known. >> posing as a buyer... >> ...people ready then... >> mr. president >> who should answer for those people sophisticated, ideological and well-funded. u.s. officials warn the islamic state group is the biggest threat for years. ♪ ♪ hello, with the world news from al jazerra. also coming up on the program. israeli air strikes hit gaza again as european nations put forward a new u.n. initiative to try to end the conflict. another shooting near ferg own, missouri raises more questions over the rules of engagement for u.s. police.

and malaysia in mourning. as the bodies are brought home of 20 people killed when flight mh17 was shot down over ukraine. ♪ ♪ welcome to the program. the unites states says the islamic state group is unlike anything they have ever seen. barbaric, well funde funded fund strategically working. chuck hagel is warning that the group will be a very long fight against them. roslyn jordan reports from washington, d.c. >> reporter: after the murder of the u.s. journalist james foley. officials at the pent goal say foley's kill, he the is lame i can state group, now are a major security threat to the u.s. >> they marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess.

they are tremendously well funded. oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. so we must prepare for everything. the only way you do that is take a cold, steely hard look at it and get ready. the portrayal is much harsher than early in the year when president obama saidism s. is not as dangerous as al qaeda. but they will not say whether the u.s. is already at war with i.s. from outside it already looks like war. since august 8th the u.s. military has bombed vehicles, checkpoints, and convoys nearly 90 times, only two of them not killing the fight nurse their sights. the iraqi government asked washington to intervene because its troops couldn't presents i.s. from taking over parts of west it were and northern iraq. jeanmar tin democracy told reporters the question of war is one for president obama. not the military, which takes

its orders from him but he added this. the battle to stopism s. will not go soon and will go i don't understand iraq. >> to your question can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in syria, the answer is no. that will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border. it requires a variety of instruments, only one small part of which are air strikes, i am not predicting that those will occur in syria, a the least not by the u.s. the america. it requires all the tools of the national government. >> reporter: he repeated what has been said about the aircraft strikes, they are edge being used for huma humanitarian reas. they have to prove that never not engaging in mission creep. using the air strikes as a pretext for an all-out war against the islamic state group. roslyn jordan, al jazerra, the

state department. jane, with the retaking of mosul damn in the past week and the continued u.s. air strikes that we have just heard about. how much has theism s. really or actually been weakened if at all? >> reporter: i think the key word here is that they are being contained in some areas. and now as the u.s. officials points out and kurdish and iraqi officials acknowledge as well, this is going to be a very long fight. part of the problem is this is a country where al qaeda arc the predecessor t to the it's laz ie group took roots, they now have about a third of the country and it's quite slow going he should the u.s. air strikes have helped a lot, but as peshmerga, the kurdish forces advance and iraqi forces try to tack until in other areas of the country, they are finding that really they have to take this kilometer by

kilometer, town by town. and it's not just a military fight. there is a whole lot else going on behind the scenes here as well. politically, diplomatically, economically, but most of all, they have to figure out a way to prevent the islamic state fighters from thriving in these communities the way they have been. >> of course the security situation, then, in that part of northern iraq, certainly would make and continues to make the kurds i am sure quite nervous. >> it absolutely does. they have always been wary of having an unstable, insecure iraq, essentially on their doorstep. and that was before this whole country was turns upside down just a few weeks ago with the take over the mosul, the second biggest city. and the seizure of more territories here. so they are trying very, very hard to hold onto the games that -- gains that they have made over the past decade. this has been the most stable, the most prosperous region of iraq, but now it's find that go

it's certainly not immune to the violence, to the instability, to all of the pressures that have plagued the rest of the country that we have seep erupt so dramatically in the past few weeks. >> we know that you'll be monitoring events for us throughout the day and we'll come back. thank you jane for joining us from erbil. two palestinians coiled an israeli air strike in central gaza on a farm. the friday attack comes as a european initiative comes to end the conflict in gaza was put forward at the u.n., britain, france, and germany have offered key points of a new u.n. security council resolution, calling foo an immediate and sustainable ceasefire, and the lifting of the israeli blockade. let's join jane ferguson who is our correspondent for us in gaza. just to bring us up-to-date with what happened overnight and in to friday, certainly after the deaths of those three hamas military personnel. certainly it's very tense there.

