hello. welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm stephen sackur. our top stories. united states raises the the stakes in the confrontation with the islamic state militants labeling them a group that must be destroyed. america's top military chief says the jihadi threat can't be defeated without eliminating the strong holds. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of their regime in syria? the answer is no. a massive aid convoy cross into

ukraine without permission. the top official calls it a direct invasion, but says kiev will not respond with force. our reporter explains why the famous apes find a life behind bars after too much social behavior. also in the program, aaron is here with worrying times for poland's apple growers. >> it's crunch time. did you know that poland is the largest producer of this fruit? there's a problem. most apples went to russia. not anymore after the ban. with the harvest about to begin, we're going to talk about the time to decide what to do. a very warm welcome to

"gmt." it's midday in london, 2:00 p.m. baghdad, 7:00 a.m. in washington d.c. where the obama administration is coming under pressure to expand the response to the islamic state movement. america's most senior military officer martin dempsey describes the threat as apocalypse. he said it could be defeated in syria as well as iraq. in the wake of global revulsion at the execution of american journalist james foley is the u.s. on the. tom has this report from washington. >> how should america and allies tack ale the islamic state? during recent months, militants have been gaining ground in syria and iraq seizing towns, killing those that refuse to convert to islam. britain and america are hunting

for the man that killed the american journalist james foley and beheaded and threatened another hostage hinging on what america does next. at a news conference, u.s. defense officials said two weeks of american air strikes had helped break the islamic state advance. they gave a bleak picture of the threat that jihads pose. >> they're beyond a terrorist group. they marry ideology, strategic and tactical military prowless. they're tremendously well funded. this is beyond anything we've seen. we must prepare for everything. the way you do that is take a cold, hard look at it and get ready. >> get ready for what? so far the united states have focused on containing the

militants in iraq rather than defeating them. the president hints on a wider strategy giving few details. >> this is an organization with apocalypse end of days strategic vision which will have defeated. can they be defeated without addressing the part in syria? the answer is no. that will have to be addressed on the non existent border. >> president obama described the islamic state as a cancer. the question is how to cure it when there is so little domestic appetite for another long war. officials say they're not ruling anything out. bbc news, washington. > so rising concern in washington but what does

conflict look like on the ground? let's go to irbil. jim, we know u.s. air strikes are continuing. what can you tell us about what is happened in the last 24 hours? >> well, there's been as you say more air strikes around the dam which is to the north of mosul. a big strategic dam which mainly kurdish forces with american air backing recapture ed from the militants earlier this week. now their offensive continues in the hills to the southwest of there. air power is continuing to be deployed by the americans there. 14 strikes yesterday -- day before yesterday and six yesterday. perhaps more there today down at the southern extremes of the kurdish air of control or influence where there's an offensive going on there apparently with american air support.

they're continuing this partnership with the kurds. i have to say that transferring that same template to iraq as a whole, the rest of the country, underneath to syria, involves more complications with the kurds. kurds are a straight forward case. this is a very small affair compared to what it would take to actually get to the roots of the islamic state. >> many more complications as you say. does it seem to you from what you hear from kurdish officials and maybe americans on the ground in irbil that there is any likelihood of this massive expansion of u.s. military action taking place any time soon? >> my sense is not because the politics in baghdad are not right. the americans want to see a large broad-based inclusive as they call it government. one by which involving sunnis and meeting many of their

grievances, iraqi sunnis would pull the rug from under the militant as who have been able to ride the resentment under the sheer dominating outgoing government in baghdad of maliki of the caretaker until the new government takes over. there's efforts to get the new government in place. it's very complicated. not clear who represents the sunnis and who's demands should be taken seriously. a lot of tough talking to be done there before anything like a kind of national platform can be erected to act as a base for kind of unified move against the radicals that americans could support. >> jim in irbil, thank you for joining us on "gmt." in a moment, i'm going to talk to the former head of the british army. i'll be asking him if it's indeed time to build bridges, diplomatic bridges with syria's president assad in order to win the fight against the islamic

