>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm jane dutton in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, more problems for iraq ja's government as fighting breaks out near fallujah. the ceasefire in gaza seams to holding after a shaky start. palestinians use the ceasefire to return to their home. a rear since violence killed hundreds of demonstrators -

egypt remembers. the first papal visit to asia in 15 years. pope francis is in south korea for a 5-day trip and is calling for peace. the u.s. says it's unlikely to launch a rescue operation to help those trapped in northern iraq. thousands fled to the sinjar mountains after fighters from the islamic state moved into the area. the pentagon said the situation is not as bad as originally thought. meanwhile iraqi troops carried on attacks where protests from the government has been going on for months. the local health authority says four children have been killed. jane araf joins us from erbil. i'm intrigued to know the impact of the fighting on the

humanitarian situation, the fact that the u.s. changed its find about the rescue plan. >> well it's changed its mind because it was unclear how many yazidi were trapped on the remote mountain range, 40km across, and people were in pockets. it seems after sending special forces and marines into there to make assessment, that there are fewer than thought. kurdish officials tell us that that is because a lot of them have been able to come down the side of the mountain into syria, lead by kurd-syrian rebels. sorry about the noise. you can hear there's a lot of aircraft in the air. the yazidis are coming down from the mountain into syria and back to northern iraq. 300,000 have crossed over, according to officials. it's an indication as to why there are more in iraq, northern

iraq in relative safety than still on the mountain. >> it seems that the human darian situation will -- humanitarian situation will not be relieved soon. talk us through what is happening in government, that is impacting on the fighting underway at the moment? >> you know, so many of the problems that we are looking at, we are dealing with the impact of the crisis here, and the immediate impact is clear - it's families dying on the mountain, people having their heads cut off and women sold into slavery. the backdrop is essentially a broken country, and effort to put it back together. the tip of those are the political effort with the prime minister nouri al-maliki - he is still saying he won't go, he believes that he has a constitutional right to stay, pursuing the legal challenges. it's not likely it will work.

will the standoff continues. it hampers effort to put a new government in place. the prime minister delegate has less than a month to do that. the fighting on the ground hampered because of the lack of coordination between baghdad and erbil. it's all interlinked. the politics, military assets, and what is a huge humanitarian crisis that the united nations designated as a top-level emergency in northern iraq. >> thank you, live from erbil. a new 5-day truce appears to be holding between israel and palestinian factions. there was a shaky start. the situation appears calm. negotiations are held in cairo, where egyptian diplomats are shuffling between both sides to end fighting. palestinians have been turning to their homes in the hope that the truce will continue. it's feared that disease will

spread through the hospital. israel continues to mass its troops near gaza, it's seen as a message to palestinians that it is ready to act if the fragile ceasefire is broken. since israel's assault on gaza began on july the 8th, 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed in israel. 1,957 palestinians have died according to gaza's health ministry. the u.n. says three-quarters of them are civilians. 469 are children. more than 10,000 palestinians have been wounded and 209,000 are seeking shelter in u.n. facilities. we've got correspondents govering both sides of the con -- covering both sides of

the conflict. we'll go to andrew simmonds in gaza for us. andrew, is the ceasefire holding. >> it is. it would appear it's firm right now. if you had asked any palestinian the same question 12 hours ago, they would have been very hesitant because it was a rocky start. there were rockets fired on wednesday night into israeli territory, and three after the midnight deadline. that prompted a response from the israeli forces with at least three air strikes, bombs dropped on open ground. then it all went reasonable quiet, apart from the sound of drones overhead, which is occasionally happening. now - well, people are trying to resume some level of normal life. they are trying to get back to their homes. they are trying to organise themselves, come to terms with the enormity of what they have all been through, and they are

also attempting to come to terms with the challenges. the challenges - well, they are too numerous to list. primarily there's the issue of the cost of the living, the extraordinary situation with so little in the way of housing now. more than 400,000 people displaced are the figures from the united nations, and the world health organisation ja has mounted a warning about the need for extra help for immediate call services. we went to take a look at how serious the situation has become. >> reporter: israel's bombardment of gaza did not spare medical services. 15 out of 32 hospitals were damaged. the world health organisation ja says more help is needed. >> this was an intensive care unit. it's closed. a bomb went off nearby. spraying the building with glass

