hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories. u.s. says there are fewer stranded in northern iraq than previously thought. it comes after the u.n. declares the highest level of humanitarian emergency saying 1.5 million people are displaced by fighting. hello. i'm live in irbil where helicopters are circling overhead to give aid to displaced iraqis.

this is an american city. crowds defy a police order and gather for a fourth night of protest in st. louis over the killing of an unarmed black teenager. could the space industry be the latest souring of u.s. and russian relations. plus on the program, aaron is here. europe's economy grinds to a halt. >> loose, zero, nada, zilch. not helping, france another period of no growth. germany, the powerhouse went back. we're going to take a look and see if russia's tit for tat ban could mean more trouble ahead. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00

p.m. on sinjar mountain where the united states says it's looking less likely an evacuation mission will take place to help stranded refugees. united nations has been saying tens of thousand from the religious minority have been trapped on the mountain by fighters from the group's islamic state. the u.s. says the operation it carry add out shows far fewer trapped than previously estimated. all of them the u.s. says have access to food and water from aid drops. thousands had been rescued from the mountain and taken to refugee camp as. the area has been overwhelmed by 150,000 internally displaced people. let's bring you up to date. we can join my colleague in the kurdish regional capital of irbil. >> reporter: lucy, it's been an extraordinary 24 hours here in iraq. the situation keeps shifting and changing and is very fluid. just a day ago, the united

states says it was considering conducting military operations to help rescue those refugees stuck on mount sinjar. we were told many of those refugees that there were tens of ho thousands up there without food and water. the u.s. sent a team of 20 special forces to assess the situation. they said it's not as dire as originally feared and there are just a few thousand not the tens of thousands they initially suspected. today in irbil, it's 46 degrees, extremely hot. for those still stuck up there, i can't imagine how bad the situation still is. for the moment though, the u.s. says it's not conducting any rescue operation. our world affairs correspondent reports on shifting priorities of getting much needed aid to

refugees. >> reporter: helicopters arrived last night before being used for operations in northern iraq. it looks as if there could be a shift of priorities with the new u.s. on the ground assessment that fewer are trapped on mount sinjar than thought and they're in better condition than expected. this is after the succession of air drops of relief supplies to those that fled to the mountain to escape advancing islamic state fighters. overnight, that included it would have more british air drops of water and shelter kits. it's after thousands of followers of the ancient religious group have made their way off the mountain by night. so now the u.s. led rescue mission is said to be far less likely. >> we have to respond to the situation as it develops. we need to make sure we have good information about how many people there are, how many need to leave, how well they can get to a place of safety and are

plans flexible enough to help people working with allies like the kurds to make sure we can help people in need. this is a complicate ad mission. >> these are among the thousands of displaced people off the mountain still in desperate need of many kinds, bringing stories of what they left behind and traumatized still by the attack on their community. >> if do not change readyjohn from the muslim they'll kill him. >> refugees are flocking in. >> they're arriving without means of living or surviving. they're in dire need of items and food to continue their uncertain existence.

i emphasize that we must remain focused at this point. the humanitarian community is woefully underfunded. >> there may be be fewer chaotic scenes like this as an iraqi helicopter landed on mount sinjar with the latest reports of the situation. the need for a rescue operation of some kind is not ruled out. the talk today is flexibility and keeping pace with the humanitarian crisis that is still growing. >> well, lucy, even though the u.s. has said it's not going to conduct operation, the humanitarian situation here is dire. as you mentioned earlier, the u.n. has raised the level here to emergency three level. that's the highest level. 1.2 million iraqis are displaced in this country because of conflict. 400,000 are here in irbil. the situation is getting very

dire. of of course the political turmoil gripped baghdad as the president appoints a new prime minister. it doesn't appear the current prime minister maliki is accepting that and willing to step down. >> what about the islamic state militants who the threat is present of course across northern iraq. what's the feeling in irbil about them? >> reporter: well quite interesting lucy because i was here just a couple of months ago when i.s. formally known as isis took over iraq's second city mosul. it appeared at the time that this area here in irbil was relatively safe and wouldn't be affected by the i.s. take over. i also spoke to a general who said to me, you know what, we have an agreement with i.s. we won't attack them as long as they don't come near kurdish