state. something discussed in washington as well. stay with us for that. first, the circumstances are still emerging all about last week's massacre in which at leastle -- at least 80 were killed. one man says he escaped as bodies were dumped around him in a grave. we spoke to him from his hospital bed. >> translator: they came to our tribal leader and drank tea with him and told him hand in your arms and you will be safe. we elected all arms and put them in vehicles. they took the arms and said they would be back tomorrow. they returned the next day and told us we will not hurt you. we tried to flee during the night, but we couldn't because we have a lot of women and

children. we phoned all relatives to save us. we told them we were surrounded. we asked them to send us a force or protection or guard to evacuate us to sinjar. no one came. >> even though the militants said no one would hurt them. >> translator: we wasted several more days then 20 cars came to the village full of fighters. it spread throughout the village. they gathered us all, women, children, men. their leader came and said, collect money, gold, mobile. we gave them everything. we had nothing left. 30 minutes later, he said we let you go. they loaded us to four vehicles, each had ten. they took us to the edge of the

village with the fighters. they were four fighters in each car carrying arms. they lined us up to fighters. they started shooting quickly with bullets. >> how did you survive? >> translator: they shot us and came back and checked for movement. then they came with the bulldoze to er to bury us, even some still alive. i managed to crawl 12 hours and reached mount sinjar at night. >> where are the rest of your family? >> translator: according to what i know they have been taken.

the rest all died. >> what will you do now? >> translator: i don't know. i don't know what to do. i am helpless. only god can deliver us. >> just one witness there to the activities of the islamic state militants in iraq. there's those stories emerging, still more emphasis on a simple question, how can islamic state best be confronted? general lord richard dan et was the head of the british army between 2006-2009. he joins me now on the line from the uk city. general, thank you for joining us on "gmt." the americans right now clearly are considering whether they should significantly expand military operations and take in syria as well as iraq. what is your view? >> well, from the reports that i've heard, i think the

americans analysis emerging is absolutely right. they're clarifying their own strategic objective it's not sufficient to contain the state in iraq. if this is going to be really confronted and probably defeated, it's got to be taken on in iraq and syria. once you come to that conclusion, you're going to have to take them in syria and figure out how to do that. this may be where the old adage of my enemy's enemy is my friend may have to get credence here. some form may have to be opened with the assad regime above or below the counter. >> let me stop you there. what you have raise there had is extraordinarily sensitive. the governments are committed to the removal of bashar assad. they've been committed for three years since the syrian uprising.

you telling me the view has to be reversed? >> i'm not telling you anything. i'm just trying to comment on what's a very complex situation. the facts are clear. the islamic state is defeated. it's currently operating in iraq and syria. it's not to be attacked in syria. the question has got to be figured out, who's going to do attacking and defeating in syria? is it other members of the opposition or going to be the assad regime? that's a big question that's got to be asked. can i finish this? there's no question of american air power attacking on the ground in syria without the cooperation of the syrian regime. their integrated air system is such it would be folly for americans to fly over the air space without the agreement. that's a big issue. >> you're britain's former top general. you know politics comes into play in all these decisions.

is it conceivable the leader of syria -- let's not forget we marked the one year anniversary of the gassing of hundreds of civilians in a damascus suburb. we've heard accounts of the use of chemical weapons over years. are you suggesting a dialogue can be started, bridges built and powers can now work with president assad? >> it's an awful fact of life. the situation is awful and more awful in iraq. two wrongs don't make a right. i don't know the answer to the question. i do know islamic state unchecked poses a threat to the region and it could potentially spread much more widely to the west as well. it's got to be figured out how to deal with islamic state in

iraq and syria. do we get into bed perhaps with the other members of opposition in syria? i don't know. this a sense, it's become easier. the hard line element we can now focus on the enemy if you'd like. it may be more profitable and more possible to support the modern elements of the opposition in syria. support someone in syria, we've got to. no other way the islamic state can be opposed. >> we thank you very much for joining us on "gmt." thank you very much indeed. you can go to our website for more background and analysis on islamic state as well as the unfolding humanitarian crisis inside iraq. our special section includes interactive page. you can find the latest facts and figures on how the military has advanced across northern iraq as well as finding out how the group gained power and what they stand for.

