u.n. officials are aiming to cut the number of undernourished people in half by next year compared to 25 years earlier. officials say that goal is within reach if world leaders do more to battle hunger. >>> the u.n.'s envoy to the middle east has brokered a deal for rebuilding in the gaza stri robert serry says israeli and palestinian leaders have agreed to allow needed building materials into the war-torn region. serry told the u.n. security council members that officials with palestinian authority will >> we consider this temporary mechanism, which must get up and running without delay, as an important step towards the objective of lifting all remaining closures and a signal of hope to the people of gaza. >> fighting broke out in july between israeli forces and members of the palestinian islamist group hamas. the two sides reached a cease-fire last month. but since then, israeli officials have refused to let building supplies into gaza. they're concerned they could be diverted for military purpos. serry said u.n. monitors will make sure the materials are used for civilian purposes. the pales

u.n. official is warning of a human tare yap crisis in iraq. valerie ammos says 1.8 million iraqis do not have proper accommodation. sweden's opposition party defeated the center right ruling coalition in the parliamentary election. the left-leaning social democrats didn't win enough seats to form a majority government. >>> so let's look at the countries that have agreed to join the u.s.-led coalition against the islamic state or i.s.i.l. we have egypt, jordan, lebanon and iraq, plus several gulf countries involved - kuwait, bahrain, qatar, u.a.e., imam, saudi arabia, britain, denmark, france, they represent the contingent, and others include canada and australia - which is the only nation to give details of its contribution. it's sending 600 personnel and 10 aircraft. it is unclear what many role the coalition will play. douglas ol fant is based in washington and says the paris conference must be more than a show of flags. >> the strategy, while it's working is evolving, and the role that each country plays may have to be fleshed out. the most

u.n. officials says there is strong evidence syria's human rights violations has occurred. >> forced conversions, slaverly, sexual and physical abuse and tour cure. >> reporter: some 1400 iraqis is believed have been killed in the fighting last month. that is down from july. but most of the dead are civilians. >> they still have ruthlessly which may amount to ethnic and religious clean think in areas under his control for >> the iraqis have been success dependence isis in recent days. taking back one village that has been in isis control for two months. this coming after a u.s. aid tops aid strikes in that area. still u.s. officials say the group poses a global threat. >> isil would like to have a western style attack to continue this notion they are the leading guy haddist groups. >> they are expected to be major topics of conversation between president obama and other world leaders. in washington fox news. >>> happening today people in muni may be caught off guard by a fair increase this the first time they have gone up in two year. it is meant to keep the agency up to date with service costs.

u.n. officials held the last security council summit in 2009 when obama called for a discussion on nuclear disarmament. >>> indian leaders are considering how to respond to a new terrorist threat. members of al qaeda say they're establishing a union to carry out attacks in south asia. al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri made the statement in an online video. >> translator: i announce to muslims around the world and especially in south asia the founding of a new branch of al qaeda. >> indians have faced threats for years. militants staged coordinated attacks in 2008 in mumbai. more than 160 people were killed. the majority of indians are hindu but the country also has the world's third largest population of muslims. new prime minister modi has described hinduism as the cornerstone of the muslim state. some are concern his views could agitate radical muslims. >>> representatives of iran and six world powers failed to reach a lasting agreement on the future of the iranian nuclear program. but they'll return to the table later this month in new york. the negotiators missed a july deadline for an

u.n. officials say they hav --u.s. officials say they have under estimated this war against isil, but many are saying those airstrikes are doing more harm than good. >> let's talk to the syrian affairs analysts who joins us live from washington, d.c. what is your evaluation then? how successful have a week of airstrikes but the u.s. air coalition been? >> well, they've certainly hit isis headquarters and garrisons quite severely. it has not stopped advance in kurdish regions. we have to wait and see which area the forces give way. the rumor is and reports are that they've melted into the population, so it has become harder and harder to hit as this goes forward. >> how concerning is it that these reports that we're getting the fact that other groups that were not in the first phase affiliated and were, in fact, sworn enemies of isil and actually defecting, are these groups defecting to isil and some reports saying thattal news are a front are swearing its allegiance now. >> that's unclear. it's not surprising. al nusra