and shrapnel. a 2-year-old child was in the bed, resuss tated by a doctor. he couldn't complete the process. the child died. another throat to children is disease. the three brothers are seriously ill with men in gitize. this hospital is overwhelmed with demand. beds have to be shared. >> our hospital is crowded. we are deal with 120, 130 cases every day, daily. it's a disaster, a catastrophe. >> many of the sick children are from schools, used as shelters by the united nations. >> we have 60 people in one room at the school. most are children. this woman has to return to the

shelter. she has nowhere else to go. like gaza's hospitals, it's overcrowded. there's drinking water, food rations, somewhere to sleep. sanitation and hygiene are dire. health officials are calling the shelters breeding grounds for disease. >> if the situation exists for a longer time, we'll go for sure through a healthy crisis in terms of communicable disease and eruption. >> reporter: that's one of many worries, the danger of an epidemic of disease. >> a dire situation. what can the palestinians expect from the negotiators who are walking about their future? >> well, of course, the priority, when you ask anybody is security. it is reaching some sort of truce. for now, that has ticked one of

many boxes. when you go further with palestinians, the demands made, they want to see the blockade lifted. that's what hamas is offering. it would appear that israel is prepared to partially lift the blockade. they want the demilitarization of the gaza strip. the list of demand from either side are extensive. it's understood from the leaks we heard that the egyptian mediators have managed to come along with some guarantees that the thorny issues will be postponed for later stages. whether that's a ticking time bomb remains to be seen. issues such as whether or not the hamas returns the remains of two dead israeli soldiers, whether or not hamas engages in disarming itself. these are questions that hamas would say no way, no how right now, and that, of course, is the major issue. we do understand, by the way,

that the hamas delegation returned to gaza, and we'll have further talks and is due to give a news yorches. the israeli cabinet is meeting later as well. right now, the simply question that answers your question is that palestinians here are hopeful that there'll be some sort of development to these talks. >> let's leave it there, andrew, and go to west jerusalem, where kimberley is live for us. what are the expectations from over there, as far as the ceasefire and the talks under way are concerned? >> well, the talks, as andrew pointed out, there's a security cabinet meeting taking place in tel aviv in four hours time. this is a beating convened by -- meeting convened by binyamin netanyahu, as he tries to lobby the cabinet and here their conditions on the proposal, put

forward by the egyptian media. we know that some of those key points that will be discussed is the easing of the restrictions on gadsa, not a -- gaza, not a full lifting of the blockade, but allowing for the flow of goods and people back and forth. it will look at the rebuilding of gaza, allowing for strict supervision, and the importation of sent, something that was a big concern for his rail. as well in the proposal will be the provision to allow for the transfer of money from a third party to ease the financial cries says that is taking place. these are some of the things that binyamin netanyahu will discuss with the security cabinet. he has a challenge on his hand, because this cabinet is almost evenly divided between moderates and hardliners, some of the moderates looking to support of the ceasefire and strengthen the

palestinian authority, but the hardliners are opposed, trying to build consensus, and especially concerned about the strict controls, demanding controls, when it comes to the transfer of money. this will be the challenge, not just in trying to achieve the durable ceasefire, but trying to convince members in israel to support it. >> kimberley on those challenges. >> one of the main palestinian demands is for his rail to lift the blockade. we have a report on what that could mean for gaza's fishing fleet. >> the fishing port of ras dead is coming to lay. everywhere here is worried about the days to come. this person has been fishing all his life. he remembers the day he would sail as far as off the coast. over the years his world shrunk.

>> translation: they cut us down to three at the beginning of the year. we were allowed six miles, now three. they say it's enough. we go fishing, what do they think we are doing. >> fishermen returned to sea since the ceasefire was put in place. they fenture, at most, a -- venture at most a few hundred metres from the coast. like in the rest of the gaza strip, the talks in cairo will easier them. >> are you better? this man lost his house and five of his relatives. the past and the future buried under the rubble. >> i want to be respected, and people to live like anywhere else in the world. i want to cross the borders and not be humiliated. look at this. is it a life? >> people have put their names up as a reminder of who used to

