thi >> hello, and welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. feeling the violence, 1 million people forced from their homes an an al quaida limpinged group seizes iraq's second city. this is just the latest round of nighting and it won't be last. we will continue to fight against them with the help of the people. >> on a mission to end sexual violence during wars and getting some star power to help make

it happen. running the nation behind the world cup, brazil's president fries to united the country despite continuing angry about costs of the football tournaments. we begin with a crisis in iraq, where nearly half a million people have escaped. they have left after an al quaida group captures it. they forced the army to retreat on tuesday. the government in baghdad who work with curdish leaders to try to push out the group. the prime minister is being blamed for failing to stop the rebels. >> when i call some of the security chiefs i found out that a large number of them were afraid to even discuss the issue with prime

minister. they were afraid of telling him that there was a security collapse. because a few days before, they sent him reports that were quite contradictory to what was already happening. >> just in the last hour, iraqi prime minister has spoken on the crisis. >> what happened in m objections objectionl was ice sol exploiting the political situation, this is just the latest right of fighting against isil, and it won't be the last. we will continue to fight against them with the help of the people of mosol. isil does not have the power to control the city. they don't have the paw to control the iraqi forces. >> any government forced working with isil would be punished. >> . >> there's been abelia conspiracy, and we will deal with that. we must be united in

facing these criminals that manage to ride the wave of conspiracy, and we with will exopod that. only of the official whose compared against iraq will be punished, those who stood up and confronted the terrorists will be rewarded. >> shortly we will be getting the latest on the situation in northern iraq. but fist let's talk. in the capitol of baghdad, did he have anything else to say? >> that's right. he gave this regular televised address, he does this every tuesday, but this was a significant one, and many iraqis were in tune to it. he did say this was an internal war that it would point the last either. be uh the most interesting thing he said, is that isil took advantage of political divisions within iraqsy soto gain. what does he mean by that? he means that iraqsy society isn't united. that's exactly what the

curds and the sunnies of iraq have accused communist of encouraging, and developing, they say that he as a communist hasn't reached out to all sectors of iraqsy society, so that comment came as a great surprise. he rounded off by saying that the people of m objectionsul haven't been abandoned. >> so he is trying to shift the blame, but where is this leaving him? he is called for a state of emergency, i know that is making people squeamish. >> that's right. many people say that if he is given the kind of sweeping powers of the state of emergency will give him, it is a step backwards for iraqi politics. one of the key sunni players a speaker of the house, says that we are not able to support this idea of a state of emergency, because it will stop the forming of the government which is what their priority is. they also say that he is in control of the army, he has plenty of power,

and in the last four years particularly, he hasn't managed to stop isil and groups like isil. so why does he need a state of emergency? so they are not backing it, so this meeting, may will get that state of emergency. >> what about the other political players within the country? some are saying he wants to get involved, that must be pretty nerve racking for him wondering who else is going to step up to the plate now? >> well, he has been criticized so much over the last 12 months. he ran his election campaign, on the idea that he was the only man able to secure iraq, and many sunni politicians many shiite politicians even those loyal to him, are looking to those words and saying they sound a bit hollow now that we have seen a city of 2 million people taken over by 1300 isil fighters. look, we do agree with the idea that we need

these forces, but we don't want them in an offensive capacity. we want them in a defensive capacity, to protect shrines, to protect shiite mosques and the like. what we don't want to do is get in a situation where we raise up these situation, and we have a country like it was, at a de facto civil war with each other, although not an actual civil war. >> let's talk about this more, footage posted on a social media site appears to show iraqi forces crossing into this semiaton mouse region. three iraq kays are among the convoy shown in this video. in northern iraq, hada, on tuesday, there was a wave of people fleeing the fighting, have you seen that. >> well, i haven't seen that wave of people, what we do know from officials

here in the curdish region, that about out of that estimated 500,000 people who have believe left their homes inside mosul, about 150,000 made their way into the curdish region. the bulk of them came to abil, and some further north. there is no catch where these displaced people go, because the kurdish region has to take care of it's own. priorities to families and young men alone, cannot come into this region, and then they have to either prove that they have somewhere to stay, or that they have someone who can sponsor them in this region. because it is a huge security risk, also for the kurdss. >> some of the army has fled to this region as well. i know they are calling on leaders to help him, where does this leaf th

legislative the region? >> certainly the forces are on red alert, as they describe it. we just saw a huge convoy pass on this road, most of it about 30-kilometers in this direction, we know that further down, there's a huge deployment of these kurdsish forces basically at the border between the two. you know here the authorities put squarely the blame on nuri malaki. that was very clear in the statement made. he says all of this is the result of the sectarian policies that as he described them, carried out. bethe fact that he never wanted to form an included army, that he always tries to keep some people, and i think he meant by that, the

