hello. i'm with wbs world nebbc world . tighter sanctions in russia over ukraine. >> if it's a ceasefire, signed and implemented, we can then look at sanctions. also at the sum is mitt, plans to take shape to tack it will threat from islamic state. the u.s. forming what it calls a core coalition to to take on jihadist. what's left of gaza, new

pictures show the overwhelming scale of destruction after 50 days of conflict with israel. tributes are paid to joan rivers, the pioneer comedian who's died at the age of 81. hello. welcome. western nations are poised to impose tougher sanctions on russia over the conflict in eastern ukraine. it's one of the issues discussed by world leaders at a nato summit in south wales. from there we report live. >> reporter: welcome to the nato

summit, day two. new port in wales is where they're hoping to hear positive news in the ceasefire talks between russia, ukraine and pro russian rebels. as i say, they're positive, trying to be optimistic and also prepareing for failure. there's a strong message from nato and eu leaders this morning to say we're preparing further sanctions against russia if there's no progress on that rebellion in eastern ukraine. i'll talk to the foreign minister about the view where he is. first, let's bring you up to date with this report. >> plenty on their minds as nato leaders gather for the second day of their summit. the threat from the islamic state and immediately what chance of another place will produce a ceasefire in the

ukraine crisis. leaders gazed on a display of nato air power. there's hope but also skepticism. the message that planned u.s. and eu sanctions against russia will go ahead now any way. >> based on our experience, what would be sensible would be go ahead with plan for increased sanctions. if there's a ceasefire, if it is signed, and if itself is then implemented, we can then look at lifting sanctions off. as you said earlier, there's a great degree of skepticism about whether this action will materialism, whether the ceasefire will be real. leaders will endorse a new alliance rapid reaction force to assure eastern members and also send a message to the krem limb who's actions they believe contributed to to a newly dangerous world. >> as we meet today the

principle foun zadations of security are challenged in a way we have not seen since the end of the cold war. by russia's actions against ukraine, newer threats such as cyber and missile attacks. >> also a message from the summit for members of the isl islamic state in iraq and syria. >> they should be clear these terrorists, their threats only harden our resolve to stand up for our values and defeat them. to do so, and to deal with all threats that we face, our great alliance must now evolve and refocus on the new capabilities we need to keep our people safe. >> on the ground in ukraine, they've been bracing themselves for day around the town of mariupol in government hands.

with word of heavy fighting here ahead of peace talks, fear is anguish and tensions in this crisis will go on. bbc news. >> among the 28 nato states that the summit are baltic states formally soviet union and i'm pleased to say we have the foreign minister with us now. welcome to bbc news. i suppose what we're thinking about most of all is prospect for peace in ukraine. do you think these talk a -- talks are going to make difference? >> of course everyone hopes it stops violence and killing the in ukraine. we # hope ceasefire will be welcome. there's doubts because one of them is pressure so far didn't admit russia is part of the conflict. that's crucial if you like to find solution. >> how do you perceive president

putin's strategy? do you think he wants to push ahead into ukraine? >> i'm quite pessimistic. it's clear russia wants to stop ukraine's movement closer to the west and european union. also winter is coming. it will be a big problem in the economy and energy and also crimea. it mines that probably russia wants to create physical connection between russia and crimea so there are lots of risks lots of concerns also. >> i suppose from russia's point of view they're pushing forward into ukraine because they don't want ukraine to become a member of nato. they don't want ukraine to move as you have done to look west to europe. >> it is actually the main problem, main issue because russia clearly wants to

establish duration union which basically means to collect as many as possible under direct moscow influence. we see this this regard moscow's actions not only ukraine but results of georgia and other countries. to stop the movement of country closer to west. >> given russian ambitions, how important is it nato today is talking about a rapid reaction force where more troops could be in countries like yours. >> it's clear the situation in europe has been changed. nato should be adequate in its response. it means that the security level for all nato member states should be the same and should not matter where geographically or hiss store cli.

