>> binyamin netanyahu warns gazans to leave sites where fighters are operating as more strikes hit the strip. you're watching al jazeera, live from our headquarters here in doha. coming up in the next 30 minutes. iran's foreign minister arrives in baghdad for talks following more violence across iraq. after days of gun battles, libyan fighters say they have taken control of the international airport in tripoli. and somalia launches a campaign

to stop a fateful trade in weapons. welcome to the programme. israel's prime minister warned gaza residents to leave a site where hamas members may be operating. binyamin netanyahu has said his army will attack locations they believe hamas is using. his comments come after an israeli strike destroyed a multi-storey building in gaza. jane ferguson has more from gaza. >> israeli air strikes continued throughout saturday night into sunday, across the gaza strip. several multistory buildings were collapsed entirely - one in rafah city and one in gaza city. people were given notice to get out of the buildings. most did. however, that means that now there's a lot of families who are homeless this morning and gaza. they join up to 300,000 people

who are sheltering in u.n. schools here. unschools have been designated to be an area safe for people to shelter in. however, today was meant to be the first day of school for 500,000 palestinian children across the gaza strip. as far as the palestinian authorities are concerned, they will not be able to return to school until two weeks after a peace deal has been signed, and that peace deal doesn't look to be anywhere close just yet. >> jackie rolands has been monitoring event out of tel aviv. the israeli prime minister has been chairing a cabinet meeting. what seems to be coming out of the meeting, considering the comment we have already heard? >> well, the pressure that the government is under now is to try to convince israeli public opinion that they know what they are doing, that they do have a

strategy, they have a clear objective and an idea of how to achieve the objective. ordinary people are asking themselves whether the government has a strategy here. binyamin netanyahu, the prime minister, warning the residents of gaza to vacate buildings where rockets have been launched from, or where weapons are stored. that is a warning that's been repeated in text messages and leaflets dropped over the gaza strip over the last 24 hours or so. also addressing the concerns of people that live in small communities and villages. he said that there would be a special relief package for them, without going into details of what that package would contain. people have had to leave their homes, live with relatives or friends in other parts of the country, it's these people, and the sympathy of others for them, which is putting pressure, to

come up with a more convincing strategy, a combination of political, diplomat - in order to bring quiet to the villages and towns in the area. >> while there's pressure as to what the government is doing, how do you view the ooping scenario in terms of the palestinians suggesting they'll sign up to an i.c.c. agreement, and look at criminal warrants against those that may have perpetrated human rights violations, and a request by egypt to come back to the negotiating table. well, these are various initiatives, various proposals that have been knocking around for 24 hours or more. we haven't really had any specific official israeli reaction to those.

certainly on the palestinian territories joining the i.c.c., israel rubbished thatted in. only a few weeks ago it invited a delegation of u.s. congressman basically to get more support for the resistance to such an idea. we know the israelis do not consider international bodies. to be fair, there's a bias to israel. as to a return to peace talks, it's an idea that has been knocking around for a while. the israeli government has to find a way to bring long-term quiet to the people of israel. a lot of people are skeptical about whether it's possible to achieve that militarily. people have not held out a lot of hope for indirect negotiations in cairo, which yielded little. one of the main challenges facing the israeli army and the government now is the question of mortar fire from gaza. we know about the iron dome

missile defense shield which shoots down rockets, but the problem is that that's no help with mortars, and it's the mortifier that effects the communities close to the gaza strip. and it was mortar fire that killed an israeli child on friday. that is one of the strategic objectives of the israelis, which is why we have been hearing some quarters suggesting the need for troops to go in on the ground to address the question of mortars. >> we'll come back to you as the situation develops and we get more from the meeting. now, since the conflict began in july, 68 israelis have been killed, including three civilians. a thai national was killed. 2,106 palestinians have been killed, including 567 children. more than 10.5 thousand have been injured.

iran's foreign minister has arrived in baghdad for talks with iraqi leaders. he's scheduled to meet prime minister designate haider al-abadi, according to the iranian state news. the political development follows 24 hours of violence. three car bombs exploded in kirkuk. there has been coming in erbil, the capital of the semiautonomous region. the army and peshmerga are trying to fight off the islamic state, which controls parts of northern iraq and syria. jane arraf has more from erbil. >> security forces in the kurdish capital of erbil are on high alert following a rare explosion. a sticky bomb attached to the undercarriage of a car detonated on a main road in the city. this is the peshmerga fight, trying to retake territory from the islamic state group.