territory. it seems obviously that truce was shaky. just a few days ago all that changed. i.s. threatened the city here in irbil. that's potentially why we had seen the u.s. announcing air strikes to push i.s. back and eliminate threat of them coming here. there are a lot of oil companies here, strong western presence here in irbil. it's a place that's been quite successful since the fall of sudam. the kurdish people here are worried about isis coming close into irbil. at the moment, we are hearing the the international community is looking at arming the forces to try and push back i.s. the problem actually is that i.s. are very well equipped and

heavily armed. they're using american humvees, tanks all used left behind by the military after they had withdrawn. we have someone from the kurdish government to answer questions. thank you for joining us here on "gmt." at the moment, the americans say if humanitarian situation is not as bad as expected. is that the position of the kurdish government? >> i believe no one has concrete assessment of the situation because sinjar mountain is frankly a huge mountain with a length of 75 kilometers. i believe the situation is very much threatening and i believe it needs urgent response. there are still thousands of people trapped in that mountain. >> so the american assessment is wrong? >> it depends what assessment

from what different angle it is from the evacuation site or area of urgent supplies. people are on that mountain at least ten days. we have cases of death and uncertainties. thousands have fled from that mountain to syria back to iraqi territory. they have lost on their way. >> tell me about the american presence here in irbil. how many are here at the moment? >> still i do not believe there's significant american presence in terms of military support and backing. i believe american air strikes have been a key support and has also helped to raise the morale of people and components of the kurdistan region. >> they need to do more? >> definitely. i believe what is important now is to expand the air strikes and make sure they're not limited with air strikes numbers. it also has to support as i say.

in terms of artillery, training and in terms of heavily weapon to combatbat isis in this regio >> we have to leave it will there. he's part of the u.n. release operation telling us the situation is still very dire for refugees still stuck on that mountain. back to you in the studio. >> thanks so much for joining us from irbil. let's talk more now by talking to rita who is the united states independent expert on minority issues. she joins me now. thanks for being with us. we've heard the view of a kurdish government representative about what he thinks is happening on mount sinjar. americans saying fewer are in trouble there than previously thoug thought. what is the view from the united

nations? >> it's true we have conflicting numbers about how many are trapped. i think it's thousands as we heard from the latest reports. i think it still means there's a humanitarian crisis. just to make sure we all remember u.n. declared emergency level three which is same level in syria, south sudan or central republic. we hear from the representative, we know there are thousands of christians displayed. we heard 400,000 displaced since june. masses of people are erased from homes, their territories, without access to material resources that should be essential for survival. i think it has to vary. the u.n. is calling to step up efforts to insure resources for goods. >> just a few days ago you

warned they faced atrocities, possible genocide within days or hours. has it stabilized or do you still believe that threat is real? >> we have credible reports. i think one of my greatest concern is about the lack of accountability a accountability. i think they are continuing whatever they've been doing. i think we have a problem. i remain concerned about the situation of minorities in the northern part of iraq because of the number of displaced people. i think for us, we need to be alert and keep a close eye on what's going on. also i think we need more credible reports. we have numbers coming from different areas, governments, from u.n.

i hope there will be enough people on the ground to help us verify what kind of assistance is needed and what we should do at u.n. level to to help people in need. >> thanks for joining us. there has been a fourth night of unrest in the american state of missouri following the death of an unarmed black teenager shot death by police in st. louis last saturday. crowds defied the police order and gathered in one of the city suburbs as armored police cars blocked streets. it sparked a wave of anger. >> a small town in the american midwest. at times last night, ferguson, missouri resembled the war zone. protestors fought running battles with the police. officers responded with tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs. >> you must disperse

immediately. >> it was an instruction most of the demonstrators ignored. they had been gathering here every night since saturday when michael brown was shot. the exact circumstances that led to the 18-year-old's death still aren't clear. eyewitnesses claim the teen had his arms raised in surrender when he was shot several times by the police officer. police say there was a struggle and the officer suffered facial injuries. the protestors campaigning by day claim mr. brown was the victim of racism in the town where the population is predominantly white and police force is almost all white. >> we're citizens in the city. you're going to give us the equal rights you have when you go home to your children. we're not going for it no more. >> the police however say they are working with the community. >> we've always had a good