my part of europe is active. >> did you want more? would you have liked permanent nato bases if in list tone i can't, lithuania? >> we already have in other countries. >> that was representative talking to our correspond end who has been present at nato summit for the past two days. of course that summit focussing on many areas but one of the main as we were hearing there is the ongoing situation with ukraine. that concern that the violence is continuing in eastern ukraine. also one of the other key leaders for nato is meeting in wales to try and develop a strategy to go against isis. they're calling for board support from allies and partners from the region.

we are in irbil. i asked earlier what the possible options were. >> it's going to have to be done on an industrial scale if they're going to uproot the islamic state in iraq. a lots is north and center, west of the country as well as large parts of northern and eastern syria. that's a tall order at the moment. a small start has been made in kurdistan. a new offensive has been started this the last few hours west of irbil between here and mosul in the hills. it's between the two big cities where kurds are moving forward with american air strikes helping them north of mosul. there's been offensive underway for some time. the peshmerga forces, kurds pushing forward with american air support. it's working here slow areally

but method cli to roll back advances the isis forces, islamic so rapidly last month in this part of the world. once it comes to expanding that to iraq and syria, there's a mess of complications on the ground which makes it more difficult to get together a cohesive fighting force on the ground that there has to be if there's effective strategy involving the use of ground power and forces. they have to be from the area motivated for their own reasons . >> the pressure is time wise because hostage's lives are at stake. >> hostage's lives are at stake and also everyday that passes islamic state is more entrenched. it has a system with administration going. we are talking a whole

administration with population under their control of something like 5 or 6 million people. controlling big cities like mosul, second biggest in iraq. it's not a question of just hostages. it's rolling back something that's everyday getting stronger and stronger. their getting more money from selling oil, people coming from outside expert and so on to help their presence. the time bomb is ticking away. it needs heavy action at this stage. >> jim speaking about the growing threat from islamic state. let's stay in the middle east. in gaza, families are slowly returning to their homes or what's left of them. new pictures show damage caused by the conflict in israel that lasted 50 days. we'll show you those images in a minute. let's have a look at how damaging this was in terms of numbers. 2,000 palestinians were killed.

most of them were civilians according to the u.n. on the israeli side, 73 were killed, 66 were soldiers. more than 400,000 people in gaza were displaced. over 17,000 houses were destroyed. well the challenge now for the people of gaza is rebuilding. as our correspondent has been finding out, it's not easy to rebuild when there's nothing for them to rebuild with. >> destruction on an overwhelming scale. from above, you get a new perspective on one of the areas worst affected by the latest gaza conflict. palestinian homes were bombed and battered by israeli air strikes and tank fire. israeli troops fought militants here and targeted their tunnels.

when the fighting stopped, residents returned to what remained. one side of the family home was smashed apart. now some 20 people squeeze into two rooms. >> translator: there's no electricity, no water. daily life a battle. >> her grandson is a builder, but with no steel or cement available, he can't rebuild his own house. >> in this neighborhood alone, dozens of people were killed in the latest violence with israel. thousands more were left homeless. now people are coming back. you can see there's very little reconstruction going on. there was just a few bulldozers like this to clear away all the

rubble. there are no new building materials coming in. >> israel has long imposed tight border restrictions on gaza saying they're needed for security. since the ceasefire, nothing has changed. aid agencies say a rethink is urgently needed. there would still be a housing crisis even if israel fully opened the one commercial crossing. >> we've calculated it would take 20 years to to rebuild homes. this is basically not including schools or hospitals, not including any other civilian infrastructure, only housing. while gaza is calm, there's no political solution to its underlining problems. palestinians here feel them more acutely than ever. bbc gaza. rescue teams are trying to reach 34 miners who are trapped

in a coal mine in central bosnia. officials say the men are stuck 500 meters below ground. they are alive and have enough air for now. the miners became trapped when a small earthquake triggered a gas explosion causing two tunnels to close in. the u.n. child abuse report shows how children become victims of violence of murder and sexual attack to bullying. 120 million girls around the world are raped or sexually assault aed by the age of 20. the u.s. department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the police department in ferguson, missouri where a white officer shot and killed the unarmed black teenager michael brown last month. the incident led to weeks of protests. the investigation will focus on the use of deadly force.