>> reporter: it was tense, of course, throughout thursday during the funerals of those three commanders. over the night, however, we have seen four palestinians killed in air strikes. so air strikes are continuing. but they are not at the same intensity that they have been before. what we are hearing is that a lot of these air strikes are hitting open land. agricultural land. you mentioned yourself some people had been killed on a farm there. we believe that they are striking the agricultural land most likely because they believe there could be tunnels there, the tunnels have been the biggest issue for the israelis in this war in terms of how taken by surprise they were by the intricate complex network of tunnels there were there. that's what they were focusing on overnight up until now with those air strikes. >> of course, jane, people in gaza looking towards their own political leaders for a way forward. there is a real at thi diplomath in the u.n. and regional capitals in the middle east to try to find way to continue

another ceasefire and ongoing negotiations if they can happen. what is being said there about what is going on. >> reporter: well, people are watching to see whether or not this can really be pulled back in to those i want direct discussions. although rocket fire has eased from here, and the air strikes have eased it doesn't cement as though that is going to end any time soon. until people get any really concrete news out of coul cairo, we have heard about this potential draft u.n. resolution from britain, germany, france, and new york. however that would have to go to the security council for approval. at the moment people are still looking towards cairo. the political leader of hamas in doha is living in qatar in exile, was visited by mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president and the head of the palestinian authority on thursday. now, abbas will now travel to cairo today. so people are very much so aware that although things have basically fallen apart in cairo

a few days ago, that doesn't mean that they are officially over. and there is still hope that both sides could come to some sort of agreement or at least another ceasefire to discuss more peace negotiations. >> indeed, friday is supposed to be a day of rest across the muslim world, we'll see what happens certainly in gaza and with you throughout the day. thanks, jane. now the bodies of 20 malaysians killed when 9mh17 were shot down in ukraine have been handed over to their families for barrier. they a live arrived. and fry has been declared a national day of mourning. rob mcbride has more from the capital. >> reporter: the main mosque is one of the locations which has today received victims of mh17. the caskets retaining the remains of the first officer and one of the cabin crew were brought here for prayers which were attended by many of their colleagues, cabin crew and also cab tapcaptains and first officr

what was a very public ceremony. that was the choice of the families involved. other families have choose more private ceremonies it's up to their individual wishes. the cargo aircraft with the caskets on board was a very public ceremony held with full military honors, there was a one-minute silence during which malaysians were asked to stop whatever they were doing to remember the victims of flight mh17. more victim on his that aircraft have been identified as being malaysian and will be returned were the first coming on sunday. and when we can expect to see in the coming days and weeks more sad homecomings such as this one. the search and rescue after a catastrophic landslide in western japan was called off friday because of safety fears 30 name people confirmed dead, 52 more still missing. dozens of homes were did he desteroid when mountain sides

collapsed on the outskirts of hiroshima on wednesday. thousands of people have been order today evacuate their homes as forecasters worn more rain is on the way. to africa now, where ebola continues to spread to parts of the west of the continent and so does fear of the disease. hundreds of people in liberia's capitol monrovia remain quarantined behind barricades. after fighting a thursday a tense calm is holding in the neighborhood of west point. now, he visual have his started getting food and water to 10s of thousands of people confined there. but there are questions about how long the provisions will last. and two american aid workers affected with the ebola eye virus have been discharged from a hospital in the united states. they were treated with the experimental drum zmap. >> above all i ever forever thank to feel god for sparing my life and glad for any attention that my sickness has attract today the plight of west africa

in the midst of this epidemic. please continue to pray for liberia, and the people of west africa. and encourage those in positions of leadership and influence to do everything possible to bring this ebola out break to an end. the bank of america has agreed to pay nearly $17 billion for selling shoddy loans before the 2008 financial crisis. the u.s. justice department has promised some relief to those who sold the bad mortgages, but many struggling homeowners have little faith that that help is on the way. andy gallagher reports now from new york. >> what are we going do if we lose our home? >> reporter: the davis family are the face of a financial crisis most want to put behind them. like many they were sold a so-called junk mortgage that may leave them homeless. she hasn't been able to pay off her bank of america loan since 2009. and this family faces the very real threat of losing

everything. like countless others, she feels cheated and betrayed. >> can they please give me some of that money back so that i can move forward with my life. please, can you help me. i am not asking to live for free, all i am doing is ask you you can you just lower the interest rate, just chop it down a little bit. that's not a lot to ask. >> reporter: at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, foreclosure rates across the u.s. were rampant. banks and financial institutions were widely blamed for causing the meltdown by selling bad mortgages backed by risky loans. but the justice department say this latest fine offersers homeowners hope. >> this is one of the largest consumer relief packages that we have ever assembleed with a single financial institution. and its impact, its impact could benefit hundreds of thousands of americans who are still struggling to pull themselves out from under the weight of the

