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sentencing. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is having talks with leaders of the kurdish region and we will be there live. >> i'll have the latest world cup news including. brazil's fans celebrated their team reaches the world cup knock-out stage. ♪ we begin with breaking news out of nigeria and we are getting reports that 60 more girls and 31 boys have been abducted from village's in the northeast and follows the abduction of 200 school girls on april 15. andrew is on the line in northern nigeria and andrew first how likely is it that it's boko haram and can you give us some more details? >> reporter: first of all, we just have been speaking to a

vigilante common -- commander and the police are not confirming this, the government isn't either, but a vigilante commander in the town here has confirmed that three village's have been attacked by insurgents and that total of 90 people and most are young people and the information now is they were not all children. there were around 60 females and at least 30 males, some of whom were younger men but not in any way is this like chibook which it's now 71 days since that kidnapping raid on a school, it's not a raid on a school. and what we are hearing now from the vigilante commander is that

these abductions were made over a three-day period. thursday, friday and saturday. so this is very unlike the last attack but massively disturbing at a time of great tension here in these northern nigerian village's which are quite a concern. >> that's right, andrew, what else can you tell us about this area that seems so prone to these kinds of attacks? >> reporter: well, this area is the municipal area here there are a large number of village's in the area and a similar district here and it's remote and it's around about 60 trilimeters from the state's capitol and the basic tenure is that this is a very much a no-go area. the nigerian military a deployed in many areas rounds here but also known that boko haram has a

big base spread over a sprawling area in the thick bush and it's thought that the girls, 276, who were kidnapped 71 days ago are being held there. now, some of them have been released, and down to 219 now, 219 school girls being held there. this escalates the situation it would appear if it's true that it's boko haram and if it's true that all of these people have been abducted over a three-day period. >> andrew simmons thank you very much for that and we will be speaking to you throughout the day for updates from there and you can speak to al jazeera and he covered the abduction of more than 200 school girls by boko haram in april which andrew is talking about and met some girls who escaped and joins me now in the studio and i want to ask you, we are hearing more and more about these kidnappings. this is an ex escalation of what is happening? >> reporter: an escalation of

the situation in northeast nigeria and you can see most abductions are in the state of borno which suffered most boko haram attacks in recent years but abduction of women in the northeast has been a very long time. i think it took the international community and the attention of the nigerian government, it took the abduction of more than 200 girls to draw their attention of the community and the government of what is exactly happening. we heard reports of women and young girls being abducted inside and surrounding areas and it has been happening over the last three or four years. and there was not much publicity about this going on but with the girls they are focusing on what is happening and with the current event in that particular area where the abduction took place three years ago, it looks

like boko haram is intensifying to tanks and people and, village's who are vulnerable to attacks to people in the area and also the abduction of women from such communities. >> speaking of this area is this now the boko haram stronghold is this where they wage the war from? >> reporter: basically that area where the resent abduction took place is more like a crossing point, which the boko haram fighters leave the forst when they attack the borno state. it's an area that security forces are actually talking about going into because they do not have total control of that area and this is more like a new frontier for boko haram and surrounding communities have also become targets of the fighters in that particular area. and it looks like the security forces are either helpless or don't have a clue how to deal with this particular situation. >> it's interesting you say that

because as you said you were saying that this has been happening over a long period of time but it took bring back our girls campaign to put the spotlight only it and nigeria government to pay attention to it. can they handle this? why are they struggling so much? >> reporter: the government is saying it's in control of the situation but the situation on the ground shows otherwise. people are dying almost on a daily basis and what people are telling us is when such an attack or such attacks happen they call to the security forces to assist them but it takes hours after the fighters or attackers must have left before they see any security presence there. this is an area where the government is telling the world they deployed thousands of troops because of the emergency and bringing it under control and the attacks are more deadly and bold and dangerous on a daily basis. >> good to have you on set to

give context to all of this. thank you very much. okay, to egypt now where the president says he will not interfere following an out cry of the sentencing of three al jazeera journalists, greste and fahmy and mohamed were given more than seven years in jail each for doing their job and al jazeera's headquarters in doha staff joined together 41 past 8:00 gmt for one minute silence. and in london bbc journalists came together at the same time to mark exactly 24 hours since the sentences were handed down on monday. and barnabie phillips is live in london and three al jazeera journalist which the focus is on and journalism all around and freedom of the media has been

