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ceasefire. and the worst oil crisis in five years. ♪ well, afghanistan's political crisis appears to be worsening after the two presidential rivals failed to agree a power sharing deal, abdullah ran the candidates in the april vote and says it was rigged, in the monday meeting between the two was the last chance to reach agreement and jennifer glasse is in kabul and has he announced his next moves? >> reporter: no, all eyes are religion abdullah and waiting to see what he is going to say today and he will speak to the press in about three hours time and we will know what his next move is and everyone is quite concerned about what can happen next. he threatened to form a parallel

government and could be more civil unrest, a meeting this morning went on for about an hour and a half with no conclusion. really they are at adds on what this new unity government would look like and it was an agreement the two came to two months ago when there was a political standoff with the results of the second round of presidential elections in june. abdullah would like to see a proper power sharing government with the new role of chief executive having more powers and the ghani campaign wants the campaign because it's not a power sharing government and whoever comes in second will have some authority in the government but the breath of that aut think are what the men are at odds and it has been a standoff for several months and now seeming to reach a critical phase as all eyes are on abdullah. >> as you know jennifer it carries more weight than

institutions in afghanistan, do we know where some of those key figures and power brokers will stand if we see rival governments being announced? >> reporter: that is the concern, each candidate has its own power brokers behind him and that is really the concern if there is some kind of divide here and they failed to abide by the results of an election audit of the 8 million votes that have been recounted and reviewed over the past couple of months. each man does have powerful men behind him, each with their own power bases around the country and i think afghans are very, very concerned that this political vacuum could return them to the violence they saw more than a decade ago, before the taliban there was a brutal civil war here where power brokers vied for power and the losers were the afghan people and we have seen the political crisis already stagnate the economy and many people are out of work.

it's a very desperate situation here. everyone believes if there were a new president named or government stability things would get better but right now that standoff has been going on for more than two months continues and perhaps coming to a head. >> thank you, jennifer glasse there. devastating floods are unundating large parts of pakistan and northern india, the number of people killed in india kashmir is more than 160, 450 village's have been submerged and rescuers are continuing their efforts to reach thousands of stranded people. in pakistan floods killed 160 people there and the province is the hardest hit. many homes have been destroyed, leaving thousands homeless. and we are there in the province. >> reporter: the floods have hit the central part of here and destroying sugar cain and rice

patty and surrounded by large bodies of water. there is no escape es-septemb t by boat and they are trying to aleve the suffering of the people and this is not yet over. according to estimates a very large body of water is going to be passing through the river which is in deep flood and that of course will mean endangering many farm lands anvand, village along the way. the emergency is not yet over. the government has been very slow in its response. however, organizations such as the f.i.f. and the military are active, they are trying to save lives and provide what little care they possibly can. >> a fragile ceasefire in

ukraine is being jeopardized by renewed fighting in the east. the truce was struck between few crane forces and separatists, both sides blame each other for the violations. the crisis in ukraine has threats of a new round of european union sanctions against russia and new measures are due to come into effect monday and expected to target russia oil and financial sectors including gas and they will make it more difficult for russia and the russia firms to raise money from western markets and it will tighten measures posed in july targeting more individuals with travel bans and freezes and they have a ban from food items from u.s., canada and norway and russia will respond to new sanctions and might cutoff air space to western carriers and peter sharp joins us live now from moscow, peter strong

signals there with possible serious counter measures from russia, what do we know about the prospect of that? >> that's right. he has been saying that all over the weekend, preparing the west for the fact if the sanctions come through they will be counter sanctions put in by russia and i have been talking to local business men and there is a feeling that it's dam if you do and dam if you don't and putin helped to have a ceasefire and it's saik cherokee but holding between the forces and the rebels in the east. in response to that the eu is going ahead with sanctions and i think there is a feeling here that russia is in a no-win situation and what we can see is more sanctions. what he is floating is an idea of closing russian air space to commercial flights from europe. that could, he said, have a very

