refugees continue to hide in the sinjar mountains as the u.s. bombs more rebel targets. ♪ ♪ i am jane cut and this is at&t u-verse live from doha. also on the program, more fighting in eastern ukraine, russia denies reports that part of a military convoy was destroyed after crossing the border. hundreds of thousands of worshipers turn out in south korea as the roman catholic pope holds an open air mass in seoul. and using otters to catch fish, now this crucial fishing partner

is facing a bleak future in bangladesh. there seems to be no end to the fight ago cross parts of northern iraq. the u.s. is helping the iraqi government and kurdish fighters drive out islamic state group. it's taken over large areas in the north of the country. the group wants to establish an islamic state in the region and has driven more than a million civilians from their homes. refugees are still hiding in the sinjar mountains as the u.s. continues its bombing campaign in the area. the u.s. targeted four sites, controlled by rebel fighters. reports suggest it's the heaviest bombing since the u.s. started air strikes last week. gunmen from is let's i can state group have killed at least 80 members of the yazidi community in a village about 45-kilometers south of the sinjar mountains. dozens of women and children

were abducted. the rebels entered the town on friday and told the men to convert to islam or be killed. hundreds of yazidis have crossed northern's iraq board never to turkey to escape the fighting. many are staying with family or friends. others are sheltering in the crowded refugees camp which has been set up near the border. the united nations security council has unanimously passed a resolution to block funds to be the is lat islamic state in ird syria. >> will those in favor of the draft resolution please raise your hands. >> reporter: with the is lat i can state group now controlling a third of iraq and sea syria. the security council took a stands against what it called one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. >> it sends a clear political message that the international community utterly condemn condes isil's tactics and rejects their

extremism and united to oppose and confront it. >> reporter: the resolution attempts cut off funding and other forms of support for is let's i can state. adding six individual to his a sanctions list. but a former u.n. counter terrorism official says it may be too late for the usual tools of the security council to have an impact. >> the arms are already there. these groups incredibly well armed and every day they seem to be better armed because they take over syrian or iraqi arms stocks. as far as the assets freeze is concerned they are not hurting. they have a lot of money there. >> reporter: the resolution does express international unity and demands that member states cut off not only funding but also the recruitment of foreign fighters. many countries are worried about their own citizens who have joined these groups and could return home to cause trouble. the resolution also warns of the group's use of the internet and

other communication technology for the purpose of recruitment and insight. , putting the onus on u.n. member states to stifle support for the groups. >> my government asks all the neighboring countries and other country to his take strong measures to implement steps and apply this resolution, this is very important. iraq will continue to work with all countries and will -- and organizations to fight this international terrorism groups and defeat them. >> reporter: until this they do the international community will be faced with an ongoing crisis. more than a million displaced iraqis and syrians who can't go home. at&t u-verse. the united nations. i want to talk about this resolution more. but first i want to start with the yazidis. i believe that you have new information on what's happening there. what is it? >> reporter: well, we have been

speaking to peshmerga officials as well as local forces on the ground. they are confirming to us that the islamic state group stormed a village which is southwest of sinjar, and they executed more than 80 men. now other sources are putting the figure much higher. but what we understand they shot dead these men and captured the women and children in this village. this is a very small village, approximately 300 families. live there. the yazidis is the minority community in iraq. we understand that the is let's i can state group gave them an ultimatum five days ago, they told them you either convert to islam or you will be killed. now this is not the first time, like i mentioned the yazidis have come under attack when the is lat i can tape group stormed sinjar, they killed scores of people and hundreds of thousands of yazidis in sinjar fled. others got trapped in the mountains for days. what we understand is the latest

u.s. assessment is that approximately a thousand yazidis remain trapped in the mountains. after the incident was reported in the village, we understand that the u.s. military carried out air strikes, targeting vehicles belonging to the islamic state group as well as a fuel station they use to fuel their vehicles. it shows you how the air strikes are not protecting minorities. at the end of the day we heard the obama administration say that these air strikes have limited objectives, protect minorities and the kurdish region here in the north but. with latest attack we understand up to 80 men have been killed. >> the air strike at this stage are not making much of a difference, do you think that the sanctions could make an impact? >> reporter: highly unlikely. at the end of the day -- highly unlikely. at the end of the date u.s. attorney council did not call for anything. they are not aimed at defeating

the islamic state group. they don't just have strong holds in iraq, they are strong holds in syria and in neighboring syria, they are actually advancing towards the aleppo country side. the syrian rebels there are appealing for international assistance. air strikes alone cannot defeat this group. you are going to have to have forces on the ground. and we know that the u.s., the obama ahead anyone station does not want to sends any combat troops. they have taking on al qaeda in iraq in the past and they weren't able to get rid of them. what they need is the support of the local population so this group cannot survive. and we heard from sunni tribal leaders yesterday saying that we are not going to fight the islamic state group not until we get our rights from the central government in baghdad. in the interim this group is advancing and expanding. they have a lot of weapons, they have captured weapons from the iraqi army and the syrian army, so this is a well-trained, well-armed group and it's also very determined.