live here a few weeks ago. whether the ceasefire holds, for those that lost everything, it will take years to recover. among the main demands put forward by the palestinians, is for the seaport to be built as soon as possible. >> translation: it's urgent the the port will solve problems, create job, allow us to trade, allow people to travel without relying on neighbours and free us from the blockade. >> excavation work started in 2000, with the agreement of the israelis, and stopped a few months later when the second intifada started. now it's seen as crucial in ending the month-long conflict. israel indicated that it would only agree if the gaza strip is demilitarized. if an extension of the humanitarian ceasefire holds, a

compromise might be reached. after so much death and destruction, they know peace will have to be mended one stage at a time. 20 people have been killed in damascus suburbs. they decide in government air strikes. activists say the army, helped by the defense force, and hezbollah has taken the city. the syrian observatory for human rights said syrian jets launched four strikes on the city. they have been fighting the islamic brigades there since april. syrian media says the army has tape full control. it happens near the alwar neighbour hood. activist say it was carried out by militia from the defense force. the last available doses of

an experimental drug to fight ebola have been used to treat two doctors. zmapp arrived on a commercial flight from the united states. the doctors will be the first africans to receive the drug. two u.s. aid workers showed signs of recovery. the ebola outbreak killed more than 1,000 across west africa since december. still ahead on the al jazeera newshour - pakistan's capital is on lock down as an anti-government march is under way. and the weapons in the battle for ukraine. russia's food import ban is hitting farmers in the e.u. >> in sport, which team has won the biggest prize in club football. two have been killed in cairo during protests to march

the anniversary of the rubber crackdown. hundreds of supporters of mohamed mursi have taken parts in the demonstrations, blocking roads and highways. hundreds were killed. human rights watch says what happened could amount to crimes against humanity. >> the worst case scenario materializing in egypt. on the morning of august 14th, security forces raided two encampments of protests. one year on, the bloody events were known by the names of these locations. the square near cairo university, and the mosques in the capital. thousands of protesters had been gathering there for six weeks, demanding the military reinstate president mohamed mursi. they were violently removed

after warnings and ultimatums like ned to a massacre. until today it is not clear how many died. human rights watch says 817. the egyptian health ministry says 638 bodies were found. the casualty figure was fire, 2, 600. among the victims - women and children. the military argued that the protesters argued weapons at the fight. the international community condemned the raids. analysts say it marked the beginning of a crackdown of the muslim brotherhood. this person was a symbol for mohamed mursi supporters. political seasons and large gatherings. the sit in happened during ramadan. many wonder who will be accountable, and when. a human rights watch report says senior leaders, including then

defence minister and president abdul fatah al-sisi, and interior minister mohammed ibrahim should be investigated. the movement to reinstate egypt's first democratically-elected president started to use a symbol of a hand showing four fingers. they say they will never forget mraba, the force in arabic. >> pakistan's capital is in full lockdown ahead of an anti-government march to islamabad. thousands gathered in lahore for independence day protest, calling for the ouster of the prime minister's government. the leader, imran khan. and the opposition cleric. tahir-ul-qadri accuses the prime minister of election fraud. >> how is it going down there?

>> well, indeed, they are on their way, even though there was gens speculation that quadri was not allowed to go. there was behind the scenes manoeuvring by senior politicians, including one in exile in london, the leader who had assurances from quadri, that he would not be allowed to go to the red zone. the red zone is where parliament is, where all the diplomatic enclave is and important government officials are seated. apparently quadrihas been allowed. we are told that he is coming with a large number of supporters who are already marching out of lahore. some on foot, some in vehicles. imran khan is out of the jurisdiction of lahore. the authorities opened the gt road, the grand trunk road.

it's a 5-hour journey, but likely to take several hours and will snowball with more supporters joining in on major cities along the way. >> pope francis arrived in south korea, the first time the head of the roman catholic church visited asia and urges koreans to seek peace. harry fawcett has more. >> pope francis was going to address the issue of north korea and the peninsula. on monday he's due to give a reconciliation mass at seoul's catholic cathedral, the main cathedral in seoul. he wasted no time in talking about the issue, in his first speech with the president of south korea. he talked about the need for dialogue, the only which ta achieve peace and stability, and that wouldn't be achieved

