you can also tweet >> hello, and welcome, these are the top stories. >> russian forces have entered ukraine. >> ukraine's president said russian soldiers are helping separatists. moscow denies it. a russian convoy is spotted on the border, and nato believes that 1,000 russian troops are already fighting inside of ukraine. and also on the ground, 43 u.n.

peace keepers are abducted in the golan fights as syrian forces take on armed fighters, and the real number of people with ebola may be four times greater than we know. the latest warning front the world health organization. hello, ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, said that russian troops have invaded the country, and that's an allegation that russia flatly denies. but theut backs up poroshenko with a military officer saying that 1,000ruption troops are known to be operating inside of ukraine. poroshenko said that they have been operating in the east. that's all been confirmed by this man, alexander, he is the -- you will see that he is the leader of the donetsk

independent republic. up to 4,000 russian citizens have been fighting alongside of the russians in eastern ukraine and many of those fighters are from the russian military. [ speaking russian ] >> interpreter: with more volunteers from russia, there have always been many for the military servicemen. they fight for us, saying that this is their duty. and i will be more frank with you. the soldiers prefer to spend their vacation, not on beaches but with us, among brothers fighting for freedom. >> the ukrainian prime minister said that it's not only russian troops on the ground there. >> russia has sent a number of armored personal vehicles, and troops tanks and troops. we can confirm that russian

military boots are on ukrainian ground. ukrainian forces are capable to go with the russian-led guerillas, but this is difficult for us to fight with russia and it's army. >> so meanwhile, the rebels have opened up a new front in eastern ukraine, throat thing a coastal city on the sea. and the ukrainian forces are being sent to defend the city. we're outside of mariupol and this is what you've seen on the ground, paul? >> they're 30 klimters away from mariupol, the city that has been reportedly occupied by

russian-led forces, it's 9 or 10 kilometers in, and technically, we're in a no man's land between the two sides here. smoke about an hour ago, and local residents, who are sheltering in bomb shelters, say they believe it came from some kind of a rocket or a shell. and the streets have been largely empty. people, one phrase i've heard, people are sitting on suit cases, ready to leave at a moment's notice. there's grave concern about the motives of the russian troops, and it's quite clear now with the evidence mounting that they have crossed over the ukraine an border. the politicians have stopped tiptoeing around the issue, and they have stopped using the word incursion and are openly using the word, invasion. that's why it's so critical, and we're entering dangerous territory here t if this is categorized as an invasion, what is the next logical step?

is this an invasion of war between ukraine and russia? >> when poroshenko says this is a russian invasion, besides the words and the language, what is ukraine going to do about it? >> well, from a military point of view, in the very short-term, they are enforcing what they have had here in mario poll. and in the separatist uprising, i guess you could call it. because the steel industry, which controls the city of mario poll, they decided their jobs over the aspirations. that said, down here in the southeastern ukraine, the

ukraine, already fighting in donetsk city, which is north of here, the tactics are not clear at the moment. is russia trying to draw troops away from those cities, in order to weaken the advances that they have made? i suspect that's not realistic, but nevertheless, the fears and the concerns of the residents here down in the southeast, particularly in mariupol itself, are valid. >> that's paul reporting for us outside of the city of mariupol. and paul, raising questions about what russia is doing, and let's crossover to peter from moscow, and what are the russians doing in that part of ukraine. >> it has been a day of mounting evidence in ukraine as we have heard from paul's report. nato is saying that of russian

troops inside of ukraine, but that has not stopped the russian parliament that suggests russian troops on the ground. this is disinformation and categorically stated it's not happening. there might be a glimmer of light here. there were talks today between the generals of the russian forces and the ukrainian forces coming to agreement on a prisoner change. they both hold prisoners from each other's armies, but this won't do anything to calm the jitters and the red flags going up across lithuania, and the

u.n. security council discuss this later in the day. it was left t to the president n paris saying that this is the worst crisis we have faced since the end of the cold war. >> thank you, peter. well, the u.n. rebels in the israeli occupied golan heights have taken 43 of its peace keepers. that's on israel's border with syria. and the u.n. said that the anti-government fighters took them and it increased in the area. and let's crossover to the u.n. headquarters in new york, has the u.n. released any more information, kristen, on the circumstances of the detain. these 43 peace keepers if >> reporter: well, we know that there was fighting in the area on wednesday into thursday morning, and the u.n. is saying that the peace keepers. 43 of them, were detained early this morning as a result of that fighting by an armed

group. they're not specifying which armed group was involved, but we know that armed groups super been fighting in the area on wednesday, taking over border checkpoints, and injuring an israeli soldier there. the u.n. said they're working hard for the release of these 43 soldiers, and they're being restricted in the movements of the area. this is not the first time that the u.n. has had to deal with the taking of its peace keepers in the area. it happened back in march and may of 2013, and those peace keepers were eventually released unharmed. but of course the u.n. is very concerned. and they aren't telling us which countries are being held at this point. there are six different, 1200 peace keepers.

