. >> prime minister tony abbott says his nation will provide guns and ammunition. u.s. fight or jets launched air strikes near the davide moscardelli. hoda abdel-hamid reports na american officials say they never doubted fighting a fighting force like islamic state. >> reporter: the scars of battle. the islamic state group used houses as defense lines before it was forced to retreat towards the city of mosul. this man came home to find this. the group's fighters moved into the village in mid-august. they did not only use the house as a base. he tells me theyate whatever food they found and used their clothes. they didn't give up without a fight. this is an organization that u.s. officials say is beyond anything they have seen. those who engaged in combat say they faced well-trained fighters. >> they placed a few snipers in different houses, and they just - all the way, the roads, goods, the tnt. >> the islamic state may have been pushed back from the mosul dam and surrounding areas, but it is far from defeated. kurdish forces and elements of the army didn't win the batt

the prime minister, tony abbott spoke at the memorial this morning. and promises the victim's family those responsible for shooting down the airliner will be brought to justice. 38 australian citizens were killed when the malaysian airlines boeing 777 crashes three weeks ago. >> the lives were lost and they arrive home to the people and the country they loved. >> world leaders, including president obama have accused militants little to russia of shooting done the plane and caused the crash. dutch investigator have been leading the effort to collect the remains from the crash site but they say that the recovery effort has been suspended indefinitely due to fighting between ukrainian forces and pro russian rebels. >>> russian president putin has announced a one-year ban on many agricultural products from the u.s. and other urinations this comes after sanctions against russia. russian officials said that the ban will include imports of meat, fish, milk and produce from the u.s., european union, australia, canada and norway. they have accused the russian

tony abbott is joining the united states to send arms to fight isis. >>> now to crisis in ukraine. russia is given ultimatum, scale back or face more economic sanctions. the european union wants sanctions to be adopted within a week. eu leader did say not immediately impose the sanctions. it's a difficult situation as russia is the eu's number three trading partner and one of the biggest oil and gas psuppliers. this will be a key a general daf item at the nato summit president obama will attend later this week. >>> unrest in pack kistapakista. thousands of antigovernment protestors tried to raid the prime minister's home. they want the prime minister to step down over allegations of vote per fraud in the election that brought him to office last year in the first democratic transfer of power. the prime minister says he will not resign. >>> now to news out of central america. relatives of miners missing after the gold mine collapse in ni nicaragua are still hopeful. >>> now to latest on the ebola outbreak. director of cdc and other experts will visit the ebola station in guinea. they

uk are helping on some level but this was a pretty big statement from australian prime minister tony abbott and that's because he made the point and the case that there are some 60 australians who are involved in terrorist groups in the middle east and there are about 100 other australians who are supporting them and he makes the point if they are willing to kill in the middle east they could come back and kill in australia as well and that poses a significant security threat to australia and for that reason he thinks it's important for australia to meet the request of the u.s. government to get involved on some level and transport those weapons and military equipment. then he goes on to say that the united states government did not make a specific request for australia to take on a larger military role but he does make the point that if the united states government does ask australia, they will consider it, according to a handful of criteria. the larger point here is it does provide some momentum to the obama administration as they go forward in the next week trying to get other countries

tony abbott says at least another 100 working to support the approximated is group.inister has announced $64 million to try to reduce the threat of so-called homegrown terrorism in his country. >> this is a movement as we have seen on our tv screen an screene front pages of our newspapers of utter fa red sox at this. midevil barberism allied to modern technology, that's how serious and how dangerous this movement is and because of the australians who are involved with this movement, what might otherwise be a problem in a far away country is a problem for us. >>> the united states and nato allies are condemning air strikes carried out by the united arab emirates and egypt in libya. he descriptions anegyptians arer urged to stop interfering with government affairs. roslyn jordan has more. >> reporter: libya has been ravaged by fighting between militias and the government for months. but last week the conflict reached a new level of violence. the reason, air strikes on militia positions carried out it's claim not by the libyan military but their allies in egypt and the

