:00:00. > :00:08.President Obama warns of no quick fix in Iraq and hints at more US
:00:09. > :00:12.air strikes against Islamist militants.
:00:13. > :00:16.Some aid reaches thousands of Iraqis stranded in mountains in the north
:00:17. > :00:24.I do not think we are going to solve this problem in weeks.
:00:25. > :00:30.I think this is going to take some time.
:00:31. > :00:40.Tens of thousands march in London in protest at Israel's actions in Gaza.
:00:41. > :00:43.England trounce India in the fourth Test to go one-up with
:00:44. > :01:07.President Obama has said halting the advance of Islamist militants
:01:08. > :01:11.in Iraq will take some time and he's hinted at more US airstrikes.
:01:12. > :01:14.Britain is involved in the humanitarian effort.
:01:15. > :01:17.It's sent two RAF cargo planes to deliver supplies to thousands
:01:18. > :01:21.of people from the minority Yazidi community.
:01:22. > :01:29.They have fled into mountains near Sinjar, in the north of the country,
:01:30. > :01:32.to escape forces of the Islamic State, which was known as Isis.
:01:33. > :01:34.Militant fighters have already taken the Christian town of Qaraqosh
:01:35. > :01:39.America's already carried out air strikes against the Islamic
:01:40. > :01:48.From Washington, David Willis reports.
:01:49. > :01:56.America's first military involvement in Iraq in more three yours. Fighter
:01:57. > :02:02.jets dropped laser-guided bombs seeking to halt the advance of
:02:03. > :02:06.Islamist militants bearing down on a Kurdish capital. American citizens
:02:07. > :02:11.are based there and the rebels' advance court the White House by
:02:12. > :02:19.surprise. There is no doubt that their movement over the last several
:02:20. > :02:23.months has been more rapid. More rapid than the intelligence
:02:24. > :02:29.estimates. And I think the expectations of policymakers in and
:02:30. > :02:36.outside of Iraq. The militants' advance has also created a
:02:37. > :02:41.humanitarian crisis of almost unimaginable proportions. Footage of
:02:42. > :02:45.aid workers delivering food and water shows the helicopter
:02:46. > :02:50.surrounded by hundreds of people. Stranded on a mountainside for most
:02:51. > :02:55.a week. The lucky ones, including this young man, were plucked to
:02:56. > :02:57.safety, but thousands of members of the minority Yazidi community
:02:58. > :03:05.remained there after being chased from their homes by the militants.
:03:06. > :03:10.TRANSLATION: There is nothing around us. There is no supplies, no
:03:11. > :03:16.housing. Everything is terrible. The food and water is very bad. Everyday
:03:17. > :03:23.we have seen families of hunger. I think we can only hold out for two
:03:24. > :03:26.more days. American aid has arrived. Supplies parachuted onto
:03:27. > :03:30.the barren mountain top and British cargo planes are also on the way.
:03:31. > :03:37.The challenge is getting the people there to safety all the time the
:03:38. > :03:41.militants lie in wait down below. We are looking at how to support this
:03:42. > :03:46.group of people and get them off that mountain and how we are going
:03:47. > :03:50.to facilitate their exit from what is a completely unacceptable
:03:51. > :03:52.situation. There are dropping supplies is a short-term solution
:03:53. > :03:58.but that is not a long-term solution. The advance has also seen
:03:59. > :04:14.them taking control of a key piece of infrastructure, that flag flies
:04:15. > :04:17.over the morsel -- Mosul dam. President Obama is preparing baby
:04:18. > :04:24.ball for another protracted arrangement in Iraq. -- the people.
:04:25. > :04:27.He said it would depend on a new government in Iraq and the Iraqi
:04:28. > :04:33.security services raising their game. The president left today for a
:04:34. > :04:38.two-week family holiday in Massachusetts, given the pace of
:04:39. > :04:42.events overseas it may not be as relaxing as he would have hoped.
:04:43. > :04:50.Our political correspondent Iain Watson is in Downing Street.
:04:51. > :04:56.President Obama and David Cameron have been talking about next steps
:04:57. > :05:03.to help those Iraqis. What have them I been saying? David Cameron still
:05:04. > :05:06.on holiday. The two men spoke earlier and agreed that the main
:05:07. > :05:12.priority was to get vital supplies to people trapped in the mountains.
:05:13. > :05:15.The focus was very much on humanitarian aid and the two RAF
:05:16. > :05:20.planes are in the area tonight and will be dropping water in reusable
:05:21. > :05:25.containers, not dropping bombs because despite some reports there
:05:26. > :05:30.is no intention for Britain to take part in the current round of US air
:05:31. > :05:35.strikes. The president and the Prime Minister agreed that the drops are
:05:36. > :05:40.only a temporary solution and said that a way has to be found to get
:05:41. > :05:44.these people to safety. If the Iraqi forces cannot deliver that, at that
:05:45. > :05:49.stage and American and British officials will discuss further
:05:50. > :05:53.limited military options but it is just a year since David Cameron was
:05:54. > :05:58.defeated by MPs over plans to get swift air strikes under way in
:05:59. > :06:02.Syria, so well he wants to see progress on the humanitarian effort,
:06:03. > :06:06.elsewhere he is going to proceed with extreme caution.
