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taliban. the search is on in the occupied west bank for three missing israeli teenagers. welcome to the programme. we begin the newshour in iraq. the prime minister called on his countryman to pick up arms and defend the nation. nouri al-maliki vowed to go after all iraqi military officials and deserted. he made the statement from the ancient city of somalia. they've been accused of marginalizing them. the prime minister says it's time for every iraqi who loves their country to fight. >> translation: jihad and fighting is the duty and the job of everyone.

every muslim. we need to understand in an opposite way we not to listen to those that rise and speak, that this is a fatwa against the sunnis. no, this is not against the sunnis, this is not against the shias, it's a fatwa by both sunnis and shias, muslims, to fight and protect the shrines, to protect the holy shrines and defeat those who want to bring it back to the field of fighting. security forces involved in a battle of their own. they have taken control of military headquarters in kirkuk. they were fighting with i.s.i.l., the sunni rebel group wanting to unit iran and iraq

into a calafat group. let's go to imran khan, live in baghdad, following event in the fast-moving story. we hear that the significance of that speech made by prime minister nouri al-maliki was significant. >> that's right. the speech was significant because it happened in somaa. it has been surrounded by sunni rebels who have been negotiating and giving the army there a deadline saying that you have to leave the city otherwise we are going to come in and fight you. when that deadline or ultimatum was issued the iraqi army backed up the forces in samara, with federal police and army forces and nouri al-maliki in a show of strength went to the city on friday to give a speech to the nation and to speak to the

security command there. you heard just of the speech there he was defiant saying that iraqis needed to join in. on his website he's delivered a statement saying that cabinet, his cabinet gave him unlimited powers to deal with what is going on now. he didn't get the state of emergency, so this is what he's doing now, saying "i didn't get the state of emergency in parliament. i'm relying on the cabinet to give me the powers i need.". it's controversial. it's not within the rules. what he means remains to be seen. he's giving tough words in a strong message to the people of iraq that he is trying to deal with what is going on. >> indeed. of course the prime minister himself has been quoted as saying he has unlimited powers to combat the rebels, what does that mean practically?

>> well right now let's bring you up to date with the iraqi operation militarily. in somaa there's an operation, iraqi police forces and pesh morgua forces on kirkuk. air strikes from around mosul from air force fighter jets. we have not seen the mass movement of iraqi army troops, and that is what nouri al-maliki in all the messages in the last 24 hours an alluding to. they are organising mass recruitsment from basra all the way up to other places, included where they are getting people ready to join the army. it's interesting that he has criticised the senior command for leaving their posts in mosul. what he's also said is any ordinary soldiers that left the post, that wants to go back to

the army will be allowed an amnesty and rejoin the unit. >> we'll see what happens in the coming hours. >> thank you for joining us. >> now, the conflict in iraq is complex. it's compounded by tribal divisions, history and politics. within that is the country's religious and ethnic make-up. the majority in iraq is from the muslim shia sect. 60 to 65%. muslim sunnis account for 32 to 37%. it's this sect leading the rebellion against the iraqi government. then there are the ethnic kurds making up 17% of the population, and they want more autonomy in the north. major charles hayman is a military analyst serving in the army from 1962 to 1976. thank you for your time, sir. it seems that the iraqi army, regardless of where they are at the moment, is in disarray. the prime minister is trying to

rally his troops. what seems to be lacking in terms of the hierarchy in command and control that is required to try to fight this offensive that the prime minister wants? >> well, it's an interesting one. it looks as though the iraqi army lacks leadership at the senior level and middle ranking level. general montgomery said in the world war ii, there are no bad soldiers, only bad officers. some of the interviews with iraqi soldiers in kurdistan suggest that that middle ranking leadership, the people that lead them on the field, leave quickly. they need officers that will get up, go forward and say "follow me", there's nothing wrong with the basic iraqi soldier when properly led and equipped. let's assume the army is in

disarray and there's no senior leadership to bring the officers back in to lead them in an assault. we have the option now, we are hearing from the united states, of possible help, and an appeal based on the iraqi prime minister and other governments for help. what sort of help do you think the europeans can offer? >> well, the help needed at the moment is probably fixed-wing aircraft that can do ground to air missions from a military view. they have to fix i.s.i.l. in place, to stop them getting more ground, and especially towards the south. they seem to be doing that. but this is only phase. they seem to be holding i.s.i.l. around somaa. what has to happen now is the

