>> hello, and welcome to the news hour. jane dutton in doha with your top stories. working with the international community to battle what it calls islamic state terrorists. and political chaos in france the prime minister offers administration around economic policy. >> the united states an appeal for calm from the parents of slain teenager michael brown

ahead of their son's funeral. >> and we'll have all your sport, including algerian football suspended after a player is struck and killed by a rock thrown by a fan. >> we start in news hour in syria where the government is positioning itself as a potential lie in the fight of potential terrorism. he said his country is willing to cooperate with international efforts to defeat the islamic state drop. but warned all airstrikes should be coordinated with damascus. we're live in northern lebanon, clearly quite an important development here. talk us through. >> yes, well, what we've established is the syrian air

force is still hitting target for the islamic state group, so they're not giving up on that fight. but ex-handing control over mortar tore, may be pushing all drive concerning allies. >> on the ground in syria the islamic state group is getting stronger. after a week of intense battle its fighters took over the air base. it was the last stronghold for the syrian government in the northern province. more than 500 men were killed from the islamic state during this battle. and major win for i.s. as the fights are gripped on major areas in syria stretching to iraq. but the syrian government is hoping soon that it will have new support to fight the islamic state group. officials in damascus believe the growing threat of the armed

group will shift the priorities of the west led from the united states to fighting assad to fighting his enemies, the islamic state group as now seen by some the worst of two evils. >> in syria we welcome in resolution. we know that it is late. but we commit ourselves to this resolution, and we hope and we welcome every country who is committed to this resolution. >> the message is clear. without support from sirral the fight will be lost. the prime minister warns any military strike without coordination in damascus would be seen as an aggression. >> we are firm that it's quite impossible to deter the approach

where all countries and all international and regional organizations are cooperationing in preventing these terrorist threats and puts an end to the movement of terrorism. >> officially no one has asked the syrian government to start collaborating on fighting i.s. but many believe behind closed doors coordination has already started on some of syria's old foes. >> what do you think we're seeing here? are we seeing the small steps. >> reporter: that's what damascus is hoping, that the united states and other regional countries will seem obliged to accept president assad being at the helm of power u give up on

the goal to remove him as power and collaborate fighting the i.s. but it's a tricky situation because at the same time the growing islamic state. so who will blackmail who. if they don't cooperate they're going to leave the i.s. and that would be a threat to iran. or is it going be iran and syria blackmailing the u.s. if they don't satisfy their needs and commands, they won't cooperate the islamic state. it's a tricky situation. but both are trying to use it to advance their own interests and goals. >> thank you. u.s. journalist has been freed after being held captive for nearly two years in syria. he was captured in 2012.

>> my name is peter curtis. >> this it video peter theo curtis appears to be reading from a script as he sends these reassurances. >> i have everything i need. everything has been perfect. food, clothing, even friends. >> his friends are going to qatar for his release. his mother nancy said in a statement, folks, we were repeatedly told by representatives of the qatari government they were remediating for release without the payment of money. curtis was taken captive two years ago they believe by the el nusra front. curtis was a new name. he changed it after publishing the book undercover muslim, a journey yemen. it tells how he faked his conversion to islam.

it's release came the same day for thday of the funeral for james foley. the obama administration said it is working to find and free the other journalists held b. a great moment of success for one american who is finally at home. >> the islamic state group has advanced across large areas of both syria and iraq. in baghdad prime minister talks are constructive. this comes as a backdrop of growing violence in the country. it shows how important any political movements are right now. aren't they. >> undoubtedly.

