refugees continue to shelter in sinjar mountains. well, t coming up: police in the u.s. release video they say shows a teenager robbing a shop before he was shot dead by an officer. honoring south korea ian christians, pope francis beatfies 124 catholics killed

for refusing to renounce their faith. a century old fishing tradition in bangladesh may soon become a sport of the past. koz first, there doesn't seem to be an end to the fighting across parts of northern iraq. the u.s. is helping the iraqi government and kurdish fighters drive out the islamic state group. it's taken over large areas in the north of the country forcing civilians out of their homes. the group wants to establish an islamic state in the region. the latest round of u.s. bombing has hit targets near mosul and areas in the sinjar mountains. reports suggest 15 islamic state fighters have been killed in the latest attacks, the heaviest airstrikes since the u.s. started thcampaign last week. refugees continues to shelter in the sinjar mountains to try to

esc ate the islamic state fighters. many ethnic minorities have been targeted by the intolerant group. hundreds have cross into turkey. others are sheltering in in crowded camps near the border. is blamic state groups control large parts of syria. the area it holds stretches from the north of syria right across to fallujah and samarah in eastern iraq. the fighters have forced government troops out of many towns and villages. zeina hodr reports from erbil. >> reporter: u.s. air strikes targeting sinjar and in areas around the mosul dam are hoping to push at about back fighters. they have said time and time again the objective is to defend the kurdish regions in the north and to protect minorities. what we do understand from our

sources in the peshmerga is that the kurdish forces will try to recapture territory. they are hoping they will be able to advance and retake territory they lost to the islamic state under the cover of airstrikes. 15 fighters were killed in the latest bombing. this is going to be a long and difficult war and if the international community wants to defeat this group, it's going to need to be on the ground. you can't just use air power. sunnis are in no mood to help the iraqi government not until they have back their rights. while this is going on, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding. kurd curb officials say they can't cope. in a small village in the southwest of sinjar, we understand the islamic state

group killed up to 80 men, executed 80 as well as captured an unknown number of women and children. the situation is quite dire, dangerous. a very sensitive time inrage. blocking funding to the islamic state group. it attempts to cut off support for the group. it will says u.n. members states should try to stifle the rebels use of the internet to recruit fighters from other countries. a syrupian coalition says it supports the plan for sanctions against the group in a statement it says the syrian coalition calls for targeted airstrikes in syria. strikes should be backed up by intensive training.

for the moderate syrian forces fighting isis now known as the islamic state group for over a year. at least 22 people have been killed in a car bombing in southern syria in front after mosque in the rebel chromed town of nama. activists say a woman and child were among those killed. opposition forces have taken control in hama near the military air base, the biggest military airport in syria. a 5-day cease-fire is holding in gaza. uncertainty remains with no word on the long-term truce. hamas is warning of a drawn-out conflict if israel doesn't accept the proposals it's putting forward at talks in cairo. >> in cairo there is a unified

palestinian that has the same demands despite all of the attempts to divide the unity of this delegation during the 10-day negotiations periods. all of the offers are less than what the palestinian people can accept. the enemy accept the conditions of our people or face a long war of attrition, which we are very well prepared for. >> the united states, the european union and nato are urging russia to stop what they describe as its aggressive approach towards ukraine. >> follows reports that part of a russian military convoy was destroyed after crossing the border. moscow denies the accusations. ukraine i can't believe government soldiers are moving closer to the separatist stronghold of donetsk and shells have landed near the city center. the head of the self-proclaimed donetsk republic said his forces are preparing a counterattack. >> separatists say they are in need of russian help that's being held up at a boarder but they can't let the laurie's in until it searches them. it's worried moscow is sending

weapons with the aim to help separatists. a report of what else the separatists want. >> reporter: showing me where he was almost killed. like many john boehnerians who live in donetsk, he has strong ties to russia. his grandmother fought for stallip during the second world war. he blames the region's dark history for what is happening now. >> at one point, we were one country with 14 republics. politicians divided them and planted a seed of war. i think what's happening is wrong because our ancestors took part in a war where they had the same ideals, values and beliefs as each other. >> the separatists' beliefs are more murky. some see ukraine as part of an old imperial russia. others embrace the power of t thesoft soviet union. >> when you ask pro-russian

separatits what they want, some say freedom from kiev's rule others say they are fighting fascism. others don't understand why ukraineians are taking up arms against each other. >> kiev recently proposed a peace plan in the southeastern region chip includes more political and economic autonomy and protection of the russian language. separatists say this is not enough. they have local people's support. but in one suburb of donetsk, we meet arena. she says most people are like her, afraid to speak out. >> 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. the ukrainian army is closing in. separatists are calling for more ukrainian and russian volunteers to join their cause.

