a clang for the islamic state of iraq and the levant as the group announces it's established an islamic republic. ♪ ♪ it comes as iraq's prime minister is put under pressure in parliament with a former prime minister telling his supporters to boycott crucial talks about formation new government. you are watching al jazerra news hour live from london. also coming up, bombs lands a gaza as the israeli air force retal yachts for saturday's rocket attack. breaking the cycle of abuse,

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imran, why this change now and what does it really mean? >> reporter: what isil have slowly been doing is taking territory. they have always maintained that their end game was going to be an establishment of an us had lamb i can state. that's what they have declared. but this is quite controversial because religiously, what many -- what religious scholars would normally say is that you need to be elected as a tallies before you can establish a state of an islamic state. they are saying there was a shia council and elected the islamic republic. effectively as it is. there are really two things here that you have to understand. firstly, that this state moves from syria, from aleppo all the way through baghdad down to the provinces, it's a huge swath of territory. not much of that territory is actually in their control. they have a few towns, row ma'am

i, fallujah, some of the other places they have taken over, tikrit, mosul. but predominantly it's still under government control. they have also asked all of the rebel groups to pledge allegiance to the flag. they did this in two ways, they sent out a 34-minute long tape and a 10-page long document. let me just read you one of the sentences from that document. the flag of the islamic state rises and suffers its shade covers land from a hle aleppo t- they have their quandries, but what the maim change allows them do do is move territory. they are not just restricted from iraq to syria. they can now move territory. and that was a always a long-term plan for them. i believe ran kahn with the latest on that development. thanks so much. elsewhere prime minister maliki

is now under increasing pressure under parliament. one of his predecessors has called on his supporter 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 conditionss met. the iraqi army says it's ready to retake the city of tikrit which fell to sunni rebels nearly three weeks ago now. state television is reporting that reinforcements have arrived and have taken control of surrounding villages. at the same time, troops are being deployed to the west. they want to secure the highway leading to the border with jordan and syria. and to help them the first batch of russian fighter jets has now arrived. it's nohe's not the only senior politician lining up against maliki. threaten to go expose deep political division divisions in. more from the kurdish north. >> reporter: he may be miles way from the battle ground, but in his own way, the chi sheik conts

to page war against his long time en any, prime minister nouri al-maliki. he is sending a clear message. there can be no political reconciliation in iraq until maliki leaves power. and there can be no peace unless an interim elevation government takes control to carry out reforms. >> translator: we informed sunni politicians, in fact, we warned them not to attend the parliament meet on the ground july 1st or else they will be considered traders. if they do, they would be giving legitimacy to maliki and accepting the killing of sunnis by maliki's militias. >> reporter: the national salvation government, however, has been dismissed by maliki. instead he called for the recently elected parliament to meet on july 1 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 called the militant threats. washington is in a difficult position, the islamic state in iraq and the levant may be leading the fight against the shia-led government, but other sunni groups are also taking part and iraq sunnis support the rebellion. the u.s. cannot be seen as taking sides in what is being described as a sunni-shia war. but it may be too late. the sheik once cooperated with the u.s. to fight al qaeda in iraq. years later, he is refuse to go fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant until the u.s. reviews its policies. >> translator: 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. thermal key's iranian backed sectarian ma litschs, they are thmilitias they are thereal thr. >> reporter: this has been in the making for years, forming the government may not be enough

to end the rebellion. after all it's not the politician buzz 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 jazerra. so then the iraqi army is locked in a fierce battle for the northern city of tikrit as it tries to rest controls from rebels. it's the last fight launched since they seized the city three weeks ago. from baghdad imran kahn reports. >> reporter: iraq's army shown here on state tv gets reinforcements in the battle for tikrit. the military insists that the road from samarra to the town is now secure and that the villages along the way have been taken and that iraqi soldiers are on the outskirts. however, independent sources say there are at least 25-kilometers from the town. >> translator: up to this moment, more than 70 terrorists were killed and dozens of vehicles which were used in the province near tikrit are at the governor's office have been