it's all at bbc.com/iraq. there's a potentially dangerous cocktail of tension and confusion right now on ukraine's eastern border with russia. hours ago, sending its trucks in a massive aid convoy across that border. those trucks have been waiting on the russian side of the russian side of the frontier. they've rolled across apparently without permission from kiev. we can bring you live pictures from that border area. one ukrainian security official called it his words, a direct invasion. he did say it would not be responded to with force. aid is supposed to be heading to luhansk where pro russian separatist are under attack from forces. russian government said they were tired of delaying tactics of kiev authorities. now daniel sanford is in moscow for us. daniel, how do you read this?

seems russia has lost patience. are they ready to contemplate a direct confrontation with ukrainian forces over this convoy? >> i think nobody really knows the answer to that question. nobody is quite sure why it is that it became so important for russia to get a significant chunk of this convoy. it's not the whole convoy of more than 200 vehicles. looks like 70 or so have driven across the border without permission from the ukrainian government. the question is why is russia decided to go for that? obviously it will explain tensions. you already quoted the remark from the head of ukraine agency saying it's direct invasion. though as you say, he did go on to say they did not want to attack the convoy. they didn't want to provoke reaction from russia. russians will say they want to get the aid into luhansk which everyone agrees is a desperate

situation. why it is that russians decided to go ahead with this without the international economy of the red cross without the agreement isn't clear. the convoy is half way from the ukrainian border heading in the direction of luhansk heading into controlled area by gunmen. at some point it crosses the front line where ukrainians are holding territory. >> you just said they were supposed to be involved in convoy and isn't involved as far as we understand in vehicles that are moving. . do we know what is inside those vehicles? >> we had a reasonably clear idea up until this morning is the answer. journalists were able to inspect the vehicles last week. the vehicles had been checked by the red cross and ukraine russian authorities yesterday. the first of four vehicles in theory had been checked and

given the okay. more than 34 have now gone across the border. there's a risk of course that ukrainians allege there might be something else in the vehicles other than aid. i'm sure the russians will say there's nothing but water, sleeping bags and generators. i know you'll keep your eyes on this unfolding story from moscow. our teams in ukraine follow it too. stay with us on bbc world news for that. still to come on this program, five weeks after the downing of mh 17 in ukraine, malaysia brings home the first of victims and hold as a national day of mourning. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today.

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he seemed nice. malaysia is observing a national day of mourning to mark the return home of the first 20 victims from the downing of flight mh 17 over ukraine last month.

jonathan head has this report from kuala lumpur. finally home. these were the first malaysian victims of flight mh 17 to be identified. they were welcomed back with a full state ceremony reflecting the sorrow felt here not just for 20 passengers and crew and their families, but also over the extraordinary double tragedies which struck this country's aviation industry this year. malaysia's top leaders were all here along with politicians and diplomats. later the bodies were reunited with their families. in some cases flown by military aircraft to hometowns in more distant parts of the country. ten more bodies are due to come back this weekend. the task of identification has been complicated by continuing conflict in eastern ukraine. investigators have been unable to get to the crash site for the past two weeks.

the remain as -- remains of some victims have yet to be identified. these family members can begin to mourn their loss. for other family members that lost family members on mh 370 that vanished in march, there's yet to closure. now they are furry endearing to many. it seems the monkeys have indulged in in to much monkey business. >> they live on top of the rocks and a muze the tourists.