relationship with the neighborhood associations. apparently will there's been this undertoe that now is bubbled to the surface. it's our first priority to address it. >> there's also been accusations that the response to the protest is heavy handed. some claim officers look more like soldiers. hundreds of thousands have taken to social media to object. one said tanks, military police, occupation, media blackout, no fly zone in a suburb. this is america in 2014. another said cops aren't soldiers. soldiers are soldiers. if you want to be a soldier, enlist and head for the desert. the usa is not a war zone. >> police insist their response is proportionate. it remains tense. do stay with us on bbc world

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. a convoy carrying aid from moscow to rebel held areas in eastern ukraine has left a russian city. kiev says it must cross via a government controlled border and that any aid operation must be supervised by the international red cross. >> the russian aid convoy is on the move again just before dawn. we spotted dozens and dozens of white lorries moving from the airfield and heading out of town. judging by the road signs we been seeing this morning, the

convoys are heading to the region. on board the more than 260 lorries are 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid. things like sleeping bags, electricity generators, sugar, grain, rice, baby food for people suffering from the fighting in eastern ukraine. it's unclear what will happen when these lorries reach the border. yesterday ukrainian authorities refused permission for the convoy to enter ukrainian territory insisting the whole operation had to be cleared and coordinated by the international red cross. kiev is deeply suspicious of this mission. it believes it could be used by the russians as a cover for military operation in eastern ukraine. senior ukrainian politicians have described the convoy as provocation. moscow says it's absurd.

they're determined to get the aid through. steve rosenburg there. let's bring you up to date with reports from eastern ukraine that say the center of the rebel held city of donetsk is coming right now under heavy artillery fire. this is city that's been surrounded by government forces for several weeks. they're battling pro-russian militants holding up there. we can take you to kiev and join david stern. what are you hearing from donetsk? >> right now we're receiving our reports. they're saying or indicating that the center of the city is coming under some sort of morter fire. difficult to say which side of the people in the city are accusing government forces. that has not been confirmed. it should be said donetsk has come under morter fire previous to this. this seems to be the heaviest fighting so far. it obviously represents an escalation in the fighting but

also concern for humanitarian situation. as you say, donetsk is a city that has been surrounded and actually ukrainian forces have cut it off. it's the largest city in the region. it's population of 1 million. although many of those have fled their homes. the question is, if fighting does intensify, how will this affect the civilian population in the city. >> thanks for the update from kiev. tensions between russia and united states over ukraine have reached a new high. sanctions ramped up by both sides over the last month. moscow may now be looking at another way to hit back by targeting the space industry. we look at what it could mean if this long standing collaboration fell apart. >> when neil armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969 it was the pivotal point in the space race.

america had beaten soviets to the moon. it was a moment of national pride. rivals soon realized they could achieve more by work together. today the americans don't just work with the russians. they depend on them. >> this is the discovery shuttle that carried astronauts to space nearly 30 years. today it's here in a museum. there's no replacement. instead americans had to pay the russians for a ride in the spacecraft at a cost of more than $60 million a see. the international space station has long served as a symbol of unity in space. russians have put a stop to space taxi rides grounding astronauts. >> america agreed to build all electronics and the electric

power systems, and russia agreed to build the fuel systems. so we're joined together in this common endeavor. we both need each other critically. >> also the rockets that launch america's satellites including military saturday liellites are by engines from russia. americans need russian satellites to spy on russia. >> this has become a national security concern that we launch almost all our satellites on this particular rocket. we can't put up those satellites reliably by ourselves right now. if russia said we're not giving you anymore, we would have to scramble to find a replacement. >> for now at least these problems seem a long way away for the astronauts on the

station. >> it's been said collaboration between russia and united states and collaboration between russia and european union failed because it is against russian interest, against american interest and european interest. >> for many years the alliance in space survived upheavals. if the tensions grow, the space without borders could be at an end. we have breaking news to bring you now from gaza. the ceasefire that had been extended between israel and hamas to allow negotiators to try and reach some kind of longer truce of talks holding in cairo at the moment is still holding. we have just heard from a hamas spokesman and negotiator. he has given a press conference in gaza and said that hamas is