destroyed. >> reporter: although the vast majority of the fighters in tikrit belong to the sunni rebel group, it's the islamic state of iraq and the los angeles vant who are in control of the media campaign and they dispute what the government say. his claims have been dismissed by isil through their social media account. they say they are in control of the city, they are willing to fight and they have reinforcements. they also say that the isil leader is going to deliver a message in the holy month of ramadan and in that message he has an ultimatum for the iraqi government. to the west of baghdad the army says it has secured the road that leads from western a rack to the south. tann we are now securing the highway linking nine western side of the country. this highway is leading to the jordanian and syrian iraqi borders and towards the south to basra and kuwait there are no militants from the islamic state of iraq and levant on this huh

hoo i way. >> reporter: iraq has strene ended the air force by accepting the delivery of close support of fighters jets from russia. this will be seen as a snub to the u.s. government which so far hasn't delivered the first of 34 f-16 fighters jets that had been promised. the iraqis say the u.s. is stalling, an accusation denied by washington. relations between iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki and the u.s. had already been strains. this latest deliver friday russia will only likely further damage relations. and it's not just abroad, what of the key political blocks won't attend the opening session of parliament on july 1st. >> translator: 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 a road map to stop the security did he tear oration and save the country. >> reporter: this will be a blow. as although this political block isn't an ali of the prime minister it does have sway with those that are, it's further

evidence of the kind of pressure maliki is under, both home and abroad. imran kahn, al jazerra, baghdad. joining me now in studio is the spokesperson for nouri al-maliki's party. thanks for coming in to the studio. does mim prime minister maliki surely not have to put the country above himself. he is a polarizing figure for iraq. >> prime minister nouri al-maliki has done the best that he can to try and make as inclusive as possible the last government. it was inclusive. it was inclusive of every aspect and every community of the iraqis, both the shia and sunnis and kurds. what will happen now, there is a process, what will happen is that the parliament will convene on the firs 1st of july. >> you are confident that will happen because some are telling their supporter to boycott that

sitting of parliament saying now is not the time to do that. >> it is a legal requirement and a legal dury for every newly-elected m.p. to participate in this new sitting of the parliament. when he encourages them not to attends they are failing in their national duty. because during that period, during that seating the whole objective is for the newly-elected m.p.s, the blocks parliamentary blocks to elect a new president and vice presidents, prime minister and deputy prime ministers and head of parliament and the deputies. >> the messages that have been sent out, though, from the u.s., from some in his own party from, the shia cleric, the messages are all basically subtly maybe saying the same things it's time for nouri al-maliki to go. but actually what iraq needs now is some sort of unity government and a prime minister who isn't so toxic, who can be more

inclusive. it doesn't matter what happened in the election, the election has passed and this is now a country that in certain parts is at civil war. >> well, who will eventually become prime minister is not something that is known. no one can predict that and the parliamentary blocks, the parliamentary groups, the political blocks will come together to elect a prime minister. the most important thing the constitution says is the largest block has the right to form a government and to select the prime minister. the largest block being the united iraqi alliance of which the state of law coalition of maliki is one of them. >> i understand all of that. but what i am saying is that, yes, that's what the contusion says, but is iraq not now at a time of civil war when actually things need to change? and it seems pretty obvious for most of the experts that we speak to, most of the experts around the world, even some

within nouri al-maliki's own party saying that he can no longer preside over a united iraq. the country will remain fractured if he's there. and actually, something needs to change. he has to step aside. put his own feelings aside and there needs to be a compromise candidate coming forward who can try somehow to bring iraq back from the brink. because that's where it is at the moment, isn't it? >> eye raciraq isn't in civil w. >> most of iraq is. >> iraq has been basically occupied by a terrorist group from outside the country. the people are not with this group. and the tribes are not with this group. and the army has now taken the initiative of taking areas back. it is on the offensive. so this is not a civil war at all. but iraq and the people and the army are fighting back against this terrorist group that has come and occupied iraq. that's essentially what it is. >> one final thought.

