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we begin in iraq. secretary of state john kerry set to meet with nato foreign ministers today in brussels of course the ongoing crisis in that country certain to be on the agenda. earlier today kerry met with leaders in the kurdish region there. calling for an inclusive government once again. meanwhile there are reports that dozens have been killed in fighting. jane has more from baghdad. >> reporter: there are intense efforts underway in baghdad and the kurdish capital to try to put together a coalition government. that's in line with a clear message from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry that that is what has to happen. if the united states is going to send troops that it's sending, special forces troops as well as provide the air strikes that iraq is desperately calling for. now those isil fighters are so far along the border regions and

in cities and towns in the north and west. some of them vital supply routes. iraq's foreign minister tells us that he doesn't believe that baghdad is in danger. >> we are not talking about organized army units and control over large areas. this is a mobile force. it can hit and draw back and move elsewhere. and since we lack air force power, really they have been making some gains against our troops, but they are reversible, i think if we can get our act together, we oregano with some aid, international aid, air power support, from our friends we can push back these forces. >> reporter: what iraqi forces are rorid about are fighters coming back that's why they are

asking for u.s. help. with no air force to speak of they are relying on the u.s. and its air strikes, no one here is under the illusion that air strikes are going to solve this problem. jane, thank you very much. meanwhile the u.n. saying more than a thousand people, mostly civilians have been killed in iraq in june alone. thousands now trying to find safe haven from the fighting. some of the displaced are winding up in u.n. camps in the kurdish region. they were able to receive medicine and the electricity is up and running again that is needed to help pouring the cooling units. in egypt that country's president saying he will not interfere with judicial rulings despite the global outrage over the conviction of our three al jazerra journalists, el sisi making the comments today at a military graduation. it comes after several political leaders including john kerry con determined that verdict. erica pit see has more. >> reporter: this is the sound of silence around the world. from al jazerra headquarters in

doha, to nairobi, to seoul, a moment of unity and protest of the verdict that sentenced these three journal assists to prison for up to 10 years. the reaction after an egyptian court on monday was far from silent, especially the family of the accused. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: peter greste's parents were stunned and angry. >> our son, peter, is an award-winning journalist. he's not a criminal. >> reporter: the court convicted the journal assists on charges they supported the muslim brotherhood which has been declared a terrorist organization. but the fight to free the journal assists is not over. interim ceo of al jazerra america. >> we are determined to make sure that our journalists will be freed. and the whole world is standing behind us. >> reporter: that includes the united states. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence. and, you know, it's deeply

disturbing to see in the midst of egypt's transition. >> reporter: britain. >> egypt has taken a major step in the wrong direction with this decision. >> reporter: and australia. >> what we want to do is to talk calmly and patiently and reasonably to the egyptian government. >> reporter: some fellow journalists believe the verdict was politically motivated in hopes of having a chilling effect on the freedom of press. mikal golden of the new york times. >> in the short-term it does silence the press to some degree in egypt. it makes the press outside of egypt even more vociferous and stronger and you'll see this story ricocheting around the world now. >> reporter: in an interview with pbs's charlie rose, al jazerra english reporter sue unleashed her reaction as one of the journalists convicted in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison. >> egypt brought in a new constitution only a few months ago, where it very much put freed u press, freed immaterial

the speech, freedom of assembly in the center of that constitution, they are the ones that are saying they are on a road map to democracy. they are the ones that have harold third degree as a pillar of democracy, frankly right now that pillar is in ruins. >> reporter: at this point many are opening to appeal and the verdicts will be throne out. others hoping for possible pardons but now we are hearing that president sisi is refusing to interfere in the judicial process it looks like that option is off the table at least for now. erica, s*. as you can see that outrage is worldwide. journalist from the bbc also holding a silent vigil outside their offices in london, barnaby phillips was there. >> reporter: many bbc journalists took part in this practice test because they personally know and respect the work and integrity of peter greste who worked for this organization for many years. but the bbc management i believe thathat think that there is a wr

