hello. i'm alice with bbc world news. our top stories. russia says its soldiers counted in ukraine have crossed the border by mistake. it comes hours after the two leaders are due to meet. u.s. confirms egypt and arabic were behind air strikes against islamic militia at one of the airports. a few surprises as "breaking bad" wins big.

the battle for five wildf e wildfires that start thousands of feet in the air. we meet the elite smoke jumpers. hello. a warm welcome to you. we begin with the russian president vladimir putin. he's due to meet his ukrainian counter part poroshenko shortly amid rising tensions over the conflict in eastern ukraine. it comes as russia says a group of soldiers captured by ukrainian security forces near donetsk crossed the border by mistake. the meeting between the two down the -- two county meeting will be

the first since june. they're trying to push into the rebel held areas in the country. fierce fighting continues. let's speak to david stern in kiev. let's talk more about these russian servicemen who have been captured. they're from a special regimen as i understand. >> well, yes, that's right. they're paratroopers. they said they were told they were going on exercises, not told they were going to ukraine. when they arrived here, they found out quickly that they were not on training exercises. this has been what the ukrainian authorities have said. they've released videos of the captured russian servicemen. we're unable to verify these independently. this goes along with the long standing accusations from kiev and western capitals that russia is sending not only fighters and

weapons but in fact soldiers into eastern ukraine. we've heard from russian media who are quoting unnamed source in the defense ministry saying the soldiers ended up by accident crossed over in an unmarked area of the russian ukrainian border not knowing where they were. didn't explain how they ended up so far inside of ukraine. ukrainians say they were capture 20 to 30 kilometers inside the country. >> all of this the backdrop to talks to take place. it's unclear if vladimir putin and poroshenko will meet face to face. >> right. these are taking place under the customs union, so everybody is at least meeting in one room. there are top eu officials. it's not clear if poroshenko and

putin will meet one on one. indeed even if he did, it's not clear exactly what would be the product of that. given the tensions going on now, expectations are actually quite low. angela merkel t the german chancellor said she did not expect a break through. some see the fact that they're in one room at least that there will be discussions as a form of progress. >> for now, many thanks. david is live in kiev. meanwhile fierce fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine. steve rosenburg reports now from luhansk. >> throughout the morning we've heard intermittent artillery fire in the distance. we're told this is as far as we can go safely. fighting is going on 10 to 15 kilometers down the road. we've been talking to ukrainian soldiers on the ground. from what they tell us, we get the impression they have little optimism about negotiations

between russia, ukraine and eu. that was the view of the local commander here. >> translator: what we need isn't talks. we need russia to stop sponsoring bandits. as soon as they see they've lost their border and no one is supplying them with weapons, and they run out, they'll be beat immediately. >> this is one of the towns that ukrainian forces have retake african-american the pro russian separatists. you can tell that because they painted the ukrainian flag all over the lamp posts down the road. since we've been in this town, we've seen displaced people. they have very dramatic stories to tell. for example, this woman from luhansk, a few days ago her husband was killed when an artillery shell landed in their backyard as he was feeding their dog. >> translator: we don't know who's to blame.

we didn't hear the shell being fired, only when it crashed through our house. i don't know where it came from. i don't know which side i should be on. >> what strikes me most about little towns like this one close to the fighting is that life seems to go on as normal. people are on the streets going to work doing shopping. when you speak to people, they are deeply pessimistic about the chance a s for peace. they fear the conflict will continue. >> of course there's much more events in ukraine on our website. you'll find a full background and analysis, with video and audio. look at key players in the crisis and a analysis of how the conflict has spread. go to bbc.com/news. now american officials have confirm had the egypt and unite

a ed arabics were behind the targeted my limilitia. united states was not caught off guard by the attacks. the bbc is in the capital tripoli. >> reporter: the alliance of militia that took over tripoli in the weekend accused egypt and eue of being behind air strikes. we heard from the american officials con firming this yesterday. what we know from officials here, they still claim the government that still claims they had no idea who carried out these air strikes. what is becoming more clear is that there is a proxy war being fought, if you will. not just here, but other places

as well. a struggle between arab autocratic and islamist movements. what we've seen in libya develop is the rise of political islam. it's not just moderate i la parties like the muslim brother hood, but we've seen them align themselves with more extremist factions here as they feel more and more cornered. this is why we are hearing statements from other countries like the uk and u.s. that outside interference is really just exacerbating the situation here. >> for some analysis on the situation, i'm joined by the center of international studies at cambridge university. thanks for joining us on the program.