one of the fronts is the town of jaluala, 20km from the iranian border in the province of diyala. iranian forces are said to have backed the kurdish fighters. the foreign minister arrived in baghdad for talks with his counterpart and congraduate the new prime minister-delegate. haider al-abadi is trying to contain the fall out of what is determined a massacre at a sunni mosque. that blamed on shia militia members. it's not clear who is responsible, but the government vowed to bring whoever is to justice. all of that is jeopardizing efforts to form a government within the deadline that they need to form a new iraqi government, that includes sunnis, kurds and all the other factions to tackle the security issues. >> there has been fighting near the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and

opposition fighters. these images show rebels showing areas held by the syrian soldiers. one of the targets was a prison, which can't be independently verified. among them a weapon called a hell canon at government-held positions. yemen's government offered to resign and review a proposal to drop fuel subsidies. tens of thousands protested calling on the government to resign. a short time looking i spoke about developments. >> the hutus want three demands - they watt the government to go and reverse the decision to increase fuel prices, and third, a genuine power-sharing system established. the delegation set up by the

president to lead the negotiations is on its way back to sannar for talks with the president. they have not hit an impasse yet. but there are loots of things at stake. it's going be a very painful, political process. it will take some time before they reach on agreement. yemen reached a point where now the there are only two possible scenarios. a deal, or failure that would lead to more instability and violence. >> hash am, the hutus have been in the capital protesting on the streets for the past few days. you have been spoking to them. what sense do you get from them. is there a sense of compromise? >> they say they will make concessions but they have to be taken seriously by the mainstream political establishment. we are talking about a group that emerged from nowhere. now they are the most powerful

political faction in yemen. they control huge swathes of land, that stretch from sadder to the north to the capital. they are definitely going to be a significant power broker in yemen in the future. this is the problem. they were, in a way, upsetting the political establishment in yemen. they are very nervous about it. >> there's an estimated 500,000 guns in somalia, which have been largely lawless for the last 24 years. much of the military grade weaponry is in the hands of teenagers. from mogadishu, we have this report. >> reporter: after years of struggling out of control, the somali government seems to realise the need to scoop up illegal weapons. here african union peacekeepers and government troops raid the houses of people called warlords and suspected militia leaders.

officials called this operation a success, saying they'll continue until we bring back a measure of stability to the country. >> we will not stop until we reach a point, where they'll need a warrant of arrest, and not guns to arrest criminals. the chaos cannot continue forever. >> not every militia leader has been disarmed. this man is one of those keen on keeping the private ampies. the use -- armies. the former warlord says his men fight for the government and it earned him enemies >> translation: the government should provide security for people targeted, or let them keep their weapons. i believe people like me will not be disarmed. we are weighing to see the government's response. >> somalia has known little peace for the last 24 years. clan warlords, profit ears and others battle for control. a massive free for all trade in

arms has been fuelling the conflict between them. just a few days ago, this is one of the biggest markets. and the second, the massive trade-in guns here under ground. >> in one of the cities suburbs, we met this young man trying to sell an ak-47 rifle. with the market closely watched by the government, they are now officially part of mogadishu's illegal trade in arms. we will continue to sell arms to anyone that needs them, until the government provides us with alternative employment. this is our job. the only one we know, and all that we care about. >> disarming the whole of somalia will be no easy task, and many believe it can't be done just by force, but months, and years of negotiating with militia men and clan elders. the government will have to

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welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. these are our top stories. israel's prime minister has ruled gaza residents to leave

any sight where hamas members may be operating. binyamin netanyahu has said his army will attack locations they believe hamas is using. iran's foreign minister is in baghdad for talks. 24 hours of violence left dozens in iraq dead, with security near part of the border with iran worsening. >> fighters in libya say they have captured tripoli's main airport after days of fighting with nationalists militia. rival brigades have been battling for control amid increasing violence. [ gunfire ] libyan fighters storm the capital's airpompt after days of gun battles, the dawn brigade announces control. libyan forces have gained

control. there is clashes inside and around tripoli international airport. the airport has been closed since july 13th because of the violent. thousands leave the area. most of the airport has been destroyed, and it's the militia that has been defending it. the group took over the airport last month. it's the main fighting force in tripoli. in 2011. on saturday, a war plane launched strikes on the positions of the dawn brigade killing more than a dozen. it's not known who ordered the attacks. rebels blame external forces. >> based on the intelligence we have, the egyptians and the u.a.e. governments are involved in the attack. we stress we have good

relations. the rebels want to make it clear, that we defend the sovereignty against this aggression. >> zinc tan - the renegade general. based on eastern cities of benghazi, this is a campaign to crush rebel groups. on friday, there were massive protests. thousands of people rally across six cities. this is a story of libya since the revolution. the militias turned their guns. libya has been described as a failed state. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of three journalists gaoled in egypt. >> peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been imprisoned for 239 days.

they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were given 7 years. bard are mohammed has another three because he had a spent bullet in his possession. lawyers have filed appeals. a young tunizian street vendor helped to ignite the arab spring. with almost a quarter of the population, illegal street stalls have become a life lining for families. in the second of our serious we report. and. >> the thing is this person has been selling illegal on the streets of tunis. it is a family business. the nephew helped out. every morning he gives his wife some money. he doesn't know if the police

will arrest him. we have families to feed. we need to work. we are reaching to the government to become legitimate. if they don't assist us, then they'll stay in this chaotic system. it's more than three and a half years since a young street seller was targeted by the police. he set fire to himself, his death sparking a resolution. >> this is one of the consequences. you can find illegal fenders selling their goods. according to some estimates half the economy is made up of the informal sector. for years, a small number of people connected to the ruling family crowded out the competition. after they left, the rules were relaxed. the tunisian government tries to make things fairer.