u.n. official warns of a humanitarian crisis in iraq.erie amos says with winter approaching half of the 1.8 million iraqis do not have appropriate accommodation. >>> sweden's social democrats beat the right. they did not win enough seats to form a majority government. >>> france is a nation which is willing to participate in military action against i.s.i.l. that means that it may fight an enemy, including hundreds of french nationals in its ranks. jackie roland reports from paris. >> a french navy fridayingate acrossing the mediterranean. france has deployed a full range of capabilities, including an aircraft carrier, making it an important partner against the islamic state group. >> francis hollande was in iraq on friday, underlining his commitment to defeating the group. france is providing weapons to the kurdish peshmerga, and says it is willing, if necessary, to take part in air strikes. >> translation: we stand by you on the humanitarian level and the security level. you are facing an energy which does not recognise borders. this en

u.n. officials are warning of a potential food shortage in west african countries hit by ebola.in liberia, an ebola patient cause add panic when he escaped quarantine to search for food in a market and was finally taken back into custody. >>> in this country, millions of u.s. households continue to lack adequate access to food. according to a new report from the u.s. department of agriculture. the report said about 17.5 million households, or one in seven, experience food insecurity in 2013. those numbers were roughly the same as last year, anti-hunger groups such as bread for the world said the number of food insecure families is unacceptable, and urged elected officials to assist them. >>> the u.s. justice department is launching a broad civil rights investigation into police practices in ferguson, missouri. and other surrounding areas. the probe comes after last month's police shooting of an unarmed african-american teenager, michael brown. faith groups are among those who have been calling for new police procedures nationwide. meanwhile, in ferguson, clergy and religious gro

u.n. officials and now we're hearing that number may be growing as high as 100,000. as i said, it's very fluid. while turkey has provided humanitarian aid, allowing refugees in, the country$f has t been involved with any military action against isis. yesterday as we reported, 49 turkish consulate workers were released by isis militants and reunited with their family but how and why exactly they were released remains unclear. as for the fight against isis, united states hitting isis t= positions, including military locations and armored vehicles. really the question at this time remains when, exactly, the u.s. will hit isis positions in syria. this as the situation remains tense and fluid, as i said, along the syrian and turkish border. >> indeed. john, thank you very much. eric is going to pick up from here. >> a new refugee crises, isis expanding. how can all this be stopped? it will be front and center at the united nations this week at the general assembly. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton joins us now. he's a fox news contributor. ambassador, the pr

u.n. officials say about 58,000 people who lost their homes continue to live in shelters. major effort is under way to remove unexploded shells. countries around the world have pledged financial support to help rebuild gaza, including $20 million from japan. >>> leaders in japan have made it their mission to overcome deflation. and for more than a year now they've seen prices rise. ai uchida joins us now from our business desk. so ai, you have this morning's data. >> i certainly do, catherine. the consumer price index as you know traffics everything from everyday items like a bar of soap to bigger items like houses. the latest core numbers are for august, and it shows prices have been rising for 15 months in a row. government officials say prices rose by 3.1% compared with the same month last year. the index doesn't factor in the cost of fresh food, which tends to jump around and skew the numbers. the officials say goods such as air-conditioners and clothing got more expensive. policy makers at the bank of japan say the increase in the consumption tax is partly responsible

health officials -- u.n. alth officials have warned that the ebola epidemic could explode and infect as many as 1.4 million people by january unless efforts to stop the outbreak are stepped up. on the ground, medical teams are struggling. in guinea, health workers were attacked last week by locals fearing they could spread the disease. here is a report from guinea. >> this is the who convoy attacked last week. eight health workers were killed. seven months after the virus was first officially reported in guinea, some villagers still believe health teams spread the virus. this psychologist says the situation is gradually improving. >> things are changing. people are turning to understand what is going on. the villagers here understand what msf is doing. >> to gain people's trust every morning, he and his colleagues go and speak to residents and tell them how to fight ebola. so far, there have been no cases in this district. >> i went to see a family and i deliberately did not wash my hands. the father noted and