what in your opinion is happening inside libya at the moment? >> inside libya there's a struggle going on that began well over a month ago between nationalist elements and islamist forces there for control of the country. it goes back to elections that were held on june 25th when a new national assembly was elected. the problem is the old national assembly islamist dominated and new national assembly can't come to terms. one is located in tripoli, the other in tobruk far to the east. because they can't come to terms, neither can accept the other. what's you've got is confrontation of level of politics, confrontation in security the terms in tripoli and in benghazi. one extremist islamists and the other involving moderate

islamists in tripoli. that creates a situation which is extremely insecure and very uncertain. there's a real danger of the country breaking apart. >> fragile as you said. professor, why do you think egypt and eu have become militarily active inside libya in the last few days? >> that goes to another struggle. that's the struggle for influence inside the middle east between the one hand that supports the muslim brother hood and moderate islamists and saudi arabia and allies such as eu and egypt on the other who don't. in effect what has happened, because they have supported moderate islamists in libya, this is a struggle between saudi arabia for influence over the whole region. >> are you suggesting this is part of a wider proxy war played out between the anti-muslim wlok

of egypt, aeu, saudi arabia and promuslim block of qatar and turkey? >> yes. i wouldn't characterize as antiand pro muslim. saudi arabia and egypt discussed the muslim brother hood and they're determined to eradicate from the political scene inside the region. qatar has supported the muslim brother hood and is opposed to the egyptian and saudi objections. that defines what the struggle is. that's on top of another struggle between saudi arabia on the one hand and embodiment of islam and iran on the other. iran is not partied to the struggle inside syria. if you look at the struggle in the sense, it closes a prominent part. there's a proxy war which extends beyond libya and into which libya is being dragged.

>> many thanks for helping us on this situation. >> you're welcome. well let's get a round up of other main stories of the day. senior american officials say that president obama has authorized surveillance flights over syria intended to gather intelligence on the islamic state militant groups. defense fishes said mr. obama approved flights over the weekend. the u.s. is already carrying out air raids against islamic state targets in iraq. the food crisis in south sudan is become ever more serious. serious fighting has prevented people planting crops before the rainy season. floods have devastated refugee camps in the north. time now to catch up with latest business news. aaron is here as usual. we're starting with the economy. >> this much.

i'll explain why. good news breathing a sigh of relief. hello. south africa has narrowly avoided recession. the economy grew 0.6% in the past three months. that's ending in june. we reported countless times. series of times and industrial disputes caused outbreak at the start of the first three months. the country has been overtaken by nigeria as the continent's biggest economy. many had been some what expecting a negative growth number if you can. that would have put south africa in recession. it has avoid had the. let's talk about the world's largest biggest retailer. amazon bought a video game streaming service twitch. youtube was also in talks with twitch. it allows people the to watch other people playing video games. it has 55 million unique monthly

viewers. to india now. fascinating story. women have not been allowed to work as makeup artists in 59 years. the court is about to rule whether makeup artists can work in films despite being a woman. if she win, it will be a sign of changes in that country when it comes to roles of women. we're waiting for that supreme court announcement any time other. lots going on. follow me on twitter. get me @bbc aaron. that's it with business. should have heard women in our makeup room this morning. they were outraged. >> i understand. not sure i trust a man to do my makeup. stay with us on bbc. as well as aaron, still to come.