they have already lost men, and many people here will now be asking themselves whether their dreams are worth dying for. al jazeera, dondon. anti-government supporters led by two of pakistan's most influential opposition figures have aarrived in islamabad. though say they will block the prime minister's roads. they accuse vote rigging and charif denies those allegations. >> i think nations should make a decision. this is not acceptable to us. we have to get justits. we have to get freedom from these types of rulers. >> in the united states, police in ferguson very many clashed with protesters combi have been demonstrating after police shot a teenager on saturday. 200 have stormed a convenience store where michael brown is accused of shoplifting moments

before he was shot. earlier, police released this surveillance video. they say year-year-old brown allegedly seen here in the red hat was a primary suspect in the confrontation at the store. apparently about a box of cigars. a policeman has been named as darren wilson. police say the alleged robbery had nothing to do with the contact between the pair. brown's family say police are trying to justify what they call the execution of their son. the shooting has put a spotlight on the police in ferguson, which is mostly white even though the city's population is 60% black. >> that's led to questions about whether or not a more integrated force would reduce tension. a report. >> reporter: just fergsons' officers are black. the killing of a black teenager has again raised questions about institutional racism until u.s. law enforcement. those who monitor the police say the racial make-up of police departments is not the

fundamental problem. it's the policies they enforce in new york city, a majority of police officers are black, latino or asian but it's still minorities who are overwhelmingly targeted. >> here in mainly black it stoveson new york, police issued a tickets for riding a back, to 32 in nearby white park slope. >> watchdog groups argue the main problem isn't police diversity. >> diversity will probably help with better policing but won't make a significant difference. in new york city, for example, whether it's a white cop or a cop of color, that officer has to get with the program, and that program in new york city is to focus on low-income communities of color and petty infractions that results in harassment and unnecessary punishments. >> 86% of those arrested in new york mofor miss demeanos in the

first 6 months of this year were black. activists allege police officers view minorities as the easiest way to meet arrest quotas. then view police as armed occupiers. >> even the executive director of the organization representing black officers in the u.s. seemed resigned. >> i would hope that african-american or latino officer or someone who had maybe a little more understanding but be honest. the environment you are in, that's impossible. >> crit kicks argue there is no' room for communal mutual trust under a leadership that insists on add ver cyril mil tarized policing. until that changes, they argue the police will continue to shoot and the unarmed will continue to die t al jazeera, new york. >> ask more to come on al jazeera. we will meet iraqi christians targeted by the islamic state forced to escape to lebanon. a lot unique opportunity for victims of the farc rebels to be

heard in cuba.

welcome back. a reminder the top stories on al jazeera. the latest round of u.s. bombing in the sinjar mountains, reports suggest 15 fighters from the is lammic state group have been killed. the u.s. and eu and nato are urging russia to stop what they call aggressive action by russia.

moscow denies that. police in the u.s. city of ferguson have clashed after an officer shot a teenager. 200 protest ors stormed a convenience store where michael brown is accused of robbery. >> thousands have fled from mosul trying to escape persecution. rula amein has met with some of those families. >> desperate iraqi christians line up on a hot august day to receive food rations. knows who fled years ago and those who just arrived from northern iraq. mary albatross arrived three days ago. >> we were scared. it's hard to leave everything behind and flee.

>> they all tell of the same story. >> john has been living off of charity. a christian lebanese family paid his rent for this small apartment where he lives with his wife and three girls. our muslim neighbors said they better run. johnny said 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 muslim did for over 40 years. this group have nothing to do with islam. >> this, a syrian priest has been organizing a campaign to help the iraqi christians who managed to get to lebanon. he says he is frustrated. >> what's happening in mosul is that the original people are

being uprooted from their land. what's just as worrying is the silent voices. >> this family came from karkush, near mosul. now under islamic state's full control. this one-room apartment became home for this family of six after they ran away from their town. khilila says there is no more room for christians to live in iraq any more. >> we never imagined anything like this would happen. nobody expected this. >> it was like a horror movie, he tells me. everyone was terrified. his children cry every day want can to go back to their home in iraq. he says he is not going back, no matter what. we want security, stability for our children.

>> his girls spent the day lying on these beds waiting for something to change. al jazeera, beirut. >> pope francis is continuing his tour of south korea. earlier, hundreds of thousands of catholics turned out to see the leader at an open air mass. al jazeera's harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> moving steadily threw the hundreds of thousands of people who had come. this was the center piece of pope francis's 5-day visit a huge, open-air mass. a chance for catholics young and old to see their holy father up close. he reserved a special honor for families of those killed in april's ferry disaster walking up to the village where they have been demanding an independent investigation bestowing his blessings.

as the pope makes his way through the crowds, there is no mistaking the scale of then. nothing has been seen like it for more than a decade moment. it's significant not just for south korea but for the catholic church in asia. although this mass was about if the catholic church, the 18th and 19th center tree killed for their religious beliefs, pope francis was keen to tie their story to the church's present day relevance in a region where catholicism is growing. >>. >> the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and where christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serve him by tend to go our brothers and sisters in need.