they're going to need political stability to improve the political situation in the country. a few moments ago we got worried of two simultaneous car bombings. they happened just a short while ago. we're still trying to get more details. what we understand is that the caretaker nouri al-maliki was in the city inspecting troops. earlier today in baghdad a mosque was targeted. a second attack of its kind in four days. the mosque that was targeted in baghdad was a shia mosque in a shia neighborhood, and like i said, the second attack in four days. and gunmen open fired and killed several people. was this in retaliation? maybe. but undoubtedly these tension also exacerbate the religious

divisions in this country. we heard from haider al abadi who said that there is progress in forming a government, but he does not provide any more details. importantly he will be reaching out to the sunnies who say that the government is the only one who is could carry weapons but he has "z" not--he has not explained how he intends to do that. there is a growing urgency with the security situation deteriorating not just in baghdad but many front lines across this country. >> thank you for that. the situation in iraq is causing huge concern in iran. so much that it's foreign minister is on a three-day trip to iraq. iran's efforts extend further. ties between iran and saudi arabia find themselves on

opposite sides including syria. accusing germany of bringing riff across europe. we join to discuss the abruptness. >> in the history of french left you always have the strong debate for 30 years. between two lefts. you've got one left, which is for feed trad for free trade, and then the other left who says we need a protectionist policy, and we need to do the contrary

of what we're doing nowadays. so there had to be a clarification in one sense or another. but i have to stress it's always the same debate. for now it's been the same debate for 30 years now. during the referendum in france about the constitution in 2005 you had the left that said yes and the left that said no. and it's today many. how damaging is this split in the eyes of the public? they're not great. in terms of asterty, and that's how the president wants to proceed. i would say the political climate i would say is boiling, boiling like water. it's boiling. we've got political climate of

mass hysteria. we've got more and more. instead the right wing party you have got tensions between some who think the exact opposite. apparently when the boat is sinking you've got people who can't stay cool under pressure. >> that's to come on al jazeera's news hour. why the men leading the debate on the scottish referendum of indians is making a splash. plus can farmers take advantage of a gap in the market. >> and in sport can world number one rory mcilroy continue his

streak. the final round coming up. >> michael brown, an unarmed plaque teenager killed by a--an unarmed black teenager was killed by police. his death led to protest around the country. images shocked america. michael brown's father had this appeal for the community on sunday. >> all i want is peace. so we can lay our son to rest. >> we're live from ferguson. andy, i hav, i wonder what the

feeling there is, i imagine there is a lot of tension. >> it was pensive. we were at the festival where michael brown's father spoke last night. that was the first time that the community has come together to have fun, if you like, after two weeks. despite the fact that people came together, there was still that unending sense of change and justice. people were throwing their hands in the air saying no justice, no peace. there is still a real sense of anger here. the shooting that happened across the street opens up many questions for people, not just here in ferguson but across the entire country. they want to know why michael brown's body was left out on the streets for hours. why the name of officers darren was not released for six days. and why the police force only has three african-americans.

we've seen unbelievable scenes. here is a shop that is still boarded that up says we will be back. it will be about respect for the family and ultimately laid to rest, a teenager whose life was snuffed short just weeks ago. >> many questions still need to be answered. they want to know that none of this happened in vain and there will be some sort of change. before that happens what plans for security services because they've really come under the spotlight? what are they up to today? >> there is room for another thousand, this is a little under two hours with the funeral starting. we're just not sure how many people will turn out. despite the fact that it's ex-freedomly hot here, i think we'll see large crowds. people want to give their support. we've got three officials from

the white house. dignitaries like the daughter of martin luther king and reverend al sharpton. the peace festival last night, it was pretty minimal and i think it will all be about respect for the family and laying to rest the body of michael brown. >> i'm hearing there is a tropical storm in the bahamas, a slow one? >> meteorologist: that's right. and that's the problem. we're seeing rain over the same place for really a long time. let me give you the satellite picture here. this covers a huge area all across hispaniola and jamaica, and of course, it crosses the bahamas as well. it's moving very slowly, and that's the problem, it's moving 5 kilometers per hour. it's the speed that the storm is

moving. the winds, well, they ar the main problem is the amount of rain. there will be 300 millimeters of rain before this storm pulls away. we've seen parts of the 128 millimeters of rain and in the capitol we've seen 17 millimeters of rain. clearly there has already been rain and there is plenty more to come. we're going to see this gradually move away towards the north. because it's moving so slowly it will be with us and there will still be heavy rain across the bahamas. plenty of showers following as well. there could even be some landslide. >> thanks for that. in scotland anticipation is growing ahead one of the most

