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as a weapon of war. and big and sometimes bizarre protesters continue to threaten brazil's world cup. we begin this news hour in iraq where fight verse made their most audacious attack yet. taking control of the second biggest city. mosul. the so-called islam i state of try rack freed fellow fighters and prisons and seized the city's airport. it follows a similar attack on the city of fallujah last year. but mosul is a strategic prize it's an export route for iraq's hole. the prime minister wants to did he larry state of medical. in a moment live reaction. first imran kahn has the report from baghdad. >> reporter: in the early hours of tuesday, fighters from the islamic state of iraq mounted one of the boldest attacks on mosul in the country's north.

some 1300 fighters we seened the city within a few hours took over at least 75% of it. according to local sources. iraq army and police forces also abandoned their position, within a few hours a prison break freed 2,000 for you hundre2400 prison. the government building taken over followed by two tv stations and some banks. a few hours later the prime minister addressed the nation, calling for an emergency session of parliament. >> translator: we call upon the parliament to declare a state of emergency in the country. >> reporter: he also put the arm on maximum alert, called for tribal militias to protect citizens and take the fight to isil. he also called for the international community to act. parliament is likely to convene on thursday to debate the state of emergency. it won't be easy to get as many politicians have pokally criticized his handling the crisis, earlier on tuesday the speak her of the house said

iraq's army were partly to blame. >> translator: when battles intensified inside the city of mosul the iraqi forces abandoned their weapons and commanders fled leaving behind weapons and armorial vehicles their positions were easy pray for terrorists, even the a port, and command positions have all fall inish to weapons cashes. also prisonser stormed and prisoners set free. what happened is a catastrophe by any measure. >> reporter: the question many are asking themselves is how was a lightly armed group like the isil able to take over a city of nearly 2 million people? this is a big prop began at that victory for isil and one they will be keen to trumpet. however other people are worry about any potential state of in addition. they say if the prime minister gets some sweeping powers he might find it very difficult to giver them up. imran kahn, al jazerra, baghdad. isil has been making steady

gains across parts of iraq and syria. more on the group and its aims aimses. >> reporter: they are led by the mysterious figure was captured by u.s. forces in iraq in 2005, but was later released. killed by u.s. forces in 2006 and the group became known as the is limb i can state in iraq under the leadership. but he was killed by u.s. and iraqi forces in 2010. and the group got a new leader. >> this is the unofficial affiliation of al-qauda. it subscribe to al qaeda

ideology and tactics. it's one of the most extremist militant organizations in the jihadist family. >> reporter: the group moved in to syria, but when he tried to bring another jihad group under his control, alt qauda disowned him. but that didn't stop his campaign, his group now controlled parts of northern and eastern syria. , including oil fields. in january isil fighters sent a large force to iraq's anbar province. the iraqi government lawn thed a military campaign against the group but failed to root out the fighters in fallujah and romadi. and over the last week, isil launched daring attacks in two cities. now the group control territory in three iraqi pro provinces bordering syria and that secures the free movement. weapons and fighters between the two countries. isil sources are funding and

power remains unclear. >> most probably i it funds its own activity buys relying on criminacriminality. by relying on local donations. a great deal of private citizens in the gulf. basically in saudi arabia and kuwait and qatar and other places send funds, but obviously it has its own sources inside iraq itself and syria. >> reporter: other critics claim the group is implementing an agenda of the syrian, iraqi and iranian a regimes. their real goals and backers remain unknown, but their attacks have now caught everyone's attention. well, u.n. secretary general says he's gravely concerned about the situation in mosul and your honors all political leaders to so unity against the threats facing iraq. and the u.s. state department has also condemned the attacks, roslyn jordan liver for us in washington, d.c. condemnation and a request for

help from the iraqi prime minister, how much help is he likely to get from the united states? >> reporter: well, the u.s. government has already been providing a number of weapons and weapons systems to the iraqi government under the rubric of the strategic framework agreement that was the deal that was struck three years ago after u.s. forces pulled out of iraq. however, even though prime minister is asking parliament to declare a state of emergency, the state department is not endorsing or rejecting that call it simply is saying at this point, lauren, that what needs to happen is for iraqis from all walks of life to push back against this threat to their intern security. >> and the statement department also pointing out that isil in their view is a threat to the region not just iraq. >> reporter: that's right. the department spokesperson said just a short time ago, during today's press briefing, that