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in this half hour, the u.n. declares a major emergency in iraq. we're going to hear the views of british muslims on islamic state kick la ration of a caliphate in the middle east. >> a society based on music and pornography. it's not something any practi practicing muslim would enjoy living under. pope francis is in south korea and called for an end for

talks on the korean peninsula. aaron is back on the program. a tradition comes to an end. >> we're talk about a $5 trillion market and something that affects the price from jewelry to electronics. we are talking about silver. for 117 years, the price of this was set daily with a few people on the telephone. not anymore. from today, this price will be set electronically. welcome back to "gmt." when the islamic state militants declared a caliphate, they reignited the debate. it was led by one religious

leader descended from mohamed. they feel the sense of dignity has been lost. katherine has been speaking to young british muslims about what it means. >> everyone here lives in britain. everyone is relatively happy or they wouldn't be here hopefully. why would you want to live under isis version of caliphate. >> smoking, music, society which is largely based on nudity, pornography. it's not something any practicing muslim would enjoy living under. whether isis or state issues caliphate, i think any practicing muslim that hears it's implemented and laws accomplished, they would flock to that place. >> i'm living very well in this country. it may not be a caliphate. i've got nhs, schooling, ability

to step out of my house without the threat of being killed. >> if you're not happen with britain offering you those things, go to a place you feel islam is implemented in proper format. then live by what is over there. i think we often describe the caliphate as something scary. in actuality, if you look at the group and country that share the interest and want to go by similar or same principles, why should they not work together and have a unified lead senator. >> what do you think of the fact it finds laws of this country objectable thinks isis is better way of living. >> many living in britain may feel the government has pressed them to a state they are free to express religion. >> when it first came about, why was it the case they can do it

themselves. all opinions can get together and agree and unify. it's the very thing we look for in the beginning. how can we look to it mow especially in the day and age there are many different opinions. how is it feasible and possible? >> i agree there are disagreements. people have different schools of thought. as long as they disobey the law they don't want to publicly murder and commit blasphemy. >> they're part of society. >> when the islamic state comes, that will no longer be part of society. >> in jamaica it's illegal. you make them straight? >> what would happen -- if they're openly homosexual saying i'm non muslim, i'm openly.

then they have no choice but to implement. you're blamed about being persecuted for being a muslim. you would persecute someone for being homosexual? you just said that. that's inmplementation. >> i think it's not a political regime. the whole reason for caliphate is bring you closer to god. people are not united through fighting. >> i think the main problem is separation of caliphate or islamic state or governing. it's a real thing that happened over hundreds of years. i think it's an idea because it's something from the east or connected to islam that it's scary and killing people everywhere. >> i am very happy living within

this society under a british law. god forbid if isis say brought here, it's going to be problematic. i worry for that. >> definitely good to hear from british people in the uk about the islamic state. let's talk to the british ambassador to iraq between 2005-06. what's happening on the ground now in iraq and syria and that threat from i.s. militants. thank you for joining us. we had reports today i.s. militants are 122 kilometers north of baghdad. yesterday we reported they were closing in. the ground they hold seems to be growing by the day. how do you assess the threat now and their strengths? >> it's difficult to assess their strengths. i think they've been checked.

i think obviously they made dramatic advances by taking the iraqi army by surprise overrunning mosul and coming to baghdad. 120 miles from baghdad is 170 miles further from where they were from their high point. i think the longer term question is how do you push them back? how do you create a situation where isis is no longer holding territory and therefore able to threaten the states of the region? that's a longer term issue involving working with an iraqi government, working with the kurds and working with others to try and contain this will threat. it's not going to disappear overnight. >> it does seem we're seeing radical change to the political geography to that entire area. perhaps foreign governments aren't taking the threats seriously. >> i think they're taking the threat seriously. the problem is what can they do about it. you've got a dysfunctional

