drumming up support for a coalition to fight the islamic state group. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in turkey. ♪ hello there i'm laura kyle, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead in the program. vladimir putin is threatening retaliation as the e.u. and u.s. introduce new sanctions. oscar pistorius is found guilty of manslaughter for killing girlfriend. from the cat walk to the

worldwide web, we'll tell you how high fashion is no longer preserved for the front row. ♪ u.s. secretary of state is meeting top officials in turkey in a bit to increase support for plans to take on the islamic state group. john kerry has been holding talks in the capitol. he signed up arab allies to the us-lead coalition on thursday. but turkey is reluctant. let's go live to bernard smith in istanbul. turkey is a key nato ally why this reluctance? >> well, i think one of the big problems that turkey has with this is it has more than 40 turkish citizens being held hostage by the islamic state

somewhere in iraq. and it fears retaliation if it were to play a public role in the coalition against the islamic state. turkey is very important for the us. it borders syria and iraq. the americans would really like to use a nato base. from there they are launch fighter jets that will target islamic state sites in iraq and syria. kerry has met with the foreign minister and is meeting with the prime minister, ahead of those meetings turkish officials were briefing that they would not allow the air base to be used to launch fighters. they are allowing it to be used to provide humanitarian and logistic support. turkey has been under pressure from the u.s., britain, and other countries to tighten its

borders. they have allowed foreign fighters through from europe and the united states. turkey has agreed that those borders should be tightened, and it has got quite some way to try to stop the flow of those foreign fighters. this fight still be turkish soil but it is a border town that looks to the bittle -- middle east. now sometimes mingling among the pi pilgrims are men with different intentions. they will go into syria and iraq to join the islamic state. but turkey has made that final leg a lot harder. the plane ahead is syria.

this smuggler said it used to be easy to get there. not anymore. >> translator: the changed started about ten months ago. they have put tanks along the border, increased the number of guards and even shot at people. now it's much harder to get foreigners across. >> reporter: aspiring fighters have been trying to cross the border into syria's province where they will be welcomed into an area controlled by groups linked to islamic state. the province is just behind me. of course turkey doesn't want the conflict spilling over here. but the i.s. is holding more than 40 turks hostage. the turkish government worries playing an active role in a us-lead military complain could result on the i.s. taking out brutal revenge on those

hostages. like dozens of turkish towns and cities, it hosts hundreds if not thousands of syrians escaping from the fighting. >> translator: there is no life here. the people are tired. the islamists they took everything, and control everything inside the city. there is no money. no work. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they understand turkey's unique position. but being so close to the conflict, it's discreet cooperate is viewed as essential if the campaign against the islamic state group is to have any chance of success. >> is the public opinion in line with the government's position towards attacks against the islamic state? >> well, back in 2003, turks -- or the country was very much opposed to the us-lead invasion of iraq. but turkish public opinion seems

to recognize that this time things are very different. the islamic state and the brutal way it has been sweeping through iraq, they are appalled by what is going on, and there certainly seems to be support for some sort of crack down on the islamic state, laura. >> okay. thanks very much. assistant professor at the university doesn't expect turkey to give a great deal of support to the coalition against the islamic state. >> i think with the data we have on the ground, it looks pretty unlikely at thissing point, given how many turks actually fight in the i.s., and how many isis sleeper cells are present in istanbul and other big cities in turkey, that turkey is quite unlikely to yield support in a

way that is public. there may be other intelligence related or other support and supply related help that turkey can give, but given that it's mosul console late was overrun in the last month by isis, it has lost one of its greatest intelligence agencies? iraq. france has agreed to join air strikes against the i.s. group fighters. they have been holding talks in bagdad. >> translator: our air power is limited and not at the level we want, and in the future we want to develop this power, but for now in order to confront the islamic state we need huge air cover to be provided by our allies.

the french president promised help to strike against the position of the terrorists. we need this air cover. we don't want forces on the ground. iraqi police sources say a tanker driven by a suicide bomber blew up killing 15 and injuring 36. the islamic state group took responsibility for the attack hosing this video on youtube. it's home to iraqi forces battling islamic state fighters in tikrit and has seen fierce clashes as the i.s. has tried to take control of the army base. a united states spy agency, the cia says that the islamic state group has almost three times more fighters than earlier estimated. the group controls large areas of parts of iraq and syria. jamal takes a look at how the

