hounds more iraqi volunteers join the fight against sunni rebels as they advance on the capital baghdad. ♪ ♪ iraq's prime minister is reject ago peels to reach out on the sunni neighbors and accused their neighbors of fueling the fighting. you are watching the al jazerra news hour live from london. also coming up, the united states seizes the suspected ring leader of a deadly attack on its diplomatic compounds in bengha benghazi. families an al jazerra

journalist detained in 10 months await his release, battling on the border, ukraine threatens to build a fence to keep out the russians. all the sports including the latest from the world cup. where host brazil face mexico in their second match of the turn. we'll be live in rio later in the program. hello, welcome to the program. the sunni rebel advance across northern iraq is gaining momentum. with fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant moving ever closer to the capital. they are currently clashing with government troops just 60-kilometer as way in the city of baquoba. police say dozens of sunni prisoners were killed in an overnight assault by shia that litsch a on a prison station there. sewn you rebels have made a number of gains across northern

iraq, including a tikrit and mo dull. they are under pressure to reach out to the sunnies as a way to stemming the violence. prime minister al-maliki is accusing sunni power, saudi arabia, of stowing the up rising. from baghdad, imran kahn has more on the fight back. >> reporter: confident young men lineup shouting get out isil. they are referring to the islamic state of iraq and levant who continue fighting in parts of iraq. it's been days now and the recruit. drive shows no sign of let up. these mainly shia men in the south are signing up in huge number. at least 13,000 so far. but there are concerns that they are not getting the training or equipment necessary. a charge iraq denies. >> we continue to receive large numbers of volunteers and we

supply them with military fatigues, then we transfer them for a training center. >> reporter: from those training centers, the volunteers will likely be sent to places like baquoba, which is on the border with iran. on tuesday, there were fierce clashes there between isil fighters and shia militias in the early hours of tuesday more than there was an incidents at a prison where 10s of people were killed. and both sides blame each other for the murders. the u.n. secretary general says that all partners in iraq must talk to each other for a solution. >> the did he tear deterioratin in eye remark including the reports of mass summary execution buys the is limb being state of iraq and the tha levan. isil. there is a real risk of further sectarian violence a massive scale within iraq and beyond its borders. >> reporter: his words have been

criticized here in iraq as not being inclusive. some islamic scholars suggest that the sunni rebel group should be part of the talks, but as suicide bombings like these don't hit the capital the government? no mood to talk with the sunni rebels or the islamic state of iraq and levant. imran kahn, al jazerra, baghdad. and lease go live to baghdad and see speak to omar. in the last hour state television has broadcast a statement from mime minister al medical key what, did he say in that statement? >> reporter: well, he talked the commanders and referred to them to a military court, three top military commanders that were in charge of the army where mosul lies and there was a security meltdown. he also sacked a division commander for fleeing the battle. basically he's trying to hold

accountable those commanders for -- blaming them for the meltdown and losing the city of mosul and other parts of the province to fighters from the islamic state iraq and the levant as well as other sunni rebels. >> we are being hearing, of course, about bat unless baquoba, what's the latest on the ground there? >> reporter: well, the government sources as well as sources in the town of the army has managed to repel the attackers. there were attacks on a number of places, some of them are only 55 to 60-kilometers away from the capital, baghdad, so the government says it succeeded in repelling the attackers. now, there is -- there are ongoing clashes in another town not far from baquoba, actually

near ba cub baquoba, there is fg between the government sources between the cuttish forces, as well as the iraqi army. now, in the north of the capital baghdad, the government says it's cleared at least four villages and two towns. however, the rebels say they have recaptured another town that the army had declared it free of the rebel fighting. so very conflicting and confusing picture that we have because i think what we are seeing now, there is a war of information as well as battle. so it's very difficult to try and verify every piece of news that we hear from the two sides. >> yes, absolutely. appreciate that as well. omar, reporting live from baghdad, thank you. the fighting is, of course, directly affecting the lives of

ordinary iraqis. loaded in to the bag of pickup trucks, many families have had to leave the cities of tikrit after they fell to sunni rebels, many seeking safety in the nearby city of ca kirkuk. >> we took or families, our money and sheep and we fled. we are afraid for the safety of our families. we left everything behind, our clothes, our home, everything. >> translator: the situations is no good in ca crete. there is heavy fighting and shelling. the houses were bombed. prime minister maliki has been under pressure from the west and more recently qatar and saudi arabia to reach out to the sunnies as a way to end the crisis, during sadam hussein's control iraq was under control of sunni despite a shia majority. after he was ousted iraq.