government in iraq. you've got a regime in syria which is opposed by most of the west and different parts of syria being held by what we call the mother opposition with isis holding large tracks of land. the circumstances are not for dynamic policy advances. we're having to deal with what we have on the ground. there's no simple solution to this. >> that's the thing you're raising, lots of concerns in the region. do you have idea of how we could move towards the government in baghdad. that's what some think would bring an end to this. >> to see if if we can tomorrow a government is a step in the right direction. it was clear that maliki couldn't have led an inclusive government. it seems to have broad base

support including sunnis. if he can build on that and lead a national coalition, that's something at least to work with that we haven't hadd ein the pa. bolstering kurds and insuring they have the where with all to defend the kurdish region and assist the government in baghdad to oppose isis is important. i think helping them with humanitarian assistance, providing arms and perhaps technical support and advice will be part of an overall plan to try and push back isis. there's also the possibility of reaching a deal with iran over the nuclear issue. if that happens, that's a more constructive relationship with iran in respect to this region. >> thank you for joining us. aaron is is with us now. how many words did we come up

with for zero? quite a few. >> zilch, nada. >> do you want my impersonation? >> yeah. i'll give you money. >> beep, beep, beep. enough joking with bad numbers. >> the region's economy was stagnant in three month period ending in june. the block's biggest economy, powerhouse, joermny, it shrank with -- journey, it shrank. francisco, number two remains big plan of europe. wealth has been stagnant all year. no growth. the french finance minister now expects an anemic half of 1% growth this year. they've downgraded that. the overall impact was the average wealth.

that euro in your pocket has downgraded. with prices continuing to rise in most countries, most europeans are feeling a little poorer. let's go to a familiar face. great to have you on the program as always. let's start with the powerhouse germany taking a step backwards. i'm wondering if a big part of this german picture is a russia story. >> some of it is definitely. germany started well this year. some of the weakness is simply reman cam pay back. there's everyday that the lack of traction from russia is heading back not directly exports, already fallen 14% in the spring, but also because we're seeing german companies postponing investment projects which is clearly weighing on investment in germany. still doing okay.

we can probably expect the country to grow by something like 1.5%. it's a weak number indeed. >> indeed. let's talk about france. i'm not sure. i think your home country. yeah, okay. no disrespect, but france is say basket case at the moment, suspect it? >> you can find worse. italy actually. are france has been stagnating for four quarters give or take. their situation has nothing much to do with russia. it's probably just the combination of fact that fiscal continues to be quite tough. it used to be about more tax. now it's more spending cuts. at the same time the private sector is not in the best of shape. companies have trouble generating cash, generating profitability. this has a negative impact on investment and hiring. we understand what's going on there. obviously it's not creating traction. >> can i ask you this. if you look at france and italy,

i think you're suggesting it, many saying it. they're home grown problems. i believe there are parts of europe or other european countries that are a bit fed up with these two, like get the house in order. >> that's basically what the head of the bank said yesterday in the leading french newspaper. this isn't what the head of bcb last week he talked about the quarter growth in spain. spain did the brutal thing. spain went through a tough adjustment in the last three years. it's definitely now reaping the benefits as where france and italy has not. rome is winning more support from germany. the answer from bcb and a lot of european countries, please deal with our own credit issues

before requesting more. or even if they have a point saying there's probably space for a little bit of fiscal relaxation in europe at the moment. >> the saga continues. no doubt we'll speak to you again. thanks. always a pleasure. joining us there talking euros. it's a global market worth $5 trillion every year. it affects the price of everything from jewelry to electronics. we're talking about silver. today 117 years of history is coming to an end. up until now, three bank had fixed the price for the entire world. they did this in london basically all on the phone. from today, the price of silver will be set electronically. one expert i spoke to earlier told me this could be the future for pricing of all precious metals. >> they wanted to modernize. they took this opportunity of one of the banks dropping out to

modernize and hopefully will satisfy a lot of regulatory concerns around the silver price and other precious metals if they change as well. anyone investing in silver or for minors that produce it or consumers that buy it, there's a need for reference price. silver is in electronics, smart phones, used for photography. it's an important asset for a variety of people. having the independent benchmark price will improve the ability of people to buy, sell, trade silver. the world's biggest pc maker goes from strength to strength. we're talking about the chinese giant lenovo. it is up 23% from a year earlier. we're talking the owner of think pad and the world's largest think pad and smart phone seller.