group has been able to recruit so many fighters. >> reporter: they are well armed and well financed, but it is their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. initially their numbers were estimated at around 10,000, but now the cia says that more than 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner despite several governments identifying them as a immediate threat, there is question why and how they have growned so quickly. analysts argue groups like i.s. and others did not exist in iraq prior to the u.s. invasion. >> that is really a failure with much of a lesson on how they have been fighting terrorism for the last 13 years, and looking

at the force on force. you do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchisement l of the sunnis in iraq is a huge reason why many have gone over to isis. >> reporter: another view is it's the iraq government's fault that it arose recently because of that government's failure to be more inclusive as well as last year's crackdown on hundreds of thousands of iraqis who took part in anti-government protests, hundreds of protests were killed again. the former prime minister maintained that what he called terrorists were among the demonstrators. within months the islamic state group emerged in those very same towns and cities. >> the root cause in iraq is one issue that has to be addressed. and that really is a challenge,

with the previous iraqi government, the sunnis and the kurds felt disenfranchised, and in fact they were. now with the new government the prime minister says they will be inclusive. this is going to be a challenge first to get them to trust the new central government. >> reporter: but the i.s.'s reach now extends well into syria, yet until now it appears that international powers, particularly the u.s. have come up with a plan on how to combat the group in syria. many fear that dealing with the group solely from a military perspective, will only create more conflict in the future. australia has raised his terrorism threat level from medium to high.

>> our security agencies have raised the threat level based on an accumulation of indicators, the numbers of australians in the middle east fighting with and supporting terrorist groups, the numbers who have returned from the middle east, having fought with terrorist groups, the numbers here in australia who are known to be supporting these terrorist groups, and the exsortations that are coming from the middle east to the supporters of these terrorist groups here in australia to prepare to launch attacks here in australia. the u.s. has announced more sanctions on russia with the targets including its largest bank and major defense and energy companies. the penalty comes hours after

new european sanctions were enacted despite the threat of retaliation by russia. major russian oil firms defense companies and state-owned banks will be denied access to finance in crucial european markets. the sanctions could be eased after a view of the recent truce at the end of the month. peter sharp is in moscow. >> reporter: we have had reaction from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov on floyd. he says the sanctions threaten the prospects of political settlement in ukraine, and he is warning russia will take what he regards as appropriate action in its counter sanctions. we have here from the russian prime minister, he is hinting that russia could close its air space to western airlines, the cost implications could be huge,

and could bring about the bankruptcy of several of the smaller airline companies. winter is coming, and with it, a possible new weapon, russia could suspend its gas supplies to the west, and let china take up the excess. and russia is a exporter of rare metals, and they have very lucrative contracts with boeing and others, and russia could scrap those contracts. oscar pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide for fatally shooting his girlfriend. the crime carries a max numb 15-year prison time. tania page explains. >> reporter: oscar pistorius was tense as he arrived at court.

first the gauntlet of journal lists and onlookers. >> on count i, with section 51.1 of the criminal law amendment x, 105 of 1997, the accused is found not guilty, and is discharged. instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide. >> reporter: he was stunned. he could spending up to 15 years in prison. his girlfriend's father listened intently. he didn't comment as he left. but oscar's uncle did. >> we would like to show our deep [ inaudible ] that has found oscar not guilty of murder. that's a big burden off us. >> reporter: but many legal experts say the not guilty

verdict for murder was wrong, while others say the judge had to put herself in oscar's mind. >> oscar was at risk to be shot and killed, and therefore, he was acting in self-defense, and when you say in self-defense, at the same time, he did not have the intention to commit murder. >> reporter: the athlete has hero status in south africa, he took on his disability and the world, but it was shattered when he shot his girlfriend last year, mistaking her for an intruder. some legal experts believe with his knowledge of how small that toilet cubicle was, he should have foreseen by shooting into it four times he could have killed whoever was behind the

door. but he judge said they just hadn't proved he was guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the state and pistorius can appeal. the suspense only hinges on the sentencing now. but it has ended with a controversial verdict that will be debated for many years to come. still to come here on the program, ian paisley, known as dr. no for his refusal to compromise with irish nationalists have died. and bigger isn't always better. that's the message from the toronto film festival. we'll tell you why. do stay with us.