attacked. >> reporter: yes, that certainly has been the feeling here in london over the past 24 hours. on all the commercial stations, there has been solidarity with al jazeera, all the british newspapers this morning, the verdict in egypt has been reported extensively with strong condemnation and crucially perhaps here from the national broadcasting organization, the b.b.c., a name that is respected around the world. i think many b.b.c. journalists join this morning's protests because peter greste, our reporter worked for this organization for many years and he is a name that is respected. but i also think that the b.b.c. believes there is a wider principle at stake here. i spoke to the deputy director of global news at the b.b.c. >> the b.b.c. we know peter greste particularly well because

he worked for us of course and know it's completely impossible he could be described as a terrorist and we think actually we have to make a sound here for freedom of speech and what the egyptians have done as far as the al jazeera journalists are concerned. it's not just the three that have been given these extraordinary sentences but also the people that have been sentenced and sent here and it's stifling and it's an important principle, freedom of speech. we don't want to get our journalists into trouble and we have to be mindful of their safety in this respect but it's very important we make a stand here and show egyptians we are not intimated by this and carry on business as usual. >> as you were saying you received enormous support from all over the world and not only human rights groups and the general public and how effective do you think these campaigns have been? >> reporter: we have to be very honest, when we were picked up

in the middle of december we never thought and never dreamt they would still be in prison six months later, let alone sentenced to these extraordinary terms yesterday. so to that extent we have not succeeded yet. we need the journalist community to carry on campaigning on this issue. to what extent egypt itself and the egyptian government, the egyptian judiciary is impervious to criticism and all governments ultimately can come under pressure, that i suppose will depend on the amount of diplomacy that carries on in the months ahead and also depends obviously on the extent to which this trial is reported in egypt itself and the way in which it is reported. but, yes, there are governments out there that do have leverage, we saw strong condemnation from british and australian and governments off the top of my

head within 24 hours and we will see how it continues to play and president si si saying he could not intervene on questions on rulings made by the egypt judiciary and the outside world will not stay quiet about this. >> and as barnabie world leaders have also been condemning the verdict and here are some, u.s. secretary of state john kerry called it chilling and draconian and william hague is apauled and short comings during the trial process. the dutch foreign ministry said the minimum requirements for a fair trial were not met. david drake canada ambassador to egypt is disappointed and canada doesn't understand this particular verdict. and australian prime minister said his country was be wildered by the court and told the

australia parliament he will be in touch we egypt people to bring them home and there was a protest against the sentencing. the parents of jailed peter greste spoke out about the heartache of the verdict handed down and this was in australia where greste's family lives. >> reporter: the family members of peter greste had disbelief as they walked in to meet australia media and it was hours since the verdict was handed down in a cairo court. >> this family is certainly determined to battle on. journalism is not a crime or you should all be behind bars. it's as simple as that. this man, our son, peter, is an award-winning journalist.

he is not a criminal. he's not a criminal. >> this is a hard time for anybody but i know he will get through it. and he will be okay. i can imagine that he is struck as we are and absolutely probably very difficult at this point, but he will get through that and he will be fine. >> reporter: speaking to al jazeera afterwards they were still coming to terms with the decision but spoke of their determination to continue the fight. >> we just can't see it. and there is nothing happening over there and peter is actually in jail, in a small cell. and now he has been cast as a criminal and that is really

difficult. >> for doing his job. >> for doing his job. >> for merely doing his job. >> reporter: the face of peter grestes what been a big story in australia for months but now the sentence propelled it to a new level and dismay with verdict there is sure to be a lot of anger but everyone involved is being very careful about what they say. like others the australian prime minister expressed his concern and a clear attempt to avoid making the situation worse and didn't criticize the egyptian government. >> we are obviously shocked, dismayed, really be wildered by the court and we respect the legitimacy of the egyptian government and of course we appreciate the rights of the egyptian justice system to make its decisions. yes, we understand the need of the egyptian government to maintain internal order and to crack down on extremism including the muslim

brotherhood, but, but, it is important that there be due process. >> reporter: the government says it's going to push for their egyptian counterparts to intervene in peter greste's case and as for an appeal his parents say they will consider their options in the days ahead, wayne. condemnation for the jailing of al jazeera journalist in cairo has been universal among civil society and rights groups and amnesty international described the sentencing as a dark day for media freedom in egypt when journalists are being locked up and branded criminals for or terrorists for simply doing their job. and they said the verdict is a stark admission that in presidency si si is a crime and the new constitution and free expression is not worth the paper they are written on and international federation says ap