iraqi harmy goes back and -- army goes back and takes cities like mossual, and that's where they'll need high-tech help from military of one sort or another. >> is this sort of confrontation able to happen from the air, or do you think there needs to be more boots on the ground, the iraqi army, that is? >> we have seen in the past how armies in disarray can be literally bought back to live in a few days by sound and effective leadership. people with a plan, people who know what they are doing. now, it's going to be difficult in the case of the iraqi army, but it's not totally impossible. especially with the large numbers of militia volunteers that seem to be coming in from the south. what appears to be going on now is that i.s.i.l. are very successful in sunni dominated areas, but they are not going to

be successful in other areas where there's a shia majority. there'll be a pause now, and in that pause the iraqi army could get itself sorted out. the next three or four days is vital. if they can hold i.s.i.l. on the ground. they can start to come back in a big way. >> briefly, you touched on the fact that an appeal is being made for civil society to stand up to the plate and participate. what do you think can be achieved by the ordinary member of the public who is stepping up saying i will pick up arms and fight? >> well, of course, everybody in the west forgets one thing, that the ordinary members of the public in iraq have probably served in a military force as conscripts at some time or another in the relatively recent past. these people will have a lot of

military training, and they'll be able to go into reserve units and certainly they won't manoeuvre on the battlefield as effectively as regular well-trained troops, they'll hold positions on the ground and they'll be effective at that because they appear to believe in what they are doing. so this is not all over by any means. it doesn't mean, i don't think, that we are going to see this mass if i.s.i.l. invasion of the southern parts of iraq. >> there for your in sight. thank you so much for joining us from the london studio. appreciate it. >> civilians stream out of mosul, a city overrun by i.s.i.l. fighters. most are trying to get to 90km east. half a million are displaced across the north of the country. the united nations says the death toll from fighting may run into the hundreds.

it's not just civilians who are fleeing. a large number of iraqi soldiers deserted the city, opening the way for the rebels to take over. hoda abdel-hamid met some of those soldiers in the north of iraq and sent this report. >> reporter: we met them inside a tent in a makeshift camp, where they live in fear, keeping to themselves. they are soldiers from the iraqi army, who fled mosul when it fell into the hands of the islamic state of iraq and levant, or i.s.i.l. they will not give their names, but their story sheds light on how the army crumbled so quickly. >> we fought for five days and ran out of ammunition. we asked for support - it didn't come. we asked for ammunition - nothing arrived. the big commanders from baghdad ran away and left us. how could we condition fighting? we were left here. >> reporter: not everyone here wanted to be filmed but they came from all over iraq.

they fled and handed weapons over to kurdish authorities, and don't understand what happened. this is a video shot in mosul as the isil fighters were approaching the city. they are sipping defiantly -- singing defiantly "let them come, we are ready to fight." it was meant to boost morale. it was hard on television, watching it height eps their sense of betrayal. i.s.i.l. called on:. >> translation:. >> translation: the men here say this equates to a death sentence. perhaps most of the anger is directed at the iraqi prime minister. >> translation: they took a lot

of equipment. we were based at the mosul hotel. they took the police hostage and killed them. they seized tanks, armoured vehicles. it's a catastrophe. >> reporter: there are many security forces that are stranded. unable to reach their homes and blamed for what iraqi fear to be the collapse of the entire country. the iranian president says he's willing to come to the aid of baghdad if the iraqi government asks. president hassan rouhani said they would help rain fight the sunni rebels within the framework of the law, and his government would be willing to cooperate. iraq has not requested iran's help. now, the u.s. president has offered help. it follows gains to the country by the islamic state of iraq and

levant. it is looking at all options, apart from sending troops to the country. >> this is a wake-up call. iraq's leaders have to demand making hard decisions and compromises to bring the country together. in that effort they'll have the support of the united states and our friends and our allies. iraq's neighbours have responsibilities to support the process. nobody has an interest in seeing terrorists gain a foot hold inside of iraq. nobody is going to benefit from seeing iraq descend into chaos. >> now, the ukranian ministry is launching attacks against the strongholds in the east, follow a shooting down of a military plane, 49 were kill. it happened east of luhansk, as the plane came down to land. rebels used anti-aircraft weapons and a heavy machine-gun

