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of the world cup. iraq's prime minister has been embarrassed on the battlefield by sunni rebels. now, he is under increasing pressure in parliament. one of his predecessors has called on his supporters to boycott a crucial vote on july 1st on the formation of a new government. he says his national coalition will take part only if certain conditions are met. here is what was said about the decision. >> the national coalition has decided not to attend the first session of parliament to distance ourselves from the consequences of the session unless the political powers put the road map to stop the security deterioration and save the country. >> alawi is not the only senior politician lining up against him. >> that's exposing deep

political divisions in iraq. more from erbil in the kurdish north. >> he may be miles away from the battleground but in his own way, shake sheiksuleiman wages war. this sunni tribal leader is sending a clear message. there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until al-malaki leaves power and there can be no peace unless an interim government takes control to carry out reforms. >> we informed sunni politicians -- in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meet okay july 1st or they will be considered traitors. if they do, they will give legit mattis to al-malaki and accepting the killing of his militias. >> it has been dismissed boy al-malaki. he called for the realtime elected parliament to meet 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 call the militant threat. >> washington is in a difficult position, the islamic state in iraq and the levant may lead the fight against the shia led government. other sunni groups are taking part. the sunnis support the rebellion. the u.s. cannot be seen as taking sides in what is being described as a sunni-shia war. >> it may be too late. suleman once cooperated with the u.s. 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 its 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.

thermalmal's militias. 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 state is to survive. al jazeera. erbil. earlier we spoke to a professor of middle east politics at the london school of economics and politic science. i asked him about the significance of al-malaki's calls to boycott the vote. >> the . point to highlight is that the political prosprocess is deadlocked. this is essentially a crisis, a severe political crisis. the prime minister, nouri al-malaki has become very much toxic. ♪ not just for the prime minister. for most of "the sun"ni political and social establishments, for some of the kurds and also for some of the

shiites. remember others would like the prime primary to step aside. even the americans. >> excuse me jumping in here. a broader coalition forming against him? >> sleig absolutely. you have the most important religious authority in iraq sending implicit messages that somehow there need to be an inclusive political government, a cross-sectarian government and to avoid the mistakes of the past, the mistakes that the prime miles per hour sister and his government basically has committed in the last eight years. the reality is without the prime minister making some very critical decisions, i think the political crisis will continue and the military crisis, remember, there is a linkage between the severe political crisis and the battles on the -- inside iraq. no progress on the battlefield without having an inclusive government and that's what the americans keep saying, we will

not intervene against isis and its allies without an inclusive government in iraq. >> it's almost impossible to have an inclusive government if anybody shows up on tuesday. >> we need to maybe make several points. we have to see how the political process basically evolves in the next few days. .1. .2, i think the swift advance by isis has been checked. as we know, this does not mean that the iraqi security forces have managed to basically roll back isis. the big question is not only the iraqi forces have not taken over tikrit in the last few days but there is a big question about the ability to really recapture some of the major cities like mussul and others. >> with al-malaki looking to russia to get we hopeonry, will that change the dynamics much? will that make an impact?

>> i mean this is a very important point. the prime minister believes that he was duped by the americans. he used the word "duped" because the americans have not delivered the f-16 fighters which they have promised to do so even though the americans say that the fighter jet's in the pipe leip. he believes that the aircrafts, the fighter jets would basically turn the tide of war against isis and its allies. this is nonsense. the military situation is very complex. 5 or 15 or 20 fighter jets would turn the tides against isis and its allies because you have major uprisings in many towns and cities, not to mention the fast that most of the cross-the-borders have fallen. if the prime minister believes the 5 or the 10 fighter jets would turn the tide against isis i think this is delusional as opposed to really taking the

military situation very seriously, the complexity of the military situation. >> the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he is ready to expand in the gaza strip. they have hit 6 areas. the israeli military says since the beginning of june, palestinian fighters have fired sixty rockets into isreal. in nigeria, 10 people have been killed by armed men who attacked four churches in three villages near the town of chibok where 200 school girls were abducted. the military have been deployed and local officials say the del toll is likely to rise. andrew simmons from abuja. . >> suspected boka haram insurgents appear to have attacked at least three settlement in a district known as katakari, five kilometers from chibok from where school girls, 276 of them, were abducted 76 days ago.