pauling attack on freedom to all media working in egypt. and they say they are pursuing a policy of gagging news media and try to offer a different take on reality from the government. and mark ellis is the executive director of the international bar association and joins us now live from london. thank you very much for coming in to talk to us. now, all hope was pretty much sitting on the pardon from el abdel-fattah el-sissi and said he will not interfere with the judicial process so what now? >> actually that is very curious since it is well-known that the judiciary currently in egypt is influenced by the executive. so in one way i applaud president si si saying he is not going to interfere but in another way i believe he has a legal obligation to interfere. this was a profoundly unfair

trial and did not meet international nor egyptian standards for an independent process and so my argument would be that he would be obligated to commute these sentences to pardon or pardon these individuals. and i think the international community will not stand for anything but a complete pardon. and i think they have the influence to do that and i think over the next several weeks you will see a change and i believe in the end president si si will, in fact, commute or pardon these three individuals. >> reporter: i certainly hope so but aside from international out cry is there any kind of legal pressure they can put on the government or the judicial system to overturn this unjust verdict? >> well, two points. the problem is that what you saw in these trials is indemic right now in egypt. egypt what's a judiciary that has been significantly weakened,

even my organization, the international bar association came out with a report last month indicating that the judiciary right now is really influenced by the executive, particularly administer of justice and each needs to take a full review of the judiciary and creating truly independent judiciary. but in this case alone the international community does have influence over egypt and over the government. one egypt receives about $1.8 billion in financial support and development support, $1.5 billion for military support from the united states alone. so egypt and president si si, they have a great deal at stake about this particular proceeding and this is why i think the international community will continue to demand and i believe in the end egypt and president si si will, in fact, abide by

this request that these verdicts be either overturned over pardoned all three individuals. and i think the international community has the influence to do that and i absolutely believe that will be the case. >> and, mark ellis, you know, as you said, there are lots of -- plenty of cases like this all around the world. why do you think there has been so much of a spotlight in the case of my colleagues at al jazeera and rightly so? but the kind of international pressure or the international support we have been receiving has been enormous. >> well, it has. but it's rightfully been enormous because this has been based on trumped up charges. it shows kind of the arbitrary arrest, detention of individuals, a wide-spread campaign against individuals that criticize the current government and journalists particularly have to be

protected. they are there to do a job. they are objective and once you start attacking the freedom of expression, the freedom of journalistic responsibility, then you're really in trouble. i'm delighted the international community has seen this as being really a fundamental case for egypt. if egypt gets this wrong. if egypt is seen as attacking the voice of an independent journalist core then this is really problematic. and this is why the voice is so dramatic against what is happening in this verdict and that is why again i believe that egypt and president si si will back off on this. it will not stand the way it is. it cannot stand because it reflects on egypt as a country and that is not where it wants to be. >> mark ellis, thank you very much, it was very good to speak to you. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its staff in egypt, thousands of people have

joined the campaign on twitter sending messages of support and out rage and you can too by using the hash tag free a.j. staff. >> we want freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> we want. >> freedom. >> there is plenty more to come on the news hour including reporting from gaza and struggling to get through months without pay. and the crumbling glory and why this nigeria city could lose the

remnants of the majestic wall and in sport brazil to victory of the world cup and details of the dramatic night in brazil coming up. ♪ the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says his country's support for iraqi forces will be intense and sustained. and kerry has just held talks with the president in northern iraq and let's hear what he had to say. >> the government mentions challenge, the central challenge that we face. in resent days the security of cooperation between the forces here in the kurdish area have been really critical to helping, to dry lines with respect to isil and provide some support to

the iraqi security forces. >> reporter: okay, and we are joined now live and so hoda we heard a snippet of the meeting between john kerry and the kurdish leader, what other details came out of that? >> well, not much more on that. but we have spoken to kurdish officials ahead of this visit. and, you know, their position is that and they said it publically actually, is that really this crisis came about because of the procrastination by prime minister malachi. they said he had carried out sectarian policies that have brought about all this. you know, ever since 2007 when you had this american surge, the one thing washington had always said and pointed the finger at is that this surge and this sort of down and violence would not hold unless there was political

