let's bring you developing story coming out of europe and france where the president francis hollande is dissolving the government after the prime minister offered up his socialist government's resignation. he has been crit skiing direction -- criticizing direction in defines of leadership. joining me is the chief correspondent of the newspaper. welcome to al jazeera. can you give us an idea why the resignation has happened right now? >> yes, because when the prime minister was appointed as prime minister. it was a clear signal that france was abandoning its specialist connections. france can't stand so much on social welfare. he did not accept the austerity measures, and felt they didn't work for spain, and wanted to go on. so he publicly criticised, so the prime minister thought that there was too much, that the red line had been crossed. and so he had reservations, so probable what would happen is that the president will appoint and invest as a prime minister. and then the prime minister will choose a government without him and a minister of economy that does not accept the austeri

this morning i spoke with prime minister cameron and president francis hollande, and i am pleased that they are willing to provide assistance to those suffering so much. once again, america is proud to act alongside the closest friends and allies. more broadly, the united nations in iraq is working quickly to help those fleeing from threat. the national security council has asked for everything the u.n. can do to provide food, she shelter, and safety. and i will continue to call on the leaders around the world to help in the humanitarian effort. and finally, we continue the call on the iraqis to come together to form the inclusive government that iraq needs right now. vice president biden has been speaking with the iraqi leaders, and our team is in close with the iraqi government. all iraqi communities are threatened by the barbaric terrorists, and all iraqi communities need to unite to defend their country. just as we are focused on the situation in the north affecting the kurds and the iraqi minorities, sunni and shia and other parts have suffered mightily at the hands of isis. once

french president francis hollande arrived the prime minister to form a new government.econd reshuffle in five months, amid crittism assessment austerity policies. >>> ebola is proceeding to other parts of africa. democratic republic of congo reported two deaths but yes say it's not related it the outbreak in west africa, because it's a different strain of ebola. the first british citizen is receiving streams in london. he was in sierra leone, when he got sick. 1400 died from bowl in that country, guinea and liberia. pro-russians separatists marched captive soldiers down the streets of donetsk. human rights watch called the treatment of troops a violation of the geneva convention. >> reporter: in the city of donetsk pro-russian sfraitists held an alternative ceremony in defines of kiev. dozens of prisoners captured during months of fighting were paraded through the streets. also on show, destroyed ukranian military hardware. as the rest of the country marks 23 years of independence, separatist fighters are loyal to mo moscow. where the shell landed on the hospital mortua

. >>> you said there's no official declaration of war, but french president francis hollande said the conflict in ukraine is the biggest crisis since the end of the cold war. do you think this could end up being a full-scale war? >> it's possible that it might become a war between russia and ukraine. russia doesn't have to declare war. right now it's strategy is succeeding. the ukrainians are not able to stand up to the russian offensive, and the other militaries are not running in to defend them. russia wouldn't declare war. ukraine might but it's up to the russian response. i don't know why they would escalate further. looks like they'll establish a land connection from crimea and russia, and leave the conflict open to resume and convene at a later point to pressure the ukranian government. >> let's talk about tactics. vladimir putin called for a political solution, including discussing statehood for some of the conflicted areas of the breakaway regions and ukraine. that's quite a tactic there. >> russia has been joining other countries, including the u.s. at one point, calling for

. >> francis hollande dissolves his government. >> a rare copy of a superman comic book sells for $3.2 million, the highest price paid for a comic book. >> adult women playing video games outnumbered teenage male planes. the reason is candy crush and the kardashians. >> we begin with the latest on the international community's push back as the islamic state group continues a campaign to consolidate and expand a califate in syria and iraq. is was condemned for appalling and wide-spread crimes. >> targeted killings, forced conversions, abductions, trafficking, slavery, sexual abuse, the destruction of places of significance. >> that includes the yazidi community in iraq, besieged on mt sinjar after is massacres leaving 5,000 dead. is also persecuted christians, turkmen and shi'ite and sunni muslims who reject is and his form of islam. bombers struck the is strong hold in raqqa after is fighters seized the syrian army airbase nearby. while syrian president bashar al-assad's government says it's willing to welcome everyone it wants to fight what it calls the terrorist opposition, white hou