:00:21. > :00:26.The BBC understands that a British cargo plane carrying humanitarian
:00:27. > :00:31.aid supplies to Iraq has taken off from RAF Brize Norton this morning.
:00:32. > :00:34.It comes as America carried out a second air
:00:35. > :00:37.drop of food and water to thousands of Yazidi people left stranded
:00:38. > :00:40.on a mountainside in Northern Iraq, after fleeing Islamist fighters.
:00:41. > :00:59.Back in action over Iraq, US fighters and armed drones striking
:01:00. > :01:03.cine militant positions near the bill. Washington's intervention
:01:04. > :01:05.prodded by a rapid new advance by the militants now known as the
:01:06. > :01:08.Islamic state. They have taken several towns and the vital knows
:01:09. > :01:14.all down. But while President Obama says he is ready to authorise more
:01:15. > :01:19.air strikes if necessary he also insists he won't be dragged into
:01:20. > :01:22.another Iraq war. American combat troops will not be returning to
:01:23. > :01:26.fight in Iraq because there is no American military solution to the
:01:27. > :01:30.larger crisis there. What we will do is continue our broader strategy in
:01:31. > :01:33.Iraq, we will protect our citizens, work with the international
:01:34. > :01:37.community to address this humanitarian crisis, we will help
:01:38. > :01:41.prevent these terrorists from having a permanent safe haven from which to
:01:42. > :01:49.attack America. There has also been a second wave of American human
:01:50. > :01:55.Terry and aid drops on Mount Sinjah. Most of the people from the minority
:01:56. > :01:59.Yazidi sect, some relief as the eight floats down on parachutes. We
:02:00. > :02:07.are talking about 25,000 children who continue to be stranded in the
:02:08. > :02:10.mountains around Sinjah. That follows mass displacement that took
:02:11. > :02:14.place on Sunday morning. We are talking about people who are in
:02:15. > :02:18.desperate need for water, for hygiene, for food, for shelter and
:02:19. > :02:22.most of all for safety and protection. The first British aid is
:02:23. > :02:28.also now on its way, as others consider joining the effort. This is
:02:29. > :02:33.a humanitarian disaster on a potentially on a massive scale.
:02:34. > :02:37.President Obama has already said that it has the potential to become
:02:38. > :02:40.a genocide, and that is why it is important for Australia to join
:02:41. > :02:46.without international partners in doing what we can to render
:02:47. > :02:50.humanitarian assistance. But whether the US led intervention will be
:02:51. > :02:58.enough to relieve the humanitarian crisis, or tilt the military balance
:02:59. > :03:06.on the ground, is uncertain. In London there will be a emergency
:03:07. > :03:11.government Cobra committee meeting. What are we expecting from that this
:03:12. > :03:14.afternoon? This meeting is going to focus primarily on the British
:03:15. > :03:18.humanitarian aid effort in Iraq. The cargo plane that took off this
:03:19. > :03:22.morning was carrying supplies can such as tents and clean water. I am
:03:23. > :03:26.also told that this meeting, chaired by the Foreign Secretary, Philip
:03:27. > :03:30.Hammond, we'll look at the Iraq issue more broadly. Downing Street
:03:31. > :03:34.is very much dismissing any suggestion that this could lead to
:03:35. > :03:38.some sort of combat role in Iraq. A source said you could never tell
:03:39. > :03:41.what would happen in Iraq in the much longer term, but there is
:03:42. > :03:45.nothing on the table at the moment. I think in reality the government
:03:46. > :03:51.censors that there is very little in the way of public appetite for any
:03:52. > :03:56.kind of -- the government senses. It could not be sure that MPs would
:03:57. > :04:00.back it the parliament full stop is for David Cameron, he is still on
:04:01. > :04:01.holiday but I am told is going to be having a phone call with President
:04:02. > :04:05.Obama this afternoon. Israel says it's struck over 30
:04:06. > :04:14.sites in Gaza earlier this morning, following the end
:04:15. > :04:16.of the three day ceasefire Palestinian militants have also
:04:17. > :04:22.fired more rockets into Israel. Our Middle East Our Middle East
:04:23. > :04:31.correspondent James Reynolds is Israel has struck a number of sites
:04:32. > :04:35.since midnight, more than 30. We saw one of those strikes about three
:04:36. > :04:39.hours ago in Gaza next to the coast. There was a huge plume of smoke at
:04:40. > :04:42.as Israel went after a building there. We did not hear of any
:04:43. > :04:47.casualties there but Israel says that Hamas made a very big mistake
:04:48. > :04:51.in rejecting an extension of Friday's cease-fire, the cease-fire
:04:52. > :04:56.that ended on Friday, and because of that, Israel said it has resumed its
:04:57. > :04:59.air strike. Palestinians say they are still checking the number of
:05:00. > :05:05.casualties from overnight. There is once gesture that over -- there is
:05:06. > :05:11.one suggestion that up to five people may have been killed in the
:05:12. > :05:15.centre of Gaza. Negotiators may feel that there is a chance to get the
:05:16. > :05:19.truce talks back on track. Indirect talks had been held in Cairo but the
:05:20. > :05:24.differences between the two sides are vast. Hamas wants Israel to end
:05:25. > :05:28.its restrictions, Israel wants Hamas to give up its weapons for good.