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jihadists. well also what it is doing as we can see there is discussing plans to create a core coalition to tackle the threat from the islamic state, something the u.s. is calling for and it will be called the core coalition. now one of the things being discussed as we heard there at the nato summit is stronger sanctions against russia. alice has more with the rest of the business news. over to you. >> thanks very much. they may or may not be announced today. we're expecting the latest over the weekend. as the government and separatists have a conference, sanctions against russia over its role in the conflict are discussed. thursday, british prime minister david cameron told bbc sanctions are working.

how much more can europe do given reliance on russian oil and gas? let's look. russia's biggest banks face restricted access to eu capital markets, cutting them off from western funding. 30% of assets held by russian banks have been constrained according to a u.s. estimate. it's thought the eu could widen those restrictions to smaller banks and other types of companies like energy and defense companies. it may bans sales of dual use technology to russia. technology that could have a military use. it's also discussing isolating russia in other ways through sports for example. a boycott of the 2018 world cup in russia is talked about but not today. we're looking at what politician hillary clinton and pop star beyonce have in common. their success may be in part that they're both first born

children and female. the latest research shows that first born girls are most likely to become higher achievers as opposed to girls. there's a gap by four years of younger children have that much more chance of success. that's interesting. more on that later. back to you. i'm looking forward to finding out more about that. the world of show business has been paying tribute to one of the world's best known comedians joan rivers. she had been at a hospital in new york since suffering a heart attack last week. she began her career as an actress half a scentury ago. comedian cathy let was a good friend of joan rivers. she said joan rivers paved the way for female comedians. >> any comedian working today

could say the things today if not for joan rivers. when she burst onto the television screens, women had to be decorative. think about betty draper in mad men. then a lo long came joan. she told the truth about pregnancy, child birth, menstruation, divorce, aging. i always say she had a black belt in tun fu. she could have pity one liners. who she took aim at with hilarious accuracy. brilliant comedian, great timing like watching a jazz musician. she's left a fantastic legacy of laughter.

funny standup comedians owe her so much. she put a lot of work and effort in crafting the one liners. i often think what would joan do? if i get attack aed by twitter trolls or at a party by some man. i think what would joan do? she would come out guns blazing. doctors should prescribe her on a prescription. i don't think any woman should go out in public without having a couple of joan rivers one liners tucked up their pants leg. if you make people laugh, you can slip your feminist message in underneath. that's what she did. >> what would joan do?

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i'm phillipa thomas at day two of the nato summit. leaders are prepared to tighten sanctions over russia over actions in ukraine. >> we must insure nato remains ready, able, willing to to defend all allies against any threat. >> also at the summit, plans take shape to to tackle the islamic state.

u.s. forms what it calls core coalition to take on jihadist. iran's supreme leader approves contacts with military officials paving the way for iraq. the lucky escape for two american kayakers after an attack by a great white shark off the coast of massachusetts. hello and welcome. nato leaders are discussing plans for a new force to boost their rapid response capabilities in their summit in new port. we can cross over live now to our correspondent for the latest on this two day nato summit. >> reporter: thank you. western nations are poised to

toughen sanctions on russia even as those ceasefire talks are imminent. because of russia's involvement in the conflict in eastern ukraine. that's one of the pressing issues at the top of the agenda for the 28 nato leaders here. meanwhile there are talks between the kiev government, russian government and pro russian separatists. their due to begin shortly. even as that is happening, there's also fighting that's broken out in the south eastern city of mariupol. nick has the latest for us. >> reporter: plenty on their minds as nato leaders gathered for the second day of their crucial summit. the threat from islamic state and most immediately what chance that talks in another place will produce a ceasefire in the ukraine crisis. as the leaders gazed on say display of nato air power, there's hope and skepticism.

