:00:00. > :00:07.The United States carries out more air strikes against Islamic
:00:08. > :00:13.We report from the frontline, as Iraqi Kurd soldiers try to halt
:00:14. > :00:19.They are digging in over there for what looks like a fight
:00:20. > :00:24.because behand that ridge is now controlled by the Islamic State.
:00:25. > :00:27.As the fighting continues, Britain drops its first humanitarian
:00:28. > :00:33.aid packages to tens of thousands of people trapped in mountains.
:00:34. > :00:48.Another 72 hour cease-fire comes into force between Israel and
:00:49. > :00:50.Hamas. Baroness Warsi,
:00:51. > :00:51.who resigned over Gaza, warns the Conservatives won't win
:00:52. > :00:54.the next election unless they appeal The Australian couple accused
:00:55. > :01:00.of abandoning a surrogate baby with US forces have carried out further
:01:01. > :01:26.air strikes in Iraq, against militants from the Islamic
:01:27. > :01:29.State, the group formerly known as Isis, which has taken control of
:01:30. > :01:33.much of the north of the country. The air strikes came as Britain
:01:34. > :01:36.delivered its first airdrop of humanitarian aid to
:01:37. > :01:40.the thousands of people trapped US air strikes were concentrated
:01:41. > :01:45.around the Kurdish controlled city of Irbil, where thousands of
:01:46. > :01:49.Christians have taken refuge from Our World Affairs Correspondent
:01:50. > :01:59.Caroline Wyatt has travelled beyond Kalak, west of Irbil,
:02:00. > :02:01.where Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been digging in, to try to halt
:02:02. > :02:07.the militants' advance on the city. Kurdish soldiers say they are now
:02:08. > :02:13.determined to fight back against the militants who've sown
:02:14. > :02:17.terror in their wake. Kurdish bulldozers are creating
:02:18. > :02:20.a defensive line to stop the Something these soldiers have
:02:21. > :02:27.been unable Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have
:02:28. > :02:32.brought us to what is the final They are digging in over there
:02:33. > :02:36.for what looks like a fight because behind that ridge is now
:02:37. > :02:40.controlled by the Islamic State. The men here want more ammunition
:02:41. > :02:45.and more air support from the US. The Brigadier in charge
:02:46. > :02:47.of this outpost blames the West for letting the Islamic State
:02:48. > :02:52.gain territory so fast. What are the international
:02:53. > :02:55.community, the UN Security Council and Europe there for, if
:02:56. > :02:58.not to defend peace, humanity and Of course we want the Americans
:02:59. > :03:03.and others to be serious The families who had sought refuge
:03:04. > :03:09.at the camp just across It emptied as they fled again,
:03:10. > :03:14.many to the town Men, women and children driven
:03:15. > :03:25.out of their homes a week ago. The Sunni fighters told them to
:03:26. > :03:32.convert to Islam or die. This three-month-old and his sister
:03:33. > :03:38.are too young to understand what is Their mother breaks down
:03:39. > :03:51.as she tells me she had to leave her She does not know now
:03:52. > :03:54.if she is alive or dead. The husband says
:03:55. > :03:56.the men took everything, first looting their houses then
:03:57. > :03:58.destroying their churches. We need an intervention
:03:59. > :04:00.and an immediate intervention to help these people because they are
:04:01. > :04:04.sleeping outside on the streets, They are just a fraction
:04:05. > :04:14.of the hundreds of thousands of In what people here are calling
:04:15. > :04:20.a humanitarian disaster that The Iraqi government has said
:04:21. > :04:30.hundreds of members of the Yazidi community have been killed
