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famine. >> we have more on premier league games coming up. >> hundreds of iranian soldiers have taken part in a joint operation inside iraq with kurdish forces. that's according to forces on the front line. it is believed to be the first time that iranian troops have been involved with fighting thon scale. they have the peshmerga taking the town from islamic state, what more can you tell us about the iranian fighters who are there? >> reporter: well, it was an operation aimed by iranians protecting their own border.

the place they're fighting is to kilometers from that frontier. there has been iranian involvement in this fight in the sense of advisers, iranian backed militias and security officials that come and go between the two countries. they say they were engaged in the fighting and retreated very early this morning back across the border. the peshmerga said they were going to continue their effort to retake the town of diyala. the iraqi government is participating with helicopter strikes and signifying the seriousness of the situation. >> we're also hearing there have been attacks across the country. particularly towards baghdad. what can you tell us about the violence there?

>> well, latest attacks have occurred just a short time ago in kirkuk. it is to the north. and the peshmerga kurdish forces moved in to the parts they already didn't have after iraqi forces moved. now we're told that the car bombs, possibly truck bombs were targeting the residentia residential area of kirkuk. >> thank you for your overview of what's going on in iraq. thank you so much. well, the spoker of iraq's parliament has called for a new government to be formed immediately. dozens of sunni ms. lemes were

killed. we have this report from kirkuk. >> reporter: this family has been living in this room for three months now. they moved to kirkuk when their hometown turned into a battleground. iraqi plains have been bombarding the district. they no longer feel that it is safe. >> they're creating all sunni areas. it is not acceptable that the sunni areas are the only ones targeted 1234 sectarian tensions are not new. they targeted worshipers in a mosque, and could not have come at a worst time for a country dealing with serious divisions. sunni lawmakers initially threaten it had pull out of talks to form a new cabinet, but

the leader of parliament, who is a sunni, was more conciliatory. >> they're targeting iraqi society and it's social structures. some have been responsive, and we thanks them for that. >> reporter: many iraqis are optimistic. it is not just about changing the leadership faces. >> we hope that all iraqis will be treated equally and the army will serve everyone. >> reporter: there is a power struggle in iraq and the conflict has created a dangerous sectarian divide one that has allowed the islamic state group to create their own state within the country. >> they say they're caught in the middle of the country. many of them say that the islamic state group does not

represent them. >> reporter: it is one of many sunni groups fighting the government and tribal elders say as long as iraq sunnies don't have power the islamic state group will remain powerful. >> arab sunnies sympathize with the islamic state group because of the way they dealt with us in 2003. we used to positions in government, the army. now we're in prison. >> meteorologist: never before has there been such an urgency. the divisions are growing. the state is weak, and right the they seem to be the authorities on the ground. al jazeera, kirkuk. >> egypt is urging israel and the palestinians to accept an indefinite truce and start talking. cairo has been hosting direct negotiations between the two sides. >> what concerns us more at the moment is to put an end to the

bloodshed. put an end to any act that cause sacrifices. the same di the cease-fire comes in, relief aid for the medical supplies should come into gaza. >> in a moment we'll hear from jackie roland who is in jerusalem. but first we're live from gaza. if i can get you to give us a picture of what's been happening there today, and what the reaction is to renewed calls for the parties to get back to the negotiating table. >> reporter: well, the violence continues throughout the day. we've heard the thud of airstrikes in the distance and artillery shelling. as news continues through the streets as people start hearing the news that the egyptian president has been calling both sides to come back to cairo to

restart those talks indirectly, i might add, some people are hoping that they do just that, and that the fighting does stop. we have of course reached out to our sources in hamas trying to get the idea that they're willing to go back to cr cairo. saying that any talks will have to enter with the conditions that the blockade will eventually be lifted. but really what we're hear something that what we're hearing indeed from our sources in hamas is that they want to go to cairo. have those indirect talks with the israelis, and try to see some sort of movement. we only have to look back at the last round of talks. those talks which fell apart earlier this week, and it was very clear early on that it wasn't bearing any fruit. so hamas saying if they do go back to cairo they want to see some sort of shift in israel's position. >> thank you. let's go to jackie roland, she

is in west jerusalem. jackie, similar questions to you. what is israel saying about their actions in gaza and whether they're willing to get back to the negotiating table? >> well, israel is under a lot of pressure of public opinion, particularly people living in the south of israel. people within close proximity of the gaza strip. these communities that have really born the brunt of the rocket fire. they want peace and quite. there is a pressure of time now. in a week or so the new school year will begin. in a month, the high holidays. the most important holidays on the jewish calendar. at the same time the government is under pressure for the extreme right members of the cab inspect who seem to believe the only solution is a military one.

