♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm sammy in doha. hamas threatens revenge after nine people are killed by israeli air strikes in gaza. police fire tear gas at opposition supporters at the rally in nairobi. pope francis celebrates with victims of abuse by priests. >> the best way forward is to

really humanize data. >> reporter: and speaking out, the family of jailed al jazeera journalists peter greste make a renewed plea for his freedom. ♪ israel has struck its biggest blow against hamas since 2012 and seven palestinian fighters are dead after overnight missile strips on the gaza strips and follows a week of protest and violence across the occupied territories and from gaza john has the latest. >> reporter: air strikes continued through the night. israel targeted what it called terror sites in gaza in response to a surge of rocket fire earlier on sunday, hamas which controls the strip says several of its fighters were killed but many other people were also injured. it's a testing time in the

israeli palestinian conflict, both sides have been on edge since three teenage settlers were kidnapped and killed in the occupied west bank. just hours after they were buried a 16-year-old palestinian mohammed abu khdeir was abducted, his body was later found burned and the later autopsy results show he was alive when he was set on fire. >> translator: i've asked for an international investigative committee to be formed for the terrorist crimes that have been committed to the palestinian people and aggression and especially the burning of the child mohammed abu khdeir who was burned alive. >> reporter: israeli police arrested several jewish suspects and say there is strong indication their motive was revenge for the deaths of the teenage settlers, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned all of the killings. speaking from the home of one of the teenagers he had a message for mohamed's relatives.

>> translator: i would like to send condolence to the family of the young man and promise we will deal with the crime and the murders do not have a place in israeli society. >> reporter: but those words have done little to calm the situation. thousands of palestinians demonstrated in the streets of rafa on sunday voicing discontent and vowing revenge. the protest feed into a cycle of retaliation that raised israeli palestinian tensions to a dangerous level, john with al jazeera in gaza. >> reporter: meanwhile there are reports that three out of six israelis suspected of burning a palestinian teenager to death confesses to the crime and we are in jerusalem and live on that and what more can you tell us about these confessions then? >> well, as you know, sammy, there is still a partial gag

order on reporting details about this case and this crime but what we do know from some israeli media reports citing police sources is that as you mentioned three of the six suspects who were arrested in this case confessed to committing the kidnapping and the murder and as well that the three suspects reenacted for the police how they did it following the route of the car to the east jerusalem forest where the charred body of mohammed abu khdeir was found, so this is the latest on the investigation and the arrest of the six suspects. >> and as this story continues to ripple across the political spectrum the foreign minister says his unity with the coup is over. >> reporter: yes, leiberman the foreign minister just informed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a news conference

the partnership between his party and israel and netanyahu's party is over. he said that from the beginning when this partnership was formed there were minor differences. these differences grew over time, they became too major for this partnership or unity pact to continue and criticized netanyahu for his tempered response to the rocket launched from gaza into israel. it appears leiberman wants a larger or more comprehensive military operation to crush the rocket launching capabilities of hamas and gaza and he feels that netanyahu has not handled these rockets well enough and that is why he wants to lead his own faction in the coalition government and to cancel this partnership and dismantle it. >> reporter: so let's clarify this and he is cancelling the party partnership pact but where does that leave his present in the government and the governmen

government? >> this decision to dismantle the unity pact between these two parties means that leiberman can still be a foreign minister and still stay in the coalition and does not effect netanyahu's coalition government, however it does weaken netanyahu because it gives leiberman more space to criticize netanyahu when he had less space to do it because they had a unity pact and partnership but it does not effect the coalition government and does not require calling for early elections and puts more pressure on netanyahu and weakens him a little bit and we know netanyahu has come under a lot of pressure lately because of the rockets from gaza and because of the situation in israel with the protests and riots in jerusalem and spread to northern towns where palestinian israelis live and have made the situation very difficult for his government to manage so lots of pressure on netanyahu but his coalition government is not going to

collapse after leiberman's decision to dismantle the unity pact between israel and the coup. >> and we are live from jerusalem. now in kenya police have broken up opposition protests with tear gas and rallies through the country to protest against government policies and we are live from there. are the rallies still peaceful or are they getting out of hand? >> reporter: well, i have to say in the hour here in the park we actually got caught in the middle of what was a running battle between demonstrators and the police. and the police were firing tear gas and demonstrators responded with throwing rocks and stones and we were caught in the middle of it and had to take cover and the police were firing what were live rounds into the air. right now things have been

