>> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america the u.s. steps up its air strikes against the islamic state fighters. >> it took the me group by group outside of the village until no men were left in a village. >> hello again. also on this programme - intensifying in libya as the united nations launches a fresh attack to stop the violence. a curfew begins in ferguson, to

try to end days of protests over the killing of a black teenager. and an ice-cold shower for the world's richest man. why bill gates is passing the bucket for motor neuron disease. the u.s. says it's carrying out air strikes against the islamic state group in iraq. the u.s. central command said it is been targetting the group. flights have been carried out by jets or drones, a dozen armoured vehicles have been damaged. islamic state are targetting many minority communities in iraq. members of the yazidi

communities say fighters were stopped from attacking them. 80 have been killed there. >> translation: they separated women and children from the men, putting women and children in the haul, and the men on another side. they took the ids, gold and property. they took them and killed them until no men were left. they took the women by car towards sinjar. i don't know where they took them. >> fighters from the islamic state are accused of the brutal killing of at least 700 in syria. the syrian observatory for human rights said the victims were from someone sunni -- from one sunni tribe. it was after a town was captured. some members from beheaded reportedly. >> the opposition coalition is urging the u.s. to attack the islamic state. they want the same support as

iraq. we have more from the iraqi city of erbil. >> reporter: more territory taken by islamic state. this is not in iraq. this is a syrian town in the northern country side of aleppo, a region under the control of rebels fighting the asaad government. >> translation: the village is under siege by the so-called islamic state. they are not an islamic state. they are an unjust state in iraq and syria. >> the islamic state controls larger areas in the east of syria, all the way to the iraqi border. they have been moving freely between the two countries. syrian rebels are struggling to hold on to the country side.

for years the syrian opposition appealed for military opposition. on saturday they renewed the appeal, calling for action. >> i urge the u.n. and everyone in the international community who believes in freedom. to deal with the situation in syria, the same way they handled the situation in kurdistan and iraq. the root of the conflict was in syria. the enemy was the same, and the world does not have double standards. into in iraq the u.s. is carrying out air strikes against the islamic state group. the pentagon says the mission is limited to protecting minorities and protecting the kurdish region. >> a third of iraq is under the islamic state group. the international community expressed alarm about the group. there's no plans to defeat the group. >> the islamic state fighters are in urban centers, living

among the population. they are well armed. they have taken u.s.-made weapons from the iraqi army and seized military equipment from the army bases. the u.s. acknowledged air strikes will not be enough. >> air strikes will target their positions, but the peshawar, the iraqi army and rebels need to fight to get rid of them. >> it's been weeks since the iraqi army was pushed out of the sunni heartland. it tried to take the cities and failed. the sunni tribes are refusing to take on the is group, unless the iraqi government respects their right. i.s.i.s. fighters erased the border between iraq and syria. >> it would take an international effort, and cooperation of partners on the ground. >> there has been intensifying in libya's capital over the last

few days, killing people. >> there's opposition from some people who see it as foreign intervention. rival groups fight in tripoli. these men want to take control for the capital. libya has no army since muammar gaddafi was kicked out and killed. more stepped into the gap. they represent the cities of misrata and zinc tan, and are loyal to different political groups. >> this is the result of a battle between the rebels and what is left of the militias of the zinc tan brigade. >> violence has been getting worse in libya in recent months, putting the lives of foreigners in danger.

filipinos are among those being evacuated. many in international organizations have closed. civil society initiatives are springing up to encourage peaceful solutions. this gathering in benghazi brought key leaders and elders together, creating a council, trike to push phone an end to the fighting. >> we condemn violence. we stress the importance of the civil transition of power within a democratic framework and we reject oppression and military coups. >> libya's parliament requested assistance from the united nations. a new special envoy is drew to arrive next week to net the ceasefire between the rebel groups. but on friday thousands of people protested against the decision, what they see as international intervention. they think the fighters should be given a chance to talk on their own. within hours, violence returned

to the capital once again. extinguish in the u.s. town of ferguson, it is under curfew as officials try to stop protests. it will last for the next five hours. protests have been taking place in the missouri town for the past week against a police killing of an unarmed black teenager michael brown. >> the governor enacted a curfew to allow us to provide safety for the citizens of ferguson, and maintain the right of the people. that curfew will start today. it will run from 12 midnight when it will start, until five in the morning. we will enforce that curfew in an effort to provide safety and security. >> ashar quraishi has more from ferguson. this is the third shift in the operational security plan that has been put in place here in ferguson, missouri, since unrest erupted a week ago, when

