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of a controversial belgium grand prix. winning it for red bull. first, violence between warring malitias continues to esc lane in libya. armed groups loyal to parliament have lost control of the airport in tripoli. he script has denied accusations that it was behind airstrikes against the capitol. it ends up to a picture of chaos and confusion. dominic caine reports. >> reporter: a battle for control of tripoli airport. until this weekend, it was held by fighters who broadly support libya's new parliament. it's now in the hands of militia who oppose it. on saturday, airstrikes were launched on their positions, killing more than a dozen. their spokesman believes other countries are to blame.

>> translator: based on the intelligence we have, the egyptian and uae governments are directly involved in this heinous attack. we stress we have good relations with the good people of egypt and ua. e. but the libyan rebels want to make it clear that we will always defend the sovereignty of our homeland against this aggression. he script has denied any involvement. the fighters who lost control of the airport are loosely al tloishingd this man, general halifa haftar based in benghazi but with an influence that extends across the country. he wants the parliament to be based in eastern libya, close to his strongholds. b he is accused of trying to take over the country. the parliament has called for international intervention to find a solution but many people oppose both that and the parliament, itself. they want the old general national congress to return. it was set up in the wake of the

fall of mumar gadaffi and was based in tripoli. at stake is the future of libya with fighting in many cities, with its self, some

international organizations >> he told us there needs to be an international effort now to bring all parties together to try to discuss the shape of any future government. >> reporter: this is something that is, you know, almost a systematic failure from the highest level, the permanent five members of the security council must take into consideration the nature of the united nations forced into lib were is not able to make the kind of changes the security sector performs, the technical changes, the institutional arrangement that underpin the transformation. this is the kind of arrangement

we need to hash out an agreement. it would narrow down this political free market that we have now. it is almost a sense of a gap that gadaffi left. who will fill it or what kind of configuration will fill it? >> not sorted out by the electoral process. >> that's off of the table in negotiations, the only kind of negotiations that lim mun eyes libya's future from the problems that are marring it. an. >> the facility located outside of the city of isfahan, the guard said it shot down the israeli spy drone with a surface to air missile. israel's prime minister said the military operation in gaza won't stop until its aims are achieved. he is warning palestinians to use buildings being used by hamas. the strip has been bombarded with airstrikes in the past 24

hours. rockets have also been fired into israel. >> i am calling on the residents of gaza to clear out of any area from which hamas executes any kind of terror activity. every place like this is a target. >> since the conflict began on july the 8th, 65 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed. 2,108 palestinians have died in the violence. >> number includes 568 children. more than 10 and a half thousand people ahave been injured. the u.n. is saying 71% of palestinians killed are civilians. live now in gaza, and we are hearing about a mother and four of her children who are killed in israeli airstrike. tell us more about that. >> reporter: that's right, steve. what we know is around an hour or so, israeli missiles targeted

a home in the gibalia refugee camp in the south of gaza strip, rather north. gaza strip. what we understand is that she and four of her children were killed in that strike. what we don't know is why that home was targeted, but again, a mother and four of her children were killed in that strike. now, that, of course, as to the number of people who have been killed throughout the day here in gaza. we understand that the death toll is at least 12 so far. >> how have people been reacting to the prime minister netanyahu's warning to leave buildings that are being used by hamas? >> reporter: well, they only have to look at the events of last night, saturday night n which a very tall residential building was levelled by israeli missiles. we went to that area. we spoke to the people who lived in that tower and they told us

that hamas was not using that tower, that this was a residential tower, a home to 32 families. they say that they have lived in the area for decades, for generations, they have lived in the area, and that people were using that building, they would know and that they would have left but they are saying that, of course, hamas wasn't there and yet there they are, homeless. many others telling us that they also will not leave their homes simply because they have no where else that's safe to go. they only have to look at the u.n. shelters where many people have been sheltering, but others saying that they won't go there simply because they have been targeted time and again by israeli missiles or, quite frankly, the conditions there are just too bad to want to stay there. so, while many people are certainly concerned by that warning, many others are staying where they are. >> reporting from gaza, thanks very much. across the border in syria, there are conflicting reports about the fate of a military air base. this video is from the islamic