peaceful and carnival like they were before and shows you how tense the situation is and how things can change quickly here but joining me to talk about the rally is an mp for the opposition, and kenneth let's just talk about the actual rally and what the opposition is calling for from the government, what changes do you want, why you are holding this rally today. >> we have had town peaceful rallies around the country and listens to the people, the people want us to have a national dialog in which we talk about the levels of corruption, the cost of living, reform of their electrical bodies to make sure there is not electrical flow in 2017 and inclusiveness in government. we have seen a lot of appointments in government are going to ethnic with exclusion of every one else. >> reporter: do you think this is tension and polorizing the

country and the tribes are here and certain tribes are in your rally and you are polorizing the country again. >> that is false and 45% of the vote at the last election we have majority of governors, 24, 167 mps and senators and we are legitimate representation of the people and pointing out tribals in the country do not make us tribalists. >> reporter: this rally is taking place today and what further action are you going to take because from the history southern suburbs was not just one rally in past and actions created by the public in protests against the government. what further actions are you going to be taking part in? >> i think you will see a series of actions including very peaceful, nonviolent protests and see a very coordinated push for us to use every constitutional means and do not

forget we fought for the new constitution so we are not going to fight to bring down our institutions, we are going to fight to make sure we strength enthem and use every channel to us, media and public in association with them to make sure what is wrong with the country is pointed out and that we bring together solutions at work. >> reporter: and a member of parliament for the opposition thank you for joining us here. one of the reasons this rally is being held and people from all sides can agree on this is the fear about insecurity, not enough we are seeing to deal with insecurity on the coast. part of the problem is that al-shabab, the somali armed group is claiming responsibility for at actualittacks and they a blaming the local arm groups over who is responsible for attacks and adding to the tension here in kenya right now. >> thanks for that.

iraqi army carried air raid in fa -fallusia and they are oil drums filled with shrapnel and kill indiscrimina didiscriminan people and children. and towns there are being shelled by the government forces trying to drive out armed sunni rebels and we report from where a local charity has been struggling to provide for hundreds of refugees. >> reporter: on this piece of waste land in northern iraq hundreds of thousands of families sought refuge and fleeing from the latest round of fighting throwing this country this turmoil and they are hundreds of thousands of iraqis

being internally displaced as a result, men, women and children and mainly sunni whose lives and livelihoods destroyed and this 60-year-old man is one of them, he has three little girls. he is now unable to provide for them. >> translator: there was shelling, continuous and indiscriminate shelling from all sides and shells landing on roofs so we had to flee. >> reporter: she in no doubt as to who is to blame. >> translator: i blame the government, those we elected, once we elected them they turned against us and had we elected foreigners they would have treated us better. >> reporter: more severe cases in the camp like he and his father and he is paralyzed from the neck down. the shelling was so intense in his hometown that his father had no time to grab anything else, not even his wheelchair and he picked up his son and ran. now the child struggles to cope in the scorching heat.

his father unable to find him the necessary medical treatment. and here is another suffering child and unable to move her legs. her mother says she almost saved enough money to get treatment for all that to be lost when the fighting forced them to flee their home, now she too struggles to take care of her disabled daughter in a camp lacking the most basic necessities. >> translator: we need water and medicine and doctors and we need an ambulance, yes, some things have been donated to us but we need much more. >> reporter: the average temperature here is 45 degrees celsius but can reach on 50 and the severe heat led to miscarriages according to officials and just filming in such heat was a challenge but suddenly it started to pour. already struggling to cope with the scorching heat, those with little shelter by flimsy tents now have to indurational the

rain which suddenly started to pour here and some see it as a blessing but nonetheless under these circumstances it is more suffering for those already displaced. fortunately it did not rain long enough to flood out the tents but there is a real risk of that happening if it rains for longer, as with every conflict in the world it's the most vulnerable who suffer the most and this camp and the children who despite the hardships continue to smile are an example of how true that is, like her they are testament to the fact that conflicts may take people's lives they cannot kill people's will to live, i'm with al jazeera in northern iraq. riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of protesters in kuwait and the demonstrators were rallies against detention of a former politician and he is facing trial on monday for insulting