but in his remarks last night, tony abbott makes the point that there are 60 australians known to bend another 10 or so supporting those 60. so this is a threat to australian security as well and that's why they are getting involved in the transporting of military equipment, but they have not joined in air strikes. so we want to make sure we make that distinction. >> anna, we're also hearing from isis about the women that were abducted and now taken as wives, some sold. tell us about what we're learning from isis about these women. >> reporter: victor, it's chilling. according to the syrian obser observatory for human rights they are reporting that hundreds of women, up to 300 yazidi women captured in iraq have been either sold off or give tune the rank and file of isis. these women being sold for $1,000 each. we were hearing these reports from the yazidi men who managed to escape, sinjar and the surrounding villages, that isis were advancing on saying that our wives have been captured, our children have been captured. it's hard to corroborate those stories. certainly now hearing fro

. >> australia's prime minister tony abbott threatened stronger sanctions against russia following moscow'sod imports. australia is among the countries that slapped sanction as on russia amid accusations the country is supplying weapons and expertise to pro moscow separatists in eastern ukraine. last month the crisis escalated when a malaysia airlines plane was brought down over rebel held territory. 298 on board, all killed. australia had a national day of mourning thursday for 28 citizens on board. >> we do hundreds of millions of in agricultural business every year with russia. let's be clear about this. russia has can -- russia is a big country trying to bully a small country. right at this moment russian forces are massing on the border with ukraine. if there is any movement by russian forces across the border, it won't be a humanitarian mission. it will be an invasion. >>> they may not be kicking the booze, but a group of home ales are kicking the ball. we have how much life is improved for those that join in the regular kick about. their improvement in health and possibly their life

tony abbott said his nation will provide guns and ammunition to support kurdish forces. as hoda abdel-hamid reports, american officials say they have never dealt with a fighting force like the islamic state. >> the scars of battle. the islamic state group use houses as defense lines before it was forced to retreat. they came home to find this. the group's fighters moved into the village in mud august. they did not just use the house as a base. they ate the food and used their clothes, and didn't give up without a fight. this is an organization that u.s. officials say is behind anything they have seen, each those engaged in combat say they faced well-trained fighters. >> they placed a few snipers in different houses, and they did all the way, the roads, put the tnt. >> reporter: the islamic state may have been pushed back. it is far from defeated. kurdish forces and elements of the army did not win the battle alone. dozens of u.s. air strikes supported the counter offensive. air power does damage. it may have been an option, but it's not always the case. they control citi

died when a plane was shot down in ukraine and crashed. [ singing ] >> australian prime minister tony abbottmorial service this morning. and he promised the victims' family whoever is responsible will be brought to justice. 298 people, including 38 australian citizens were killed when the flight crashed three weeks ago. >> the lives that were lost arrived tomorrow to the people and the country they loved. >> world leaders, including president obama, have accused militants loyal to russia of shooting down the plane and caused the crash. and investigator have been leading the effort to check the remains from the crash site but everything is suspended because of all the fighting between ukrainian forces and pro russian rebels. >>> and russian president putin has announced a one-year ban for imports from the u.s. and other western nations. and that comes after the u.s. and the european united nations levied sanctions over russia over that plane crash. and the ban will include imports of milk, fish and meat and produce. and russia has denied any involvement in the plane crash. but western nations

prime minister tony abbott laid a wreath at australia's war memorial in the capital city of canberra this morning. he saluted the more than 60- thousand australians who fought and died in world war one, and reflected on the war's impact on australian history. >> the events of 100 years ago still reverberate around our world today. and it had a shattering impact on the down commonwealth of australia. >>one-hundred years ago today, australia entered the war alongside the united kingdom, as britain declared war on germany. a pennsylvania man got the last word on his legacy by writing his own humerous obituary. kevin mcgrorty was know for posting funny tidbits and being the life of the party. now his death notice has gone viral, including its first sentence *mcgrorty achieves room temperature.* he died last week at his home in pittston, near scranton. mcgrorty ends his obituary with some smart advice... *it costs nothing to be nice and never stick a steak knife in an electrical outlet.* >> at that could arise. were starting off fairly warm this morning. today's highs will be in the '80s.