reconciliation. that has never happened ever since. now the country is political stalemate and elections at the end of last april, the party of malachi did win majority but not majority needed for him to go ahead with forming a government alone and since there is political bickering they are locked into that. there will be no way to bring not only the kurds on board but also the sunni tribes and political leaders who at the moment feel they are completely at a loss. john kerry was here and heard from the kurds and yesterday he was in baghdad and heard from the political leaders there, across the board and sunni and shi and we have this report. >> reporter: the fall of key iraq cities brought worried american officials back to baghdad. they agreed to provide military help but it comes with

conditions. >> iraq faces a threat and have to meet it with what it demands. the very future of iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks. and the future of iraq depends primarily on the ability of iraq's leaders to come together. >> reporter: kerry told prime minister malachi that means forming an inclusive government. it has been three months since they went to the polls and four years since they had a full-time defense minister. kerry and the iraqi foreign minister held more talks about how to keep iraq from disintegrating. they have ground with speed and efficiency. this is the most serious crisis facing iraq since sudan hussein was toppled but it's dangerous for the entire region and the united states and meetings like these behind closed doors are deciding the future of this

country. iraq's foreign minister says with the fall of the key iraqi post with syria, they are moving weapons across the borders. >> help is on its way from the united states. but we need to do our part definitely here. but everybody recognizes the serious of the situation, the danger of isis, establishing its own islamic over the state and western part of iraq and eastern part of syria with all the resources, the weaponry that they have acquired, they will pose a mortal threat not only to iraq but to the region, to the west as well. >> reporter: iraq's second biggest city seized by isil two weeks ago, it's bizarrely business as usual with an islamic twist. isil fighters are directing traffic in the city, a few hand out karans to passing cars. in other areas where battles are

still raging, and al-qaeda fought american troops in a capitol of the islamic state. a decade later iraq forces that have not melted away are battling the latest more effective off shoot of al-qaeda. and the united states is back, not with large numbers of troops on the ground but with a promise of air strikes and the realization that this battle was never really won. jane with al jazeera, baghdad. it's time for the weather and that is what steph and you will tell us about floods in australia. >> we had really harry weather over the last 24 hours. in fact, let me show you the satellite picture because it shows very clearly that little circulation that edges its way across melvin there. as it worked across victoria it gave us very, very strong winds and it were the winds that were the root of all of our problems. the worst we saw is 128

kilometers per hour. clearly very strong. it did bring down trees and power lines as well and 50,000 homes were without power as the storm was at its worst and what it did is it pushed the river and had scenes like this where it was flooded and made it almost impossible there for some of the cars. over the next few days we will see more severe weather and strong winds and also some rain as well. so the rain gradually turned winter over the snowy mountains and 40 millimeters of snow and brought it down and blizzard conditions to deal with here. things won't be quite as bad through the next few days but from melvin there are winds of 40 kilometers per hour and that is not only for wednesday but thursday and in sidney we expect those winds to be around 60 kilometers per hour and still

pretty blustry here. rival of argentina fans prompting a security shake up in one of brazil's world cup cities plus. i'm reporting from beijing on a feisty group taking on the government over a broken promise to provide homes. and in sport the top seed in tennis is in top form, and he begins his wimbledon campaign. ♪ vé

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hello and let me take you through the top stories this hour. we are getting reports that 91 people have been abducted from village's in northeast nigeria and seized over a period of three days from the area here, more than 200 school girls are still missing after they were abducted by the group boko haram in april. and journalists have united to condemn sentences handed down to three al jazeera journalists on monday but egyptian president si si said he will not interfere with judicial system and u.s. secretary john kerry are talking with the kurds as the military tries to stave off a rebellion and renewed an inclusive government and praised forces for their support in the fight against isil fighters and more on iraq and let's talk to the military activist from istanbul and thank you for being here

with us today. i want to start with just an overview of the iraqi military and the isil fighters have been gaining ground at speed. what is the issue with the iraqi military, why can't they handle this and what is the strategy for them? >> you are seeing manifest in the iraqi government and military and you know these military forces have not confronted a force like isi circumstances since the americans left. they have been a check point force. so i don't think it's necessarily surprising that in the face of a real organized offensive they seem to melt away from any of these cities. >> john kerry is speaking to kurdish leaders and has said and under lined the importance of having the kurdish security forces on site. why is that so key to this conflict?