>> okay, let's leave it there. thank you. the u.s., the e.u. and nato also urging russia to stop what they describe at its aggressive approach to ukraine. following reports that parts of a russian military convoy was destroyed after crossing the border. moscow denies the accusations, ukrainian government soldiers are moving closer to the separatist strong hold of donetsk and shells have landed near the city center, but the head of the self-proclaimed donetsk republic says his forces are preparing a counselor attack. separatists in don everything say that they are in desperate needs of russian aid that's been held up at the border. but kiev won't let the trucks in until it sevens all the contents. it's worried moscow is sending weapons mixed in with the aid to help the separatists. in con evening a report on what else the separatists want. >> reporter: sergei shows me where a rocket almost killed him. like many ukrainians who live in

donetsk, he has strong ties to russia. his grandmother fought to stalin during the second world war. he blames the region's dark history for what is happening now. >> translator: at one point we were one country with 14 republics. politicians divided these connection i cans and planted the seed of war between us. i think what's happening now is absolutely wrong because or sen cesc tours took parts in a war where they had the same ideals, values and beliefs as each other. >> reporter: the separatists beliefs are more america i. some see ukraine as part of an old imperial russia. others e embrace the power of te soviet union. when you and pro-russian separatist what is they want in "sportsnet central" say they want freedom of kiev's rule. others say they are just fighting mashism. but most just want to get on with their lives and don't understand why ukrainians are taking up arms against each

other. kiev recently propose aid peace plan in the south region, which includes more political and economic i ca autonomy and protn of the russian lang. but separatists say this is not in you have and they have the support of the local people. but we meet her and she says most people are like her, afraid to speak out. >> translator: i feel like my life is now just a black cloud. every morning i hope that this is all just a bad dream. that i will wake up from and things will be as they were. >> reporter: ukrainian army is closing in. and separatists are calling for more ukrainian and russian volunteers to join their cause. but they have already lost men. and many people here will now be asking themselves whether their dreams are worth dieing for. at&t u-verse, donetsk. at least 22 people have been

killed by a car bombing in syr syria. activists saying a woman and child were among the dead. >> meanwhile opposition forces have taken control of the villages after days of intense fighting the villages are near the biggest military airport in syria. a 5-day ceasefire is holding in gaza but uncertainty remain with no agreement between palestinian factionfactions and israel. up to a thousand pima tended a rally at a refugees camp in central gas a held to support the armed wing of hamas. hundreds of mourningers have gathered in italy for a journalist killed while covering the fighting in gaza. one of three people killed on wednesday when an unexploded

bomb blew up. the 35-year-old journalist had worked for the associated press group since 2005. pope francis has carried out a rare ceremony in south korea. hundreds of thousands of people gathered to see the leader of the roman catholic church put korean martyrs on the path to saint hood. from seoul carry pawset has more. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people came for this moment. this is the centerpiece of pope francis' 5-day visit. a huge open air mass in downtown seoul. a chance for catholics, young and old, to see their holy father up close. he reserved a special for the families of the killed in the ferry disaster and bestowing his blessings, as the pope makes his way through the crowd. no mistaken the scale of this

events. nothing has been seen like it for more than a decades here in central seoul. it's a significant moment not just to south korea but the catholic church in asia. althoughal mass was much about the catholic church. the 18th century catholics killed for their beliefs. the pope tied their story to a modern day story in a region where the church is growing. >> translator: their example has much to say to us living alongside men's wealth dire poverty is growing. where the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serve him by tends to go our brother brotd sisters in need. >> reporter: the pope's message is very presents resonating with 170,000 catholics invited here

