a funeral sl held for the three israeli settlers killed in the west bank. israel says hamas will pay for their deaths. the prime minister is speaking to the cabinet. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the program. iraq's parliament fails in its first step towards forming a new government. nicholas sar cozy is held by police in an unprecedented move against a former french president. and tens of thousands of

people in hong kong are on the streets demanding a more democratic system. we'll go straight now to israel. the funerals of those three young israeli settlers who were found dead in the occupied west bank on monday night. here we have the israeli prime minister netanyahu addressing the gathering at that funeral. let's listen in to what he has to say. >> translator: the whole nation stood together and was reminded who are we? why are we here? and never did ask. what amazing strength we have. the light that you radiate. it was even more apparent in contrast with the darkness of

our enemies, those who chase children, horrible murderers. these brothers are celebrating the blood of the innocent that has been spilled. it's a huge moral valley that separates between us and our enemies. we celebrate life. they celebrate death. they celebrate brutality, and we celebrate mercy. this is the secret of our strength and the base for our unity. throughout our history we have proven not once that even when confronted by the worst of our tragedies and the depths of sorrow our life force inside is

stronger and bigger than those who have ambitions to kill us, and i would like to say, especially to you, the mothers, you have given the entire world a lesson. what the cry of a mother? what is the love of a mother? >> benjamin netanyahu there addressing the funeral of those three west bank settlers, young boys killed in the west bank hitchhiking on the way back from religious school three weeks ago. let's join our correspondent in jerusalem. as expected, netanyahu's speech there is full of emowing.

emotion. >> reporter: of course. he's addressing the grieving families of these three teen settlers. he especially addressed the mothers because he understands that maybe their sadness, grief would be the deepest. he also highlighted the fact that the israeli people and the jewish people are very strong people. they are able to withstand these tough times, and he highlights the differences that he said were very clear and evident between israelis and their enemies, their so-called enemies. he said that israelis celebrate life, and he described the enemies as brutal and horrible murderers who took the lives of these three israelis way too early, and basically we did expect these words of support for the families who are really grieving right now. so we didn't expect less than

these statements that would make the families feel better. he said that the people of israel are praying for the families and that these three will be remembered. so this is what we expected him to say at this funeral. in bh an hour and a half he will make a televised statement from the defense ministry in tel aviv before he enters the meeting with his cabinet ministers to discuss a possible response by the israeli government to the killings. as you know, there was an urge the cabinet meeting that lasted for up to three hours on monday night as soon as the bodies were found in the west bank, but no announcements were made and no official decisions were issued by the israeli government as to how israel wants to respond to this crisis. >> we have seen some punitive measures, haven't we, since the bodies were found and indeed since the settlers went missing

all that time ago. the cabinet is divided on just how hard israel should hit back. >> reporter: it's correct. netanyahu is under a lot of pressure especially from the right wing ministers in his cabinet, and there are quite a few of them. this is a right wing government and dictates how the israeli government will rashth react with an extensive military campaign as well as a crackdown on hamas, which they are blaming for these killings. we're also hearing other views from other ministers saying that maybe a part of a response would be a wave of settlement construction and a settlement -- a new settlement dedicated to the three israeli teenagers. some israeli ministers are supporting this decision. some are saying like the justice minister this would undermine

israel's credibility and legitimacy in the international xhun community. others say this response is not harsh enough. building settlements maybe should go on, but it shouldn't be part of the solution that addresses these killings. rather than, a military solution, a military campaign would be preferred by some of these cabinet ministers. so many different views, and i'm sure it's not easy to arrive at a solid set of actions that the israeli government in it's entirety is happy with. >> absolutely. certainly worth keeping an eye on events the next few hours in israel. thanks very much for the update. there's also a funeral for a palestinian teenager killed by israeli soldiers. a 19-year-old was shot during overnight raids. israel's military said he was trying to throw a hand grenade. witnesses deny that.

