Solutions for Small Businesses and major corporations. Hat can we do for you . And now bbc world news america. This is world news amercia reporting from washington this is bbc world news america. Britain raises its Terror Threat level to severe. The ambition to create an extremist caliphate in the heart of iraq and syria is a threat to our own security here in the u. K. Nato says Russian Troops and equipment have illegally crossed into ukraine. A clear violation of the countrys sovereignty. Moscow denies the accusations. And with charlies Chocolate Factory originally a little more crowded. Well tell you about the role of the characters who didnt make the cut. Welcome to our news on Public Television in america and around the globe. Today, the u. K. Raised the Terror Threat level from substantial to severe in response to the conflict in syria and iraq. That means an attack is highly likely. But the government says theres no intelligence to suggest that its imminent. Heres a portion of british Prime MinisterDavid Camerons remarks explaining what led to todays announcement. Weve all been shocked and sickened by the barbaric murder american journalist james foley and the voice of a british terrorist recorded on that video. It was clear evidence not that any more was needed, that this is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home that we can hope to ignore. The ambition to create an extremist caliphate in the heart of iraq and syria is a threat to our own security here in the u. K. So what exactly is the threat to the u. K. That led to todays action . The bbcs Frank Gardner has this analysis. Just some of the estimated 500plus britains whove gone to syria with many joining the violent extroomist group isis, now renamed aziz lambic state, named as Islamic State, theyre helped by communications intercepts from gchq, the governments listening center. Their input is then assessed inside this building by a team called the joint terrorist analysis center. It brings together around 100 specialists from defense, intelligence, signals and others. They tell the government on what the level the terrorist threat is facing the public. There are five threat levels in all. They used to be kept secret. Critical is the highest. It last went to that in 2007. Today it was raised from substantial to severe. The newly raised Terror Threat level is partly responsible at you could call easy jihad because Islamic State, british passport holders have been hopping on a flight to turkey, getting on a bus to the border and then walking across into syria. More over 200 of them have returned to britain. Some are stopped and arrested but many have witnessed extreme brutality. This is also the age of social media jihad with tweets and postings on facebook attracting a constant stream of recruits. And then there are the gaps in the government response. Despite some new measures, there just arent enough police and spies to watch everybody around the clock whove come back from the syrian battlefield. You have groups Like Fighting in syria and iraq that have expressing wanting to launch attacks on the west. You have a substantial body of foreigners in britain, in particular, who have been out to fight there, some of whom come back. In brussels this summer a returning jihadist shot dead four people at the jewish museum. Here the government fears there will be more opportunistic world attacks like this and ast years murder of a soldier attacked in a village. They work closely across the country but its difficult to terrorists to plan a largescale attack like the london bombing, but as long as the conflict continues, the greater the risk that those whove taken part of it in may attempt to use their violent skills over here. Frank gardner, bbc news. Well, its the fight against the Islamic State continues, so does the suffering of many living in the conflict zone. Today, the number of Syrian Refugees registered in neighboring countries reached three million. And thousands who fled the iraqi city of mosul are still in dire straits. Gabriel met with some of those who fled and you may find it disturbing. There are those children who made it. Many lost friends or family, all now homeless, but theyre alive and theyre happy about that. But for some selfpreservation came at a huge cost. S they fled, policemen, he was struggling. He and his wife had three kids too young to walk. With fighters from the Islamic State, they were forced to make an almost impossible decision, to leave their 4yearold son, aziz, and save the others. There was a hut beside the road. We put him in there and left him. We couldnt carry him anymore. He was too heavy. It must have been a very difficult decision to make, to leave one of your children behind as you fled. Of course, it was difficult. We just couldnt cope. But kurdish fighters found the boy and brought him to a and he was punished. No one knew his name or who his parents were. Jalal was eventually alerted by a relative who saw a picture of the boy on facebook. He made the journey to syria yesterday, hoping to be reunited with his song. But he arrived too late. Ziz died early that morning. The Islamic State yesterday released new pictures, showing men they say captured Iraqi Kurdish soldiers in a brutal ho of the killing of journalist foley. One was beheaded. They say they will receive the same fate if they continue their cooperation with the United States. We traveled to the front line of the border between syria and iraq. These fighters, mostly syrian kurds, have been battling i. S. For more than two years. They say theyre not intimidated by the islamic groups most gruesome tactics. You can see buildings just a few hundred meters from here. These two sides are literally eyeballtoeyeball here. As we watched the fighters