the u.s. starts surveillance flights over syria to gather inning del jenks on the islamic state group. ♪ ♪ we are live from doha. also to come on the program. the united arab emirates and egypt be condemned for carrying out air strikes against anti-government factions in libya. >> reporter: i am jane ferguson in the gads strip where at least two tall buildings have been brought down by israeli air strikes. political shake up in france, the cabinet resigns over

a row over the government's economic policy. ♪ ♪ u.s. surveillance aircraft are flying over syria to spy on islamic state fighters. president obama gave the go ahead for unmanned drones and other aircraft to track the fighters who control parts of syria. u.s. war flames have recently attacked islamic state fighters in islamic iraq. syria says all efforts must be coordinated by the syrian government. >> translator: syria is ready to couldn't and coordinate on regional and international levels to fight terrorism to implement the resolution of the u.n. security council. in the framework of respecting the sovereignty and the independence of syria. taken in to consideration that the syrian government is representing syrian is off at this. any effort to combat terrorism

should be coordinated with the syrian government. >> the islamic state group has been fighting not only syrian government force buzz rebel groupings who are opposed to president assad. the islamic state controls parts of syria, including the cities of raqqa and it says it controls the whole of raqqa province. the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. he says the u.s. felt en tight toll get involved partly because of the recent killing of the journalist james foalism but he adds the president must be clear about what he intend to do if the long-term. >> all of his generals have been advising him if he wants to hurt isis he has to hurt them in syria as well as iraq. and that is a conundrum for the united states. because they don't feel -- president obama does not feel that he has partners in syria. either in the assad regime or in the -- amongst the syrian rebel groups. assad doesn't rule his border, he's not in control of the north part of his country.

and therefore it's -- he has very little say over what people do. and the united states has claimed self-defense in this because of the foley murder and because isis has said that it's going to hurt america. and come to new york. what does president obama now that he's gotten himself involved in striking isis does he want to detroit them or does he just want to missour mow thes prime minister netanya too ooh did in gaza without any attempt to fix the root problems of sunni discontent stretching from throughout syria all the way over to iraq? that's the question. is he going to try to build a nation out of the if he di dests isis to replace it with something, or is he going to kill the leadership, destroy as much as their military stuff as he can and hit their headquarters and destroy stuff

or try to build something new? let's take now to our correspondent joining us live no neighboring beirut. neighboring to syria of course. the syrian foreign minister's inter have a take if you would like to help him in his fight against islamic state fighters, is that an indication, then, that syria can't do it alone? >> reporter: it's an indication that of course they welcome any support in this bat. also syria wants to build on this opportunity politically to regain legitimacy, to regain recognition. that president assad is the president of syria and he has the ultimate say, that's why the foreign minister yesterday warned that any act, any military act, any military strikes on syrian land has to be coordinated with the damascus, otherwise it will be dealt with as an aggression. and that's a threat that they may use their air defenses against any drones or any flight that will strike without coordination with damascus.

>> okay. in ba beirut, thank you very muh indeed. the islamic state group that also controls part of iraq. fighters hold onto the city of mosul as well as the surrounding towns and villages, and other rebel-held areas are at that control, and fallujah. fighting against the group continues across iraq as well as attempts to help civilians in areas that are controlled by them. the iraqi army has evacuate aid group of women and children from the northern town, which has been under siege for two months. the flight crews also handed out aid supplies before flying the refugees to a baghdad air base. the u.n. has said the town needs to be evacuate today prevent a massacre by islamic state group fighters. also in the north, near mosul, kurdish peshmerga forces, they have increased protection of areas, they managed to seize

from the islamic state group. these forces are defending a nearby oil field that was retaken from the rebels. and at least three car bomb explosions have killed several people in shia districts of baghdad. one explosion hit a busy intersection. on monday another series of car bombings killed dozens of people in bag daled and two towns south of the capital. the deadliest was a suicide bomber who blew himself up amongst shia worshipers as they were leaving a mosque. let's go live now to see seen za who joins us. it seems very much the conflict is really ramping up. >> reporter: undoubtedly the security situation worsening.

a series of bombings and yet again shia areas are being targeted. six people killed in the last 24 hours. clearly a message to the people of the capital that your government cannot keep baghdad safeties fight the tight security measures that have been implemented on the ground. we do know that the government and the army, they have been trying to protect the capital because the islamic state group has made no secret of its intention to march toward baghdad. that group that has the support of other sunni armed factions are approximately 100-kilometers from the capital. these bombings clearly indicate that they have the support of the city and they are already inside the sheet. the security situation will not improve unless there is political reconciliation, but that is proving to be very, very difficult. there is a new prime minister, he's trying to form a government. but so far, he has spoken of progress, but nothing tangible and he has two weeks left before the constitutional deadline end.