are you confidence that prime minister nouri al-maliki will be the next prime minister? >> no one knows that. that will depend on the convenienting of parliament and election between them of the prime minister. >> really good to talk to you, thanks so much for coming in, thank you. the israeli prime minister has voiced support for a kurdish statehood in a move that seems to clash with the u.s. preference to keep sectarian war-torn iraq united. >> we should support international efforts to strengthen jordan and the kurdish aspiration for independence. regarding the kurtz, they are a fighting people. that have proved their political commitment. political moderation and they deserve political independence. still ahead on this news hours deserted farms in nigeria has the fear of boko haram continues to spread. the fight intents dismap i can

moves, parts of ukraine are continuing to fight. and in sport how the heros of world cups past are inspiring costa rica's latest footballing ascension. first israel has launched a series of air strikes in the gaza strip. the israeli ministry says it has hit six sites which it says included weapons factories and locations being used by fighters. the strikes were in retaliation for six rockets identified from gaza on saturday. which caused a factory fire. israeli parliamentary says since the beginning of june palestinian fighters have fired six rock nets to israel. jane ferguson is in jerusalem and he has more on where the latest rockets have hit. the israeli military tell al jazerra that 15 rockets have been fired from the gas strip towards israel since friday. now on friday two were killed as

they traveled in a vehicle, they were killed by an israeli rocket. they were members of popular resistence committees and they had been accused of firing rockets in to israel. on saturday night, two rockets from gaza hit an industrial zone in the south of israel. one hit a factory causing a blaze. there were no israeli casualty that his 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. 21two 16 year olds and 119-year-old. israel considered them kidnapped by ham as and the they have crag down on huh on mass in the west bank. the minister was quoted in the israeli press saying 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 extremely popular opinion across israeli political spheres. well, africana sigh lum seekers in israel are asking the u.n. to help vettel them else, about a thousand paying rants tried to leave vie at the egyptian border saying they were sick of waiting for israel to process their application but the army stopped them siting security reasons. gerald has more did h details. >> reporter: exodus what comes to mind. only in this case a reverse exodus is a better description. these people want to return to africa. >> we came here seven years ago and we are just. [ inaudible ] now and they premove us to prisons again. and we just want to say for

seven years it's enough, we don't need to be in prison anymore. >> reporter: but as they marched to the southern border israeli security forces blocked them. a scuffle followed. more than a thousand protesters turned back. so they stage addressee sit in instead defying orders to return to a detention amp. the migrants are house in a facility in the desert. they are free to move around but can't work and must report back each night. many living there call it an inhumane prison and want the u.n. to intervene. >> the army stopped us yesterday when we tried to reach the fence and cross to the other side and let us go back to africa. let us kill in africa it's better than staying here and getting persecution from the public and government. >> reporter: people who have been in is reeling with more than five years without a work permit are sent to live here.

only last did he december the descension center houses around two and a half thousand people. most from sudan seeking asylum. israel has built an electric fence along its border with egypt to stem the tied of people trying to get in and it's worked. but the israeli government remains under scrutiny for how it deals with those that do get in and now want out. gerald tan, al jazerra. the death toll continues to rise after a suspected boko haram attack on churches in northern nigeria. at least 10 people were killed and the number of churches burneburntdown in govern born s. it's near where boko haram abducted more than 200 school girls in april. andrew simons joins us live now from the capital abuja. what do we know about the late atlatesta stacks? >> reporter: felicity as you say this was a series of attacks and came only final kilometers from the town of -- where boko haram

attacked and this is where the highjacking took place, where the kidnapping took place two and a half months ago of a total of 276 girls. now, they attacked at least two villages and opened fire with automatic guns and a number of explosions en excuse as well. exact number dead is very unclear at the moment. i spoke to a police spokesperson a short time ago who would not confirm the figure. it stood at 10 originally but there are varied unconfirmed reports of more bodies being found in the bush land around the area and a local local counsel significant official said he will not go with the total dead until a formal count has been made and recovery operations are still underway, felicity. >> andrew it seems every day we are talking about more attacks