principle at stake. that that verdict in eye cairo courtroom is an attack on journalism and free speech and intends today intimidate other journalist who his may want to report from egypt on egyptian affairs in the months and years to come. the bbc head of news james harding said that this organization and other british organizations will be sending a letter to president sisi calling on him to intervene. this story has played very high across the british media, across commercial television, a cross british newspapers over the last 24 hours. also earlier today we talked to de del fine. u.s. director of reporters without borders she said this is not the first time the egyptian government has tried to silence journalists but did doing it over and over again defense the revolution. >> reporter: since the fall of president mubarak, all the regimes have tried to suppress

the information. but the respect of freedom has we klined considerably six journalists have actually been killed since last july mostly when they were covers pro morsi demonstrations. a former news of the world editor was convicted of phone actin.the 35eu7er allegedded use communications for its stories. fellow editor rebecca brooks was acquitted of all charges that now did h defunct paper was owny rupert murdoch. vladimir putin asking the russian parliament to reverse the decision sanctioning military force. >> reporter: this is a positive move by vladimir putina he's

revoking a law that came from io place back in march. the fact that he feel that his same law is no longer necessary when he's talking about eastern ukraine means the prospect of russian troops swarming across the border from russia in to eastern ukraine is receding significantly. that said, there is more than one way to cook an egg, frankly and just because he dint see military intervention as a strong possibility does not mean, i think, that vladimir putina is somehow turning his back on the events and on the separatists in this part of the world. there is a ceasefire ongoing, by both separatists and by the army, that is due to expire on friday, and frankly, it's anybody's guess what will happen after that. there are primary elections taking place across the country today, one of the most closely watched is in mississippi, that is where the tea party candidate is trying to win a senate seat. chris mcdaniel facing six term gop sen today todd cochran, also races in colorado, new

york, and oklahoma. the new york times is reporting that governor chris christie of new jersey may be link today a second inquiry. the report claims that christy may have violate aid law to get a roadway repaired. the sky way is undergoing a $2 billion renovation repair project, investigators allege that christy diverted funds from another project to repair that sky way marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. after 114 days of deliberations and filibusters the senate finally signed off on that bill on june 9th, 1964 it was signed in to law by l b.j. president lindon johnson less than two weeks later. today's ceremony honoring martin luther king, jr. and his wife coretta scott. dr. king was in jill when that bill was passed. coming up on al jazerra, it was once a busy metropolis, now only a shadow of itself how a

major city is losing its identity and culture. public work nurse gaza helping people around the clock, even though they haven't seen a pay check for months.

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the process of building a palestinian unity government is slow work but it is ongoing. one of the biggest challenges is paying the salaries of the public workers in gas, a they haven't been paid now for nearly two months. charles stratford has our report from the gaza strip. >> reporter: the hospital is survived seemingly in surmountable difficulties for years. conflict, lack of funds and raise reel's block indicate of gaza's borders but staff here say the new palestinian government is more than partly for blame for that are hardship today. this hospital struggles to meet the needs of patients that come here anyway but now the government is failing to meet the needs of the people that come here. they haven't received a reived l

salary for nine months and they have received nothing since the end of march. abdullah tends to an elderly woman who has been admitted suffering from dehydration, she's close to losing consciousness, he treats up to 50 children a day. he has three children under five and a wife to support. >> i don't have money, it's having a bad psychological affect on me and my relationship with my family. i am educated. i prefer to leave my family alone. i come to work in a bad mood because i don't have my wages. >> reporter: the palestinian unity government is under a month old. but already israel is demanding president mahmoud a bass end his partnership with hamas. it blames hamas to the disappearance of three israeli settleers in the occupied west bank, it has arrested hundreds of palestinians in its search for the young men. israel has also accused the u.n. special envoy for the middle east piece process robert seare of trying to funnel $20 million to hamas from qatar.