it's reasonable to argue that if after more than 45 days of fighting hamas is still able to file various rockets and mortars into israel and clearly the military option is having only limited results. so it's possible that the israelis will agree to engage once again in indirect talks in cairo. however it's likely that they will probably want to make the maximum opportunity of the days or hours before such talks might begin in order to try to inflict as much damage on the hamas military infrastructure in the meantime. >> thanks for that, jackie. jackie roland is in west jerusalem for us. right, let's now go to--i would like to bring you breaking news from iceland. we're hearing that air traffic has been banned over an iceland volcano. iceland has raised it's alert and indicates that the volcano could soon erupt.

earlier this week authorities have evacuated that region as a precaution. we'll be getting more details as they come in. to libya now where media are reporting an unidentified jet in tripoli ar. libyan coast guard have rescued 16 migrants off the coast of tripoli. 16 bodies have been recovered. boats are believed to be carrying up to 200 people. >> we found 16 individuals alive. the rest are lost. we're investigating the others. there were 20 bodies found dead in the water.

>> german chancellor angela merkel said finding a solution to the crisis in ukraine is a priority. she met with you ukrainian president poroshenko and said she could not rule out new sanctions against russia if that situation gets worse. let's go live to the city of crimea. tell us what she has been saying. >> as well as the possibility of new sanctions against moscow. angela merkel talks about the need of effective border controls and effective cease-fire. the border controls after 100 russian trucks entered the ukrainian territory on friday. something that kiev describes as an invasion of its sovereign territory. the same time no going back to those sanctions. we have to bear in mind that the

european union has already introduced a whole wrath of sanctions targeting various different russian industrial and economickin economic agriculture sectors. travel bans have been put on place when it comes to key diplomats or leading officials, for instance, the intelligence officials. and the european union introduced it's broadest, wide-ranging list of sanctions yet deliberately targeting the banking sector. considering that german is russia's largest trading partner within the european union the aim is really to accepted the clearest signal yet of europe's dissatisfaction. with russia's handling of this ongoing conflict. as for petro poroshenko, having angela merkel, the day before indian independence day will be

seen as a political coup as they are still trying to consolidate power at home and abroad. >> meanwhile, ukraine is set to receive 500 million euro loan to help with the rebuilding, but what is the state of fighting there? are they ready to start rebuilding? >> that's a long-term plan. rebuilding is still a way off. there are still pockets of resistence across both the luhansk region where we spent most of the day and the donetsk region. ukrainian forces are really trying to tighten the noose on these pockets of resistence. now to other towns that are free on reseparatists. the rebuilding process has begun but it's a very long road ahead. i think the financial package that is being offered by german will go a very long way. but still much is to be done

when it comes to regaining the trust of people here in eastern ukraine which is still a very long way what is going on politically in kiev. >> in eastern ukraine for us with the latest. thank you. >> there is plenty more still to come this news hour including reporting from southern somalia where conflict and droughts have pushed hundreds of thousands of theme to the brink of starvation, and why these wild horses could be dragged away. we'll have the latest on a bi bitter battle that is brewing in wyoming. and in sports we'll tell how qualifies first to belgium's grand prix. those stories coming up later in this program. >> ivory coast has closed borders with guinea and liberia

in efforts to the spread of ebola. the disease has killed more than 1400 people since the outbreak was first identified in guinea in march. there have been no reported cases in ivory coast. the united nations said the world must act now to prevent a famine in somalia. conflict is leaving thousands without food. >> reporter: in drought-stricken southern somalia, a familiar feeling sets in. the livestock have already started indicting and sources of water dry up, and they're fearing for their lives. >> i doubt if we can go on living like this for even a few more days. we could have escaped but we don't know where to go.