by boko haram. most in the north of the country. what is the mood like in the capital, do you think? >> reporter: it's absolutely desperate, felicity. the area where the school girls were kidnapped from in fact 76 days ago, many of their parents living there still are terrorized by the whole thing. many people actually running away from from there it's reported after the first word came of this attack by boko haram. so there is really a trauma that this entire area is going through because security is so limited and there are still persistent complaints about the army being really lackluster in responding to events and protecting civilians. furthermore, the action keeps spreading throughout the northeast and rarely a day goes by when there isn't some form of incident. on wednesday, there was an attack here in the capital in a

narcotic shopping mall and 22 people died in that attack. president good luck jonathan said that he would bring the perpetrators to book. and he called on people to try to rally around the security services rather than criticizing them. but that is falling on a very cynical mood amongst the public. because confidence, that is at an all-time low in the security forces. >> all right, thanks for that andrew reporting live from a pwaoupblg, a thanabuja, thank y. the fight against boko haram in northern nigeria is having a huge impact on the region's economy. hundreds of farmers have been attacked. many others are scared to work in their fields leaving their crops and animal to his simply die. a report on the farming crisis. >> reporter: members of the family feel overwhelmed. for three months they have lived

off the goodwill of others. and they don't know how long that will last. an tack by boko haram fighters killed nine elders in the family. now the eldest son looks after what used to be eight households. >> translator: getting a meal is tough enough for us already, never mind planting acres of farmlands. farming is all we know. now we have used up our reserves and the feeds. and most of the men who is helping farm work have been killed in the last attack. i and the few boys left behind can't do it. i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: his life and that of hundreds more have been changed by the attack that killed 53. outside of the rainy season is gone, by now farmers should be tending their crops, that's not the case here and in many other communities affected by the violence, sweeping northern nigeria yeah, farms like this

are idle which means there will be less food in the coming year. this is the his biggest worry. he escaped his 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. >> translator: all my commerce shall and my home were burned along with my hopes and my family's dreams, our farms are idle because you could be attacked when you go to farms. we are afraid. sometimes my children and me what's going on and i tell you, it's not a good feeling. >> reporter: government and security forces have assured people they are safe but many fila ban dones. entire communities have been forced to relocate. with little or no security, people like this are always afraid that their attackers will come back.

al jazerra, northern nigeria. more than a million people have been forced from their homes in south sudan since december. that's what troops loyal to the president began fighting his former vice president. that day lens is having an impact on the weak he felt. children out of school and on the streets are frequently secondly abused. anita went to meet some of them and one woman who has dedicated her life to save them. >> reporter: kathy is a familiar visitor to juba's red light district. she doesn't judge the women working there. she comes to ex extract childre, young girls caught up in the sex trade. >> they 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 these areas and men are sleeping with them. >> reporter: kathy has seen girls as young as eight or nine working in the brothels, but

this day she's come to retrieve a girl we'll call susan. she tells us she's 14 years old. >> translator: i sleep with three men a day, susan tells kathy, that's as many as i can imagine because aim so young. >> reporter: too many young south sudanese girls are now living on the streets or in juba's slums at risk from sexual abuse and violence. the ones that end up in the brothels say working there gives them some independence and their own income. >> some of the girls say mama, it's better that you do it for money rather than for free. >> reporter: girls like these face great risk. some become hiv positive with no real idea what it means. and the violent climate of war means men more offense abuse them. kathy realized the girls wouldn't stay in school unless she changed their home environment. so with mostly donations from friends and a little from governments, she set up this children's refuge for the girls and very young boys.