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hello. this is bbc world news with me alice. the latest headlines. russian military sources say ten soldiers captured in ukraine crossed the border by mistake. it comes as the country's two leaders are set to meet. the u.s. confirms egypt and united aeu were behind my wiili. it says it was caught off guard. "breaking bad" the story of a chemistry teach their turns to making illegal drugs has won five awards at the annual emmy's including best drama. it started with a moving tribute to actor and comedian robyn

williams who killed himself two weeks ago. >> the emmys are a celebration of best of american television increasingly attracting stars of cinema. >> let's give it up for the everyone. >> this is horrible. this is a horrible category. god, i'm glad i'm not in this category. >> it was quite a line up for one of the biggest categories. outstanding lead actor in a drama and "mad men" jon hamm lost again. "breaking bad" story of a high school teacher turned drug dealer swept them all away. it picked up the most emmys on the night including best actor, actress and supporting actor in its category and best drama

series. the other top prize, best comedy series went to "modern family." five consecutive wins tying frazier's all time record. weird al yang vich lived up to his name. the bbc sherlock won big with seven emmys for lead and supporting actors. there was a little twitter controversy as she was put on a pedestal. most poig nant moment was a tribute to robyn williams. >> it's hard to to talk about him in the past because he was

so present in all of our lives. >> bbc news los angeles. the french prime minister is expected to form a new cabinet after the government was forced to resign monday. this follows the can criticism of the government economic austerity policy. france is struggling with low economy and slow growth. it was triggered from criticisms from the economy minister over the weekend. >> the economy minister launched a direct attack on the economic policies he was meant to be carrying out. he's been critical for some time. the way he did it over the weekend was particularly humiliating and direct for the president and many close to the party felt the president did have to act and do something. this is being seen as a way for president obama hollande to signal he is in charge. he won't tolerate this kind of

descent within the cabinet. he's trying to get control of the left wing of his party. the impact of this is pretty striking when you look at the front pages today. something happened that almost never happens here. that's the front page of the left wing paper. it's the same headline as in the paper, one of the main papers on the right. crisis in the regime. that seems to be really the message across the board that this is a very serious shake-up for the government. it's meant to be described as the shortest government in the history of france's fifth republic. >> a court in japan ruled the company which owns the fukushima nuclear plant is responsible for the death of a woman that committed suicide shortly after the disaster. she and her husband were forced to leave their home because of radioactive fallout from the

plant. earlier i spoke to bbc in tokyo. he said the case could open the way for others to sue for damages. >> according to her husband who's been leading the fight for compensation and launched this civil lawsuit against tepco, he said his wife fell into deep depression after they were forced to leave their home two months after the nuclear disaster. residents were told the radiation levels were high and they had to leave they're homes. it was a shock to everybody and anybody that had to leave their homes. particularly for his wife he said because she had never left her home, never left that a town. she had a bee keeping business she tended that she had to leave behind. she fell in deep depression. she asked her husband to take her back to visit the home. they spent the night there. in the morning he found his wife had killed herself in a horrible

way. he said all along this depression and her death is the responsibili responsibility of tep co. yet another summer of drought. wildfires threatened large areas in california. bbc spent the day with elite jumpers that parachute in the wilderness to get the flames under control. >> the best part is probably just jumping out of the airplane. you're actually only 1,500 feet up which isn't that high. they say get ready, get in the door, get ready. you jump out. that's pretty crazy. then when the parachute opens up and it's quiet, you have a minute 30 seconds, maybe two minutes, nobody is talking to

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hello. i'm a alice with bbc world news. our top stories. russia says soldiers captured in ukraine crossed the border by mistake. it comes hours before the country's two leaders are due to meet. u.s. says egypt was behind attacks at one of libya's airports. voters in scotland weigh the arguments after monday's fiery tv debate on independence. new measures are unveiled in

mexico aimed to deny migrants traveling from mexico on top of trains. hello. a warm welcome to you. now after months of conflict in eastern ukraine, president vladimir putin of russia is due to meet his ukrainian counter part poroshenko shortly. it comes as russia says ten of its soldiers were captured near the town of donetsk crossed the border by mistake. however ukraine claims they were sent in on a special mission. amid distension, the meeting between the two leaders in the capital will be there first since a brief encounter back in june. ukraine tries to push further into the rebel held areas in the east of the country, fierce