iraq's parliament has adjourned for a week after they failed to agree on a speaker for a new unity government. al maliki is under pressure. opponents blame him for the rebellion by the sunni fighters that declared an islamic state. >> reporter: a sfoining performance by iraq's parliament. many in iraq wonder what went wrong. they were supposed to meet. they were supposed to elect a speaker of the house. that then triggers a constitutional process giving them 45 days to elect the prime minister. they certainly met, but not for very long. just about two hours with a 30-minute break in between. they didn't come up with a speaker of the house. now, both the international community and iraqis are going to be disappointed. the international community has been pushing hard saying, we need to get an elected government in place so we can move on and give you more help

in the crisis that iraq faces. the iraqis themselves are looking forward to seeing a speaker of the house, giving them some hope their government would be formed quickly. in 2010 it took nearly eight months to form a government. this session is delayed to a week to the 8th of july. let's see what happens then, but a lot of iraqis are very disappointed right now. >> while parliament failed to act, the fighting does continue. we focus in northern iraq. they're kurdish and they're defending their territory from the islamic state is crucial. this is south of kirkuk where some of the fighters are based. >> reporter: this kurdish general has been losing men on the front line. they show me a piece of the mortar that hit their makeshift basis. they blame the islamic state. the attack is one of many over the past few weeks.

>> translator: this is strategic territory, and we are obliged to be here to protect it. the islamic state fighters want to reach kirkuk city. >> reporter: we are in kirkuk's southern region. this oil-rich place has been claimed by many. when sunni-armed groups swept through the heartland a few weeks ago, they laid claim to kirkuk's territories and took over bashir and they're positioned here at the edge of the town where they launch attacks against kurdish forces. >> translator: the iraqi army fled bashir when the islam make state stormed it. we have to take position here to protect people and kirkuk. >> reporter: the forces were never based here. in fact, the sunni fighters against the iraqi government allowed kurdish forces to expand the areas of control. bashir is part of the district

of taza, which lies on the front line. it's populated by shia turkman. it used to be at least. it's now under the protection of american forces, but the iraqi flag is still hoisted here. the armed men don't want to be filmed. they are members of the iraqi police force and still wear the uniforms, but they feel abandoned by the government in baghdad and cheated by the kurds. >> translator: there are those that want to divide iraq. they're just protecting the territory they grabbed and aren't fighting the islam make state. >> reporter: shia tried but failed to overtake bashir. they reluctantly admit without the kurds, the flag of the self-declared islamic state would be here instead.

the islamic state is claiming more victories in syria. it says it's established an islamic state to unite areas it controls from aleppo in syria through parts of iraq. overnight out of syrian city bucamel with intense fightings. the islamic state said it tightened it's hold on the city of d.e.i. r az zor. nicolas sarkozy has been taken in four questioning about financial fraud during the election campaign. he's already denied any wrongdoing. that dean barber is outside of paris and has this report. >> reporter: nicolas sarkozy remains in the building behind me just outside paris where he arrived early on tuesday morning not long after his lawyer and two magistrates were brought in

for questioning. it all revolves around allegations, and that's all they are at the moment. they tried to misuse nicolas sarkozy's influence to gain insider knowledge about an investigation into his 2007 presidential campaign. now, there have been lots and lots of allegations of illegal funding in that campaign involving individuals like betancourt and gaddafi. these are allegations they rejected continually, and in fact he was cleared in the betancourt case last year. at the moment nicolas sarkozy is simply being questioned and hasn't been charge. it's unprecedented for a former president to be actually detained in this way. his supporters have come out and said this is part of a politically motivated persecution as they see it of

somebody who wants to launch a comeback and go for the presidency in 2017. the socialist government in paris say that's nonsense and there's no pressure applied to the judiciary. he's treated like anybody else would. it certainly has a lot of people talking about nicolas sarkozy, perhaps not in the right way. he's never far from the headlines here in france. still to come here on the program, ukraine brings it's unilateral cease-fire to an end. what does that mean on the battlefield? and prime ministthe prime md be turkey's next president. will he then become even more powerful?