:04:31. > :04:35.by the Islamic State. Thousands of displaced civilians
:04:36. > :04:38.have taken refuge in the Sinjar mountains in the north and, while
:04:39. > :04:42.aid is on its way, the international community is sending a clear message
:04:43. > :04:45.to Iraqi politicians that they must show unity in order to fight
:04:46. > :04:51.the extremist threat. From Washington,
:04:52. > :04:53.David Willis reports. Unverified pictures
:04:54. > :04:56.from Mount Sinjar paint a truly Children hurt and hungry, their
:04:57. > :05:07.parents in constant fear of attack. There are thought to be tens
:05:08. > :05:14.of thousands of members of the minority Yazidi community
:05:15. > :05:17.stuck here after being driven Aid is starting to get through,
:05:18. > :05:22.an RAF Hercules delivered water supplies overnight and American
:05:23. > :05:25.transport planes have been doing France has pledged humanitarian
:05:26. > :05:31.support but the French Foreign Minister on a visit to Iraq
:05:32. > :05:35.said the fate of the country rests It is particularly important
:05:36. > :05:42.at this moment that Iraq has Together they can lead
:05:43. > :05:54.the battle against terrorism. The rapid advance of the Islamist
:05:55. > :05:58.fighters caught the White House off-guard and there have already
:05:59. > :06:02.been calls here for the president to The president's policy for
:06:03. > :06:08.now at least is one of containment, limiting the advance of the
:06:09. > :06:12.Islamist militants, but his critics argue that without a timetable he
:06:13. > :06:17.lacks a coherent strategy for The US continues to mount air
:06:18. > :06:24.strikes in the north of the country and America's presence in the skies
:06:25. > :06:29.above Iraq may be a feature of life Let's return to Irbil now
:06:30. > :06:51.and speak to our World Affairs Do you have any sense of whether the
:06:52. > :06:57.humanitarian aid is making a difference on the ground? I think
:06:58. > :07:03.that is making some impact, perhaps most of all in terms of a boost to
:07:04. > :07:08.morale. People had begun to feel nobody in the outside world was
:07:09. > :07:13.listening. They have had proof that there is some help, but it is a
:07:14. > :07:19.long, slow process and this is the beginning. It has been a boost to
:07:20. > :07:26.morale to the fighters who have reached eight in two villages they
:07:27. > :07:30.had lost. They have suffered ten deaths in a suicide bomb north-east
:07:31. > :07:35.of Baghdad. The Islamic state voters have continued to make gains. They
:07:36. > :07:40.have taken another town to the north-east of Baghdad, spurred on by
:07:41. > :07:47.what they see as being part of a holy war. A lot more remains to be
:07:48. > :07:59.done. They are drugs are perhaps a drop in the ocean. -- air drops. A
:08:00. > :08:03.quarter of a million displaced from their homes with long-term needs and
:08:04. > :08:07.the government is struggling to cope and needs all the help it can get.
:08:08. > :08:10.Another 72 hour ceasefire has just come into effect in Gaza, following
:08:11. > :08:15.Its foreign minister has urged both sides to use the lull to reach a
:08:16. > :08:19.More than 1,900 Palestinians and 67 Israelis have been killed
:08:20. > :08:42.The tower blocks of Gaza and visible in the distance, smog in Israel.
:08:43. > :08:45.This is an intimate conflict, the enemy always on the horizon. The
:08:46. > :08:52.sandbanks mark the border between the two sides. Once again both have
:08:53. > :09:02.agreed to a short-term cease-fire. TRANSLATION: This man says that even
:09:03. > :09:07.if a lasting truce can be put in place Gaza will never be the same.