crucial events in the reveren reverenddom campaign. ahead of the debate the two opponents made time to raise money and awareness for a neurodegenerative disease, als. with drenching, they were thoroughly soaked taking part in the viral video campaign known as the "ice bucket challenge." they challenged prime minister david cameron. they joins us from the scottish capitol of edinburgh. >> they believe that the performance particularly on the currency question was worth two or three points in the opinion polls and that's how it was written up by commentators and analysts. sat at the same time ther there

was some analysis of the last debate that all they saw were two men in suits shouting at each other and they came away none the wiser for the issues and policies they consider important. >> the award winning actor richard atinberg has died at the age of 90. it was his work in the directo director's chair which brought his greatest success winning him two oscars for his film "gandhi." >> directing the film of mahatma gandhi took two years to

achieve. the film won eight oscars including best director and best actor. the life of gandhi was very close to his heart. >> saying that the film has captured absolutely the spirit of gandhi, that's as nice a compliment as i would wish to have. >> but it was as an actor that his career began. starting out in the 1940's with bit parts. as his repertoire grew he would appear in movies about the second world war. >> i'm going to cause such a terrible stink in this third reich

libya by reuters. it has appointed a new prime minister. this is to say that it's not even safe to sit in between rival militias and we know that regional powers are meeting in cairo to try and deal with the regional issues. but for now libyan parliament

has reconvened, appointing a new prime minister. italian navy and cost guard has rescued 4,000 migrants in the last 48 hours. they were found north of the libyan coast. this year alone many flee fighting in north africa. the democratic republic of congo has confirmed 13 deaths from the ebola virus from the province. 90 cases have been identified in the infected region will be quarantined. it's the september 11th such outbreak in congo since the disease was discovered there in 1976. months am beak's government after two years of fighting the deal includes plans to integrate fighters in security forces.

last year the group accused the government of political power and it's leader went into hiding. he was later captured by the army and that brought the peace aoccurred coming to an end. we go to the university of london, she joins us live from amsterdam. thank you for joining us. talk us through what is happening today right now and why it's significant. >> this is a great day for mozambique. we've had 72 rounds of negotiations between the government to get to this point. what's happening today, the

representatives of the government and of ranamo have signed the aoccurred. what we're waiting for now is for the leaders themselves to meet publicly and to sign it in front of the nation. this is a great deal for-- >> this makes him feel safe enough to come in from the bush. what sort of commitment has the governor given him to make sure that the fighters don't go back to fighting? >> yes, there are three elements of this really. the first is that there is an international observer tape who are oversee the process, and these are drawn from a lot of african countries, and also european countries. that's one element. the second element is that there will be positions in the army for renamo to be integrated

there. to make sure that it won't be part of that in the future. the third element still being worked out, economic issues of how renamo will be supported both in terms of position and as an organization. >> and, being integrated into society. all of this ahead of the up coming elections in october. where does this put the country now as far as elections are concerned? >> so these elections are really interesting. they're probably going to be the most competitive of the post-war period. the last 20 years or so. that's part of the third party mdm who is increasingly present as a force. this party is being created for members who were disgruntled with both of those parties. they've emerged as quite a

strong force particularly in the cities and central north of the country. the elections will be closely fought. that's why the tension at the moment is so high. >> i should mention resolving this now will release the riches that the country has. >> yes, i mean, mozambique's economic progress over the last 20 years has not been necessarily--it has occurred in the context of political stability and the government has managed the process quite well, but the perception is across the country that the government has been exclusive in the way in which the riches of the national resources have been managed particularly minerals, particularly land as well as privatized privat utilities. as it is, investors were already a bit dubious when the fighting