two years later the awakening movement of the sunni tribes men, plus an improving iraqi army, led to the ousting of al qaeda other from iraq. in 2011, a shia-led unity government took over the running of iraq when u.s. forces left. but the shia prime minister nouri al-maliki has been accused of discrimination. after pushing out top sunni politicians from the government. well, joining me to talk more about this is president of the air action lawyers association here in london. good to have you with us on the program. thanks for coming in. the sunni-shia divide, of course, exists across the arab world. but is it purely a religious divide that we see here in iraq today? >> from the beginning of the creation of iraq, in the modern iraq in the 20s, until 2003, shia sunni divide was not really there. there was totally uninstitutionalized anywhere in the constitution, the law, the practices, et cetera. 2003, purposely, i think, the policy of the occupation of iraq

was divisive, because aside from the policy of divide and rule, in fact when the opposition at that time left the current government here in london, everybody was on that one was a shi'ite. only two sunni guys, so the americans went along with that one. they continued to do right the situation in iraq on a sectarian bases. a couple of days ago. senior clerk i of the shiite secretary plus prime minister maliki has called on shy eight to his fight. so it's really getting in to the situation of a sectarian war that's the danger of what is happening. until now it has been the government of maliki has been sectarian in its preach. because it is divisive, it's create odd the basis of sectarian and ethnicity. >> many sunnies apparently would be appalled by the state of violence, the level of violence used by isil fighters.

but, of course, some sunnies do see this as their opportunity to fight back against this owe friction that they see that a shia dominated government has imposed upon them. >> i think the media is portraying what's happening in iraq as isil. which is simply not correct. there are isil fighters there, but it's the military council of mosul, tikrit, romadi who are the local people of this area, who are led by ex-army officers of the previous army, the generals and what have you. this is not a sunni one, the declaration, they are not fighting show, a of course you will always that somebody who makes a crazy statement. they are even trying to destroy holy shrines in mosul which is full of [inaudible] on the basis eye still iisil is a criminal.

the cesto westerners are afraidf that. only the people in iraq can get rid of terrorism as they did before in rue ma mo mad i. romadi. airplanes and invention of the u.s. and britain will not solve the problem. >> are we seeing a move towards a properly divided iraq? we have already seen the kurds are staying autonomous, they are stable. in fact at the moment it's the most stable place in iraq. are we going to see it further divided? will we have the three areas, the kurds, the sunnies and the shias and would that be the most peaceful way forward this. >> i don't think it's possible even if they wanted. the kurds have a state now, but even the kurds, although they have the state, they are still concerned about turkey and iran because turkey and iran have clearly said if it becomes a state they are going to split it, but if it stays within iraq they do not interfere, as far as the rest of iraq, you cannot

divide it, there are no lines that you can say this is a sunni and this is a shy eight -- >> particularly in the capital baghdad. >> absolutely. what do you do with the capital make it a vatican type thing? this is a nonsensical exercise. the americans tried this one try from the outset. they talked about dividing iraq in to three states but they knew it's not achievable, as much as they want it or don't want it, it's just simply not achievable. of course they will continue to have the struggle and fighting but i don't think this is on the card at least not now. i think the situation will depend on how much intervention going to be from iran and the u.s. we have heard the u.s. is talking to the iranians i hope they will be telling two things, that they will tell the iranians not to interfere on the side of maliki, is number one. and number two for the u.s. and western powers is not to repeat the same mistake they have done from 2003 until now, i.e.

