>> big ambitions. sunni rebel group fighting the iraqi army says it wants to establish an islamic state across a large situated of the middle east. this is al jazeera live from doha. coming up in the programme - north korea charges americans with crimes against the state. we'll examine whether the move is politically motivated. israel bombs gaza in retaliation for a string of rocket attacks on saturday. as brazil hosts the world

cup, we look at how sao paulo's mix influences how much support each team gets. and al qaeda splinter group, battling the iraqi government for weeks says it's establishing an islamic state of calafat in the region. the islamic state of iraq and levant changed its name and wants to be known as the islamic state. perfecting larger ambitions. it invited muslims around the world to pledge allegiance. the area which it claims to control stretches from aleppo to northern syria to eastern iraq. the iraqi army is locked in a battle to regain control in the northern city of tikrit. it's the largest offensive launched since fighters seized

the city three weeks ago. iraq's army, here on state it gets reinforcements in the battle for tich rilt. the military insists this the road to the town is secure, and the villages along the way have been taken, and iraqi soldiers are on the outskirts. independent sources say they are 25km from the town. >> translation: up to this moment more than 70 terrorists were killed, and dozens of vehicles, used in the province near tikrit, have been destroyed. >> although the vast majority of the fighters belong to the sunni rebel group, it's the islamic state of iraq and levant who are in control of the media campaign, and they dispute what the government says. his claims have been dismissed by i.s.i.l. they say they are in control of the city, are willing to fight and have reinforcements.

they say the i.s.i.l. leader is going to deliver a message for the month of ramadan, and has an ultimatum for the iraqi government. >> reporter: to the west of baghdad the army says it has secured the road leading from the west to the south. >> translation: we are securing the highway linking the western side of the country. it's leading to the jordanian and syrian and iraqi borders, and towards the south from basra to kuwait. >> reporter: iraq strengthened its air force, accepting delivery of fighter jets from russia, which will be seep as a snub to the american government. it hasn't delivered the first of 34 fighter jets. they say the u.s. is stalling. an accusation deno idea.

relations between nouri al-maliki and the u.s. had already been strained. this likely will further damage relations. it's not just abroad. a key political bloc will not tanned the -- taped the opening of -- attend the opening of parliament. >> translation: we will not attends in the political powers put a -- not attend unless the political powers put a roadmap. >> reporter: this will be a blow. they are not an ally of the prime minister, but has sway with those that are. as the fighting continues to raise in iraq, the prime minister is fighting to keep his job. calls for a parliamentary boycott are the latest setback for nouri al-maliki, as he grapples with deep divisions across the country.

>> reporter: he may be miles away from the battle ground. in his own way, he continues to wage war against a long-time n my, prime minister nouri al-maliki. from a hotel in the kurdish region, the sunni tribal leader is sending a clear message - there can be no political consideration in iraq until nouri al-maliki leaves power, and no peace until an interim government takes control to carry out reforms. >> translation: we informed sunni politicians, and warned them not to attend else they'll be considered traitors. if they do, they have been given legitimacy to nouri al-maliki and the militias. >> reporter: a unity coalition has been dismissed by nouri al-maliki. a more inclusive government has

been a demand of the united states, and wants it in place before assisting the iraqi government face what it calls the militant threat. >> washington is in a difficult position. the islamic state in iraq and levant may be leading the fight, but other soupy groups are taking part. the u.s. cannot be seen as taking sides in what is described as a sunni shia war. it may be too late. this man once cooperated with the u.s. to fight aliyer. years later he refuses to fight the islamic state of iraq and levant until the u.s. reviews its policies. >> it needs to review support for the government. some of the statements are unacceptable. like when they say they'll support the iraqi army. there is no army. they are the militias, the real

threat. >> this conflict has been in the making of the years. it's not the politicians, but those that hold arms on both sides of the divide that need to make peace if iraq as a nation state is to survive. >> people, the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has voiced support for a kurdish state. in a move that is clashing with the u.s. preserves to keep iraq united. >> translation: we should support international efforts to streng strengthen. recording the kurd, they are a fighting people that proved their political commitment and moderation. they deserve political independence. north korea says it will but two citizen on trial. matthew miller and jeffrey foul.