it's an accusation he staunchly denies. >> israel is trying to block the transfer of the money. the political situation in my opinion poisoned the whole deal with regard to finding an acceptable solution to the hamas influence i -- employees in gaz. >> reporter: it's not just medical workers who are angry, thousands of the people in the health and education sectors as well as members of the security forces also haven't been paid. abdul kareem continues without salary to continue to treat people without salary who depend on him for their lives it seems pressure also mounting on the new palestinian government to survive. charles stratford, al jazerra, gaza. israel says that it is scaling back the search for those three teenagers that went missing in the west bank it's been 11 days now. a senior u.n. official expressing fears yesterday that the continued search might provoke a revolt in the west bank. hundreds of palestinians have been arrested during the search for the teens. the israeli government blaming

hamas for the kidnappings. the nigerian military investigating another possible mass kidnapping in the north. suspending militants raiding three villages, abducting as many as 91 people. >> reporter: first and foremost we have spoken at considerable length to the commander of the joint civilian j.t. f. that's a joint task force, now, he says categorically that over a period of time. three days, wednesday, thursday, friday, that there was a series of abductions of people, a mass kidnapping, if you will. in which young women and some young girls apparently, were taken by the fighters. also a total of something like 30 men, young men, were taken also. and it's unclear, there is also a report that four of them who tried to resist were shot.

and this information has filtered through the security forces, but the police categorically say they have not had a formal report. we spoke to the police commissioner, who declined to comment on what action he was taking. but said categorically that he had not had a formal report of these abductions. now, this is not unusual apparently in nigeria, would you believe there have been abductions in the past in which they have been reported in the media and indeed by local government officials and ngos, but no formal inquiry has taken place immediately. and that's an due simons in nigeria. meanwhile, nigeria second largest city was bust a bustling had you been and center for learning. for years it's tried to preserve its culture. but some of that heritage is now

crumbling. >> reporter: it's difficult to imagine this is something but a swamp in the shadow of a mound. but this dump site where children pass time is part of the centuries old wall a one time unique example of ancient fort if i indication that drew visitors from around the world and helped define and develop the city. >> you feel a real sense of lo loss. [inaudible] social value in times of individual or collective identity. people identify themselves in relation to their location within the city. >> reporter: kano was the jewel you have seven walled cities that made up a kingdom a center for islamic learning and score or ship. at its famed 15th century market the fusion of colors and smells tells the story of how merchants have flocked here from across the sahara for ages. it's been a commercial had you e as far back as the 20th century parts of it's 11 meters

high. but nature and man haven't been kind. today 80% of the wall is gone. something that has prevented it from being lift listed as a world there are tank site. it was at the foot of this hill when the king started building the world. visitors come here every year to ceremonies finding ancient play pots strewn across the site. there are not guards to protect it. not even a sign to mark it. the 500-year-old deep blue cloth popular among tribes men and tourists. constant competition from cheaper imported fabrics have taken a toll on the craft. many of the fits are no longer functional. 75-year-old man soldiers on. >> this is what i have been doing all my life. i inning tear ted it from my father and he inherited it from his, i passed it on five of my children to stop the trade from

dieing. >> reporter: as the city's heritage slowly fades there have been humble cons advantages attempts the u.s. and germany have contributed to restoring parts of the wall. the ancient palace still inhabited by the current ruler is regularly maintained. residents seo visuals have been more occupied with giving the city a face lift. modern trucks stews replacing the last physical reminder of a glorious past. al jazerra, northern nigeria. that sudanese woman freed from death row on monday has been rearrested. the lawyer for her say that she and her family were taken in to custody at the airport. she was sentence today charges on abandoning islam and convert to go christy honesty. she was released from prison yesterday after they canceled her death sentence. trying to find out what led to a crash of flight 214. it's been about a year since that plane crashed at san francisco's international airport killing three. the national transportation safe

i board is expected to release its report today identifying what caused the fatal crash. the boeing triple seven coming in too low and too slow. three of the 307 people on board were killed. hounds more injured. coming up on al jazerra america no doubt about it these men are thrilled that mexico won their world cup game. but it's what they have in common could be a huge surprise. yesterday we told but a monet hitting the auction blocks, wait until you hear what he went for. that story in just a few minutes.