here the girls sleep in spotless dormitories with an adult woman in each room. they go to school. they play sport. eventually, they stop running away when they can believe another life is possible. >> everybody there is good, no fighting. no everything, you eat, you go to sleep. you listen to tv. you go to school. this is good. no fighting. >> reporter: but kathy worries, these children are the casualties of south sudan's last civil war. with the country taoerting again ocountry feet teeteringagain ons another lost generation, and the south sudanese government admits it can't do anymore for these girls, with its budget frozen by the fighting. >> now people are not paying attention on the issues of children. >> reporter: so this one woman from neighboring uganda continues her battle to break the cycle of abuse of south

sudanese girls, who hope within day they can keep their young sisters safe from harm. a neat, a al jazerra, juba. there is plenty more still to come on the program, including more on the crisis in iraq and the big boost giving the country some serious military muscle. how farmers in uruguay have developed a system of checking beef from the farm to the plate. and greece's footballers gear up to make history as they attempt to reach the quarter cup finals for the very first final. robin will have the latest in sport.

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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. ♪ ♪ hello again, i am felicity barr with a reminder of the headlines here in al jazerra. sunni fighters from isil have announced they now want to be known as the islamic state. meanwhile, iraq's prime minister has called on his supporters to boycott eye crucial vote on tuesday on the formation of a new government.

let's get more on the situation in iraq. the government has brought more russian fighter jets to boost its fights against the rebels. it was devastated after wars with iran and the united states. it was reduce today a few dozen planes and helicopters with no high-tech prediction weaponry in 2011. iraq ordered dozens of f-16 jets from the u.s. at the time a cost of $3 billion. but only one has arrived. washington says the rest are due in the autumn. well, with more on the story am joined by pavel from moscow he's

the defense analyst. thanks fox with us. is this a political state. that russia is making by being willing to sale the iraqi government more fighter jets or is it simply a matter of money? >> of course this deal was -- has official approval. but this is also a kind of typical deal that russia was doing in the '90s in the 2000s supplying supplying to local conflicts second hands soviet made weaponry. this first delivery is 25 attack planes armored, attack planes one plane load on an enormous and ton of 124 plane, they will be assembled by russian crews and apparent i believe that they will be actual russian pilots there too.

official instructs tours have said that they would be flying sorties too. >> you believe that in fact russian pilots will take to the skies above iraq and help iraqi pilots to carry out raids on -- against the sunni rebel rebels? >> that's the official line that they will helpful i believe that they will actually be doing the work because iraq does not have pilots trained to flight such planes. i mean, they did, iraq under sadam hussein had 25 attack jets, but they were not there 12 years so the pilots are not qualified. and in some other conflicts in europe actually in macedonia in ethiopia, such russian planes were supplied and there were also sort of instructors, quote, unquote, mercenary pirates flying them. and these are not fighters actually, these are attack

planes, armored. not second hands but they are rather effective but apparently what the iraqis say will be going in to action very soon, a day or two after they are full assembled and they are going to be pounded the rebel positions. that's what the iraqis most likely need badly most of all right now. >> the u.s., of course, has pretty much refuse today sends anymore jets to iraq at the moment. so how much is this deal really russia sending some sort of message to washington? >> well, the russian arms dealers kind of put their finger in the pie, there are reports that at least half a billion dollars that iraq is paying, most likely just not these five planes, more in the pipeline but russia was ready to step in when the americans were tess to want thethey had a program of buildig

planes and training pirates. just in a week or two and you are going to get unofficially pirates and going to go in to action. and action is going to support your troops on the ground. so, yes, that gives russia quite a influence additionally to money in the eye -- with the iraqi government and actually this is more or less russian line in the region where rauch in this big global kind of conflict in the middle east between shias and sunnis tends to be more on the shia side. >> it's really good to get your analysis. many thanks. protesters in canada have held a rally calling for the release of al jazerra producer mohamed fahmy, he's one of three al jazerra staff members jailed inky just a minute after being accused of helping the muslim brother hood. he holds both canadian and

egyptian citizenship. they are also demanding release of an aid for the former president. al jazerra continues to demands the release of our journalists the three were sentenced on monday and have now been in prison for 183 days days, peter greste and mohamed fahmy, ba there are mo happened he had was given seven years because he had a spent bullet that he picked up a protest. the deadline looms over the latest ukrainian ceasefire. the creme inning says all asked ukraine's president to extend the ceasefire with eastern separatists beyond monday. but as paul brennan reports from eastern ukraine, progress has been negligible. >> reporter: there are pockets of eastern ukraine where the extension to the ceasefire has meant almost nothing. latest official army footage showed yet another exchange of fire just north of this weekend.