u.n. official whose work in the occupied territories and former diplomates. on wednesday, among those who testified is this former israeli soldier, he says israelis soldiers were given orders to kill anything that moves. while this israeli journeys blames religious leaders and extremists for inciting hate against arabs. israels assault on gaza in july killed around 2,000 people. many were women, and children. the level of destruction was unpresence dented. tens of thousands of homes have reduced to rebel. some members of the tribunal hope their work will force change. >> our aim is to participate and to force leaders and u.n. leaders to move forward, and stop their silence about the crimes committed. >> argue that it is biased and that evidence is one sided. while it's sup effort prokers hope to pressure the international community to put an end to crimes of war. al jazeera. >> the ukrainian president says he wants his country to apply for e.u. membership in six years. last year the parliament ratified a landmark deal. speaking of the capitol kiev, also set a

u.n. and officials say that they know that this is one of the top targets and so they are always looking for that information and they just don't have it. >> all right. i appreciate that. i want to talk about this with peter bergen, cnn national security analyst and they seem to have no capabilities inside iraq whatsoever. why should we believe what he says? >> the united states was happy that the prime minister was put in to try to build up this iraqi government but right now yesterday you had prime minister meeting with secretary kerry and president obama. you would think if there was this kind of plot that they would have mentioned it. >> he gave a long in-depth sit down interview with christiane amanpour. >> the state department says that it didn't come up in any of those meetings. if you look at what's happening right now, there was a lot of attention on isis targets in iraq. the u.s. was pummeling those isis targets. in the last few days, attention is on syria. iraqis have an interest on making sure that everyone remembers that isis pose as threat to u.s. homeland in iraq but the u.s.

u.n. official says there's strong evidence of human rights violations. >> this includes targeted killing,ed conversions, abductions, slavery, sexual and physical abuse and torture. >> iraqi security forces are making advances against isis. this video shows iraqi fighters retaking control of -- >>> as many as 500 british citizens are believed to be fighting for isis. one bill would stop suspected radicalized citizens from leaving the uk. another bill would allow british police to temporarily seize passports of returning travelers who are suspected of joining terrorist groups. >>> north korea has given journalists the rare opportunity to interview three captured americans who say they are desperate to get out bay was held the longest. today bay pleaded for a special envoy from the u.s. to help win his release. he said his health is failing. >> right now what i can say to my family and friends is continue to pray for me and also ask them to continue an effort on gettingmy release here. >> reporter: the cnn crew also interviewed matthew miller of bakers field who is awaiting trial and jeffrey

u.n. officials say there is strong evidence of crimes against humanity. >> this includes targeted killings, forced conversions, abduction, slavery, sexual and physical abuse and torture. >> today's vote authorized a $1.2 million fact finding mission in response to a request by iraq. >>> it costs more to get around san francisco, muni increased its fair, the norm it used to determine ow -- norm it used to -- formula it used to determine how much you pay. >> next thing i knew i was looking up. there was light powder from the air bag. >> her regrets about the moments before the accident and her message. >> hackers leak private photos of several hollywood stars. tonight the response from many of them vowing to fight back. >> the heat is on over the bay area this afternoon. i will show you where temperatures are near 100 degrees at this hour and detail a cool down for tomorrow coming up. >>> several hollywood stars are caught up in a scandal. the hackers accessed apple's icloud to steal personal photos. and now those solerets are firing back -- laters are firing -- collects are firing back -- c