through shows of force. there was a show of force, north korea fired three projectiles off the east coast into the see, an hour before pope francis touched down. two more came later in the day. this is day one of a 5-day visit. the centre piece the beautification mass on the streets of seoul for some catholic-korean martyrs. many will take to the streets to see him perform the rites. it's seen as a large-scale prestigious event in south korea. as far as the vatican is concerned it's a visit to the region of asia, one in which the catholic church sees prospects for growth. pope francis overflew china on his way in thursday. taking the opportunity to send a message to the president of china, xi jinping. there's no dimentic relies --

diplomatic relations, but there's an under ground catholic church. many will see it has a situation where he can be in asia and send messages around the region. >> in china there has been floods and landslides. self have been stranded on roof toms. 16 villages have been affect. seven have been killed. let's stick with the weather and talk to steph. i believe the rains are having an impact on australia, or will etchly. >> the rain over china is easing. over australia, if anything, it will get worse. if we look at the satellite, we see the crowd has started to form. it's not too impressive. it's a tiny area of whichy crowd. it started to rain in some parts of australia, and some parts of

queensland we see 14mm of rain. that may not sound impressive but it is a fairly wet day for most of us, and for this part of queensland, it makes it the highest rainfall that we have seen for four years. it's significant, and the area of wet weather will get more intense as we head through the next few days. you can see the winds. it's dragging in the tropical moisture, feeding the weather system. on friday, expect heavy downpours, and on saturday the system going to be with us, digging further done through into parts of victoria and new south wales. so do expect things to beincredibly wet as we head through the next couple of days. some of us will see 15mm of rain. in the red patches, in the north western part of new south wales, we could see 100mms of rain.

>> ukraine placed strict rules on a convoy heading to the west. it will be allowed entry if the red cross examined and distributes the contents. ukraine vowed to block it because they worried russia could use it as a cover. the u.n. says the death toll doubled to 2,000 in two weeks. russian president vladimir putin is in crimea. rory challands is there. >> reporter: this is an unusual meeting indeed. what you see here is pretty much the spire russian state duma, the parliament, from moscow to yelta on the black sea cost. there'll be an extraordinary meeting, followed by. we have dim itemry dmitry

medvedev. vladimir putin was holding security briefings about sevastopol recollects and has met with the crimean leaders. if the crimeans wanted a display from the russian government that it takes them and their causes seriously, this is it. a research analyst at the royal united services institute for defense and security joins us from london. thank you for joining us. what do you think vladimir putin is up to at the moment? >> vladimir putin has a difficult balancing act that he needs to keep up. for him, his domestic topularity ratings are -- popularity ratings are important. he stakes importance on crimea and the separatists in ukraine.

because the separatists in eastern ukraine are being pushed back, he's under pressure to intervene militarily or disown them, which is why he's giving a display of faith towards crimea, shoring up support for what he's akieved so far. >> you say it's helped him domestically, but not the country, it's having a disastrous effect on the run of cash leaving the country. >> not only has it provoked stiff international sanctioning, but crimea is expensive for russia, and at the moment this sort of near miracle as it's seen in russia of having to return to crimea bloodlessly to russia, as it's perceived there is keeping his ratings high. in the long term that will tail off and the economic cost will start to hurt him. >> tell me what you know about the convoy that seems to be shrouded in secrecy.

we know that kiev is concerned about it entering. russia is not saying much about it. what do you think is going on? >> it's difficult to tell, that's the million dollar question at the moment. it's clearly useful for russia domestically to visibly try to get large amounts of aid into eastern ukraine, where there's a humanitarian crisis. on the ordinary hand, it's the biggest open secret in the world about russian equipment and advisors are in ukraine supplied to the separatists. ukraine is jumpy about what might be brought in with the convoy. the latest reports this morning suggest that the convoy split up. and at least 100 vehicles are heading to rost of. if they crossed the border into ukraine south near rostov and luhansk, that would be in rebel-controlled area.

again, even the international committee, the red cross is saying it hasn't had time or an opportunity to check what is inside. if it's aid it may contain the military equipment. if not. if the trucks are stopped he can stay to the russian public, that we tried to provide aid, it is prevented from going in, and it might be used as a pretext for military intervention, saying we have to force a way through. >> interesting strategy. russia's involvement in eastern ukraine prompted the e.u., u.s. and several other countries to impose sanctions on moscow. the kremlin retaliated with a ban on food imports from europe, the europe eeng commission is meeting to discuss how it will affect them. many farmers want the e.u. to bail them out.

