we know kurdish force he alone cannot protect our town. he has been trying to coordinate with commanders on the ground but he also made an appeal to the international community to provide kurdish forces with weapons. what we do know from the peshmerga spokesperson, ammunition is not enough. you're going to need heavy weaponry to confront the islamic state group. the islamic state group was able

to capture many weapons, u.s. weapons from last year. >> here in dna at the interactive desk you can find more. updating 24-7 at aljazeera.com. to other news. human rights watch say egyptian forces are guilty of abuse which likely constitute crimes against humanity. army moved into raba square to clear it of supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi. more than 1100 people died in violence over six weeks, it's called for an international inquiry and for senior leaders to be investigated including the current president of egypt,

abdel fatah al-sisi. >> the inquiry at the human rights council, doing this press conference from geneva, underscoring importance of accountability. i think even those that are supportive of the government at this point would tell you the excuses have run out. it was first, it's instability, there's no elections there's no president there's no nchr report. now new excuse, the new flavor of the month is the fact finding committee's report which is not even slated to go public. the excuses have come to an end and it's time for an international commission of inquiry to be set up to look into these killings. secondly we call for a suspension of assistance, military and law enforcement that goes to facilitating abuses. domestic courts in accordance with national laws open up

criminal investigations and prosecutions. >> barb biphillips now has more on the -- barnaby phillips has more on the findings of the report. >> it does not mince words over what happened a year ago. this was of course a massacre. the killing of perhaps more than 1,000 in a single gruesome day. >> you must understand what we have suffered from, killers, just killers, just killers. >> human rights watch says these killings were meticulously planned. not a single police or army officer has been punished. the chain of command went to the very top. human rights watch is calling for a u.n. investigation. protesters threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the police but the use of force was clearly disproportionality. >> there is a massive culture of

impunity, the people largely responsible have up to this time got away with it. also striking is how weak the international response has been. we're calling in the report that the kind of equipment that the egyptians might have used to crack down on these protesters, there should be a prohibition on that. >> since the killing at rapa, the egyptians have fired on other are demonstrators and crushed other events. when human rights officials flew to egypt this week to present their report, they were refused entry at cairo airport. barnaby phillips. al jazeera. they released a report saying human rights watch is

unproarvel ever -- professional. said the -- unprofessional. >> let's talk to an international criminal law expert, formerly from what you have seen of the report and read, what do you make of it? >> the standard which established the international community court is very clear, when it comes to the description of crimes against humanity. whenever there's a plan or criminal acts in the context of widespread and systematic attack on civilians, whether on political grounds or other grounds, this consists crimes against humanity which falls under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court. and according to human rights watch report and the witnesses collected by the human rights

watch, it seems that indeed these criminal acts have been committed in egypt during july and august of 2013. >> okay, so tell me about how they can be taken forward? who can take the charges forward? where can it be done? just explain for our viewers how it could work from here on in from your background in international criminal court? >> also there are two scenarios here for victims of these crimes. one is to try to have access to the international criminal court. in this case, egypt is not a state party. therefore, the only way to have these crimes or the perpetrators of these crimes held accountable by the icc ask to have a referral from the security council, or to have some of the suspects, those who are suspected of having committed these crimes, holding nationalities of state parties to the icc. in the other scenario there are some national jurisdictions with

universal jurisdiction, national tribunals especially in europe which holds universal jurisdiction such as spain the united kingdom and unite such as torture. even in these tribunals, there are limits, during the issuance of the warrant of arrest. some exception -- >> sorry, forgive me for interrupting. it would all have to be taken away from egypt into a country that would almost help out in europe and it would depend who could be there and who wouldn't there be, in other words it would be a very drawn out process am i right? >> exactly. one example was the malaysian experience. in 2011 the malaysian court decided to prosecute in absentia senior war criminals.

we haven't seen other trials in absentia. >> we thank you very much for your time today. egyptian president abdel fatah al-sisi himself is now in russia to meet russian president vladimir putin. the two leaders discussing the situation in iraq, libya. he's a strong supporter of abdel fatah al-sisi. they also discussed the systematic dismantling of egypt, including the journalists in egypt. now in prison for 227 days. baher mohamed, peter greste and mohamed fahmy, in june mohamed fahmy and peter greste given

seven year sentences and baher mohamed was given an extra three years because he had a spent round in his position which he had picked up at a protest. venezuela, border with columbia, goods leaving the country. >> good morning vietnam. >> and good-bye to a well-known comic, robin williams dice at the age of 63. football silver ware up for grabs. at about 10 it will the hour. till the hour. we're into the second day of a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire between hamas and israel and it's holding. temperatures also led the united nations food program to

distribute food to 150,000 people, including rice and wheat flour. israel egyptian blockades make deliver of goods difficult. many items barred from entering the gaza strip. ceasefire talks are carrying on in cairo. both sides have big demands. palestine wants the blockade to be lifted, israel wants to disarm hamas. 63 soldiers and including a civilian, thai national have been killed. 1945 palestinians have been killed, u.n. saying nearly three quarters of them are civilians, 449 are children, 10,000 palestinians wounded on top of that. and 209,000 people are still

seeking shelter in u.n. facilities. as this lull carries on, 72-hour ceasefire there is a march for solidarity. in khan yunis. the march is over and the speeches are over, and we have a situation where the area is being cleared. people filling the town square in khan yunis, palestinian delegation in cairo. really the best thing you can do here i think is to compare the sort of mood and the words to a rally five days ago. the only other rally of this whole conflict was when the talk was of fighting. the talk then five days ago was that the fingers are on the trigger, and the rockets were being aimed at tel aviv. that the war would not be over until the blockade was lifted.