aligning with the government regardless of its abuses and regardless of its bad record on human rights and other issues. >> real guyed for get your analysis of the situation in iraq, appreciate your time, thank you. the u.s. has seized a key suspect in the 2012 attacks on a u.s. diplomatic mound in labia and says it will try him hey u.s. court. it's now being revealed that ahmed abu khatallah is being held on an american ship after his capture in libya at the weekend. four americans including the u.s. bams door to libya were killed in that attack. the u.s. official says the sus pebbling will be flown to the u.s. a short time ago president obama said the arrest sends out a clear message to the world the u.s. will get justice when it's attacked. >> our special forces showing incredible courage and briefs since, were able to capture an individuaanabu khatallah who iso

have been one of the masterminds of the attack. and -- [applause] >> and he is he is now being transported back to the united states. i saw that first of all because we continue to think about and pray for the families of those who were killed during that terrible attack. but more importantly, i -- it's important for us to send a message to the world, when americans are attacked, no matter how long it takes, we will find those responsible and we will bring them to justice. all right, let's speak to al jazerra live for us in washington, d.c. what more do we know about the suspect and indeed the operation to capture him inside libya? >> reporter: well, this is what we are learning about the operation from named and unnamed administration officials. it all happened on sunday, on the outskirts of benghazi, using special operations forces and

fbi personnel. no shots were fired. we understand, in fact, that president obama has had a plan to capture abu khatallah for a year or so, he's be under surveillance for sometime. but there was some suggestion that the administration was reluck can't to move against him firstly because it might destabilize libya further. secondly, because they may not actually have the evidence to definitively tie him to the em bass a tack. and nonetheless, it seems now that he will be tried in u.s. federal court on several charges. that's coming under some criticism from republican heres in washington who say that he should not be given due legal process he should simply be sent to guantanmo and interrogate today find out more information about what happened in benghazi. however, it seems that is not the intention of the u.s. administration. on the issue of legality, though, there are still questions as to whether the libyan authorities were consult billion dollar this, if they weren't it was another

extraordinarily extradition and under international allow i don't believe you are allowed nothing and kidnap someone and whether that will have any bearing on a federal court case you wonder. we are still trying get more information about the administration about what consultations took place with the libyans the it's administration saying it was a unilateral action and the libyans knew we wanted him. so that's something to watch out for. >> several journalists appear to have spoken to this man in the past couple of years, that people knew who he was. >> yeah. i mean, that's the appointment, he wasn't in hiding as such he was seen around town in ben gas and i given several interviews, that's one of the things that the administration is being asked about reporter and some republicans why did you take so long to act. however, again, if they weren't sure about the consequences of taking him or didn't have the evidence then perhaps you can see why they did wait. again, but at this stage we are simply asking questions, not necessarily getting answers, so frankly it's all about

speculative as to why they acted now and didn't act earlier and other details. >> i am sure we will learn more as this story develops. thank you. all right, still to come on the news hour, dozens dead after two attacks on the kenyan coast. but differing accounts of who was behind the killings. as juba expand, so does deadly disease, south sudan struggles to cope with its capital's rapid rise. and al jazerra. the world cup. we'll have all the action a little later. but first, detained al jazerra journalist abdullah elshamy is waiting to leave a police station in cairo. family and friends of the 26-year-old have gathered outside the station to greet

him. elshamy has been detained in jail without charge since last august. and has been on hunger strike for five months. the public prosecutor ordered his release on medical grounds along with 12 others. >> translator: i have never felt happier in my life than i do today. we have had so many difficulties in our lives, but today i am born again. my soul has returned. al jazerra issued a statement following the news that elshamy is to be released saying this is a relief rather than a cause for celebration. abdullah has been through a terrible ordeal for over 10 months, he'll want to spend time with his family and recuperate. when he's ready we look forward to seeing him back in action doing the vital job of journalism that he so clearly lovers. three al jazerra english journalists in prison in egypt have now been held for 171 days. mohamed, baher and peter agrees at that or charged with supporting the outlawed muslim brotherly. their trial was adjourned until next week when a verdict is do.