financial crisis. >> reporter: but housing advocates like josh say that without criminal charges, the fines, which he says are just a slap on the wrist, mean little. >> the fact that none of these prosecutions, civil practices cushions or especially criminal prosecutions are going through means that the real story of these banks' activities these fraudulent activity that his led to the crash of our economy are not coming out they are being buried. >> reporter: following this announcement the shares of bank of america went up and it's a dark era that they can put behind them. it's cold comfort for neighborhoods like this one, many of these homes have already been foreclosed on. for the people that remain, few believe they will now get any financial aid. for others it's simply too late. in july bank of america made movers to auction off her house,

she's nowed made a chang. but for this mother of six, the promise of help is illusive. turkish president has nominated foreign minister as presume minister. edjuan will takeoffs next week and has i had indicated that he will maintain tight control of the government, bernard smith has more from istanbul. >> reporter: from academic to adviser to foreign minister, he owes his political career to current president elect edjuan. now erred juan has championed him as the next prime minister. >> mr. president aim nominated to be nominated for this role under your leadership. and following consultations of all level of the party. >> reporter: he will likely lead the party in to elections next year. a strong showing will help give erred juan the mandate he needs to change the constitution and create be al jazerra be

executive presidency. >> translator: there are few leaders like him a around the world. it won't be possible to find somebody identical to him. the new leader will become compared to him. >> reporter: and perhaps one of his first jobs will be to fill the shoes. zero problems with the neighbors, but it didn't really work. relations with israel and egypt are particularly bad iraq and syria add to the foreign policy challenges that he faces, but domestically he inherits a strong economy and a a strong peace process with the kurds. bernard smith, al jazerra, istanbul this still to come on the program. british family struggling to understand why three sons left

home to fight for rebels in syria and iraq. and we meet children in nicaragua keeping an old tradition alive. please stay with us. people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america

♪ ♪ welcome bam. this is al jazerra. and these are our top stories. the united states is warning the fight against the islamic state group will be a very long within. the group has already taken parts of syria and iraq. the u.s. is providing air support to iraqi kurdish

fighters trying to beat them back. two palestinians have been killed on israeli air strikes on a farm. a u.n. initiative has been put forward to end the fighting. the 2 20 body bodies from te flight mh17 crash has been flown home to malaysia as the country marks a national day of mourning. people have marks the day with a minute of silence. now back to our store out islamic state group. a video which surfaced on tuesday shows one of their fighters beheading u.s. journalist james foley. the killer speaks with an english accents and britain estimates around 500 of its citizens are fighting in syria and iraq. phil met some of their families. >> reporter: the english seaside town of brigh brighton is a fary

from eye rash. >> this is abdullah who was killed in syria. >> reporter: three young men went to fight in the renal and unleft home without telling anyone who join a rebel grew that is a rival of the now notorious islamic state. one son will not be coming back. >> this is very painful and very difficult. he was very young. he just became 18, you know, two days before he was killed. it was his birthday. and he had a whole life in front of him. >> reporter: for more than three years now, the world has watched the conflict in syria with no clear idea how to stop the killings. it shocked and angered many particularly in muslim communities. but equally shocking, the brutal tactics of some rebel groups like the islamic state. that's why many europeans were stunned to see a recruitment drive on social media by the islamic state group. aimed atlas limb me at muslim m.

>> oh, my goodness, living in the west, i know if you are depressed, the cure for the depression is disobedience -- >> reporter: for those monitoring this, there is a real concern that fighters of the us lat i can state group which is also known as isis, could come back battle hardened with new skills and a b grudge. >> if isis is defeated they will be forced to return to europe or the u.k. it's con seepable if britain and america play a role in defeating them that they will come back to attack the home countries if you like. >> reporter: already one western attack has been contributed to the islamic state group a former fighter opened fire in a jewish museum in belgium. this has the father concerned for his children their safety and humanity. >> the ideology they might pick up there.