they do see isil as a regional security threat. they say certainly the ongoing civil war in syria is simply making it possible for isil to develop its strength as it were and to bring that instability back in to a country which the state department is also noting has not fully unified as the u.s. would have hoped it would v of course with the prime minister being a member of the shi'ites who are very closely tied with iran, and most of the people in iraq being of the sunni extraction of the muslim faith there is a concern that there isn't as much political unity did fight their religious differences and so that is complicated the situation, at least in the u.s.' view for now. >> roslyn jordan, thanks very much indeed. now to the late nest libya where during the past couple of hours there has been a barrage

of air strikes in western benghazi despite earlier reports of a ceasefire. stephanie dekker joins us liver from tripoli. bring us up-to-date on the air strikes, stephanie. >> reporter: well, they have quieted down from what we hear in the last half hour to an hour, there was intensive air strikes according to one source on the ground that we spoke in areas that had been hit before in western benghazi where bases of groups that have been accused or extremeism. there was a press conference given by tribal elders in the last 10 minutes saying that they have agreed on a ceasefire with other groups, february 17th the justinster wa justin ministe representing. saying if the general does agree for. we spoke to his person a hal han hour ago saying there is no ceasefire until the day of elects june 25th the elects will

be held, two weeks way, there will be a ceasefire, however what is happening on the ground we are not sure we need to hear from the general to see if he agrees to this. but as i said they just said that they wouldn't, so the statement now after that will have to wait and see. it's very difficult to you think tapingal the web here in lib ya. many allegiances keep shifting and i think it's important to note that while the general keeps these air strikes on and off on benghazi it hasn't changed the reality on the ground when it comes to these groups he hasn't made my headway. >> okay, stephanie deck we are an update on the situation in libya. thank you. ma layer is i can't spread by female mosquitoes. now scientist have fountain way to top them from hatching. >> reporter: accounting for one in five child death in africa. the malaria parasite is carried by certain mosquito species. and it's only the females which

bite and spread the disease. now scientists have made way to modify them so only may pha*els are bread. they have done it in five cages like this. in four of the move cages the population had been actually wiped out within six generations because of the lack of females. the scientists inserted mosquitoes with an enzyme that cuts the dna of the female "x" chromosome during production, and the offspring were almost exclusively mail. >> imale. >> it was amazing that i saw the progeny mostly males and basically no female emerging from that. that is really satisfying. >> reporter: if the technique can be repeated outside of the laboratory, the entire malaria-carry mosquito population could be decimated. mosquito nets and sprays as well as medication have had an impact, but now drug-resistent

parasites and insecticide resistance mosquitoes are emerging worldwide mortality rates have dropped by 42% since the year 2000 but malaria still kills more than 600,000 people a year. the situation is worst in africa request where 90% of malaria death happen, most are children younger than five. this technology could bring huge benefits to humans but what about the impact on the ecosystem of eliminating an entire species. the scientists say there is nothing to fear. >> there are thousands of mows pomosquito species and only a handful transmit malaria. the ecological impact i would to say [inaudible] predict that probably will never completely irradicate the population but you will crash the population size to a point that you block transmission of malaria. >> reporter: this is just one promising area of research the world could soon have its first malaria vaccine after strong trial results. but this new technique could be

a cheaper and more effective way of fighting the disease. al jazerra, london. joining me from washington, d.c. to discuss the research is dr. daniel a vet their and i medical entomologies from the u.s. department of agriculture thank you very much indeed for your time, sir. >> reporter: sounds like good news for the eradication of malaria. >> yeah, it certainly does. an approach that eliminates the mosquito vector is an important part of eliminating malaria. >> so what is it -- i mean, are there any concerns when doing this kind of gentleman met i can nod indication? are there things that could happen that we don't know about at this stage? >> well, one of the beautiful things about this strategy is that it's self limit i go. although yolimiting. although you are use be an insect and releasing it in the field it's self-destructing so there is no perpetuation of the genes in the natural population. >> this a better way do you think of irradicating mosquitoes