al jazerra rejects the charges and is demanding their immediate release. ukraine government is considering building a fence along its board with russia. president poroshenko says the border needs to be under ukrainian control before any ceasefire will be offered. border guards are coming under nicely tacked with civilians caught in the middle. >> reporter: sheds been here for just a few days when when the house was hit. she was a sleeping in the front room and woke to the sound of shelling. >> translator: i heard an explosion, there was fire, gas and, smoke. i couldn't see anything. i jumped out of bed with only one thought, how is my father. >> reporter: her 80-year-old father ivan was shaken but safe he had been sleeping out the back now he's living in the rubble of a lifetime of memories in a home that he built himself

and one he's refusing to leave. >> translator: where will i go from my own house? i will die here. >> reporter: ivan and objection an a both believe it was ukrainian soldiers who attacked them. but can't say for sure officially the military says it wasn't them. businesses have been targeted too. we are told this is a general goods store selling safety pins hair ties that sort of thing. the people here are divided over exactly what happened and who was responsible. they only know that in the middle of the night, they came down to the central market to find several buildings were on fire. across the market we found lydia, she owns this building, once a hardware store and says her life is now in ruins. >> translator: our government, i am asking you, i implore you,

stop all of this. peaceful residents live here. we don't want anything exempt safety for our families. please, i beg you, stop this. >> reporter: caught in the cross fire because it lies less than 20-kilometers from the russian border. ukrainian troops control most official crossings but are coming under attack nightly bicep test as long vast unmarked stretches of land. troops have dug trenches but the government is proposing a fence be built. a costly project, one kiev says could be necessary to stop what it says is a flow of weapons from russia. for oxana who see rushes as a brother, keif could have no choice if they can't stamp out the rebellion. kenya's president says al-shabab fight presser somalia were not behind two separate attacks on the eastern coast in the past two days, despite the group claiming responsibility

for the attacks i in. which killed at least second people. on sunday night gunmen swooped in to the town and opened fire on people watching football matches killing 49 people. hotelhotels and a police statioe targeted. 15 people remember kid overnight in the most recent attack in the village. the president says local political forces were behind the attacks but didn't specify who. >> the attack was well planned, orchestrated, and politically motivated he go anything violence against the kenyan community with the intention of profiling and evicting them for political reasons. this therefore was not an al-shabob terrorist attack. evidence indicates that local political networks were involved in the planning and execution of the heinous crime.

two people have been shot dead in a prison break in mali's capital. plumbers were working inside a cell when i prisoner took advantage to breakout and start firing at guards. it's not known how he got hold of a weapon. authorities say that eight of the 23 inmates who escaped about have been recaptured. liberia has reported the first deaths in its capital from the ebola virus since the out break began, up to seven people are believed to have died nearly two months since the last case there. it's thought the virus was passed on by a woman who recently traveled from neighboring sierra leon. south sudan's cholera end december sick spreading with sp7 deaths and more than 1700 reported cases since the out break in may. with the month proper water treatment facilities or sue ill systems, many are vulnerable to the disease, especially in the capital juba, from where anita sends this report.

>> reporter: juba's cholera epidemic awareness campaign is? full swing. but with the city's lack of plumbing running waste and often raw sewage down the mid. street they have their work cut out. families get soap lessons but peer in to their murky water and the problem is clear. no municipal water supply in juba. most families get their water from river nile. >> we need the government to take care of the water here. because some people just putting some rubbish and everything in water, some bad things, that's why [inaudible] it's disease. >> reporter: there are two small working water treatment depots in june, a this one donated by u.s. aid. tanker drivers told us power cuts shutdown the pumps most days causing long delays, so many come here to the riverbanks to fill up instead. juba is growing so fast, but it's primary drinking water supply is what it's always been, the river nile. but that river is also a source

of cleaning water, industrial water and it's used for waste disposal. it's quicker, cheaper and uncief hands out bottles of color seen solution, but many locals are too poor even for this. richard is recovering from cholera at a special colorado doctors without borders clinic. he told us thinks sometimes i buy clean water but sometimes i just can't ford it. the government says a lack of resources and a return to internal conflict, has stalled plans to fix the problems. >> the poor hygiene because of the not well managed sewage system, the population will be definitely affected with this kind of disease. >> reporter: in juba town, raw sewage pooled behind buildings runs in that to champion that his feed the nile. newly built sewage oxidation ponds charge fees for disposal,

and are already too small for one of the fastest growing cities in africa. in these conditions, cholera will just keep coming back. anita mic mick not. al jazerra juba. still to come the unaccompanied children braving the dangerous journal a cross the me mediterranean for a new e in italy. why argentina's president refuses to his repay billions of dollars of national debt and in sport as brazil prepare to face mexico in their second match of the the world cup we'll tell you what's changed in their squad.