fighting continues in donetsk and luhansk where from our correspondent reports. >> throughout the morning we've been hear ago intermittent artillery fire in the distance. we're told this is as far as we can go safely because apparently there's fighting going on 10 to 15 a kilometers down the road. we've been talking to some of the ukrainian soldiers here on the ground. from what they've been telling us, you get the impression, they have little optimism about the negotiations between russia, ukraine and eu. that was the view of the local commander here. >> translator: what we need isn't talks. we need russia to stop sponsoring ban dditbandits. as soon as they see they've lost their boarder and no one is supplying them with weapons and they run out, they'll be beat immediately. >> reporter: this is one of the towns that ukrainian forces have retaken from the pro russian

separatists. you can tell because they painted the ukrainian flag on the lamp posts down the road. we've seen quite a lot of displaced people. they have dramatic stories to tell. for example, this woman from luhansk. a few days ago her husband was killed when an artillery shell landed in their backyard when he was feeding the dog. >> we don't know who fired it, only when it crashed into our house. i don't know where it came from. i don't know which side i should be on. >> reporter: what strikes me most about little towns like this one close to the fighting is that life seems to go on as normal. there are people on the streets going to work, doing their shopping. when you speak to people,

they're deeply pessimistic about the chances for peace. they fear the conflict will continue. >> steve rosingburg there. with me in the studio, the bbc world service editor. let's begin by talking about these russian servicemen. the russians claim they wondered over the border by mistake. >> they're paratroopers from central russia. usually paratroopers have special status. they veered into the territory quite far. they were captured 20 kilometers inside ukraine. if if it was a mistake, they didn't spot it immediately. they say in interviews broadcast in ukraine. bbc is not broadcasting them. in those interviews and statements, they said they were not told by their officers they were going into ukraine. once going inside they guessed this is where they were.

they didn't describe the mission but gave detail about their armored personnel carriers were they were told to cover the denominations that link them to russian army. detail is coming. from the viewpoint of the ukrainian government, it would strengthen perception there's a constant flow of weapons, support and now direct involvement more than previously of russian regular forces. certainly the russian government says it's a mistake staying there was a case with up to 500 ukrainian soldiers crossing into territory. this is true. ukrainian soldiers were under fire and had to run for their lives. a lot of questions to be answered. all of this the backdrop to talks taking place. we're not sure whether mr. poroshenko and mr. putin will wimeet face to face.

>> it's exacerbated by the activity on the ground. there are several very important developments i think. one is the attack by rebels. ukrainians say supported by the russian forces on the coast of the place which is half way to mariupol. that was the area which the ukrainian government sorted. it was under control. now there's an attack will there. there are other attacks reported elsewhere inside. the latest comes from the national security council of ukraine is an accusation of russian gun ships firing at ukrainian border guards and killing four today. this whole activity on the ground doesn't really bode well for the success of talks should they happen and rhetoric on both sides. particularly yesterday russian foreign minister lavrov is strong accusing each other of

really perpetrating grave crimes. i think against that a background, progress where the two presidents should meet looks problematic. >> all eyes on this. many thanks. now, there's of course there's more on our website. there you'll find a full background and analysis of the situation plus video and audio content. a look also at the key players in the crisis. it shows how the conflict has spread. go to bbc.com/news. american officials have confirmed that egypt and the united arabics were behind air strikes in libya over the past week which targeted islamist militants. a senior official told bbc united states was not consulted and was caught off guard by the

attacks. four european allies condemned what they describe outside interference in libya. for analysis on the situation, i spoke to the middle east expert at the center of international studies at university of cambridge. >> inside libya there's a struggle going on that began well over a month ago between nationalist elements and islamist forces there for control of the country. it goes back to elections that were held on june 25th when a new national assembly was elected. the problem is that the old national assembly which was islamist dominated and new national assembly can't come to terms. one is located in tripoli. the other in tobruk far to the east. basically because they can't come to terms, neither will accept the authority of the other. in effect what you've got is a confrontation of level of