:09:08. > :09:14.He has treated more than 124 when did children. This five-year-old is
:09:15. > :09:21.his newest patient -- injured children. She has shrapnel in her
:09:22. > :09:32.brain. This doctor has not left Gaza in more than a decade because Israel
:09:33. > :09:38.controls the air, land and sea. We have to ask for freedom. This is our
:09:39. > :09:46.right. We must ask for freedom. Just freedom. The ability to live like
:09:47. > :09:55.other people in the world. This has to be finished. At sunset, the
:09:56. > :10:02.warfare was continuing. Gaza pounded by another air strike. Israel says
:10:03. > :10:08.it hit more than 40 targets today and that Palestinians fired two
:10:09. > :10:13.dozen rockets. The target here was a factory which appeared to be empty
:10:14. > :10:18.but it was beside an apartment block and in a residential area. This
:10:19. > :10:25.happened within about a minute of our hotel. We heard the initial
:10:26. > :10:31.impact from what Israel calls a knock on the roof, a warning to
:10:32. > :10:34.leave the area. We heard a second massive boom which shook buildings
:10:35. > :10:43.in the area and you can see the impact on this factory. These latest
:10:44. > :10:46.strikes are a reminder of Israel's firepower. Many say they are ready
:10:47. > :10:53.to endure more of this rather than keep living under siege.
:10:54. > :11:00.correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Jerusalem.
:11:01. > :11:11.Any prospect of this truce becoming anything more durable? It has just
:11:12. > :11:17.started. There is about nine minutes into this truce. Israel says it is
:11:18. > :11:24.going to watch very closely. It says it will send its delegation back to
:11:25. > :11:30.the Egyptian capital if it holds by morning. The best that can be hoped
:11:31. > :11:38.for is that both sides will continue to roll over these temporary
:11:39. > :11:43.truces. Hamas is saying this is the last chance for a deal. It is widely
:11:44. > :11:53.accepted that neither side wants this war to go on. Both sides have
:11:54. > :11:56.lost heavily. Israel has lost 64 in this campaign and in Gaza the losses
:11:57. > :12:01.are staggering sought a deal has to be done.
:12:02. > :12:03.Baroness Warsi, who last week resigned as a Conservative minister
:12:04. > :12:06.because of the government's stance on the Gaza conflict,
:12:07. > :12:09.has said the Tories won't win the next election unless they do more to
:12:10. > :12:12.But one backbench Conservative has said the Baroness has
:12:13. > :12:16."embarrassed herself" with what he described as a tirade.
:12:17. > :12:23.Here's our political correspondent Vicky Young.
:12:24. > :12:30.As the first Muslim woman to sit in cabinet, she was seen as a symbol of
:12:31. > :12:36.how the Conservative Party had changed under David Cameron. Days
:12:37. > :12:40.after accusing the government of a morally indefensible policy towards
:12:41. > :12:48.Gaza she has widened her attack on the Prime Minister and lashed out at
:12:49. > :12:53.what she calls but she colleagues. In her interview she contrasty to
:12:54. > :12:54.her own background as a northern working-class women with the Prime
:12:55. > :13:13.Minister'sinner circle of advisers. Her remarks have angered some in her
:13:14. > :13:17.party. It is more of an embarrassment to herself that she
:13:18. > :13:21.has moved from her principal resignation about which she believed
:13:22. > :13:25.strongly to then start criticising the government in many other areas
:13:26. > :13:31.which have not reflected in her resignation. She also told the
:13:32. > :13:34.Sunday Times that the Conservatives would not win a general election out
:13:35. > :13:41.great and tell they started attracting more of the ethnic vote.
:13:42. > :13:49.Does that time with black and ethnic minority Tories? I would say
:13:50. > :13:55.remember what you started and what you wanted to say, why people were
:13:56. > :13:58.excited about you. That voice has been quieted by parts of the party
:13:59. > :14:11.chasing getting pulled back from UKIP and the UKIP let Israel, but --
:14:12. > :14:17.UKIP threat is real. It is disappointing that Baroness Warsi
:14:18. > :14:28.has left. She was a bust character. I am sorry to see her go. -- robust.
