>> hello and welcome to the "journal" coming to you live from dw in berlin. >> it's good to have you with us. our headlines this hour -- >> a convoy of russian aid for eastern ukraine appears to have stopped at a russian army base. >> the home of iraq's desiccated prime minister in baghdad is attacked. the u.s. says it is no longer ruling out sending troops to aq in a humanitarian role. >> and dortmund beat bayern munich to give a clear statement of intent for the new bundesliga season.

the fate of hundreds of russian trucks carrying aid intended for civilians in the rebel held eastern ukraine remains shrouded in mystery at this hour. >> the trucks are parked in the southern russian city would ukraine accusing moscow of plotting to use them as a cover for an invasion. >> fighting between ukrainian government troops and pro-russian separatist has been intensified recently. >> that has led to more civilian casualties. the united nations human rights office shows the number of people killed in eastern ukraine appears to have doubled in recent weeks to more than 2000. >> russian television aired this video of the convoy headed toward the ukrainian border. 280 trucks, which moscow says are filled with supplies for the struggling civilian population of eastern ukraine. russia originally said it would route the supplies through territory controlled by the ukrainian government.

kiev has now agreed it can pass straight into the rebel held areas. the ukrainian government is deeply suspicious of the convoy, which it fears could contain arms, not aid. the prime minister was scathing about russia's professed humanitarian concerns. >> there is no limit to russian cynicism. first, they deliver tanks and rocket launcher systems to the terrorists and criminals who have shot ukrainians, and after that, they bring water and salt. >> the civilian population of eastern ukraine continues to suffer. three people were killed when shells hit internet neighborhood overnight. locals blame the government forces who are fighting rebels for control of the city. >> how is it possible? my whole emily is three generations of minors -- my whole family is three generations of miners. explain to me how they can be terrorists. where do they find terrorists

here? >> russian separatists killed 12 members of it are right ukrainian militia allied with government forces. the united nations says 70 people a day are dying in this war, a region that is rising at an alarming rate. >> plenty of new developments today in ukraine. we loan out to a city in eastern ukraine controlled by the government. first off, is the russian convoy heading to the border right now? when it gets there, will ukraine allow within -- allow it in the? >> that's the question of the day. i was at a border control checkpoint earlier today. not only journalists, but there was a number of government agencies, including police and rescue workers, setting up what

appears to be a base for uploading the cargo. however, at approximately 1:00 p.m. local time, they started wrapping things up, loading their equipment back on the truck, driving in a way, making it apparent the convoy is not coming. later on, the minister of interior announced the russian convoy will not be entering ukraine. therefore, how and will it will go into ukraine still remains a question. >> we will have to await more. ukrainian military said the area had been cleared of separatists. what's going on the? >> apparently, according to the report, the members got lost in the area because the region is

still in large part controlled by the separatists. some parts, which had been limited, where they're operating, and apparently, when they were driving at night, they lost the correct route and got into the ambush. >> still a lot happening right now. thanks so very much. to iraq now, where it looks like help could soon be on the way for tens of thousands of yazidis still on top of that mountain top. >> u.s. officials say president barack obama is considering a range of military options, including airlifts and creating

safe packages -- safe passages for rescuing these rescue to -- refugees. >> iraq has proven incapable of dealing with the crisis and is paralyzed by a political power struggle. >> that struggle turned violent in the capital baghdad and the man designated to unite the nation was the target of a suicide bomber. >> the attacker blew himself up near the baghdad home of iraq's new leader. the blast came a day after he was appointed to lead a rack out of crisis. he was unhurt. the politician was picked as a unifying figure to replace divisive prime minister nouri al-maliki, but not everyone backs him. hundreds of mala key -- maliki supporters gathered to protest the appointment. maliki refuses to give up power. in a speech to supporters, he

called the appointment a conspiracy and a coup. the crisis in iraq extends beyond its borders into syria, already in the grips of its own civil war. hundreds from the yazidi minority have fled here to escape attacks by islamic state militants. many others are still trapped on the mountain inside iraq. the u.s. has sent in 130 military advisers to assess the situation and he what help is needed -- see what help is needed. >> you look at corridors, airlifts, look at ways to move people who are in a dangerous place on that mountain to a safer position, and that is what our team is doing on the ground now in iraq. >> aid is arriving via airdrop to the civilians trapped on the mountain. the u.s. says it has carried out a limited number of air strikes on militants, but the white house insists that american

soldiers will not be involved in combat operations on the ground. >> european union foreign ministers will be holding an emergency meeting come tomorrow -- that's friday -- to discuss the conflict in iraq. >> this comes as france and britain say that they are making weapons and transport available to get those yazidis off the mountain, and the u.s. has suggested it might send ground troops. >> that is increasing the pressure on germany, which so far has been reluctant to provide any weapons, instead opting for nonlethal aid. >> germany's foreign minister says he wants to do everything legally possible to help iraqi kurds fight the militants. whether that includes sending german weapons, though, looks unlikely. for the moment, the defense minister says other forms of aid are the main priority. >> we are looking to see what help we can provide. it could be in the form of