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♪ ♪ melo again, a reminder of the top story on his al jazerra. iraq's mine minister has fired four top security administers. battling government forces just 60-kilometer as way, hundreds of shia volunteers have joins up to fight against them in baghdad. the u.s. has seized the suspected ring leader in the

attack on benghazi and will try him in an american court, four individuals including the ambassador to libya were killed in the attack. the ukrainian government is talking about building a fence on its border with russia. britain to reopen its em bass a in teheran two years after it was ransacked by protesters angered by western sanctions. britain's foreign secretary william haige says the circumstances are right for the that youing of diplomatic relations iran, coming after the u.s. discussed cooperation with iran over the cries let neighboring iraq. lawrence lee has more details. >> reporter: a fortnight ago nobody would have believed you now it appears that western powers are looking to the iranian president to help defeat some of their worst fierce. or put another way, the shia government of iran may not be great but it's better than the sunnies overrunning much of

iraq. as a consequence the british foreign secretary announced the u.k. is bringing plans to they open their em bass a in iran. he didn't spell out whether or not the eye i didn' iranian govd wanted less sanctions. >> we look to iran to cease support from sectarian groups elsewhere in the middle east and to each a successful conclusion to nuclear negotiations. but i believe it's important to discuss such issues with iran. and we need the ability to do so. >> reporter: indeed iran's nuclear program which just a few months ago was one of the world's most pressing problems, is being discussed again in vienna. but around the edges, there is not a new debate which could change the balance of power in the region. the u.s. and is the u.k. find themselves in an extraordinary diplomatic position, they support a sunni-led revolt against the government of the president assad in syria which is back the by iran. and yet they seek the over

backing of iran against a sunni up rising in iraq. none it ever makes any sense except perhaps if you live in a diplomatic world of shifting allegiances which change from crisis to crisis. >> i am reminded of that famous quote by lord palmers t.o. n. former mine minister of england month is alleged to have said that england has no permanent allies nor permanent enemies but enduring interests, i think something something to keep me mind here. >> reporter: this look like stphraoeupbl good newverygood nd who has long said he has been fighting the you same people in syria. the ideas of the u.s. in particular entertaining a relationship a ran is a huge problem for is reeling. lawrence lee, al jazerra in, london.

>> lee met the queen at windsor castle after a report that china had threatened to cancel the trip unless he was granted an audience. the main trip emphasis is to meet david cameron to talk about trades and investment cooperation. >> as members of the european union we have been pushing very hard for the european union to start the work on a free trade agreement with china britain put that on the table before any other country. we believe it can unlock investment and jobs for people in china and britain. spain's king juan carlos is free to step down and hand over the throne to his son after spain's senate formally approved his abdication with an overwhelming majority. the coronation will take place on nurse madrid. it's the first change in monarchy since the franco era in

spain. workers on strike from france. parliament debated a controversial rail reform bill. the strike caused huge disruption and has little public backing. boat loads of african migrants are continuing to arrive on the shores of italy. more than 50,000 have braved the hazardous sea journey since the start of the year. this is a tenfold increase from the first half of 2013. and in this report many are from the most vulnerable parts of society. >> reporter: another day, another boat load of rescued migrants. among them, the disabled, the elderly, and the ill. but the most vulnerable of all, are the children. these minors arrived in the port on tuesday with their families. but since the start of the year,

around 5,000 arrive unaccompanied. >> translator: we do what we can. we give them food, we treat them like our brothers. >> reporter: these youngsters who are who arrived at the nearby port on monday, traveled alone. there are 170 of them all from egypt. 24 hours after their arrival they are still here at the same port where they disembarked while being unaccompanied minors they need to wait to be assigned to institutions that can care for them. their ages range from 11 to 17 and the authorities here feed them and take care of their basic needs. but most of all, they want to tell their families that they arrived in italy unharmed. in the absence of phones, this correspondent gave some of them his to make the call their families were waiting for. with thousands more migrants expected to reach italy in the coming month, unaccompanied minors are the ones who face the