219 still missing. according to reports, both guns and explosive devices were used and four churches were attacked. it was clearly an attempt to intimidate and to terrorism the people living in this area, which is a no-go zone for anyone apart from those who lived there and the nigerian military. we are hearing that these attacks were prolonged over a period of around four hours but are now over. this is a really intense part of the operation involving boka haram, it would appear, with attacks all over the northeast and indeed here in the capitol on wednesday, 22 people were killed in a bombing, and and the president, "goodluck" jonathan called on the country for vigilance right across the board. he warned people that they shouldn't keep criticizing the security forces but should help them instead. but it would appear that there

is now confidhe knew on an all--time-low basis here as far as the attacks here, they are happening almost on a daily basis. >> the ceasefire is expected to expire on monday. let's go to paul brennan. tell us more about this, paul. >> reporter: hello jane, another conferences call has been held on sunday involving four world leaders, the john boehner president, poroshenko, and vladimir putin and angela merkel and the french president, all four trying to find some common ground to push the peace process forward. the 72 hour extension which was declared on friday night taking us through to monday night it

varies depending upon who you are talking to. >> there are pockets where the extension to the cease fires has meant almost nothing. the latest official army footage showed yet another exchange of fire just north ofslavslav this weekend. the army pat tro speeds past a beg your pardoned out checkpoint where it was set three soldiers had been killed in a isttac: the new commander here says he takes his orders from the russian known as igor strokov, the military chief in slovyansk. deals proposed elsewhere don't concern him. >> we have online 1 boss and his commands will be carried out. regarding that, i don't get into politics. i am a military man. >> it's important to appreciate that in this part of the world, the separatist command structure is actually a patchwork of

different authorities. ceasefires which are proposed by separatist leaders in donetsk in that direction are routinely rejected and ignored by separatist militia leaders in slovyansk, five kilometers in that direction. we have heard art illery fire while we have been standing here finding peace here in eastern ukraine, differences, even rivallies between these separatist demanders all of which leaves residents cot in the crossfire. many have left. the elderly are often too frail to flee. >> it's so scary. we suffered so much in world war ii and now we have this war. it's scary. >> others are just weary of conflict. >> probably the whole population wants peace and quite. it will be difficult to find people who support either side. you can see how the city is. >> in kiev, president poroshenko is faced with a dmrema and

growing dissentillemma and growing dissent. extending it a second time, risks angering his own supporters. >> a week of unilateral truce didn't bring any results except the deaths of our soldiers, an extra 72 hours of truce will not bring any results either. he announced a truce 20 weeks he extend it bay three days. our young boys were kill. 4 were killed the day before yesterday. how long can it last? >> it cannot last. al crucial decision is looming. president poroshenko might feel that at the moment, he has the moral high ground. certainly the international community appears to be siding with him against the separatists who have taken over city buildings across the eastern

ukraine at gunpoint. but if he loses his own population in the west, he may find himself as a new president barely in the job a month now with a very difficult situation. and simply to extend the ceasefire again on monday evening, there is evidence that the separatits and the russian backers are prepared to genuinely and meaning fyly negotiate a proper piece really would leave him undermined, i think, politically with his own supporters. >> thanks for that you can answer paul. still to come, northern nigeria's broken families leave ghost towns behind as they flee boka haram violence. coast a rick a chases world cup history.

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held 0. again. a reminder of top stories. calling on supporters to boycott a crucial voigt on july 1st on the formation of a new government. he said his national coalition will take part only if certain conditions are met. russian president vladimir putin called on the president to extend a ceasefire in the east of the country due to expire on monday. comes after thousands of demonstrators in the ukrainian capitol rallied against the truce calling on the government to take a stronger stanchion against the pro-russian separatists.

in nigeria 10 people have been killed by armed men who attacked four churches in three villages in a town of chibok. the military has been deployed and local fishes say the number of people killed is likely to rise. the fight against boka haram in northern nigeria has had a severe effect on the country's farming community from the northern nigeria. this report. members of this family feel overwhelmed. for three months, they have lived off the good will of others and they don't know how long that will last. an attack by boka haram fighters killed nine elders in the family. now the eldest son looks up to what used to be eight households. >> it is too: farm something all we know. we have used up our reserves.

most of the men who helped with farm work have been killed in the last attack. i and a few left behind can't do it. i don't know what to do. did has been changed by the attack that killed 53. >> i have heard of the rainy season gone. by now, farmers should be tending crops. >> that's not the case here. in many other communities affected by the violence, sweening northern nigeria, farms like these are idle which means there will be less food in the coming year. . >> this is the biggest worry. he escaped attackers along with his wife and five children. 43 members of his community did not. after his business was destroyed, feeding the family became a struggle. >>. >> all my commercial things and my home were burned along with my hopes and family dreams.

you could be attacked when you go to farms. we are afraid. sometimes my children ask me what's going on. i tell you, it's not a good feeling. government and security forces have assured people they are safe but many feel abandoned. entire communities have been forced to relocate. with little or no security, people like dairu are always afraid that their stackers will come back. al jazeera, northern nigeria. . >> south sudan's poorest children are being drawn back into a cycle of neglect and abuse. the resumption of fighting six months ago uprooted more than a million people and devastated communities from juba, anita mcnaught reports. cathy grendyke is a familiar visitors to juba's red light districts. she doesn't judge the women working there. she comes to extract children, young girls caught up in the sex

trade. . >> they would have a meeting and they would tell you what happened in the night and then for me, i thought, what am i hearing? what is happening to the children? they are in the areas and men li living with them. >> cathy has seen girls as young as 80 or 9 working in the brothels. 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 living on the streets or in juba's slums at risk from sexual 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 hiv positive with no