which has no connection to islam nor humanity. the bigger worry is that they might get killed there. >> reporter: authorities here at britain's intelligence service mi6 say finding those fighter returning from syria and iraq is one of their main priorities with passport holders having visa free access to the united states, for homelands security fighting those fight percent said of their list. phil ittner, al jazerra, london. now lawyers for three al jazerra journalists jailed in egypt have filed appeals against their convictions. the case will now be heard by a court examining the ground for a full hearing for which a date has not been set. they have been in prison for 237 days, they were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood n june 2 were given seven-year sentences, one an

extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession one which he picked up as a protest. -- at a protest. now, the u.s. national guard is pulling out of ferguson for two nigh nites now there has been relative calm, but protesters want the police officer who shot 18-year-old michael brown to be arrested and charged. now another police shooting in nearby st. louis is casing more questions about how police use deadly force, john hendry reports. >> reporter: the ably charged shooting here might have happened in many segregated american towns and a few days later one did. not far away in st. louis. on tuesday a store owner accused a man of shoplifting this mobile phone video shows what happened next. [ gunshots ] >> oh, my god. >> reporter: watching that video, it's hard to understand why he was taunting police. the people in the neighborhood say they understand.

they say young black men feel disrespected by authorities. but when he shouted shoot me, no one expected the officers to pull the trigger. >> i think that they could have used a taser, or they could have used mace. >> we are human beings, man. like i feel like nobody, like god says, like geez you go says, nobody should just kill somebody. you can't be able to kill somebody. if that's the case, hey, -- let's go, let everybody go. >> reporter: but some police training experts say a threatened officer has little choice. >> why don't officer shoot for limbs, why don't they shoot the arm, the leg, real simple, if i aim center mass and i miss by four-inches, i still am going to get a hit and potentially stop the threat. i am for an army and miss for four-inches i don't hit anything. >> reporter: the attorney for michael brown the unarmed 18-year-old whose killing set off the protests in ferguson, missouri says both incidents illustrate a pattern of excessive force. >> we think clearly when michael

brown put his hands up in the universal sign of vendor, that you don't continue to shoot. and that's why so many people are so passionate in protests because they saw this with their own eyes and this isn't the first time this has been done, it happened before. right after this you have the matter where mr. powell, who they executed him in broad daylight. >> reporter: for now, the guns are holstered as law officer try to rebuild relations and restore calm, but the tensions remain, john hendry, al jazerra, st. louis. venezuela has announced a fingerprinting system at supermarkets to tackle its food shortages. the mandatory system will be rolled out at government-run grocery stores by the i want of the year. it's a bid to insure people don't by more than what the government says is their fair share of imported products. nicaragua is known for its spanish architecture and its public murals of telling people

escaping colonial oppression, these days a few artist undertake such grand schemes but children in the city of lyon are being taught to keep the mural tradition alive. davis has the story. they tell stories of war, rebellion, struggle and hopeful a kind of public blackboard where art and politics converge. muralmurals were a response to 0 years of colonialism and a way for anything rack juans to reclaim their heritage, but three and a half decades after the revolution that gave birth to the movement. mural painting is fading away. >> translator: artistically and murrays identically speaking i am alone. i haven't found any movement here in the city of lyon that is trying to make a meaningful project about the current situation, i haven't found anyone i am loan.

>> reporter: modernization has brought its own form of damage and neglect. but on the other side of the city a group of volunteers is working to rescue this artistic tradition, every saturday more than 100 children practice their painting and drawing inside this small house. for the volunteers who run this art school cultural revival comes one child at a time. >> translator: i am learning how to paint and dons. i love coming here because it's fun, i would like to be a teacher here when i am older. >> reporter: like most of the volunteer teachers, alan was once a student here, now he's the school's director. >> translator: many of our students still haven't discovered the artistic 10 shall that's inside them. our work is to help them find the skill. we like to awaken the talent

that's inside people. >> reporter: this group of older students are retouching a 50-meter long mural they created a few years ago, like the revolutionary paintings of years past it's a way to reclaim their heritage this mural is an a at this time to illustrate their history and values on one single wall from the arrival of the indigenous to the spanish to protecting the environment has become a source of pride for the entire community. a national form of social and political expression born from revolution, now reaching new life thanks for a group of young people who refuse to forget the past. david mercer, al jazerra. leon. nicaragua. a pair of driver divers mada lucky escape during a testing session. the two arrived -- survived the violent crash after testing the car. it slid off the road as you

think see and rolled through rows of grapevines before stopping. they weren't hurt thanks to safety features like roll bars which stop the roof from collapsing. good to see them well, of course you can follow that store on our website at a aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. you hear it whenever a political figure is charged with crime. as the governor of one of the largest states and national figure is arraigned, we take a look at what sometimes called the criminalization of politics. it's the inside story.