>> israeli media reports that three suspects have admitted to killing a palestinian teenage who are was abducted and burned last week. >> political results are in. nasraf golf tournament gandhi is well ahead the in the run off. police bring out the tear gas in response. and open for business in

south sudan where peace and prosperity means communities are flourishing. >> welcome. in israel it's reported that three people suspected of killing a palestinian teenager has confessed. >> three of the six suspects in the murder of mohammed abu khdeir has confessed. this is according to information from police reports and sources. we also know that the three subjects reenacted the kidnapping and the crime for the police following the route of the car in which mohammed abu k

hdeir was kidnapped leading them to the forest where his charred body was found. now some of the suspects are minors. as you know there is still a gag order on the reporting details of this murder, however some information is being released, and some is still remaining undisclosed. we do know that the detention of the six suspects has been extended for five of them it was extended for eight days and for one of them, for five days. and as well we spoke to some of the lawyers who are representing the suspects, and they said that they are being banned by the israeli authorities and the israeli police from meeting with their defendants, the suspects, and they criticize this decision saying it is a blow to the foundation of justice in israel. >> meanwhile in the gaza strip hamas has said it will take

revenge after seven palestinians have died in overnight raids. israel has said that irstrikes will intens intensify. so far nine killed and many more injured. >> reporter: the airstrikes 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 this strip said several of its fighters were killed. >> the assassination of nine members with dangerous aggression. the israeli occupation are continuing aggression therefore we stress the heart of people to defend itself. we're sure the occupation will pay the price for its crimes. >> reporter: it's a testing time in the israeli-palestinian

conflict. both sides have been on edge since three teenager israeli 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 kidnapped and his body was burned 3 37 burned. autopsy results show that he was burned while still alive. >> the aggression, especially the burning of the child, mohammed abu khdeir, who was burned alive. >> reporter: the prime minister has condemned all of the killings. speaking from the home of one of the teenagers, he had a message for mohammed's relatives. >> i would like to send my condolences to the family of the young man. i promise we will deal firmly

with this horrifying crime. these murders do not have a place in israeli society. >> reporter: but those words have done little to calm the situation. thousands of palestinians demonstrated i in the streets sunday voicing their discontent and vowing revenge. the protest feed into a cycle of retaliation that has raisi risen to a dangerous level. >> now preliminary results for afghanistan's elections has been announced. >> percentage wise 56.44% i and

43.64%. we have more details from kabul. >> reporter: the election commissioner said these are preliminary results that pud ashrafghani ahead of abdullah abdullah. it was unclear whether they would be announced at all, but these preliminary results butt ashraf ghani head of the results. abdullah abdullah refutes these strongly and said he would not accept any of these until the bad votes have been separated from the good votes. he said fraudulent votes had been cast last month, and he wants to see many of them looked at again. the whole process right now goes to the elections complaint commission, and they will look at complaints from both side, both from ashraf gust ghani and

abdullah abdullah, and the country like o afghanistan where security is still an issue, where polling stations could not be opened, where some observers and some security were biased in favor of one candidate or another. but the election commission said it did its job as well as it could possibly do its job and asking candidates and supporters to remain calm. the final results are due out july 22nd, and the new president is supposed to be inaugurated on august 2nd. that would represent afghanistan first democratic transfer of power and many involved want to see that happen peacefully, calmly and on time. >> police have broken up opposition rallies with tear

gas. many are calling for national talks on security, cooperation, and the cost of living, but the government says those issues should be discussed in parliament. now we have more from that rally in nairobi. >> reporter: well, the rally ended with the demands that the opposition made in the past. what he wants is for kenyans to return back home to protect kenyan borders. he's calling for national dialogue with the president and the vice president. it's difficult to know where this movement goes from here. because it does seem that the government is insisting that any talks have to take place in parliament, something that the opposition has rejected. now all of this is leading to more political ethnic tension in the country. particularly on the coast we've seen a series of attacks that

al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for, but hi police has blamed local groups for the violence there. they are demanding that the government do more to protect them, but at the same time they want peace in the country as well. all of this is having a big impact on kenya's economy. >> pope francis has met with a group of sexual abuse victims by priests and has asked for their forgiveness. it's the first time that the pope has held such a meeting. >> reporter: in a private chapel near his officials residents the pope held mass and then met with victims of abuse one by one. it's taken 20 years for such a meeting to take place in the vatican. there were tears and high emotion. according to the official communique the pope toll the six before god and these people i

express sorrow for the grave crimes of sexual abuse committed against you, and i humbly ask forgiveness. >> reporter: people do nothin --but it will do nothing to placate sexual abuse organizations in europe and the united states and called it a public relations stunt. >> it was not a public relation event. this is a very profound spiritual encounter. >> reporter: but there are many victims of abuse who are angry and frustrated by the subsequent treatment. as a teenager diego, not his real name, was abused by the family priest. after breakdowns and panic attacks he finally told what happen to him. i asked for help, but this help

didn't arrive. since then i've had nothing from the church despite frequent requests. >> the vatican says it has dealt with 3,420 abuse cases over the decade. 848 priests have been defrocked. 2572 have been september to live a life of prayer in a monastery. critics say what it really needs now is a strong enforcer. tim friend, al jazeera, the vatican. >> well, still to come here on al jazeera, we report from inside the former rebel stronghold of slovansk, the ukrainian city now in control of the government. and it's oil rich with a pristine environment. kazakhstan is in the running to host the winter olympics, but not everyone wants it to win the

