>> journalism is not a crime. . this is al jazeera. >> hello. welcome to the newshour life from the headquarters in doha. i am stephen cole. in the next 60 minutes, the iraqi army gets a boost as it fights sunni rebels who plan to march to baghdad. >> airstrikes in the gaza strip after a rocket fire from the palestinian territory. defying beijing. people in hong kong head to the polls to demand the right to elect their leaders. plus: the under dog confounding

the critics. costa rica prepared to face greece in one of their most successful tournaments in world cup history. first to the turmoil in iraq and an important test for the largest military offensive yet by government forces. there is confusion about who exactly is in control of tikrit. the iraqi army says it's ready to retake the city that fell to sunni rebels almost three weeks ago. state television is reporting reinforcements have arrived and is taking control surrounding villages. they are believed to be on the outskirts of the city and are getting ready for a major battle to come. at the same time, troops are being deployed west of the city. they want to secure the road leading to repa near sia. the first batch of russian fighter jets have arrived.

the government says the five planes will be ready for cocomb the coming days. straight to baghdad an to imran chan. we are reporting confusion about tick ri tikrit. who is? charge of the city? do we know who is trying to retake it? what's the situation there they are in control but where the confusion lies is the definition of it outskirts. the iraqi army say they are on the outskirts, building up reinforcement taking control. out skwirtsz is 25 miles from the city. the discussirts is 25 miles fro city. the discuss 25 kilometers away outside the city, they built up their reinforcements in the iraqi army are readying

themselves to go into the city. i sil has taken over what has been the home of saddam hussein a and they are insisting they have reinforcements. nobody has moved inside the city yet. when is that happens it's likely to be hardcore street to street fighting. they will have helicopter back-up. >> symbolically important as the birthplace as you point out, imran, of saddam hussein. is it strategically important? >> stratemption i cancally, it's one of the gateways that leads up. if you take tikrit and you manage to secure tikrit, the other towns are certain over and the vidal in between it's

strategically important. the united nations says well over a thousand people are being killed in the recent violence. most civilians. it also says that the total number of people displaced in iraq this year is more than a milli million. as a result, the u.n. has tripled its aid of appeal to over $300 million. let's go back to imran. imran, talking about the strategic imports of tick riti t tikrit. those numbers, increasing every day. >> that's absolutely right. let me put you -- let me give you a dollar figure about how much the shortfall of funding is. $278 million. >> that's what the u.n. say they still need. they have only got 20% of what they need. what does that mean on the ground? it means that peoplecism kept get any shelter. most of the people flee from mosul and the rest of the northwest are going to iraqi kurdstan stair tory. they are going to towns like erbil.

churching, mosques, sports halls, anywhere people can put down a bed are now being used to house those refugees. they are in country. the rents are sky high. a lot of people can't afford to even stay in places like that. so, some people are moving back to their homes and uncertain future they face there. others are just trying to get any place that they can to lay their herds. iraq's air force used to be one of the strongest but it was devastated afterwards with united states, and great britain and hoeblingz without any high-tech precision we believe reelicopters. without any high-tech precision we believe re one has turned up. washington says the rest are due in the autumn. let's bring in a professor of

middle east politics at the london school of economics and political science. are these jets significant? >> i don't think so. the prime minister beliefs the air force would turn the tides. he was angry with the americans because the americans have not delivered on the contract. he argues that he was duped. he used the termed "duped" bite americans. the reality is the military reality is complex, and even though the five or 10 or 15 jets that will be delivered to iraq in the next few weeks might help the iraqi army, this is a very, very difficult military campaign because the two political and military are intertwined in iraq as you well know. >> ran is sending weaponry to iraq. there are also reports -- i have seen reports that iran has taken

control of the leadership of iraqi forces. do you believe that? and if it's true, what does that mean? >> i have no duties in my mind that iranian health, logistical intelligence, leadership command and control is very pistol. in particular, not only in providing strategic but in training volunteers since the outset of the crisis. we know iran, according to some reports r providing funds, both qualitative weapons and small weapons to iraq. iranian role. what you see in tick tikrit is a product of this support by iran, but, also, let's remember, stephen that iranian support politically is important as well, that iran is one of the most important players in iraq, is much more important than the united states of america.