greatest uncertainty in the name of a better future. claudia, al jazerra. israeli soldiers are vanvleehavearrested 40 members s over kidnapping three teenagers, they accused the boys of kidnapping the boys. hundreds of palestinians have been arrested since they went missing five days ago. the president has condemned the kidnapping and chris sized the israeli crack down. in the gaza strip a really air strikes caused extensive damage to homes. they say strikes were in response to rockets fired in to its territory. argentina's president is refusing to repay billions of dollars worth the debt owed by her country. christina fernandez says she won't pay up despite losing an appeal at the u.s. supreme court. the dispute began when argentina

financially collapseed in 2001. and couldn't pay its debts. most investors owed money have agreed to accept repayments of as little as 25 cents for each dollar spent. but a group of u.s. hedge funds known as hold out investors have refused and have taken argentina to court to get their money. as a result, argentina has been order today pay $1.3 billion in cash. latin american analyst mary cruz mcgowan gave her view of the president's actions over argentina's debt. >> the legal process in the united states [inaudible] and now she has converted it in to a political process because that's the only thing that she's thinking she can do. i think she can still and for a rehearing, i think she can still post point a little bit a few weeks, negotiate in some way, negotiating the repay with the creditors and do something. but she has to pay.

also it's very important to say this is only a few cooperations, generally the [inaudible] corporation that is going after her. it's only 8% of the creditors. if all of the creditors would come we would not be talking about $1.5 billion, we would be talking about $15 billion. [inaudible] all their reserves that they have is less than 30 billion. two tour made knows the u.s. have killed a five-year-old child and injured 19 others. the national weather service says the pair of twisters touched down just over a kilometer apart in north east nebraska. the powerful combination destroyed more than half of town of pilger. two tornados at the same time is unusual in the area authorities say. china's state broadcaster has shown pictures of a hatchet and knife attack on a chess hall in the western province.

three attackers wielding axes as barged in. two were killed and the third captured. it is home to muslim who his say their discriminated against. the government blamed separatists for a series of recent attacks. the coastal resort is bracing itself for more violence after a second night of rioting. soldiers are on the streets of the southwestern coastal town after a series of attacks by the followers of the buddhist force. a security guard was killed outside a mutts limb-owned farm raising the overall death toll l for four. it's the late nest a long series of religious clashes when buddhist attacked a. >> reporter: burnt out freezers in the mid. road belong to go this muslim-owned farm shop. one of dozens of muslim businesses and homes that were torched and destroyed during the melee that occurred two nights

ago here. at the moment the road is pretty much deserted with the reimposition of curfew after a four hour let up this morning allowing people to restock. but the tension is still very, very high as you can see behind me our team van came under attack by an unruly mob of muslims this morning, essentially there was a tense situation, but literally within two minutes of our team getting off our vehicles they manhandled the cameraman and while we were trying to driveway they started pelting stones at the vehicle damaging all the class around it. now, here again more evidence of that violence which unfolded, but still, in terms of the authorities, they have deployed a live, heavy security presence. there is police, there is special task force personnel, there are members of the military, the armed forces who are also being deployed right through the streets. almost every street has got security personnel that have

been deployed, all waiting to keep a lit on tensions which are very much like a powder keg. you can feel the tension the moment you go through these communities and it's very much an uphill task for the authorities to restore normalcy and maintain that calm and law and order. the world heritage commit is a meeting in doha where delegates are discussing how to protection some of the world's most threatened sites, one such city is st. louis in senegal which the u.n. has branned the most threatened city because of losing rising sea levels there, nicholas net some of the residents there. >> reporter: dreading what the ocean will take away from them next. it's already submerged an entire neighborhood, 700 con cleared buildings includes big home were washed way by the rise goes ocean. >> here was my kitchen, my bedroom and bathroom. it's all gone.