>> islamic fighters have captured soldiers. and it shows them parading and taunting the men who they allegedly captured from the air base in the northeast. >> they are monitoring on the ground for human rights, and the observer said only in the past 24 hours, at least 124 soldiers have been executed by the islamic state group. these were prisoners, mainly soldiers that fell to the air base to islamic state.

and they tried to flee and were captured and executed. it's not surprising, it's not the first time that the islamic state has executed the prisoners, but it's the number of prisoners executed at once, and we're seeing more and more of these cases. even the u.n. yesterday and today shed a lot of light on these of violations, and what they're saying, the executions are not only happening to soldiers and to the members of the pro government army, but even to civilians. >> reporting from beirut. >> well, the world health organization said that it needs half a billion-dollar to contain the ebola outbreak in west africa. the virus has probably killed and infected more people than we know about. so far, the w.h.o. says that there are 369ications and 552 deaths, but the real number

could be 12,000 or more cases and as many as 6,000 deaths. while the w.h.o. believes that 20,000 people could become infected before its able to contain the virus, which they believe could take up to nine months. the outbreak has infected four countries so far. the latest information shows 400 people have died in guinea, where the outbreak started this year. and sierra leone, 422 deaths, and nigeria, 6 people die, and that has brought the total death toll to 1,552. let's speak to korsa williams, joining us live from the capital of mon roveio, where we are reporting, corta, and what

has the country doing to try to contain the virus? thank you. in liberia, there's a lot of action from different to address ebola. there is definitely an absence of -- it may contribute to the increase in most cases and deaths. our response has been across humanitarian ends, our response to the ebola crisis is to work with volunteers. to work with applies, and

support people in the treatment centers. >> how is this being received by the people? lack of trust in institutions, and especially given the high death rates. however n. the communities where we work, women and the poor, and we know that 75% of the deaths are women. so we're working with local partners, women's groups, with liberia to pass on this information. so we are working with trusted partners, days in the communities,. >> with the spread of the disease, and the number of people killed, the w.h.o. is warning that many more can be killed as well as infected.

could the virus be better managed? some are questioning whether this is a disease of the poor. >> our perspective, we believe that we must have coordination with every sector, where our particular expertise will have to join for the virus. and the other thing is, leadership. and this is also an emergency, very significant emergency. the first of its kind in west africa and that has to be taken into consideration. >> corto williams, thank you very much for joining us from liberia. well, there's much more on the ebola story on our website. we have a graphic showing how deadly it is on aljazeera.com. much more to come,

including turkey's new president, the challenges that he faces, and accusations of willful negligence, child abuse from a town in the united kingdom. and who will hold real madrid facing a champion's league. we look at that later in sports. but first, israel's prime minister is threatening more attacks on gaza if palestinian fighters violate the ceasefire agreement. and benjamin netanyahu defended the six week operation, which killed more than 2,000 palestinians and left much of gaza in ruins. >> hamas was severely beaten, and it didn't even get one condition for the ceasefire.

i take this opportunity to say if it resumes fire, we won't tolerate a sprinkle of shooting at any part of israel. we will respond even more vigorously. >> 18 palestinians conspiring with israel were executed. and more suspects are being held in solitary confinement. aljazeera has been given exclusive access to gaza's central prison. >> we were taken deep below gaza's central prison, to a special ward where men suspected of clack rating with israel are held. it's under a strict security protocol. they are kept isolated for their own safety, because if others knew of their alleged crimes, they could be killed. >> there are eight prisoners here, we only let them out to use the bathroom and to pray.

but whenever they leave the cells, we cover their faces with a hood. >> the inmates were instructed not to speak to us, and we were told that they all deny the charges against them. >> suspected collaborators can spend days, weeks, and even years in these 1 by 2-meter cells before they face a revolutionary court that will decide their fate. hamas executed 18 suspected israeli informants, and they were killed on this street corner in gaza city. it was the largest number killed in a single day since they took control of the gaza strip in 2007. it followed an attack on the house that killed three of their commanders. it's leaders have made it clear that anyone suspected of working with israel will also be punished.