>> well, i think it has been seen the kurdish have got a proven track record of being effective fighters. they were able to push isis out of parts of the providence earlier last year. and i think what secretary kerry is looking to do is try to form or at least facilitate the formation of a coalition that can combat isis but it has to be seen if that is going to be able to come to fruition. >> can you see the international community giving any military help to iraq to help in this conflict? >> you know, i mean it's really difficult to say. so far the type of aid that at least seems to be forthcoming has been tepid, 300 u.s. advisors without any type of air support and difficult to see how it will make a significant difference. right now it seems to be the strategy is to try to form some type of coalition of kurds,

elements in the iraqi government and military that are still effective, somebody kabuled together that can bat isis advance to baghdad. >> this will be a long, drawn-out process without any kind of outside intervention right away? >> i think it certainly will be and i think what we are seeing right now is just the latest chapter in a very long war that started in 2003 and isis has been fighting for years now and now an extension of the same conflict and mission which is to create a fate that straddles present day syria and iraq. >> good for the analysis, thank you. now there has been a suicide attack in the lebanon capitol beirut and a car bomb exploded close to an army check point and heard across the city. one security officer was killed at long with the at tw -- attacr and 20 others killed and we have more from the scene of the

attack. >> this is a sensitive area here and it's at the edge of beirut southern suburb of the stronghold and here in the shi it's mostly shi, supporters of the parliament. the explosion took place right here. the suicide bomber blew himself up and he went against traffic and it was such a strong explosion the body of the suicide bomber was thrown up to the fourth floor of that building. it's a residential area and commercial area. many of the people without have been on the streets but most people here were watching the world cup inside their homes. there is also very close by coffee shop and dozens were there, young men who were watching the world cup, otherwise the casualties would have been much higher. this is not a surprising attack. it's the second terrorist attack in four days in lebanon and security forces believe it's the direct fall out of what is happening in iran. increase in the violence there

hasn't couraged and involved al-qaeda linked groups in lebanon to start acting against security forces and they are trying to have more plans to attack targets. >> reporter: israel continues to accuse hamas for the disappearance for settlers in the occupied west bank but palestinian administration is not just under pressure from israel, it's growing anger among thousands of government employee whose have not been paid for months and we have this report from gaza. >> reporter: the hospital survived seemingly insurmountable difficulties for years, conflict, lack of funds and israel and gaza borders but staff say the new government is more than partly to blame for their hardship today. this hospital struggles to meet needs of patients who come here any way but now it seems the

government is failing to meet the needs of the people that work here. they have not received a full salary for nine months and received nothing since the end of march. and he attends to an elderly women admitted for severe dehydration and close to losing consciousness and treats up to 50 people a day. he has three children under five and a wife to support. >> translator: i don't have money and it's having a psychological effect on me and relationship with my family, i'm always agitated and prefer to leave my family alone and come to work in a bad mood because i don't have my wages. >> reporter: the unity government is under a-month-old but already israel is demanding president abas to end partnership with hamas and blames hamas for disappearance for settlers in the occupied west bank and arrested hundreds of palestinians in the search for the young men. israel is accused the u.n. special envoy for the middle

east peace process and funneling $20 million to hamas to cutter and it's an accusation they deny. >> effort to block the transfer of the money. so the political situation in my opinion poison the deal with regard to finding an acceptable solution to the hamas employees in gaza. >> reporter: it's not just medical workers like these who are hangry. thousands of people in the health and education sectors, as well as members of the security forces also have not been paid. and kareem continues without salary to treat on people who depend on him for their lives and seems pressure is also mounting on the new palestinian government to survive. i'm charles with al jazeera in gaza. the trial has begun in south korea for 15 crew members of a ferry that sunk in april claiming more than 300 lives and the captain and others could

face the death penalty and most of those who died in the disaster were children on a school trip. crew members were seen abandoning the ship after passengers were told to wait this their cabins. a group of elderly protesters in china have demand to leave a block of apartments they took care of last month and it's on farmland that once belonged to them and the government promised new homes in exchange for their land but that never happened. >> reporter: they are unlikely rebel rousers and most in the 70s and now daring to stand up to their government. they are blockading the entrance to an apartment block on land they once farmed. the local government promised new flats if they moved out, that was 20 years ago and they are still waiting. >> translator: if they keep treating us like this how can the people trust the government, how can the people trust the communist party?