it is further training relations between u.s. and north korea. a professor said north korea is detaining u.s. citizens to use as a tool against america. >> i imagine the united states and south korea attempt to spy, but it's difficult in a parliamentarian state. i don't know too many stories in the literature about successful spies. i doubt the tourist he arrests are spies. the real objection is missionaries, those that come with the tour groups. that is a big issue with kenneth bea and under the new regime, that cap touring hostages, taking prisoners, it's a strategy to use as a bargaining chip. two nigerians have been killed in attacks on fighting

believed to be with boko haram. it took place at borno. it's where boko haram abducted more than 270 schoolgirls in april. i do apologise, we don't have that report. let's move on now. there has been fighting in eastern ukraine between government forces and separatist rebels despite an assess fire agreement. >> pictures have been released showing soldiers returning from a stronghold. five sold soldiers have been killed. russia's channel one said a cameraman was shot dead in donetsk. prime minister michael petralla has been facing pressure from european leaders to extend a ceasefire. >> the next president of the european commission is committed

to addressing concerns about the e.u. david cameron campaigned against jean-claude juncker, who favoured a closer political union, and it's feared it could result in him leaving the e.u. nearly half the respondents in the u.k. will vote for britain to leave the bloc. >> a masked gunman were culled and two wounded in the gaza strip. israel said it launched a series of air strikes in gaza targetting weapons factories. it was said to be in response to the firing on saturday. israel says palestinian fighters fired 60 rockets into the territory. we have more from jerusalem. >> the israeli mill itry says 60 rockets have been fired to the

gaza strip since friday. two salafists travelled to the vehicle. they were members of resistant committees, they were accused of firing rockets into israel. saturday night two rockets hit an industrial zone in the south of israel. one hit a factory. there were no casualties that have been reported. this comes at a time when tensions was high. the israeli military conducted military operations. 2.5 years ago three israeli settlers wept miss, two 16-year-old and a 17-year-old. israel blames hamas. the israeli foreign minister was quoted in the israeli press as saying that after what he called a limited operation in the occupied west bank "we have to

decide when to explore the alternative of full occupation of the gaza strip." that has been mentioned, returning to the gaza strip by israeli forces has been mentioned br. it's not necessarily going be tape seriously nor a popular pan. >> hundreds of israeli have been rallying in tel aviv in support of three missing teenagers. the trio disappeared after hitch hicking the in west bank. st rail detained nearly -- israel detained nearly 600 palestinians in raids since the disappearance. still ahead - india launches five foreign satellites in space, and we go live to new delhi. myanmar wants to weed out illegal immigrants, what it means for the rohingya population.

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are establishing an islamic state across iraq. they have captured large swathes of territory. north korea says it will put two men an trial for crimes against the state. jeffrey foul and matthew mill are are being held, for committing hostile acts. more rockets have been fired from gaza into israel, following the killing of hamas gunmen during an attack in the south-east. that attack was in retaliation for six rockets fired into gaza. >> let's get more on the conflict in iraq. the military needs more military to fight off advances. russia delivered five jets. will it help to turn the tide. iraqi soldiers move up to

positions near the front line. a show of force by the military, advances by the islamic state of iraq and levant now reinvented as the islamic state exposing a weak spot at the heart of the forces. they have been demanding better weapons, and russian-made jets to trike rebel positions from the air. >> we have a need for russian sukhois, specialising in frops and combatting terrorism. this comes into service, to support the troops and fight the i.s.i.l. terrorist organization. at one point saddam hussein, the military was the fourth largest in the world. it changed. until this week iraq's air force had no the jets of its own, only three combat capable planes and a few helicopters.

on the ground it has 190,000 soldiers, and two brigades of elite special forces and 23 # battle tank, although more than -- 236 battle tanks, although more than half are ageing. analysts say many of the regular soldiers may lack the will to fight. it lacks a unifying national identity. no command and control. it is riddled with corruption and doesn't have weapons that can make sa difference on the battlefield. >> iraqi government predicts it will win the fight, but whether the troops have the will and means to do that is another question. >> well, india launched five satellites into space from the southern dates. >> 3, 2, 1, 0. plus 1, plus 2, plus 3 ...

four satellites from sink for, canada and germany were september into orbit. the newly elected prime minister was there to witness the launch and. the program start 50 years ago and is an attractive option for countries to launch satellites. we are joined from the capital, new delhi. another successful launch for india's space programme. >> it certainly is. the country launched about 40 satellites for foreign countries. this is a huge success for india, because the country is not known for its innovation in science and tech nollie, but the space -- technology, but the space programme appears to be a bright spot. the new prime minister was on site to watch the launch, and after he stood up, applauded,