:05:29. > :05:30.That is the difference that mediators have to bridge.
:05:31. > :05:33.Meanwhile, police say up to 20,000 people are expected to take part
:05:34. > :05:36.in a march in Central London today, in protest against the Israeli
:05:37. > :05:45.Demonstrators gathered in Oxford Circus; they're expected to make
:05:46. > :05:50.Their way to Hyde Park during the course of the afternoon.
:05:51. > :05:52.The Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak
:05:53. > :05:55.of Ebola a national emergency, and has approved a fund of more than
:05:56. > :06:00.Almost a thousand people have died from the virus in West Africa.
:06:01. > :06:02.There are also reports that a hospital in Canada has quarantined
:06:03. > :06:05.a patient, over fears he may be infected with Ebola.
:06:06. > :06:21.So far, more than 950 people have died from Ebola in West Africa, two
:06:22. > :06:26.of them in Nigeria, a country that, until now, has never before seen the
:06:27. > :06:30.virus. It is deadly, easily spread and difficult to contain. The
:06:31. > :06:34.Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has declared the outbreak
:06:35. > :06:43.of Ebola is a national emergency. More than ?6.5 million has been
:06:44. > :06:47.approved to try and contain it. Goodluck Jonathan approved
:06:48. > :06:50.additional steps to contain the virus, additional isolation
:06:51. > :06:56.centres, case management, contact tracing, deployment of additional
:06:57. > :07:02.personnel, security at Borders and the procurement of required items.
:07:03. > :07:05.The world health organisation has said the spread of Ebola in West
:07:06. > :07:10.Africa is an international health emergency. Experts say this outbreak
:07:11. > :07:14.is unusual, because it started in Guinea, which is the first time it
:07:15. > :07:20.has been affected, and is spreading to urban areas. In Canada, a patient
:07:21. > :07:27.who recently visited Nigeria is being treated for fever and flu-like
:07:28. > :07:31.symptoms in the Toronto area. It is too early for experts to know if it
:07:32. > :07:32.is Ebola. Health officials warn the virus could continue spreading in
:07:33. > :07:37.West Africa for months. Parts of England were hit
:07:38. > :07:40.by flash flooding overnight, causing disruption to homes
:07:41. > :07:42.and roads, and leaving some drivers In Cambridgeshire,
:07:43. > :07:45.a clean-up operation is underway after torrential rain caused power
:07:46. > :07:47.cuts and a riverbank to collapse. More wet and windy weather is
:07:48. > :07:49.expected tomorrow, when the remnants of Hurricane
:07:50. > :08:02.Bertha are forecast to hit the UK. Cricket, and England remain in
:08:03. > :08:06.command in the third day of the fourth test against India, after
:08:07. > :08:10.play was called off yesterday due to rain. Fine weather at Old Trafford
:08:11. > :08:14.allowed Joe Root and Jos Buttler to reach their 100 partnership but both
:08:15. > :08:22.batsmen were subsequently dismissed, and at lunch England were 325-8,
:08:23. > :08:25.that is a lead of 173. However hard you plan, whatever you budget for,
:08:26. > :08:31.where ever you come from, cricket needs son. But Old Trafford on
:08:32. > :08:35.Saturday morning, an area of the outfield which defied drainage had
:08:36. > :08:42.dried up enough to allow play, and while the sunshine, of course, make
:08:43. > :08:45.a. -- make hay. Joe Root guided the ball right towards that problem
:08:46. > :08:51.patch, he came fielder Kumar bravely into the mud. Root got the better of
:08:52. > :08:58.that deal. That was him to 54 is that it has been a sum of recovery
:08:59. > :09:04.the Joe Root. -- that was him to 50. Imagine if you had bought a ticket
:09:05. > :09:08.and found yourself seated behind. Kumar's mood did not improve when he
:09:09. > :09:11.produced an edge from Buttler's back. Tough, but when you are
:09:12. > :09:19.behind, you really need to take them. Root and Buttler continue to
:09:20. > :09:24.flourish for England. Time is still of the essence. Watch the clock and
:09:25. > :09:29.watch the clouds. Everyone knew Sunday's forecast was awful. Score
:09:30. > :09:33.quickly, get, England's basic idea. It was going well, but even an
:09:34. > :09:40.ardent England fan would have some empathy with Singh. A faint touch
:09:41. > :09:45.from Reid. He finally had his first test wicket. -- from Root. He had
:09:46. > :09:54.certainly done his job. You can see more on all of today's
:09:55. > :09:56.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at 20 past
:09:57. > :10:10.for now. A very good afternoon. Last week,
:10:11. > :10:11.over 4000