>> tens of thousands are on the run in eastern iraq. a day of mourning in australia for a victims of flight mh-17. two former leaders of the cambodian khmer rouge are sentenced to life in prison for the roles in the reign of terror that swept the country in the 1970's.

♪ ♪ in iraq, isis has taken some 15 towns. the militant jihadist groups as it is determined to press ahead with the offensive across the north. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes to get away from isis but many more have been stranded on a mountaintop. our correspondent told us more. >> this is a great humanitarian situation in the northwestern entry which is the most back of -- most active battle zone. around 300,000 have been overrun when their main city in the part northwest was overrun by isis. many have crossed into the kurdish north and 40,000 others

have retreated to a mountaintop without food or water and isis circling below in a possible way to escape. the situation is desperate for these people. >> how can the iraqi government resolves situation or can it? >> it seems to be a situation that is beyond control. it is very difficult to imagine how any governing authority and the country let alone the central government, can pull iraq back together again. the sunni are disenfranchised and i have no faith in the prime minister andsh the are doing their own bidding. ia -- and the shia are doing their own bidding. what's going to bring it back together again?

i cannot see a solution. >> the cease-fire in the middle east is in its third and final day. it's the longestlull yet in the four weeks of fighting in the gaza strip. negotiations are underway in egypt to try and extend the cease-fire but the two sides are not meeting face-to-face. >> the 72 hour cease-fire is holding but will expire on friday. what next? for the when secretary-general an extension is not enough. ban ki-moon urged that the underlying issues of the conflict he addressed and he listed them in front of the general assembly. >> ending rocket fire from gaza smuggling, the crossings lifting the blockade, and bringing gaza back under one palestinian government. >> according to the u.n., the israel military operations have forced 500,000 palestinian is to flee their homes in gaza.

65,000 of them have lost everything. rebuilding will take time and will only start once all parties agree to end the violence. the international community including the u.s. hopes the cease-fire will last. >> the u.s. goal right now would be to make sure that the cease-fire holds that gaza can begin the process of rebuilding and that some measures are taken so that the people of gaza feel some sense of hope. >> meanwhile, israel insists peace can only be reached if gaza is demilitarized and hamas replaced in power by the palestinian authority. >> the tragedy of gaza is that it is ruled by hamas, a and fanatical terror group that relishes civilian casualties. they want some visual -- civilian casualties. they use them as pr fodder.

>> all eyes are on the talks taking place in cairo. israel and hamas are not meeting face to face and are sticking to a hard-line. hamas argues that israel must lift the blockade on gaza before anything else. >> a missionary priest who spent the last 50 years in liberia has just been flown back to his native spain after testing positive for ebola. he now becomes the first patient to be treated for the disease in europe. this comes as the liberian president has declared a three month state of emergency over the ebola outbreak. >> with the police escort europe's first known case of the deadly ebola virus arrived in spain. a spanish priest was infected while working at a missionary in liberia. he tested positive at a monrovia hospital before being transferred to madrid. liberia struggling to contain the outbreak with hundreds of people already dying there and the government declared a state

of emergency. on the sidelines of the africa summit in the united states, the liberian vice president met with expatriates and said the state of emergency was necessary. >> the government was very hesitant on declaring a state of emergency knowing the consequences. it was sent a sharp message to partners and businesses and airlines. >> barack obama pledged to support africa amidst the outbreak in the u.s. has repatriated to aid workers who contracted the disease while working on the continent. the center for disease control raised its response to its highest alert level and the american public health agency will deploy extra steps for affected west african countries. ebola has killed more than 930 people since february. >> this out reg of ebola is remarkable.

the cases in the last couple of which represent 1/3 of all the ebola cases of reported. its dramatic am a big spike. >> saudi arabia man who is treated for ebola like systems -- like symptoms recently died at a hospital in jetta and that would be the first ebola related death outside africa. >> we got the latest on the trial of south african olympian oscar pistorius. the dubya amputee runner is back in court today for the last phase of his murder trial. it's now the ultimate showdown between the defense lawyer and the senior state prosecutor who are presenting their final arguments. oscar pistorius is accused of intentionally shooting his girlfriend dead on valentine's day last year. he denies that charge and says it was an accident. after all these weeks of evidence, what is the main point

that the prosecutor is trying to get across in his closing arguments? if you can hear us -- can you hear us? sorry, we seem to be having a problem there. we will try to get back to that later if we can. let's move on to cambodia where the khmer rouge regime in the 1970's killed up to 2 million people. now a cambodian court has found the last two surviving leaders of that regime guilty of crimes against humanity. >> guilty of crimes against humanity -- and sentenced to life imprisonment, three point five decades after their fall from power, the only surviving leaders of the khmer rouge are brought to justice. the regime's idl it just -- ideologist seen here wearing sunglasses and 83-year-old head of state made no reaction as the