blankets, tents, and medical supplies, but also helmets, bullet-proof vest, night vision equipment, and trucks, to name a few. >> but with the united nations warning of more atrocities and even potential genocide, some voices say that's not enough. >> i think the kurdish authorities have better state structure in place than the current rulers in baghdad who are engaged in political infighting, so i think we would make that a progress tackling these problems by dealing directly with the kurds. >> others fear weapons could fall into the wrong hands and warn that simply sending more arms into iraq might not solve the country's problems. >> in addition to the questions of offering military and humanitarian aid, we also have to think about what to do with weapons from the country's past. from what we've seen, there are already too many weapons in iraq.

>> germany wants to coordinate its eight efforts with its european partners. it will have the chance to do that at a special summit of eu foreign ministers on friday. >> for more on the situation in northern iraq, we are joined by david pollack from the washington institute for near east policy. what kind of aid to the kurdish military need to push back against the i.s. fighters? >> in order to actually push them back, they need military aid, and that means all kinds of equipment, both lethal and nonlethal, ranging from heavy weapons, meaning armored weapons, artillery, and so on, to ammunition for those sorts of weapons, including heavy machine guns.

i would suggest also anti-armor weapons like sa take missiles in the nato inventory. unfortunately, isis has heavy weapons that it captured from the iraqi army in the last several weeks, and they have nothing to match against those new enemy artillery and tanks and armored personnel carriers. >> just a moment -- they have had -- the kurds have had autonomy in their region for a couple of decades now. many want to have their phones eight. is this a moment that they could possibly be looking for the exit door in iraq? -- many want to have their own state. >> i don't think so. i think the kurds in iraq understand the first of all,

they have a much more immediate set of issues to deal with than ultimate independence. they have to defend their borders. they have to take care of half a million or so new refugees that have entered their autonomous region, which is an extra 10% of the total population, and they are also very short of resources. they are not getting the kind of funding they are supposed to get from iraq's central government in baghdad, and their oil exports are being embargoed. independence is for another time. >> washington is announcing they are considering using ground forces in a noncombat role to help those yazidis. does that mean that obama's pledges to keep the action limited have changed somehow? >> i think it has changed, up to

a point. president obama himself, after announcing at first an extremely narrow rationale for u.s. operations in iraq said a day later that there was no time limit. a little bit after that, that this take -- that this might take months. now, i think what we are seeing is a slight further expansion toward the possibility of some ground operations by special forces or something like that to rescue the stranded refugees. we have already announced, actually, that we are sending another -- i think it's about 150 additional military advisers into iraq, including into the kurdish region. all of that means that we are expanding the operations, but i don't think -- >> we have to leave it there. i'm quite sorry. >> but i don't think there will

be combat troops. >> thanks for your insights. we've got some breaking news just in. police in israel say rockets have been fired again from gaza. this comes just two hours before the cease-fire between israel and the islamist organization hamas was due to expire. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier compared hamas to the islamic state in iraq. an egyptian backed proposal for cease-fire calls for the israeli blockade on gaza to be eased, believes other key issues. thomas for its part says it wants a complete end to the israeli siege of gaza. to brazil now, where the presidential candidate eduardo campos has been killed in a plane crash. that's coming up in our next segment, which is one minute away, so stay with us. >> don't go away.

>> welcome back to the program. now to that story we were just talking about -- brazil's presidential candidate eduardo campos killed in a plane crash. >> authorities say all seven passengers, including several other party officials, died when the aircraft plunged into a residential area of the city. >> amateur footage captured the devastation at the sight of the crash. buildings destroyed. wreckage scattered across this residential neighborhood. emergency services rushed to the scene, but it's not taught any of those on board the plane survived. it's not yet clear whether there were any fatalities on the ground. the most prominent casualty was edward compos, in third place for brazil's presidential

election. his death throes campaigning for the october vote into disarray. campaign activities have been suspended for three days as a mark of respect. it's not clear what caused the plane to come down, but aviation authorities say it had been trying to land when it hit bad weather. >> to africa now where a shipment of the experimental treatment for ebola that we have been talking about all week has arrived in liberia as the region battles an outbreak of the disease that has claimed more than 1000 lives now. >> it's the biggest outbreak ever, and the world health organization stresses that it needs an international response. germany is urging citizens to leave the area but has stopped short of ordering health workers and diplomatic staff from evacuating. >> ebola has not spread to ghana, which is putting strict screening measures in place right now, but it is already affecting some people's livelihoods. we look at the fishing sectors, which depends on the waters of