to bring down the plane. let's go live to kim vinnell, near the crash site. what do we know about the incident with the transport plane? >> well, this happened overnight. it happened in il 76 military plane, we know they were carrying military personal, and we are told that it was carrying supplies going in to rotate the personal out from the airport and the military base. what we no about luhansk, is this region is in the control of separatists, and they came and took over two national guard bases. the airport was the last major site that the troops had control of. >> this morning and last night is the ukranian military launched an air strike outside of luhansk. i'm outside. a battle is taking place there. the air strike - we know ground troops are here, we had some of

them a few minutes ago come and speak to us on the road in. >> separatists are ability to attack the military plane. they'll have to work out how to support the troops in the east as it tries to wrestle back the land in the area. >> i think that's right. i mean, in the past few days we had the kiev try to move to strengthen its military. they said they would tripple the winter games of soldiers -- wages of soldiers here. this is a force that has been underfunded for some time. at the same time the separatist have heavy artillery. likely they have access to a large cache of weapons, what we have seen in the past few days, mariupol was regained, and the

ukranian military regained control of 120km of the border, we are seeing a renewed push by the military. welcome back as the situation develops for the moment. thanks for joining us from luhansk. thank you. more to come on the newshour, including the struggle to build a bloodbank. cultural bar yours in south sudan prosecutor -- barriers in south sudan putting lines at risk. and turning backs on the bollywood formula in bangladesh. and a win in the world cup. pashtuns are voting in the second round of the presidential elections. security forces are on high alert at tens of thousands of checkpoints the the taliban said

they would disrupt an election. two rockets were fired at the airport. the vote has been largely peaceful. two candidates are vying to replace hamid karzai, who has been in power for two terms. ashraf ghani took 32% in april, facing christian abbiati, who gained -- facing abdullah abdullah. he aligned himself with the northern alliance, and became advisor to its leader. after the fall of the taliban he served as afghanistan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2005 and ran as an independent candidate in the 2009 election and lost to hamid karzai. the vote was fraudulent. his opponent is ashraf ghani. he's an independent candidate. he worked for the past two decades, including the world

bank. he went on to work as finance minister and chief advisor to hamid karzai. and has pledged to sign a bilateral agreement with the united states. we go live to kabul. a few hours to go before the polls close. there has been sporadic violence across the country and in the capital. what is the situation like now? >> that's right. in fact, before polls open, there's a rocket attack here in kabul. shortly afterwards there were rocket attacks on polling stations in provinces like gazny. we have been seeing about ongoing fighting in the provinces of patika and koona. this is concerning to the authorities who hope that this would be a peaceful vote. there are around 160,000 security personnel deployed across the country to ensure that it is.

although we have seen violence, elsewhere it's been relatively secure. in saying that we are hearing allegations of voter fraud at the polling stations. some allegations of supporters of ashraf ghani have been committing fraud and supporters of abdullah abdullah committing fraud as well. this run-off, which is historic, it is hopefully going to see the first ever democratic transition of power in afghanistan through the ballot box. we are seeing quite a few challenges. >> if we are looking at the challenges of violence and voter fraud. that could turn out to be a problem with voter turn out. that could be problematic in the time result as well. >> absolutely. in fact, we were at a polling station not very long ago here in kabul, and frankly there weren't a lot of people here. at several points in the hour or so that we were there, there were no voters at all. we have been hearing reports from all over the country that

voter turn out has been low. election officials said that the reason there's not a large crowd of voters outside polling stations like in the first round of the election in april is because the voting process is streamlined. there's two candidates to choot from. i think there's a bit more to it than that. it's a run-off, a poll between two candidates, going forriun job, the -- for one job, the top job. they were running for roles in the provincial government, and they have a lot of support in their various provinces. they are able to bring support for them and presidential candidates. it's not the case this time, and that's why we perhaps have not seen the voter turn out this time around. in saying that an awful lot of challenges in afghanistan as voters go to the poll in this historic run off. we'll come back to you as the polls close.