from churches a is who the country. >> translator: even though i saw him far away i was so overwhelmed and my heart was pounding so hard. i am so grateful and inning describably happy. >> translator: our country has been going through numerous hardships and there are many people suffering in poverty. just by the fact that the pope is here in a divided country, we are so blessed. >> reporter: pope francis will return his folk you go to the youth of the region on sunday when he delivers the closing math for the catholic asian youth day. on monday he'll end his visit with another mass in seoul. this time focusing on calls for peace and reconciliation between north and south on this divided peninsula. hairy fawset. seoul. your honor police release footage they say shows a black teenager robbing a shot just before he was shot dead. and we visit a newly-expanded

and port in cuba promising a bright trading future. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ welcome back. reminders of the top stories on al jazerra. refugees are still hiding in the sinjar mountains as the u.s. continues its bombing campaign in the area which is controlled by fighters from the islamic state group. reports suggest it is the heaviest bombing since the u.s. started their strikes last week. the u.s., the e.u. and nato are urging russia to stop what they

describe as it's a aggressive approach to ukraine following reports that part of a russian convoy was destroyed after it crossed the boarder. how cows denies the allegations. pope francis in south korea. hundreds of thousands gathered to seat leader of the catholic church. during the open air mass he put 124 korean martyrs on the path to sainthood. thousands of iraqi christians have fled mosul and nearbyville jiz in recent months trying to escape prosecution by fighters from the islamic state group. meeting some of the families seeking safety in lebanon. >> reporter: desperate iraqi christians lineup on a hot august day to receive food rations. the church is organizing this food distribution to those who fled from the violence in their country years ago. and those who just arrived from northern iraq.

like maria, she arrived in lebanon three days ago. >> translator: we were scared. it's very hard to leave everything behind and just flee. >> reporter: they all tell of the same stories. johnny has been here for just over a month. and has been living off charity. a christian lebanese family pays his rent for this small apartment where he lives with his wife and three girls. >> translator: they threatened us with our children. our muslim neighbors said you better run before they come and kill you. >> reporter: johnny says he was scared. and left everything he owns behind. they uprooted us from our own land, his wife says, referring to the armed group the islamic state that forced them out of iraq. these are not muslims, we don't know where they came from. they have no religion, we lived with muslims for over 40 years. this group have nothing to do with islam. this syrian priest has been

organizing a campaign to help the iraqi christians who managed to get to lebanon. he says that he is frustrated. >> translator: what's happening in mosul that the original people are being uprooted from their land was just as worrying as the international community's silence so far very shy voices. we demand real pressure from europe and the u.s. to stop the massacres. >> reporter: this family came from car cur mere mosul under te islamic state's complete control. this one-room apartment became home from this family of six after they ran way from their home. saying there is no more room for christians to live in iraq anymore. >> translator: we never imagined anything like this would happen. nobody expected this. >> reporter: it was like a horror movie, he tells me. everyone was terrified. his children cry every day wanting to go back to their home in iraq.

but he says he is not going back, no matter what. >> translator: we want security. we want stability for our children. enough in iraq, we need a break. >> reporter: so his girls spend the daylighting on these beds, waiting for something to change. al jazerra, beirut. around 60,000 anti--government supporters led by two of pakistan's most influential figures have arrived in the capital islambad. former cricketer imran kahn who heads the opposition party and the cleric say they will block some of the city's main streets until the prime minister resigns. both groups accuse him of vote rigging during last year's election. he rejects the accusations? tons of people in libya have demonstrated against a request by parliament for the united nation to his intervene in the

country. libya is experiencing its worst violence since the 2011 revolution with muammar qaddafi was overthrown and killed. thousands fled the country and does vince been killed in violent crashes between rival militia. police in the u.s. state of missouri have been criticized for releasing surveillance footage believed to be of the teenager michael brown just moments before he was shot dead by police. brown's family said police are trying to justify what they call the execution of their son in ferguson on saturday. police say 18-year-old brown who is alleged to be the man seen here in the red hot, was the primary suspect in a struggle over confrontation at a store apparently about a box of cigars. the policeman who shot brown has been officer as officer darren wilson. police say the robbery had nothing to do with the initial contact between the pair. the lawyer for the victim's family says no robbery would war he want shooting the teen after he put his hand up.