began and investments in the country and issues of commodity prices played a part in that decision. so what the country will be looking for in the future, yes, it will be-- >> excuse me. thank you very much for talking to us. >> villages i say they're living continuous threat as shelling continues. it has forced a thousand people to flee. india accuses pakistan of violating the cease-fire multiple times. last week new delhi canceled peace talks with its neighbors. now it has deployed more troops to the region. the chief minister of kashmir say they're doing all they can to help residents affected by the hostilities. >> it is true that the shell something not under our control. it is being carried out by another country. how the government plans to

retaliate is up to them. it is our responsibility to take care of the people who have been affected by the shelling. but to say that nothing is being done to rehabilitate the affected is wrong. it seems that th party is making this an issue. >> the state of jama and kashmir has been caught over since 1947. there are regular violations over the line of control but usually remain at a low level. we're joined live. what do you hear about these skirmishes? >> reporter: well, for the past few days the pakistani military said that there has been artillery used over the working boundary, which is the international boundary. the line of control which

separates india kashmir from pakistani kashmir. kashmir has been allowing the united nations observers group to check on border indication. however, after the formation of the government, the marginalizing the role of those u.n. military observesser on their site and the pakistanis are saying that every time there is unprovoked fire and there have been reports in the last few days of casualties as well that the pakistanis had no other choice but to reply. indeed, worsening relations at a time when the pakistani prime minister visited, it had just taken over by the new prime minister to congratulate mr. modi. but it appears that one step forward may be seeing two steps backwards with all the

hostilities along the border between the two countries. >> because this has resulted in the cancellation of the peace talks. what was on the table then in the first place? >> well, first of all since mumbai there has been no serious talks, and the attempt was to get foreign secretary level talks going that would pave the way for foreign minister level talks. however, those talks were halt halted. prime minister modi was using very strong language against pakistan even saying that the pakistani defense forces were no longer capable of a grouped war and were involved in infiltration. but pakistanis are saying that indian is involved in supporting certain tribal areas. so it appears relations between the two countries are still

marred by huge mistrust. >> kamal hyder from islamabad. leaders in macao has taken to the streets over low wages and poor working conditions. they also want foreigners barred from taking jobs. police arrested five activists for holding an informal re referendum on democratic reforms there. we have more from macao. >> these are the dealers, the people who work in the casinos in macao. macao's casinos are world famous and are the biggest employer. people are trained here and work here in these casinos and they're feeling very much under pressure, squeezed between increasing rents for their homes that they pay, increasing food prices and increasing competition from mainland

chinese workers. thousanthousands of people work here in the casino industry, the population is something like 150,000 workers who come to work here from mainland china who they say is threatening their livelihood. they're taking to the streets and marching through macao as many of these world brand casinos to take--vent their grievances. the gross domestic product is staggering, many don't see that, a lot of that is repatriated from the profits of the casinos. these people are very much campaigning to have more of a share of the profits of this place, and is one of those

grievances. going unanswered in macao. >> the top two teams from the premier league. as manchester city hosts liverpool.

>> we'll go to sports. >> thank you very much. the football federation say it is considering expelling one of its own clubs from all of its competitions. it follows the death of a player

after being struck and hit by an object on saturday. cameroonian striker was killed after being hit by an object thrown from the stands following the 2-1 loss. the 24-year-old was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. the next round of league matches have been suspended in memory. he was the league's leading scorer last season. garyal smith follows african football. he said that the football authorities will be desperate to crackdown on the hooligans. >> i think a lot of people have tried to see in in isolation but it is quite wrong. even in stating what we consider one of the best leagues in the world in la liga we saw an incident where there were things thrown at cristianory dal kno

rhode islandnal do. ronaldo. they have currently spended the league until investigations anyone who is culpable and whoever was behind this, and they're trying to make sure that algeria comes out of this not looking back. >> messi had no problems after losing in the world cup final. he was front and center in barcelona as they started the season with a win. they win 3-0 after barca being down three men. the 18-year-old spaniard scoring barcelona's second goal. a draw in the second game of