>> and zeina, the fight against the islamic state group seems to be throwing up some rather unlikely kind of partnerships, a alliances. >> reporter: inning doubtedly especially here in the north. we know that the kurds fell out with the central government in baghdad in june. they made it specifically clear they blamed caretaker prime minister nouri al-maliki for the latest crisis. they said it was because of his policies. the islamic state group was able to take territory. they a cased him of sidelining iraq sunnis for -- and that is why they have taken up arms. but now what we are seeing is closer cooperation between the central government and baghdad and the kurdish forces because they are facing a common threat. we saw that specifically in kirkuk. a very, very strategic city here in the north. they are not cooperating together. and this -- at the end of the day, there are different security bodies on the ground which allows for security breach

to his happen. but kirkuk really is a city on the edge and kurdish officials telling thousands the islamic state group already has support inside. kurdish forces and iraqi federal police stand together at this entrance to kirkuk. an unlikely alliance on one of iraq's most important urban front lines. further south is territory under the control of the islamic state group and other sunni armed forces. the two authorities on the ground here have long competed for control of this strategic city. now they are facing a common enemy. on the surface, they seem to be coordinating. but this iraqi policeman who asked us not to identify him says no one is in charge. >> translator: the iraqi army abandoned positions. now the iraqi police and kurdish forces took control. but we don't really have control of the city. and we don't coordinate because there isn't one commander. >> reporter: kurds have long

believed kirkuk to be their historical capital but it had always been under baghdad's control until june when iraqi soldiers retreated from advancing islamic state fighters the kurds stepped in and laid claim to the city. months later the central government is trying to reassert itself. the federal police are more visible in the streets. but there is still a power vacuum. and kurdish neighborhoods are often targeted. dozens of people were killed when a bomb went off here on saturday. bombings, kidnappings, they are common in in the city. it's a dangerous place it has been for many years, it is territory contested by arabs, kurds and the turk men and now there is a new threat. officials say the i.s. group has exploited kirkuk's divisions quietly establishing a presence in the city. particularly in sunni-eric neighborhoods where there is deep resentment of the kurds and the shia led government. >> the islamic state, what they call themselves islamic state,

they have some people working for them inside and until now we still looking for them. >> reporter: all of iraq's fault lines on display in kirkuk, everyone has a presence here but no one is in control. you really feel that no one is in control, people are on the edge. even the peshmerga fighters who we traveled with, they are really frayed that the islamic state group will advance in to the strategic and oil-rich city. >> okay, zeina, live in erbil, thank you. well, the australian prime minister is saying there are around 60 australians who are fighting with the islamic state group in northern iraq and syria. tony abbott says at least another 100 working to support the approximated is group. prime minister has announced $64 million to try to reduce the threat of so-called homegrown terrorism in his country.

>> this is a movement as we have seen on our tv screen an screene front pages of our newspapers of utter fa red sox at this. midevil barberism allied to modern technology, that's how serious and how dangerous this movement is and because of the australians who are involved with this movement, what might otherwise be a problem in a far away country is a problem for us. the united states and nato allies are condemning air strikes carried out by the united arab emirates and egypt in libya. he descriptions anegyptians arer urged to stop interfering with government affairs. roslyn jordan has more. >> reporter: libya has been ravaged by fighting between militias and the government for months. but last week the conflict reached a new level of violence. the reason, air strikes on militia positions carried out

it's claim not by the libyan military but their allies in egypt and the united arab emirates. >> translator: based on the intelligence that we have, the egyptian and the uae governments are directly involved in that heinous attack. we stress that we have good relations with the good people of egypt and the uae, but the libyan rebels want to make it clear that we will always defend the sovereignty of our homeland against this aggression. >> reporter: and according to the new york times, u.s. officials said egypt and the uae lied to them about their involvement. several officials said the united states diplomats were fuming about the air strikes, we don't see this as constructive at all, said one senior american official. u.s. officials have brushed off suggestions that they were deliberately kept in the dark and called for a political resolution to the crisis. >> we believe outside interference exacerbates currents divisions and undermines libya's democratic transition, that's why our focus