politics, in security terms particularly in tripoli. a different confrontation in security terms in be benghazi. one involving extremist i islamists, the other involving more moderate islamists in tripoli. that create a situation that's secure and uncertain when there's a real danger of the country breaking apart. >> very fragile as you said. why do you think egypt and uae have become active over the past several days? >> that goes to another struggle. that's influence inside the middle east between one hand that supports the muslim brother hood and moderate islamists and saudi arabia and allies such as uae and egypt on the other that don't. in effect what's happened because qatar supported

islamists, this is a struggle between saudi arabia and qatar for influence over the whole region. >> are you suggesting this ises part of a wider proxy war we're seeing blocked out of a block egypt, saudi arabia, uae and pro muslim block qatar and turkey? >> yes. saudi arabia and egypt disliked and discussed the muslim brother hood. they're can determined to eradicate it. qatar has supported the muslim brother hood and is opposed to saudi objections. that defines what the struggle is. that's on top of another struggle between saudi arabia on the one hand of embodiment of sunni islam and iran on the other. iran is not partylibya.

if you look at syria, it is an important part. there's a proxy war which extends far beyond libya into which libya has now been dragged. now ballots are sent out today for scotland's referendum for the debate. there were fiery exchanges between the minister who heads the push for independence and british prime minister who gets together the campaign. some thought he was the best perfo performer. >> a grand setting for a fiery and tempered debate. they knew this would be their final chance to go head to head. issue of currency dominated open exchanges. >> if we don't have a currency union, what's plan b?

i had no luck asking him what plan b was? i want to know what plan b is. can you tell us? >> the options very clearly. three plan b's for the price of one. >> those that say union are ahead of the polls. salmond knew he had to come out fighting. he chose the issue of the nhs is. >> the threat to scotland unless we establish financial control to protect our own. >> in the arguments, a chance for both sides to show the positive. a case for independence. >> this is our moment. let's seize it with both hands. >> and case for remaining in the union. >> now of course we could go at it alone, but i don't believe we'll be as successful as

scotland will be part of the united kingdom. >> a snap poll shortly after the debate pointed to salmond to the winner. votes are now sent out. it's up to voters to decide. >> do stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. translating humor. can comedy be just as funny in a second language? we head to the world 's biggest art festival to find out. i missed so many workouts, my treadmill started to dress better than i did. the problem was the pain. hard to believe, but dr. scholl's active series insoles reduce shock by 40% and give you immediate pain relief from three sports injuries. amazing! now, i'm a believer. and it doesn't even fly.

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against militias at airport. it says it was caught off guard by the attacks. the world health organization says more than 120 health workers have died from the ebola outbreak in west africa. one of the latest casualties is the liberian doctor who was treated with the e experimental drug which helped several recover. the canadian firm says four monkeys injected with the experimental survive survived with what should have been a lethal dose of ebola. >> reporter: the coffin of abraham, a liberian doctor. the world health organization says more than 120 health workers have are died from ebola this year. it was hoped the doctor would have had a better chance of recovery as one of a handful of people to be given the

experimental drug z-mapp. it's not clear if he died from the drug or of complications. the drug has been given to a spanish priest and two americans. the priest died, but the americans recovered. dr. brantley was one of them seen here speaking to press. supplies have now run out. it will take time to make more. meanwhile the outbreak killed more than 1,400 people. with the death toll growing with an urgency growing to make drugs to stop ebola. a vaccine has been given to four monkeys. they survived what would have been a lethal dose of the virus. two monkeys not injected with the vaccine died. it could intensify after the democratic republic of congo reported two case, first outside west africa. it appears to be a different

strain. the world health organization is sending protective equipment to help. the virus can be contained with the right facilities. the family of a british man that caught the the disease in sierra leone say he's receiving excellent care in the london hospital. health systems are struggling to cope. u.n. described it as a war that could take six months to win. to pakistan where the military offensive against militants has resulted in hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes. majority are women and children taking r taking refuge town of bannu. tribal customs mean some women find it impossible to get the help they need. >> she leaves her house to