sunnies on the margins, and that's why it was so easy for the isil, to go into mosul, because they must have had someone on the ground, or many people help them do this fantastic operation that they did yesterday. forces loyal to retired libyan general have launched air strikes in the eastern city of benghazi. where they say armed groups are based. the operation was led by halepe, he said he has taken on some of the most powerful group because the government won't. >> hong kong based airliner has twoed flights after two attacks by the pakistani taliban. the airport is open but it is still on red alert, following the deaths of 32 people on sunday. there was another attack on tuesday, but nobody was hurt. leaves the future of

peace talks with the taliban in doubt. a well known egyptian activist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. he was found guilty of taking part in an illegal demonstration. he played a leading role in the uprising in 2011. 20 more people were also sentenced to 15 years in jail on similar charges. the human rights watch are calling the state of human rights in egypt critical. they have released a report. the independent investigations into the unlawful use of force, including mass killings since the ousts of the president. unconditionally released all of those for exercising their civil rights.

since july the third 2013, their place of detention, and the charges against them. we are going to talk to him live now. >> have been locked up in a southern prison, courts have handed down mass death sentences after unfair trials and we are receiving new reports of enforced disappearances and torture. just this morning one of the leading lights of the uprising was sentence to 15 years for participating in a peaceful protest. this is a government what

is doing it's best to shut up all dissent, and there are dark days ahead. >> most of this happened when ceci was in charged now he is formerly the leader, what makes you think that things are going to improve. hi also serves under the administration of morrissey. when i say there are dark days ahead, i think the situation is going to get a lot worse no better. >> what are you hoping to achieve from this report then? raising your concerns. are you hoping for some sort of international pressure? we know that that's lacking. >> if egypt isn't able to deliver a credible investigations into the gross human rights violations we have seen, the international community should step up.

that should include exploring options of the human rights council, including an international investigation. >> what about sexual abuses, we have seen a dramatic increase in sexual abuses, ceci only today talking out against it, why is it become so bad? >> let's remember a few years ago, ceci went on the record of amnesty international defending virginity tests against women protestors. this is an issue that has been present in governments and i think it is time for the egyptian government to stop using it and taking an election to address it. look at the statistics over 99% interviewed said they face sexual harassment, only almost of women have said they have faced domestic violent. it is indemocratic, and ceci needs to give more than a knee jerk reaction to deal with it. >> always good to talk to you nicklas, thank you.

>> thank you. >> the cairo court has ruled that detained al jazeera journalists abdullah as helicoptersami will remain behind bars. the criminal court renewed his imprisonment. his lawyer had requested his immediate release on medical grounds. he has been held without charge since last august, and has been on a hunger strike for more than four months. he insís he won't break his fast, until he is released. al jazeera continues to demand the release of it's other journalists three al jazeera staff falsely accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood have now been held for 165 days. egyptian prosecutors demanded the max mull penalty, they want seven years jail, and 15 years for ba mexicoad. >> there's no shame in being a survivor. that's the message from the first ever global summit on ending sexual violence in conflict.

statistics on sexual assaults are far from definitive, because so many are never reported but what is clear, is that they are common. and syria the number of rape victims are thought to be in the tens of thousands that includes a significant proportion of men, up to 70% of women are thought to have been victims during liberia's long running conflicts. a report on the democratic republic of congo, put the attacks on more than 1,000 a day in 2011. compare those figures with those from countries of peace, 950 rapes a day reported in the united states in 2012. 177 per day in south africa, in the same period. and 46 per day in sweden the highth rate of reported sexual assaults in europe. angelina jolie opened the meeting on tuesday, joined by the british

foreign secretary. she described war zone rape and sexual violence as a tide of injustice around the world. the conference is expected to result in practical action like hague's announcement that the british government has started a $10 million fund, to support rape survivors. >> action aid country director, she joins us live, from the summit in london, thank you very much for joining us, what do you hope to get from this summit? what can it achieve? >> thank you very much. my only hope, is that sexual violence is going to be ended. that's how we end violence against women. >> that's so hard, isn't it. i know you have legal experience, you prime minister a judge, how do

you take away what is learned and achieved at in summit, and implement it? >> well, there are a number of actions that i can propose. as a practitioner, as a human rights activist. one is around reform, in terms of legal reforms. that will help people, survivors to access to justice. that's one, the legal frame work being adopted in countries all the countries because the seven wall violence is happening but out of conflict situation. >> i know you and your family, carry on.