>> these are the latest weapons in the battle over the future of ukraine. european progress res bounded for exports. banned by the kremlin. russia is the second-largest food and drink market with experts worth 6.3 million. with western sanctions over russians involvement - as it bites, vladimir putin retaliated, leaving producers like apple farmer gautier feeling the impact on the marketplace. >> it's been a difficult year. now i may not be able to sell my apples, what will i do. we don't want to be the first victims. >> russia and the european union play geopolitics with their tit for tat sanctions, the producers on the ground are left with a growing uncertainty as to what they will do, and where they'll

find a place to sell it. it's the same story in the dairy warehouse. cheese makers say the trucks have been turned back at the border. >> our partners for instance are losing big money. some of our customers are working with dairy product import. what will they do. they'll have to go to another company. >> reporter: while larger process can be stored, it's producers of cherishables, like peaches and in effect tar eens from poland facing rotting stock. the e.u. is considering compensating those hit. >> i don't think the european commission is aware of the consequences. we are not seeing it during the summer lull in consumption. in the weeks to come we'll feel it. i'm not sure that the e.u. can

deal with it. it's more than food. >> the agricultural battle lines have been drawn. some found a way around them, trading with other nations who resent the produce. it's a trick that many russians will be happy to overlook. still ahead on al jazeera - mourning in brazil after a presidential candidate is killed in a plane crash. in the u.s. tear gas fills the streets of ferguson missouri as police break up protests. >> and a landmark win for roger federer. andy will be hear with the

welcome back. the top stories on the newshour - iraqi troops attacked various areas in fallujah where protests against the government have been going on for months. fighter jets bombed targets including a mosque and a water purification planned. four children have been killed. a new 5-day ceasefire appears to be holding in gaza. negotiations are being held in cairo, where egyptian diplomats have been shuffling between both sides to find an agreement to end the fighting permanently. two people have been killed in cairo to mark a year since the violent crackdown on anti-government protests. hundreds of supporters of the president mohamed mursi are taking part in the demonstrations. they blocked roads and highways,

the senior lecturer in politics and security is from the institute of arab studies. we have seen deaths today. demonstrations on the street. it shows how divided the country still is. it's true the social and the political polarization in the country is at extreme levels unprecedented. it shows a continuation of the extended procedures of shooting protesters. and in that sense i don't think this will constitute to depalarizing the country, and the polarization a little better. i think there's no political will to change that in the forthcoming days or weeks. >> human rights watch said that most likely what happened last year mounted to crimes against

humanity, yet many victims say they have not received any sort of justice. what is the problem there? >> i think the problem there is egypt is divided on two levels. one perceived that at the moment the side that is winning perceived that - or see that more eradication and heaviy handed approaches is going to be - lead them to victory, to barricade the other side, and until this changes, i don't think there'll be any sort of justice happening or any sort of some sort of reconciliation without justice or with limited justice. so at the moment i think what we will see is more of this military security approach, of trying to crackdown on protesters, and more of empowering the figures that belong to the former regime, the

hosni mubarak regime and cracking down on the figures that belong to the uprising. >> thank you for that. al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journal lifts who have been in prison in egypt for 229 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from given 7 years, and baher mohamed was given an extra three years because he had a superintendent bullet picked up from a protest in his possession. libya asks the united nations for an international intervention to protect civilians. it's possibly for violence across the country. fighters from the shield brigade from misrata clashed.

it's being controlled from the town of zinc tang. camp -- eduardo campos has been killed in a plane crash. the election was due on october the 4th. he was a presidential hopeful a giant hole in the middle of a residential neighbour hood marks the spot of a plane crash, taking the life of a young presidential candidate. the plane debris hit more than 10 buildings, destroying anything in their path. >> translation: at the moment it crashed, we felt a big shake. it was an explosion, we didn't know what happened. we thought a building had collapsed. >> perhaps, amazingly no one on the ground was killed. all seven of the people on board