the premiere league season. they had reason to be smiling. as united with the lead. the game finished 1-1. united are set to break the british record in the coming hours. real madrid's maria is likely to cost in excess of $100 million. but the deal is not quite done yet. >> if the moment is there. manchester united shall announce it. but it's not only demaria. maybe messi. we are a big club. >> well, manchester city against liverpool pitting the champions against the runners up. they went into the game having

won their opening game last weekend. what's more they won the corresponding fixture last season. >> we hope to win our three points at home. we're just starting the season. the season for us is finished. we're not thinking any more about what happened last season. different games, different moment. but it is very important for our team to start winning the points here at home. >> this is an important fixture. to think that we had a couple of great games against manchester season last season, and of course they are the champions. so i don't think--i don't think it will define everything. i think that over the course of 38 games we have done reasonbly well. but that's over the course over the 38. >> now the rivalry between the top two drivers has gone to a new level. claiming that rossberg deliberately collided with him at the belgium grand prix. hamilton was forced to retire

from the race while rossberg finished second. here are reports. >> reporter: after qualifying fastest to begin the belgium grand prix. rossberg made a poor start to the front of the green. sitting second to hamilton, taking his chance on the opening turn. rossberg back to third. hamilton was not out in front for long. we have seen the incident happening on lap two. hamilton claims that after the race that rossberg deliberately hit him, forcing him off the track and into the pit with a punctured tire. he then took the least from vettel, but lost it again. it allowed daniel ricardo to fly out in front. the young australian was forced to hold off an aggressive challenge from rossberg who came back yet again. with four lapse remaining,

hamilton and his damaged car finally gave up. there were plenty of white-knuckles as they watched ricardo's final lap, but he held on to cross the finish line first. >> once i heard rossberg came in for a third stop we knew it was going to be quick at the end. i had to keep it clean. >> rossberg kept it second. and while riccardo celebrated his third victory of the season it was not much love for rossberg. despite hamilton's claims, rossberg denies doing anything wrong. >> i got a good run on luis and tried to go around the outside. and we just touched in the end, unfortunately, and so that hurt both our races. from a team point of view that's dissing. >> it means that rosberg has further extended his title weight over hamilton.

al jazeera. >> we'll stay with motorsports. the rally notable for spectacular crashes, one that saw is h sebastian go out. he saw his closest rival missing out on a chance to close the gap. he hit an unsuspecting vineyard. fortunately he was unharmed but out of the race. and it allowed neuvill to, win, who was involved in a latvala crash. he takes the victory and hands them the first win. athletics now. olympic 800-meter champion was one of the big stars of the sunday diamond league meeting. the kenyan was trying to beat a 28-year-old world record in the rarely run 600 meters. he just missed out on his time.

the double olympic champion winning the two mile race in a time of eight minutes, that's a sixth quickest time in history. now hunter mahan won the golf event. rory mcilroy finished nine shots off the win. haman with a final round of 65 to give him victory by two strokes. >> now in a few hours time the final grand slam of the tennis season. the u.s. open will begin in new york. rafael nadal is out injured, which means that djokovic will be the number one seed. he'll go for his second grand

slam title taking on diego shatter shattersman in the round. williams will start out against a teenager wildcard. >> we'll have to put it together for hopefully seven matches. if i can do that i'll definitely have a good chance to be in the tournament for a long time. but we'll see. i'll just have to be able to put together that time in those matches. >> boxing now, manny pacquiao said that he does not feel pressure for his next fight. he'll taken chris angieri. he has not won since 2009 but the filipino is still confident.

>> i am confident that i have the experience if you focus to knock him out. you know, the outcome will come. >> thank you very much for that. we'll end this news hour bulletin with an update on some breaking news comin coming to us in virginia. we're hearing there is an active shooter there, and the army base is under lockdown. now stephen cole will come up in the next half hour and he'll bring more on that breaking news of the active shooter in central virginia, which is under lockdown at the moment. from me, jane dutton, and the rest of the team. thanks for watching.

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