thank you. a u.s. soldier freed by the taliban two weeks ago a part of a prisoner swap is in good conditions. army officials say bowe bergdahl was nervous when he arrived in the u.s. but he looked good and saluted his commanding officer when returned. he was held captive for five years, and has not seen his family still. >> overall we are pleased with his physical state. he was able to ambulate and walk into the hospital, and seemed to do so in a functional manner. we allowed him to get settled in to the hospital and his room, and his environment. and we are going to be planning more comprehensive testing and consultation, stuff not done during phase two. brazil's weather is expected to be good for the world cup. but rain fall in one state flooded the world cup city. heavy machinery was used to help

clear roads. 3,000 have been forced from their homes. three world cup matches will be held there. ghana and the united states on monday. how will the weather hold up in south america? steph has the answers, i hope. >> there has been flooding elsewhere in south america. let me show i pictures that i have got from a dam. that's where we'll start, on the riff, in the south of brazil. that's where we had the worst of the flooding. these are the pictures we see from the southern parts of brazil. in order to alleviate the problems in the south of brazilers we have to open the floodgates. the parana river, is this one, going from braz you will down through paraguay and into the northern parts of argentina. it doesn't stop, it joins another. if you alleviate the flood problems in the northern parts,

what happens is the flood water rushes through the dam, heading into argentina. we are watching this closely, there could be major flooding problems in the next couple of days. on top of that it looks like there'll be wet weather. you can see the blanket of cloud and heavy rain. it will be very, very wet here for some of us. it looks like the rain will slowly peter out as we head through tomorrow. rain, and we don't need wet weather. it will not be as heavy as that we have seen. >> the world health organization is using world blood donor day to call on people to give blood to save mothers. 800 die each day from pregnancy and childbirth complications. we report from a place with one of the highest mortality rates in the world. >> reporter: if this baby was

delivered at home, she would certainly have died. she suffered haemorrhaging after giving birth. doctors worked for hours to stem the bloods loss. most mothers in south sudan don't have access to a clinic. becoming a mother is a dangerous thing they will ever do. the greatst threat to a new mother's life is blood loss. a few clinics store blood for emergencies. if a mother needs a trance fusion, staff -- transfusion. staff have to rush out to try to find a family member with the same blood type prepared to donate. >> we are trying to increase awareness within the camp of the importance of donations. a recent challenge has been family members willing to donate blood to the mothers. we are kind of engaging in a sense sitisation programme about the importance of giving blood to women who have bled after

birth. >> in emergencies blood reserved for u.n. staff have been donated to the mothers, there's not enough stored blood to meet demand. women at the clinic who need blood are brought here. there's cultural problems with getting donors in south sudan. most people are not prepared to give blood to someone not part of their family. if they were, there isn't a facility capable of storing blood on a large scale. at the juba teaching hospital they have four fridges to store blood. most has been donated for people planning to have surgery. almost none of it is available for emergency cases and hospital administrators are calling for a central blood storage facility. >> there should be a national blood transfusion center. it's responsible for conducting awareness, collecting blood,

screening the blood, and storing the blood. and the hospital blood banks will get blood from the blood transfusion center whenever it is required. >> there's no accurate data about how many mothers in south sudan die giving birth. most deliveries happen in the lush. no one is there to take blood. still to come - we'll report from the democratic republic of congo where the military is playing major games against a key rebel group. and the comeback kings - they rally to take n.h.l.'s top prize.

welcome back, you are watching al jazeera's newshour. this is a reminder of the top stories - iraq's prime minister called on his countryman to defend the nation following the capture of towns and cities by sunni rebels. kurdish fighters have taken over the military headquarters in oil-rich kirkuk after fighting members of the islamic state of iraq and levant. the ukranian military is launching air strikes against separatist strongholds in the east of ukraine, following the shooting down of a ukranian plane near the eastern city of luhansk. 49 were killed in that attack.

and afghans are voting in the second round of the presidential election in the defiance of taliban threats. a rocket hit a polling station in one province, killing two. but largely it has been peaceful else are. the israeli military made several arrests in connection with the disappearance of three jewish teenagers. the boys went missing on thursday and are believed to have been abducted. gerald tan at the latest. >> reporter: fanning across the occupied west bank, israeli soldiers block roads and conduct house to house raids in search of three jewish teens missing since thursday much >> translation: contact was lost in the late night hours for three youths, and we have been bys which with a -- busy with a military operation looking for them. >> reporter: local media reports the boys were last seen trying to hitch a ride from hebron.

