♪ . >> tension in east ukraine, government forces and separatist accuse one another of violating the truce. hello there, also on the program, lock down in sierra leone, people are to be kept in their home for days to stop the ebola outbreak. deadly divisions protests in the capitol and gun battles in the north, we will bring you the latest. plus. >> i am phil lavell, at the venice film festival, where there is real excitement, because we

are about to find out who has won this, the big prize, the golden lion, join us shortly as we go through the contenders. both sides in the conflict where blaming each other for violating a cease fire that was put in place in the east on friday. pro rush are sha separatist agree to the truce at a meeting after nearly five months of fighting. south eastern city of mario has been the scene of some of the worst fighting in recent days. there were a number of violations around the main wattle areas on friday. as reported attack on it's units and bases in donetsk and the regions, the separatist say ukrainian forces also shelled their positions not far from the russian border and in donetsk.

it became more calm in general, however, a number of provocations were reported yesterday in the evening and at night. reasonables shelled anti-tourist operation position 28 tiles, ten of them took place after the cease fire was announced. >> we believe that parishen coe wants to stop the firing but he doesn't control all his military. and there was no cease fire in their plans. and that the shelling of the suburbs is still going on. both sides leveling accusations but the president of ukraine and russias have been talking. paul has more from donetsk. >> now more than 24 hours into this cease fire, and according to both sides, there have been violations but have they been enough to actually rip up the whole deal that was signed and start

again? well, no. not according to the two leaders who we know have spoken by telephone. the ukrainian president has released on his website, a conversation with the russian president vladimir putin, and both have agreed that in general, the cease fire is holding. what they did say, though, was that it was also necessary for further steps to take place, in order for the cease fire to be put on a more stable footing. and both leaders underlined the important role of the o.s.c.e., the organization for security and corporation in europe, the o.s.c.e. the important role that they have in all of this. they are going to be acting as arbiter, referee if you like, they will be monitoring the borders and making a ruling on who is breaking the cease fire, and who isn't. and the o.s.c.e. does hold all the cards in this. that said, what it all needs is discipline on the ground, because the inevitable of a cease fire such as this, when you are dealing with forces which are not

always talking professional, is that there is going to be indiscipline, there are certainly ill feeling between the two sides, and so it is going to take some degree of time before everything started to calm down. the other thing is necessary, is a resumption of talks. now we need talks in order to address the root problems out here in eastern ukraine. >> well, the kremlin has issue add warning to the european union, which is set to approve more sanctions against russia over the situation in ukraine. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> well, if president putin believed that the latest round would be averted by this cease fire that he helped to bring about between the ukraine military, and the rebel republics in the east, he will be very disappointed. the trouble, is i think, is that putin's credibility is just about exhausted. first of all, we had

russia admitting that there were, in fact, troops involved in the annexation, and there aren't many e.u. states that don't believe that russia isn't heavily involved in the fighting in eastern ukraine. so a lot of people will believe what the prime minister said yesterday, that the cease fire is nothing but a smoke screen. to avert these sanctions. so we understand that the sanctions will be introduced in brussells, on monday, i understand that the e.u. may be planning to bar russian oil companies from raising capitol on european markets. now, this would really hit the big boys. but it would be limited to just those companies with more than a 50% state ownership. rush are sha's response, well, we simply don't know. but they are certainly

promising reprecautions. peep won't be allowed to leave their homes between september the 18th and 21st. 21,000 people are currently being recruited to enforce the lock down. the reason for such an aggressive strategy is to help health workers identify new cases of ebola in their early stages. the world health organization says almost 4,000 people have been infected since the start of the year. it spread across ginny, liberia, sierra leone, and senegal. the death toll has risen to 2,097, and 491 of those are in sierra leone. s have the emergency response he says that they are doing everything they can to counter the outbreak. we have mobilized a massive red ross response, and it is getting bigger all the time. we are setting up a full field red cross hospital

ebola clinic with local volunteers from all over sierra leone to treat patients. but on the other side, where we have to prevent this disease, we have teams doing dead body management, which means we are going out, actually to the communities, and working with the people that have died, and their families to sanitize the body, get them in the ground, and upon that we are doing other activities as in tracing the contacts. so people know what is ebola is and what it is not, and how to deal with it. so we have a giant program, and we are expanding hourly.

he has since become egypt's president, morrissey was jailed shortly after he was deposed and facing several other charges. and president alsysy has called for patience among a power crisis. they have disrupted banking and transportation and led to protests in several cities. mohammed reports. it is one of egypt's worst power crisis in decades. thousands jumped from the windows when doors failed to open. in the main father station outside cairo. >> but the crisis has been going on for some time, several cities across egypt.