it gave us a deal to buy motorolla nearly $3 billion for the phone maker. the company is cementing position certainly as a global leader. >> lenovo sprang to fame ten years ago when it purchased the think pad brand. there were rough years at first. of course it's now the world's top pc maker. now they're hoping to repeat this strategy with mobile phones. a lot of it's effort is made to sell its brand around the world. in terms of mobile phones, lenovo has told us growth in worldwide sales of phones is 39% driven largely by the chinese market. ibc the research firm says it's now the top smart phone seller in china overtaking samsung. the chinese market is competitive and has a lot of

competitors. now the chief executive of lenovo says he doesn't want to engage in a destructive price war with rivals there. >> there you go. that's it with business. lots going on. follow me on twitter. @bbc aaron. >> tweet aaron and let him know about his moon walking. >> i'm going. bye. >> thanks aaron. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come. on his first tour of asia, pope francis says those displaying signs of war will not bring war to peninsula. device with a color... colorfully brilliant screen that blows the competition out of the water. hey, hey, what is this? i thought i was doing the announcing... sleek and slim, with an outstanding screen and powerful processor. ah! i was literally about to say that. samsung continues to differentiate itself... by offering free and exclusive content... see... they... those people get it.

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mount sinjar is unlikely as thousands of refugees trapped by islamist militants have already escaped to kurdistan. kenya is facing a new security challenge in the war against terror. al qaeda-linked somali group is now targeting kenyans in the latest drive. dennis has been investigating in the nairobi suburb. mostly somali area popularly known. >> vibrant streets of nairobi neighborhood, it looks like business as usual, but many traders have closed down shops after the crack down. a few months ago kenyan security forces stormed the area rounding up thousands of ethnic somalis. many living here feel the police operation gave their community

no justification. the government on the other hand says aim was to flush out al shabaab elements. this young man who doesn't want to be identified told me some of his friends joined al shabaab fighting in somali are now back in the neighborhood. he said al shabaab changed the style of recruitment. they're focus on unemployed civilians. the member of parliament of the district agrees. in 2012 he was serious areally wounded in a grenade attack for -- serious willy wounded in a grenade attack. >> they're unemployed, have no future. they feel alienated.

they tell them you are what you are because you're a muslim. you are what you are because you've been discriminated by a repressive government. the only way you can become something is to join us. >> security experts say the changing al shabaab in strategy from the base in somali will make it more difficult for agencies to pick up suspects as they blend more easily to are local communities. >> the al shabaab in kenya quickly learned to survive in somali. what we see in the future is situation they're selling kenya may gradually graduate to independent self. >> more than 100 people were killed suggesting a move in this direction. the government believes al shabaab used the kenyan offshoot

to activate local disputes. if this change in strategy is true, it could pose a new threat to the region. bbc news nairobi. pope francis is in south korea on the first visit to asia in 15 years. he was greeted by president park and relatives of those killed in the ferry disaster. >> there are no shortage of takers for sunday mass at the shrine in seoul. back in italy the churches may be empty. here in south korea, pope francis finds the church that is thriving and growing. there were 1.8 million catholic miss south korea the priest says. now 30 years later, there are

5.5 million. that is 100,000 new members every year. for the catholic church, this is a huge success story. many of these people joined the church during the long fight for democracy. in 1984 when pope john paul ii came to seoul, he was met by the military strong man. standing at the pope's shoulder is cardinal kim, a man revered in south korea for opposing the the rule of the generals. >> the catholic church and also priests and sisters, whole catholic church was known to be opposed to dictatorship. the whole basic witness of the catholic church was that there should be democracy, human rights. and that a the catholic church was on the side of people who

were imprisonened because of their political opinions and dictatorship. >> the result is a catholic church growing faster here than anywhere else except africa. >> when they celebrate mass saturday morning, there may be a million catholics here to welcome pope francis. there's two places they won't be coming from. north korea and china. i've been told that thousands of chinese catholics are trying to get tickets to come here and the chinese government is doing everything in its power to stop them. >> in february in rome, pope francis placed caps on heads of 19 new cardinals. not one of them was chinese. there are 12 million cath aolic in china, all beyond the reach of the vatican. that's a situation pope francis

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