one is believed to be a u.s. citizen. it's feared they are kidnapped by palestine fighters. >> israel holds mahmoud abbas accountable. he is responsible for the safety and return of young men. >> reporter: the palestinian government denies it has a part to play saying: this is the first serious incident to test relations between israel and a newly formed palestine unity government which includes hamas. the group has said in the past that it would kidnap israeli citizens to use as leverage. that tactic worked before. in 2011 more than 1,000 palestine prisoners were freed in exchange for the release of one israeli soldier. no one has yet claimed responsibility for the latest

disappearances. israel's military says every effort is being made to secure their return. >> al jazeera's bureau chief joins me now from ramallah in the west bank. it's good to have you on the programme. the palestinian authority adamant they know nothing about the missing teenagers. how is the search for them progressing? >> the last information we have from israeli sources is that some progress has been done in the last few hours, but at the same time, all the forces, the israeli forces in the area of hebron, theyto search around problem they continue to search around the area -- search

around, they continue to search around the area, a widespread area. something exciting is happening. it last a few hours, that this force - they check most of the checkpoints in hebron, but continue to do all the searches and all the checking in the whole area, and the prime minister binyamin netanyahu finished in the last few minutes a consolidation, security consultation meeting in the base of the defence ministry in tel aviv and called the captain, meeting in the evening. we are waiting to see if this really progress will implement in the area of hebron. if that is the case and the israelis widen the search to find the teenagers, is there a word from the palestine side

that they, too, are trying to locating where the individuals might be? >> yes. the israeli government start accusing the palestine authority of responsibility for the life of this, but the palestinian authorities deny, saying that they were in the area c, which is under the israeli full occupation security authority, which means that there are no kind of relations. the israeli citizen, the palestinians organisers, security organization, they will try to help in this issue to find this. without which there's no more information and who is suffering more, the palestinian inhabitants. >> thank you for joining us and

giving us the update from ramallah together now a drone trike killed three fighters, targetting a vehicle in southern yemen. it comes a day after four yemeni soldiers and five suspected fighters were killed in two separate attacks in the south. ukraine is bracing for its gas to be shut off. prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk is preparing for russia to turn off the gas. moscow set monday as a deadline for them to pay off part of that $1.9 billion debt. ukraine says they have -- russia says they have not received an appropriate response from kiev. the second-largest company is

facing problems. they are being blamed for damaging the environment. we have this report. >> reporter: it may be june, but spring just arrived in this village in northern russia. it's a short season, with only a couple of months to prepare for the long, harsh winter. the indigenous lived like this for centuries, relying on the surroundings for their food. this man checks his nets for the catch. there is not much. what there is will go into his family's fish soup tonight. >> translation: from olden times we hunt and fish on our land. then they arrive. we don't mind them. but if they drill oil they should respect nature. how are we supposed to fish after they have left. >> reporter: by they he means

russian giants, luke oil, attracted by the hydrogen carbons buried beneath the forests and swamps. they can be seen everywhere, but their relationship with the people is not as good as suggested. this is why leaks from rusty pipes oven are discovered by hunters and fishermen in remote locations. this was found a few kilometres from a village. >> translation: i don't want them to pollute our nature. i care about our children. all they think about is money. >> translation: we are not going to go. our parents and grandparents are buried here. >> reporter: 200 people from 13 nearby villages gathered to retest against the expansion from the oil clients, saying luke oil covers up spills and efforts to clean up are insufficient. people are straight to be heard, but no other journalists came. the tipping point was a new

illegal facility, built without the required consultation with commy communities. several times we asked luke oil for a response to the people's complaints - up in the north of russia and hear at the oil company's moscow headquarters. so far there has been no comment. natural resources remain the backbone of the russian economy, and oil production spread to the farthest corners. a few benefit from jobs, but with environmental damage so commonplace often indigenous people feel the costs outweigh the games. italian prime minister has given powers to his top official, trying to prevent scandals like the one embracing the mayor.

he stepped down in relation to a public works project. >> translation: let's be clear, corruption cannot be fought with now rules, but an educational and civic bet. and with a large investment in the moral conscience. we give the national anti-corruption authorities real powers. the possibility to verify investments and interventions, and this is a huge opportunity for italy to change a military offensive in donningo against an -- bin dong against a you ganned -- democratic republic of democratic republic of congo is said to be making gains. >> reporter: deep in the national park congolese government soldiers pursue a rebel group. firing rockets where it's believed rebels are hiding.