the shooting has put a spotlight owe the nearly all-white police force of ferguson in missouri. the city's population is 60% black. leading to questions about whether a more integrated police force would improve community relations and reduce tension there. now a report. >> reporter: just three of ferguson missouri's 53 police officers are black. so the killing of a black teenager stomped by a police officer there has again raised questions about institutional racism in u.s. law enforcement. but those who monitor the police say the racial makeup of police departments is not the fundamental problem. it's the policies they enforce. in new york city, a majority of police officers on the beat are black, latina or asian but it's still minorities who are over them are chemmingloverwhelmingl. 200 tickets issued for riding bike on his the situation,

compared to 32 issued in near bike white park slope. watch dogs argue the main problem isn't police diversity. >> diversity would probably help with better policing but won't make a significant difference, in new york whether it's a white cop or a cop of color that officer has to get with the program and that program is to focus on lower income communities of color and petty infractions resulting in harassment and unnecessary punishments. 86% of those in new york arrested for misdemeanors in the first months of this year were black. saying this is the easiest way to make arrest quote as. >> 30% close to that population -- >> reporter: everyone the he can executive director of the organization representing black officers in the u.s. seemed resigned. >> i would hope that african or american, latino officers would

have an understanding, but to be honest, depending on the environment that you are in, that's impossible. >> reporter: critics argue there is no room for communal, mutual trust under a leadership that insist on his adversarial militarized policing. until that changes they argue, the police will continue to shoot. and the unarmed will continue to die. al jazerra, new york. cuba has been slowly relaxing control of its state-run economy in resent years, one example lies 40 miles west of the capital of havana. here is this report. >> reporter: cuba has been an important trading hub since the first european explorers arrived here at the end of the 15th century. they used to defends the spanish gal i don't knows laden with treasure from the marauding dutch pirates that sailed these seize. with monster-sized container ships soon to be pass this is

way, to and from the panama canal, the government is hoping that cuba can again become a major trading hub. >> translator: cuba is in the middle of all points north, south, east and west of the international maritime route. so this will be a port that will take cargo traffic from the rest of the world. >> reporter: it's being built with $680 million of brazilian credit. and will be administered by a singaporean company. cuba hopes that generous tax and customs breaks will attract foreign investment to the 465 square kilometer zone. and radically change this sleepy town. there is plenty of movement here already, but this is nothing to how things will be when this is finished. at least four times bigger, four times more busy. it has everything going for it. and there is a great sense here of a bright future. there are, however, some obstacles, a reticence towards major commercial projects and the five decade-long u.s.

embargo the cubans call it a blockade impose today make the government change its politics. >> translator: they will continue to try to scare off those countries trying to invest in cuba. the u.s. treasury department has already applied fines of more than $12 billion under the administration of nobel peace prize winner barac barack obama. exactly the same behavior as previous u.s. governments towards cuba. >> reporter: the cuban investmenters they say are not being put off. a natural harbor with deep access and plenty of land in which to grow in a prime geographical low take they believe it's simply too good of an opportunity to miss,. al jazerra is demanding the release of its three journalists who have now been impressed in egypt for to 231 days, they were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood in.

june 2 were given seven years sentences, mohamed got an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up eight protest. no more than 100 years fish american in bangladesh have caught fish with the help of otters. but this way is disappearing. >> reporter: when he heads out on his boat, he takes with him a crew of otters. >> reporter: thanks to the otters, he doesn't have to wait around for the fish too bite. >> translator: when you put them in the water they start chasing after the fish. the fish try to escape and we position ourselves so that the otters chase the fish right in to our nets. >> reporter: for generations a number of hindu minority families have trained the animals to help them fish. he says there are only about 100 fishing families in the area that practice the art. it's not an easy skill to

master, says which is why it hasn't caught on more widely. but those who know thousand do it appreciate the advantages. >> translator: i couldn't fish without otters. my father and grandfather, this is how they caught me to fish. it would be really difficult now for me to fish without the otters. >> reporter: but lately fishing is something that they do less and less. the number of fish in the rivers is dwindling fast. this isn't just threatening the otter fishing trade, but the very survival of otters in bangladesh. a poor haul, even with the help of the otters. the animals are expensive to raise and feed. as fish become harder to find because of the pollution, it's becoming harder for the men to come up with the money. >> i am earning money when i do this, but it's not coming for me. i have to spend money feeding and taking care of the otters say i make $150 a month, taking care of the otter costs 50 to $60. >> reporter: otter says are an

endanger species in bangladesh, some people have helped them survive, but with fishermen increasingly giving up their trade the otter's future looks a little bleak are. al jazerra, bangladesh. you can read more about all of these stories by logging on to our website. the address al jazerra scott al. [♪ music ] >> maybe you've already been feeling that way, but now you've got data. a report that liberals and conservatives are moving further apart it's the inside story.