it has built a major, basically bridge to many political and social forces in iraq. at the end of the day, iran and the united states are the two most important players to help the iraqi government. not only -- >> indeed. >> advanced by isis. please. >> i am just thinking, a obama is saying he is now reviewing his options, whatever that means. and i wonder if that includes airstrikes and hassan huradi rh seems to be holding out hope of an alliance. these are massive turn arounds, aren't they? >> what we are witnessing is a major turning points in the relationship between the united states and iran even though the supreme leader of iran has said that he opposes american intervention. my reading based mon many reports that the americans and the iranians most probably are talking about iran. they are indirectly coordinating

actions. both the americans and the iranians are welcoming the support of each other to the iraqi government and the iraqi crisis really has changed the geostrategic calculation, not just iraq. in syria and neighboring countries. we might be witnesses a kind of indirect, strategic situation, even though we have to wait how this particular indirect situation manifests itself on the streets in baghdad and in dam affectus. >> a rapid change. fawaz, many thanks for that. >> iraq's parliament is due to meet on july 1st to begin the process of form agnew government w deep divisions and mistrust, it won't be easy. hoda reports from erbil. >> he may be miles away from the battleground but in his own way, he continues to wage war against his long-time enemy, prime

minister nouri al-malaki from a holts in the kurdish reachon. he is sending a clear message. there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until al-malaki leaves power. there can be no peace unless an interim salvation government takes control to carry out reforms. >> we informed sunni politicians, in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meeting on july 1st of the hotel 1st or they will be considered traitors. they will be giving legitimacy to al-malaki and accepting the killing by his officials. >> the government has been dismissed by nouri al-malakimal. he called to lead on july 1st to start the process of forming a government. a more inclusive government has been a key demand of the united states and it wants it in place before assisting the iraqi government face what it calls the mitt hotel militant threat. >> washington is in a difficult

position. the islamic state in iraq and lavant may be leading the government against the shia-led government. other groups are taking part. iraq sunnis support a rebel yon. we cannot take sides in a hotel in what is described as a sunni-shia war. >> it may be too late. suileman once did he have hotel cooperated with the united states. years later, he is refusing to fight the islamic state in iraq and the lavant until the u.s. reviews its policies. >> it needs to review it's support to this government. some of their statements are unacceptable like when they say they will support the iraqi army. what army? there is no army in iraq. they are maliki's iranian backed militia. they are the real threat to iraq. >> this conflict has been in the making for years forming a government may not be enough to end the rebellion. after all, it is not the politicians but those who hold the arms on both sides of the

divide who need to make peace if iraq as a nation standard of care hotel state is to have you ever val hotel hotel survive. al jazeera, erbil. >> airstrikes carried out at several strikes in the gaza strip. its hotel israel said they are in retaliation for six rockets fired from gaza into israel. two of them hitting a factory in the town of st hotel tarat. there has been an increase of rocket fire. more than sixty have been launched from gaza this month. . >> during the weekend, the israeli defense force attacked a large number of targets in retaliation for fire from gaza to israel. we are ready to board hotel tailor our activities. since the foundation of the group with the terrorist group, they practically accepted preventable hotel hotel hotel firing into the strip. >> now more from jerusalem. >> the israeli military tell

al jazeera that 15 rockets have been fired from the gaza strip towards israel since friday. on friday, two were killed as they traveled in a vehicle. they were killed by an israeli rocket. they were members of popular resistance committees and they have been accused of firing rockets in to israel. on saturday night, two rockets from gaza hit derat industrial zone at the time of israel. one hit a factory close hotel causing a blaze. there were no israeli severe casualties that have been reported. of course this comes at a time when tensions are extremely high. the israeli military are still conducting their biggest military operation in the occupied west bank for over 10 years. two and a half weeks ago, three israeli settlers went missing in the occupied west bank. two 16-year-olds, one 19-year-old. israel considers them kidnapped. they have been cracking down on hamas in the occupied west bank. now, the israeli foreign minister was quoted in the israeli press this morning as

