. >> i'm phil lavelle in venice, where the world's oldest film festival is getting under way. the question - who will take the top prize, the golden lion in 10 days time. p >>> let's have a look at the top stories - heath ministers from across west africa are due to meet in ghana to talk about their response to what is the world's worst ever ebola outbreak. more than 2,500 have died. health officials warn that the worst is yet to come. >>> libya's ambassador warns the u.n. of a full-blown civil war if violence continues unabated. the u.n. security council agreed to impose sanctions on those supporting militia groups. >>> america's gun culture is in the spotlight after a 9-year-old girl shot and killed her instructor at an arizona range. she was shown how to fire a weapon, but lost control when it was switched to automatic. jennifer london reports from los angeles. >> bring this forward. just like that. >> this cell phone video showing a 9-year-old girl firing a fully automatic oozy at a gun range tells part of the story. >> give me one shot. >> what it doesn't show, moments la

phil lavelle has more from glasgow. >> you could liken it to a marriage. they've been together for years, not all happy, and now there's talk of a separation. could scotland be about to break up with the rest of the u.k. and go it alone. that is what this man wants. alex dedicating his life to taking scotland out of the u.k. he's against alastair darling. they'll get a chance to vote on the issue in a referendum in a few weeks time. many are undecided there is, as they say, everything to play for. which is why this huge battle hit the small screen. a tv debate, a chance to convert or convince. no sign of this man, prime minister david cameron, refusing to take part. this is a fight for scotland being waged by scots. >> every time scotland goes into a germ election there's -- general election, we have a risk of having people we didn't vote for ruling over us. >> any 8-year-old can tell you the flag, capital of a county and its currency. i assume the flag is the same, the capital edmonton, but you can't tell us the currency. >> john knows a lot about this su

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. >> i'm phil lavelle at the venice film festival, where there's talks of war and it is dominating the competition. find out why, shortly. >>> hello. the highest religious authority in egypt upheld a decision to commute the death sentence of the religious header of the muslim brotherhood. it's the second time a court-imposed death sentence was imposed on mohamed badie. he was one of thousands arrested in a crackdown following the removal of a president. in april he was sentenced to death, along with 180 others for the murder and attempted murder of a policeman. the ruling was upheld by the grand mufti in jooup. saturday's ruling relates to another case. mohamed badie was sentenced to death again on the charges of murder and firearms. let's bring in the any director of the egyptian commission for rights and freedom. give us your initial reactions on this? >> this is good new, we have doubts about the trials of the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, and it is good news that they have - that the penalty has not been the sentence. some of the gsts in the case you mentioned in absentia. the

phil lavell, al jazerra, at the edinburgh festival. >>> and you can follow all of the story that his we are covering here on the channel by logging on to our website at aljazerra.com. >> to hear al baghdadi hear it, he's head of state. the status that merges religious and governmental leadership. who al baghdadi, how he got where he is, and the caliphate are all on "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the islamic state of iraq and the lavant, the guerrilla army that roared east to take over big chunks of western iraq has proclaimed it's own country. it's simply the islamic state, and it's leader is a man who goes by al baghdadi. the new country calls him 9 leader. many gather around to support the new caliphate. they say that others should fall in line. who is al baghdadi. how did he emerge from syrian civil war to control large parts of syria and iraq. >> reporter: al baghdadi, a man with a bounty on his head may recently have made a rare appearance. in this unverified video posted online the man who appears to be the elusive leader of the islamic state spoke out for a half hou

phil lavel, al jazeera at the edinborough festival. >> that's our website, the home page. can see in front of you, aljazeera.com. >>> airstrikes and air drops, u.s. fighter jets moved in to iraq trying to stop the islamic state. plus, rocket fire resumes between israel and gaza. this, as talks to end that fighting fail. the american doctor who caught ebola speaks out for the very first time. plus, murder? the surprise ruling in the death of former white house press secretary, james brady.

