>> the islamic state in iraq and the levant have been taking part in a rally. therthere, there are fighters who have been in control there for a week now. hundreds are moving out to join the fight against the rebels. these are pictures of zag bad taken on monday morning. fighters are in army fatigues.

volunteers called by top cleric in iraq. many are been forced to leave their homes because of the violence. let's take a look at the latest take over. >> reporter: this is an important victory because they are on the road to the syrian border. one could imagine they wanted to make sure they could get to th through a corridor. there has been fear fighting, and there is on one group of

the army who has crumbled, and they are trying to get into the kurdish region. but it is becoming very difficult for them to get into the kurdish region because the pressure is too much. they're trying to find a solution, and they're trying toll put pressure on the international community to act a bit quicker and also to donate money to this situation which has no end in sight. meanwhile, prime minister maliki remains fired. he says they'll regain every inch they have lost. but they have loft a lo lost a lot ofter into baghdad and into

the border of the kurdish region. it is the biggest military base in the area. known here at k 1. until a few days ago it was entrusted to the military division of the iraqi army. they were deployed from basra. we take a tour of what looks more like a ghost town than anything else. millions of dollars of u.s.-made equipment reused to wreckage. this is the command center. it's called burned out. it's not clear who was behind the fire. some say they destroyed as much as they could before running away. but it seems that everyone here left in a hurry. leaving everything behind. a prisoner register' registry

and a manue manuel. this is a list of all the names of soldiers and officers, and their personal addresses. these are passport photos some of them with their names on them if they were were to get their hands on them, they would go after one by one. >> all the kurdish areas are under our protection. since 2004 we've been trying to explain we want to help protect people. now look at what a terrible fate. >> reporter: yet, this situation is some how a blessing. one of the main points of

contention between baghdad and kurdish authorities is the debate over disputed territories. a large area of land claimed by both. >> it has been solved underground. iraq is almost split. there are problems that have not been involved, and there is no trust between the people and the political leadership. >> the flags are still flying by, but it is difficult to see how baghdad will ever be able to impose its rule here. this graffiti says "one iraq for one people." the truth could not be further away from that. >> we're just hearing that the iraqi kurdish leader is in

tehran. what is he doing there? >> they're talking about bilateral relations, and certainly these crisis are in the talks. there have been some squirrelishes anskirmishes. the kurds have so far for the last 11 years, ever since this sectarian war started among sunni and shias tried to keep away from this and go on with their own lives. now they ar it is feared that they could be dragged in even if they don't want to because of their borders. that's the closest fighting they've had from home. we've heard from several forces

that iraq had reached out with the curd as office of prime minister aialprime minister al maliki has reached out to the kurds. but they're trying to keep out of it as much as possible. >> the u.s. is open to discussions with iran over the conflict in iraq. james bays joining us from new york. what form would these discussions take? >> well, there are already meetings taking place. the so-called p-5 members of the u.n. security council and

germany having a meeting planned in vienna with the iranians. a very high level meeting. it will have the foreign minister there and the deputy secretary of state bill burns. we learned from a senior u.s. administration official they're going to discuss the issue in iraq. we were told by an official they werthat it was possible that they would discuss the situation going on in iraq. but it is highly likely that they are going to have discussions in iraq. in the last few minutes as you say the secretary of state bill burns' boss, john kerry, has been speaking saying that the u.s. was considering airstrikes in iraq saying that that wouldn't be the whole answer to

the problem, but it would be part of the answer, making it clear that he is open to discussion with iran. >> if they do end up with some discussion over iraq, is that going to ease the negotiations. we are in a crucial stage in the deadlocks. they're getting close to the end. officials have been talking for some time that if there was a deal it could be a game changer, and it could mean that u.s. would negotiate with iraq or iran on a series of issues. now you have the problem of iraq being involved in this as well. some of its key allies in the region, notably israel and also the country's in the persian

gulf in saudi arabia are deeply issues about the u.s. getting closer to iraq. >> james bays from new york. thank you very much. >> in kenya 48 people are dead. not far from a coastal resort there was open fire on hotels, banks and government officials. pictures show damaged buildings and burned out cars. kenyan interior issued a warning to the attackers. >> i issue the fact that there saline this no one should cross, and that red line has been crossed. >> the politicians are here by