saying that after what he called a limited operation in the occupied west bank, quote, we have to decide whether we are going to explore the alternative of full occupation of the gaza strip. now, that has been mentioned, returning to the gaza strip by israeli forces has been mentioned before. it's not necessarily going to be taken seriously right now. it's not an extree hotel tremely popular opinion across israeli political spheres. >> a libyan man has pleaded not guilty to a 2012 attack on benghazi. he and in court in washington, d.c. he was captured by american special forces in libya two weeks ago. the u.s. ambassador to libya and three hotel three other americans died in the attack in benghazi. james we haddic is a former special agent for the u.s. federal bureau of investigation and he explained why it took so long for the f.b.i. or special forces to arrest him. >> they needed to effect the

arrest and make sure that those that were making the arrest could return to the u.s. safely as well as kattala. i have done a unusual of high-value arrests. sometimes those plans go on for a little bit longer than most people think, and we have something with the international waters and territory, you can imagine it would take a long time. >> we have prosecuted a number of terrorists. they will be given their rights, and they will be afforded a lawyer. and it will be chaired by a judge. i don't expect he will have a problem presenting the evidence, and i don't expect his defense team will have a problem defending him. it will be a difficult job to hotel for the defense team, and it will be a difficult job for the prosecutors. it will be up to the judge to maintain, you know, a fair decorum in the courtroom, and make sure that everyone gets their fair shake, if you will,

at east hotel either making their case or defending the case. >> in ukraine, president poroshenko has edge hotel extended a cease-fire. >> didn't stop the fighting. u ukraine's defense min sfreerp ex hotel released this. exchange happened while the army was moving in on a convoy in karpovka near the eastern city of slovyansk. in kiev, gatherings outside the president to hotel calling to end the cease fire with proceed russian fighters in the east. >> in ukraine, the military says there have been sporadic attacks by pro-russian gunmen despite that ceasefire. separatists released a second group of international observers that have been held captive for a month. further monitors for the hotel, the osee were released on

friday. >> we welcome the return of the last four of our missing oce special monitor mission teammates after a month away. we request our friends and colleagues in the prose now to allow them the peace, quite and time with their families that they need and deserve. many people, both inside and outside the next have worked tirelessly to secure their release. we take this opportunity to publically thank them. the detention of the monitors have substantially restrained the operations of the mission in eastern ukraine at a time when a flow of objective information has never been more important. hotel particularly while consultations continue. we consider the continued work of the mission essential and hoping to restore peace and stability city throughout ukraine. thank you. >> in the indian city of cheni, more than 100 people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of a tower that collapsed while it was still being built. most of those trapped are building workers, at least 11 people are being confirmed dethotel dead. 28 have been rescued so far.

police have arrested two directors of the construction company that was building the tower. >> pakistan's army chief has flown to a disputed part of kashmir. sharif was marking the second anniversary of hotel an avalanche who will tilled hotel killed mostly military personnel. it is described hotel claimed by india and pakistan. both countries have forces stationed there. more to come on this newshour including what is happening to the children in these areas and men living with them? breaking the cycle of abuse. we report on 1 would hotel hotel within woman's work to save girls in south sudan from a life of an exploitation. . >> plus, we remember stalin's rein of terror hotel terror. some hotel why do some want his name restored this hotel to this famous city. the world cup new sensation has hotel have propelled colombia into the quarterfinals for the very first time.

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his wife and five children. 43 members of his community did not. feeding the family became a struggle. hopes and family dreams, hotel, farms a hotel are idle. you can be attacked. we are afraid. sometimes, my children ask me what's going on. i tell you, it's not a good feeling. many feel abandoned. entire communities have been forced to relocate. what little hotel hotel with little or no security, people like this are always afraid that their stackers will come back. mohammed hadris, nigh hotel northern nigeria. >> african asylum seekers in israel hoping to return to their countries have met. representatives from the u.s.

hotel u.n. refugee agency. the hotel my grants have refused to return to the hall of conditions calling the conditions inhumane. the details. >> what comes to mind with such a scene, only in this case, a reverse ex douse hotel did you say is a better description. these people want to return to africa. >> they came here inusis hotel hotel hotel about 7 years ago. we want to say that will it is enough. we don't need to be in principlesnym. >> as they marched to the southern border of egypt. israeli securitiforces blocked them. a scufflefad followed. more than a thousand protesters turned back. >> so they staged a sit hoo in instead defying orders to return to a detention camp. the migrants are housed in the facility in the negev desert. they are free to move around but not allowed to work and must