spot some i. S. Vehicles on the move through the midday heat, they fire off a few shots just to remind them that were here, this man tells me. The people in this camp dont even count towards the figure of three million refugees from the syrian war. Thousands of iraqis have found refuge here in kurdish controlled syria, but they dont feel safe and many say theyve already made up their minds to abandon their homeland for good. Gabriel, bbc news in northern syria. For more on the threat posed by the Islamic State and the u. K. s elevation of the terror level, i spoke earlier with barry from the atlantic council, formerly served as senior director at the National Security council. The u. K. Has raised its Terror Threat level. What is the threat to the u. S. . I think its unclear. My best sort of informed speculation is that the u. K. Did so on some very specific intelligence that is not privy to the general public. I think its a very serious matter and theyre taking it, you know, with the appropriate degree of concern. Perhaps the u. S. Intelligence community havent seen that level of specificity regarding specific threats to the United States homeland from the isis group. The u. S. Has citizens whove gone over into iraq and syria. Whats to stop them coming back and committing attacks against the u. S. . Well, i think we developed both countries have developed a pretty comprehensive system for Homeland Security and defense in the aftermath of 9 11 and in the many years since then, many lessons learned, not a leakproof system by any means with bombings in london and the near misses several near misses on the u. S. Homeland with the underwear bomber and times square, etc. So in some ways weve been luckier than good. You can never have a perfect system. So i think the Homeland Defense systems of both countries are reasonably effective but not guaranteed. Now, what about the strategy for tackling Islamic State in syria and iraq . The president raised a few eyebrows yesterday by saying he doesnt have one, but this is a force weve seen grow in strengths for month. Do you think its a white house miscalculation . Its a white house tendency to focus on military withdrawal that in some ways their predecessors overused the military instrument and some ways contributed to the very discussion were having today. But i think perhaps theyre going too far in that direction. Not that they have caused this roblem of isis but that it demands a pretty urgent response. This is the kind of threat countries want to get ahead of and not wait until theyre at the door or at the consulate. We want to get ahead of a terrorist group that has many skills of a nation state and theyre very wellresourced, theyre very good at military tactics, very good at social media and communications. This is not a force to be for us to wait to react. We want to be proactive and preventive. Very briefly, what should the focus be on right now . Well, i think the focus rightly is air strikes, i would go a little further, a little faster and i think the pentagon is currently developing plans with some urgency. I think theres been a lot of criticism of president obama about air strikes but i think air strikes are important now but theyre not sufficient. There needs to be political strategy. There needs to be economic strategy. There needs to be information, communications aspects. Theres got to be a comprehensive approach. I hope thats coming soon. Thank you very much, indeed. My pleasure. Nato has accused russia of blatantly violating ukraines sovereignty by sending troops and weapons over the border. Vladimir putin denied it and blamed ukraine to the crisis, comparing those actions of nazi germany during world war ii. Here is bridgette kendall. Ukraines prorussian rebels are staging a comeback. And theyre seizing back territory. The rebels say theyre fighting on their own, but ukraine says theyre being reinforced by Russian Troops and hardware. And ukraine now needs natos help. It is clear that nato cannot support ukraine with troops and we do not expect nato Member States to do so. We cant protect ourselves. We need your assistance to stop aggression. Till just a few days ago, the rebels in Eastern Ukraine seemed to be on the back foot, forced out of their base, their strong holds. Then came reports of russian tanks and troops coming over the border and now the fighting has spread south. Another is under prorussian control and ukrainians fear another attack. But to involve nato is dangerous. Look at ukraines long border with russia. If nato agreed to help protect it could start an allout war with russia, a nightmare scenario which throughout the cold war nato managed to avoid. As e. U. Foreign ministers gathered today, tensions were rising. These are polish apples that president putin say are poisonous. Tonight, the poles barred the defense ministers plane from using polish airspace. The germans warned the crisis was slipping out of control. The talk of tougher sanctions. Nato secretary general did not rule out ukraine being allowed to join the alliance. Good afternoon. Ukraine has decided to pursue a socalled nonalliance policy. We fully respect if the ukraine d parliament de Ukrainian Parliament decides to meanwhile, president putin denies that Russian Troops are involved. He said that ukraine was the aggressor and reminded him of the nazis and its unclear tougher sanctions would do anything except make you feel you have nothing to lose. For more on the condemnation of russias actions in ukraine, i spoke a brief time ago with Heather Connelly who is now at the center of strategic and international centers. Tough talk coming out of europe today. But what can nato actualry do . Well, what nato is going to do next week is theyre going to announce a readiness action