people live in the dark, bakeries can't supply bread. basic services are disrupted and egyptians are outraged. i seems to warrant an address by the president, who says he normally tries not to speak much. >> this is problem will not be solved soon, we are islamic familiesing many challenges and no government or president will be able to overcome them alone. >> but the egyptians say they have heard words like these before, especially from the new leaders. the problem they say is that it is not just a power shortage, but a range of problems. crisis across the border continue to rise, and unemployment is soaring. al-sisi promised us a great life of happiness, but look at how miserable the situation is, we have no electricity, no jobs

and the prices are going higher. >> the president spoke in very down terms about economy difficulties and in direty appealed for billions of dollars which he said are needed to fix the problems. >> many want to cripple the efforts aimed at improving our daily life. you may ask why, it's simply to agitate and to cause egyptian people to rise in anger. >> anger of the former field martial who ran for president after he toppled egypt first democratically elected president has been growing even before the current crieses. but perhaps it is the present economy and the prospect of a fresh uprising because of this, that seems to cause the real concern for the president. mohammed, al jazeera. >> al jazeera's demanding the release of it's three journalist whose have been detained for 252 days.

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>> hello again, these are the top stories on al jazeera. both sites in the ukrainian conflict are blaming each other for violating a cease fire, that was put in place on friday. pro russia separate zest the government agreed to the truce in the meeting in bela ruise after only five months of fighting. sierra leone will be imposing a four day lock down on the supply country to fight the ebola outbreak. people won't be allowed to leave their homes. nearly 500 have arrived since. an egyptian president has called for patience, amido a power crisis that

is said the blackouts across the country. they have disrupted bangerring and transportation and led to protests in several cities. the latest reports from yemen, say at least 50 people have been killed in fighting over the last few days. between yemenis troops and rebels. north of the capitol, they are not letting up on their demands from the government's resignation, but the latest rally was matched by a show of strength from government supporters. in the capital. >> government loyalists. they say they are ready to die for the republic accusing of man moving to create a religious state. i feel sad because in 2011 they were with us, now they are allies with the old regime and will never accept that. >> there gathering is nearly sunni, thousands

of people and the preach who attended friday prayers denounce secretaryism but reiterated their redness to fight rebels. >> they have deeply divided yemenis and raised international condition about the future of the country, especially after they press ahead for more political representation in the government. another rally and another friday prayer. led by escalating their protests. dismissing an offer by the president to form a new government, and cut fewer prices. despite the growing anger, they insist their campaign is peaceful. >> i would like to reassure people that we won't let yemen slip towards self war, they all understand that violence will breed violence. >> well they spread into

the streets the talks are underway. latest military gains are controlled most of the north, boost their chance to force the president to make more concessions in the coming days. al jazeera. >> the group that rivals libya's recently elected government has sworn in a new cabinet. they dispute the legitimacy of the parliament based, which is elected in june. syrian rebels and government forces have resumed fighting in the heights. the fighting is taking place in the country side. which is on the syrian controlled side of the territory, is mostly under israeli occupation, last month rebel fighters kidnapped 45 united nations peace keepers in the area. military air strikes have killed at least 50 people, government forces have been targeted the islamic state. the syrian local coordination committee says the strikes killed

at least 15 i.s. fighters and 35 civilians. these images appear to show the after math of an attack on the state security building which is said to be the i.s.' group headquarters. the military air strikes targeting i.s. and iraq have at least at least seven people dead, and a city south, the maternities ward of the hospital was hit when the helicopters carries out their strikes. two of the victims were women. the army which is under islamic state control, the troops hit several neighborhoods in the area, 20 people were also left wounded. thousands of people have been driven from their homes be i the islamic state, including people from the minority. think been seeking shelter, reports from refugee camps in eastern turkey near the border with icrack and syria.

of the group that calls itself the islamic state. >> one of thousands trapped on mount, and circled by i. s. fighters. >> we walked for a long time over rugged landscape until we reached the mountains. it was just one small water spring for thousands of women. the iraqi army disappeared we couldn't defend ourselves we ran away to protect our honor. our religion are always targeted the islamic state group singled us out, they mean to kill us all.

at the top of the hill, one of more than 20 refugee camps. they are of a high standard, but the camp is full, and for now, this is the last refugee camp that will be built in turkey. the turkish government is paying for three more refugee camps but it is building them over the border in kurdish administers iraq. secure concerns meant the final locations have to be changed. now they are expected to be ready by mid september. >> we have been a close corporation with the local authorities to make sure that the site where we are building the catches, a, will be safe, b, will allow us to continue providing services. the same quality that we have been doing here. their ancient religion draws influences from

islam and christianity. fighters have shown little tolerance, even from those that deviate from the hard line interpretation of their faith. so many wonder what chance they will have. >> torrential rains last more than 150 people dead in pakistan. and the state where the service says more heavy rain is expected. 148 people are injured and 640 homes destroyed. large parts of the second largest city are under water after the rains overloaded it's drainage system. the worst effected areas are northern pakistan administered cashmere. more than 100 people have been killed there in what is described as the worst flooding in 60 years.