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u.n. officials they be taken off a u.n. terror list in exchange for releasing the u.n. peacekeepers. that is a move very unlikely to happen considering all the kidnappings they have been doing in syria the past few months. as the fighting here started to lessen here as the fighting also picking up in damascus. syrian military launching a major offensive in damascus in an area called jabor. this area has been a large strong hold of syrian rebel strong hold and really the military there, pushing in, trying to knock out the syrian rebels there. according to different analysts they say whoever controls it syrian strong hold will really control most of damascus. so it is a key area. key area rebels are trying to hold. as fighting intensifies and continues to pick up over last few months across syria. the u.s. saying nine million syrians or half the population have been displaced from their own homes, a >> conor powell, thanks a lot. jon: back at home there is word president obama might hold off on the immigration reform he hadn't indicated he announced by end of summer. the summer is over

as for the u.n., officials said they'll be giving greater security to the heads of state and delegationsflicts and there will be security at synagogues during the high holy days. >> thank you very much. a clearly cool and rainy day in america's biggest city. police say they found the suspect in the case of the missing college freshman hundreds of miles away from the university of vamp details on why investigators say he was in texas. sweet! spicy! savory! red lobster's endless shrimp is now! the year's largest variety of shrimp flavors! like our coconut shrimp bites or our creamy shrimp alfredo... as much as you like, any way you like! hurry in and sea food differently. this is holly. her long day of outdoor adventure starts with knee pain. and a choice. take 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. onward! >>> some breaking news oust syria, and i got to tell you right off the bat here, we're not sure of this one. if proven, it would be an explosive development that could change things in the fighting there. this is out of sir ra. according to the "associated press," activi

u.n. officials just moments before we went on air. yes, there is a very big push from the united nations and the usa. the u.s. has announced money today john kerry when in iraq announced an extra $48 million. $37million of that is for those inside iraq. the remaining $11 million are for the refugees. refugees are now going from iraq to syria because of the situation with islamic state. i can tell you that the u.n. humanitarian cleave has arrived in iraq to try to oversee the u.n. part of this. >> the syrian group named a new leader after an explosion killed several of its commanders. they took to "utube" urging members to continue. thousands are being forced to leave their adoptive home. refugees arrefugees are receiving threats. >> reporter: she walks around what used to be her home. all she wanted was security, she said. the mother of five describes how lebanese men drove by, shot at the refugee camp, threw rocks and threatened to burn the camp as the 600 refugees who lived here didn't pack their things and go away. so the refugees

u.n. official says more than 100,000 refugees fled from syria into turkey in just the past 48 hours. some border check points. and this, the man of an isis s hosta hostage, his wife is making an emotional plea. her husband is described as a peaceful selfless man who only went to syria to help the people in need. isis has not responded to her pleas. let's bring in a panel to discuss this. rick, michael, and with us as well cnn national security analyst, juliet. president obama speaks wednesday at the united nations. what does he need to say about isis to try to get more people to support the fight? >> pubically when he is addressing not just the nations but also the world he has to talk about this as a global fight. not a religious fight but a global fight. i think what we can anticipate what realistic anticipation to try to get countries to be better about securing their borders. we have to stop the movement of people to join isis and of course getting the flow of money to stop which is how terrorist organizations like isis thrive. those would be two pieces saying the countries would

u.n. officials and that number could grow, to more than 100,000. while turkey has provided humanitarian aid allowing refugees in the country has moth been involved with any military action against isis, today turkish police stopped kurdish fighters from entering the country after apparently battling isis militants in syria. as for the fight against isis the air strikes continues again over the weekend with both united states hitting isis target including destroying an is is supply boat and numerous armored vehicles. in jerusalem, john hud i, "fox news". >>> and still ahead on fox 29 news at 6:00 a party with a powerful message. >> thousands of people taking to the streets of new york city where they are demanding change what they are fighting for next. >>> and these young soccer players, are not letting their disabilities stop them, not at all how a local college team is >>> look at all of the people running to combat climate change. that is the theme as so many thousands fill the streets of manhattan today. it is people climate march. kind of a pa

u.n. official in iraq says isis militants tortured and publicly killed a human rights lawyer in mosul claiming she had abandoned islam. it was the newly declared police force took would the man last week while home with her husband and three kids. five days later her family was call to the morgue to retrieve her body. her arrest was allegedly in connection to facebook messages she posted that were critical of the militant's destruction have the religious sites in mosul. the the fbi says it has identified the masked militant wandedded for beheading of two american journalist and british worker. fbi has in the released the terrorist known as jihad john, nor where is he from. shortly following the death of james foley, steven sotoloff and david heinz. the british papers identified the mask man as a 23 year-old failed rapper from london, england. >>> 4:20. we have our first look at the beginning of the u.s. air strike campaign against isis in severe y the u.s. led air strikes targeted syrian oil installations, held by the extremist islamic state group. officials say 19 people were killed in those