verdict was read. the three year-long trial backed by the united nations has centered around their part in the exodus of millions of people from cambodia's towns and cities into labor camps, one of the largest forced migrations in modern times. it's also focused on the killing of thousands of people at a particular execution site in the northwest of the country. in total some one point 7 million people are believed to have died at the hands of the maoist regime between 1970 5-1979 and several victims across the country to witness the trial that many have found costly and sluggish. >> i think the court for sentencing those two criminals to life imprisonment. i'm externally satisfied. >> i am very satisfied with the court's decision to imprison them to life. this is an example for the next generation. not to repeat those years. >> both men have denied any

wrongdoing and expressed their remorse for those who suffered earlier in the proceedings. they now face a second trial on charges of genocide but that may well take years. to reach a verdict >> let's go back to south africa. jane flanagan is covering the closing arguments from the prosecution and the oscar pistorius trial. what can you tell us? >> this is very much the prosecution's day. to free from the defense. the prosecutor is setting out some very compelling arguments about what oscar pistorius is guilty of premeditated murder of his girlfriend. he has called the runner mendacious and his testimony devoid of truth and he was an appalling witness he told the court. he describes how oscar pistorius has changed his argument about his innocence so many times that

it's hard to remember which one he said last. it is a tissue of lies, lies hanging onto hope is the way he described it. oscar pistorius is looking very tense and the doc today. we have not seen them for a few weeks and this is day 40 of the trial. he is probably feeling very relieved to have reached this stage of the trial although he will face punishment later this month and the possibly. the defense witnesses were incredible and the prosecutor said they were clearly biased toward the runner and their version of events and their so-called expertise should not be taken seriously by the court because they should not be considered as impartial or serving the needs of the court. the benches are packed today. it's the first time we have seen reeva steenkamp's father and

oscar pistorius his own father. we have not seen him since the bail application more than a year ago in the days after the shooting. all the relatives will be here. tomorrow we will hear what oscar pistorius is innocent of the charge. >> thank you for that. the ukrainian government says it is suspending a cease-fire with separatist rebels at the crash site of that malaysian airliner that went down last month. back comes after an international recovery mission had been halted because of renewed fighting near the site in eastern ukraine. meanwhile in australia, flags are flying at half mast for a day of mourning. backcountry lost 38 of its own including children when the malaysia airlines thing was shut down. all 298 people on board that flight were killed. >> there will be a time to judge

the guilty but today, we honor the dead and we grieve with the living. we cannot bring them back but we will bring them home as far as we humanly can. we cannot resolve the mystery of needless suffering and death but we can armor ourselves against despair by responding to evil with good. unconquerable good. >> nato says it is concerned over 20,000 russian troops massed on the border with ukraine. the alliances it fears they will cite humanitarian reasons to launch a ground invasion. we have more now on russia's economic moves to try to fight back that have been slapped down by the u.s. and the eu. >> it's tit-for-tat for the west

as moscow imposes punishing measures against the u.s. and european countries. >> the political tools of economic pressure unacceptable and run counter to our norms and rules. the russian government will respond to them by proposing retaliatory measures from the very countries that impose so-called sanctions on moscow. >> it's the strongest endorsement yet that the russian president is retaliating against sanctions. amongst those targeted are u.s. poultry, australian brief debt beef, ukrainian jews, and fruit in pro -- imports from poland and accounting firms are being hit as well. there are reports of moscow restricting european airlines for flying into siberia on asian routes. this will put western carriers at a disadvantage to their asian rivals, it will also cost russia

who collects flight fees. the kremlin is showing no signs of buckling under the weight of eu sanctions. it says it is milley forcing the measures to protect the issues of local manufacturing. >> edward snowden's lawyer says the nsa whistleblower has been granted permission to stay in russia for three more years. last year, he was granted a temporary twelve-month asylum in russia but that ran out on august 1. the lawyer says snowden has yet to receive full political asylum that would let him stay in russia indefinitely. let's take a look at our headlines -- tens of thousands are on the run and northern iraq. isis jihadist militants are continuing their takeover of towns across the area. a day of mourning in us trillion for victims of flight mh-17 after the plane was shot down over eastern ukraine last month

killing close to 300 on board. two former leaders of the cambodian khmer rouge are sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the reign of terror that swept the country in the 1970's. we will focus on a new report from human rights targeting the country of jordan. in that report, the humanitarian group slams jordan for officially banning entry to palestinians trying to cross over the border from syria. it says that is a clear reach of jordan's international obligation. let's bring in human rights watch. jordan has made no bonds about the policy after officially banning palestinians coming from syria and did so unofficially before them. in the meantime, it is accepted -- it has accepted over 600

syrian refugees. why are they shutting out the palestinians trying to run from the conflict? >> i think it's a clear case of discrimination. did jordanians worry about -- the jordanians worry about an influx of palestinians and the effective security on the country. they have allowed over 600,000 syrians. i think those arguments ring a little bit hollow. the report that human rights watch issued today is based on interviews with over 30 individuals affected by this policy. there is a to nile of entry but also there are documents of deportation of palestinians made it into the country through various means as well as removal of nationality from some jordanian citizens. living in syria prior to the conflict. >> you mentioned these interviews. tell us some of the details of these palestinians about how