the judiciary, the fifth night of violence in kuwait sparked by his arrest. ukraine's president says he plans to seize more territory from anti-government rebels after recapturing the town of slovansk and they took the stronghold on saturday and in the past 24 hours it claimed another city and the nearby ones as well and separatists regrouped and scott is there and sent us this report. >> a day after ukraine enforces pounded separatists fighters and pushing them out of northern strongholds they called it a victory but that the war was far from over. >> translator: ukrainian president said they will get rid of weapons and hostages and it's restored with the participation

of international observers for cooperation in europe. >> reporter: hundreds of separatist fighters retreated south are here and tired and regrouping but say they will fight on. >> translator: i'm glad they came here and welcome them with open arms and now we are confident our victory is not far away and 23rd of february and confident in our victory. >> reporter: a few hours hundreds gathered to protest military action by the central government in kiev and this is usually home to one million people it is nearly empty. this normally would be teaming with families out enjoying their days and it's not normal times and quiet and tense at the checkpoints that ring the city. they are the first line of defense where hundreds of separatist fighters are based and some it's about protecting something more important to them. >> translator: we are always ready to protect our home and families, we will stand to the

end. >> reporter: although they might be ready to fight on separatists fighters don't know where the next battlefield will be but for now they seem fairly confident they can protect what is now the hearts of their movement. i'm with al jazeera in ukraine. >> reporter: still to come in the news hour including german chancellor angela merkel talks trade with leaders and australian government sends 41 asylum seekers back to shrelanka and coming up, in sport and they lost a game but columbia football is welcomed home after the world cup. ♪ now three al jazeera journalists peter greste and

mohamed have been 191 days in a prison and they are hiring new lawyers and set off a new website where supporters can donate money and we have more from brizbim. >> andrew greste has come back visiting his brother peter and is securing his release and one option is to appeal conviction and the family will hire a new legal team in cairo and set up with with.free peter greste.org to keep public informed of the case and help raise funds. >> it's a significant amount of money. so we figure that, you know, if regardless of the cost of it we want an end to this, we have had enough. >> reporter: greste and two colleagues fahmi and mohamed were convicted of spreading

false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood that is a terrorist organization by the government and they were sentenced 7 years in prison and mohamed ten years because he had a spent bullet picked up in a protest and they used video from another channel and work from other parts of africa and al jazeera rejects charges and demands release and triggered global condemnation with journalists, governments and institutions around the world calling for their freedom. and egypt ion media recently and the president si si said some look at us as if we are interfering in the judicial system, the verdict against some journalists had a very negative effect and we had nothing to do with it and went on to say i wish they were deported after their arrest instead of being put on trial. but the cold hard truth we mains, three men are still behind bars in a prison in egypt

for doing their job as journalists, convicted of false charges and their families are paying the price as well, seeing their loved ones suffer but determined to do all they can to secure their freedom, florence with al jazeera in australia. >> reporter: united states is introducing new security measures for passengers flying from certain countries and some travelers won't be able to carry cell phones, tablets or laptops unless batteries are charged and passengers asked to switch them on before boarding and saying bombs could be deguised as electronic devices and pope francis has a private mass of six people abused by priests and the group is meeting the head of the roman catholic church at his private residence now and tim friend joins us live from the vatican and embracing victims of abuse but he is also embracing the investigations, the outside

investigations of the church? >> reporter: well, his critics would say superficially he may appear to be doing that but if you actually look behind what they have been describing as a pr st stunt, that is their very words they say the church is not changing its words at all and carrying out any investigations in private, it often moves priests who have been accused with other parishs and allowed them to carry on working and bishops clueded with that and there is anger in the meeting and in a few minutes there will be a press conference where cardinal mally who is the archbishop of boston where ten years ago this whole thing broke out in the open. he has been heading up a special

commission appointed by the pope to try to bring about change, but of course the critics say you don't need to appoint another committee, we all know what is going wrong, what you really want is an enforcer to make sure that the church acfollowing it has done wrong and tries to put it right, an enforcer who would make sure that it does. but also at that press conference we understand will be marie collins who is also part of that commission alongside some psychologists and psychiatrists and she was assaulted herself when she was 13 in her native ireland so it will be interesting to see how they answer this criticism. >> reporter: all right, tim friend there thanks so much. german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in beijing for a three-day visit and meeting the president for trade talks and merkel is traveling with a delegation of top executives from german companies, china is