u.n. officials are calling for an immediate end to any violence. they say, tens of thousands have have been killed by violence related to that group, isis. >>> the pentagon says the u.s. military has conduct an operation begins isis. this is an al-shabob in somalia, al-shabob is linked to al qaeda, they claim responsibility for sunday's deadly attack at hey high security prison in somalia. militants were trying to free other terrorist being held there. >>> meanwhile the crisis in ukraine continues, nato leaders could this week decide to create a wrapped response force, and begin to stockpile military equipment in eastern europe. the goal, to protect its member nation from his russia. proposed new force could comprise of several thousands troops contributed by the 28 nato countries on a rotating basis. unit would be back by air and sea. >>> nato's chief says that the organization could deploy the unit on very short notice to help nato members defend themselves against any threat and that includes a threat from russia. >>> let's talk politics here, w

u.n. officials said 1.3 million people in west africa may need food assistance in the coming months, as quarantines cut farmers off from their fields and suspensions of air traffic curtails imports. back at today's u.n. briefing, the head of the world health organization, margaret chan, painted a bleak picture of the immediate future. >> second point: the outbreak will get worse before it gets better. and it requires a well- coordinated, big surge and huge scale-up of outbreak response urgently. and it requires creativity and culturally appropriate actions. >> brown: the director of the centers for disease control and prevention, tom frieden, just returned from west africa. he warned today the outbreak threatens the very stability of affected countries and their neighbor states. >> brown: the difficulty of figuring out how to contain the outbreak was captured on video in a chaotic scene in monrovia yesterday. it involved a man who fled from a hospital's quarantine center. the hospital was so crowded last month it had to turn away ebola patients. jonathan miller of independent television news fills

u.n. officials in the past have called this the worst manmade disaster in the history of the world. they have been pushed to levels that they haven't seen anywhere else in the world. keep in mind even before israel withdrew its military and ended the presence of jewish settle ers there, they owned the majority of the land. they live in congested areas, very underdeveloped areas in addition to the fact that israel controls the territorial waters, the air space, and two of the borders in addition to egypt on the south. so it is being called the world's largest outdoor prison for a reason. >> people can't leave. i want to bring in chris who is the spokesman for the united nations relief which we were just talking about. can you talk a little bit about, sir, what the u.n. relief agency is facing in trying to help the 830,000 gazans receiving food aid. the 20,000 with uninhabitable homes. those taking shelters in your u.n. schools which numbers 58,000 people. what is the u.n. relief agency doing? what can you do? >> well, joy, what we have seen in the last weeks is a massive and catastro

u.n. officials warned that a nigerian doctor may have spread ebola to dozens of people after he became infected one point, friends from his church laid hands on him as part of a healing se ceremony. in pakistan, anti-government protest leaders opened new negotiations with opposition lawmakers in a bid to end weeks of unrest. thousands of demonstrators had marched on the capital islamabad. they demanded that prime minister nawaz sharif be removed for alleged vote fraud in last year's elections. violent clashes over the weekend left three protesters dead and more than 500 injured. since then, the crowds have thinned. the longest-serving man on north carolina's death row walked out of prison today, after a judge overturned his conviction. henry mccollum and his half brother, leon brown, were found guilty of raping and murdering a young girl in 1983. but d.n.a. tests now suggest another man may have committed the crime. today, mccollum, now 50-years- old, hugged his parents outside the gates of central prison in raleigh. >> it's wonderful, i'm not, i just thank god, i just thank god that i'm out of