damaging effect and could leave some airlines totally bankrupt. and his line is these sanctions are a double-edged sword basically. >> now, looking back, i guess on the history of eu sanctions what impact have previous rounds already had? >> the first came in march of 2014. they have had an effect actually but not on what moscow had been expecting. what they have done is basically rally the people around their president and they feel they are treated unfairly. look at putin's approval rating, 82% last week. it's basically enabled him to find a common enemy and rally the people. putin himself calls the sanctions pinpricks but there is no doubt that as this crisis deepens and this relationship between the west and russia

continues to falter the sanctions that the eu can lay against the country which had not effected local people yet could start to get very serious. >> peter sharp from moscow, thanks very much, iraq parliament expecting to convene on monday to vote for a new government and it's under pressure to reach political stability while the army battles the islamic state group and they are getting help from the united states which expanded air strikes from rebels in the north and john reports from there. >> reporter: a combined american air strike and iraqi push on the ground have apparently made some significant gains in the area of edifa, the first u.s. air strikes in enbar province helped target the islamic state there and they have secured the dam, the second hydroelectric contribute tore the power grid in iraq but it

was also considered a threat because if the islamic state were to blow it up it could flood an area where thousands of iraqis live and that is a strategic point where the oil comes out of the ground and where it's refined and that is a major focus right now of the iraqi forces. they say they have pushed in the city there killing a number of islamic state fighters. the governor of that province was slightly injured, so was the mayor in an improvised explosive and mortar attack. as the battle goes on there there is also an on going front in dakreet where they are attacked on three sides, islamic state is being attacked and they are closing in on the city of mosul in the past 24-48 hours they have traveled about 10 kilometers and captured a strategic mountain up there and

say they will continue to push in that area, no word yet on whether there will be continued air strikes but it is likely as these battles push on. >> yemen interior minister sacked the commander of the country security forces, a sign the government is coming under increasing pressure as it faces opposition on two fronts and in the north against rebel left 70 people dead in just three days and healthy protesters in the capitol demand the government resign and we have more. >> reporter: scenes of chaos in yemen and security forces use tear gas and water cannon to disburse the crowd and set fire to a police vehicle and there were orders to open the road that was blocked earlier by the protesters. they gathered here to warn the authorities that their patience is running out.

the minority shiia have been demanding government to resign and cut fuel prices. >> translator: today we send a warning to the government. if our demands are not met we will escalate, to the president we say we know your maneuvering tactics and do not buy into what you say. >> reporter: the president has cut fuel prices by 12% and agree to form a new government. while maintaining full control over the ministries of defense interior and foreign affairs, but the people say that is not enough. the minister is located here. the authorities made it clear they are ready to take all necessary measures to restore order. this crowd is chanting a popular slogan here, death to america, dam the jews. for these people the u.s. and israel are the biggest threat to

islam. >> translator: our problem is the u.s. and the west. they are creating problems to divide us as yemen and want us divided to control gas and oil. >> reporter: the whole area is controlled by these people and have their own police force and have checkpoints to prevent a potential al-qaeda attack inside the camp. these yellow arm bands and flags are distributed among the community to rally more support behind what they call here yemen's true revolution. still ahead on al jazeera six months on, no closer to finding the missing malaysia airlines plane. also ahead how a canadian library is reinventing itself to stay in touch. ♪

♪ welcome back, let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera. now afghanistan's rival presidential candidates failed to reach a power sharing deal, abdullah rent grade with the vote but says it was rigged. devastating floods are unundated ing pakistan and india and more than 300 died and many homes destroyed leaving thousands homeless. yemen interior minister sacked the commander of security forces a sign the government is coming under increasing pressure and facing opposition on two points from rebels and protesters.