>> reporter: when the tide sought the neighborhood mosque reappears, still standing. but for how long? in this specific location, the atlantic ocean swallows almost 20 meters of land every year. >> reporter: it's only a matter of time before this, too, is worked away. >> translator: all of the villagers have left, far way from this coast. >> reporter: once france's old colonial captain it's now the second largest city. barely a meeter above sea level. >> translator: st. louis is in danger. the drainage system in insufficient so during the rainy system it's consistently flooded at least 700 households need to be immediately displaced. >> reporter: in to unthree the authorities dug a small canal in one of the islands thinking it would help clear flooded waters from the city center. but the four meters-wide canal has expanded rapidly only make things worse. this stretch of sound act as a

natural embankment pro tethersth the city from the ocean, but it's now disappearing so the ocean is moving forward threatening the old clean vinnie town. the old town is a major tourist destination. but the without percent seeping in damaging the structures and changing the natural ecosystem. >> the world hear taj committee is very much preoccupied by the state of conservation and the decline of the urban tissue of st. louis. >> reporter: and yet little has been done to tackle the problem. in the last decade, only 67 homes were built to relocate the hundreds of displaced people. some are on their move. adding to the growing number of climate are he have gees across the world looking to a safe place to live. nicholas hawk, al jazerra, st. louis, senegal. and still to come on this hour of news an exhibition in london traces the history of color and how it revolutio revod

the world of art. and coming up, mexicans ask for divine intervention as they prepare to face brazil in the world cup. vé this, is what we d.

>> al jazeera america. hello again. a 1 cent stamp from british guy an is expected to fetch as much as $20 million at auction in new york. the 1 cent magenta stamp was issued back in 1856, it was printed in the british colony

and not in the you feel k. because the ship bringing enough stamps was delayed by storages. 17 years later the last surviving stamp was rediscovered by a 12-year-old who was an avid stamp collector. the thought of the first -- at the start of the first world war it ended up in switzerland after being bought ian austrian count after the world ended it was seized by france and auctions in 1922 as part of the first world war reparations, nearly 60 years later, u.s. heir john dupont paid nearly a million dollars and kept the stamp locked way. now this well-traveled stamp is seen as the holy grail by stamp collectors and it's back on the market. >> i think for young stamp collectors and for me when i was a child the idea that a 12-year-old could discover the rarest stammal in the world, one of the most value i can't remember single stamps, one of the most valuable objects in the world always excited us.

we thought that we could do it too. time to check out all the latest world cup action. ♪ ♪ the latest from world cup action where one of the fancied teams belgium overcame a scare to beat algeria 2-1 in group "h." north african side came in the to match having not scored a goal in the world cup since 1986. but the end of that run 24 minutes in to the match, when they were awarded a penalty, conceding the spot kick, which he picked himself up scoring may going it 1-0 to algeria. the red devils had most of the possession but to wait until five minutes after substitute fellaini come in to equalize. the tall belgian heading in in the 17th minute and the fight back was completed 17 minutes

later hazard hammered in to make it 2-unto belgium. lee, what was -- it was some game between algeria and belgi belgium. >> reporter: it was. it seems like the best tactic to employ in the world cup from brazil is do go a goal behind. that's what brazil did, netherlands, costa rica, now belgium has done it. i think what was displayed was that algeria were better than some people gave them credit for. they are ranked 22 in the world, belgium 11. they were closer that some people thought. there has been so much talk about a golden generation of bell yubelgium football but cane really succeed on this continent. algeria scored their their foalt goal since 1986 they would have broken i goal if they had not scored. libya has that record. what a comeback from belgium.

a few manchester united fans will wonder if fellaini could have done that for them this season. >> let's talk about the brazil, they are in action in a few minutes against a team they have sometimes struggled against. >> reporter: yes, i saw brazil play mexico in london at wembley stadium in the 2012 olympic final and brazil were expect to go win the olympic games for the first time, but mexico shocked them and peralta, who will be on the pinch is one of the players that played really well in that game the brazilians just didn't play well, there was also the confederations company. but they are always nerve thousands mexico might have something against them f brazil get a good result in the game they will be in such a strong position to qualify and make real progress at the tournament that they are desperate to win as the host nation. >> live from rio, thank you very much for that. as we have mentioned earlier the next match at the world cup is the host brazil back in action,

for more on the game we can go back to sao paulo, with our correspondent gabriel elizondo. we have been hearing that banks and businesses have been allowing staff to leave work early to watch the game tonight. >> reporter: absolutely right. everything closes in brazil when the national team plays a world cup match. what can i say, it's brazil. everything closes here. absolutely banks close, schools close, everything closes. hospitals work only when they have to. as you can see, it's a mad scene out here. in the neighborhood where we are at right now. >> amazing atmosphere, gabe. just a quick question. how important is it for brazil to do well in this world cup?