u.n. officials said they were all in good condition. >> ifill: in south africa, a judge ruled today that track star oscar pistorius cannot be convicted of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend. but the double-amputee olympian may yet be convicted of a lesser crime. rohit kachroo of independent television news reports from pretoria. >> reporter: evidence of murder that had taken months to build was dismantled in moments, and this was the consequenc e. >> the accused is charged with premeditated murder. in respect of this charge, the evidence is purely circumstantial. >> reporter: she agreed there was in planning, no plot to kill his girlfriend, and in court, the emotion now was of man who learned that he is not guilty of the gravest charges against him. but the judge finished by warning that she'll reveal tomorrow whether he is guilty of manslaughter. >> he failed to take any step to avoid the resulting death. i am of the view that the accused acted too hastily and used excessive force. in the second sentence, it is clear that his conduct was negligent. >> reporter: he could still be g

u.n. officials arriving. so probably shortly the president will be arriving. to remind you that in less than half hour, we're expecting the president to give his speech at the united nations. a very important speech. something that is -- some developing news at this hour also. this is about the supreme court. justice ruth bader ginsburg apparently says she will not step down. what can you tell us? >> ruth bader ginsburg has virtually been going door to door to tell people for the past several months she's not leaving the court. part of the reason for that i think is that she is nearing a milestone that she had originally set for herself. that she might step down by age 82. she's 81 now. some liberal legal scholars have publicly called for her to step down while president obama is still in office so her successor can be named by him instead of waiting until the next president who might be a republican names her replacement. but in the most sort of forth right statement about this, in an interview to be published in "elle" magazine, she in essence says, i'm not

u.n. officials say more than 1400 iraqis were killed and 1300 wounded last month in acts of terrorism and. most of the casualties were civilians. >>> u.s. air strikes are pounding away at isis including several near the strategic dam in mosul. >>> officials say the al qaeda-linked group has issued a set of demands for their release. over the weekend, a group of trapped filipino peace keepers managed to escape. >>> the legality of the nsa phone records faces a test in new york. the panel of judges is the first to address the controversial surveillance program. it stems from a suit filed by the aclu saying the bulk collection of the phone data is a violation of privacy and federal law. >>> time for an "early start" on your money. asian shares ended higher. the u.s. market is back from the holiday. u.s. futures are higher on the first day of trading in september. historically, september has been the worst month for the stock market. the s&p dropped a half percent since 1960. the september slump hasn't kept it down. they met gains in every year except 2011. the u.s. economy looks good. strong

u.n. officials. and the government itself said that the death toll in gaza was unacceptable. >> the words -- >> i remember what he said in the chamber. after repeated questioning the death toll was 2-3,000 >> no -- >> is by no means a proportionate response to the toll. >> i'm afraid -- >> that we've seen. >> i'm afraid that's a mistake of ubsing of the proportionality test. first of all, let me say that the level of civilian deaths was horrific. i've said so on many occasions. and we want to do everything possible to ensure that such a conflict cannot happen again. but the proportionality test does not require us to look at the number of deaths on each side in the conflict. it requires us to look at the response that was delivered to each individual military action. >> i understand that -- >> and of course -- >> but the point i'm making is if you look at the outcome as a whole then statsically at the very least the fact that so many people died even if a fraction of those attacks were disproportiona

u.n. officials are saying that by then, countries of the world must unveil concrete plans on cutting fossil fuel pollution. >> on the sidelines of the general assembly meetings, the u.s. and allies talking about iran's nuclear program. negotiators over tehran's uranium envichment talks began last week. we are rejoined by jim walsh. he attended dinner last night with iran's president rouhani. this is the first time nuclear talks were not at the top of the agenda. >> it was a bit of a surprise. i've attended eight different dinners at u.n. general assemblies with the iranian president ahmadinejad through rouhani. last night, the focus, i asked about nuclear, but most was terrorism and regional issues in the middle east's instability. >> iran is not on overall partner in the fight against isil, but do you believe there is a back channel relief going on on the ground? >> it is on the ground. raines will tell you as much. i do believe there is cooperation. neither country is going to say it out loud. on the ground, we're working with the kurds, they're working with the kurds. we're working with