10,000 people are stranded across the state. ex-rebel leaders say he will contest next week's elections after signing a peace deal with the president. after accusing the government of re-negging on a peace deal. they have had plenty of chances at the top job in the past, but has lost every time to the goning party. >> hundreds of thousands have fled to ethiopia which is now home to more refugees than any other african country. here is one camp. south sudanese chirp, try to make the best of the education, after it was disrupted by the conflict back home. it is the only school in

the catch, and has taken in close to 3,000 children between five and 12 years old. because the classes are still so few, they land in shifts morning and afternoon. >> the children that are more and there is 160 students in the one class. a majority of children remain out of school. they were separated from her parents when fighting broke out. on the day she was supposed to start school at her hometown. she is still waiting for the chance to finally get into a classroom. so i will keep coming here until that time. >> in another part of the catch, refugees have their biometrics taken to make sure they get full u.n. protection. >> this catch is completely full, and taking no new arrivals.

they arrive with 50,000 refugees here, most of them are women and their children. >>'ve 100,000 have crossed into ethiopia since the conflict broke out. >> we are receiving 1,000 people on average, if you look at the present moment, we have almost 190,000 refugees who have arrived here, since the beginning of the crisis. that's a very large number. >> back at the catch, they met athay fled. >> i had to take her with me. if i had left her, and she dies it would be a cast to my children. >> and so they both wait, a husband who went back to fight, and walk for a mother she has not seen or spoken to since may.

presidential elections only a month away. marina silva has searched the top of the opinion polls. the environmentalist replaced eduardo campos who was killed in a plane crash last month. maria silva here, maria silva there. presidential candidate has been appearing everywhere, she is the hottest political commodity in brazil. no uh many are asking if the former maid who taught herself to read before becoming a crusading environmentalist could really be brazil's next president. the answer is yes, if you believe the latest polls showing her defeating. she is running in the candidate of the third way without the backing of the two either of the major governing or opposition political parties.

when millions of brazillians took to the streets. >> when they were taking place. she has already seen as someone who some of these protestors into her support. now sha she is a completely new element. this is the kind of person we would like to have. for some kind of change. anti gay equality has some thinking she may be too conservative for liberal brazilians. to being too vague in how shed would gone. the people will decide

with the votes. >> based oen what the polls are showing now, most analysts are say that this is an election that will most likely do go a run off, meaning that october will be the key month when the two candidates with the top votes will battle it out, to see who will be the next president of brazil. >> for supporters say it is her election to win or lose, for the tractors say not to fast, everyone agrees that they remain the hot candidate at the moment, the only question is for how much longer. gabriel, al jazeera south palo. >> at the venice film festival will be announced on saturday. take as look at the con tenders. they are getting closer and closer, but who is going to scoop it up come the big night. maybe the look of violence this has been a strong contender since the start. they look at the indo nearbyian mass killings

the only documentary in a festival dominating by war stories. but in truth, there is something for everybody. this movie surreal, definitely. a contender, very much so. even the title begs curious fascination. a pigeon satle a branch, reflecting on existence. trying to describe the plot is immobil. as one critic put it, you may as well do a dance about a cake. >> the crowd opener was birdman, former bat mapp starring perhaps ironically as an actor who used to play a super hero but now struggles with other roles. tipped as an oscar nominee already, could the production be the big winner here. >> home grown efforts add

ventrous, this esteemed director reckons the whole festival is not advenes rouse enough. >> it is very -- it is very under political control, and the move is not in cooperation, because of political reasons. it is very similar to the criteria, they have for the movie they choose in competition. >> i wouldn't think it is true at all, i don't see any furor in what they program not at all. so venice h -- it's far less easy to categorize the kinds of films that they are going to program. i would not say that it is a festival that programs the films. >> and so the focus shifts from festival to awards. dozens of films have been screens here, but now all anyone is talking about is which film will take the golden lion. you know, out of all the festivals venice is one of if not the most difficult to call, nobody really knows even at this

late stage what the jury is thinking. at least there's not long to go now until we all find out. al jazeera, venice film festival. >> you will be able to see the result on our website, at aljazeera.com. . >> kids, until they go to school learning. >> creativity and education expert sir ken robinson says we have to reengineer our way we tech our students. ken robinson said we have to recognise their talents. something. >> he's been called an elite thin