in search of a meal, the monkeys are venturing into town. great if you're visiting. >> just come out of our hotel to do shopping and we did not think we would see a monkey perched upon the ledge in the middle of the street. i've heard about them, but i didn't think we'd see them at all. so yeah -- >> but the monkeys a taste for what humans can provide. some are getting in the swing of urban life here. >> this has become a nuisance at this school. >> we've had whole packs of monkeys coming down. some of them are very cute, and

others are threatening. >> the 200 monkeys spend the vast majority of time on the rock. authorities are working to stop some of them venturing down into town. >> they're very clever. like humans, they can offer them a banana or something else. they can provide open space. they're working to control numbers to a safari park a broad. >> these monkeys are thought to have traveled on ships from africa several years ago. that's not seen as part of the

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hello and welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm stephen sackur. in this half hour, internal bloodless in gaza. 18 palestinians who acted as informants for israel have been shot dead. the killings come days after three senior hamas leaders lost their lives in israeli air strikes. we examine how badly the movement has been damaged. across europe, there's a fear about a surge in antisemitism. we report where some in the jewish r community are heading

for the exit. aaron is here with business at least i think he is. what on earth are you up to. >> are you just vacuuming? if you want to buy a powerful vacuum cleaner, you've got nine days left. come the first of september is, the eu is banning making and imports of machines with an engine above 1600 watts. some manufactures are not happy. some are taking the eu to court. a warm welcome back to "gmt." hamas sources in gaza say 18 alleged informers for israel have been shot dead. another 11 men were reportedly

shot dead by what it called resistance. it comes a day after israeli air strikes killed three top hamas commanders in an air strike in the southern gaza strip. we're crossing live to gaza. my colleague from my bbc arabic service. t the numbers are pretty extraordinary in themselves. what appears to be going on here? >> reporter: well it seems like there's a new war now in the inside gaza city between hamas and other areas and also persons hamas say are affiliated with israel. this is what sources say, 11 killed west of gaza this morning. now midday they killed another seven. there were dozens from the palestinians including women and people around the area where the masked men opened fire towards number of palestinians.

there was a small piece of paper thrown in the ground saying that all those participate to kill number of palestinians work with palestinians faction through this war. also we get also statement now from the human rights center in gaza. he call urgently palestinian factions to stop killing those people. they consider it a killing out flow. >> does it seem to you this is directly connected to the killing of three senior hamas leaders just a day or so ago? do you think hamas feels desperately vulnerable now? do you think that is rooting out what they call informers? >> hamas leaders is convinced without help, the israeli army did not reach very easily to h hamas leaders like south of gaza

city yesterday and the commander few days ago. hamas now trying to make new court what sources told bbc. new court they call it revolutionary court to take position to put an end to this problem, especially the cooperators with israel. >> we'll keep following that story for us here on bbc news. for now, thank you very much indeed. now jewish people a across europe say the conflict in gaza is fuelling a disturbing rise in antisemitism. in recent weeks, pro palestinian demonstrations in france have turned violent with protestors damaging jewish shops and threatening synagogues in paris. our correspondent caroline white sent this report from paris.

>> riot police now guard paris synagogues. they have lived here over 20 years but no longer feel safe in the city. he's jewish and his family's home is here, a suburb muslims and jews live side by side. yet over the past weeks, he says, his family has lived in fear over protests over gaza turned violent targeting synagogues and jewish businesses. he and his family want to immigrate to israel. >> i don't want to stay here. we suffered too much. what happened in this suburb was the latest. we said to ourselves, we don't feel safe anymore. >> violent scenes at a protest near the center of paris, emotions again ran high.

inside the nearby synagogue, one of the largest in the orthodox community, jewish families were trapped hours unable to leave because of the sense of threat outside. >> we have a part of community came from iraq country. so we know how to live with arabs and muslims. we don't know how to live with extremists. >> leaders from muslim, jewish and christian communities have come together to create calm and peace in the middle east. >> the government is quick to condemn the antisemitic attacks and promise the jews they will be protected. worries remain, not just about the impact of gaza but what will happen in the future especially if their relationship prompts the muslim community. >> france's 5 million or so muslims listen to him eager to

