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>> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at today's top stories. >> i think we are very close to the point of no return. point of no return is full scale war. >> in ukraine the involvement of russia in its country. >>> a number of u.n. peace keepers have been rescued from the golan heights. >>> the kevin saudi arabithe king of saudi arabia give a warning. and keep potentially dangerous guns out of the hands of offenders. >>> european leaders are gathering in brussels to don't front two major issues. the russian threat in ukraine and the islamic state group. both groups are undermining europe and the middle east and perhaps the whole world. we begin on the ground in ukraine. ukraine and u.n. leaders warn that the situation in the east is increasingly dire. ukrainian army is handing control over to the separatist forces. the human rights separatists warn that the death toll are rising, they're documenting abduction and torture and other human rights abuses. >> in recent weeks the ukra

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only on al jazeera america. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. we'd travelled from haiti to new york to get answers for the families who'd waited more than a year for the un to respond to their lawsuit over the cholera outbreak. but before we even arrived at un headquarters, we got word from mario's legal partners in the us that a decision had already been made. >> they sent me an email shortly before they made the public announcement, they sent me an email with the letter. >> what did it say? >> the letter was one paragraph about how the un was sorry about the cholera and the harm it caused. several paragraphs about all the things they were doing to combat cholera, and then a paragraph at the end saying they were not going to respond justly to cholera victims. >> human rights lawyer brian concannon says he'd been expecting the un wo

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♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour and i'm at headquartersdoha and coming up, in 60 minutes air strikes hit gaza again as they execute 11 men suspected of collaborating with israel. kurdish forces in iraq continue to advance against islamic state fighters as the u.s. says the group is the biggest threat for years. a russian aid convow reportedly crosses into eastern ukraine after days of being held up at the border. the art of war, contemporary art has an unique insight into their experiences. ♪ welcome to the program, gaza security officials say 11 suspected israeli collaborators were executed on friday morning. the deaths were by order of a revolution cause in the strip made up of palestinian factions including hamas and islamic jihad, a day after strikes killed three senior members and two palestinians died in an attack in a farm in central gaza on friday morning. now the attacks follow a u.n. warning that the situation in the strip for children is dire. unicef says 469 children have died in the conflict and that toll is expected to rise.

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edge of eighteen premiers september 7th only on al jazeera america >> welcome to the al jazeer al jazeera news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. as the death toll in gaza continues to rise they resume peace fire talks. >>> violence in iraq leave dozens dead. drought conflict and thousands on the brink of another famine in somalia. >> hello, i'll have news on atletico madrid will get a small measure of revenge. >> egypt has called on palestinians and israelis to accept an indefinite cease-fire and resume talks. they broke down in cairo lead to go a resumption of hostilities. palestinian president mahmood abbas said there is no time to waste. >> what concerns us more at the moment is to put an end to the bloodshed. once that happens, the humanitarian relief aid efforts must start. the same day the cease-fire comes in, relief aid and medical supplies should come to gaza under international sponsorship. >> since the conflict began in july 68 israelis have been killed including three civilia civilians. a thai national was also killed in israel. more than 2,000 palestinians have been kill

monica villa al jazeera. egypt. >> in june mohamed fahmy and peter greste were given seven sentences, baher mohamed was given an extra three years to his sentence because he picked up a spent shell from a protest. >>> as many as 97 people thought to be missing, killed six men's on the last week's raid on borno state. >>> the outbreak of ebola, says world health organization, has been extremely underestimated. more than any of the previous outbreaks since the virus was initially discovered in the 1970s. al jazeera's malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: it's the world's worst ever outbreak of the ebola virus, killing the majority of its victims. in uganda, walter udango is one of the handful of people that has survived ebola. he says while he was in hospital he had medics preparing his body bag and telling his family to dig his grave. >> it's teacial -- terrible, a pain i've never experienced, ebola give you pain all over the body. you touch like this blood would just come out on my skin. >> in the recent outbrea

thanks for joining us. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the al jazeera newshour. coming up from doha in the next 60 minutes - the death toll in gaza rises. the palestinian president calls for peace talks to resume with israel. [ gunfire ] >>> an attack at a mosque leaves dozens dead, threatening to deepen iraq's sectarian divide. >>> drought, conflict and a blockade combines

>> al jazeera america real..... ♪ >>> israel's main stock index as gained a modest 2% in trading since the start of the offensive in gaza on july 8th. the tel-aviv trades stocks at a value of more than $200 billion. and the main tel-aviv 100 index has ticked up 1.2% this year. it's more than the dow but less than the s&p 500. palestinians have their own stock exchange in the west bank. it trades with a total market cap of just $3 billion. while the palestine 's exchange has gained slightly, it is actually down 6.3% for the year. john kra is at c&p capital iq. diop, good to see you. >> thank you. >> often when we're dealing with these crisesess specially when it involves human casualties, it gets a bit crass. we all know israel has an economy. they focus a lot on r&d and high-tech and they have some of. >> sure, [ inaudible ] pharmaceuticals, one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. a major competitor on the international sage. especially with the united states, swiss, and german pharmaceutical compani