18-year-old michael brown was shot dead by a ferguson police officer in the street here. we have seen a number of different strategies over the week. first a heavy-handed nature with police, armoured vehicles on guard against protesters. there was looting early in the week, and a lull once the change to a more soft touch that was handled by the missouri state control. that unrest erupted overnight with looting in the area, and that changed as the governor announced a state of emergency, and implementing the curfew which is in effect from 12am midnight to 5am in the morning. it will continue until had it brought under control. the question is will the curfew work, how will they enforce it. they've been told they will not use tear gas, they will not use rubber bullets. we have seen a contingency of police officers in riot gear walking through these streets,

talking to the residents. the strategy that we have been told is they'll talk to the individuals, talking to the protesters, and trying to tell them that it's time for them to go home. the big question is whether or not they'll be able to do that, and whether or not once again it will erupt into chaos and evolve into violence. kenya announced a series of emergency measures to stop the spread of ebola. from midnight on saturday all travellers from liberia, sierra leone, and guinea will be prevented from entering kenya. the only exception is kenyan nationals, and they'll be screened. thousands of israelis have been protesting against the government assault on gaza. demonstrators gather in tel aviv calling for a diamondic solution, and demanded that israel end the occupation of the gaza strip. israel and gaza are observing a ceasefire due to expire on monday. >> palestinian president mahmoud

abbas says he supports egypt's role. he was addressing the delegation travelling to cairo for the indirect talks. >> translation: i want to confirm that we are adhering to the egyptian initiative. egypt is not a meed quator, it's a party. we'll adhere to its role and not accept a replacement. >> hundreds of thousands of palestinians are sheltering in u.n. run schools. there has been nowhere else to go as the homes have been destroyed. the academic year was scheduled to start, it's been delayed. >> reporter: the gaza girls' prep school is home to 3,000 straight people. they ran from their homes, hoping the u.n.-run school would offer protection. over 200,000 palestinians are packed into u.n. schools, a new school year was due to start

next week. officials say that has been delayed. many like this have no homes to return to. >> i have 11 children, six of them go to school, and the new school year is coming. we don't know where to go. her children attended the same school they are sheltering in. entire families are crammed together in classrooms. outside they queue for food and supplies in the playground. >> teachers like this have volunteered to help them until the children can return to their studies. classrooms across gaza, like this one, are turning into makeshift homes. four people have been displaced. a large family live in one room, creating a divider to try to turn this into an apartment, so people have somewhere to sleep in here. it's not a permanent solution, and the room soon should be hosting classes for children.

>> around a quarter of a million children go to the same u.n. schools they are now lying in. the u.n. says 65,000 people had their homes destroyed. it says it's trying to find a solution to the crisis. >> we will not force displaced people to leave the school. we expect to have some thousands of families, okay, in our schools. we'll consolidate them. that may mean families will have to share the next splays, schools, in some classrooms. around half of gaza's children go to u.n. schools, the other half in government once. many are damaged from the fighting. some beyond repair. gaza faces an immediate dilemma. getting children back to school, or providing shelter for the families. al jazeera's demanding the

release of its three journalists who have been imprisoned in egypt for 332 days, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste from given seven year sentences. baher mohamed got an extra three, because he had a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest. >> there's more ahead here on al jazeera, including playing their part for peace. victims of columbia's war with f.a.r.c. rebels tell their story in talks with cuba. >> i'm in new york city, where south african's exkil - life ended in the 1960, is about to go back to his homeland. >> al jazeera america presents a breakthrough television event. >> borderland long held beliefs... >> im really pissed off

at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the

hello there. on top of the welcome back. these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u.s. says it carried out more air strikes against the islamic state. u.s. central command says it's been targetting fighters around erbil and iraq's largest damn

near mosul. fighters from the islamic state have approved of the killing for several hundred. the syrian observatory for human rites said they were from one mousse lum tribe. a curfew is under way in the town of missouri. people have been protesting against the police killing of an unarmed black teenager for the last week. the governor declared a state of emergency. a group of victims from columbia's 50 years conflict have been telling peace negotiators in cuba about their experiences. the evidence is part of talks between f.a.r.c. rebels. >> reporter: sat at the same table - victims from all sides in the five decade long conflict of columbia.