:06:07. > :06:08.Palestinian health officials say at least seven people have been
:06:09. > :06:10.killed in further Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
:06:11. > :06:14.Israel's resumed its bombardment after a three day cease-fire ended.
:06:15. > :06:17.Palestinian militants, meanwhile, have fired more rockets
:06:18. > :06:24.Our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet is
:06:25. > :06:36.The two sides were negotiating. What hope for those talks? They have not
:06:37. > :06:48.been negotiating for the past 24 hours. The Israeli delegation making
:06:49. > :06:52.it clear that they will not negotiate under rocket fire. We have
:06:53. > :06:58.had a warning from the Palestinian delegation saying that if is real
:06:59. > :07:01.does not agree to resume truce talks unconditionally and the Palestinian
:07:02. > :07:06.delegation would also leave, which would be a disaster for what is
:07:07. > :07:13.already a very fragile process. We are hearing a hardening position
:07:14. > :07:17.from Hamas, a senior official told us that there is no agreement on any
:07:18. > :07:25.of the issues, whether it is easing a blockade or -- and warned that the
:07:26. > :07:33.talks could not drag on indefinitely. Stop there will be
:07:34. > :07:37.concerned there would be an escalation.
:07:38. > :07:39.In London, tens of thousands of people took
:07:40. > :07:41.part in a demonstration in protest against Israel's actions in Gaza.
:07:42. > :07:43.The march came as a British emergency appeal
:07:44. > :07:46.for Gaza said it had raised ?4.5 million in under 24 hours.
:07:47. > :07:53.Anger on the streets of London over a conflict more than
:07:54. > :07:57.2000 miles away in which the UK is not even involved.
:07:58. > :08:00.They came to express their support for the people of Gaza.
:08:01. > :08:04.And to condemn what they claim is Israeli aggression.
:08:05. > :08:06.We are passionate about the illegal occupation
:08:07. > :08:11.We are passionate about the 400 children who have been murdered and
:08:12. > :08:15.the British and the whole world are standing back and doing nothing.
:08:16. > :08:19.Israel is butchering the Palestinians.
:08:20. > :08:21.The Palestinians are being driven out of their homes.
:08:22. > :08:25.They have been massacred in their thousands.
:08:26. > :08:27.As is clearly on display here, the conflict
:08:28. > :08:33.in Gaza is inflaming passions but there are two sides of the dispute.
:08:34. > :08:36.Supporters of the Israeli policy might not have taken to the streets
:08:37. > :08:41.today but they are equally convinced that their cause is the just one.
:08:42. > :08:44.Israel claims the demonstrators are failing to recognise the role
:08:45. > :08:50.We do not have a problem with the protest per se.
:08:51. > :08:52.We have a problem with people expressing
:08:53. > :08:57.support for a terrorist organisation which is designated in the UK.
:08:58. > :09:01.It is the key obstacle to the prosperity of Gaza.
:09:02. > :09:08.British people of all colours and of all political parties stand in
:09:09. > :09:16.In Hyde Park this afternoon speaker after speaker laid
:09:17. > :09:22.the blame firmly on Israel to the approval of the crowd.
:09:23. > :09:25.As in the Middle East itself, opinions here in the UK
:09:26. > :09:29.on the crisis in Gaza seemed firmly entrenched.
:09:30. > :09:36.John Brain, BBC News, central London.
:09:37. > :09:39.There are warnings of more wet and windy weather early tomorrow
:09:40. > :09:42.as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha are forecast to hit the UK.
:09:43. > :09:44.In Cambridgeshire, authorities have been clearing up after torrential
:09:45. > :09:50.rain yesterday caused power cuts and a riverbank to collapse.
:09:51. > :09:52.The West African country of Guinea is closing its borders with
:09:53. > :09:55.Sierra Leone and Liberia to try to halt the spread of Ebola.
:09:56. > :09:59.Nearly 1,000 people in West Africa have died this year from the virus.
:10:00. > :10:02.Our correspondent Will Ross reports from Nigeria, where extra measures
:10:03. > :10:10.With Ebola now declared a national emergency in Nigeria the authorities
:10:11. > :10:14.are calling for extra effort to stop the spread of the deadly virus
:10:15. > :10:20.People have been told to avoid large gatherings but that is easier said
:10:21. > :10:27.More than ?6.5 million have been released to boost
:10:28. > :10:36.Approved ongoing steps to contain the virus such
:10:37. > :10:43.as the establishment of additional isolation centres, case management,
:10:44. > :10:47.deployment of additional personnel, screening at borders and procurement
:10:48. > :10:54.By calling it a national emergency the Nigerian
:10:55. > :10:57.authorities are really saying, let's get ready in case the Ebola
:10:58. > :11:02.virus spreads but it is not the same as declaring a state of emergency
:11:03. > :11:08.There, some freedoms have been suspended.