collect her weekly food rations. she's afraid. it's forgiden for women to be out in public. it's seen as immoral and often leads to social banishment. she has no choice. if she doesn't, her family will go hungry. >> i lost my father a year ago. my brother is working a broad. who's going to feed my three sisters and mother if i don't go out and get good? our male relatives used to help us. here in this camp, everybody is looking after their own families. it's easy to ban women from going out, but those that have no men in their families, should they just die of hunger? >> more than 800,000 have gone out of the tribal area since pakistan's military offensive started in june. >> women are the worst victims of this mass displacement. not only limit nations but some

face severe health issues. around 70% of victims are women and children who are vulnerable to health issues. >> even those who have men in their families say they still struggle. >> i walked for three days to get to bannu after the pakistan army told us to leave the area. my back problem has got worse. although there are medical facilities for women, my husband doesn't want me coming here because he's worried about being punished by tribal leaders. he let me come to the health center after he saw me crying in pain. >> the government says its hands are tied. >> not to force women to leave their houses. they say only men should be allowed to get help. we are helpless and can't force them to change their customs.

>> the challenge is to change the mind set of the men in the camps. until then, women like her will continue to break the rules in order to survive. bbc news bannu. marie is battering the pacific coast of mexico as it moves towards the united states. the storm brought torrential rain which has caused landslides and flooding in areas. mexican marines are etch issing for three fishermen that have been missing since the sank monday. four of crew members managed to swim to shore. the government has unveiled new measures to prevent migrants from central america traveling on freight trains heading north towards the united states. the human rights group say the rule is clamping down on migrants rather than finding them safer means of work.

>> for decades, central american migrants have traveled north to u.s. on the freight train, known as the beast. it is an extremely hazardous trip. hi migrants are exposed to heat and rain and susceptible to corrupt officials along the way. it takes them through eastern and northern mexico. the the number of men, women, children is as high as ever. now the mexican government unveiled new plans to prevent people from getting on the the train. they include using increased surveillance of the tracks and train as including with satellite technology. >> we will reinforce security on roads, insulations, tracks. we will strengthen regional and local coordination with respectful authorities and maintain a permanent

communication with consulates from central american countries based on coresponsibility. >> the man tasked with tightening the southern border, the former senator, said the move is intended to president-elect the migrants. >> translator: we want to prevent migrants putting their lives at risk using a train meant for cargo and not passengers. we will develop specific strategies that guarantee the protection and security of migrants. we'll reradicate the groups tha violate the migrants rights. the migrants rights organizations are skeptical. they argue the government is under pressure from washington and clamping down on the migrants is not the answer. they say the mexican government and obama administration have opted for punitive measures rather than humanitarian ones such as offering employment in the country of origin.

with record numbers of child migrants, many unaccompanied making the trip to the u.s. every month, the issue is high on the agenda. nevertheless with the levels of poverty and violent in central america highest in the world, many consider these measures a risk worth taking. bbc news mexico. now, in less than a month, all eyes will be on scotland where the future of the nation is to be decided. for the past month, it's been in the spotlight for different reasons. the large's arts festival. acts from 50 countries have been performing. dance, cabaret, musicals, stand up comedy. is humor the same around the world? bbc has been finding out.

>> i don't speak very well english. my vocabulary is not huge. when i talk, i have to be careful where i go. it's a new challenge, a big challenge. this is in the past, okay? >> my style of comedy in russian is very language based. i have a lot of play of words and such things. unfortunately it was impossible to translate this. i had to write absolutely new material in english for english speaking audience.

this means money in this country. in japan it means nothing. this kind of thing we change. >> i tried to make jokes in italy. i don't know why. references are important. maybe sometimes you just change something, and you're good. people aren't laughing. i really admiring the guys for trying to do this in another language. it's hard enough in the first language. >> couldn't agree more. finally, the festivities weren't

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