>> reporter: what happened to this village outside beijing is being repeated across china where land requisitions have become the biggest source of unrest. but these are perhaps some of the oldest protesters. they feel angry and let down by their government. the fact they are prepared to speak out to the foreign media is a measure of their desperation. and she is not afraid of being arrested. she lived alone in temporary accommodation since her husband died six years ago. he never got to spend his retirement in a new home and she worries she won't either. >> translator: the government kept telling us to way and saying one day you move in a new apartment so i waited and waiting and i'm almost 80 years old now. >> reporter: song points to an apartment on the 11th floor but she took over without permission last month.

that was after the developer began selling flats to outsiders. other protesters have also taken matters into their own hands in response the electricity and water have been cut. a producer for al jazeera ensures that song didn't have to walk up the 11 flights again. she insists this flat is rightfully her's and not even a confrontation with police has deterred her. >> translator: i told the police that i won't leave unless you kill me. this is my house. if you force me to leave i will jump from this window. >> reporter: the local government has so far refused to answer questions about when or if the former village's will ever receive the homes promised them. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. sentenced to death on charges of abandoning islam is

released from prison and her lawyer says the 27-year-old is back with her husband and two children after court ordered her release on monday. and her father was muslim but raised by a christian mother and convinced of -- convicted for marrying a christian. now the second largest city in nigeria was once a bustling commercial hub and center for islamic learning and centuries it was protected by a wall that helped defined its identity and preserve culture but now we report that much of the city's heritage is crumbling. >> reporter: it's difficult to imagine this is anything but a swamp and a shadow do of a mound but this is part of the century's old wall, a one time unique example of fort kags that drew visitors from around the world and helped define and develop the city. >> you feel a sense of loss and

this is social value in terms of individual or collective identity. people identify themselves in relation to their location within the city. >> reporter: this was the jewel of the seven walls city that made up the kingdom, center for islamic learning and scholarship. and at the 15th century market the fusion of smells and colors says they flocked here for generations and the gates protect it as a commercial hub as far back as the 12th century and it extends 20 kilometers and parts of it 8 meters thick and 11-12 meters high but nature and man have not been kind. today 80% of the wall is gone. something that prevented it from being listed as a world heritage site. it was at the foot of this hill the city first started building the wall and visitors come here every year for traditional

ceremonies as excavations keep finding clay pots straun across the site and no gates to protect and and not even a sign to protect it. the 500 trademark and popular among tribesmen and tourists and cheaper imported fabrics have taken its towel and most no longer functional and they soldier on. >> translator: this is what i have been doing all my life. i inherited it from my father and he inherited it from his. i passed it on to five of my children to stop the trade from dying. >> reporter: as the city's heritage slowly fades there have been conservation attempts and u.s. and germany are trying to restore parts of the wall and it's regularly maintained but officials have been more occupied with giving the city a face lift, modern structures are

the last physical reminders of a glorious past, northern nigeria. and still ahead we will have the latest action from the world cup plus. >> i'm in a prison in mexico city, what is it like to watch the crotia mexico match with some of the hardest criminals? we will have the story coming up.

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we have this report from porto on arrival of argentina's most natorious soccer huligans. ♪ they are called the fierce fans. they make their mark wherever there is a football game but they are much more than hooligans. >> they are hired thugs used for doing dirty word for trade unions and politicians, in exchange they are able to carry out illegitimate dealings with football. >> reporter: in and out of argentina including during world cup games. >> translator: they can end up causing suspension of a game by throwing noise bombs, hurting someone in the stands or robbing

or killing people outside the stadiums. it's their way of life. nothing out of the ordinary. >> reporter: it's more about business than sport. thousands of tickets given by fifa to the football federation have been distributed to them who can resell them in brazil for at least $1200. more than five times their official value. illegal, of course. argentina and brazil federal police are cooperating and have compiled a list of the worst troublemakers and argentina cannot stop them from leaving the country but brazil can help them prevent them from crossing the border, this is the closest port of entry. in a rare move a small group agreed to speak on camera to denounce the black list as, quote, discriminatory. >> translator: i'm tired of being in prison, of being seen as a monster and we want

argentine football to be well regarded abroad and telling members to be on their best behavio behavior. >> and authorities here are taking no chances. i'm with al jazeera in brazil. >> reporter: and for what is happening on the soccer world cup. >> thank you so much. and brazil has reached the knock-out stage of the world cup and did it in style. they thrashed camroon of top of the group and set up with chile and it was namar who inspired the host and richard nicholson reports. >> poster board and the player for the big occasion and monday was no different as he put the host on front in 17 minutes and 68,000 crowd was standing when cameroon localized and they came to the rescue restoring brazil lead as they went in the break