the second largest besides europe after the united states. and brown sent us the latest from beijing. >> the german chancellor has been to china seven times since 2005, not really illustrates all too clearly the importance of this developing relationship. now, the value of trade between china and germany at the moment is put at $200 billion, an astonishing figure and she began in the southwest china city on sunday and significantly she went to visit a volkswagen factory and the germans are feeding in china's obsession with the car and some 137 million vehicles on chinese roads right now and increasingly aspirational chinese want german-made cars. in fact, most cars that government officials drive around in are german made. now 45% of all european exports

to this country come from germany. the chinese president was in germany just a few months ago speaking again about how important this developing relationship was and it's a sort of relationship that the rest of europe must regard with some envy and hoping to be over shadowed by comments by the german security agency and he said he believes that small and medium size german companies are victims of espionage but the chinese and easy prey and could number 100,000 and the question is if it will be addressed in public by germany and china or behind closed doors as sensitive issues like this tend to be between these two countries. now from talking about china we can talk about japan and we will tell us if they are in umbrellas and rain coats or beyond that? >> there is a typhoon heading to

you and this is the satellite and shows the huge storm and well defined eye and if a storm has an eye like this it shows it's very organized and very intense. this one is the equivalent of a category four hurricane, it's a super typhoon and working its way steadily to the north. by the time it goes across the japanese islands here it will be equivalent of category five and fortunately it looks like it won't slam if the islands but will get close and cause a lot of destruction and then as we head through wednesday it will make its way on the coast there and easy eased by the time it got there but a lot of damage. that is what will happen in the future but at the moment the strongest winds are southwest of australia and this is succession over the past few days and this is the strongest yet, the winds are very powerful and the strongest we seen is 124

kilometers per hour but even in perth a gust of wind is 83 kilometers per hour so very, very strong. that system is edging its way toward the east and it will continue to bring strong winds and what it will also do is drag down the temperatures and tuesday at 17 and by the time we get to wednesday only 11 sammy. thanks so much and south sudan's crisis and internal conflict show no sign of improvement and the humanitarian situation is getting worse especially in northern provens but in the southern equitorial states it's much better and calling for greater autonomy in the area. >> reporter: they are open for business and much of the country is hit by conflict and famine they have a brisk trade with uganda and democratic republic of congo on east of congo and

officials tell us south sudan southern states rarely see a drop of the billion dollar oil revenues passing through government hands. that can do self reliance is at work in the county here where the commissioner coordinated the national funding to build what he says is the best public hospital in this region. >> it should not happen and what we need to happen is continue developing like this and focus on this. >> reporter: in the markets of yea there is plenty of fresh, after fobdable food and most if not imported it's donated by ngos and locally grown by these women or their communities. the activity and peacefulness of the three southern equatorian states suggests they are doing things better down here and the three local governors believe and reopened a discussion about greater powers of self government and more control over their own budgets. the word federalism has not gone

down well with south sudan president who says it's a political tactic designed by the rebels he is fighting to weaken the country. but the people here are not fighting with government and they don't back the rebels, they say they back peace and stability. >> translator: we are not fighters down here, we all get along. we don't have these problems, if we manage our own affairs more that is fine by me. >> reporter: the bishop say some confused this federalism with partition and that is not what the south is asking for. >> translator: these are from people and should not frighten anybody. they should take it to the parliament. we have a parliament and let the parliament discuss. >> reporter: whatever politicians decide, families all over the country have already voted for the equatorian way and an estimated 25,000 displaced

children are now in the region schools and they are safe, whatever their parents are facing elsewhere, i'm in south sudan. plenty more still to come on the news hour including egyptians continue to protest wide ranging prices from petrol to cigarettes and indonesia are concerned and years of cocyst answer with christians could be threatened. and chaos on the nascar race track in the u.s., and robin is coming up, with all of that and the rest of the story. ♪