the military pushed them from beni, the border town closest to uganda, and a main supply route. the rebels - it's a good maximum. both sides suffered serious losses. the united nations force is providing the army with technical and logistical support. the u.n. force commander knows it will not be easy getting rid of rebels in the east. >> we need to understand that the violence accumulated for 20 years. many groups, about a third, they have strong actions with the financial base that they have in the area. >> in beni villages are settling into their homes, under government control. >> this is one of the many villages that was under the vol of adf. they come at will, and adapt

young men women, children to use as fighters, porters and wives. >> 800 people have been abducted by the adf in the last five years. a handful have managed to find their way home. this woman sifts through her 16-year-old daughter's clothes. she was abducted by the rebels a year ago. >> translation: the rebels started beating us. we were at the farm when they came. my sons and i escaped. my daughter did not. >> reporter: next door 6-year-old is waiting for her father, abducted two years ago. almost every family has a missing relative. the government may be gaining ground, but the rebels are bringing distress to the region. now, the u.s. president is embarking on a trip to the

poorest place in the country. the pine ridge su indian reservation in south dakota and many are anxiously awaiting the visit, as patty culhane reports. >> reporter: this 13-year-old is used to being turned down as he tries to sell candy to raise money. he's not the only one asking. this is a pine ridge indian reservation, the poorest place in the united states. this is the home of the sioux indian, where there's 80% unemployment, and half the people live below the poverty line. these are people with more than $8 billion in the bank. money they refuse to take. >> it's difficult, and people understand that. as i said, it's hard, and we know it's hard. it will be hard. life will be tough.

we have to stick with our values. >> reporter: they say this is their real home, the black hills, a 2 hour drive from the reservation. the u.s. supreme court greed, three decades ago saying the government stole this sacred land, ordering they pay 100 million. that's money in the bank, earning interests. the sioux say to take it would give up the claim to the land. >> that's where our ancestors went to prayer. it's sacred to them. still to this day it is. they just want the land back. >> reporter: that seemed possible in 2008 when president obama promised to negotiate with the sioux to find a way to give them back some of this land. they say repeated requests have been met with silence from the white house. administration officials will

not say what, if anything, they have done on the issue. >> if he had a heart, he would have the right to help us get our money back. if he's a man of his word. >> ellen no longer believes the ranked will be lifetime but hopes it might be in her son's. >> our app crestors fought for it. we'll fight for it until we get it back. >> a fight of 140 years, a demrimer of -- glimmer of hope fading. they'll tell you that is nothing new. they are a people that have become used to disappointment. well, to south asia and a new generation is bringing bangladeshy films to the scene. it's part of a drive to depict modern society and move away from the indian bollywood-style movies. >> reporter: this man didn't

think he'd end up an ambassador. by taking his movies to festivals, he's a representative of bangladeshi films. he and his friends call themselves the bangladeshi new wave. >> now we can't call it a big movement. i can small that it is brewing. accruing. if we look at the pipeline, the filaments in the pipeline, walking in - making television, if we look at them, i can see, you know, the possibility. i can see. >> faruqy is at the center of a search for identity. his films are praised for a modern approach depicting bangladeshi society. mainstream films are different. full of song and dance, copying from the barclay goodrow formula that has proved so successful.

why the bangladesh new wave can't match the favourites of traditional mellow dramas, they have drawn larger crowds. the teacher is right. time for the emergence of a young savvy audience, tuned in to what he and his colleagues are going to do. they are luring middle class back. many ignored local movies, turning to what is offered on cable television. >> translation: me and my friends didn't watch bangladeshi movies. what is special is the way he shows our culture, the way it is. it connects with people from our generation and makes us go to cinemas. >> faruqy is taking the movie and story to the chang high international film festival, where he'll be competing with other oscar-winning directors. it's impressive company and

faruqy hopes he'll be joined by other bangladeshi faces. still ahead on the newshour - brazil's hottest world cup host cities. footballers punish heat and humidity. details in port. -- details in sport.