2-1. fred are the two more after half time to seal the comfortable 4-1 win to brazil. and they will join brazil in the knock-out phase after being crotia and this is in the 77th minute and made it two, three minutes later with hernandez wrapping it up late on. crotia scored a consolation goal but through after a 3-1 win. both the netherlands and chile were already through to the knock-out phase and they have to see who finished top of group b. second half goals from substitute leroy wrapped up the injury time for the dutch. final match between spain and australia was dead as both already had been knocked out and they bowed out with a win and spain's record score playing his final international and signed out with his 59th goal for his

country and the deal is to make it 3-nil to spain and richard nicholson, al jazeera. brazil are group of winners and face south america chile in the second round on saturday. let's go back to that brazil game despite the 4-1 score line over cameroon, lee welding says the team must improve if they are to go further in this tournament. >> reporter: they are starting to relax and starting to believe it was a tense start to the tournament with having to come from behind to beat crotia and then being held by mexico in their second day and now they have the scoring they want and had some of the flair but they are demanding and actually the score line gives them to a performance that wasn't exactly perfect. and i think the coach will be working hard on the training ground because he knows they have to improve when they play chile and chile is better than brazil in the training stages

but brazil is favorite when they come together because they have the incredible name, 22-year-old man and the weight of the nation on his shoulders and carrying it lightly and enjoying his football and you can see how much they rely on him but he is not letting it effect him at all and he is the leading goal scorer with four goals. >> second out of brazil group and 3-1 victory was watched by hundreds of prison inmapts in mexico city and a welcome for life behind bars. >> reporter: the joy and freedom of watching your team score and win a world cup match. hundreds of mexico cities most hardened criminals were granted permission to watch their beloved national squad take on and beat crotia. the man on the drums, a convicted killer who has watched every mexico match in this year's cup. >> translator: just because we are in prison doesn't mean we will stop supporting our

national team, in the country we are in good spirits so the team can do well. >> reporter: for most of the match the game was scoreless. close calls thrilled and frustrated the prisoners but in the 72nd minute mexico began to dominate with the succession of three goals. of course the prisoners and fans of mexico's national team were thrilled at the victory but just as important as the result which is a little breaking up the boredom of prison life. >> translator: it's a great distraction for us to be able to share this with our friends and support mexico. >> reporter: while prisoners were rushed to their cells, they celebrated mexico city's mark, the angel of independence. mexico is a pias country and at least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mexico, their biggest challenge so far, the netherlands who have won all three matches.

but for now fans are boyant and beat expectations to make it this far. >> translator: they gave us an unimaginable moment of happiness,s this is the best gift our national team could have given us. >> reporter: the power to unite and if only briefly let people have a taste of freedom. adam with al jazeera mexico city. and don't forget to join us everyday for world cup update, the daily wrap of efrverything going on 1540 gmt and joined by african footballer of the year freddy. and costa the first women's couch of a professional football team in france has quit and she was officially appointed as couch of second division team in march with a 36th-year-old resigned before the new season has even begun, some members of the squad has called her appointment a joke and no official reason has been given

for her decision. nadal will play opening match at wimbledon on tuesday and the world number one lost at round one last year and the top seed at wimbledon is through to the next round, the 2011 champion demolished andre in just 88 minutes. and he won 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in the match. defending andy murray got off to a winning start and he was off against belgium in a race through the first set and talking it 6-1. opponent stepped up game but couldn't hold the wimbledon champion and with new couch watching on murray took the next two sets 6-4, 7-5 for the win. there is much more sport on our website, for the latest check out al jazeera.com/sport. that is it for me for now and back to you. >> thanks and that is the

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>> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> another round of dip lope lil see in iraq for secretary of state john kerry. >> journalism is not a crime. he is an award winning journalist, not a criminal. >> prison time for doing their jobs, reaction from around the