remains on urging all factions to come together to peacefully resolve the current crisis. >> reporter: the egyptian foreign minister appeared to be acting as peacemaker. >> translator: i invite to you look at the new initiative that we present today the delegates present at the minute it's a road map for the government returning to role and this matter demands cooperation with all parties involved in libya. >> reporter: but the obama administration says it's up to egypt and the united arab emirates too explain exactly what it is they have been doing in libya. even as it's clear the u.s. wishes they weren't involved. roslyn jordan, al jazerra, the state department. now, israeli air strikes have destroyed one of the tallest apartment buildings in gaza. at least 20 people were injured being including four medics and a journalist. the building that houses 70 family as well as the ministry

of public works was hit at least five times. well, another residential building was also struck in gaza which houses local and international media offices and that's where our correspondent jane ferguson joins us from in gaza city. and jane, describe for us what is around you. >> reporter: well, yes, this is inside gaza city here and right across the street this building has fallen down. it's called the al basha tower. it was right there. that's where it was standing and that's where it was initially hit at around 4:00 a.m. this morning. it then, of course, just fell right across the street here. this building was 14 stories high. it was essentially mostly commercial space, and offices. it's believed to have have had the offices of the popular front for the liberation of palestine, their media officers are believed to be inside here. however, the people inside this building were given warning and there was phone calls made to

people inside to the security guards outside the building at night. at the minute it seems that no one was hurt or killed on this site. but as you were saying, martin, there was, of course, another building hit shortly before midnight on monday night. that was a residential building. and that one hasn't been brought down entirely, but everyone has been evacuated, although 20 people were injured in those strikes. >> so, jane, it does seem as though the israeli military strikes are specifically targeting buildings of military interest from their point of view. what do you think could have been the specific target, say where you are? >> reporter: well, we are seeing a pattern of that, martin, over the last few days, we have seen several buildings hit. another 14-story building, similar in height to this one, was collapsed entirely just a few days ago. what we are seeing are the people are being heavily warned. they have being warns up to two hours beforehand to get out of the building. the israelis quite often will drop a dud missile on top of the

building that will create a loud bang but it doesn't destroy the building as people run out they are also phoning people, et cetera. in this particular case it would seem the media officers of the plfp is a smaller faction here in gaza or what could have been the cause of the targeting. in the other building that went down late last night, that hasn't gone down but has been hit heavily, just before midnight on monday night, that building is believed to have also housed some offices for hamas, that can be the only link people are looking at today as people basically look back at these events of the tall buildings being hit. and it could be the offices of the factions that are housed inside those buildings. >> okay, jane, ferguson live in gaza city. thank you. now, since israel began its military salt on gaza, that was on july the 8th, 64 palestinians have been called. a thai national was also killed.

200100 palestinians have died in the violence, including 177 children, more than 11,000 palestinians have been injured and the u.n. says that most of the dead, in fact three-quarters of them, are civilians. still to come in the progr program. >> we are required to leave here today and thank things. >> a call for action in the united states at the funeral of the teenager michael brown. and we are in myanmar where school children are preserving and indeed promoting their own language again.

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♪ ♪ hello again, these are the top stories here at al jazerra. the u.s. surveillance aircraft are flying over syria to spy on islamic state fighters. president obama gave the go ahead after u.s. war planes correctly a tacked islamic fighters in neighboring iraq. allies condemning air strikes by arhe just a minute in libya. israeli air strikes in gaza have destroyed 13-story building housing families, public works officers and shop workers, 20 people were injured. now, a new government is expected to be announced in france. president ohlund dissolved the

government of the prime minister manuel after some criticized the alausterity measures. from paris jonah hull has more on the struggle to revive the french economy. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: france is marking the 70th anniversary of liberation from nazi occupation, but piercing the mood a sense of present-day political crisis. this is the government as it was on monday, president francois hollande accept the cabinet's resignation after stinging criticism from winch the economy minister denouncing austerity policies that he said were force odd france by germany and aren't working. >> translator: our ari reminds u that the french economy may has been at a standstill for the past six months, zero growth. there is real tension about the economic plan. >> reporter: nine mime minister will quickly form a any cabinet,

minus decenters in an effort to restore government authority, but it will be harder to rescore faith in government policy. >> we are still just a bit above the typical level of 2008. that's six years later after the beginning of the crisis. we are just a bit above the gdp. the level of economic activity that we add in 2008. so we failed. and these measures have failed. >> reporter: broadly speaking, france is not happy about all of this. president ohlund's a proving rating is at 17%. well over 80% don't believe that he or his socialist government have the answers for a flagging french economy pitch many believe the man elect odd a platform of change has failed to deliver. >> translator: we'll have to wait and see. i am not sure that things will change right way. i am not expecting miracles.