plan. That will be a plan that will help shore up the defense of nato members in the Baltic States and poland. It will focus on a location in poland where nato forces will be there prepositioning forces e potentially, enhanced exercises. What weve seen is an invasion of ukraine, and we need to we need to say invasion. Thats where the president did what the president did not say yesterday. The readiness action play may not be sufficient. There will need more nato resources. We need to help them with lethal assistance, not just nonlethal so a lot of questions. Heather, isnt this a little bit late of shoring up defenses and coming up with plans . You have thousands of troops on the border. People are already not president obama, but other people in europe are calling this an invasion. Nato doesnt have a way. Surely something needs to be done now . I think the immediate action is what, if any, assistance were going to provide to the Ukrainian Military that seems that they are absolutely illequipped and unable, lack the training to defeat what is now a russianled and mobilized effort. Youre absolutely right, there is no time. That should have been happening a long time ago to help ukrainians defend their territory. I think we have time, though, to continue to maintain a very strong line of reassurance and deterrence, that if mr. Putin thinks his plans involve any future nato countries, he is sadly mistaken. Again, what about ukraine, talk of tougher sanctions, but does europe actually have the stomach for sanctions . Well, im encouraged that the Foreign Ministers meeting in milan, tomorrows meeting in brussels where i believe the ukrainian president will speak directly to european leaders, id like the fact that theyre now immediately, not just talking about it, not just preparing, i think theres more resolve in europe than what we have seen in the past. But the economic sanctions are going to impact mr. Putin for the long term. Theyre not changing his behavior. If anything, hes accelerated this crisis. So sanctions need to be toughened. We need europe to do more, but its not going to stop the temporary and what i fear continued escalation of this crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Critical times ahead. Heather connelly, thank you very much for joining me. Thank you. Youre watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights Program Liberia is struggling to fight the outbreak of ebola. Were on the border where major precautions are being taken. Malaysia airlines will lay off nearly 1 3 of its staff as part of a Business Recovery plan. Its loss of two planes this year resulted in a sharp drop of passenger numbers. After weeks of uncertainty, the man in charge of the malaysian governments 70 stake outlined his drastic survival plan. For the Beleaguered Airline to survive, he said, 6,000 jobs would have to go. At its core, the plan involves the creation of a new company which will house the right size work force and contracts. Malaysia airlines was already in deep financial trouble, but the two disasters this year pushed it to the break. Mh17 was shot down over ukraine in july, and the search goes on for mh370, missing without trace since march. Bookings have fallen significantly and by some estimates, the airline is losing around 2 million a day. The loss of two planes has only hastened the inevitable for this bloated, inefficient carrier. E job cuts will keep further misery on staff, some of them lost personal friends onboard both flights. But theyll bring staff ratios more in lining with singapore airlines, a rival that has distinguished itself over years in one important regard, it has managed to make a profit. The company says its begun looking for a new c. E. O. Some long haul flight routes will be cut, but todays press conference heard the Malaysia Airlines name will remain unchanged. Authorities in senegal confirmed the countrys first case of ebola. The Health Minister said the virus was carried by a neighboring guinea since it was first reported in africa in march, over 1,500 people died and more a third of the deaths have been in high beeria. Our correspondent has been to the border between liberia and the ivory coast for more. Silence replaces the normally vibrant border. The border was closed over the weekend, the latest efforts to avoid ebola. Authorities say health is more important than trade, but people here have no idea when the borders are going to reopen. People are suffering financially, but many the borders are closed. Such as this family thats on the other side. Cant come back. She says its difficult but the ear of ebola is worse. This is not a trip you can return from. Were told not to eat bushmeat, not to shake hands and not to have sex. Beyond these mountains lies liberia where ebola is now out of control. To the east is guinea, thick but the rain forest is the only thing that separates the ivory ast from the two worst hit nations. Doctors are practicing what to do if a suspected case arrives. Very detail is considered. Weve done the maximum possible to be ready and vigilant to control the situation. As soon as any suspected case arrives. You can never be ready enough, but i think were Strong Enough o fight this epidemic. The heat inside the suit is the biggest difficulty, he says. Two or three hours is the most anyone can last. Countries have been accused of abandoning the ebolahit nations, closing borders and suspending flights. But ivory coast says it will do everything it can to fight ebola. The ongoing struggle to contain ebola. The it is 50 years since book of charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He intended to include more children lucky enough to win the fwolden ticket and meet Golden Ticket and meet willie wonka and then dropped it. It starts w