u.n. state department official says: >> the topic of i.s.i.l.as been discussed between the two sides earlier in july. it's important that it's a little more out in the open. both need each other. there's coordination taking place behind the scenes, but there seems to be greater conflict level of keeping the collaboration and coordination behind the scenes rather than keeping it in the open. i'm not sure that that is the right track to go. there may be a need for open policy. this is a strong common center that the two sides have. it's about whether the united states, iran and iraq work in tanned some with each other on the issue, rather than letting the issues get in between them. it's important, this is a strong threat to all three, as well as the rest of the region, one thing that in the past has exasperated problems, creating more difficulties than needed is when the united states and iran used the theatres to compete with each other, rather than to collaborate. the cost of competition is high. the benefits of cooperation high. >> thousands o

u.n. state depp official reading that they discussed: >>> the threat from i.s.i.l. is bringing together two countries that don't usually agree on much. the group is taking over kurdish villages in northern syria. 70,000 syrian kurds fled across the border into turkey in 24 hours. we have more on that. >> reporter: walking for miles with a few possessions that they could carry. thousands left their homes. they were fleeing an offensive in nearby syria. men, women and children struggled to make the long ju journey to safety. >> we left our homes. we were close to the fighting. the situation was not safe. we feared for our safety. i.s.i.l. seized dozens of villages, and has been pushing into the kurdish town, also known as kobani in the far north. the u.n.h.c.r. said stepping up efforts to help turkey cope, escaping the fighting between the kurdish forces and i.s.i.l. in the past 24 hours. tensions rose as authorities closed the border temporarily. a crowd gathered to show support. some refugees remained at the checkpoint waiting to see what would happen back home. oth

u.n. officials. the government itself said this death toll in gaza was unacceptable. >> i said it. words. >> the prime minister said it in chamber. he used every word other than isproportionate. a death toll compared to 2,000 o 3,000 compared to 60 on the israeli side is by no means a roportionate response. >> i'm afraid that is a misunderstanding of the proportionality test. first of all, let me say that the level of civilian deaths was horrific. said so on many occasions. outrages. and we want to do everything possible to censure that such a conflict cannot happen again. look at the number of deaths on each side in the conflict. it requires us to look at the response that was delivered to each individual military -- >> i understand. >> the point you're making is if you look at the outcome as a whole then statistically the fact that so many people died, even if a fraction of those ttacks were disproportionate ou know, with the results that we have heard, the point i'm trying to make that -- in the way that we would have expected? >> because the government doesn't think that in thi

u.n. officials call the refugee accuses in syria the biggest humanitarian emergency of other era. >> nearly half of the people have been forced to abandon their homes. >> new clashes this morning in islamabad, where protestors and police are facing off not far from the prime minister's residence. state television says its building was attacked and it was knocked off the air. the protestors want the prime minister to resign. is accused of rigging the last election. three people were killed and 500 hurt in the last two days. >> a bank robber is believed to have struck again. these images were taken in 2012 when he held up a string of banks in california, idaho and washington state. the f.b.i. thinks he may be tied to a heist in nebraska. he is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous. >> we want to make everybody aware of how violent this individual is. he's not afraid to pull the trigger. he's already shot a police officer, so anybody who gives him any resistance, he's not afraid to act. >> $100,000 reward is being offered for his arrest. >> take a look at this. a truck accident in rhode

u.n. officials constantly repeat, the air campaign over iraq just like over syria is not worthwhile unlesse a ground force to back it up. so they made a judgment that only about half of that ground force that you and i as taxpayers paid for for more than a decade is capably of pushing back isis even with the u.s. basically acting as its air force. >> reporting about phantom troops where units would be kind of decimated and the generals or the leaders would still claim that they had the full number of troop and they would be taking the salaries of these nonexi nonexistent personnel like no-show jobs. it's crazy. jim skuty, i appreciate it. i want to dig deeper on this with bobby ghosh and retired army general mark hurtly and rick francona. you had so much experience on the ground in iraq. what do you make that the administration and people inside the intelligence community are saying they were surprised that the iraqi military couldn't stand up. shouldn't more people have seen this coming? >> i think, anderson, jim's report is phenomenal, but i also think that those of us who were there who