al jazeera america. ♪ >>> this is "talk to al jazee . al jazeera." i am tony harris. am speak with ken roth, the executive director of human rights watch. >> i want you to talk about your father. i want you to talk about how you came to this work. was ? >> well, you know, there is never a single reason but a big part as you mentioned a is my father, who grew up in nazi germany as a young jewish boy, and i then, in turn, grew up with stories of what it was like, you know, worrying about would he be arrested if he rode his bicycle down the sidewalk? how was the family going to get out of germany which was extremely difficult. he finally, in july, 1938, as a 12-year-old boy was able to escape to new york. by my growing up and hearing these stories, i was very aware of the ultimate evil which governments are capable of. it was a big part of what drove me to want to try to prevent atrocities of that sort. when you start talking to victims, you can't help but feel empathy. my father's story got my launched in it. once you are in the human rights effort and you talk to peopl

i'm sammy zaydaf with the top stories on al jazeera. ukraine takes more territory in the east, surrounding the last bastion of luhansk. >>> more deaths on the first year anniversary of labask. releasingreleasing more territos nonnegotiable. >>> at least four children have been killed after iraqi troops carried out attacks on the city of fallujah. a fighter jet bombed targets including a mosque and water purification plant. fallujah has been the scene of antigovernment attacks for months now. , islamic state group moved into the area of mt. si sinjar. >> humanitarian crisis in northern iraq one of its top level emergencies, and kurdish authorities second that. there are more displaced refugees than there are full time residents. the area is full of people no place else to go. a lot of the people from sinjar mountain have now managed to come around. they come across into syria and northern iraq. that doesn't mean their difficult journey is over. >>> this floating area is the place for displaced yazidis. thousands have come this way with t

>> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hellond welcome to the news hour. i'm here at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. it's good to have you here with us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. a three-day ceasefire seems to be holding in gaza. people are returning home to scenes of devastation. >>> israeli troops are withdrawing, but the palestinians say they want an investigation into what they call war crimes. >>> a plane is downed by fighter jets after a hoax bomb threat. >>> an ebola infected health worker rives in the u.s. as more cases are discovered in africa and the middle east. >>> i'm here with all of the day's sport, including the formula 1 boss pays $100 million to end his bribery trial. ♪ >>> so a three-day ceasefire in the gaza strip seems so far to be holding. israel and the palestinian factions have agreed to remove troops. israel has pulled out his grand forces out of gaza. troops are now taken up defensive positions on the other side of the green line. and israel is now sending delegates to take parts in talks in

you're watching al jazeera our main story. front line sources tell al jazeera that hundreds of iranian troops cross the border into iraq to support kurdish fighters. egypt calls on palestinians and israelis to agree on an an indefinite cease-fire and begin talking. >>> somalis on the brink of famine. >> we have more on premier league games coming up. >> hundreds of iranian soldiers have taken part in a joint operation inside iraq with kurdish forces. that's according to forces on the front line. it is believed to be the first time that iranian troops have been involved with fighting thon scale. they have the peshmerga taking the town from islamic state, what more can you tell us about the iranian fighters who are there? >> reporter: well, it was an operation aimed by iranians protecting their own border. the place they're fighting is to kilometers from that frontier. there has been iranian involvement in this fight in the sense of advisers, iranian backed militias and security officials that come and go between the two countri

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♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ we are live from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is thes hour and i'm mrs. dennis, spying in syria, the u.s. launched surveillance flights to track them. syrian government sources continue their battle against rebels but their use of barrel bombs is having devastating consequences. also ahead into national fury as air strikes in libya carried out by libya and the u.a.e., tensions flair in ukraine ahead of a key meeting between kiev and moscow. and where appeasing the gods is helping to heal risks of the report, we report from sri lanka. ♪ we start the news hour in syria over which u.s. planes are now flying, the aim to gather intelligence on the islamic state group. i.s. fighters are continuing to take ground there and control the city and raka and on monday they said they have taken over the entire providence. and syria said it will work with the international community to fight the so-called terrorist and says damascus must be asked permission first. let's go live to ruler our correspondent who is following developments from neighboring

>> this is the new al jazeera news hour. ahead israeli airstrikes continue in gaza and negotiated in cairo's struggle to agree on a permanent solution. >>> a country divided, rival protests across libya for and begins the new parliament. plus. [♪ music ] as the africa fashion week wraps up in london we meet one designer who hopes her success will be felt back home. u.s. pratt barack obama has oh promised to continue the fight against the islamic state north of iraq. he confirmed u.s. airstrikes that succeeded in destroying some of the fighters' arms and equipment near the city of erbil but warned that the operation would take time and stressed the importance of iraq formingen own inclusive government. >> at first the u.s. forces targeted forces out of i erbil to prevent them from advancing on the city and protecting our diplomats and military personnel. so far these strikes have destroyed arms and weapons that isil could have used. we have stepped up our military assistance to kurdish forces as they wage their fight. >> but

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gerald tan, al jazeera.oin us tonight, taking a deeper look at the ebola outbreak in west africa and the efforts to contain it at 5:00 p.m. eastern. in toledo, residents are being warned. the city has a population of about 400,000 people. officials say there are dangerous levels of a toxin known as micro cistin. analogy bloom on lake eerie might be causing the problem. the stat state agencies and national guard are hoping to fwli college water. the governor declared a state of emergency and to truck water in from other parts of the state. >> we have short-term plans. we are going to get through the next 10 hours. i can tell you that. we are going to have water available in the next 10 hours for those that need it. if we need it beyond that 10 hours, we are going to accomplish that, too. >> people are snatching bottles of water off store shelves across the city as you can imagine. test results on the water are expected to be released in a little over an hour for now. >> will be at 7:30 eastern. a surge in vio

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