neighboring nations hit by the virus. >> john is preparing to return to see. for 20 years, he has been fishing off west africa. now the well-being of his family is weighing heavily on his mind. >> everyone is afraid that someone will bring ebola here to ghana. we do not even have a doctor here in the village. after we checked all the fishermen here when they return from their journeys. >> many fishermen work in countries like liberia. liberia has been hit hard the ebola epidemic. the government has declared a state of emergency. the chief fisherman tells us that hundreds of villages are currently in liberia. they often go ashore and mix with the locals. >> i phoned our people, and they told me that none of them has

gotten sick so far. of course we are worried about relatives who are there. >> in the gun and capital, the government briefs fisherman about the virus. the minister needs their cooperation to prevent it from spreading. >> we are talking to our fisher folks, that those who are coming, when they come, they should identify them in the community and report immediately. >> the mayor has one practical tip to prevent the spread of the disease. >> we like to hug. while this is very important,

but we have to be careful how we do that. we cannot see our friends and sisters and brothers, so we will come up with another way. >> so far, there has been no confirmed case of ebola in ghana. by keeping the public informed, the authorities hope to minimize the threat posed by the virus. >> some business now. after a short rally earlier this year, japan's economy has slumped again. >> that's despite government efforts to fight inflation and gross thomistic product shrank between april and june and compared to the previous quarter. >> the japanese government had hoped to reduce its heavy national debt by raising the sales tax in may, but this lead, as many had warned, to consumers rushing to make big purchases the 40 tax hike went into effect. since then, the economy has been shrinking. >> iton the minds of traders hen

europe. >> for many years, japan had to cope with deflation, which means continuously sinking consumer prices, which is dangerous for an economy because the perspective of ever sinking prices keeps consumers and companies from spending. in the eurozone, prices are getting closer and closer towards deflation. consumer prices decreased in july by less than 1%. in spain, consumer prices in july were even .5 percent lower than in july last year. the stock prices here in frankfurt arose after the news, not because all this is good for the economy, but because it is more likely now that the european central banks and will do something to prevent a dangerous deflation in the eurozone.

>> let's take a look at market numbers starting in frankfurt with the dax, which was up by about 1.5%. euro stoxx 50 index also up for the day. over new york city with a are still trading, things are looking good -- up .5%. the euro making a slight rally against the dollar, $1.3367. dortmund have try them in the battle for the first piece of silverware in the german soccer season. >> is shocked a lot of people. we'll be talking to our sports reporter in just a minute. they lifted the german cup feeding bayern munich by 2-0 in front of 80,000 fans. the season is a marathon, not a sprint, but dortmund has gotten off to a better start. there were some big names missing from both sides, but the game had pace and intensity.

byron came close after just three minutes, but dortmund worked harder and created more opportunities. they went ahead in the third minute. pep guardiola did not look happy with his team. shortly before half-time, another big low. martinez collided with schmeltzer and had to be structured off. bayern have posts players from dortmund recently, but they were largely ineffectual. dortmund have now won their fifth super cup and have also drawn first blood against their arch rival. >> what a game that was. we are here on set with titus from the sports desk. a big wins for dortmund over its archrival's. one that could have been even bigger. is that a sign that they are

ready for the challenge ahead? >> it was definitely a very positive performance. you cannot quibble with that, but i think it's hard to read too much into this one game. both teams set up for the experimental writeups -- lineups, particularly bayern, which probably showed pep guardiola was not all that interested in this match, no matter what he said in the press. although neither of the two new strikers scored, it was good to see their signings from last summer both score. perhaps that's a sign that after a year in germany, a preseason not disrupted by the world cup, neither of them was in brazil, they might be ready to have more influence for the club, but they got to do it consistently. i think everyone saw again tonight that dortmund can beat bayern on their day, but it's what they do the rest of the

time that will decide whether they can close the gap between the bavarians. >> part of the reason for bayern was injury problems, and now that's even worse. how are they going to react? >> that was definitely a sad not. gone off on a stretcher, thick ice pack strapped to his knee. corneal lifted say this week that the club were finished in the transfer market -- guardiola did say this week that the club were finished in the transfer market, but they may have to reconsider that. twitter is, of course, a live with rumors. gustavo the dow might come, who is the player they wanted before

martinez -- gustavo vidal. >> against that backdrop, it is still these teams that are the hot favorites to win the league. is anyone else capable of approaching that level of play? >> i'm not convinced they are. but one came had a good summer, hanging onto their key players, added some exciting attacking options. i think they will be there or thereabouts and in the mix. >> an iranian professor from stanford university in the u.s. in california has become the first woman to win what is billed as the nobel prize of mathematics. >> she was for the prestigious field metal or her work in understanding the symmetry of curved surfaces, such as sears

-- spheres. she was born in tehran but has spent her academic career in the united states. >> that's all we have time for right now. thanks so much for joining us. we'll have more from gaza at the top of the hour. stay with us for that. >> do stay tuned to dw. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- x

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