wanting to desist from inciting the public. >> show us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, as you can probably see behind me, laura, many buildings are smolder. very palpable sense of we which woul--of bewilderment. no one was arrested, how they managed to overwhelm the population with very minute security force that was based here. i was able to see the building that have been down. attackers were able to seize weapons that were held there, something that the police are denying. they're still trying to identify

the bodies. clearly they were not prepared for that number of bodies. >> this is a big attack. we're hearing of the attack. >> this is the largest attacks since the attack on the westgate shopping mall. they say there is something different about this nature, the way it unfolded. the destinations did not target the nearby tourist resorts despite ongoing terrorist threats there. we're seeing an attack on a tiny village miles away from the destination, start with the locals in that destination.

and they simply did not see that coming. there is no confirmation that it's president will come to visit the play, but the security chief will be visiting the town. >> a little more now abou aboutal-shabab, the group blamed for this attack. the kenyan government sending it's army to fight the rebels there, but that did not stop al-shabaab. they continued to target,

including the kenyan westgate mall attack that killed 68 people. senior leaders warn that the group intends to shift its attention even more towards kenya and intend to carry out revenge killing including those that target girls. we go to one of our journalists who specialized in sub sahara africa. in this case al-shabaab is being blamed? >> just before i came on air i spoke to a spokesman who told me they would be making a statement in the next two hours. the reason why al-shabaab, they have some of the holds of al-shabaab. if you look at the last three years, since kenya went into somalia, there has been a

fighting group with kenya and very pro-government killed last week claimed last week. they closed their consulate in mu mbasa. >> there are warnings leading up to the attack. it's not a particularly touristy area. why the local towns. >> the media attention is quite significant if you look at it, about 25% of the kenyan based on tourism directly or indirectly.

so they have large number of unemployed youth who are sympathetic to the cause of al-shabaab. that could be the reason. but also if you look at it, the government had all the signs to listen to the youth in mbasas. one thing that is clear is that al-shabaab has not carried out an attack so far from the border, they have claimed responsibility for attacks close tort border. not in the tourist parts of kenya. >> coming up, in this news hour we take you to pakistan's karachi, which has become a major source of funding. >> the did yoand blood types

for apes. we'll go to the world cup and all that action. >> israel's prime minister and palestine prime minister has spoken about three israeli teenagers missing from the west bank since thursday. benjamin netanyahu said he expects abbas to return the boys. they hold them responsible. we're live from tefu west hebron in the occupied west bank. an intensive search operation happening by the israeli forces. tell us what is going on.

it was not far from cities that the three teenagers who are presumed kidnap were taken. just behind me in one of the large houses down the hill here. there are israeli soldiers searching this house we've seen several vehicles moving by. they are going into houses and detaining the people inside hose houses. they've been in this particular house behind us for several hours there. there has been quite a bit of activity in this area. in the past few days there have been check points checking cars, checking vehicles, almost loc lockdown in hebron city. we've been in hebron city for most of the afternoon, and the

streets are calm and quiet. but these house-to-house visits, many of which are happening at night where they want to make arrest of hamas officials, that is still ongoing. >> calling on abbas to help, but how much help can he really give? >> the palestinians said from the start that they are helping. they're reaching out and cooperating with the israelis. they pointed out that these three teenagers, if they were taken, were not taken in an area controlled by the palestinian authority. that's been an ongoing row with benjamin netanyahu and mahmood abbas. both saying that the other is responsible for this. but right now people are worried what the israelis can do next. they have pushed very hard with their line and israelis saying

that this i already there is a ban for a week now for all palestinian prisoners, that their families could not come, and tha there is fear that that could ratchet up the tension between them. if the israelis decide to move on any hamas prisoners that they have. >> reporting live from hebron. thank you very much. >> the trial of three al jazeera journalists has been continued.