state group and shows them targeting the syrian army. earlier, the it's lammic state said it had captured the bates of taba and raqqa prove incident. they are now attacking the rebels. fighting in aleppo. these images appear to show rebels in areas. one of the targets was a prison at government-held positions. arab foreign ministers are talking about the syrian conflict at a summit in saudi arabia. the focus of the talks taking place in jetta is the rise of the islamic state and how to contain it. foreign ministers from egypt, qattar and the united arab emirates are at the meeting. >> a car bomb has killed at least five people in a mostly shia area in iraq's capitol.

the bomb we want off outside a restaurant in a district in northern baghdad. thirteen people were injured. iran's foreign minister says what the islamic state is doing in iraq and syria amounts to genocide. iran's government is concerned about the threat of fighting in iraq which is spreading closer to the joint border. >> we believe it requires a concerted effort by the international community to deal with this group whose character is clear to everybody. this same character, which has brought chaos to syria is wreaking havoc in iraq and committing acts of horrendous genocide and crimes against humanity, needs to be tackled by the united community and every country in the region. this menace is going to haunt every supporter that did not

have the far-sighted necessary in the past to know the nature of this threat. therefore, we do not believe that we need to be present inside iraq in order to help our iraqi brothers and sisters to fight this menace. they are quite capable of doing that by themselves and they have shown that they are capable. >> zeina chodr has the latest from erbil. >> reporter: the islamic straight group launched a new asauft to take the oil refinery, northwest of baghdad. there has been heavy fighting, but so far, iraqi security forces are managing to repel that assault. >> that's really critical infrastructure, but overall, the iraqi army, securities forces haven't been able to recapture lost land from the islamic state group. >> group is being seen as a growing threat. it was the subject of

discussions between the iranian foreign minister who visited baghdad and held talks with the new prime anyone sister. iran saying they are throwing their weight behind them and giving support but denying it has soldiers on the ground. the iranian foreign minister saying that our soldiers are not participate in battles. there is no need for them to do so. but this really runs contrary to reports that iranian soldiers were seen by eyewitnesses we will kurdish sources fighting alongside the peshmerga in the prove incident. there is a growing crisis in baghdad. iran has appealed to have the international community for help. so far, the international community is waiting for the country's political fashions to come together because there needs to be a broad base with the government in place in order for this fight not to be seen a fight against sunnis instead of a fight against the islamic

state group. >> lots more to come here on the news hour from doha, including a fairwell to arms. can troops get guns off of the streets and keep the peace. really to rumbell, the latele, a volcano in iceland. talks between yemen's government and shia rebels have stalled. a new administration to review an poun lar decision to cut fuel subsidies. tennessees of thousands have been protesting for days. they have been fighting to gain more influence for their region in north yemen. more sdmonstrations are expected after the talks collapsed. al jazeera hasha nebera said

both sides can't reach consensus. >> there is a growing mistrust between the government and the shia rebels. this is why we have an impasse in yemen. the government blames them for threatening to use violence as a means to grab power. the hotis say the government is corrupt and disconnected from reality and this is the reason why it has to resign. the country is beginning to sort of become divided along sectarian violence. there are two protests, one by the how t houthis. thessa fear that if both parties fail to reach a deal, the country might plunge into further anarchy. >> afghanistan's election commission has recouldn't more than two/3rds of ballots.