♪ welcome back to the news hour here in al jazeera, let's take you through some of our headlines, at least nine people have been killed in a series of air strikes in gaza. israeli foreign minister ended the party pact with prime minister benjamin netanyahu coup party over response to rocket attacks in the territory. in kenya police have fired tear gas at protesters at an opposition rally in nairobi and crowds gathered at the park and they are causing for a national dialog on issues including security, unemployment and tribalism. pope francis held a private mass for six people who were sexually abused by priests and the group from britain, germany and ireland met him at his private

residence. protests have continued in egypt following the publication of a list of a new price rise and the cost of 20 items is due to rise substantially, many of them crucial to households right across the country. and president si si says the government's massive budget deficit must be tackled and rises are the way to do it and cuts to energy subsidies industryinged protests from taxi and truck drivers and say it will put them out of business and they accused them formed in major cities and this city is outside the capitol cairo where muslim brotherhood supporters are there and they have the four finger salute of the crack down of the mosque and not only has petrol increased 80% and household fuel has a rise of 63%, industry has also been hit, gas has risen by a third. items such as alcohol and

cigarettes, not escape the significant tax hikes either. and we have a former managing editor of the official news agency and is in the studio now and good to have you with us and talking about the rises and more has come to light and see reaction and to what extent will they bite the pockets of the poorest of the poor in egypt, will this be a significant factor? >> i think that the general understanding from the masses in egypt and these steps are like putting the government's hand in the buckets of the poor people in egypt. they talk little in their pockets and they afraid to do anything to the rich people. this is the perception. this is what many people understand. >> let me tell you what one economist told me yesterday, this is not going to hurt the

poor because they do not have the cars and fuel rises will hurt the rich and i looked up the number and it's 7 million that have registered cars, something like that, i mean, will it hurt when you rise when the price of fuel rises, is it going to hurt beyond the car owners? >> of course. of course. this is some kind of not able to say and because of the fees of people coming to take the micro bus, to take the collective transportation buses and all the things it would cost him much money for the tax and fees and all things directly hurt the poor people. we have not metered so far reaction of the people but i think tuesday we will see when

the people going out to the streets in response, tuesday. >> why tuesday? >> because tuesday is the day we should go out to streets in response for the declaration for legitimacy and freedom and opposition and the main opposition islam group. >> a test perhaps. >> yes. >> those who support the government probably would say the government didn't really have a choice, did it and might point out that morsi's government was approaching the point when it was in talks with imf and reached this very question, to withdraw, not to withdraw subsidies. >> i think this is also something that is not correctly and is not right. it's not the only way. because if we see what is the alternative and it's to tax the rich people to get the business

community to pay taxes that the billions pay so far. it's not the only way. the only way is not the poor people. the poor people is not the only option for the government. where are the rich people. what are the business community? >> how much of the military budget and how much budget covers that which is a significant part? >> yes, this is a way we cannot say this is the only way. not the only way. there are other and many ways and we have examples in the brazil and part with the rich people and started with the companies and then after that and we have to say that this is coming from the size of the lift. he was lifted as a leader and si si is not a leftest leader. >> thank you very much.

indonesia set to vote for a new president on wednesday and it's causing religion intolerance and we have more from the capitol. >> reporter: for christians here in the city of karta a moment of worship means practicing faith without certainty and the ceremony are somber and shorter than usual and not only because is it the faster month in the region but because church goers here are afraid. they say they have been subjected to verbal abuse and intimidation and their celebration was cancelled because of pressure from antiminority groups a few months ago. >> translator: they have some people from inside and come with different sets of ideologys and intolerant behavior and

influence a small part of the community. >> reporter: the church was attacked and what was once a place of worship is now a crime scene. groups in indonesia are seen as minority but attacks on non-muslim groups have not only threatened to disrupt harmony they can have religious tolerance. and this is one of the many muslim groups here. its members say they are not anti-christians but they admit they expect everyone here to follow an islamic way of life. >> translator: our worry is in the remote places and they like education and there is no smoke if there is no fire. these christians wouldn't have been threatened, their church is closed and destroyed if they had

not built the churches illegally. >> reporter: christians here say they have lived in peace with muslims for generations and that resent disagreements of ideology may be temporary possibly brought on by the intense election campaign and so they hope the ballots being cast in a few days may be return to a way of life that has been a religious animosity. i'm with al jazeera indonesia. and a key figure in the introduction of political reform in the soviet union died at the age of 86 and he served as soviet foreign minister under gorb ash gorbachev and he was the president of the newly independent republic of georgia. and a boat carrying 41 asylum seekers has been sent back and the group was more than 200

people intercepted by the islands last week and human rights groups say many of them are ethnic tunnels and could be tortured there and many doctors in columbo as asylum seekers arrive and do we know what happened to the asylum seeker whose have been returned to the country? >> we got off the phone with authorities handling the particular case and 41 asylum seekers returned to shrelanka to the southern port and they confirmed there are 37 and 4 and makes for an interesting nature of the story in terms of ethnic composition but i should say in terms of the process that follows it's a little unclear, they will be questioned but what happens next is yet to be found out in terms of where their cases go and what the authorities do here.