report back each night. many living in ah hotel hotel hallat call it an i am hotel inhumane prison ant want the u.n. to intervene. >> yesterday, when we tried to reach the area and cross to the other side to go back to africa, let them kill us in africa. it is better than staying in israel. every day, you get persecution from the populate, from the government officials. >> people who have been in israel for more than five years without a work permit are sent to live in hallot, opened last december, the detention center houses around two and a half thousand people. most of them from sudan and aratria, seeking asigh hotel sigh lum. israel has built an electric fence with egypt to stem the tide of people trying to get in. it's worked, but these hotel the israel government remains under scrutiny for how it deals with those who do get in and now want out. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> in paraguay, flooding hassed

foursed 200,000 people out of homes. heavy rains in the area near the paraguayan rivers have destroyed roads and houses. the government spent $3 million to try to bring food to families in those flood-hit areas. >> let's look at the weather where you are from paraguay to slovenia. >> certainly can cover paraguay in this forecast, steven. doesn't look too bad at the moment as you see down toward the eastern side of paraguay. things should improve, i am pleased to say, over the next few days. it really take a while before we see any great improvement because the lag of the heavy rain coming down. an area of low pressure, that is swirling away here it is making its way away from the eastern side of the country. so we are going to see things get better, high pressure coming into the western side of the country. >> will continue to push its way a little further east over the next couple of days. high pressure, of course, the

atmosphere suppresses those showers and pushes them out of the way. we will see further cloud and rain with an area of low pressure just swirling away just around that eastern side of paraguay pulling away across northern parts of your gay hotel hotel hotel u are. uguay. monday, a better picture, greater hotel hotel brighter skies more in the way of sunshine action temperatures around 18 degrees celsius. a little cooler here with the top temperature around 14 degrees. at least you can see it does look fine and dry with some sunshine. >> sunshine is in evidence as we go on into the middle part of the week. thicker clouds pushing in by this stage with showers this weekend, stephen. >> everton, thanks very much. 50,000 people have signed a petition calling for the russian city of volgegrad to be renamed stalin graduate hotel grad. they say his reign was a terrifying period of soviet history because it wass once

called lenin grad. sue turtin reports. >> recounting mock hotel moscow's darkest day on a your hotel tour of the city's most hotel locations. those taken inside in the 1930s and 40s, just 1% were ever seen again. there are no plaques on the walls to tell the story of the stalin purges and just joan hotel joining this walk is a risk. >> if somebody wants to detain us, they can according to the new law as an event that's not sanctioned by the body of executive power. >> i had relatives who suffered during these times. but you hardly read about this. the government has done two things: downgraded t.v. and education. no one knows anything. >> joseph stalin enforced an atmosphere of persecution and distrust and anyone dealed an enemy of the people was arrested

on the flimsiest of evidence and tried within 24 hours. neighbor told on neighbor to try to very hotel safe thefshsz. al budding actor was september to the gulag for five years. . >> a car pulled up by my house as i came back from class. they grabbed me and said they wanted to ask some questions and then i would be released. they took me to the counterintelligence offices as they searched my house, they poured my diaries and saw i had written something that shouldn't be there t moves hotel my personal diary. yes age tate anyone. >> by 1939, almost 5 hotel half of the 500 apartments in this one block in central moscow had been sealed. their residents sent to the gullal hotelag, just some of the millions who are hotel who were either imprisoned or executed in what's seen as a very dark passage in soviet history. there is now a growing campaign to rehabilitate sallip's image, not at least in the city that

used to hold his name. . >> stalin grad was renamed volgegrad in 1961. the 60,000 people have now signed a petition urging president putin to turn the clock back. >>. >> stall ivan is not responsible for any of the repress no. one has managed to prove it yet. punishment credited stalin for turning the soviet union into an industrial giant. >> remaining is a decision of the region hotelon. the citizens of the city should hold a referendum and make a joint decision. we will do what the people despite decide. >> for those whose relatives were killed in the purges, this would be an insult.

for them, stalin is one historical fib hotel figure who will never be forgotten but will never be celebrated sue turtin, al jazeera, moscow. still to come on the newshour, the surf is up in gaza. so is the sue sergeant hotelage. find out why the stretch of coast is polluted. >> gearing up for the world cup, all of the details later.