congratulated the scientists and said they brought pride to the hearts of indians much the reason why so many countries are coming here is it seems to be the most cost effective country to launch satellites. the speech took great pride. an in addition to mars cost left than what hollywood producers paid to make "gravity", which is startling. the government is proud of the space programme and will continue to support it with confidence. >> that's right, he tweeted that they committed to giving further impetus to the programme. how important is it to ind ja, and does it want to be known to the programme now. >> yes, it does. commercially it's important because even though they are offering the service at less

cost to other countries, they stand to benefit financially to having countries sending satellites from here. it's like the prime minister said, a point of pride. now, india had, you know, has had a successful year. the international space research organization in january launched a satellite into orbit using indigenously developed technology. they are showing western powers like the u.s., russia, europe that they are also on the cutting edge of this industry, and that they can do it better with less money. >> thank you very much for that. that's our correspondent joining us from the indian capital at new delhi. >> staying in india and five officials from a construction company have been arrested after a building collapsed. 17 have been killed and dozens

of others are trapped upped the rubble. a number of people were pulled out alive. rescue workers are looking for more survivors. nine have been wounded during a shooting in new orleans. place say two men shot at each outer on bourban street, a popular tourist area. one of the vick tems is in a critical continue. in paraguay flooding forced 200,000 people to abandon their homes, rain in the paraguay and prahrana rivers destroyed crops and blocked roads. the government is trying to get food and spies to people. myanmar's government started a citizenship verification process. the idea is to weed out what it calls illegal immigrants, but the ethnic minorities fear it's a tactic to per cent

-- per cent cute them. >> in the eyes of the government, these people do not have a legal status he is a rohingya. he's under pressure to describe himself as something else. >> i was born here. my father, my grandfather and many generations of mine are here. so i will not accept it. >> the myanmar government uses the term b, ngali, saying it describes themselves as migrants from bangladesh. >> there is widespread suspicion that they have migrated into the country. that's with people are demanding that they recognise the citizenship.

>> reporter: the government has started doing that, verifying citizenship. the relationship between ethnic buddhists and rohingya is tense. in 2012 communal riots left dozens dead. 140,000 people were displaced. >> the government doesn't recognise rohingya as an ethnic group. officials were told not to include those that identify themselves as rohingya. the same group was used in this exercise. they are given a chance to prove they or their parents lived in the country before 1998. only those that identify themselves as beng alley. many lack necessary documents. this woman's parents are citizens. she should be a citizen.

her parents lost the identification cards during the riots. >> translation: my father wants to see us as citizens of the country before he dies. generations of our family lived here, he'll try to do what he can. for some, the path to citizenship is easier. for the rohingya, they'll have to deny their background for a chance to be citizens. o votes are being counted in hong kong after an unofficial referendum on reform. they were held by protest group occupy central, which said 800,000 voted. it is part of a civil campaign that angered the chinese government. thailand's military leaders displayed 1,000 weapons seized from political factions since the coup in may. some weapons are listened to a

minister leading a campaign against the government. the national council for peace and order says a major factor was the establishment of unlaughful armed forces. >> brazil is an ethnically diverse unitary. the host nation of the world cup experienced waes of immigration. they look at how a person's roots may determine the team they end up supporting. . >> reporter: nigerians preparing for kick-off of the seriously eels -- of the super eagles. the nickname of the team. they are tense as they watch, but then there is a goal. [ cheering ]

[ singing ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: sao paulo is a city built hundreds of years ago. in the past decade the number of might grants from africa jumped to 40,000, part of a new wave of migrants looking for a better life in brazil. like this man, who came to sao paulo six years ago. >> i'm still from nigeria, we won't forget that. >> i will cheer nor nigeria. that's the first place i come from. >> there are nearly 20 million people that live in sao paulo, immigrants from all parts of the globe calling the city home. in that way they are the first place to catch the world cup spirit. >> like in a neighbourhood of sao paulo, the heart of the community, it's more than

1 million strong. like this woman who came here 80 years ago. >> translation: since i'm in brazil, i have to cheer for the brazil national team. if there's a game between brazil and japan, it would be hard, i would have to choor for a tie. >> reporter: this being the world cup, down the street they gather to sing the national anthem before a game. and while the japanese culture is different to the nigerian, the city is proving one thing is the same, the euphoria when the native country scores. still ahead on al jazeera - costa rica through to the first world cup quarter time after a thrilling penalty shoot out. all the world cup details coming up.

>> al jazeera america takes you inside battle torn iraq. as those on all sides of the violence flee for their lives. >> we're seeing family after family just hoping for an escape. a first hand look at the people, politics, and the future of iraq. >> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. >> don't miss america tonight exclusive reports front line iraq only on al jazeera america

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