hamas hit back at the palestinian president who threatened to pull out of a power sharing deal with the group on sunday and say his comments were unjustified and accused him of effectively running a shallow government. and this is the director of the islamic politics and glad to have you with us, what went wrong between hamas and abbas and seems like it was going according to plan even through the last stress of the last war in gaza. >> well, yes indeed, the impression during the war is all was well and we had a moment of national unity that people envied each other over, but i've always had my daughters that this was going to work. they came together because both sides were in predicament and they thought they could lessen

the difficulties they were going through by working together. but these are two contradictory projects. it's simply impossible to be in partnership while each party is in partnership with the opposite side. i mean from hamas point of view, abbas is in partnership with israel and not recognized by hamas from abbas point of view, hamas does not help him do his job, coordinating with israelis. it's simply impossible. it won't work. >> and i should say that the national unity agreement, the national reconciliation, all of that, is probably not going to work any more and not see it put into practice. >> it will never work so long as the israelis don't want it to work and that is the israeli

veto power and they promised abbas what he believes to be something good and that is why he went on offensive immediately after the ceasefire agreement was reached on gaza. and i can only interpret this as a signal from the israelis that if you are with hamas then we are willing to welcome you back in our club. >> even if he is welcome back in the club so to speak as you put it there what is the alternative for abbas at this point? i mean, he has already tried peace talks with israel, a semblance of a peace process and doesn't seem to work, what is the alternative and breaks off agreements with hamas? >> he is in real trouble because he relies on his israeli and american backers, but realistically he doesn't have a palestinian constituency any

more and he is completely finished and doesn't have a good mass support among the palestinians but at the same time he relies financially on these backers. and they control him really well. and he goes to hamas, they can cause him pain. that is why he seems to have no alternative but to pull out. >> we will leave you there and thank you so much. thousands of families in southern philippines are still living in temporary camps a year after being displaced by fighting and 100 were killed when they battled the city. as rob mcbride reports the long wait in the camps is becoming a health risk to some of the families. >> reporter: along with thousands of other people displaced by the fighting, assad moved to item rarry housing at a sports stadium and a year later

she still calls it home, she and children and grandchildren, a total of 16 people all sharing one small room. >> translator: i want to go back home because it's dirty and smells bad for the grandchildren. >> reporter: it's here that her husband died from an illness she believes was made worse by the conditions. struggling with a lack of sanitation and running water, health is a constant concern. >> conditions we have here it's really a challenge because of number of displaced population. >> reporter: a year ago an attack by a break away faction from the morow liberation front displaced 100,000 people and 40,000 remain homeless. the government has been building permanent houses and providing materials for people to rebuild their old homes, but progress is slow. the plan is to clear people from

the stadium by the end of this year, but the rebuilding of destroyed homes won't be completed until the middle of next year, that is nearly two years after the fighting that originally displaced them. in badly damaged neighbors like santa catalina 9 out of 10 hemes were destroyed and families waiting for government assist and but have been rebuilding only their own. >> asking my neighbors how their situations are and they have been telling me until now they are still fighting and it's difficult and we don't have power yet, we don't have enough supply of water. >> reporter: some neighborhoods are trying to speed up what has been a long, slow recovery. rob mcbride, al jazeera, southern philippines. family and friends of those on board the missing malaysia airlines plane met to mark six

months since disappearance and gathered for prayers in beijing and 239 passengers and crew were on board the flight when it vanished in march and it was flying to beijing and the majority of the passengers were chinese. the most extensive search in aviation history has so far failed to find a trace of the boeing 777 and adrian brown was at the memorial in beijing. >> reporter: this temple in beijing is traditionally a place that families come to during the mid autumn festival and a time of coming together but for many families here e such a reunion is not possible and they are family of those missing from the airliner that vanished on march 8, 6 months ago and they came for prayers and press demands for more information about the missing airliner. police were here in force doing