u.n. officials and government itself said, that this death toll in gaza was unacceptable. >> my words. >>i remember what the prime minister said in the chamber. used every word other than disproportionate. and after repeated questioning a death toll of 2 to 3,000, compared to 60 something on israeli said is by no means a proportionate response to the total -- i have seen from the israeli side. >> i'm afraid that is mistaken understanding of proportionality test. first of all, let me say that the level of civilian deaths was horrific. i said so on many occasions. >> stating obvious. >> outrageous and we want to do everything possible to insure that such a conflict can not happen again. but the proportionality test does not require us to look at the number of deaths on each side in the conflict. it requires us to look at the response that was delivered to each individual military action. >> i understand that. foreign secretary, but the point i'm making if you look at the outcome as a whole, then is a tis i cannily the very least -- statistically, the fact that some people died, even if a fr

u.n. is officially taking over peace keeping in the central african republic, the african union has been ine last july but struggled to bring peace and stability to the country. for more on this we are joined from an analyst on the international crisis group and was in the national african republic in june and is live from paris, what hopes of success do you have this plan around with this deployment? >> reporter: well, i first think what we should say about the deployment is a positive step because it will have to protect the civilians if other measures are not taken. u.n. mission is a tool and not a strategy itself and so it doesn't address the roots of the conflicts. >> so when you talk about other measures what to you mean? you mean construction and development, those kinds of things? >> yes, exactly. the u.n. mission will be deployed. we will have the full capacity in here next year so we will have to secure the country. the roots and the cause of the conflict are more the economy decline of the deployment of the traffic and state collapse and this is not addressed at the moment. >> wh

u.n. officials. the government itself said that this death toll in gaza was unacceptable.t the prime minister. >> i said it. my words. >> the prime minister said in the chamber, he used other word other than disproportionate. after repeated questioning, a death toll of two to 3,000 compared to 60-something on the israeli side is by no means a proportionate response to the toll of the attacks. >> i'm afraid that's a mistake in understanding of the proportionality test. first of all, let me say that the level of civilian deaths was horrific. i said so on many occasions. >> it's obvious. >> we want do everything possible to ensure that such a conflict cannot happen again. but the proportionality test does not require us to look at the number of deaths on each side in the conflict. it requires us to look at the response that was delivered to each individual military action. sgli understa . >> i understand that. the point i'm making is if you look at the outcome as a whole, then statistically at the very least the fact that so many people died leads one to believe that even if

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white house officials say president obama spoke over the phone with u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon and australian prime minister abbott. officials from japan and russia have seen their relations grow uneasy in recent months over the conflict in ukraine. representatives of both governments have got together in moscow to discuss how to improve relations. more than 400 people attended the forum, including a number of business leaders. delegates from both countries got the chance to express their take on the state of relations. >> translator: i am disappointed that japan's imposing sanctions on russia over the crisis in ukraine. we all recognize that even a temporary halt in cooperation would make it difficult to build a relationship of trust. >> translator: if japan/russia can't settle their territorial dispute in a manner that's acceptable to both countries, a true and stable friendship will be established. >> he was referring to four russian controlled islands claimed by japan. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan's

u.n.'s top officials have pledged to help lebanon deal with the rising number of syrian refugees.anon is home to more than a million syrians, the largest number of refugees in the region. >>> much more still to come on the al jazeera news hour. eight years after a military takeover, fijians head to the polls. >>> india looking east, why a warming of relations with china is going from the political podium to the classroom. plus, coming up in sport the nfl's minnesota vikings reverse their vision on adrian peterson as he faces a charge of child abuse. ♪ >>> u.s. president barack obama says the spread of ebola in west africa could become a threat to global security if not contained. he has announced a $500 million plan for washington to take a greater leadership role in dealing with the virus. >> reporter: president obama has been under increasing pressure to confront the ebola crisis sweeping across west africa, and on tuesday he announced major plans to tackle the outbreak. the president called the outbreak a global health and security crisis that could threaten an entire region. >