:11:09. > :11:14.The soldiers stop people moving in or out of the badly hit areas.
:11:15. > :11:18.The outbreak began in a remote area of Guinea in March.
:11:19. > :11:22.It took health experts weeks to realise it was Ebola.
:11:23. > :11:25.The virus quickly spread to neighbouring Liberia and
:11:26. > :11:30.Today, somewhat belatedly, Guinea announced the closure of
:11:31. > :11:37.There have also been two recent deaths in Nigeria where more than
:11:38. > :11:44.With close to 1000 deaths in West Africa, this is the world's
:11:45. > :11:50.The fight against Ebola has been undermined
:11:51. > :11:54.by a lack of education and suspicion of foreign health workers.
:11:55. > :12:01.With all the sport, here's Karthi Gnanasegaram
:12:02. > :12:08.England's cricketers are celebrating beating India by an innings
:12:09. > :12:11.and 54 runs with two days to spare in the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
:12:12. > :12:14.The victory is all the more impressive as it completes
:12:15. > :12:16.a turnaround by a team heavily defeated and criticised after
:12:17. > :12:19.the second Test, and puts England 2-1 up in the five match series.
:12:20. > :12:27.Joe Wilson reports from Old Trafford.
:12:28. > :12:37.Special guests at Old Trafford on Saturday, the sun, not expected for
:12:38. > :12:42.the rest of the match. Joe Root and Joss Butler built a partnership of
:12:43. > :12:49.134. Batting looked easy. It never is. Stuart Broad, somehow it
:12:50. > :12:55.squeezed between the grill and the peak of his helmet. It was stuck
:12:56. > :13:02.inside where it mingled with light. England came out to ball again. 215
:13:03. > :13:08.ahead, but without Stuart Broad, so who would take the wickets? Chris
:13:09. > :13:23.walks was picked ahead of other strong candidates. LBW? Yes.
:13:24. > :13:30.Pujara's face turned to stone. Anderson struck. Remember this began
:13:31. > :13:40.with India's failed appeal to get Anderson band. The match was
:13:41. > :13:45.unravelling. It was as if the site had gone. They had been fighting the
:13:46. > :13:51.Jimmy Anderson Battle of the pitch for the past few weeks and forgot to
:13:52. > :13:56.fight on the pitch. England had bowled India out in 43 overs. The
:13:57. > :14:10.storm may come, but the match has gone. Rory McIlroy has a 1-shot lead
:14:11. > :14:13.at the USPGA championship at Valhalla. He is two under for the
:14:14. > :14:20.day after ten holes. It's the first day
:14:21. > :14:22.of the football season and while the Scottish Champions Celtic don't play
:14:23. > :14:25.until Wednesday it was the chance for some of the newly promoted sides
:14:26. > :14:28.to take centre stage. Dundee's return to
:14:29. > :14:30.the top flight started with Hamilton Academical struggled
:14:31. > :14:33.on day one, losing 2-0 to The Championship season
:14:34. > :14:37.also started today. It's time to pop out of the room for
:14:38. > :14:41.a moment if you don't want to know today's results as the Football
:14:42. > :14:44.League Show is on later on BBC One. Stuart Pearce's first game as
:14:45. > :14:46.manager of Nottingham Forest ended Bournemouth had the biggest win of
:14:47. > :14:52.the day, beating Huddersfield 4-0. In the late game Ipswich beat Fulham
:14:53. > :14:55.2-1. Daryl Murphy with
:14:56. > :14:58.the opening goal for Ipswich. Fulham were relegated from
:14:59. > :15:02.the Premier League last season. England and Ireland are through to
:15:03. > :15:05.the semi-finals of the England's Sarah Hunter scored
:15:06. > :15:09.their only try of the game in a 13-13 draw with Canada that
:15:10. > :15:12.puts England top of their group and knocks four-time champions
:15:13. > :15:16.New Zealand out of the tournament. While Ireland qualified
:15:17. > :15:18.for the final four for the first Wales are out but won their final
:15:19. > :15:30.match against South Africa. Leeds Rhinos resisted
:15:31. > :15:32.a second half fightback from Warrington Wolves to reach
:15:33. > :15:34.Rugby League's Challenge Cup final. Tom Briscoe's try secured
:15:35. > :15:37.a 24-16 victory for Leeds, who will meet either Castleford or Widnes in
:15:38. > :15:51.the final at Wembley in two weeks. You can see more on all of today's
:15:52. > :16:17.stories on the BBC News Channel. The weather system that came off the
:16:18. > :16:20.back of the hurricane looks set to spend Sunday with us in the UK. We
:16:21. > :16:21.have to get