the drought is everywhere. >> it's a condition that worsens by the day. across this region thousands move. they're joining camps for displaced people like this in town just 40 kilometers from the kenyan border just one of the few places where aid can reach with ease. one of the new arrivals. >> i fled conflict and hunger. people were being killed for no reason. we were left to our own means and we were getting no help from outside. >> nowhere has this conflict affected more than this town. for years it was controlled bial shah bob figh al-shabaab fight percent. al-shabaab fighters didn't go far. now people are suffering imposed by the armed group. a combination of drought, conflict and high food prices

caused by the al-shabaab blockage is pushing this town to its brink. there is a shortage of everything here. at the main market most of the stores remain close. few sa stay in business. somali's agriculture minister drought committee has been visiting the drought-hit areas. >> if we don't act southwestly now things will deteriorate the situation where people will be dying as well. that's what we want to avoid. >> all the action by the humanitarian community removing the blockage and many towns is what most somalis are hoping for. responding only when a famine

has creat proven costly in the past. al jazeera, somali. >> people have been killed in fighting between rebels and peace keepers in the central africa republic. it started on tuesday. it happened in the last remaining muslim district in the capitol of bangui. the u.s. national guard is pulling out of the town of ferguson after two weeks of protest over the state of police shooting. now the unrest has delayed school for 15,000 students. so a group of volunteers are coming together to insure that the students keep learning. now we have this story. >> reporter: eight-year-old jabril still has not had the chance to wear the outfit he

picked out for the first day of the new school year. he still has had a chance to learn more about animals and make new friends at the pop-up school at the ferguson library. it has been dubbed the school of peace due to the turmoil in ferguson school was postponed for more than a week for the district's 15,000 students. that left families scrambling for daycare arrangements. they had to take days off from work. they were relieved to send him back to class even if it's non-traditional. >> regardless of what's going on right now you still have to teach your children. >> here volunteers say they tried to create a sanctuary torturing's kids in a time of crisis. a counselor devoted hours to talk to those who appeared to be struggling. on monday a dozen kids lined up to go to school. on friday as word spread there were more than 200.

>> i will tell you something wonderful and magical that we had to turn a child away. because of this child school was in session. they tried to skip their school to come here to go to school. >> earlier this week jabril joined his parents to protest. when he saw the police walk by he was initially nervous. he said to me, i wanted to be a policeman. but now i don't know. are they scary? we had him take a picture with policemen, get a feel that they're okay. he was walking past and really scared. you don't have to be scary to up hold the law. >> why would you want to be one? >> because you help people. >> jabril will be be able to finally wear that new back to school outfit on monday. his parents tried to use the

event on the street as a history and social lesson. >> nothing it given to you. you have to go after the things you want in life. so he has learned a great deal. >> al jazeera, ferguson, missouri. >> the man who murdered john lennon has been denied parole for an eighth time. mark david chapman would likely break the law again if released. he shot lennon five times as he walked to his manhattan apartment building with his wife yes or n yoko ono. >> the united states may think of itself as cowboys and horse lovers. the agency to protect wild horses has been accused of

selling hundreds of them. >> there is fog up here any more exciting hardly than seeing a band of wild horses. >> for 21 years ginger katherines, a documentary film maker, has focused her lens on wild ors. and now katherines has joined a bitter battle to keep them wild. fighting plans by the bureau of land management, the blm to, round up these horses and remove them from this part of wyoming forever. the cattle ranchers here argue that the wild horses overrun these grazing areas on private land. none of the ranchers would speak us to on camera but the organization that represents them has won the lawsuit against the bureau of land management forcing it to remove hundreds wild horses from private and public land. in recent year the blm has round

up wild horses to control their population. the horses go to holding pens and pasture but now a federal investigation is underway of hundreds being sold for their meat. >> one man advocates that the horses should be sold for slaughter. >> he has bought 1700 wild horses. in his applications uncovered by the non-profit investigative group pro publica, davis promised that the horses would be used for movies, turned out to pasture and put on oil fields but his inspection records from colorado showed that davis sent hundreds of horses to texas and other towns mere an border crossing for animals on their way to slaughterhouses in

mexico. the blm refused to comment on his case and they would only say that the investigation is ongoing. ginger katherines is convinced that blm officials look the other way to get rid of animals they no longer want. >> do you hold them culpable? >> i certainly do. they are culpable. this should never have happened. never. it's the only wildlife species they're supposed to be managing, and they've made a horrible, horrible mess out of it. >> that's plenty more still to come on al jazeera. we'll be meeting the street vendors in nepal who are breaking the law to set up shop. and sea life is thriving beneath one of mexico's wealthiest neighborhoods. we'll tell you why big business is underpinning these tanks. >> and making big waves in

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