family of one man executed buried him quickly, and without the usual funeral rites. they didn't want to call attention to the fact that he was killed on hamas' orders. they didn't want to be recognized and wanted our camera to leave, but snitted that he was wrongly accused. >> my brother was innocent. our lawyers say all of the charges against him were false. this is all propaganda. >> israel has a long and successful history of recruiting collaborators and informers in the occupied west bank and the gaza strip, and they do so with money, or blackmail or by intimidating family members. while these men deny having any ties with the israeli forces, the suspicion of it is how most ended up here. aljazeera at the gaza central prison. >> turkey's former prime

minister, the opponents believe that he will introduce increasingly authoritarian rule. and the foreign minister has been opponented as acting prime minister. bernard smith, developing us what kyp of presidency we're likely to see. >> reporter: well, interestingly, he has just finished addressing a gathering of domestic and international leaders and dignitiries, and he has overseen turkey in the last ten years, calling them historic. and he called them historic. having an elected president is not a technical reform, but signaled end of old turkey, he said, and that's perhaps an indication of the type of presidency we're going to see. he made it no secret that he

wants a more executive president, and you'll see him revive long dormant powers that allow him to check cabinet meetings. critics are scared that he will use those powers in an increasingly authoritarian power. and the checks and balances in the turkish system that make the president above politics will be eroded. >> thank you, bernard reporting from average are a. -- ankora. >> america's filmmakers vie for the top awards. >> case in point, michael

keaten. his career may not be lifeless, but his character is. he once played a super hero, and now struggles to get past that participate. this is the opening movie of the venice film festival. the crowd puller. maybe? it's what the jury thinks. >> anything can be the subject of a movie here in the venice film festival. that is what last year's winning film is about. a busy road. it came from nowhere, it swooped under the critic's noses, and took that big prize, the golden lion last night. that's one of the things about the venice film festival. yes, it has a red carpet and celebrities, and the tradition, but north underneath, there's a fondness for edgy films. and it's that variety that makes this festival not 71 one years old, but very much 71

years young. nevertheless, already also themes that come up again and again this year. war is one of them. we have lee marshall from screen international. tell us why war is so popular? >> well, screen writers need conflict to make good dramas, and we have to go into the war zone to find them. and it's a continuing trend that i don't think is going to stop any time soon. >> let's go to the jury, it's a big mix this year. what kind of things excite them. >> it's difficult to second guess, because as you say, it's a mixed bag this year. we have an indian writer, and french music composer, and it could go anywhere this year. >> i know critics don't like to be tied down at this stage, but give us a hint. who might take it this year. >> documentary won last year, and there's another competition this year, silence, which is about the genocide in indonesia

in the mid 60s, and i would put my money on that. >> that's who will take home the golden lion. the clock is taking, and the world is watching. it's going to be a very busy and very exciting ten days here. aljazeera at the venice film festival. >> two major airlines are in big financial trouble. australia's national airline has announced it's biggest ever loss. the 2.6 u.s. annual deficit on the restructuring costs on the flying kangaroo is hoping for a more foreign investment after the tie up two years ago. and malaysian airlines, it lost almost $100 million in the second quarter. passengers are staying away after the loss of two aircraft in seven months robert mcbride has more.

from koala lampoire. >> these figures reflect the devastating impact on the air tragedies with the malaysian airlines. with a warning from the company that the loss of the two airliners will impact financial results for the rest of this year. in releasing the figures today, the company said that in fact, it has been turning around the fortunes. the airline had been restoring trust and trying to rebuild it's brand when the devastating loss of mh17 occurred. this comes on top of the usual problems being facing the by airliners at the moment. the rising fuel costs, and also increased competition on international roots. but also, for malaysian airlines, there's the ongoing problem of its profitability or lack there. it has been losing money for the past several years, all pointing to a major restructuring taking place. we are expected to see details of this friday in koala lumpur,

and it's likely to involve the loss of several thousand jobs from the workforce of 19,500, and the loss of profitable roots as the airline tries to restore its fortunes. this is the latest in the restructuring of a company that has seen its fortune slip badly from the heights of the 1990s where it was considered to be one of the world's best airlines, and it so you survival. >> families broken up by the war in syria, we'll have that report for you coming up. and plus, the debate over u.s. gun laws opens up again after a nine-year-old girl accidentally shoots dead her instructor. running for the presidency. we'll tell you later. @jvé

>> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon

came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. swooping under the critics noses and took the big prize, the golden lion on the last night. that is one of the things about the venice film festival. it has the red carpet. the tradition, but beneath the veneer is a fondness for edgy films, cinema that challenges the norms. supporters say it is that variety that makes that festival not 71 years old, but 71 years young. nevertheless, there are things that come up again and again. war is one of them.