>> yeah, we are looking at will be held accountable. they are both accountability in the country, international accountability in the country, and also regional accountability to want to be seen. that will be targeting the government, or be targeting or be targeted people in uniforms -- >> i was going to say, a lot of these abused are committed by men, aren't they? >> yeah. yeah. >> that's true. yes, they are supposed to be the ones protecting, they are supposed to be the ones promoting the women's right, promoting security, promoting human rights.

but what we are seeing is that most of the time they are the ones perpetrating it, and it is unpunnished, that's not normal. that's not what you want to see happening any more. it is around rehabilitation, rehabilitation of survivors of sexual violence. there is nothing that you can say to protect a woman who has been raped and at the same time being effected by hive hiv aids. so it's a huge huge commitment. in terms of funding, we want commitment from by lateral, and everybody to put in place to finance. gender programs that are there to empower women. >> i'm sorry we dent have

more to talk about more about you and your incredible story, but thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> in the u.s. the second most powerful man in the house of representatives has lost his republican tea partyring a challenger. the defeat has taken shock waves through congress, and has given the conservative movement a landmark victory. >> the latest giant footballs that have propped up on a popular beach. marked with red crosses. they were installed in protest that the amount of money brazil is spending on the event. the antigovernment group says the country is in dire poverty, and

shouldn't be wasting public money. >> only spending $11 billion to stage the world cup, the amount the president has defended. >> we invested about $626 billion in education and healthcare, so in the same timeframe, the amount invested was 212 times more than the amount invested in stadiums. there are concerns about whether the country is ready for thursday's opening match. it was 1950, the last time brazil hosted the world cup, and it was a much different country back then. life was more similar, perhaps even slower. but some things like football are time less, especially in this country. 64 years the football year's greatest spectacle

returns to the land of the beautiful game. spirit has started to take over, part of the reason that fefa chose to host the tournament. who have been beset by construction delays a bit cost overruns. but it's violence protests that could post the biggest worry and cause the most concern. >> although they have p since diminished in sides, they have been replaced by a wave of worker strikes in recent weeks. they are about the honest the world cup of all world cups and they are hoping once the first ball is kicked the country will explode in protest, but in excitement. brazilian authorities are taking no chance, and have put 150,000 security personnel on the streets. they are there to make

sure that it isn't upstaged. they will watch hundreds of cameras monitoring everything going on in the city. the air force will have drones in the sky, monitoring activities during the games and even protests that could break out. last week, the final test match was held at the much delayed world cup stadium, the local team scored their first goal on the new marina. this is a country hoping that all thea will be on the pitch, during the coming weeks. al jazeera, south palo. much more to come, including searching for a police raid, a religious compact as they look for the billionaire owner of a sungen ferry. surrender their weapons. and in sports, expected

to brush aside credit is and announce that he will run for his fifth term as f exfa president. fefa. >> parts of northern indiana are experiencing the highest temperatures in 62 years. emergency measures to save power have been put in place. and that's led to proat the times as reports from the capitol new delhi. around here electricity is never taken for granted. in the north indian state has produced materials for the electrical and automotive industries. but power cuts of up to five hour as day disrupt production, and cost money. >> brothers have little choice but to keep these generators running all the time.

>> since we are losing money, we are losing our profits and times. >> at least 2,000 businesses in this industrial zone are operating at the mercy of the state's half hazard power supply, industry bodies say that states across north india, need to generate 40,000 megawatts more if trade is to stay on track. >> these small enterprises, are neighbors who run the units and most of them have -- so that means a lot of people have become the underemployed one. >> is keeping most pedestrians off the street, and the government is trying to be more frugal with energy supplies. it's proposed cutting power to malls at 10:00 p.m., and ask government offices to turn off their air

conditioners. with no reprieve forecast, electricity shortages are expected to cost the indian economy many millions of dollars observers also warn this extreme weather is a worrying remind tear the ailing party can't keep up with rapidly rising demand. when all else fails it is the ice spender that businesses and households turn to, but even he is struggling. >> i have been doing this for 26 years, my business is doing well. but the supply of ice is very low. i work for 12 hours and ice is ail vailble for only four hours. the government has given itself four days to fix the power problems and a cool change driven by the authorities or mother nature with the arrival of the monsoon season this month, couldn't come fast enough.

am al jazeera, new dell li. >> let's get to weather now. an chance of the heat wave subsiding? >> well, i don't think lit ease slightly over the next day or so, but no great amount. this is a seasonal thing, of course, and what has made it worse is the monsoon rains are a little bit late this year. we have seen some heavy downpours, just pushing up. 18-millimeters of rain here, and again, these are monsoon rain and around 24 hours. we take a look at where the rain should be. mutt this line on our charge, just to show you where they actually are. and you can see how far behind schedule they are sitting at the home. up towards that pal for example, some of these

guys get ten days hence that building heat, and the northern plains. 44 there as we go on into friday. perhaps a touchdown on those values but no great amount, it is stiminto 40's. and it is on the other side of the arabian sea, we have pretty heavy rainmaking it's way through the peninsula, the tropical storm will be moving rapes towards om actionr. >> still to come on the news hour. >> parents and teachers are accusing the government of indoctrinating their children through a free book collection released in public schools. >> and still ahead, the san antonio spurs, champions in miami, robin champions in miami, robin has more later.

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>> forces loyaled to a retired libyan general have launched air strikes in the eastern city.