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undermining beijing's against by calling on lawyers and judges to show more tate' hotel patrion hotel on theism. the 17th anniversary of the handover, there will be a large rally in hong kong. people won't just be protesting over the issue of the chief execution hotel executive. there is also growing anger over the inequality and hotel in encloses, corruption, police hotel pollution and, also, the fact that people feel their government is simply too timid with the government in bejing. >> north korea has test fired two short range mils hotel missiles over the territory waters. they say they were launch the from w hotel j hotel wan hotel wonsan. japan's foreign minister says the missile test won't affect plans to hold talks with north korea over the kidnapping of some of its citizens in the 1970s and '80s. ref hotel representatives from both countries are due to meet in bay young on tuesday. kim jong il admitted in 2002

that 13 zap means why abducted and turned to spies. five have been repat treeiated. the other 8 are still missing. >> in ur hotel hotel uruguay, farmers have developed a tagging system for the 12 million cattle. in part 3 of our series on the growing demand for meat, daniel schweimra shows how each animal is recorded from birth to the dinner table. >> with lush green open plains, it was largely built on the cattle industry. it knows its cows every single one of them, for hotel every single head is tagged soon after birth and details of its life and death are logged in a central computer system temiliano owns more than 300 cows. >> this is a list of all of my animals. for example, this one, 550623, i

know it's an aberdeen angus, female, seven years old. it's alive and she is tagged. >> by law, every farmer in uruguay must tag all cattle within six months of its birth. a number in one ear and a computer which i hotel chip in the other. a law with universal compliance across the country. you consider traceability effective. it provides hotel provides security and doesn't present big proceeds hotel problems. >> this young lady, a cross between an ag hotel hotel has been marked with the number 4739 which would allow emiliano and the ministry of agriculture to track her throughout the rest of her life until she ends up, unfortunately, on somebody's plate. after sale and slaughter, each cut of meat continues to be tracked with the same identifying number or hotel all the way to the wholesaler and

eventually here to at a time grill. if we find a problem, we can check it immediately. they call this the black box system. it's like the black box on a plane. in an institute, we have people checking in realtime for any problem with the meat. >> with the steak sizzling, from the meat institute, he can track the life of our lunch. uruguayans are some of the world's biggest meet consumers, eating 60 killo did per person per year. despite its size, it's one of the world leading meat producers and exporters. their relationship with their meat is a very personal and detailed one. daniel schweimler, uruguay.

soud hotel south sudan's children are beingsic subjected into abuse. the resumption of fighting has uprooted more than a million people and continues to devastate whole communities. children are hotel out of school on the streets are the most vulnerable to an exploitation and sexual abuse of young girls. it's frequent. from juba, a report on one woman who has dedicated her life to saving those children. cathy grenendyke doesn't judge the women working there. she comes to extract children, young girls caught up in the sex trade. >> they will tell you what happened in the night. for me, what am i hearing? what is happening to the children? they are in disco areas and men are sleeping with them. >> cathy has seen girls as young as 8 or 9 working in the brothels. but this day, she has come to retrieve a girl we will call

susan. she tells us she is 14 years old. >> i sleep with three men a day, susan tells cathy. >> that's as many as i can manage because i am so young. too many young south sudanese girls are on the streets or columns hotel slums at risk fromception annual abuse and violence. the ones who end up in the brothels say working there gives them some independence and their own income. >> some of the girls say, mama, this is better that you do it for money other than for free. >> girls like these face great risks. some become h i felt v hotel hotel hotel hotel -- cathy realized girls wouldn't stay in school unless she changed their home environment.

girls sleep and play sport. eventually, they stop running away when they believe another life is possible. everybody is good. you listen to t.v., go to school. this is good. >> cathy worries. these children are the casualties of south sudan's last civil war with the country et teetering again on the work of violent internal conflict, she fears another lost generation. the south sudanese government admits it can't do any more for these girls with its budget did frozen by the fighting. >> now, with the crisis, people are not paying attention this one woman from ugand a. continues to try to break the siebel of abuse, hoping they, one day, will keep their

youngsters safe from harm. anita mcnaught, juba. >> for more on the child sex trade in south sudan and the work of cathy and her refuge, go to aljazeera.com and click on the link to our in-depth coverage. aljazeera.com/indep aljazeera.com/indepthcoverage. people are being killed in an attack in northern nigeria when are more than than /* 200 school girls were captured. sewage pollution have reached us press dented levels according to gaza's environmental agency. authorities can no longer operate treatment plants because there is not enough fuel to power them. a report from gaza.