the army patrol speeds past a burned out crane vinnie checkpoinukrainiancheckpoints. nearby is also separatist controlled. the new commander here says he takes his orders from the russian, known as igor, the military chief. deals proposed elsewhere don't concern him. >> translator: we have only one boss and that is him and his commands will be carried out. regarding that, i don't get in to politics. i am a military man. >> reporter: it's important to appreciate that in this part of the world the separatist commands structure is actually a patch work of different authorities. ceasefires which are proposed bicep test leaders in donetsk in that redirection are routinely rejected and ignored by militia leaders just five-kilometers in that direction. in fact, we have heard artillery fire while we have been standing here. finding peace here in eastern ukraine means resolving very

czeccomplex differences between these different separatist commanders. all which leaves residents in the cross fire, many people have simply left. but the elderly are often too frail to flee. >> translator: it's so scary, we suffered so much in world war ii, and now we have this war. it's scary. >> reporter: others are just weary of conflict. >> translator: probably the whole population here wants just peace and quiet. it will be difficult to find people who support either side because you can see how the city is. >> reporter: in kiev, president poroshenko is faced with a dilemma and growing decent. his original ceasefire did not result in a separatist surrender. extending it a second time. risks rangerring his own supporters. >> a week o of unilateral truce didn't break any results exempt the deaths of our soldiers, an

extra 72 hours will not bring any results either. >> translator: poroshenko announced the truce a week ago. 20 people died within that time, then he extended it by three more days, our young boys were killed yesterday, four killed the day before yesterday. how long can it last. >> reporter: it cannot last. a crucial decision is looming. more than 45 people are still believed to be trapped under a building that collapsed. 11 people have been confirmed dead and 28 rescued. police have arrested two directors of the construction company that is building the tower. india's government is trying to control its growing population but one group is pulling out all the stops to prevent its community from dieing out. they are using different ways from speed dating to free

housing to encourage people to start a family. from mumbai a report. >> reporter: ever since she was 16, she has dreamed of action an orthodontist. 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 am of money you are pumping in, you have to give full attention to it to reach it. >> reporter: these are the pressures that many young people face today, for her marriage and children are crucial. her community is literally dieing out. their population has been reduce today around 60,000 here. because career-driven professionals are having children late or not at all.

mumbai has the world's largest concentration of. but even here their numbers have almost halved since the 1940s. community leaders say this they are doing everything that they can to encourage people to marry young and have lots of children. the par sees have made significant contributions to india's economy and culture. the families have built industrial empires while others are recognized as prominent scientists and entertainers. to keep the community flourishing, the organizations are offering a range of incentives to married couples, including free fertile at this treatment. conversions are not allowed in the faith so marriage within their population is essential. >> once their careers are established they are able to earn enough, they are not going forward for a marriage, that's what we are facing. and when we encourage marriages, we have been giving flat out of turn on priority basis people

who come with a marriage certificate. >> reporter: also funding a youth group called sync t zing p young psaarsis to get married. >> we have activities with speed dating, with youth meets, with events with fun dances and party to his get the youngsters together to meet each other and hopefully start some families as well. >> reporter: still some young parsis admit they'll only have children if and when they are ready. with the community rapidly aging many in the older generation fear their rich traditions are slowly dieing with them. al jazerra, mumbai. farmers in uruguay have developed a sophisticated tagging system for the country's 12 million cattle. in part three of our series on the growing demand for meat, take a look at how the life of each and evan mall is recorded

from birth to the dinner plate. >> reporter: uruguay with its lush green open plains was largely built on the cattle industry. it knows its cows *f cows cause. every single one of them. every head of cattle is tagged soon after birth and details of its life and derth are logged in a central computer system. he owns more than 300 cows. >> thi >> translator: this is a list of all my animals, for example this one i know it's an able gus, it's females, it's seven years old it's alive and she's tagged. >> reporter: by law every farmer in uruguay must tag all cattle within six months of its birth. a number in one ear and a compute chip in the other. it's a law of universal compliance across the country.