>> translator: change a word that we hear all the time but we are only seeing a change going backwards. we've got to stay hopeful, hope that the new government will do something. >> reporter: what happens next? well, france gets to keep press ohlund at least until 2017. and the president has instructed that the new cabinet should, quote, remain consistent with the directions set for the country. in other words, for now, no change jonah hull, al jazerra, paris. now, the president of russia and ukraine are due to meet today. that's tuesday. petro poroshenko is expected to greet hav vladimir putin in bels after ukraine's parliament was dissolved and elects september for october. testimony pures are high. the united states african american leaders have called for an end to racially motivated

police brutality at the funeral of michael brown. the black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer in st. louis from missouri, john hen drop has more. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he's now a symbol, a national call to action to change how the united states polices its streets. >> we are required to leave here today and change things. michael brown must be remembered for more than disturbances. he must be remembered for this is when they started changing what was going on. >> reporter: michael brown was remembered as a victim, but he feels also remembered as an 18-year-old who should be in his second week of college. as a complexion run man who mixed rap and religion and someone who had pre premonitionf

his own death. after two weeks of protests of michael brown's death at the hands of a white police officer. there were calls to elect more black leaders so that mostly african american cities like ferguson are more sensitive to its citizens. >> we have had enough of this senseless killing. we have had yo enough of it. what you can do is show up at the voting polls. there was anger. >> there is a cry being made from the crowned. not just for michael brown, but for the treyvon martins, for those children at sandy hook elementary school, for the columbine massacre, for the black on black crime, there is a cry being made from the ground. >> reporter: but there was also hope for the future. >> one day, one day we don't flat the streets with unity and we don't talk about freedom and we don't talk -- when & when they look out those windows, the

colors that stands in the middle of the street don't be more beautiful than any rainbow that they ever seen. but not today. >> reporter: outside on the streets of ferguson, some said they heard the call to action. >> america needs to understand that this is a problem that is not only in st. louis, but it's everywhere. police brutality is real. it is alive and it is happening today. >> reporter: as michael brown's family said their farewells, what happens now depends on a police investigation in to the shooting and the acts of those inside and outside the church who paid their respects. john hen drop, al jazerra, ferguson, missouri. the languages of smaller minority groups are making a comeback in myanmar. for more than 50 years the military allowed only burmese to be taught in state schools. but now traditional languages are being revived in classrooms, as florence louie reports.

>> reporter: these teaching children to read and write in their mother tongue. most are from the shawn ethnic my or at this, while they speak the language this is the first time they are learning the written script in school. >> translator: in addition to teaching after teach in this morning i go back to the fields i am a farmer. >> reporter: she learned how to read and write any among terry. previously the only place one could do so. it hasn't been all that easy finding people for this program. the culture and literature committee which trains teachers for about a week before ending is them off to schools has only imagine today recruit 30 people. after the military took part in the early 1960s, enter 3450es bs the only language taught in schools. the 2008 constitution insured that they could learn their own

language and change is taking place in classrooms. language lessons start at dawn and go on for 90 minutes. the children get a break before regular schooling resumes. they also are here on weekend, but don't seem to mind the extra hours. >> translator: i want to mast meyer own language, also this is honor or for my community. >> reporter: the culture and lit cure committing, a self-funded organization runs the program. >> translator: our duty is not just to preserve our language, but also to promote it. we strive to towards that. it is the mission of our ethnic group. >> reporter: there are more than 130 ethnic groups in myanmar, so far, only this one and one other have reintroduced ethnic languages in national schools. but some others are expected to

follow suit. the old view that being multilingual could threaten national security is being questioned. don't forget that you can keep right up-to-date all the day's developments on the al jazerra website. >> the united states spent a decade, thousands of lives and trillions of dollars to overthrow saddam hussein and create a new iraq and now the islamic state is threatening to unravel iraq and syria. if you are president obama, what is your next move? that's the "inside story."