they have been held for 178 days. al jazeera is rejecting charges and is demanding their immediate release. abdullah elshamy has been held in detention but has not been charged. he has been on a hunger strike for five months. his health is deteriorating rapidly. kiev said moscow is letting politics get in the way. we have reports from doneskt. >> you crane's gas tax has officially been turned off. they have failed to solve the price dispute that has been pulling away for months. now moscow said its time to pay

off. >> it's absolutely clear that yet's is part of a plan that started with the annexation of crimea with the delivery of weapons from russia into the ukrainian territory. >> in april russia hiked the gas price for ukraine by 80%. kiev called foul calling it it political pay back for ousted president viktor yanukovych. but russia said that it had been paying below market rate and said for now on all gas must be paid for in advance. >> in full accords with the contract the decision was taken. from 10:00 moscow time you korean receives gas according to

the paid volume. right now no payments for old debts and for june have been received. >> kiev said it has enough gas in storage to last until december but there could be sportages in the coldest winter months. hard lines like these can be seen in towns and across ukraine. many are pumping russian gas into europe. ukrainians are tired. they believe this should be quickly solved. >> i think they will magic to

negotiate and compromise. it may not satisfy everyone, but you cannot do without gas. >> gas is good, but they use it as a political tool. it is not acceptable. >> with a conflict in the east, but finding a compromise could be difficult. >> blood transfusions have transformed medicine over the past century. it all began with humans, now horses, dogs, cats, even ferrets have been blood typed. so doctors can find a ready supply in an emergency. they have found brood types in

captive apes. >> in 2005 another gorilla was dying and needed a transfusion. so lincoln park zoo sedated him and used his blood. it almost worked. but the blood was a match. turn to go chief veterinarian to ask the question that a has advanced science throughout the age. why not. >> we went into it this. can "z" we know kwon's blood type? no, we could have sedated him, and h he not have been a match. i said has this been done before? she said no, should we do this? yes, we should do it.

now there are blood types of gorillas and orange tangs around the globe. >> it has allowed people to not just think of transfusion as well, if we get to that at the end, now it can be looked at as a preventive muir. >> what the animal care team decided to create a database, the trick was to get the apes to give blood tests. turns out it was no trick at all. >> when an animal is sick or passes, it's very tragic and you do mourn the loss. they become part of your family. you see them more--sometimes more than you see your regular

family. >> for the closest relative to man a little preventive medicine seems the least we can do. al jazeera, chicago. >> now let's get the latest weather with everton and we've got news they might have impacted those in the world tup. >> yes, that's right. take a look at this. this has been coming down liketer rise. there has been heavy rain here and that rain that's been going on for the last few days. 120 millimeters of rain has come down in the same location, and since that day we've seen 279 millimeters. let's bear in mind this is what it looks like when we see this much rain coming down.

there has been flooding and there have been mudslides as well. that poor weather with the latest in mudslides 25 homes have been destroyed because of poor conditions. in tonight's game between the united states and ghana, that's going to be taking place in the town. we have the onshore breeze coming in from the atlantic. we may see wet weather continuing to cause problems, and hopefully it won't be too bad. we're seeing more showers for tuesday and wednesday. >> still to come on al jazeera, christians and muslims in sri lanka.

>> the world hers taj has been removed from these pristine forests. >> dominance comes to an end as san antonio spurs are crowned grand champion.

>> hello again. we'll give you a quick run through. city rebels have been taking part in a rally in the second

largest city. 48 people have been killed in a suspected attack in kenya. several hotels were attacked and set on fire. and israel's military is expanding it's search for three teenagers missing in the west bank since thursday. it holds hamas responsible for the abduction. the funeral of the palestinian killed by the israeli army joins the search that was held on monday. to our top story, the rebellion in iraq. some western embassies, including the u.s. have been evacuating staff from baghdad despite government claims it has made gains against the fighters. isil captured the key cities of

mosul last week. militants are in control of the province. the latest town to fall into rebel hands. we go to a director of the institute for military analysis, he said that the rebels have gained great momentum in northern iraq. >> they've been on a tsunami for a past week, and they're picking up a lot of convic equipment, finances and information that is leading them to capture more cities and towns as they begin

to circle baghdad from the north. there is every indication that they're going to arrest baghdad, but according to isis' drive, capturing baghdad if they could possibly do that would be a huge strategic and tactical victory that would insight a lot of other groups and individuals who are following them to commit violence elsewhere in the region and beyond. i think the al maliki situation is one where he's out on a pr prisipice. it is used to frighten others and serving its information

service. i think al maliki is going to have a very difficult time trying to fix this situation if he is able to come out of this in one piece. >> pakistani taliban where troops have been targeted. six troops have died. it is seen as a response to an attack o on the airport in karachi last month. >> well, as you mentioned we