>> translator: i consider traceability very effective. it provides the consumer with security and doesn't present big problems for the producers. >> reporter: for this young lady about four months old has now been harked with the number 4739 which will allow the ministry for agriculture to track her throughout the rest of her life until he sh end up, unfortunatey on somebody's plate. great job. avisail and slaughter, each cut of meat continues to be tracked at same identifying number all wait to the wholesaler and eventually here to the traditional uruguayan grill. >> if we find a problem we can check it immediately. we call this the black box system. it's like the black box on a plane. in the institute we have people checking the traceability in reel time for any problem with the meat. >> reporter: and everybody here with the steak sizzling on the

other side of the restaurant, the man from the meat institute can continue to track the life of our lunch. uruguayans are some of the world's biggest meat consumers, eating an average of 60-kilos per person per year. despite its size it's one of the world's leading meat producers and he can porters. their relationship with their meat is a very personal and detailed one. daniel, al jazerra, uruguay. and there is plenty mere still to come on the program including bones from the biggest dinosaur ever discovered on show in argentina. plus mexico and the netherlands battle it out to stay in the world cup. robin will have the latest in sport.

it's final for that all-important world cup update with robin. only one place to start and that's at the world cup in brazil where another quarter finalist has been confirmed in the last hour. mexico's dreams of a last eight appearance for the first time since 1986 was shattered by the netherlands. giovanni dos santos' goal at the start of the second half canceled out by wesley snider with two members left on the clock. in the second minute of stoppage time, arjen robben controversy hally fouled by rafa marquez,

replays show some doubt about that penalty. but no doubt about huntelaar's effort finding the back of the net. the dutch go through mexico have to pack their bags and go home. adam is in mexico. the fans will be disappointed what are they saying about that penalty that sealed their world cup exists. >> reporter: right after the match finished we heard a group of men and women chanting they robbed us, they robbed us, so they were clearly saying that that foul was not a foul and some replays. we were monitoring twitter and a lot of drama back and forth with people saying throb en should have a best oscar, a best acting oscar for that win of throwing himself basically on the ground. but people here were upset.

but the main thing we kept hearing were people were still happy and proud of their team that made it much further in anyone thought that they would. the fact that they made it to the knockout round for a team that barely qualified for the world company. some people said whether he fouled or not mexicans choked in the last minute we expected no better. there is a an expression in mexico, we played like never before but always is always and people have that feeling. we heard on twitter from a commentator in mexico saying we played like never before, but lost like never before because this is a serious team that needs to be taken seriously around the world. >> adam what sense are you getting and hearing from fans about the manager specifically they had gone through three managers, they reached the world cup by virtue of the united states qualifyin qualifying. >> meteorologist: miguel has become quite a popular figure

there as well. >> reporter: he has. internationally he's become very popular. he's a passionate man. he loves to win, he loves t his team. we saw that. but what is interesting is somebody who is a pretty controversial coach here of one of the leading teams in mexico, that is america, owns by tel aviv, the biggest network here, east not popular with half of football fans here because that's baying rival with another team here in mexico. but he's proven himself. so what you have seen over the past two weeks is people start to have this affection for him whether or not they are an america fan or not because he took the national team further than any other coach has taken them. he seemed to put in a sense of discipline and also a sense of hope in these players and the players and the coach are going to come home for a big homecoming with a lot of love and passion for these players. >> just talk us through that very quickly, adam. what can we expect when the team really come home. is it going to be some sort of heros welcome by the performance