parole >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america welcome back, time for sport. >> thank you very much. good to have you along. spain's coach admitted he felt sick after the 5-1 thrashing of spain by netherlands. they had gone into the match not

conceding a game in 500 minutes of world cup football. we have this report. >> reporter: it was billed as a match of football's heavy weights since the clash between spain and the netherlands lied up to the height. things began well jaffi alonso scoring a penalty, that was as good as it got. half time robin van percy levelled the scores. netherlands scoring another four to humiliate spain. spain's next opponent will be chile, beating a gutsy australian team. they were 2-up inside 14 minutes, but the sokk ruse put in a performance to be proud of. tim cahill scoring for the third

consecutive world cup. they couldn't get an equalizer, chile scored, completing a 3-1 win. the other game was a group a clash where mexico beat cameroon 1-0. let's go live to madrid for analysis, and we join a spanish sports paper journalist. what has the feeling in spain been in light of the defeat? >> it's been sock and disappointment. the country is upset at the score line, and the attitude now that the layers have had - after conceding the third goal. there's worry that they have won everything that you can win, and they are running out of motivation, and, you know, there's many things that people are tending to throw the team

upped the bus, we can say. you know, it's a very bad situation. i mean, in terms of the future - in terms of the near future, the team has to, you know, has to basically do the unthinkable. right now they don't depend on themselves. the score is against them, and they need to do - they don't depend on each other. they have to wait for australia to get a point, and for them to win both matches. the situation is dire. spain lost the opening game in south africa, went on to win the tournament. is there the feeling that this can be done again this time, do you think? >> it's difficult now because spain is either competing for playing against brazil in the next round or exiting. now, like i said, the score line is the biggest enemy. the goal difference - spain can win two matches, there can be a

3-way tie. it's not clear that spain will win points. it's a huge factor. switzerland was more considered an accident, a wake-up call. it's more than a wake-up call, it's extreme, that's why people are pest mystic. >> quickly, we are -- pessimistic. quickly, there was criticism of the captain. is there likely to be a place for spain's next game? >> they'll make changes, garcia will not be one of them. he doesn't want to point to him as the pain culprit of the loss. he will have a chat with carr si as and sort everything out. thank you, danny from spain. england start their campaign against italy, meeting for the

first world cup played in a rainforest. there's concerns of how the players will perform in the hot and humid conditions. we have this report from the amazon. >> reporter: another training day for a local team in this amma zonian city, where textures hover between 30-40 degrees celsius with 80% humidity. >> it's difficult and we train every day in the heat. >> reporter: the coach knows when opposing out of town players are suffering from the temperatures temperatures. >> translation: they start fast and after 30 minutes players can't take it. the heat jumps on your back. all of these players are born and raised. they tell me over time they've been able to adjust and adapt to punishing heat and humidity. that's a luxury that the

professional footballers won't have. eight teams play here at the arena in the group stage games at the world cup. the consequences on the heat of the body of the athletes was the subject of researchers. doctors had local players follow transmitters during the game, revealing body heat was over 40 degrees celsius. scary is how the lead researcher described the results. >> translation: there are athletes that have more vulnerability, suffering nausea, dizziness, and the neurological damage is the most worrisome. players are worrying how foreign footballers will cope. >> translation: in europe and other places the climate is different. i don't know how it will affect them. they'll have to deal with it and play good football. in this city the only thing that

will prove stiffer competition is the thick muggy heat happening over the players. there's four matches on saturday in brazil. columbia and greece kick things off. and the last game of the day is the other group c match between japan. in group d they take on costa rica. england versus italy - the game of the day. and al jazeera will have a special brazil 2014 update each and every day at 1540 g.m. t. andy richards is on the end. all the latest news from reporters in brazil. there's live guests and feature stories at 1540 g m t. the los angeles kings are crowned the stanley cup champ lions for a second time. they were trailing the new york rangers in game 5.

a tie-breaking power play goal was scored. alec martinez tracking 40 minutes and 43 into the second overtime period for the 3-2 win, and the championship title. the second consecutive round of 65 put martin kaymer in poll position at the u.s. open. the 2010 pga championship leads after setting a 36-hole scoring record on friday. he leads by six shots going into the third round. before i go - rugby news for you. new zealand beat england 28-27 in the second test in dunedin. to see that and the latest on the world cup. aljazeera.com/brazil2014. i'll have more news for you in a while.

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