have been told there have been rally where is 12 have been killed and airstrikes. across the country railway stations and airports are all on red alert. security has been beefed up. we're hearing from the province, military operation is likely to land for some time. they have surrounded certain fighters in the north whic wiri. peand the government will

conduct operations in areas where the leader of the pakistan taliban is to be hiding. >> using pakistan's largest city in karachi to raise funds. fighters made $1.2 million from kidnappings alone. >> a police sweep in one of the karachi slums searching for fighters. it's part of an ongoing operation against criminals in the city. 20million people are expected to be living in pakistan's largest city. police say this search was successful. weapons were found and suspects were arrested. over the last few years taliban fighters have come to karachi after operations to the north. >> the largest population outside of tribal people south and north.

they have the highest numbers of taliban fighters. >> the fighting sears the extra burden of terrorism operations. many people simply don't trust policemen and the taliban know it. >> they can make watch thousand in a few threaten phone calls. the tal taliban moved to kidnapping extortion where they raised $1.2 million. >> taliban and other groups can generate millions of dollars.

besides kidnapping, they urge their oh host nation or they will suffer demise. >> densely populated houses and narrow alley ways makes it difficult to chase targets. >> not many of us are willing to fight, especially when it comes to family. many will sacrifice themselves but when it comes to their family not many are willing to sacrifice all. >> unless they can improve their image among people who collect necessary intelligence, they will b, this will be the biggest threat facing one of the country's largest cities.

>> five people were killed and 40 more hurt. china blames separatists on the attack. we have more from beijing. >> what aharms people of the time is this. it was the first time that really beijing had really experienced urban terrorism, and it came as a huge shock. then a few months later there was an attack where 29 people were stabbed to death. again an attack blamed on ethnic leaders. and then a few weeks ago there was a coordinated car bomb attack that happened in the center of the city. ever since then there has been an intensive crackdown by the authorities. their big worry is that the war is now spreading beyond those

borders to other parts of china. >> the head of a manufacturing plant in india has been beaten to death. there was violence when he increase the demands to breeze working hours. security staff were also attacked. sri lanka where violence began. shops were burned and mosques attacked. muslims make up 10% of sri lanka's population. christians have been targeted by hard linist groups. we have reports from colombo. >> one of the prisoners told me

not to film the faces of people in congregation. they're afraid after attacks on what they describe buddhist nationalist groups. preaching for the assembly of god here since 1997. he shows the video of the attack on his church earlier this year. >> they broke down the gate and destroyed all windows and they set fire to all the religious books. >> the assembly of god was started in the u.s. a hundred years ago. with 166 followers it's the largest pentecostal denomination in the world. we went to see the monk who led the attack. >> these people go into villages saying buddha is a liar. they destroy buddhism.

>> it's not just the evangelical christian community who are being targeted. >> tension is still apparent in this neighborhood of colombo. we tried to go down to the mosque but we were stopped from filming by a group of young buddhist. >> the largest buddhist groups deny any part of the violence. >> of course, we have exposed the fundamental groups. >> thithe vast majority of buddhist condemn any violence against other faiths.

>> you can find there may be some radical moment. you can see there are some of these things. they come and they go. >> there are hopes that moderate views like this held by most buttist buddhist in sri lanka would calm the situation. >> calling on the world community. it's all about money, and andrew thomas reports from tazmania. >> reporter: they reach for the sky growing straight up. some as much as 80 meters tall

and 400 to 600 years old. right now the trees are protected. they can't be logged. >> last year the world community added the wet forest to the world heritage. >> reporter: that listing by unes co, with you jobs are at risk. this guitar made from tasmanian trees sells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> to say that this is a birdseye pine, and you can only get that in tazmania. that is the corne cornerstone of our industry. >> reporter: late last year the australian government changed one of the things that the environmental standards is holding back from the economy. to reverse last year's decision

to say that this is not world heritage value. that has outraged environmentalists who thought they had won the war that dates back decades. >> this has been protected on behalf of all humanity and added to our world heritage area. and it's an international embarrassment that australia is prepared to go down the line to undo that list something it can be logged. >> some specialized industries think t that reports from flawed and no attention was paid to the culture value of what they do. >> these products grow in forests. we can't harvest them where they do not grow. >> reporter: then the quality of what is left, heritage forests are pristine. it has been logged before.

it's pretty unprecedented for the country to ask for the delisting of one of its heritage sites. they'll have to decide if their original listing was based on bad advise and whether they will be allowed to continue logging these giant trees. >> the latest from brazil 2014 is just ahead. >> world cup fever grips miami. we'll be looking at how far the sport of football has come in the u.s.

by kids. >> i think that at sixteen it's a little too early to write him off for life. >> should they be locked away for good? >> he had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong.