i should also say that information on the specific case is very, very thin on the ground at the moment and looking for more information in terms of the 41 people in question. >> and authorities saying anything about this second boat that has been reported to also have tried to reach australia, the australian authorities telling you it's not in our waters, anyone there saying where it is? >> this is a really good point, in terms of that second boat there is absolutely no information we are hearing from the shrelankan authorities on that and the focus of the work has been on this particular vessel with these 41 people who the authorities now have in the south part of shrelanka but in terms of the second boat which has a larger number of people no information on the fighters yet and as you mentioned the australian authorities will

comment more on the case and scott morrison the minister is up set and not in australian waters at present and thank you so much there. plenty more still ahead on al jazeera including we will see how they are planning to cope with the hot topic of staying cool at the 2022 world cup, that is next. ♪ america mobile app,

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olympic committee will decide the short list for 2022 winter games and we have one of three candidates after others dropped out and the oil-rich nation has resources to host the event but campaigners say it may come at a big coast to the environment and robin walker reports. >> reporter: this is a favorite spot for nature lovers and the winter olympic bid includes turning this national park into a city resort. >> they don't come here to enjoy mini golf or bowling alley or restaurant. >> reporter: this is one of the last unspoiled places with an easy reach of the city saved. >> it will become for most people and not be able to enjoy nature and looking at the mountains knowing all the mountains are privatized now. >> reporter: developers say it allows hotels and needed to

develop tourism. >> translator: this is our first project because we have identified a big lack of recreational areas. the government is now deciding on either building projects but we are not the first, we need ten more like this. >> reporter: and they already have several up graded resorts with half the billion cities pulling out of 2022 race and it looks like a contender and the asian winter games and has plenty of legacy infrastructure including the skating rink, one of the largest and highest in the world. back in 2011 when those games were held, more than 1.4 billion dollars was spent on facilities. now more than half a billion dollars is ear marked on loan and he says this sum doesn't add up. >> the money they will spend on public funds about $450 million out of the state budget and

comparable sum for infrastructure for the city budget and that is probably ten times more than would be required for a grand, wonderful ski resort. >> developers dismiss any corruption allegations. >> translator: let's deal with this in the courts, not in the media and we are here on claims and not facts or evidence. >> reporter: the international olympic committee will announce next july what city will host the 2020 games and activists dpaterred 10,000 signatures but a legal challenge has already been rejected, i'm with al jazeera. now with more on those surprises in the tennis court here is robin. >> that is exactly where we will start and he will regain the number one ranking after federer and describe the win as one of the greatest of his career and

we report now. >> reporter: five sets nearly four hours and now a second wimbledon title for yakovich in the major final. >> the final i have played and at the time of my career for the grand slam trophy to arrive is crucial especially as i said after losing grand slam finals in a row. >> reporter: he won wimbledon seven times previously and the king of the all england club and fought all the way and saving the match point 5-3 before forcing a fifth set. >> i kept believing and kept trying to play offensive ken anies -- tennis and happy it paid off and very disappointed and not being rewarded with

victory but it was close, you know. >> reporter: and this was his 7th grand slam title joining john mcenroy led by 17. >> i think this year everything got together, emotion and physically and mentally i was on the top of my abilities and that's what cut me the trophy. >> reporter: the emphasis on the u.s. open there are off-court priorities for him and he will get married later this week followed by his first baby due in october. and hamilton says it's time to go into attack mode in the race for the formula one championship and he finished to close the gap between teammate rossberg and four points and

rossberg was forced to retire from the race and he had a home advantage for the german grand prix and he was just enjoying the moment. >> just to see the support we have i can see everyone cheering us on through the race and you are the greatest fans there and today it's you guys that got me on and thank you so much. >> we will stay and show you some dramatic pictures and sunday's race was stopped on two occasions, once because due to rain and the other because of a wild crash, there were 16 cars involved in this accident. the red flag came out at this point, amazingly this was not the end and on the 8th there was another pile up, this time with 26 cars, would you believe only 7 of the initial 43 cars in the race didn't suffer damage and