:14:29. > :14:33.She has always had a reputation as a woman who speaks her mind. It will
:14:34. > :14:38.not be a surprise that she has not gone quietly. Downing Street are
:14:39. > :14:42.refusing to be drawn on all of this, repeating that the Prime
:14:43. > :14:48.Minister was disappointed that she left government, but will not thank
:14:49. > :14:52.her for adding to the criticism often made that David Cameron and
:14:53. > :14:54.the Tory party are out of touch and do not understand the lives of
:14:55. > :14:57.ordinary British voters. Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep
:14:58. > :14:59.Tayyip Erdogan, has become the Mr Erdogan won more than half
:15:00. > :15:03.the vote, forcing Until now the post has been
:15:04. > :15:06.chosen by parliament. In a victory speech delivered
:15:07. > :15:09.from the balcony of his party's headquarters, the three-time
:15:10. > :15:14.Prime Minister thanked everyone who An Australian couple deny abandoning
:15:15. > :15:22.a surrogate twin baby with Down's syndrome and say they wanted to take
:15:23. > :15:25.him home. Giving
:15:26. > :15:26.their first television interview, David Farnell, who's a convicted
:15:27. > :15:29.sex offender, and his wife Wendy claimed the surrogate mother in
:15:30. > :15:32.Thailand refused to give up the baby It is yet another twist
:15:33. > :15:38.in this already confused At the centre of it, seven-month-old
:15:39. > :15:45.Gammy, born with Down's syndrome The Australian couple accused
:15:46. > :15:50.of abandoning him first said they The surrogate claiming they left
:15:51. > :15:57.the baby because of his condition. Now Wendy
:15:58. > :16:00.and David Farnell claim they did want to take him along with his twin
:16:01. > :16:05.sister but were not allowed. We wanted to bring him with us
:16:06. > :16:08.but things were happening The surrogate mother
:16:09. > :16:18.wanted to take our girl. We were getting scared that
:16:19. > :16:21.we were going to lose her. The baby's surrogate has
:16:22. > :16:24.also changed her story. She now claims she did not allow
:16:25. > :16:28.the couple to take the boy. I have never said I wanted
:16:29. > :16:32.to keep both babies. I did not allow Gammy to go back
:16:33. > :16:36.with them because I feared they The Australian couple are
:16:37. > :16:46.being looked into after revelations about
:16:47. > :16:48.David Farnell's past convictions. I have been convicted
:16:49. > :16:51.of child sex offences and I hang This has become a case
:16:52. > :16:58.of who is telling the truth? The Farnells say they will
:16:59. > :17:01.fight to get their son back. Gammy's future still
:17:02. > :17:11.appears very much uncertain. Heavy rain and strong winds have
:17:12. > :17:14.battered parts of Britain, as the remnants of the Caribbean hurricane
:17:15. > :17:16.Bertha sweep across the country. In Hull,
:17:17. > :17:19.a small tornado brought down trees and damaged cars, and this afternoon
:17:20. > :17:23.huge hail stones fell in Hampshire. The storm struck the south coast
:17:24. > :17:26.of England this morning, after nearly a month's worth of rain
:17:27. > :17:33.fell in parts of Wales overnight. Heavy rain delayed the start
:17:34. > :17:36.of the final round of golf at the US PGA Championship at Valhalla
:17:37. > :17:39.where the world number one Rory McIlroy is attempting to win
:17:40. > :17:52.his fourth major title. If yesterday brought a flood of
:17:53. > :18:00.eagles and birdies, today it attracted other wildfowl. Extended
:18:01. > :18:05.dramatically by a downpour that made watching golf tricky and playing it
:18:06. > :18:12.impossible, even for Rory McIlroy. He had to head indoors while a mass
:18:13. > :18:18.mopping up took place. Ernie Els felt everyone should come back
:18:19. > :18:23.tomorrow but he carded four Street birdies when play restarted. It was
:18:24. > :18:27.time for the championship leader. His first tee shot was a little
:18:28. > :18:36.off-line and he will not be given much latitude by Ajay Singh pack. --
:18:37. > :18:41.a chasing pack. He knows how to play final rounds. A sign that the
:18:42. > :18:46.pressure could be affecting the Northern Irishman. This is as much a
:18:47. > :18:50.test of nerve as it is of technique.