than say draining swamp lands or spraying chemicals? >> well, it certainly has less effect on other insects and other creatures. because you are targeting that particular species. >> tell me, what kind of good things can you say about mosquito? is there any good about mosquitoes? otherwise people are thinking goodbye to bad are you i object or whatever the phrase is? >> well, you have to remember there are 4,000 different species of mosquitoes and they have different ecological roles, the vest majority are not important to people think but the few species that transmit malaria and other diseases are very detrimental to us soy targeting those particular species is not likely to have broad ecological impact. >> could it work for other

diseases as well? >> it could but you have to design amos toe of a different species to do that sale thing. >> thank you for talking us to. >> oh, you are very welcome. thank you. still much fore ahead this news hour. we are in the democratic republic of congo as some of the most feared rebel have his handed over their weapons after 20 years. also as the hunt goes on for nigeria's kidnapped school girls we ask the leader of a neighboring african country what he's doing do helpful the beleaguered own are the la clippers will not give up the club without a fight. we'll have those details in sport. ♪ ♪ now sexual violence has been a tattoo boo for too long that was the message from a an angela

jolie. al jazerra's barnaby phillips went along. >> reporter: it's an unlikely alliance between the british politician and the poll wood film star, but both are passionate about ending sexual violence in conflict. >> we mist send a message around the world that there is no disgrace in being a a survivor of sexual a violence the shame is on the aggressor. >> reporter: it was in bosnia earlier this year they visited war crime sites and heard of how 10s of thousands of women who were raped in the war live with shame and trauma. only a handful of men have faced justice for these crimes. she says she was raped in a town by a serb paramilitary leader it happened in this building. she says bosnia's women have to speak about what happened to them. >> translator: as long as they are silent, they will feel like they are carrying anatomic bomb in their chest you live with

that trauma, you sleep with it, and you wake up with it. >> reporter: people have come here if from all over the world and find plenty of support and solidarity. but the real test of this conference is whether it has any impact on future wars. and whether sexual violence is less prevalent in them than it has been in so many recent wars and conflicts. there are many stories of courage and dignity here. the politician that his come later in the week will try to harness this spirit and reach an agreement that can somehow be enforces in the many of the world's most dangerous places. >> barnaby phillips in london for more on the conference, barn by. >> reporter: thank you, lauren. yes, a lot of talk today as you saw in my report about getting rid of the stigma, about changing social attitudes also about training soldiers and peacekeepers and police forces and tightenin tightening prosecl

systems, let me bring in my guest at this points because he'll have some interest perspective. he works in uganda for the charity war child. now, uganda, i think of as a country, that suffererred terribly in war in the '80s, '90s early 2,000s but has been at peace more or less for the last 10 years but does the impact of sexual violence still haunt the country from that period? or is it something that has gone a way if you like? >> thank you, barnaby. well, the impact of sexual violence in yo uganda, especialy northern part of uganda is still evident in a lot of the communities we walk in. we have worked with girls who have come back from cap till at this. many came back with babies. >> the lord's resistence. >> exact had, yeah. a lot of them came back with babies, young children who are now growing up and that impact is there h the stigma associated to having a child bon in

captivity from a rebel leader is there. still needs to be work with the community. and the survivers come back, yes, some of them came back four or five year ago but recently they received two survivors that just returned. we are still seeing a stream of people coming through, particularly girls and young women. the impact is is there, there need to be a lot of community awareness for them to be accepted back but also a lot of support for those girls and young women to be able to better reintegrate in to their communities. >> i suppose i should have, does the sexual violence end when the conflict, the war itself end? >> absolutely not. and i think that's really an important issue. i know i this conference is abot sexual violence but just because the conflict has ended doesn't mine the sexual violence has ended. like you said the conflict ended years ago but there is still