hear more about what's happening in north africa and the middle east. >> there are extremists including jewish defense league who want to add fuel to the fire. most muslims in france are seck clur. >> many leaders say it's a question for families of when to immigrate. they're growing unease about whether their country france can keep them safe. >> so real fears in the jewish community in france about a surge in antisemitic activity. i'm joined here in the "gmt" studio by mark gardener from community security trust, the charity that monsters antisemitism and provides security for british's jewish community. we've just seen the fears in

france. how does that compare with what you're hearing from the jewish community here in the uk? >> the situation in the uk is similar but not as bad. we've just that had the second worst month of instans we've recorded in the uk. the priest worse, january 2009 which was the last large scale conflict between israel and hamas. >> what kind of incidents? >> verbal abuse abojews going at their business. they're told hitler was right and should have killed all jews. >> i can understand all forms of abuse are terribly offensive to people. are you sure that all can be labeled antisemitism? you know there's a political issue here about what israel is doing in gaza. that's a complicated set of issues, a passionate debate. you're talking straight forward

antisemiti antisemitism. there's no doubt in our mind when a jew is randomly targeted for abuse, that it's antisemitic. it's anti-jewish racisracism. >> this is connected directly to inflamed prejudice as a result of what we've seen on our tv screens in gaza? >> we see this again and again. it's called trigger events. you have a trigger event, and there's reaction. in our case the trigger event is conflict in the middle east and the way people see it and perceive it. >> how must it be combatted m t your view? >> long term is education. short term we need swift public action from police and politicians to condemn it and voices from within muslim communities where the bulk of

problem is coming from at the current time, especially in france. i'm glad to say there have been statements made more publicly, unlike in previous times of conflict. that message is beginning to get through. >> thank you very much for coming to the studio and talking to me today. thanks a lot. now we're able to bring you some breaking news here on "gmt." news agencies including roiters agency are reporting a major incident in the province in iraq. it appears there has been sectarian violence. it is reported that shia gunmen have entered a sunni mosque, opened fire and it seems there are likely to be casualties. news agencies not giving anymore detail. it looks at this stage as though this is an example of sectarian violence. it appears gunmen entered a

sunni mosque in the iraqi province of diyala and opened fire. we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. now aaron is back here in the studio. i think without his hoover. he's got the business news. >> cleanest cat walk we have had for a long time. we're keeping a close eye on the sanctions war between russia and west. today we're focused on poland. let me explain. good to see you. hello there. certainly fair to say it's an industry that doesn't get much attention. it's a difficult time now for poland's apple growers. we learn something everyday. poland is the world's largest producer of these babies, even beating china. until russia's recent ban on eu imports, poland was the biggest supplier to that russian market. the embargo on food may be hitting growers everywhere, it's especially painful for poland's

mainly family farms. last year their apples accounted for 90% of the $450 million worth of annual sales to russia. autumn harvest about to begin, it's got to be decide what had to do with these apples. the business correspondent sent us this report. >> it promises to be one of poland's best ever apple harvest. families like this used to send across the border by the truckload. it's a high profit high turn over raid. finding buyers for app ales over europe will test the cooperative that sells the crop. this is a good seller to russia. it's an agonizing time for growers. harvest is less than a month's time. this group of farms would

usually send 20 trucks a day, 80,000 apples in each truck. they face the choice of trying to claim some eu compensation funds or selling on the market. the problem there is they may not get good prices for apples. >> nothing lasts forever. we have to improve to meet requirements of the most demanding markets. then we can say -- i don't want to say good-bye to russia, but we'll be much more independent. >> this is what apples must go through if poland switches sales to more demanding western markets, wash ago, grading by size and color, branding and packages to meet each buyer's specification. this is fully equipped and ready with robots and all. it would be happier embargo hit

to take it off the market for russian aid. >> it would be better instead of wasting fruit, we sell cheaper to other markets outside eu. they would be able to taste our apples and maybe in the future they will come back and buy it again. >> so for polanpoland, the long term option is selling better package, better quality apples. they can sell to more customers around the world. >> bbc news central poland. we'll keep a cross on that. sorry, i've got to say here's a story that just sucks. anyone wanting to buy a powerful vacuum cleaner has nine days left to be certain of getting one. from september 1st, companies in the european union are banned from making or importing vacuum cleaners with an engine above 1600 watts.