people say they know about risks. authorities say the level of pollution is unprecedented and getting worse. we saw warnings on t.v. where can with we go? restaurants only serve food. life is very hard. he said hospitals don't have medication in stock to treat children in they get ill. >> kids could get sick. if you go to the hospitals, they can't do anything. close by is one of the sewerage outlets. >> it's hard to describe the smell. the authorities say pipes like these along the 45 kilometer coast of gaza are pumping up to

a million liters of sewage into the sea every day. >> the water authorities say a lack of fuel for generating electricity means raw sewage can't be pumped to treatment plants. it says the government can't buy fuel because internal revenue is down to around 5% of what it needs the new government can't pay the approximately 50,000 people it employs. you know employment is around 40%. people can't pay their water and electricity bills. money to solve what the government says is a sewage crisis just isn't coming in. israelis siege of gaza is the main reason for this problem. the palestinian unity government should deal with gaza it does with the occupied west bank. it has to have gaza. the problem is not just the sea. it's much bigger than that. >> he said he will continue to bring his family to the beach. as he says, there is no where

else to go but the sea. charles stratford, al jazeera, gaza. >> indiana's government is trying to control the growing population. one community is pulling out all stops to keep the population from becoming extinct. a report on the different ways the leaders are use to go encourage people to start a family. ever since she was 16, she has dreamed of being an orth do nottist and ever since then, she has had little time for anything else between marathon exams and earning her master's degree, she has had no social life, let alone a boyfriend. >> everything is hectic and the competition that you have and the amount of money you are pumping in, you have to give full attention to it to reach it. >> these are the pressures many young people face today. for nilufer, marriage and children are crucial. her community is literally dying

out. their population has been reduced to around 60,000 here because career-driven professionals are having children late or not at all. mumbai has the world's largest concentration of farsiis. community leaders say they are doing everything they can to encourage people to marry young and have lots of children. >> they have made significant contributions to india's economy and culture. the tartar families have built industrial empires while others are recognized as prominent scientists and entertainers. to keep the community flourishing, parsi organizations are offering a range of incentives to married couples, including free fertility treatment. conversions are not allowed in the faith. so marriage within their

population is essential. >> when their career is steeped and they are able earn enough, they will move forward -- not move forward for a marriage. we are giving on a project site prior to basis people who come with a marriage certificate. >> they are funding a youth group called zing to help young parsis meet each other and hopefully fall in love. they have started a match making service called being cupid. >> numerous activities with speed activities with, with events and fun parties to get the youngsters to meet each other and hopefully start some families as well. >> still, some young parsis admit they will om have children if and when they are ready with the community rapidly aging, many in the older generation fear their rich traditions are slowly dying with them. al jazeera, mumbai.

>> still to come here on the news hour, slowing down in space. the latest challenge facing nasa researchers as they consider manned missions toss mars plus the latest from brazil is coming up, including the sudden death penalty shoot out. they will have the host nation and many others on edge.

>> the world of sport.

cost a reek a beat greece. they will have a lot to live up to after brazil and columbia's victory on saturday. the host nation after more than 120 minutes of anxiety each a dramatic penalty shootout the chile side emotions were just as high across the nation of 200 million. cheers, tears and a sense of relief brazil took the lead 20

minutes in through david luis but chile, who had beaten spain in the group stages forced extra time through alexis sanchez. biting bad to beat uruguay 2-nil. a score of the goal. one wasn't enough for the 22-year-old who will waved more magic after halftime grabbing his second of the night and 5th for the tournament to propel colombia to the quarterfinals for the first time. >> while the netherlands and mexico are out to book that square final places, that will be boosted by the return of

percy. temperatures in the northeast of brazil are expected to top 30 degrees celsius and the manager has already asked match officials to allow enough water breaks during the game. at a time netherlands lost one of their last 10 matches. that was the final, the 20109 johannesburg. they have reached the knockout stages of the last several world cups but haven't features in a quarterfinal since 1986. let's go live now to gabriel alozon d alozondo where the match is taking place. we heard express concern about the heat there. just give us a sense of the conditions there. >> it's hard to describe how hot it really is here and as you mentioned so correctly, it's about expecting highs to reach over 30 degrees celsius, but here is the kicker. 72% relative humidity that is