tony abbott says his government is joining the united states in a multination effort to send arms to fight isis. coming up on "meet the press" this morning, what are the next steps for u.s. to combat the threat? andrea mitchell will serve as guest moderator on today's program at 10:30 here on nbc 10. >>> now to the crisis in ukraine which will of course be a topic on "meet the press." russia has been given you will at th result may attempt. european union leaders did not immediately impose owe tougher sanctions. it's a difficult situation. russia is eu's number one trading part they are the oil and gas. this will be a key agenda item at a nato summit president obama will attend later this week. >>> protests continued in ferguson, missouri. hundreds came together for a rally following the shooting death of michael brown. organizers called it a national march. a thousand ended up on the streets and went to the police station. they read demands including the firing of the officer who pulled the trigger during the shooting. they want the mayor to resign. this is called the justice for mi

reporting on australia's prime minister tony abbott who described as barbaric. a photograph believed to show the young son of the australian man accused of offenses holding the severed head. it was posted on twitter by the boy's father. >>> a closer look at 568 ukrainian government forces killed since fighting with pro russian separatists started in may. that's according to a spokesman in the country. in the fast week forces have intensified the military operations in donetsk, the largest city in rebel held eastern ukraine. rockets hit a high security prison in the season. 10 pris 100 prisoners escaped. >>> erdogan holds his victory as a new era for the country. mr. erdogan is beginning the task of finding his own replacement of prime minister. he'll be inaugurated august 23rd. we're going to have more on what his leadership is going to look like later here on "gmt." >>> a new three day ceasefire appears to be holding in the gaza strip raising hopes for a longer term solution to conflict between israel and hamas. egypt urges both sides to reach a comprehensive a

meeting to keep an eye on is the g 20 meeting in brisbane, where the prime minister of australia, tony abbott suggested after the downing of malaysian air lines 17 that putin may not even need to go to australia for it if he did not respond in adequate fashion. but if he does go, he will be environment in australia where 39 people were killed. and if he doesn't know, will china and india and others not go as well? , will chinasn't go and india and others not go as well? to the middle there, and then the gentleman in the blue shirt as well. >> thank you. i am a reporter for the russian newspaper. you made quite a systematic analysis of what putin's priorities are and what the messages are that he wants to send to the world. and you mention that what was done in ukraine, the way his message was sent, was too much. is, what do you think are the options for putin to send this message? he expressed his concerns, for , verbally many times. and some commentators have said that the conflict in georgia in 2008 was a sort of wake-up call, and also a strong message about russian concerns for nato enlarg

prime minister tony abbott attended the memorial service in melbourne.nwhile, a dutch-led recovery mission at the crash site has now been suspended. fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russia rebels have made the site too dangerous. closing arguments are underway in the oscar pistorius murder trial. >>:the south african track star is accused of murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. prosecutors say it was premeditated. pistorius says he did shoot her in the bathroom of his home, but it was in self-defense, because he thought she was an intruder. after final arguments wrap up, the judge will decide his fate at a later date, which she will announce on friday. there are no jury trials in south africa. >>:spain has now evacuated the first ebola patient to europe. international concerns grow as the disease continues to spread, killing hundreds of people in west africa. andrew spencer reports international organizations are teaming together, trying to put an end to the deadly outbreak. meanwhile, the public health officer for san francisco says, this

. >>> australian prime minister tony abbott also said that so far there has been no request by the unitedtes for australia to play a combat role inside of iraq. >>> well, more than 40 u.n. peacekeepers from fiji are being held by rebels, they were taken near the disengagement line, and al nusra group confirmed they are holding the fijian keepers. it's unclear where they are being held. 70 filipinos on saturday caped the rebels. what is the latest on the peacekeepe peacekeepers, mike, and are there tips on their whereabouts? >> peacekeepers are part of a conflict of which they have no part. they are among the 1,000 strong groups that monitors the zone of disengagement, separating israel and syria. al nusra front sent out the identity documents of 45 peacekeepers. and who are manning the base and al nusra captured midway through last week, when the fighting spilled into the zone of disengagement. the whereabouts not known. the u.n. says that it is negotiating via its intermediaries. the demander, the army demander says that local sources are used on the ground to attempt to negotiate their