hoover says most cleaners are already in that category. here's a problem. in one recent study, five of top seven cleaners had motors of more powerful than 1600 watts. this is new european rules part of the emergency efficiency directive designed to tackle climate change. it doesn't stop there though. from september 1st, 2017, all vacuum cleaners will have to be left a motor less than 900 watts. let's get more. brian joining us from the bbc business unit. i know you've been following this story. a lot of people have a chuckle with it. there's a bit of a problem. i mentioned, there's a problem for consumers because a recent organization said five of top seven best vacuum cleaners are bigger than 1600 watts. >> yeah absolutely. from the first of september, all those vacuum cleaners above 1600 watts are going to be banned. there's also going to be a labeling system little bit like

fridges and freezers we've had by which all are graded a to g according to to how energy efficient they are. as you say, there has been a little bit of reaction of consumer alarm having heard this story. i was talking to shoppers. one woman said to me, oh my goodness my flat is going to be knee deep in pet fur. she and others are worried about this. actually the truth is that manufactures have had a lot of warning about this and have been changing their machines over the last couple of years. >> you mentioned manufactures. not all of them take this quite lightly. dyson is taking action isn't it or trying to? >> yes, they are making a legal challenge to a particular part of this directive. that's the labeling directive. they're unhappy with the way some of these hoovers were tested without dust in them in the first place. they say the only way to test the hoover is working

effectively, take a hoover that's already got dust in it. they're unhappy about part of the labeling which measures the environmental criteria which takes no account of the fact if you have an industrial vacuum cleaner, the dust bag gets thrown in a landfill. their old cleaners don't have dust bags. >> that lady worrying about pet fur or pet hair, it's going to g get worse. in three year's time, they can be a maximum of 900 watts. >> manufactures have been changing their machines over the last three years. hoover for example has now redesigned no less than 57 models. they use something call air ration technology now which basically means you get more suction power for less energy

use. things are improving. for them, all hoovers are already 650 or 700 watts. so from now on, you're going to see much more efficient machines for your money. >> yeah, okay. very interesting stuff brian. we appreciate you're time. brian joining us there. what do you think? lots going on. tweet me on twitter @bbc aaron. steve, i've decided i'm going to sell my vacuum, just gathering dust. >> you told me to say that. not even one laugh. >> aaron, i don't know what to do with you. now we're going back to news that i broke just a short time ago coming out of iraq. we are getting reports of a very serious incident of sectarian -- appears to be sectarian violence in the eastern province of diyala in iraq. 30 were killed when gunmen from

a shia militia group opened fire in a sunni mosque. bodies have been taken to the hospital. 30 bodies reported to have arrived in the hospital. some witnesses say that more bodies have been left in the mosque. we do not have verified casualty details at the moment. clearly a serious incident there. we'll continue to follow it and bring you the latest here on bbc world news. now still to come on "gmt," from presidents to pop stars, find out why thousands around the world are tipping buckets of icy water all over themselves.

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i'm stephen sackur. the top story this hour. the united states says the jihadist group is the most dangerous threat america has faced in recent times. also from iraq, we're getting reports that shia militia men have opened fire in a mosque in iraq killing at least 30 people. it was one colony and then became one of brazil's top security prisons. off the coast of rio, this is a popular tourist destination. one prisoner remains. he arrived 1958 aged 27. he's now 83. after serving time reportedly for multiple murderers, he was given a release to remain until this year.

one extraordinary prisoner's story from brazil. we're going to close the program by going back to our main breaking news. an incident of terrible sectarian violence it seems in eastern iraq in the last hour or so. getting news from roiters news agency that 30 have been killed when shiite militia opened fire in a sunni mosque. 30 bodies reported at the hospital. it's said there may be more casualties. no official word on casualties

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