high levels of sexual vie violence in yo uganda in the noh or the rest the country and a lot more needs to be done that that tackle that problem. >> let's look at this conference some viewers i am saying sure it's great do bring people together but what sort of impact will it have. how would you, for example, really change altitudes of an organization like the l r.a. or other rebel movements in africa that have done such terrible things, for example which is still going on on in places like south sudan. >> exactly. maybe we nil not be able to the right thing is to be sure the framework is in place. so those doing it, they know there are frameworks for them to be held accountable if they do it. that's one, but also to insure that governments are held accountable. there is a lot that needs to be done within the countries where these things happen. we are talking about uganda, for example, the access to justice, you know, sometimes are still very, very week, access to health care, valuable

life-saving health care are still very lacking. that needs to happen. so i think what the conference is allowing us to do is to talk about those issues, but for me the most important thing about this conference is that we are seeing some phenomenal young women who are survivors of sexual violence in different countries who have come out to express, to say enough is enough. i want to be the last person that will stand in front of the wall again and say this has happened to me. and what we want to see is the media, government agencies, and young people to pick the voices of those young women and use it as a tool to ensure that we all say enough is enough. it doesn't have to happen to the another young person. one more sexual violence is unacceptable. we just shouldn't be. >> thank you very much. speaking of his experiences in uganda and we'll bring you many more store irrelevants from across africa and indeed other parts of the world that have been affected bisexual violence

during conflicts throughout this week's conference in london lauren. >> thanks very much, barnaby phillips. being reported that more than 20 women have been kidnapped in north cease niger nigeria. where more than 200 school girls were taken. gunmen abducted them. search for the girls continues, their kidnapping has brought mass condemnation, knee ye nigeria's neighboring helpin. but the president there there told told al that it's a fight the africans won't be able to lead on their own. >> translator: security has become an issue i of utmost importance for african countries. those in in the region in particular. we said what would in mali will have consequences in neighboring countries and those further air

way. we see it in the central african republic and clearly in nigeria. terrorism has affects most of the world. we have recently met in the capital of began a and agreed on coordinator efforts in sharing ill tell general, having efficient security force forcesn excellent army because when a group like boko haram kidnaps 200 girls it tells a lot about our concern with the group. >> they cap toured most the northern mali in 2012, boca uh-huh ram fighters were there, they had train bases. do you think they are still operating in the area or they have moved to nigeria? >> translator: we are cooperating with the nigerians to track all possible leads on the fighters. the training camps of boko haram were not all dismantled. when you see the groups deliberately killing innocent

people you realize it has nothing to do with islam. and when you have this happening, that no efforts should be spared to put an end to this phenomenon. more rebels from the democratic forces the liberation of rwanda have laid down their weapons part of a voluntary disarmament exercise that began last week. katherine reports from congo. >> reporter: after 20 years, some of the most know door justicknownotoriousrebels ventur weapons in a ceremony led by the southern african development community a faction of predon't fant hutpredominant hutu group. they are accused of murder, rape, abduction the use of child soldiers, some of leader are wanted by the rwandan government in alleged involvement in the

1994 genocide. >> for those members who have been involved in the genocide, they have to be brought to bicycle. >> reporter: many refugees need here for years under the protection of the fdlr say they are ready to go home. leaders are being very cautious, presenting few after more civilians they say that once political negotiations with rwanda. in the ceremony only 83 fighters showed up and 284 of their dependents, most of the main leaders and commanders are yet to be publicly seen. >> if they say there are those among under the circumstances involved in a genocide, we need to sit down and talk with them so question get a solution. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but it will be much simpler for congolese fighters who were in the group, many will end up in camps for demobilized rebels such as this one.

here roughly 500 homegrown rebels who laid down their weapons wait to be reintegrated in to the army or sent home. he joined the rebel group 10 years ago. after the mushed of her children, but she is tired of fighting now. >> we fight but there is not solution. it's better to serve the country. and make an honest living. >> reporter: close to 5,000 rebels have surrendered their weapons since last year. but many more remain in the jungle. and in villages far way from government protection. doubts of how difficult it is to stabilize this troubled region. al jazerra, eastern congo. in the news ahead. a hostile courtroom are you accepting for crew members of soutsouth korea sunken ferry frm

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