the problem. i think it will affect the game. the athletes can't maintain the high level of performance under these type of heat conditions for the entire match. they are going to have to pace themselves. as you said, referees are going to be able to take some water brakes and cold water breaks if they feel like the health of any of the players is in danger. it is hot. no other way to put it here. >> sposhters have been known to travel in large numbers throughout this world cup. how many have joined you therefore this match? >> we are told about 7,000 mexico fans will be at the stadium. you see me for the match, we saw them last night in the city. there is downtown and by the beach areas here it's awash in green for the mexican national team colors, of course. about 7,000 were expected in the

stadium. don't for get the dutch. they are a crazy bunch of fans as well, as we know. they have about 3,600 fans for the match, we are hearing as well. it is crazy. this is a huge expectation harry for the mexican team and the ditch as well. back in mexico, though, a magazine took a poll of how many mexicans will watch this game? 90%. so a lot of attention on this game. >> live for us in brazil. thank you very much for that. we will check in with you a bit later. costa rico and grease will reach the world cup find. thet brazil 2014. they have won the group that included three former world cup winners and as al jazeera david mercer reports, expectations are high that they will sweep aside greece as well. >> it's a love affair that starts at a young age.

hundreds of children take to the pitch in costa rica's capitol. a saturday morning ritual. practicing and playing games. some of these youngsters could become the country's top players and with costa rico's world cup success, there is no shortage of tullers to lo-shortage of futballers. >> not along ago, one of the players came to help with the training. it's fant aic motivation for the kids. >> while fewer than 5 million people live in costa rica, when it comes to futbol, they think big. >> they describe themselves as the most futball crazy place in centra america where people eat, breathe and sleep futball. it's something the country has only managed once before, to make it to the knockout stage. >> qualifying for the 1990

italian world cup transformed the team into national heroes. when they made it to the second round, it was historic. >> former team captain flores requires the highs and lows during that world cup. he hopes they are successful and inspire today's players and challenge them to go further. >> i hope this team will surpass when we achieved back in 1990. it's important for our country to have these kinds of markers. you all athletes need to try to raise the bar. >> the question is whether coast areka can beat greece to make it to the quarterfinals. >> costa rica did very well against strong teams like your gay uruguay andege land. i believe the story is just beginning to be written. >> whether they win or lose, year's world cup has given coast a ricans plenty to celebrate.

david mers erster, al jazeera san jose, costa rica. >> don't forget to join us 4 our world cup update at the world cup in brazil. at 1540 gmt with the andy richardson, in about an hour and 45 minutes. live across brazil and mexico city. also, get the latest on the world cup on our dedicated website, aljazeera.com vash brazil2014. reports from brazil and around the world. the address,ays/brazil2014. >> nasa has tested new technology it hopes will allow it to land a large spacecraft on mars. the $150 million experimental flight wasn't entirely successful. getting a spacecraft to an alien world but when it arrives, you

will need to slow it down. a difficult job if the planet's atmosphere is like that on mars. >> we want to land humans on mars some day. we will get to larger pay lilts loads and will need larger decelerators to slow them down. >> naza uncalis a parachute, rocket thrusters and a crane to land the curiosity rover on the surface two years ago. the technology used is considered to be at limits. >> that's why it's testing a new airbag brake and pair shooed high in the sky above hawaii. a rocket will be firing, to launch higher to about sixty kilometers altitude which is the edge of the stratos fear. we are in an on tatmosphere of . then they are going to test in the inflatable kevlar structure

and going to test the parachute at high speeds and low density air. nasa reported the air brake opened as planned. not so a mass of 33 meter wide parachute, the largest nasa has ever tested. it failed to open properly. >> if he want to land bigger things, bigger, more capable rovers that can drive further, we need new technologies to do that. it's not just for the science that we have but, also, for the long-term vision ofement being able to put humans and people on the surface of mars. >> naza plans three more similar tests over the next year and hopes to have the technology ready for its next mars rover mission planned for 2020. al jazeera. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. more news coming up with jane including the latest for the battle of tikrit.

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