they were deported or how they were refused entry. >> there was one individual i met with in a northern city that said her son-in-law had been working illegally selling vegetables from a cart. the individual had entered jordan illegally. after he was selling vegetables he was caught and taken in and forced to give up other palestinians who e-mail or also in jordan -- who he knew were also in jordan with the same undocumented status re: give up his brother. to jordanian security arrested him and his other and deported them back to syria within two days. other families have said that it takes less time. there have been cases where someone was arrested and deported the next day. this is under threat and exposed to the perils of war and fighting and violence and instruction but they have

nowhere to flee and when they flee to jordan, because of the policy, they face protection concerns here as well. >> jordan has defended this non-admission policy by saying a large influx of palestinians from syria would alter the demographic bounds of the kingdom. is there a point to their? >> i don't necessarily disagree with the point. that's why hrw calls on jordan to change its policies. it needs a more regional outlook. it says the countries in the region need to come together to deal with this problem. the report includes recommendations for israel to allow palestinians from syria to return temporarily to the west bank pending final status negotiations and weak on third countries outside the region to do their part by offering temporary humanitarian settlements to this vulnerable population. the palestinian refugees that have made it to syria -- from syria to jordan should not be

deported by jordan back to syria. that is a clear violation of the principle by which a country cannot send any refugee back to a country where they face a risk of harm or persecution. >> this non-admission policy is not unique to jordan. tell us about that. >> other countries in the region also have entry restrictions on palestinian. lebanon said they can no longer acquire visas at the border like they could before. that have a much more difficult time remaining in the country legally. iraq has essentially had its border closed to all refugees from syria from mid-2012. theoretically, palestinians from syria could make it to turkey which does not have a non-admission policy but the perils of the journey from southern syria to the turkish border are very difficult.

because of all the non-admission policies and the restrictions on palestinians, many of them are making the difficult decision to do such things as flight to egypt or libya and try to take votes to europe. -- take votes to europe. people ocean up and boats -- people have shown up in boats off the coast of australia. one man made it to europe from syria. people aren't taking incredible risks because they have no other options. >> thank you so much. we will leave you with a bit of literary news -- and writing attributed to former u.s. president abraham lincoln has been discovered in a book about race. historical experts say he wrote in that book justifying racism which he may have read to

understand his opponents view on slavery. he may have borrowed the book while he was practicing as a lawyer in illinois. it's time to take a look at what magazines have been saying around the world. we've got our press reviewer. lots of talk this week about the aftermath of that four-week conflict between israel and hamas. >> there is a lot of pessimism and french magazines. the first article talks about gaza, the apocalypse. they sent reporters to what they called a martyr city. in this open air prison three times the size of paris, 1.8 million inhabitants are ticking up the pieces and thinking about reconstruction but the future of gaza, according to the magazine seems limited to temporary cease-fires that will be disturbed by rockets and bombs. it seems like an endless vicious cycle with the same hope in the same dissolutions and the

same growing hate. another magazine called the whole thing a useless war. it's harsh words. the big question in media is who won this war. israeli leaders have been claiming a strategic victory over hamas but it seems like a lot of israeli citizens are not buying this. media is picking up on a poll published this week were they asked representatives of the israeli population who they thought had one and a majority said they believe that nobody had won that war. >> the conflict is having repercussions around the world especially here in france were there has been a lot of tension between pro-israelis and pro-palestinians. >> that's right, a lot of people say they described anti-semitism as a consequent of the war. are the jews in france right to be afraid in the wake of

demonstrations against israel's military operation in gaza? we saw some synagogues in france were attacked. you can hear people chanting ," death to jews." there are a lot of jews in france that have left the country. others continue to believe in the french republic and have called on the government to really crack down on anti-semitism. >> " let's go toder spiegel." >> this weekend, the current prime minister in germany is the front runner. you can see him on the front page of the magazine. he is looming over the blue mosque. they call him the new sultan and talks about the state. they have a 16 page special " inder spiegel" in german and

turkish. they wonder if turkey is still a free country. >> next, another magazine has a special issue where it focuses on the role of africans in world war ii. >> that's right, it is page talks about africans in the war specifically africans who participated in the liberation of france. the african soldiers who were often forgotten or ignored. thousands of africans died to help liberate france and participated in liberation of paris 70 years ago. 70 years later, france is going to pay tribute to the heroes of the shadows, ceremony is scheduled for august 15. dozens of african heads of state have been invited. >> another magazine focuses on another sort of war that is being waged by the french secret service.

>> it takes a look at the new wars being waged by the french secret service. this is a fascinating, in-depth investigation. it says not since the cold war has the secret service been so active. the secret service is active on several fronts. one is the fight against terrorism abroad and here in france. that includes surveillance on the ground as well as monitoring online activity, money laundering and drug trafficking. the secret service has also been instrumental in the liberation of french hostages and has been monitoring nuclear plot reparation -- plot reparation -- proliferation. they meant keeping an eye on cyber warfare and have been busy to carry out its missions, it has a