their best to prevent the families talking to the foreign media. some of the families have alleged that the police are responsible for open hostility, accusing them of beatings arbitrary detentions and there is reports of one women spending three days in hospital after a confrontation with police three months ago. there is a good deal of bitterness and anger among the families but of course they have been through the full arc of emotions in the past six months and today what was visible is the roar emotion that is still there. i ran leader in hospital according to the state news agency and says he had a prostate operation on monday, the 75-year-old led i ran for 25 years. the african union has just started an emergency meeting in ethiopia capitol to discuss how to find the ebola out break in

west africa and they are ramping up efforts to stop the spread of the virus and have checkpoints along the borders in airports and it has killed more than 2000 people in west africa since the outbreak began. nigeria is facing its worst ail crisis in years with its daily output plummeting. nigeria had $8 billion less in the coffers last year as a result and we report from the state. >> reporter: setting off at the break of dawn these men are on a mission in the delta, part of a force drawn from facilities and civilians with curbing oil theft. in an hour they arrest suspects. ordered them with the location of their lil -- illegal business and they go from the creek to the thick man grove and strike

gold and where stolen crude is refined and they destroy the site and set it on fire. >> translator: we have to move back. it's a dangerous business. explosions can happen at any moment. and the fire can extend miles over the water. >> reporter: within seconds the area is engulfed in darkness. >> this is where they are doing this and now as you can see everywhere it's smoking and the camps have surrendered. >> reporter: despite efforts oil theft in nigeria is the highest in five years since government gave amnesty to former rebels in the area and government says $8 billion were lost in theft last year and multi oil giants started reducing the on shore presence here selling off fields as a result of the theft. tucked in the forest we find these men cooking oil as it is called here and the site was

destroyed before but they came back. >> there is nothing to do with a living. this is our only source of wealth we do and eat and without the camp we cannot survive. >> reporter: on a good day one end over a vast organized crime chain can make $200 and they criss-cross the community and poverty living here in the wealth is bare to see and it's not refined in the delta, and larger operations include transferring it to barges and they take it to larger tankers in the atlantic ocean and then to buyers in west africa, europe, latin american and as far as asia. after monstering they stay connected to individuals and security personnel are involved. >> protecting the pipelines and those who help in columbia are now the subject matter.

and this is at the local end and participating in the business. >> reporter: despite low-level arrests there have been no large scale prosecutions until those at the top of the trade are held to account nigeria's riches will keep burning away. al jazeera, southern nigeria. libraries are struggling to stay relevant in the internet age and some are finding new ways to stay in business. daniel lack explains from toronto. >> reporter: before the digital age libraries were temples where books help change lives and now they are working to stay relevant but where the shelves stock things other than books some thrive, at the prove, not for profit tool library people can borrow saws, hammer, plumbing equipment, anything to help them around their homes.

>> you don't need a drill, you need a hole in the wall and you take the drill and make the hole and other people can access it. >> reporter: just like tools kitchen appliances are expensive and take up valuable space in a small apartment and used rarely and borrowing them make sense especially in western city. >> countertop space is prime real estate and you need it for cooking and that sort of thing so if you have a library like this where you can go and borrow appliances as you need them you don't have to store them somewhere. >> reporter: the latest library offers seweds and gardening tips and these are thriving as people especially the young donate possessions and give them a new life as community property. >> the younger people grew up with the internet and see the ability to share in certain context on line and want to see that transition into the physical world as well. >> reporter: clothes for a special occasion, toys, tools and even a bike, everything can

be borrowed at a library. the concept that began with books is spreading as people up for sharing instead of owning. daniel lack, al jazeera toronto. if you want to keep up to date with the stories we are following on al jazeera just head over to al jazeera.com. . >> the streak is over, hiring in august falls to the lowest part of the year. don't despair, i'll tell you why many believe it's a fluke, and there are reasons to be optimistic. india's prime minister marks 100 days in office. i show you hits and misses and why he's a sell e ebb rity in the united states. drugs help americans save millions. there's a spike in the price of previptions. i'll show you why a lot are not