now what transpired after that was the breakdown of talks and since then of course we have a ceasefire restored. now the mood here was really quite different i think. because the talk wasn't as aggressive. in fact what we heard was, from yahia moussa, a senior hamas figure was that effectively, hamas and the palestinian factions had won. he talked about unity, he talked about israel not having completed its mission that it no longer represents a central power anymore. and that there would be solidarity and unity, and effectively no doubt there had been a victory. all of this of course is rallying around the people in a desperate state regardless whether they're political

supporter of hamas or not. >> we're talking about the people getting out of their houses during the 72-hour temporary truce. what can they do given so much has been destroyed around them? >> well, it is a dire situation. i have actually been at a series of places where food aid is being distributed 50 world food program. massive crowds in those distribution points, people from all over the city are trying to get their share of rice and grain and wheat and they're getting it often a frequent basis now because the stocks are ceasefire has been put in place, that aid is getting through. people are just describing their situation as totally dire.

they're not sure which way to turn. they estimate something like 400,000 people are without homes now. more than 200 thousand of them in u.n. shelters still. >> thank you andrew simmons at khan yunis for us. worst outbreak of ebola in history, despite the fact that a spanish priest being treated by an experimental drug has died. >> he was a dedicated worker. father miguel was a dedicated worker. he was receiving an experimental u.s. serum, zmapp and his death comes as the world health organization announced that it was ethical to use unlicensed

treatments with as yet unknown efficacy and adverse effects. there is currently no known cure for ebola. officially declared a global health emergency which has nounw claimed over 1000 lives. >> there are caveats. ethical criteria must always guide prevention of such intervention. these include transparency about all aspects of care, informed consent, freedom of choice. confidentiality, respect for person and respect for dignity and with the involvement of the community. >> zmapp has reportedly shown promising results at a u.s. hospital treating two american missionaries infected with the virus are while working in

africa. but the manufacturer says all of its available supplies have now been sent to west africa. liberia says it will treat some of its infected. annal ethical debate on the use of trial drugs on humans. including who should receive priority for the limited supplies. tim friend, al jazeera. >> russia has agreed to ukrainian funds that trucks be coordinated by the international red cross. the ukrainian government forces have surrounded pro-russian ribles in threbels in the city . ukraine allege these could be a front for invasion. >> in georgia it was defending

pro-russian minorities. in ukraine's courtroom, preventing nato invase. they are trying to use the pretext of humanitarian aid and assistance and it seems they are just running out of excuses for their aggression. let me be clear: you don't need tanks and artillery to bring food and medicine for civilians. stop the aggression. stop the russian terrorists. stop the shelling. stop your cynical propaganda. and there will be no need for any humanitarian aid. >> lynn hayward has more now from eastern ukraine. >> the ukrainian parliament has also approved a law today which means they can impose sanctions on individuals that they believe have sponsored the fighting here

that has taken place here in eastern ukraine. the humanitarian situation in this part of eastern ukraine is getting worse. we are around an hour, hour and a half from luhansk which is one of the cities that has been hit by shelling and fighting. one of the local red cross representatives have said that the world needs to sit up and listen to what is happening here and there are shortages of medical supplies, dpood and food water. >> pakistan's gone into lock down. demanding the resignation of sharif. >> 14 months ago pskts saw a peaceful transition of power when sharif became the prime minister of the country for the third time. now he is facing one of his biggest challenges as a cleric based in canada is threatening

to march on islamabad. on the 14th of august. the government here has reacted to that particular threat by cordoning off islamabad putting a multiple layer of barriers. no fuel supply available, the government on the other hand is not backing down from its place that it will stop those protestors. the fear is that if islamabad does see big violence because the country is now it appears bracing for more violence because of the political instability, that it may provide an opportunity for the military to come in. something that the political pundits are warning about. but the government head in islamabad perhaps overracketting

because imran khan says they will stay in islamabad until the government resigns. fighting for islamic state in iraq and syria. africa's baby boom a blessing or a curse, more on the headlines in just a moment. the cricket ban for -- contradicter banned from the sport for life loses his appeal. that too. >> today on the stream. >> former nfl, when you run a business, you can't settle for slow. >> today on the stream. that's why i always choose the fastest intern. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial.

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on al jazeera america >> iraq nominate a new prime minister. the inside story. >> hello, i'm libby casey. iraq's president has nominated a prime minister and it's not nouri al-maliki. maliki has been prime minister since 2006, and has consolidated power head of the armed force and