the country is under ent international pressure to inaugurate a new leader by early september. jennifer glasse explains in the election headquarters in kabul, the review process has faced its own challenges. >> in warehouses like this one on the edge of kabul, afghans are trying to figure out who won afghanistan's presidential election. former finance minister or foreign prime minister abdullah abdullah. they argue over which ballots will count like this dispute over a ballot box from eastern afghanistan. >> we had 568 votes. we opened the box, there was nothing. >> so he wants the votes thrown out. >> will ultimately be the decision of the election commission. it's deputy chief is satisfied with the progress here. >> substitution. >> i am confident that such a

thorough review has never been done anywhere in the world. it's 100% by afghans and international observers. this is the only one. >> neither candidate won a clear majority during the first round of elections earlier this year. when preliminary results last month gave ghani a million vote lead, his opponent alleged fraud and threatened to form his own government. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to resolve the deadlock. >> the out going president would like to see all of this wrapped up in time for his success occuror to be inaugurated on september march 2nd. it will be a tight deadline and all eyes are on these ballot boxes. 6,000 of them specially chosen for a full recount. >> each campaign shows half of those boxes. they are considered most contentious and have taken longer to evaluate than the rest. each team is trying to calculate every vote the commission must decide how many that gave ghani the lead will be thrown out.

>> nobody will get everything they want. whether one or two people or 10 or fem are accepted, in a nation of 30 million people, if one million people don't accept it, it won't be the end of the world. >> president karzi has met both of the candidates and urged them to create. he says the long delay to resolve this crisis has damaged afghanistan's economy and security. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the radical armed group boka haram have claimed to established a caliphate, taking a local government headquarters in matagali town. nigerian authorities confirm 35 policemen are missing after the group attacked a police training facility in borno state. mario raggi is, what is the significance of this video that's been released by boko m

haram? >> the 15 minute video, the leader group, leader of the group purportedly saying that a town that was seized earlier this month, quote, has no longer anything to do with the rest of nigeria and that the group is there to stay. now, we have heard the group previously say one of its stated goals is to establish a so-called caliphate. we have seen them recently express admiration of the other so-called islamic caliphate, islamic state group in iraq and syria and its leader baghdadi. it's important to take these remarks with a grain of salt. >> that's because boka haram is a propaganda saavy group the i would say this receipt claim is an attempt to perhaps capitalized on the renewed notoriety of the so-called islamic state group in iraq and

syria. one note here, the situation in nigeria is immensely different from iraq and syria. while they have been widely criticized for their inability to act strongly in the face of boka haram, the military is presents across the northeast while we have seen boka haram signal a shift in strategy by trying to take over and seize towns instead of hit and run attacks, what they are doing really is displace people out of their homes, push people out of these towns. and that is very different from actually running an effective bureaucracy or a so-called caliphate in those towns. boko haram, what can you tell us about that, the police have been kidnapped? >> that facility is in that same gwozo, where they are claiming to established a caliphate.

it took until saturday evening for the inspector general across nigeria to finally, acknowledge this attack. he says the 35blem are still missing. he said it's premature to speculate on their whereabouts, whether they have been kidnapped or killed in action or whether they are hiding in the bush until the situation calms down. all of this indicates how the group has been emboldened in recently months and how despite their efforts and agoing state of emergency for the past year the nigerian security forces unfortunately do not appear to have the upper hand in this ongoing fight. >> report from abuja. thank you. back to europe and military parade has taken place in kiev to celebrate ukraineian index day. it's an act of defiance. probe russian separatists organize a counter parade in eastern ukraine. dozens of prisoners of war were

paraded. they called them fascists. barca has the latest from eastern ukraine. . >> the parading of prisoners by the separatist forces through the streets of donetsk along with damaged military hardware is going to be seen as a direct provocation by the separatists over in kiev, though, a show of military might as tanks and heavy artillery with troops were directed through the heart of the ukrainian capitol. much of this hardware is dest i need for eastern ukraine and the front line. poroshenko used independence day to announce that $3,000,000,000 would be mroud into the country's defense budget. the ukrainian president is keen to show that this is one united country that remains in control of its entire sovereignty. everybody now is really looking forward to an all-important meeting next week between president poroshenko and