the message that planned u.s. and eu sanctions against russia will go ahead now any way. >> based on experience, what would be sensible would be to go ahead with the plans for increased sanctions if there's a ceasefire. if it is signed. and if it is then implemented. we can then look at lifting sanctions off. as you said earlier, there is a great degree of skepticism about whether this will materialize and if this will be real. >> also a new reliance rapid reaction force to assure the eastern european members and send a message to the kremlin who's actions they feel contributed to the violence. >> global security are being challenged in a way we have not seen since the end of the cold

war. by russia's actions against ukraine, instability and violent extremism across the middle east and north africa. newer threats such as cyber and missile attacks. >> also a message from the summit for members of the islamic state in iraq and syria. >> they should be very clear. these terrorists, their threats will only harden our resolve to stand up for our values and defeat them. to do so, and to deal with all threats that we face, our great alliance must now evolve and refocus on the new capabilities that we need to keep our people safe. >> on the ground in ukraine, they've been bracing themselves for days around the town of mariupol for now still in government hands. with word of heavy fighting here ahead of recent peace talks, fear is anguish and tensions in this crisis will go on.

bbc news. >> well many eyes here are on those talks between russia, ukraine and pro russian rebels. although people are watching, there's no great expectation of a break through. several here have said to me, president putin may have put forward the seven point peace plan, put it seems to amount to tell the ukrainian army to back off and get out of eastern ukraine all together. that's simply not acceptable. from the view on the ground, i've been speaking to richard in donetsk. i asked how the prospect, possibility of a ceasefire was seen from there. >> reporter: we've spent time talking to residents of city. people here are desperate for there to be a ceasefire. they've endured four to five months of conflict which has killed more than 6200 people. one person we were talking to

yesterday was saying to us, we never ever expected we'd be liing l living in a war zone. it's really traumatized people. many people have been killed and injured. they're desperate for a ceasefire, for this fighting to finish as quick as possible. >> reporter: we were just saying that many nato members here at this summit in wales view president putin's peace plan with skepticism. they see it as saying to ukrainian army, you've got to get out of the east. >> reporter: i have to say, reading the seven point peace plan, that does strike you. it says that both sides of course have to stop firing. the second point is ukrainian military has to pull back from positions around the towns and cities which their positions are in artillery range. they can shoot into those towns

and cities. they're talking about moving back 20 or 30 kilometers. the rebel's leadership has been saying it's more than that. it needs to be ukrainian military pulling out of this whole region. it's very difficult to see how the ukrainian governments could accept that. basically yes, they're saying, okay we stop firing. we leave you, the rebels completely in control of this region. it doesn't seem to be a demand for what rebels should do, whether they should pull back from anywhere. therefore the skepticism. >> richard on the ground in donetsk. among those who are really urging nato's leadership to take a tough line against russia are the baltic states, former soviet union states. states such as poland. they're very pleased today one of the things due to be

announced is creation of nato rapid reaction force, the kind dispanded a number of years ago. that idea being that there could be a multinational force ready to go to any hot spot such as russia's borders within a matter of days. i've been speaking to one of those ministers asking him about his view of russia and ukraine. >> of course everyone hopes that the killings and violence are stopped in ukraine. we see. ceasefire will be welcome. of course there's doubts because one of the problems is russia didn't admit so far it's part of the conflict. it's crucial if you like to find solution. >> how do you perceive president putin's strategy? do you think he wants to push ahead into ukraine? >> i'm quite pessimistic. it's clear russia wants to stop

ukraine's movement closer to the west than to the european union. also winter is coming. there will be big problems in the economy and energy. it means that most probably russia wants to create fizz connection between russia and crimea so there are lots of risks and concerns. most probably starti ining negotiation for ceasefire. >> the foreign minister expressing concerns and fears about russia's ambitions about neighbors. the other big issue on the agenda here at nato summit is what to do about the islamic state jihadists fighting in iraq and syria. they're talking about that right now. we also had this line from washington from the american delegation saying they intend to form a core coalition to battle