. >> it is run by conservative, tony abbott. love this guy. that is what you were going to say. stuart: i was going to say totally wide open spaces. that is a normal view of australia, there is nothing there. any comment upon that? >> australia is sparse and they have a government that allows testing on drones in a way the states have not yet approved so you are seeing a lot of companies doing their testing in australia which is a win for australia and technologically savvy. rose are flying everywhere in australia. stuart: i want your judgment. is that kind of system we are looking at, that is viable. you have a lot of regulatory hurdles to jump over but that is a viable system, isn't it? >> it is a viable system but amazon has a viable system too, a different kind of delivery mechanisms. amazon looks more standard like the typical drone and google is a little more advanced but self flying vehicles as they are calling them hideaway of of the future for a lot of major companies. stuart: the amazon drone can't cover, can it? >> it is not hovering. google released the wire because

now, australia's prime minister tony abbott spoke this morning at a memorial service in melbourne.d the victims' families the criminals who shot down the plane will be brought to justice. 298 people, including 38 australian citizens, were killed when the malaysian airlines flight went down three weeks ago. >> to those who were lost, a right hand to the people and the country they loved. >> president obama and other world leaders have accused militants loyal to russia of shooting down that plane and causing the crash. dutch investigators have been leading the effort to collect the remains from the crash site but say the recovery effort has been suspended indefinitely because of all the fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian rebels. >>> well, russian president putin announce add one-year ban on agricultural imports from the united states and other nations. this comes after the u.s. and european union hit russia with sanctions after that plane was shut down over ukraine and also because of russia's annexation of crime era. they say the ban will include imports of meat, fish

. >> and the world's talking about this as well from clinton to obama to tony abbott who got in troublesalmond as well. does that sway the vote? >> not as much as they might like to think. >> thank you for joining me. i look forward to reading "the economist" views on this. >>> still to come on "worldwide exchange," roche is reportedly picking up the remainder of a share it doesn't already own. we have more on what other names in the japanese pharma space could be ripe for taking after this short break. >>> all right, welcome back. we've got some flashes on reuters and dow jones. dow flashes say wikileaks's julian assange says he is leaving the embassy soon. this is julian assange. these are pictures which are prerecorded from inside of the ecuadorian embassy in london. you'll recall that he believes he is a political fugitive. his detractors say that he has very serious charges in sweden that he has to answer, but the flash says he is leaving the embassy soon. the ecuadorian ambassador, who has been hosting him, says "we're hoping for a reaction from the international community soon" s

. >>> australian prime minister tony abbott says there is some concern about radicalized australians. he was speaking about the isis situation in iraq and the humanitarian aid that australia's participating in. prime minister abbott says it isn't a stretch to it think that attacks could happen in australia. >> the problem with significant numbers of australians being involved with these terrorist groups is that they are radicalized, they are brutalized by our custom to kill in the name of god. and if it's right to kill in the name of god in iraq, there is no reason to think that the same people won't do likewise if they get the chance elsewhere, including in australia. >> prime minister abbott also announced that australia will be involved in airlifting more equipment and supplies in the coming days and he also addressed the possibility of military action in iraq if requested to do so by the u.s. . >>> and still more shaking this morning. the u.s. geological survey is reporting a second minor earthquake this morning near napa. this time it's a 2.5 magnitude earthquake that was recorde

. >> tony a abbott said his county will help in the effort to fly guns and ammunition to iraq to combatitants trying to create a militant, islamic state there. >> u.s. air strikes cleared the aid for thousands in a town 100 miles north of baghdad. >> there is new hope for the 6 million americans with heart failure. an experimental drug has been shown now to cut the risk of death by 20 percent, doctors say the drugs is so new it doesn't have a name yet. it is the biggest breakthrough in a decade. today is the last day to place bets at one of atlantic city's landmark casinos, the showboat is closing its doors after 27 years on the boardwalk. two more casinos will be closing over the next two weeks as well. you may recall the stir back in may over football player michael sam the first openly gay player drafted by an nfl team. well, yesterday the st. louis rams cut sam for the roster, he homes he will be picked up by another team. >> and california shoppers will no long very to choose between paper and plastic because plastic won't even be an option anymore. state lawmakers have approved a