phil lavelle, al jazeera at the venice film vest fall. >> find out more about the day's news on the al jazeera website. aljazeera.com. you can find out more about what is going on in venice, where 19 films are premiering. you weren't thinking about the import-export bank. it's a small government agency that tells you blendy about how government works in 2014, and it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. fights in washington often involve big binary questions about the future. axis, war and peace, healthcare. some washington fights go on below the public radar but carry with them the ability to explain a lot about how the u.s. government works and how the tug-of-war between the political schools of thought go on. we'll look at the debate over the export credit agency, the export-import bank of the united states. what it's for, how it works, and whether it should continue to exist at all. >> more small businesses are selling their goods abroad more than ever before. nearly 300,000 last year alone. we should be doing everything we can to excel rate this process, not stall it. >> a

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horror and war, phil lavell has more. >> was this genocide, some say yes, turkey hassalities said no.he deaths of armenians, brought to the screen almost 100 years later. this is film based on real events and it is strong. death, war, and displacement all big at the festival this year. mass killings in indonesia, bringing a stark reality to a festival steeped in glamorous escapism and smiles. >>> this place could be not further away from the war, but war is many dominan dominant. telling tales of conflict at some plate in some times. they are stories that simply must be told. >> here we are in a time when there's unspeakable atrocities taking place in the middle east, in gaza, in the ukraine. we're in a very frightening moment and i think that it is understandable that film makers are, as artists are trying to bring those -- bring that -- help us face those truths. >> the good kill brings us back to recent day. the tale of a drone operator dropping bombs on ukraine. time has passed but conflicts remain. the feeling here is that cinema has a responsibility to make man learn from his mi

. >> i'm phil lavelle at the edinburgh fringe festival, where we are a long way from russia where edward snowden is. why is he having such an impact here. find out shortly. >> king james returns home and he has new plans for the new n.b.a. season. >>> welcome back to the al jazeera newshour. a recap of the top story - israel launches attacks on the gaza strip , killing four more palestinians. hamas fired rockets into israel. more than 1,900 palestinians have been killed. united states wages a fight against the islamic state in northern iraq. aerial drones and f 18 fighter jets attacked positions held around the kurdish capital of erbil. >>> thousands of people have protested against a new parliament in libya. >>> now, turkey's presidential candidates are holding final election rallies ahead of a vote. it will be the first time the turkish people vote for a president. voters have three candidates to choose from. the front runner is the urgent prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. the 60-year-old is popular. he's held office since 2003, longer than any other elected leader in turkish histor

phil lavel reports. >> reporter: they love recycling here in venice even when it comes to the world oft director won an award at cannes only a few months back. william defoe is about to make the same trip. different festivals, different jobs, but the same faces. there really does seem to be a lot of playing the same hand at the festivals this year. this film was first shown in berlin and now is being passed to venice. like i wise all of these movies are being screened here, and when this festival is over they will be passed to toronto. remember, all of these festivals are fierce competitors and yet there is this increasing feeling they are becoming ever-more reliant on each other. and the reason? apparently there are not enough quality films to go around. >> the good films, i mean are fewer and fewer. it's much more easier and cheaper to produce today. but the quality is not always the one we should expect. >> reporter: getting the stars on the red carpet gets the headlines, the cameras there, and that in turn attracts another type of person looking for screen time. >> politicians arou

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phil lavel, al jazeera at the edinborough festival. >> that's our website, the home page. you can see in front of you, aljazeera.com. >>> airstrikes and air drops, u.s. fighter jets moved in to iraq trying to stop the islamic state. plus, rocket fire resumes between israel and gaza. this, as talks to end that fighting fail. the american doctor who caught ebola speaks out for the very first time. plus, murder? the surprise ruling in the death of former white house press secretary, james brady. ries united. a girl swept away in the tsunami swept away 10 years later. >> thank you for joining us. i am morgan radford. this morning, we are getting a glimpse of the u.s. military operations happening right now inside of iraq. just last night, the government released new video of those airstrikes. now, this is a view from those fighter jets as they destroyed rebel artillery units in northern iraq. we are learning more about why the add miles per hourstration decided to move against isil. the white house was reportedly worried about having another benghazi attack. speaking to report