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on al jazeera america in israel a funeral is being held for the three settlers whose bodies were found in the occupied west bank on monday. the young settlers went missing on june 12th. prime minister netanyahu attended one funeral and accused hamas of killing the young men and said the organization's members will pay. iraq's parliament is adjourned for a week after they failed to agree on a speaker for the new unity government. and investigators have taken nicolas sarkozy into custody for questions. they alleged he was getting

inside information about a separate investigation into his 2007 election funding. he's denied any wrongdoing. syria's stockpile of chemical weapons are in the final stages of transfer to international waters for destruction. the u.s. ship arrived in the port and will be loaded with the toxic chemicals on wednesday. we have more where a delicate operation is taking place. >> reporter: maria has lived here for 84 years. she says the only time she felt this scared was during world war ii, but these days the threat comes from right next to her doorstep. her house overlooks the port where on wednesday a ship laden with the most dangerous components from syria's chemical weapons stockpile will dock. >> translator: i'm not afraid for myself. i am old. but for the young people here, i

pray every day for them. i have two children who live up north. i hope it's not the last time i speak to them. >> reporter: on wednesday the chemical stockpile will be transferred onto the american vessel already docked in the port. it will then set sail for international waters where the chemical agents including components from mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin will be neutralized. they will a hydraulic system to break down toxic chemical agents into industrial waste. the agents will be pumped into a system of pipes, tubes and valves where they will be mixed with heated water and bleach. once the chemicals are neutralized, they will be stored in waste tanks ready for disposal. this is what the port will look like on tuesday. on one side, locals are just

getting by everyday life. on the othered police created roadblocks around the perimeter of the port which turned into a militarized zone. access to the port is being patrolled, and details was operation are kept secret. the town's mayor says even he has been left in the dark. >> translator: we were given reassurances, but those are only empty words. to this day i haven't been told what kind of substances are on that ship. >> reporter: the mayor has baste bathed the town with posers say it's made of chemical agents and not weapons and has set up a room in the town hall where locals can follow the operation in live streaming. everybody's wish in this otherwise sleepy town is this delicate operation will be fast and clean. al jazeera, san fernando.

a car bomb killed 20 people in northeast nigeria. it happened in a stronghold of boko haram. more now from andrew simmons in the nigerian capital. >> reporter: it was a devastating bombing that came in a busy time in the market area. these images show some of the devastation. the ministry of defense says explosives were packed into a van, which was driven into the market. it was a suicide bombing, it appears, and the number of casualties are very high it would seem. we don't have an exact number of dead, but estimates are between 15 and more than 30. the state governor has visited four hospitals and seen some of the casualties. everyone is devastated by this, but not surprised it does appear to be another boko haram attack. they're using tactics now features urban centers for

bombing and these large rural areas for attacks with fighters with guns setting fire to homes. relentless attacks now, and the security forces are under massive pressure. rarely do they have pro news, but they have announced just shortly before this bombing that they made three arrests connected to the kidnappings of 276 girls more than two months ago. one is said to be a businessman connected to the whole plot, and he apparently informed on two other people, two women, one said to be a pay master and the other said to be a spy operative for boko haram. whether that will make any difference in the hunt for these schoolgirls is unclear. 219 remain missing. in eastern ukraine the army has resumed taking over pro-russian bases at poroshenko ended a cease-fire.

they say that the ukraine should stop the military activity. >> translator: president poroshenko chose military action. we've not been able to convince him that the road to peace does not collide with war. >> reporter: after the truce was announced, talks to improve the situation didn't even get started. the ultimatum of disarmament was given, but on a long-term basis peace is not possible with ultimatums. >> paul brennan is in eastern ukraine and sent us this report. >> reporter: what we've seen with the resumption of the military operations in this area are after the cease-fire expired and wasn't renewed by president poroshenko, it's an intensification of what was happening during the previous ten days. the guns never really fell silent in this part of eastern ukraine. there's been artillery firing in the town we just left behind me, and there's also been an outflow of refugees we've seen. two buses many of women and