>> reporter: it means everything for brazil. they must do very well. they are expected at least by the brazilians to win it, as you can see the vibe that you get here of everybody obviously very excited. but there is a lot of expectations ma bra will silfverberg not not only do well but will win the world couple of that's what most brazilians. >> watch. >> thank you very much for that, enjoy the match. this match pits two of the most football-loving countries against each other. from mexico city a report on mexico's faith in football. >> reporter: mexico apt grand war lock calling in the spirits for help in the world couple of the country plagued by losses in the qualifying stages needs all the help it can get from the football gods. have they been listening? mexicans might have reason to believe so after beating cameroon in their first match. mexico, the country with the second largest number of roman

catholics is known around the world for its deep religious beliefs. millions make an annual pilgrim i believe to the basilica that honors mexico's pay tract saint the virgin of gall lupe. surge faith is often help for football. perhaps mexico's second religion, baby jesus is even in on the game. at this church in mexico city they have come to ask their messiah for help on the pitch. >> translator: that's wha why ty come to ask for a miracle in this tough and difficult moment for sports in ex-mechanics coach >> reporter: it's faith and football. >> a good taco, everything goes together, the sauce, meet, condie meant mets and potatoes being it's like a good football team. >> reporter: from the gritty streets to hip neighborhoods, football fever has ahold of mexicans. artists and restaurant owner organized this show to explore

aspects of the sport so many mexicans hold dear. >> every world cup is the faith again. and all the commercials and heros that will come three weeks later. >> reporter: mexico may make it past the group stage, but much further is unlikely without divine inter fence. intervention, still, artists, war locks, christians and diehard fans, are all praying for mexican miracle in brazil. final game of the day features fab yi capello's russia against south korea in grub "h." the koreans are looking to get past the group stages for a second tournament in a row. >> this game is important for us and russia as well, if we lose this game fab yi capello's russia against it's very hard to qualify out of

the group stages. we want to focus and win as well. of course you can join us for al jazerra's brazil 2014 updates. it's on the air each day at 1540 g.m. it. former african football of year is our special guest. cricket now and the second test between the west indies and new zealand is in to its second day, new zealand scored 221 in their innings, 82 from opening tom latham helped them reach that tote. one sefolosha 70 for 3. newie slant currently lead series 1-0.

a hidden painting hats been found we next of one of pablo picasso's first, blue room. scientists inter vealed a bow tied man. they are trying to work out who the man is that picasso covered up in 1901 during his famous blue period. an exhibition at london's national gallery is tracing the history of color in western painted goes from the middle ages to the end of the 19th century. it chose the materials artists use to make colors and the technical challenges they overcame to master them and, of course, create iconic pieces of art. born by phillips reports. >> reporter: we see the world in color and great artists strive to capture it's variety and subtilty. they know that certainly colors work so well together. a boat. crabs. in both, it's the contrast

between oranges and blues and greens that make them so beautiful. but for many hundreds of years artists struggled to recipients recreate the colors they saw in the natural world around them. >> color was difficult. it was hard. no easy to achieve. we see color all around us and think of it as being an easy thing, we go to a hoard ware shop, we see it on our screens it wasn't straightforward for most of the painters in our collection to find the colors they wished to create their dazzling effects in paints. >> reporter: artists looked for colors in weird and wonderful places, red, the color of love and blood and passion. often came from crushed beatles and tree bark. this is an exhibition of western paintings but european art did not exist in a vacuum. for centuries the richest and purest form the blue came from what is today afghanistan, and this stone lapis. so precious and desirable was the blue that came from lapis,

that the stone was more expensive than gold. the stones were traded, taken to baghdad, aleppo, and then by ship to venues and genoa, where they were ground down and mixed with wax and gum to make this powder think but europeans discovered alternatives, mixing chemicals at high temperatures to make new pigments used by monet in the late 1800s to capture the subtle shades of snow. colors can fade and dim overtime. they can change in different light and each of us may see the same color in a different way. because our eyesight is unique and so are our perceptions and memories. but out of this variety comes inspiration and endearing beauty. barnaby phillips, al jazerra, at the national gallery in london. really colorful way to end this news hour but join me again in a couple of minutes.

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