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welcome back to al jazerra america, i al del walters, these are your headlines at this power. u.n. saying more than a thousand people, most civilians have been killed in iraq in june, thousands more displaced secretary of state john kerry saying the country needs an inclusive government if it plans to world off isil's mounting

thread. egypt's president saying he will not interfere with judicial rulings despite the global outrage over the conviction of our three colleagues, abdel el sey making those comments today. both sides failing to honor a ceasefire, putin's request giving hope for the possibility of effective negotiations. ♪ ♪ let's face it, it seems the world has world cup fever. record numbers watching in the u.s. and elsewhere. and tv sets going up in parts and restaurants around the world. but when mexico played croatia winning 3-1, there were bars involved, but not what you think. adam has more. >> reporter: the joy and freedom of watching your team score and win a world cup match. hundreds of mexico city's most hardened criminals were granted

permission to watch their beloved national squad take on and beat croatia. the man on the drums, a convicted killer who has watched every mexico match in this year's cup. >> just because we are in prison doesn't mean we are going to stop supporting our national team. on the contemporary, we are in good spirits so that 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 a succession of three goals. of course these prisoners and fans of mexico's national team were thrilled at the victory, but just as important as the result, was the chance for a little bit of diverse toy break 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, thousands celebrated in mexico

city's mainland mark the angel of independence. mexico is a pry us country and at least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mechanics to mexicor biggest challenge so far the netherlands who had won all three of their matches. but for now the fans have beaten their expectation to his make it this far. >> translator: they gave us an inning manageable moment of happiness, this is the best gift our national team could have given us. >> reporter: the power of football to unite and if only briefly let people have a taste of freedom. despite the dire predictions people in brazil loving the world cup. traffic on the other hand, that's a different story. brazil is known for having plenty of public holidays the world cup no different. calling it the general law of the cup when a game isn't going on, this is what the streets of rio look like, but when it's game time, all the streets, believe it or not, are

practically empty. parts of ohio and indiana being slammed with bad weather. the national weather service confirming a tornado hit parts of brunswick, ohio, which is roughly 30 miles southwest of cleveland. 10 homes destroyed. 25,000 left without power. there is good news, though, the police department there reporting that no one was hurt. but on that note. it has been one rainy, soggy spring and now the first identify days of summer. >> meteorologist: and we are talking about more rain. the big problem is the flooding. not only flash flooding from this very heavy rain but river flooding a big problem in the northern plains and that water is heading south through the rivers. let's focus on the tornado that you saw there. this is the storm reports from yesterday, these storms right around ohio that produce this one tornado. they are surveying the damage to see what category tornado it was. most likely ef1 or possibly 2. still winds over 100 miles an hour, enough to damage homes there. and that was the one tornado from yesterday. some other wind reports and flooding reports there in

western pennsylvania. the radar plus the clouds now shows it's pretty quiet but more storms will develop throughout the day and that will lead to potentials for flash flooding. flash flood watch in the same area with the severe weather yesterday. this flow pulling up a lot of plays true and rain and storms developing that will go over the same area dump a lot of rain all at once, so this will lead to flash flooding. that's when the flooding happens quickly and water goes down quickly but that will work its way in to some of the larger rivers, this is the area of concern here, right ahead to the front, right through illinois, indiana and ohio. rainfall amounts of two to possibly three-inches of rain will lead to flash flooding over the next three days. the northern plains quiet now with a little break in the rain. that's what we need, a lot of rains come over the same area, inches of rain near close to 10 to 20-inches here in the last 30 days, these are all river flood warnings. not the flash flooding but the river flooding is happening in the upper midwest over 100 river

gauges at or above flood stage, major rivers forecast to chris. this is the mississippi river around minneapolis, st. paul cresting and dropping here late they are week. but the river flooding is a long process here and the water will slowly beginnin slowly begt it's above the major flood stage, these are the river gauges and will likely start to spread south as the waterworks its way south. not rain in the southwest. drought continues there were the red flag warnings the fire weather watches for the fire weather danger happening in the southwest. not enough rain there, too much in some other areas. dave warren, thank you very much. while we are on the subject of water by the way, a very famous paint being monet water lilies going up for auction today. $54 million, that's about an $800,000 increase from when it was auctioned off just last year. not bad if you've got the money claude monet painting hundreds of versions of the lev leafy pas

tell flowers found in his garden in nomady, france. thank you for watch. "inside story" is next, reminder you can always check us out 24 howard a day by going to our website aljazerra.com where the news never stops. >> hello, i'm ray suarez.