children heading to the russian border. they're going into russia where they feel more safe. they were waved off by parents and grandparents. it was very emotional and tearful encounter. in the center of town, too, we saw craters. the reasons why they're fleeing is because the shells from the ukrainian army are falling into residential areas. i have to say, though, the difference between what is residential and what is separatist military is quite a blurred line, because some of the separatists are using residential blocks as makeshift barracks. international reaction is mixed. president putin has expressed his deep regret after the decision made by president poroshenko in ukraine. they also said that president poroshenko would now bear personal responsibility for the consequences of restarting the military campaign. elsewhere, there's been support, and it seems that the ukrainian leadership believed it will be eventually on the winning side. hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting in

hong kong demanding greater democracy in the former british colony. the rally marks 17 years since hong kong's return to china. none straighters called on beijing to grant the region complete electoral freedoms. agent brown reports. >> in an echo of the british hand-off to china 17 years ago, it rained again on this anniversary. it drenched the protesters but failed to dampen the mood of defiance. they were demonstrating over multiple issues but mostly diminishing freedoms under china rule. >> they ruined the promise they made to the world. we are worried they are interfering before the 50 years unchanged promise. >> we found our rights and freedom is less and less. so that's why people are more angry about the sanctions.

>> reporter: china calls this treason because they're displaying the old british colonial flag. china's government is growing increasingly exper rated with hong kong putting the foot down over calls for more democratic reform warning that hong kong's autonomy is at china's discretion. this is the only city in china where these kind of protests can happen. part of the unusual political setup of one country and two systems agreed before the hand-off, but that system is now under threat say the protesters. >> we have to walk out and speak for ourselves, speak for democracy, speak for our freedom. >> reporter: hong kong is one of the world's most law-abiding cities, but the mood of some protest groups is hardening and the risk of civil disobedience and violence remains. adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong. in japan thousands of protesters go out to allow japanese soldiers to fight

overseas in an ally is attacked. since the end of the second world war japan has been allowed to use arms in self-defense. it came after a man set himself on fire in tokyo on sunday in opposition to the plan. turkey's prime minister is running for president. the ruling party announced the candidacy on tuesday. this will be the country's firgs first vote for a trektly elected president. one is trying to for the kurds. from istanbul we have a report. >> reporter: for occur key's kurds the political outlook has never been brighter. they're now actively courted by the prime minister erdogan as he runs for the presidency. he's kick starting a two-year-old peace process with kurdish activists. for almost 30 years they've been fighting for a separatist state

in turkey's southeast. >> translator: it's really clear the calculation is to attract the kurdish rule. there's been foot-dragging over the past two years and not much achieved. erdogan still manages to kick up the expectations of the kurdish population by telling them that i'm the only person to solve this problem. >> since he founded modern turkey in 1923 it's been ceremonial. this is the first time turks vote directly for the head of the state. if he wins and erdogan will use that mandate to make the office more executive and less ceremonial. analysts say erdogan is leaving nothing to chance. the kurds make up around a fifth of turkey's population. >> for the first time they are in a very comparatively strong position, but they're dealing with a very masterful, skillful position and politician more

often than not a shrewd and always unlucky and always able to make stronger gains for himself and his positioning than anything else. >> reporter: when most of the people in this kurdish club were school children, they couldn't speak or sing this their own land. erdogan have improved the rights. the kurds will rely on him to continue doing that if he assumes the presidency. al jazeera, istanbul. argentina is teetering on the brink of default after missing a deadline to pay the foreign debt. there was an emergency meeting on thursday to discuss the problem. al jazeera is defies the u.s. supreme court ruling demanding it pays its creditors in full.

the mayor of toronto has returned to work full of apologies after two months in rehab for substance abuse. rob ford says therapy saved his life and he regrets causing embarrassment and he says he was in complete denial about hi drinking and crack cocaine abuse. he's seeking re-election. can we teach robots morality? the u.s. is betting millions on the prospect. later from catching criminals to reading emotions, mind-blowing advances in facial recognition software, bringing computers frighteningly close to mind-reading.