continued, despite chaos the race did deliver a winner and he claimed his first career checkered flag. ♪ the count down is on for the first world cup semi final between bra sim and germany and the host nation outside of rio and they hinted that this is the first option to replace the injured one and they will deport rio later. and the host nation booked their spot by defeating columbia who qualified for the quarter finals for the first time in history and the team was received well back home and we report from there. >> reporter: a fireman's vip welcome, water over the plane

bringing back the colombian football team and they didn't win the world cup but certainly won the country's heart. >> translator: thank you my dear team, you made us cry and suffer and made us so happy and united our country. >> reporter: nothing was typical about this home coming, the young players made history here, many say they have accomplished with what no political leader has, unify a country torn by war and hope after years of blood shed. >> translator: i'm so proud of my country today, all supporters to this team. >> reporter: and he is a rising international star who was a baby when colombian player was gunned down by the mafia for scoring a goal against its own team in the 94 world cup. these men are new crop of players and the country is a different place. central park was flooded with more than 100,000 fans and people were feigning and

knocking down gets to get closer to the stage. >> a breath of fresh air to the country and want to bring peace and unity, that is our goal. >> reporter: a condition to be here and enjoy the celebration was to wear the national team shirt, either yellow or red, anybody wearing a local team shirt was not allowed in here. everyone wore the uniform including the president and the main gorilla leaders and this was the dance that became famous in brazil and they want the party mood to live on, the country has not had a reason to celebrate for decades, i'm monica with al jazeera in columbia. >> and they are accelerating plans to stage the 2022 world cup as a host country that attracted no little and

investigating corruptions for the process of 2018 and 2022 events and they say they have nothing to hide and are deserving winners and andy richards reports. >> reporter: in eight years time the people of katar will not watch on big screens and this is set to be football's home in 2022, right now the world is watching them, asking if they can be worthy hosts. and they are king to pech the message there is oppression and history of football and if football truly is a global game they have every right to host the world cup. >> the world cup ever so it's going to train the footballers really well to show other countries we have something. >> reporter: katar just released plans for the world cup stadium and three venues are

under construction, as the work continues so it's not just katar but the middle east's first world cup. >> the idea is to develop the stadium and infrastructure of course and welcome the world to the cup and for the world to understand the middle eastern world. >> reporter: and the sleepy out posts into world destination and so is a world of uncertainty and fifa is investigating allegations of corruption surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups and those findings should be released shortly after the conclusion of this world cup in brazil. katar insists they have nothing to hide and cooperated with the lawyer's investigation but it's something that they would rather not talk about just now. almost as hard a topic is the katar weather, temperatures in the traditional world cup months

in june and july can be op pros -- oppressive and they are cooling the temperatures more than ten degrees but such a system is yet to be tested in a world cup stadium. >> we work intelligently in terms of designing wall heights and flow rate of air and studying crowd movement and in and out of the venue that it's an achievable thing and not science fiction by any means. >> reporter: if the event can be moved to a cooler time of year can be answered by fifa in 2015 but regardless of when it happens organizers here are in no doubt that the world cup is coming to katar, andy richardson in doha. >> plenty on our website al jazeera/sport and details how you can interact with me and the sports team on twitter and facebook and we have blogs aon l

jazeera/sport, thanks for watching and more later. >> illegal killing of elephants, rhinos and cats will take center stage on the meeting on international trade and endangered species and they regulate the protected wildlife and having a meeting in geneva and the agenda. >> reporter: use of animal parts in medicine has long put some species at risks, tigers are killed for skin, bones, teeth and claws because of properties to heal a range of illnesses and rhino are under threat because their horns are believed to relieve fevers and lower blood pressure but according to people the global organization which protects endangered animals is less about health benefits and more about wealth, ivory from elephants is prized by the super rich as

artwork. last year more than 40,000 kilograms were seized in africa along and cheetas are sold as pets where they fetch around $10,000 each and the small creatures are not safer, an ant eater is hunted for skin to be used in fashion products and it's not just animals and take the endangered rose wood for the collar and more than 4,000 tons has been seized since november. these are some of the 35 species of wildlife regulated by people to ensure they treat it legally so they don't disappear. that's it for the news hour but jane is back if a couple

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