the militants in iraq. calling for broad support from allies and partners in the region making it very clear as john kerry puts it, there's a red line. no boots on the ground this time. let's look at the players involved. who would be needed in any fight against islamic state. here's the lead editor jeremy bow en. >> the americans have been bombing i.s. in iraq at the request of the iraqi government. they're unlikely to get a u.n. resolution to extend strikes to i.s. power base in syria. the bombers won't get an invitation from the syrian government either without the kind of deal with the regime which washington and london say would be unacceptable whatever happens, if nato allies want to fight i.s., they'll needs to build a coalition.

saudi arabia and iran see i.s. as a threat, but they back holding sides in the war. saudis support the sunni rebels some of which support the islamic state. iran supports assad. it talks of cooperation against i.s. many i.s. fighters travelled through turkey to get to syria and iraq. from turkey you can see i.s. flags flying in a town they control just over the syrian border. turkey's president erdogan celebrated a national holiday before he left for the nato summit. his allies might be pressing him to tighten up the turkish border. the conflict with i.s. is tearing apart the already ragged state of iraq. in northern iraq, peshmerga fighters are seen as a vital force against i.s. so far they've had more promises

of weapons from a broad than deliveries. kurds need much more much faster. >> i.s. propaganda have abolished the border between iraq and syria. they want to remake the middle east. turbulence in the region mean acs a response is difficult. bbc news. >> reporter: just one more thought of what's happening here at the nato summit as jeremy was telling you. many fighters traveled through turkey to get to syria and iraq. there's an important meeting in three and a half hours time. president obama is due to sit down with the turkish president erdogan. that's one of the crucial meetings taking place behind the scenes. back to you. >> thank you very much. my colleague phillipa thomas there from the nato summit. we heard that the islamic state

is discussed at summit. there's now been suggestion that iran will cooperate with the fight to contain the islamic state. there's been a new development in the last few hours as the bbc persian services learned iran's supreme leader has had talks with u.s. officials. let's get more on this. we have the persian service on the details. >> several sources in iran tell us of this new development. information is that the iranian supreme leader has authorized a top commander of the revolutionary guard in iran to maintain, keep contact and discussions with the united states. also with iraqi forces and kurdish forces in northern iraq to coordinate their efforts against isis. this is new.

we knew that iranians regarded isis as a threat to themselves and to their allies both syria and iraq. now it seems that iran's supreme leader has seen the threat serious enough to take this new step. >> it just goes to show how the alignments are very much shifting because beforehand you would not have expected u.s. and iran to discuss anything together. the threat from isis are very much bringing difficult parties together. >> that's right. we knew that the if push comes to shove in northern iraq, they may be coordinating and helping each other. this is the confirmation of it if you like that they are already in cooperation. we know last week when kurdish forces and iraqi shiite militias

helped by the u.s. air strikes took the amreli which was in the hands of islamic state, iranian militias and guard advisors were already there. there are pictures of the commanders of the revolutionary guards in that area during that operation. so it seems that cooperation between iran and u.s. has already begun. >> okay indeed. for the time being, from the persian service, thanks for the latest on that. now the world health organization is giving advice today on potential new drugs to tackle the world's worst ever outbreak of ebola. experts have been examining eight experimental drugs and two possible vaccines for the disease. earlier i spoke to our

correspondent geneva. she gave me the latest on the drug. >> there are eight treatments plus a couple of vaccines. the issue is -- this is what experts are grappling with. none of these have been properly tested the way you would expect. you go to your doctor and get a prescription, the way you expect a medicine to have been tested. it's a long process and takes a good few years. with the spread of ebola and the the death toll rising dramatically, even in the last week, there's a sense of urgency that really something has to be achieved in terms of treatment for this disease. it has a very high mortality rate as we know. so what they are looking at is how fast can we get some testing? can we bypass some of the normal faces of testing? how fast can we get drugs on the