indigenous leader lost five members of her family in an attack with forces in 2004. >> translation: our pain, our feelings, our helps as victims are one. >> that boy and his mother and brothers were killed by f.a.r.c. rebels in 2000. >> we will do everything to honour those loved ones we have lost to rebuild piece and reconciliation in columbia. >> 12 people from all sides of the spectrum that lost loved ones into the forces, the f.a.r.c. rebels or paramilitary groups. they have given their test mys to 50 years of violence. that left 50,000 dead. hundreds of thousands displaced. all going towards peace. >> translation: the best tribute we can give to people is the end

to violence, and the cycle of violence does not recur. we are willing to reach agreement and compensation. we are willing to reach agreement to ensure no repeat of the violence, and of guaranteeing justice for the families. also victims. >> reporter: the newly elected president of columbia made the suppose talks the basis of his campaign. >> my campaign is where peace we do more. that's the way to build peace. not only by silencing the guns. >> reporter: two years of talk reached agreement on land reform, the fashion participation, and ending involvement in drug trafficking. like all the elements in these discussions, the issue of the victims was fraud with difficulties. while all sides were sat at the

table, there's hope here and in columbia of a negotiated settlement for this long-running and bitter dispute. the running meat of a presidential candidate who died in a plane crash will stand in his splays. da silver will stand. eduardo campos was killed when his plane crashed in a residential area. his body is being flown to his home city. there's more, and many have been waiting for komp's body to arrive. >> sombre scenes here in this scaet. people have gathered. they are holding up signs, newspapers, waiting for the next governor of the state, eduardo campos's body to arriving. he was a presidential candidate

popular. he was the governor and stepped down to run for president. when he did, his approval ratings were nearly 80 sprds -- 80% people have deep feeling to a popular man. >> translation: despite being political. he was a good man, a family man, a father. he was protecting the state. >> he did many things, i'm grateful for him, he reformed my school. >> officials are expecting 150,000 people to be here on sunday for the funeral of eduardo campos, including dilmar rousseff, the president. there are implications, it shakes up the entire campaign. here in his home state nobody is worried about that.

they are waiting for the funeral on sunday to pay final respects to this young and up and coming political leader that most here in brazil say lost his life too soon. >> the international red cross said it made progress in a deal to allow a russian convoy into ukraine. 280 trucks are on the russian side of the boredier. no weapons have been found. the red cross has taken over the mission and is waiting for security guarantees. >> italy's interior minister is calling on the european union to deal with the record number of migrants arriving on italy's shores. the country's effort to patrol the sea and rescue migrants can't go on. more than 100,000 tried to reach italy. moster fleeing the middle east and africa. police in the u.k. have discovered a dead body in a

container ship, along with 34 migrants. many are treated in hospital. as jonah hull reports. >> it was a grim scope that awaited work -- screen that awaited workers on tilbury docks on saturday as they unloaded cargo from a ferry. staff here at the court became aware of screaming and banging coming from a container from that particular ship, or that particular ferry. as a result of that noise, staff were alerted, and immediately breached the container to find 5 persons within that unit. >> the police do not know where the shipping container originated and would say only that they believed those inside came from the indian subcontinent. did they have any idea when they set off that this was how they would arrive in the u.k. 35

patients were found in the container when we arrived at after quarter to seven. one unfortunately was pronounced decease. >> reporter: the man that decide suffered a heart attack. this is a murder investigation in cooperation with european authorities and interpol. this is, from what we have seen, organised crime. you know, up don't end up with container. we need to investigate, and bring offenders to justice. members of the group, children among them were treated for hyperthermia. they were there for 12 hours, it's not known what means of transport, what conditions might have brought them to the belgium coast. >> this is one of the hospitals that a number of those people were brought to to recover. the police described it as a humanitarian situation.

it is a criminal one. and it's a reminder to the u.k. border authorities of the ever more devious, danger and lengths that a gang is prepared to go to to smuggle migrants into the country. 20 years after apartheid ended in south africa, the body of an exilist is heading home for reburial. the journalist died in 1965 in new york. we have this report. >> reporter: commemorating one of the apartheid's victims. this man's country shunned him, stripped him of citizenship. now it's bringing his body back to be buried in his home town near durban. >> do not bury me in egypt, but when i die, bury me with my people. >> reporter: a simple stone

marked matt's grave outside new york city for 49 years. crusading journalist, he defied the laws, restricting black south africans from mixing socially and professionally with whites. he was forced to leave in 1964. >> only then did he break all the boundaries and hardships, but he managed to be a journalist that was able to actually rite the atrocities that the apartheid government was doing. >> his only sibling, a sister, made the long journey to the grave, and will see them home. >> when one of the family dies you believe in laying him down. if you didn't bury your loved one, you had an open sore, not closed. >> reporter: a hero's welcome awaits as his homeland celebrates 20 years since the

first fully democratic election ended apartheid. >> we operate as a county, and the people at home are waiting for him to come back. they are waiting for a patriot, a fighter, someone who decided to take a stand against oppression. [ singing ] . >> reporter: it's a bittersweet mix of joy and sorio here as a journey that began for a south african exile is nearing its end. for our viewers in the u.s., that's it from us in doha. for everyone else, more news coming up, including - our muslim neighbours said you better run before they come and kill you. >> iraqi christians talk about the escape for islamic state fighters.

>> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live.

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