russia's vladimir putin. both sides know they are under a tremendous amount of pressure to bring about an ends to thisgoing cock conflict both fail to see eye to eye on the future of the country. russia hinted it feels ukraine should be broken up into a federal republic. >> sets off alarm bells in kiev. the government there are keen to show ukraine must remain a complete, whole and independent nation. >> the italian navy has rescued 5,48 would be refugees. claudio reporting from the coast in galipoli in southern relief, and in fact assured us that there will be no military members as part of this convoy. >> reporter: you said under the

guise of a humanitarian convoy. does the u.s. have evidence that equipment? >> i'm not premared to speak to specific evidence at this time. we made our position very, very clear that they should not be using this under the guise of a humanitarian convoy to use that as an excuse. we have a lot more work to do here, and i think we'll sort this out throughout the day. i think you'll hear more from us joe? >> reporter: on iraq, we heard the secretary general and chairman dempsey talking about a long-term strategy. can you give us a sense what does that mean? are we going to see changes in regards to the current operation right now in iraq? >> i think what the secretary was referring to and i'm pretty sure the chairman was referring to, was we need to have a

regional approach about this threat posed by this particular extremist group, isil, and that this was -- this would take time to develop this kind of multi-lateral, and multinational approach to dealing with this threat. the president himself said that this wasn't going to be over in a matter of weeks. i think we all recognize that this group didn't grow up overnight. they didn't get the capabilities that they got overnight. we have been watching this for a while, and we all recognize it is going to take a while. by it is going to take a wlihile for everybody. not just the united states military. you are not going to see the answer to all isil problems through a mill stair lens. we're a component, a tool. we -- we are -- we are conducting operations inside iraq against this group, in

support of iraqis and kurdish forces, but we're not going to be the only tool in the toolbox that can or should be used. >> reporter: do you know -- was the pentagon know what is the size of isil in iraq and syria? 20,000? >> it's a difficult number to get at, joe, and believe me we have asked ourselves that question. it fluctuates a lot. it changes. if not weekly then certainly daily. it's a constant fluctuation. this isn't a classic army with an order of battle that you can take a look at a map and say this is how many they have. clearly it's thousands. but it changes every day. as we talked about they have free flow across that border between syria and iraq, which

for all intents and purposes doesn't exist for them. >> reporter: can we go back to russia for a moment. is it not rakt that you now estimate there might be 18,000 troops here that border? and isn't the reality that you have seen recently a number of additional heavy weapons go across? and my second question is, can you bring us up to date on this threatening encounter, the chinese military has had with air? >> there's a lot there barbara. let's start with ukraine. i'm reticent as i typically am to give a hard number on russian troops along the border. i have said for several weeks that it is north of 10,000. i believe it is still north of 10,000. we do believe they continue to add to their tactical groups

there along the border -- >> reporter: it is closer to 18 or well north of 10? >> i'm going to stay where i have stayed, which is it is north of 10. it does fluctuate. we have seen a consistent increase in the last week or so. haven't exactly seen troops moving away. they have certainly added and reinforced those troops, but i'm really reticent to get into numbers. it's hard for us to give an exact order of battle for other military forces when you are not there with them. italy.

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on twitter for a new story that's gone global. this particular story has been trending in a big way in the u.s. but there is plenty of interest and output all around the world. how did ferguson, missouri, population 21,000 become a global dateline? the killing of a black teenager, michael brown on august 9th by a white policeman triggered protests and showdowns with a police force that seemed particularly well armed, remarkably well equipped. the sight of small town police looking like an army have peas wondering why do cops need armored military vehicles? there was the way the police conducted themselves, arresting peaceful protesters, politicians among them, imposing curfews, hand cuffing judgists and tear gassing news crews in a security response that resemble something out of a war zone. in the age of social media, datelines become hash tags. any stories that journalists struggle to file from ferguson just went out on twitter,