>> we will go to sports. >> thank you so much. a single goal at the last world cup but the first of this tournament was one to be remembered for argentina. [♪ music ] >> the world cup in brazil saw two-time champions argentina, they conceded a known goal after three minutes. with the final touch to put argentina in front. argentina's captain and star player messi showed why he is considered the best in the world they would make it 2-0 after 65 minutes. despite the late goal, argentina

held on to win 2-1. switzerland came back to beat ecuador. in a dramatic 2-1 win. france comfortbly beat honduras, and a second yellow to give away a penalty just a few minutes before the break. goal line technology was used for the first time. and no doubts after scoring to round out the 3-0 win. al jazeera. >> our correspondent le lee

welling. >> there was a lot of controversy and debate. but when it was all settled what was clear was how clear the technology worked. the confusion was about two incidents in one where it came in and it was a goal. some of the confusion was because of the official non-goal verdict, the debate finishes now because it is fact. the ball was over the line. there is a perfectly valid goal. >> how good were argentina against bosnia?

>> i've seen criticism of argentina's performance. you don't win a world cup with the first game. it wasn't a brilliant argentina performance, but you look at the fans around me. they had a big celebration and party about argentina's win, and that's the main thing. >> germany taking on portugal. ronaldo has not been playing for weeks. can we is expect to see him play today? >> yes, he's very likely to play despite the concerns for weeks before the tournament. would it be messi's defining tournament, and that of ronaldo. both the men have been

outstanding in their careers. he will be a real threat against germany. portugal taking on germany, who always have performed well in world cups, and a lot is expected from them again. >> lee, we'll speak to you later. on monday iran and nigeria begin their campaigns in group f. it's been 20 years since the united states has hosted the world of football or soccer. tv ratings are now at record levels. we have more from miami. >> who else but an avid life-long football fan would go through this much effort for the world cup.

a relatively new supporter. determined it seems to make up for lost time. >> i just live for it now. a whole month of a lot of ups and sometimes downs. but it's all good between. and bring on world cup. we're ready. >> all right. >> it's been 20 years since the u.s. hosted the world cup. it's sport still needs more people like jillene and john. support is uneven at best with presence of david beckham, his presence has helped to change demographics. >> one thing that i'm looking for to are all the colors, everybody representing where they're from. it's a unifying event and it makes me happy. >> i think it brings out everyone around the world. it unites them and everyone gets excited about it.

it's not just one country. >> despite the obvious passion for the world cup, it still has yet to get the kind of audience that say, basketball and baseball does. >> let's give it a go. >> form player turned commentator has been involved with football in the u.s. for more than three decades. he has seen it mature, but it will take years. >> it's not something that will happen in one sweep of marketing or one world cup. even in victory i would suspect that that wouldn't even shift the needle to being a soccer nation, a football nation. >> many refer to football as the sleeping giant. it has grown in popularity among some but remain on the fringes.

but if jillene is any indication of what might happen, football might succeed in the u.s. >> a spokesperson for michael shoe ma shoe mac sho schumacher is no longer in a coma. he was moved to a specialized rehabilitation clinic. he's being treated for severe brain injuries that he sustained hitting his head on a rock at a ski resort. the spurs clinching their best of seve seven series against the miami heat.

it was the visitors in texas who took the first quarter lead but san antonio returned to their dominance and take the series 4-1, their fifth overall championship. leonard was named series mvp. martin kaymer has won with eight shots in north carolina. the world number one became the seventh player in 114 years to lead from start to finish at the u.s. open. his final round 169 ensuring his second major win on u.s. soil after claiming the pga championship in 2010. that's all your sport for now. >> thanks very much. we'll see you later. please stay with us here on al jazeera. that's it for me and the team here in doha for now.

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