vendors that don't join the system are criminals. >> we will not have social security, no medical care. access to fingerprints. if they moved the formality, they'll have a benefit of all of this. some people need more convincing. at the end of the day he's barely earned the minimum wage. paying for social security and taxes would leave him with almost nothing. it isn't just a way of life, it's the only way to five. ukranian president petro porashenko warned that the country faces a constant threat of military danger. he announced that $3 billion has been allocated to reequip the army. petro porashenko was speaking during celebrations. it's highlighted by a military parade.

the holiday marks the independence from the soviet union in 1991. in the far east fighting persists preen pro-russian separatists and the ukranian army. >> thousands of protesters marched in ferguson, in missouri, to mark two weeks since police shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. several other demonstrations took place in new york and washington to protest against police brutality. in st louis, a counterrally was held in support of a police officer that shot michael brown. >> we have a report on how one white community is reacting. >> snow day at the former's market. the small city is 20 minutes drive from ferguson. the feel is like a world away. population is overwhelmingly white and has some of the high incomes.

while most are aware of the death of michael brown. reaction to event down the road are muted. we see it on the news, facebook news site. other than that. it's minimal topics of discussion. >> i knew that it was probably going to bother people for a while. i didn't know to this extent. but it was a frustration that we are still having these issues. >> in ferguson a similar market aims to replace food families can no longer buy after local shots were looted and burnt. here people are coming together to help. it's the experience of living in mostly dividing communities that has raised the issues of race. >> it's all pretty sad. >> reporter: gary mortimer has been cutting hair for 50 years. whilst he followed event closely, he sees nothing wrong with the way things are. >> they don't play around with

the blacks over here. the cops, you see them all the time pulling the cars over. so that tells me that they have expired licence plate, there would be not one. >> you don't think it's racial profiling in any way? >> no. they were just doing their job. that's what their job is. >> this is the bol vard in st. louis, viewed as a racial dividing line between the bour black communities to the north, and the wealth neighbourhoods no the south. events in ferguson are viewed with a mix of indifference and belief that justice will prevail. as long as the experience of living here is stark. change will be slow to come. >> jason johnson is a professor of political science and communications. he says racial mistrust in the united states is deeply ingrained. >> there is a huge divide within the white community in ferguson as to how they view what

happened. i was at a church meeting two days ago. you have a lot of residents there concerned with how ferguson looks in the news than they are about what occurred. there's a large number of white resident who don't like african-americans in general and are in support of the police. there's a split in the white community and the black community as to how to move forward. institutional racism is a real thing. there are a large number of white americans this in this country who are angry about there being an a gan american president. angry about a growing asian american population. this is not the first time we have seen this hostility and resistance. hate crimes have gone up in the united states since president obama was elected president. as an african american i see this not only historically, but empirically there's days where it shows the hostility has increased, even though many are hope that president obama is president. >> hope of providing survivors

in land slides in hiroshima is fading. rescue workers are searching for 40 missing people. dozens of homes from destroyed when mountain sides collapsed on wednesday. in china, eight convicted of terrorism charges have been executed. the region is the traditional home of muslim weekers. the government blames attacks on islamist straightists, saying it wants to establish an independent state. human rights activists say the repressive policies provoke unrest. >> fiji holds elections since the coup in 2006. the self-appointed prime minister frank barna rama is hoping to win a democratic vot . dom as reports from sydney. >> fiji's prime minister promised an open forum, he'd take questions. not, it seems, from opponents.

he made the trip to sydney to campaign for vote. he took power in a coup, he's looking for legitimacy in an election in mid-september. will it be a fair one. the fijians in exile in australia doubt it. i don't think it will be free, as to what is exercised by barney mar amma and those associated with him. >> outside the rally, confusion. >> this is a public place. >> what happened. >> we are coming in. >> the meeting's organizers told members of the media where it was held. free medium coverage is one test. with protesters, journalists were barred. >> you are saying at the last moment, no media coverage. >> that's what it is. two newspaper journalists were allowed in.

an australian tv crew, too, when their journalist arrived an awkward question, they were asked to leave. >> this was advertised at a public meeting, for the prime minister to report. >> you've been asked to leave. you will be arrested as you have been given five warnings for this. thank you, sir. >> inside this footage was from a camera smuggled in. the questions were mostly from committed forces. it was really very positive, and to think what he's going to be doing if elected is positive. it will be a victory for him. >> why? >> because the people - people love him. and we love him. >> in fiji roads and services have improved since barney mar armour took power. he welcomed the stability and prosperity he's brought. as the prime minister left the sydney rally, the refusal to take questions from anyone

except supporters did not, say some, bode well for the election. you can follow the stories we are following by logging tonne the website. our top story the ongoing conflict in gaza, and developments in furtherer bulletins from aljazeera.com. >> a changing community, a new majority, and a power structure still in the hands of an old guard. it's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez