>> it is a riveting and inspiring memoir. thank you so much for talking to al jazeera. proves that around 1,000 russian troops are operating inside ukraine, despite denials from moscow. u. security council is about to begin discussions we will take you there when it gets underway. this is the al jazeera news hour, lye from london, also coming up. h peace keepers are abducted and there is continuing fighting in syria. >> fresh calls for action to tackle the ebola outbreak in west africa. and u.s. gun laws are a

bit under scrutiny, after a nine-year-old girl accidentally killed her shooting instructor. >> hello, we begin with a process in ukraine. more than 1,000 troops are operating across the border, comes ahead of a u.n. security council meeting as the violence continues to escalate. let's get our first report, who is managed to meet in eastern ukraine. >> there's little doubt that the crisis here has answered a new and very dangerous territory on thursday. because of the language that's being used ad the very highest level of the political sphere, no longer are we talking about rumors or russian involvement,s with the separatist fighters here in the east, there have been outright accusations, and backed up apparently by clear cut satellite imagery

evidence. that russian regular forces are fighting alongside separatist fighters here in the east, now, that is very dangerous territory, because the use of the word invasion, takes the plays into a very new and untested area. the president and the prime minister are sending and appealing for international assistance from their western allies. the russian side, for it's part has been outrightly denying any russian regular troops here in this area, but frankly, the san diego mounting, and quite how long russia can continue to deny what sin creasingly becoming undeniable, is really a moot point. the reaction over the next 24 hours, 36 hours really could be very crucial, up deed. >> as paul mentioned the president is claiming that russian troops are staged an invasion of his country, and that's an allegation, that russia flatly denied. simon mcgregor wood has more. >> nato officials

distributed the satellite images on thursday, they say it shows these artillery pieces on the soil. and, this is a russian military column, moving inside southeast ukraine. nato claims the level of russian involvement far exceeds what has gone before. it says 1,000 well equipped russian soldiers are now fighting in ukraine. >> these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity up side ukraine, but they are only the tip of the ice burg, in terms of the overall scope of russian troop and weapons movements. >> condemnation of the military has been swift and widespread. angular merkel a german leader known for her once close relationship with vladimir putin called him on wednesday night, to demand an immediate explanation. in paris, on thursday morning, president a lan said it would be intolerable for russian troops to cross into ukraine. >> now we russian must

control it's boarder and crease the transfer of armed aired equipment, and, of course, if it is proved that russian soldiers are present in ukrainian territory that would be intolerable, and unacceptable. we urge russia to pursue a different path, and find a solution to this crisis. if russia does not, then she should be in no doubt, there will be further consequences. >> the european union is threatened to increase it's sanctions against russia, global stock markets have fallen in reaction to the latest developments. as the fighting escalates nato's members are increasingly nervous. poland's form minister accused russia of aggression. lithuania has call add council meeting and once the west has supplied them with better weapons.

where russian in eastern europe. those plans will now have a far greater urgency. as one anonymous source said, security situation in europe, has now fundamentally changed. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. >> let's take you straight to the u.n., jeffery, briefing the council, let's listen in. >> in several key areas have been spreading. we cannot ignore the involvement in this new waive of eggs collation. if confirmed it will constitute a direct international law, and of the u.n. charter. the united nations has no independent means of verifying this information, and the russian federation has statutely rejected these reports. today, we have been in touch with ambassador, the head of the o. s.c.

special monitoring mission. he informed us there is no snm presence, and no -- although the osce is in the process of deploying a team to these areas. this will be critical, as we seek factual information as to what is precisely unfolding on the drowned. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, the situation on and around the border between ukraine, and the russian federation, is a particular concern and remains a key obstacle to the deescalation of the situation on the ground, as arms and heavy weaponry, reportedly continue to flow unabated, into ukraine from russia. with international verification, as discussed in the talks. in this regard, we take note of the recent statement made by the president, that the first

by lateral consultations between the border guards of ukraine, and the federation, are scheduled for saturday, 30 august. it is also critical that the elections announce the 26 of october, take place throughout ukraine, and become a unifying and reckon sylla story mechanism, that will ensure that people throughout the country, feel represented in kiev. nor can we allow the continuation of destruction that this conflict has without in eastern ukraine. the secretary general notes the recent multilateral talks on 26 of august. as well as the first official meeting between the president's of ukraine, and russia. he called for a continuity of these talks, with a view to

forging a peaceful way out of the conflict, based on president's peace plan. all must do their part to contribute to the resolution of this conflict, in a manner, upholding ukraine so muchty, and territorial integrity. we have to redouble our efforts to resolve the conflict in ukraine. lives have to be saved. peace in ukraine, means peace in the region and beyond. the secretary genre mains committed to using his good offices to help reserve this crisis and we will keep the council informed of the collective efforts of this organization, to help the ukrainian people and government, restore peace and stability to their country. last week the secretary jensen me to kiev to consult on the way forward, and under the secretary general, whose visit overlapped with mine, discussed how to

bolster efforts. in her field visit she reported on impress i efforts by the authorities to restore normalcy, in areas regaped by the government, from the armed groups. currently secretary general, evan is in ukraine. and the u. n. country team remains enganged in working with the counter parts, on humanitarian issues. and we continue to coordinate with other partners, including osce and the netherlands on the after math of the downing of mh 17. mu the immediate focus must be the way to find ways -- as occurred over the last 48 hours and move quickly away and toward political solutions and dialog. thank you mr. president, and distinguished members of the council.

just a reminder we are watching a security council meeting discussed the escalating crisis. jeffery feldman there outlining the scale of the problems and saying that the u. n. should -- redouble their efforts to resolve that the conflict. at this -- as nato has said that 1,000 russian troops have been operating inside the country's border, and also we heard from the president that the claims that the people of the troops have invaded this country. so a lot of the words there from jeffery feltman, seemed to be reiterates things we have seen before. alarm, it shouldn't get any worse, what can the security council meeting achieve? well, lauren, there have been several meetings on the situation in the

ukraine, and while the council members have almost unanimously -- russia for it's support of separatists, in the ukraine, russia, of course, is a veto wielding member of the council, and it continues to deny that it is supporting the separatists. that the troops are crossed over, so that remains a stumbling block, that i don't see anyway they can overcome. as long as they hold a veto, it's very difficult to get any kind of action. the only action they have taken has been to condemn the downing of the malaysian airline flight, and to condemn the death of some russian journalists in the fighting there. we are hearing from the u.n., that it is saying that if the reports are

true, they say they cannot independently confirm the situation, but if they are true, this would be a "grave contraception of u.n. and international law." with implications far beyond the region. we also heard the concern, uponky moons concern about the escalation of fighting in the south eastern portion of the country, so clear to say, from this emergency meeting that the international commute is very concerned about what is happening there. but as long as russia is on the council, probably unable to do too much about it. rejected any allegations that it has crossed. had nato confirming that more than 1,000 troops are operating inside the borders. so are you still expected

russians to deny they are inside ukraine in this meeting in. >> that has been their modus of remember die. they have continued to deny sometimes in the face of what appears to be overwhelming evidence. we have had other security council members directly accuse them of supplying weapons, of fires weapons into the ukraine, of possibly sending troops into the ukraine. that we have seen to come out, but at this point, russia has shown no signs of backing down. >> thank you very much indeed. live update, and we will continue to monitor that meeting. has condemned -- by activists fighting the syrian army. the u.n. soldiers were detained earlier on thursday, -- in the israeli occupied heights. u.n. peace keepers have been monitoring the area,

since the war in 1974. more than 1200 u. n. peace keepers there. as well as those from fiji and the philippines. the soldiers are with the united nations disengangment on server force. the immediate reare lease of all the peace keepers and called upon all parties to cooperate with good faith, to enable it to operate freely, and to ensure full security of it's personal. they called upon countries with influence, to strongly convey to the armed members of the opposition, to immediately release the peace keepers. earlier they met to discuss syria, and heard some powerful testimony about the dire situation facing civilians in the

country. >> two plight of people has not been reduced but has deepened. the violence continues unabated with more deaths of women, children, and men. the fabric of the country has been ripped to shreds. according to data collected by human rights organizationed from various sources july 2014, was particularly harrowing since the start of the conflict for civilians in syria, with over 1,000 civilian deaths and injured. fighters of the islamic state, say they have executed scores of captures soldiers. video from the group claims to show men captures from the air bass, which i.s. seized last weekend, the fighters say they then executed 250 of the soldiers. two human right groups put the number at 120. the air base was the last foothold in the area. >> joins us with more

from beirut, so if you get further information about these reported executions? >> well, we have confirmation from the syrian on serve story for human rights and as you mention, in the past 24 hours alone, they confirmed the execution of at least 120 members of the syrian army. now, these people became hostages for the -- many the hands of the islamic state, after the islamic state was able to concur, and take over a military air base in iraq. so it is very intense battles. at least 500 people from both sides were killed during these battles and following these, dozens and dozens of army soldiers tried to flee, but they were captured by the islamic state. it isn't the first time we hear of such executions but it is one of the few times that we hear of such huge numbers in one incident, pictures of the soldiers being humiliated, tortured, insulted, and these kind

of images they really instill fear in the enemies and the foes of the islamic state, and help them concur more territory. in the past week we have been seeing them gaining more ground, by the day. from glove forces or other groups. >> and what about these abductions of u.n. peace keepers what is emerging about that. >> well, so far, we don't have an official clear claim of responsibility. we know there's been very intense clashes between the army, and some of the rebels groups who are there. there's the free syrian army, it's different groups yesterday, these groups were able to take over the only crossing point between syria and israel. and today we have seen these abductions. it isn't the first time, it is the third time that they have been taking hostages in the that area, along the border with israel. and the past two times they were freed later

without any harm. so the u.n. is working very closely with neighbors countries, with whomever is on the ground, and has contacts with these groups to try to free them. as soon as possible. thank you for that life update. >> now, the starkest of warnings that the ebola outbreak could get much worse. the virus could effect more than 20,000 people, in west africa, and the u. n.hole agency has produced new plan to try to tackle the outbreak, and stop it from spreading. tim friend records. it's a virus that has mainly effected the pour and malnourished and now the world health organization has revealed the truex tent of underreporting of cases. in some areas the system of recording new vick tills hasn't kept up. there are currently more than 3,000 cases in liberia, sierra leyon, and nigeria. at least 40% have been in the last three weeks.

and the final figure, could be 20,000. the total number globally, in previous jut breaks we have already outstripped to 20,000 is a scale that has not ever been anticipated in terms of an ebola outbreak. to start within six to mine months and prevent it spreading internationally. lit involve 750 international workers and 12,000 national workers. >> i think that it is achievable. given the up next of resources and money and obviously coordination. now, that's where the difficulty will come in, because a number of healthcare workers are afraid, of taking on these jobs and the report does discuss the ways

that people should be renumerated for the dangers involved with the job, but, of course, these are countries that are desperately poor, and don't have the resources to mobilize. >> as the outbreak continues, researchers have announced that safety trials are on ebola vaccine are being fast tracks. the move was announced on thursday, by pharmaceutical giant. an effective cure will take time, something that many in west africa don't have. tim friend, al jazeera. >> the professor adrian hill from the university of oxford, he is part of a team trying to fast track human trials of an experiment stall vaccine. >> normally what we are trying to do here would take six months to a year, we are trying to do this in weeks. so we can start the trials next week.

certainly in the next month, and then move to trials in west after ca, probably in the gambia in october. with the object i of showing that the vaccine is safe, and producing a suitable immune response by the end of the year. >> those initial trials how difficult is it for people to take part. >> well, we haven't advertised yet, but at our center, we vaccinate a couple thousand people in a year. so vaccinating 60 should be possible, etch in the short timeframe. >> what are the risks in terms of fast track something, are there risks that things get missed and people can end up with horrible side effects. we don't this think so, because are not fast tracking the clinical part. all of that is moving much faster. >> we have had msf, the organization talking

about the scale of this, and saying this is not an ebola outbreak, these are humanitarian response. why do you think the outbreak is so serious. >> i think that is what has surprised people. there have been outbreaked in the past. what is different here, is the scale, probably the lack of health infrastructure, in many of the locations are the outbreak has happened. >> so in terms of the virus itself, does it evolve? or is it straight forward virus? we have no really good evidence, that this is a worst strain than we have seen before. but there have been far more cases and that may simply by that the density is higher, in the cities where this has happened and because of the lack of infrastructure to isolate individuals rapidly. >> do you think the social response has been too slow?

the outbreak serious discussions now starting about international leadership and coordination, is that assessment fair? >> from my perspective, this has been good. i think it has taken people to recognize this outbreak wasn't going to go away. once that become apparent, the world health organization, research institutes a major pharmaceutical company that's all been unprecedented in my experience. >> just privately, good news about a vaccine being eminent, what about -- i know there's treatments but do you think those are getting closer to being more formalized i think the plan is to look at all interceptions and most importantly vaccines that can be widely used. who as you heard earlier, are worries aboutle cooing to work. >> the french preponderate has called

for more work. the ambassador in paris, also touched on the deteriorating situation. ambassador gathers in paris, president francoise set out the key pillars of french foreign policy for the year ahead. france, he said, would increase the support for forces in northern iraq, he said the west should support opposition forces in syria. alarm called for a conference in the fight against the islamic state group. >> a vast alliance but i want to make sure things are clear. bashar al sad cannot be a fight. you cannot choose between two, because they feed on each other. >> he warned that if the u.n. doesn't step in, terror lynch spread across the entire region.

>> terrorist groups are forming if we don't anything, i mean nothing serious, nothing political, not international, terrorism will spread in the whole region. so france is asking the united nations because the u.n. must take it's responsibility, to organize an exceptional support to the authorities to re-establish this state. it said it would be unintolerable. sanctions on russia would increase. a policy aboard, in previous years there was the central african republic, and last summer, the support for air strikes that didn't end up going ahead. it's all in stark contrast, in the way he is viewed at home.

he knows that the policy success he is announced the idea of an international conference. he knows that that probably won't boost his popularity ratings at home enormously. and i think the french public know that as well. >> domestically, he is considered inconsistent, undecisive, he is unpopular, and the economy is stagnant, unemployment is high. it is perhaps one of francoise's few rays of home. of a more coherent foreign policy. al jazeera, paris. in 48 hours after a crease hold took hold, al jazeera has gained exclusive access to the central prison. inside, a man being held in solitary confinement who refused of being israeli inforn't mas.

>> to a special ward where men suspected of collaborating with israel are held. responsible for the inmates he tells me they are kept isolated because of their own safety, because if others knew of their crimes they could be killed. >> there are eight prisoners here. we only let them out to use the path room and pray, but whenever we let them leave, we cover their faces with a hood. >> the inmates were instructed not to speak to us, but we were told by prison officials they all deny the charges against them. suspected collaborators can spend days, weeks, even years in these cells before they face a revolutionary course who will decide their fate. >> hamas executed 18 suspected israeli informants, seven were

killed publicly on this street corner. it was the largest number of suspected collaborators killed by hamas in a single day, since it took control of the strip in 20007. the executions followed an israeli air strike on a house that killed three of it's most senior commanders. the single biggest strike against hamas' armed wing since fighting began, and it's leaders have made it clear, that anyone suspected of working with israel, would also be punished. the family of one of the them buries him quickly, and without the rights they didn't want to call attention to the fact that he was killed on hamas' orders. worried about being recognized they wanted our camera crew to leave, but insist he was wrongly accused. my brother is independent. the lawyers say all the charges are false, this is all propaganda.

they do so through a variety of different means. sometimes with money, other times it's through blackmail, or by intimidating family members. and while these men deny having any ties with israeli forces the mere suspicious is how most ended up here. >> at the gaza central prison. >> and there's much more to come here on the al jazeera news hour. >> in england where a huge scandal in child sex abuse is turning into a national crisis. in social care. and in sport, decides against running nor the fifa presidency, we will tell you why, later this hour.

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united nations is condemned the abduction of 43 of it's peace keepers, they are taking in the heights near the border between syria and israel. there's a warning the ebola outbreak could get much worse. next to the united states, where gun laws are again in the spotlight, after a nine-year-old girl accidentally killed her instructor with an ooze and i machine gun. the child is being shown how to fire a weapon at a range in the arizona dessert, but lost control and shot him several times. automatic weapons have been banned from sale, but collectors and businesses are still allowed to own machine guns made before that year. >> al jazeera has discussed the incident with people in different parts of the world, to see what people outside america make of another gun fatality. >> i don't know why america has these rules of -- well, seem to be

sore lapse really in terms of weapons. fives, guns, anything like that, i really don't understand it. >> nothing surprises me with america. >> i feel a sadness about this video. it's american way of life. >> this child will later go on and learn how to use the weapon, when she is nine years old. i think it's inside of her. >> if this incident is happened because of some mistakenly. as a child, she is growing up knowing that the fun is not a problem. and she sees people shooting, then everything, every problem she comes across, she will just shoot a gun as the solution. >> there should be a restriction, when it comes to certain places where -- you can't have a nine-year-old in a shooting range.

that's ridiculous. >> joined live, from u.s. capitol washington, d.c., whose director of communications from the coalition to stop gun violence, thank you for being with us. people expressing that it does seem bizarre that a nine-year-old should be allowed to fire a gun in this way. >> well, i'd have to agree with the people you interviewed. i would second that. you know we absolutely believe that there should be some regulations in place. that would prevent a child of this age, certainly from fying a fully automatic weapon in that manner. what makes this so tragic, is just six years ago, we had an awful incident where an eight-year-old boy was given a fully automatic ooze and i, and shot and killed himself with it. so for this to happen, in the wake of that incident, is mind boggling, and very sad. >> this idea that children can be allowed to use -- obviously in

the context of the range, how common is it? i was reading that this will increase in gun tourism, is that your understanding? >> yeah, there are certainly a lot of ranges out there shooting ranges that try to cater to tourists. how often children of that age are firing weapons of that caliber, is probably a little bit more difficult to say, but i think the important thing to understand is that state regulations in many states in this country are very weak, as pertains to firearms, and in this country, as the people you interview redirect examination keeply aware, we have a very radical gun culture, that almost prides itself on recklessness. >> in that context, with a boy killed himself, if there wasn't a change in the regulations then, how likely is there will be this time around in. >> well, to be clear, those are two different states. this incident took place in arizona which is a

much more conservative progun state, there were repercussions for that incident in massachusets. there were prosecutions. what is going to happen in arizona, i don't know. sadly, it wouldn't surprise me if -- i know there will be no criminal charges and it wouldn't surprise me if nothing changed there. i think -- it's a two way struggle here in the united states. one part of is it getting regulations in place, basic regulations that all other democracies have to protect children, from gun violence, and then the second part of it is more of a social norming battle we are waging here. where we try to regulate that it isn't cool, florida a&m rouse, quite frankly, it is criminally negligent. and that's -- what we should be conveying with this incident. this was the fault of this girl's parents.

the u.n. security council, and listen in. >> instead of listening, instead of heeding the demands of the community, and the rules of the international order, at every step, russia has come before this council to say everything except the truth. it has manipulated it has -- it ha outright lied. so we have learned to measure russia by it's actions and not it's words. the actions have spoken volumes. on august 26th, just this tuesday, after meeting with ukrainian president, president putin spoke of the need to "end bloodshed as soon as possible." yet the same day, satellite imagery, show russian combat i don't wants, combat units, southeast in eastern ukraine. that's same day ukraine

detained regular russian army personnel, from the 9th brigade. in response, russia claimed the soldiers had wandered into ukrainian territory by mistake. this supposedly in a time of conflict along one of the most carefully watched borders in the world. the day after the talks russia fires rockets from inside russia, at ukrainian possibles in novo. and then attacked with two collums of russian vehicles and tanks.

other deployments into the territory, include advance artillery and air defense systems not found in the ukrainian inventory. these systems have shelled ukrainian positions outside the city, in conjunction with a recent separatist counter offensive. one of the separatist leaders that rush are sha has armed and backed, said openly, that three or 4,000 russian soldiers have joined their cause. but a russian soldier who chooses to night in ukraine on his break is still a russian soldier. and the armored russian military vehicle he drives there is not his personal car. in russia, family members of russian soldiers are holding funerals for their loved ones, who have been killed in the fighting in ukraine.

yet still according to the government, the soldiers were never there. they were never in crimea either, until they were announced that they had annexed crimea. the last 48 hours fit into a well established pattern for russia. each step, has paveed the way for the one that followed. and yet, inspite of all of these outrageous actions ukraine has repeatedly sought a solution to this crisis. it has repeatedly sought a path to deescalation, despite this pattern, the president showed up to meet with president putin. in contrast, he was still unwilling to acknowledge the most basic facts we all know, that russian has armed equipped and now joined illegal separatist fighting in ukraine. serious negotiations are needed but russia has to stop lying and fueling this conflict.

the mask is coming off. in these acts, these recent affects we can see the actions for what they are, a deliberate effort to support and now fight along sometime illegal separatists in another so much country. now rush are sha has claimed that they are not interest in the cease fire. we have every interest, as long as it is a real one. but rush are sha separatists not only have no interest in observing a cease fire, but they synecl use the time to rearm and wait for additional soldiers and supplies to flow across the border from rush are sha. in the face of these deeply alarming actions the most important question for us now is not what we should say to russia, the most important question is what we should do to make russia listen. the wrightses that luout this crisis, the e.u. and is g seven, exerted targeted effective pressure so this is heard.

so that rush are sha begins to deescalate, rather than escalate, so the reasonable peace plan put forward is adopted and implemented. and in the face of russia's continued aggression, and blatant disregard for the u. n. charter, the hill sinky final act, we will continue to work closely with our g seven and european partners to ratchet up the consequences. now i understand there are real costs felt by citizens when they take these actions. it has caused for business it is trade with rush are sha, and sell to rockets from small scale farmers to big factories. those costs are considerable, and nobody should take them lightly. if unchecked the damage that the international order, poses is much much greater. these ruled that have taken generations to build, with unparalleled investment. countless lies have been lost to defend these

principles and every single one of us has a stake in defending them. a threat to the order, the international order, is a threat to all of our peace and security. these are the rules that rush are sha is flouting when it illegally seizes territory, and fights alongside illegal groups in neighboring countries. ukraine is one of roughly a dozen countries that share a border with russia. let me close with a couple of questions. how can we tell those countries that border russia that their peace and sovereignty is guaranteed if we do not make our message heard? why should they believe it will be different, if tomorrow president putin decides to start supporting arm separatist and allowing soldiers on vacation, to fight in their countries? just as important, what message are we sending with simply alarming ambitions around the world, when we let russia violate these rules

without sufficient consequences? in the face of this threat, the cost of inaction is unacceptable. thank you. so a strong message there, the ambassador to the u.n. the, which is an open meeting, she said that at every stage, russia has manipulated and outright lied about it's role in the crisis in ukraine. she said that satellite imagery, shows that russian combat i don't wants were now in ukraine, and she listed various other bits of equipment, that she claimed russia had supplied to the separatists. she said they have now armed, equipped and joined the separatist, and outlined the threat to international security, if russia continues to not be checked in and role in the conflict. let's bring in kristen who is watching this with us, very strong words and not unexpected. but again, what can be

expected to change after all this. >> very strong speech, she and other countries have accused russia of supporting for some time now, and even some have suggested that they have gone over the border, but they made it very clear, that the united states does have satellite imagery showing troops, russian weapons and so on, over the border, and so had a rallying call, and the international community, to do something and actually do something to stop russia. rather than just condemn their actions with words. the question of what can they do, when russia is a veto wielding member of the security council, is the crucial one. and we are hearing some talk of points what could possibly be away for the council to take some actions.

at this stage, they are recall hypotheticals. there are some suggestions. one option would be for the security council to refer to the general assembly. there is some precedent for this to happening when the president is deadlocked. the general assembly, of course, not having veto wielding members being a more democratic body could take some action in overcome that obstacle. another option that's being discussed is moving forward and demanding that they on stain from the vote. it could be demanded that they not take part, because russia continues to deny that it is a party to the conflict that is a bit tricky, it would require more of this evidence that we just heard, coming out to make the case that in fact, they are a party to the conflict, and there are not eligible to vote,

and so on. there's talk of stablization force in the area, but with the violence continuing there, that also seemed like a far off point at this same. put clearly, the council is concerned and looking for ways beyond the sanctions which have had a limited effect so far, to pressure russia into changing the course on the ground. >> in dealing with this crisis, of course bring you the response from the russian ambassador, just as soon as he is done talking. after revelations of large scale sexual abuse. 1400 children were victims between 1997, and 2003. of only 250,000. an independent report found local authorities ignored the abuse, and as lawrence lee reports there are fears this could be just the tip of

the ice burg. recent months have seen many high profile cases in england, but what happened here is on an entirely different level. this was the exploitation of 1400 young people. mostly poor white girls but boys as well. we groups of mostly asian men. when the authorities were told about it, they buried the evidence. the police, social wrongerrers, all accused of willful negligence. >> this man still has the documents as well as the men stall scars. he effort ares being dragged into a shed, and abused by a middle age men, the police seem to believe him, yet they made no arrest. >> yet the supposition is for more than a decade, hundreds and hundreds of young people, were being systematically sexually abused that many people

must have known all about it. and yet the authorities did absolutely nothing. the media here, are focusing on why so few are resigns over this. this has. happening all over the country. >> throughout all the towns in the country. let's root this cancer out. >> she fought off her grief to describe what had happened to her. she said she had been gang raped by five asian men, not here, but in birmingham, she comed here in solidarity. >> yet, -- 1400, but it

wouldn't surprise me if it was at least three times that amount. and they just haven't had the courage or the support or -- you know, they probably just wanted to forget about it. >> every time stories happen, agonized appeal follow for change. but the really big question is this, if those in charge has been protected in failing them, then who else is there? >> i am joined --

although this is a very shocking case, i don't think we have seen the end of these cases yet. as we know we have been following the allegations and harris, and so on, it is very very widespread. and we also know that a lot of the sexual abuse happens at home and inside the family, and by people that are close to you. so i think this is probably the tip of the ice burg. >> in terms of the incident, one of the key findings or the report there, is that police officers were playing down evidence of sexual abuse, because they were worried about upsetting community relations. how much of that is the problem, do you think. >> well, i actually -- the report itself, is slightly contradictory on this issue. it says the front line staff was not at all concerned about the fact

that there were ethnic levels and dimensionses. i don't buy that for one moment, because if that was the case, in relation to the police, we see for example, the targeting of black and asian men when it comes to drugs they are seen as drug pushers or terrorists or illegal immigrants we see that all the time, and the stop and search debate that has been happening with the police have come in for a lot of criticism. that's not stopped them, so the fact that -- this is true. that they -- it's stopped them from pursuing the issue of sexual violence against young girls and it showed how low down it is on their list of priorities. and how entrenched and widespread is this

sexism, and the culture, that we have seen. we need to have people taking this very seriously, some of the legislation which is pretty good on the ground. second thing, is the issue of funding, i think the debate is like it got detrailed in terms of whether sean wright is going to resign or not, of course, it is an important issue, that people must feel. that if they take the wrong decisions, if they don't do their jobs properly, they should resign or be sacks whatever. but the real issue is about funding. women services up and down the country. so there's all this going on, about what is a very serious issue, then let's

not close down women services. and this has been an issue that has been highlighted in the report it, because they have said that the fact that there was underresourcing did effect the way in which these cases were handled. thank you for coming to talk to us about it. >> warn, thank you so much, well, the draw has been helped for the premier club competition, and defending champions around ma friday have been alongside 2005 winners. real beat athletico but will face a stern challenge against the red whose are appearing in the red ares stages. will be bosel. last season rushers up, are in group a, alongside italian giants and malmo. group d is another tough group, featuring arsenal.

group e and f may be the most challenging. in manchester city have been drawn together, along with barcelona and perry. home games in the western city of livu, due to unrest. the stadium was damaged by shelling this week. one team who didn't qualify for this year's league is manchester united and they have yet to win a game under new manager. blue they have been showing off the man that has their fortunes. the argentine says he doesn't feel pressure to live up to his price tag. >> no. it doesn't bother me, the fact that nearly $100 million has been paid for me that's something that the club

chairman has discussed. i kim here to work, and to play for them, and do the best i can. >> ahead of european football. >> going body has announced he won't challenge for the fifa presidency, the former french international told delegates in monaco that he wants to instead continue his work as uefa president. the decision is based on where his passion lied. he is facing paul of france, who earned his spot in the second round with a five set victory. while in the women's draw. -- and that's all your sports for now, it is now back to lauren. >> all right, thank you very much indeed. and that's it for this news hour, from me lauren taylor, we will be back in a moment. do stay with us, bye for now.

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