real idea what that means and the climate of war means men more often abuse them cathy realized the girls wouldn't stay in school unless she changed their home environment. with mostly donations from friends and a little from governments, she set up this children's refuge for the girls and very young boys. they play sport. eventually they stop running away when they can belief another life is possible with the country teetering again on the brink of violent eternal conflict. she fears another lost generation. the south sudanese government

admits it can't do any more for these girls with its budgets frozen by the fighting. >> now, with the crisis, people are not paying attention to the children. this one woman from neighboring uganda continues her battle to break the cycle of abuse of south sudanese girls hoping they one day will keep their youngsters safe from harm. anita mcnaught, al jazeera juba. most trapped are construction workers. at least nine people have died. police have arrested two directors of the construction company building the tower. in hong conk, polls have closed on the day of voting on democratic reforms. around 800,000 people are thought to have cast their ballots over the 10-day poll. far exceeding the organizers'

expectations. the vote is part of a civil campaign that has angered the chinese government. adrian brown has the latest from hong kong. >> it's almost 17 years to the day that this former british colony was handed back to china. the showdown with beijing at the moment is really very much a test of china's promise to allow hong kong a high degree of autonomy. >> promise was made during the negotiations with britain before the hand over in 1997. the issue at the moment is the election of the city's top official, the chief executive and the method that should be used. for the past 10 days, there has been an unofficial referendum here where people have been invited to put forward their ideas as to how the chief executive should be elected. so far, almost 800,000 people have taken part in the poll. beijing has called the referendum an illegal as far as and said it will ignore the outcome. on friday, in a further sign of

growing discontent in hong kong, lawyers and judges staged a silent protest. they have accused beijing of under mining hong kong's judicial index by calling on lawyers and judges to show more patriotism to the mainland. on tuesday, the 17th anniversary of the handover, there will be a large rally in hong kong for people not just being protesting over the issue of the chief executive. there is also growing anger over the inequality and incomes, corruption, pollution, and also the fact that people feel their government is simply too timid for the government in beijing. >> now to the world cup where fans have gathered to watch mexico's last sixteen match against the netherlands. the dutch have lost just one of their last 10 matches. as morefecti mexico, she haven' featured in a quarterfinal since 1986. looking at live pictures from rio de janiero. mexican fans and their coach are hoping to make history.

we can cross to mention co city where we are joined live. what's the vibe like there, adam? what do people say? >> people are very excited. there has been a lot of attacks by the mexican team on the netherlands goal so there has been frustration, too. we came several close calls but no goals. still tied. a little more than halfway through the first period here people come here to thousands of people, tens of thousands have now surrounded by people an hour ago, it wasn't this full. there is a lot of passion and injury because as you mentioned, it would be history if mexico goes through here it's been more than 25 years since they made it to the quarter finalized. they have never made it to the quarterfinals anywhere outside of mexico. so this crowd is counting on mexico to be able to take it one game further to make it to the 5th match as they say here, but it's going to be a hard fight because it is one of the best teams in the world. we will see how people react.

>> thank you for that. it is not just mexico and action on sunday after putting out england and italy. costa rico hoping to continue their fairy tale run with victory ofver greece david mosa has more from the can'tal in san jose. >> it's a love affair that starts at a young age. uships of children take to the pitch in costa rica's capital. it's a saturday morning ritual practicing ball skills and playing games. some of these youngsters could become the country's top players. and with cost a rica's record cup success, there is no shortage of ballers to look up to. the national team players set an example for the kids which helps encourage them to practice. not a long ago, one of the players came here to help with the training. it's fantastic motivation for the kids. while fewer than 5 million

people live in costa rico, when it comes to ball, they think big. >> coast a rick's describes themselves as the most ball crazy country in south america. that's why there is so much excitement about making it to the knockout stage action something the country managed to do once before. . >> qualifying for the 1990 italian world cup transformed the teak into national her os. when they made it to the second round, it was historic. >> former team captain roja flores remembers highs and lows during that world cup. he hopes they are's success will inspire today's players and c l challenge them to go further. . >> i think this team will surpass what we achieved back in 1990. it's important for our country to have these kind of markers. all athletes need to try to raise the bar. now, the question is weather

costa rica can beat greece to make it to the quarterfinals. costa rica did very well against strong teams like uruguay and england. this is great. but i believe that costa rica's story is just beginning to be written. whether they win or lose this year's world cup has given coasta rickans plenty to celebrate. david mers her, al jazeera, san jose we are looking at live pictures where you can see hundreds of fans gathered watching the match underway. we are waiting for costa rica and greece: they have never once. it should be such an exciting match. we are going to keep you up to

date with all of the details. obviously you can log onto our website to find out ought of the drama on and off the mitch as well as the latest on the news stories you have been seeing here on al jazeera. for me and the rest of the team, thank you very much for