were. the two pilots, and four of his aids were on his way to a campaign event. >> reporter: we are at the crash scene. this is as close as the police will allow us to get. it's an active investigation. the weather is not good. it's raping and overcast. these are the companies. the plane tried to land. at that point the control tower lost all communications with the plane. >> reporter: he was a rising star, gore of a north-east state, where he stepped down with the government, with 70% approval ratings. >> translation: brazil losses a young leader with a promising future in front of him. a man that could have climbed to the highest posts in the country. without a shadow of a doubt it's a loss, regardless of our differences. we kept a strong relationship of

mutual respect. >> as crews switched through, the election was hoped to be won by eduardo campos. supporters wonder where to go from here. >> translation: it's sad. we are going through a complicated situation. it's pretty sad. no matter of the politics, the overwhelming feeling here, is that eduardo campos was a man that died too young. tensions are running high after days of violence in the u.s. city of st louis. that's after the shooting of an unarmed shooting of a black woman. we have more from missouri. >> this woman lived in st louis most of her life. tension between the police and young children have been

simmering. >> police is like a gang. they have authority. ignorance of the law is no excuse. >> in the st louis suburb. that anger played out in the streets. after a police officer killed michael brown. many residents say the police force has a history of targetting blacks. >> i'm troubled by the shooting of a police officer, and after that occurred. black on black cum. >> sf. >> reporter: some residents commended the police for their handling of the volatile atmosphere. >> cops need to har from the african american community. >> in an interview with al jazeera's mayor of bill ferguson they -- bill ferguson, they -- ferguson, they outlined some

challenges. it's hard to get african-americans. we talked about the divide between young african with americans and law enforcement. you don't see african-americanses looking for careers in law enforcement. >> the st louis community is one of the most segregated in the u.s. there has been an undertoe that now has bubbled to the surface. it's the first priority to address it, to fix what is wrong. >> i guarantee st louis will not be the same as it is, because there's so many people, and i'm one of them that will not stand out. it could have been my nephew. >> people say a thorough and transparent investigation into the brown shooting would be a first step to mending a history of racial tension. >> people in central african republic are hoping the arrival of u.n. peacekeepers will help

calm their neighbourhood. we have this report from the cap pal bangui. the european union's military operation is trying to restore order in the capital bangui, making it easier to deliver humanitarian aid. the soldiers are alert. people are tense. some carry cop sealed weapons -- concealed weapons for protection. >> the situation on the ground is relatively calm. the area is secure. there's not too many problems, except for crime. we are trying to disarm people. the main goal is a long-lasting peace. >> the french army and african union soldiers arrived before the e.u. force. most will form part of the u.n. peacekeeping mission. >> you hear the occasional gun going off. bangui is calm. the forces stabilized the area. it's allowed african union troops and the french army to

deploy into the country. months of violence divided the country, in some areas french and au soldiers ride to keep christians and muslims apart. in is mainly a christian area. >> we wanted more cells. we are safer because the soldiers are here. this man went to chat with his family when the violence started. he has come back to assess the situation. >> i left my wife and children in a refugee champ in chad. i came back to check my shop. it's quiet, i don't think it's safe to bring my family back. thousands have been displaced by months of fighting. more humanitarian aid is needed. there's a ceasefire. given the hate red and divisions that gift, it could take years. the u.s. army's highest ranking official is in vietnam. martin dempsey is the first

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to visit in 40 years. he's been talking to vietnamese representatives about boosting ties between the enemies. nepal's rail service is shut for an upgrade. it's due to be finished in three years. it's facing delays, leaving locals who rely on the rail which bout other options -- without o other options. this place feels far from the place of the city. although it's 27km away. the dirt road is the only way visitors can get to the city, four hours on a bus. with a heavy rain, the bus service will halt. up until a year ago locals could be there within an hour. the only short piece of commuter railway line in the country. >> before we used to go to the city for 20 rupees in the train, now it's 90 rupees each way on

the bus. by the time we buy food and stay overnight, it costs 500 rupees to go to the city. >> reporter: locals that used to work as daily wage workers no longer have the option. services are halted for a planned upgrade. this is the station. now a ghost town. near we found this. >> this used to be a bustling work shops. now it's like a railway graveyard. with the engines exposed to the elements of nature left to rust away. >> the railway mechanic is working as a watch mine. five employees work here after temporary workers were laid off. >> translation: the railway was old, 80-90 years old. the indian government gave us a front to move to a new system. it will be useless. >> the railway department acknowledges that it could take up to five years to complete the

would, to upgrade and extept the line. a 69km long track. >> translation: we, through the ministry, are working on maintaining the main road while the rayway is built. we plan to back drop the sideways so people have easier aspects. >> it's been a year since the railway service stopped, and the local road shows no sign of being maintained. for the villages, the years until the train service resumed are long ones. >> still ahead on the newshour. i'm here in london. they are reaching out grabbing a new global audience.