the pope's message resonating with 170,000 catholics invited here from churches across the country. >> even to though i saw him far away, i was so overwhelmed. i am so grateful and indescribably happy. 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. later in a part of his visit that has attracted con tory vis he'll he went to a care home which has been accused of old-fashioned practices and financial irregularities. embracing the poor and the disabled, the pope continued one of this visit's main themes: emphasizing the fligplight of t left on the margins in an unequal world. columbiaians caught up in the armed conflict between farq

rebels have arrived to take part in talks aimed at ending the violence. negotiations have been taking place since 2012. the discussions focussed on compensation for those killed or displaced. allesandro is the in the capital, bogota and sent this report. >> on saturday, peace negotiate orders will here from the first a little bit of big things that have arrived in havana hand picked by a commission of delegates from the united nations, the catholic church and b colombia's national university after a series of controversial public forums because they include not only the victims of the rebel farq but right-wing groups and the columbian statetiously itself. some who suffered from kidnappings or attacks from the farc feel they are not being represented enough. others like soldiers say they will not be able to participate at all. the u.n. says to end the

conflict, the full spectrum of victims should be represented. >> this is a very pain-ridden process. the question off who are the victims and who is responsible for the war? so there is amazing suffering and pain in the national discussion. >> the first delegation will be back on sunday and then another four delegations will be going in the next week and month is despite the complicated policy, this is a unique opportunity for the victims to be heard. >> security forces say they have recovered dozens of weapons after a battle with militia in mogadishu. african union troops stormed a house belong to go a former war lord to seize weapons from fighters. the government says it's recovered about 500 guns since

the operation started last week. 20 people were arrested. al jazeera continues to gee manned the release of three journalists who have been i am prisoned for 231 days. they were accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they were each again 7 year sentences. mohammed received an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. thousands of libyans have demonstrated for the u.n. to entry seen in libya. the country's experience its worse violence since gadaffi was over thrown and killed. dozens have been killed in fighting between rival malitias since then. armenias government is considering joining the russian-backed trade block. russia, kazakhstan and bell

bellaruse. >> armenia's largest trading partner, it was planning to join the eu but backed out of the deal last year. even if it joins the union, armenia says it will allow imports from the us and eu. a report. >> reporter: cities car dealership, managers are preparing themselves for change. if the country joins' russia's customs union, it will make cars more expensive. he estimates he could lose 20% of his customers? >> we will have to find some solution. >> joining the customs union won't just affect his car market. prices will go up for every day items imported from the

euarmenias largest trading partner. >> if it wants to join the customs union, it's going to have to restructure its market because currently, lots of products like this cereal or this olive oil, for instance come from the european union. it will need to keep prices low by introducing more imports from the union. >> many believe joining may have more to do with politics than economics. russia is a top destination for labor my grants and eurovan needs moscowts continued support over the old conflict. >> armenia has some security problems. they think the key to the security issues is in the hand putin. >> arm mean i can't may be negotiating terms. susan worried once signed, they will end up the losers? >> if there is a customs union that makes you to choose between certain product and this

products are not going to be as various as we have, it already going to become not good for me because i am used to buy, okay, french cheese, german beer. there should be different alternatives for people. >> you don't have to look far to see ties to russia. whether or not it makes economic sense, the customs union will make those ties stronger. >> a landslide in northern india has killed seven people. three houses were destroyed trapping 8 people inside their homes. rescuers were able to pull one woman out alive. india is experiencing the highest level of rainfall since june, last year. fishermen in bangladesh have caught fish with the help of their pet on thers. with fish stocks dwindle can, the art of otter fishing is at risk of disappearing.

maha sata reports from narail in southern bangladesh. >> reporter: he is not an ordinary fisherman. when he heads out on his boat, he takes with him a crew of on thers. thanks to the on thers, he doesn't have to wait ash for the fish to bite. >> i put them in the water. they start chasing aver the fish. the fish try to escape and we position ourselves so that the on thers chase the fish into our nets. >> for generations, a number of hindu minority families in the district 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, he says, which is why it hasn't caught on more widely. those who know how to do it appreciate the advantages. >> i couldn't fish without on thers. my father and grandfather, this is how they taught me to fish. it would be really difficult for me now to fish without the on

thers. >> but lately, fishing is something people do less and less this is the very survival of on thers in bangladesh. >> a poor haul, even with the help of the on thers, the animals are expensive to raise and feed. as fish become harder to fight thanks to pollution and over fishing, it's becoming harder for the men to come up with that money. >> i am earning money while i do this but it's not coming for free. i have to spend money feeding and taking care of the on thers. say i make $150 in a month, taking care of the on the ter ends um coming about 50 to $60. >> on thers are an endangered pieces in bangladesh. people have helped them survive but with fishermen increasingly giving up trade, the on theers' future looks bleeblinger. bangladesh. >> now, if you are a petrohead

you will like this. let's take a look at it. there it is in all its glory. this is a red 1962 fer a ferrar for $38.1 million in california. >> that's t that's the website. take a look at that, too. not as expensive. . >> calm shattered by chaos on the streets of ferguson, missouri one week after an unarmed black teen is shot and killed. abusive power. texas govern rick perry facing a criminal indictment accused of using his office to force the resignation after democratic official. plus, almost a million people take to the streets of south korea to hear a mass from pope