that they have displayed at this world cup? >> i think that they are going to come home and be very well received. they won two matches in their qualifying round, tied with brazil who is still favored to win. and they fought all hard game. imagine believe they played better than the dutch. the dutch pulled out a goal and and got a penalty kick which many say is questionable. nobody will be complaining about the quality team. we didn't even hear anybody complain about rafa, the one that had the call against him. this is probably his last world cup because he's an aging veteran. >> we'll let you enjoy the ambiance and atmosphere in mexico city with the fans, address aadamlive from mexico c. thank you very much. one more quarter final place will be decided in the coming hours, costa rica taking on greece. the central american sign has been a revelation at this world company. costa rica atop their group

which you might remember included three former world chaps. as for greece, they face a potential hurdle should they progress. the coach fernando santos' contract expires on monday. as previously said he doesn't intend staying on in the post. for now, though, his focus is sweeping aside the costa ricans. >> translator: that reminds me of what happened to greece in 2004 in portugal where also we were an unknown team that reached the final stages. and then it achieved this historical feat. we must pay attention to costa rica. they are here because they are a great team, right? >> translator: greece has performed well in europe. they have won the our opinion cup in 2004 and i think they have a good and solid structure, they come out well onto the pitch. they are aggressive, it is a team with great technical capacities and, no, we are not going it change our structure. >> costa rica of course one of the surprise packages at this worlds company. you might remember they swept aside italy, england, uruguay to

top their group. the central american team defied the odds there earning their tour against he england to advance to the top of the group. al jazerra has more from the capital. >> reporter: it's a love affair that starts at a young age. hundreds of children take to the pitch in costa rica's capital. it's a saturday morning ritual. practicing their football skills and playing a few games. some of these youngsters could become the country's top players. and with costa rica's world cup success, there is no shortage of footballers to look up to. >> translator: the national team players set an examine for the kids which helps encourage them to practice. not long ago one of the players came here to help with the training it's fantastic motivation for the kids. >> reporter: while fewer than 5 million people living in costa rica. when it comes to football they think big. costa ricans describe themselves

as the most crazy country in south america. a place where people eat, breathe and sleep football. that's why there is so much excitement about making it to the knockout stage, something the country has only managed to do once before. >> qualifying for the 1990 italian worlds cup transformed the costa rican team in to national heros, when they made it to the second round it was historic. >> reporter: former team captain flores remembers the highs and lows during that world company. he hopes their success will inspire today's players and challenge them to go further. >> translator: i think this team will surpass what we achieved back in 1990. and it's important for a country to have these kind of markers, all athletes need to try to raise the bar. >> reporter: now the question is whether costa rica can beat greece to make it to the quarter finals.

>> translator: costa rica did very well against strong teams like uruguay, italy and england and this is great but i believe that costa rica's story is just beginning to be written. >> reporter: whether they win or lose this year's world cup has given costa ricans plenty to celebrate. david mercer, al jazerra, san jose costa rica. >> greece, costa rica starting shortly and of course the netherlands-mexico match one of the big talking points for andy richardson and the team on our world cup wrap up show, a daily wrap of everything. put that in your diary, that's when address and it's rest of the team are on the air every single day. we are live in brazil, and live in the other places around the world to bring you that show. 1540 g.m. it. with andy richardson on al jazerra also our website aljazerra.com/sport. there is very special live section on the brazil 2014 world

cup details. and how i can interact on facebook and twitter and blogs from our correspondence around the world, the ahead again, aljazerra.com/sport. and a aljazerra.com/brazil/2014 for our live update as well. that's your sport, plenty more later, thanks for watching, everyone. robin, thanks so much for that. now, in paraguay flood is has forced 200,000 people to abandon their homes, heavy rain in areas near the rivers have destroyed crops, houses and blocked shots. officials say thein' and re red cross are expect today send help soon. government spent $3 million to get food to families in blood-hit areas. finally, luge bones belong to go what might be the biggest dinosaur ever found have gone on display in argentina it lived 90 million years ago. a big beast. join me again for more news in a couple of minutes, goods bye.

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