. >> andy is here with the sport. >> argentina side san lorenzo lifted a cup for the first time in history. beating paraguay in the final. the final for south america's biggest club prize poised at 1-1. they were in front of a huge crowd in argentina. the paraguayans came within inches of opening the scoring. as it was a penalty decided the outcome. the most important goal in the 106 year history. san lorenzo representing the

continent. that will be held in morocco in december. >> translation: even with all the great teams the team had, i knew we had not reached the full participation. there was a lot we needed to work on. our staff understood this. our fans knew this as well. the teams worked hard. each and every touch of the ball, and that has got us to where we are. >> in over two hours time luis suarez will find out if his appeal against a 4-month playing band has been successful. they have taken their case to the court of arbitration for sport. luis suarez was suspended for nine uruguayan games. if the ban is upheld, luis suarez will not be able to play for barcelona, until the end of october. now, tiger woods ruled himself out of contention for next month's ryder cup because of

back problems. former world number one has been struggling for fitness for much of the year following surgery in march. his last two major appearances saw him carding his worst-ever finish, and missing the cut at the recent pg championship. >> roger federer hit a landmark in his career, becoming the first player to reach 300 wins in a masters. this victory in cincinnati against popocil. the 17-time winner taken to three sets by the canadian en route to round 3. reaching such milestones, been around, and i was a guy that struggled early in the matters 1,000. -- masters 1,000. i know how hard it is to win, because it's against the top 50

players, top 20, dop 10, so interest that standpoint they are obviously not happy. >> britain's andy murray beat the 2-time champion seeded eight and needed an hour to seal a 6-3, 6-3 win. murray faces john is ner, the american. eugenie boucher is drawing to recapture her wimbledon form. she was defeateded against an unseeded player, also in cincinnati cincinnati. >> hamas representatives from cairo to hold talks trying to geta ceasefire peace deal under way in gaza returned. they are holding a press conference. let's listen in. >> you are the representative where a true representative of the honest men struggling men.

you have sided with the truce, you have acted with professionalism. you sided with your people. we salute you, unknown soldiers. you have defended your people truly. today we have come from cairo. talks. tough and hard. we are negotiating with a difficulty - not only a difficult side, but an enemy. first in procrastination and stealing away from the truth. what we wish to say today, briefly, is we, as one people, our message is we are united. we are unified in blood, in dead

bodies. we are one front, one side, one voice. our fighters and our politicians - we are all in - engaged in one battle. defending our people in the battle for liberation and freedom. this war, the war of necessity - it is the beginning of liberation. our people fought with their bare hands. women, elderly and children were victimized by the enemies, murderous arsenal. our people stood fast. and our noble resistance fighters were prepared and stood upformly to the enemy.

our people are united, supporting the beloved resistance fighters. we are united in our demands, and today the palestinian negotiation delegation headed to cairo, carrying four core issues. they were honest, not only on the unity, but the resolve, the full demand are - one is the whole of this bellagerant, unjust aggression. ipp -- assassinations schools, hospitals. we wish to see the belligerent aggression coming to an end.

the second is to put an end to the siege. we list to wish or have the siege listed -- lifted permanently. the third demand is we want to see the enemy committed to our demands - living, lifting its deserving hands from hour territories... ..zionist enemy has no right to prevent us from fishing in our waters, or rebuilding our homes. hour demands are is to allow the people to return and to have all the destroyed property rebuilt. our message to our...

>> you have been listening live to a news conference coming out of gaza, hamas describing the latest efforts towards a long-term peace situation. we'll have the latest details straight ahead. now we'll take a break and be back with al jazeera america.

[ police fire tear gas and rubber bullets inferring son, missouri. aljazeera reporters caught right in the middle of it all. >> thousands of refugees able to flee an rackee mountain top. it's less likely american troops will have to get involved in a rescue. >> a new ceasefireunder way in gaza, after airstrikes. who's firing and