♪ the top stories this hour here on al jazeera. u.s. secretary of state has been meeting with turkish president in a bid to boost support for plans to take on the islamic state group. john kerry signed up arab allies to the coalition on thursday. but turkey so far refuse to embrace the plans. and the cia say the number of fighters that have joined the islamic state group is three times more than previously thought. u.s. officials believe i.s. could have as many as 31,500 fighters. and south african olympic, oscar pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide. he has been released on bail

until the sentencing. the ebola outbreak is spreading faster than the ability of the west african countries to contain it. the w.h.o. called for international support in sending workers and supplies to the infected countries. the warning came as the death toll reached 2,400. katherine muller spoke to us a little earlier from freetown in sierra leone. >> as i said it is unprecedented, so countries of west africa have never seen this kind of outbreak before. they have never been exposed to ebola. for the red cross this is first time we have had to do this. so in many ways it's a learning process for the government and aid organizations as well. hundreds of thousands of

people remain -- stranded after massive floods in india. india's homeless says the flood are the worst to hit the area in a century. the state capitol is mostly underwater. the government has been accused of responding too slowly to the disaster. and in pakistan the government rush to save two major cities from flood waters. more than 1.8 million people have been affected. pakistan's army has arrested ten men suspected being involved in the teenager who was shot in the head two years ago. the army says the detained men

were park of a terrorist organization. she was speaking out in favor of girl's education. three people have been sentenced to death in china for a knife attack. the group was convicted of leading the attack in march outside of a railway station in the southern city. the former first minister of northern ireland, ian paisley has died at the page of 88. we take a look back at his life. >> we are determined loyalists who will never surrender. >> reporter: for me he was the unmistakable voice of probritish unionism in ireland. he founded the democratic unionist party, and rejected any

compromise with the catholic majority. during the decades of violence, the denounced the army. some on his own side saw him as a liability. this was paisley as a member of european parliament interrupting a speech by the pope. >> mr. paisley, i now exclude you from this house. [ applause ] >> reporter: in the 1990s, he denounced the good friday agreement, but less than ten years later he was elected head of a new power-sharing administration, and his deputy was once a senior ira commander. >> if you would have told me some time ago that i would be standing here to take this office, i would be totally unbelievable. >> reporter: he retired in 2010

and from the assembly a year later, but the legacy of the man they call dr. no will be debated for years to come. fashion week has opened in london, but don't worry if you don't get a front row seat. these days more and more shows of the cat walk are going online. >> reporter: designs by jackie lee kick off london's fashion week, just a few hundred people fit into the tent, but video is live streamed around the world, giving the south korean designer an unlimited audience. the front row is still reserved for the magazine editors, and high priced buys. but now the show can go around

the world to anyone with a sm t smartphone or a tablet. they analyze the designs as they come down the runway. >> it does away with the idea that once we have seen a collection, we have to wait three months to see it again. now we see all of the collections live. >> reporter: more and more people buy their clothes online, and the fashion industry need to make its designs available on the web. >> it can help communicate new values for your brand, and open up your brand to much wider audiences. >> reporter: this company is the envy of other designers with its 17 million likes on facebook. the designers are hoping the buzz of the cat walk digital

stream will inspire some live shopping. now the strong showing of small budget films at this year's toronto film festival is demonstrating a departure from the traditional hollywood glitz. daniel lack reports. >> reporter: in toronto this year it isn't all big hollywood or international blockbusters. more than a quarter of the movies are shorts from 45 to 2 minutes long. >> it's the one that has no strings attached so to us that's the beauty of seeing these films, artists at play doing exactly what they want snfrmth >> reporter: that's a good way to describe this short, a

britishian film about a man who tires of his life, travels the world and eventually changes gender from man to woman. >> when we arrived here, the programmers was like, oh, our film is called [ inaudible ], and they were like the crazy film. we like it so much, and we were very happy about that. >> reporter: there's plenty of serious drama too. this film is a powerful ten minutes with congolese street children. it's dark, stylized, made by someone from the advertising world who wants a career in film making. >> for me it was a natural transition. i worked in fashion for a while and didn't really like the work i was doing or the scope of it. ♪ >> reporter: more than 29 countries are represented. in the tricycle thief, cycle

rickshaw drivers reflect on the rich people. the director has big ideas for his small movie. >> why not do this short and potential show it to people who would -- you know, would want to invest in a feature film in macau. >> reporter: then there's iron mermaid. filmed in qatar, it's about a young girl in a fishing village and reveals a world rarely seen by western movie goers. in the end the festival is still about movie stars and the big productions they are part of. but short films, many met for internet consumption are growing in popularity. and re -- reminder you always keep up to date with all

of the news on our website. you can stay up to date on john kerry's trip through the middle east as he works to build a coalition of countries across the middle east, plus you can find a wide range of blogs from all of our correspondent. >> hi i'm lisa fletch fletcher and you're in the stream. we're talking with innovators working to stop 35 million tons of food from being wasted every year in the u.s. our digital