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coal mine in bosnia. officials say the men are stuck 500 meters below the ground. they are alive and have enough air for now at least. our correspondent is in belgrade. a dreadful situation. bring us up to date on the current situation. >> the current condition is miners are brought up over the past half hour or so. 29 of them have emerged. we're getting reports that five miners haven't survived. the chairman of the miners union says that he's known about this for some time but haven't been able to bring himself to make the news public. we have had a loss of life during this accident. >> what reaction from the local community? >> they've been angry from the start of this crisis. they said the management of the mine understated what happened. they said eight people were trapped underground. actually it was three dozen.

they're anxious because this is the third explosion at the mine this year. this one apparently triggered by a miner expert. three explosions in one year gives rise to safety concerns about the ongoing operation of the mine. >> it's a mining area. this is going to be a grave concern to those in other mines. what do these unions say about this? >> unions are very unhappy with the management. they're not happy with the safety situation. as you say, this is an area traditionally been a mining area. it's very important for people's jobs, important for communities there. you've got a balance for safety issues, fear about the safety of workers, family members and need to make a living. it's a difficult situation for them to be in. it's worth adding this mine does have a past. in the 1980s, more than three dozen died in an explosion at

the mine one of the worst industrial accidents. >> indeed. for the time being with the latest, thank you very much. nearly 100 people have been killed in pakistan and india. the flooding is in the region which straddled the border between the two countries and did disputed territory. many are urged to leave their homes. the south asia correspondent is in islamabad for us. bring us up to date on the situation now on the ground. >> reporter: as you can see, it's still raining here. it's raining most of today and most of last night in islamabad, the northern part. in places it's been raining almost two days. this has caught many by surprise. normally this is the end of the monsoon. these are very late rains.

coming with constant water coming down, it's caused large scale flooding in many parts of this region. the latest we've heard from the pakistani disaster authority is that at least 66 people have been killed. there are reports that the figure has gone much higher than that. there are parts of the region that have been cut off by landslides. the army is involved in rescue efforts. it still hasn't managed to get to all areas effective. what's happened in a lot of cases, people are dying. their houses have been collapsing after getting water logged, poorly built buildings collapsing on top of them. they're being crushed to death. others are electrocuted. these are causie ininge ining d. >> explain to us, how does this affect the rescue operation? >> reporter: well, certainly with landslides and this

continuous rain, that makes it a lot harder. the army is already moving more forces up into places particularly like pakistani ministered areas cut off. they're flying them in by helicopter. i think to some extent, authorities are are trying to work out the scale of this. it has caught them by surprise. they weren't expecting this level of rain at this point in the year. >> yes, indeed. for the time being, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. two american kayakers have a lucky escape when they were attacked by a great white shark off the coast of massachusetts. the women made a frantic call for help. >> ida and christa said off in

kayaks to take pictures in massachusetts when something hit them out of the blue. >> i looked back at her, and it came directly out of the water underneath the the boat, launched her backwards and flipped me over. >> i was talking to her. next thing i'm in the water. next thing is a shark. >> pointy, nose, big teeth, big eyes. it was right next to me. >> 100 meters from shore, one made a panicked call to res cue services. >> we're stuck in the water. there's a shark. >> okay ma'am. the harbor master is on the way there. >> after 30 minutes and with the help of another kayaker, the girls were brought safely to shore. the bite marks left in one of the girl's boats showed how close they are to not making it home. the number of shark a attacks off the massachusetts coast has

risen. like this four meter great white spotted last week. marine experts say the shark in this attack most likely mistook the kayak for a seal. let's stay with animals. if you've ever owned a dog, you know they'll eat anything. this dcanine in oregon had a taste of something unusual. you can see an x-ray of the dog's stomach. the blurry area on the left is a pile of socks. yes, 44 to be precise. the great dane was rushed to a hospital in portland with stomach pains and underwent two hours of surgery. there was one plus side to this. the unnamed dog was one of the winners of the veterinary magazines competition called, they ate what? . the overall winner went to a dog

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