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>> welcome back. this is a reminder of our top stories. three of the six israeli men subjected of burning a palestinian teenage for death have reportedly confessed. the victim was abducted and his body was found shortly there after. the afghanistan election

report has been announced. ashrafghani has won the results. >> a family of al jazeera journalist peter greste has launched a new' pil new appeal to secure his freedom. mr. greste has been imprisoned in egypt along with his colleagues for 191 days. an iraqi general has been killed. the general commanded a division responsible for defending part of the capitol. fighters from the islamic state group who control large parts of northern and western iraq are now threatening to advance on the capitol. their threat follows an explosion at security checkpoints in central baghdad.

we have more details. >> the bomb took place just behind me 300 to 400 meters away. when we looked behind there was a big thick black cloud of smoke where the bomb, took place. it was at a checkpoint. seven people died and 21 people injured. it's the second bombing in 12 hours here in central baghdad, and there was another suicide-bomber on a motorcycle which hit another neighborhood here. after that bombing early in the morning the islamic state claimed responsibility for this. we have a picture of the man they say is responsible for that particular attack. now this is slightly different tactic than we've seen before. we have seen bombs here in baghdad for the last 18 months. but now the islamic state are very quickly taking responsibility for it. they say it's part of the tit-for-tat that is going on. the other sunni rebels are being squeezed in places like tikrit

and say we will see more attacks like i this. >> soldiers were deployed to defend shrines, including one of the holiest sites in islam. sunni fighters blew it up in 2006 triggering some of the country's worst sectarian bloodshed. many have sought refugee. >> reporter: according to the federally administered tribal area th more than 750,000 people have moved out of north waziristan. they are now being registered here, and are being screened for

documents. most of the people who are here are those who will need those documents to receive aid, food, essentials and a government package, however, people are facing problems because this is ramadan here, and it is extremely hard. most people have to queue up in long lines. they are determined that these people will be registered even though the relief effort has started late. the screening process is underway, and the government is trying everything it can to try and alleviate the problems of the idps from north wazirista waziristan. >> indonesia is getting set for its presidential election. we have more from jakarta. >> reporter: for christians here in the city of jakarta, a moment of worship means practicing their faith with uncertainty.

the ceremonies are somber and shorter than usual. not only because it's the fasting month of ramadan in this majority-muslim region, but because church goers are afraid. they say they have recently been subjected to verbal abuse and intimidation. yo >> there have been some people that get to influence a small part of the community. >> reporter: across town this church was attacked a few weeks ago. what was once a place of worship has now become a crime scene. intolerant groups in indonesia are still seen as an extreme minority but recent attacks and acts of intimidation against non-muslim groups have not only threatened to disrupt harmony

here but could tarnish the country's reputation of religious tolerance. one of the many muslim groups here in jakarta, it's members say they are not anti-christian, but they admit they expect everyone in jakarta to follow an islamic way of life. >> our worry is in remote places. there is no smoke if there is no fire. these christians would not have been threatened, their churches closed and destroyed if they had not built their churches illegally. >> christians say they have lived her here with muslims for generations and hope that the ballot being cast in the next few days will mean a return to

their way of life. >> the ukrainian government said it has retaken two more eastern cities from pro-russian rebels. we go to slovansk, a stron stronghold. >> reporter: people here are concerned with what their future holds. when we came into this city, a few hours before we arrived a huge column of troop carriers taking ukrainian soldiers down south away from here. these are the soldiers that fought very hard to liberate, and what they're going to do next, that is the next biggest question. for everybody here in eastern ukraine. i spoke to officials here, and he said the tactics are going to have to change. they got this city. they've got a couple of other smaller cities around here. but the larger cities where most

of the rebel fighters are holed up, that will be a completely different battle maybe because there are so many civilians in these citizen so tactics will be changed on both sides. it will be changed by the army and the fighters in those cities. we're hearing what they're going to try tie, the central government in kiev, to reign in these cities and they believe many will flee for russia, but that has yet to be scene. as we've seen these troops moving south, where are they going? and what are they going to do? >> the german chancellor said trust between her country and the u.s. will be broken if it's proven true that a german officer was working as a double agent. angela merkel made her comments during her visits in china. she's there to hold trade talks with the chinese government. we have these reports from beijing. >> the german chancellor has been to china seven times

since 2005. that really illustrates all too clearly the importance of this developing relationship. now the value of trade between china and german at the moment is put at $200 billion, an astonishing figure. the german chancellor began her visit in the southwest chinese city on sunday significantly she went to visit a volkswagen factory. now chinese are feeding into the obsession with the car. and increasingly aspirational chinese want german-made cars. currently officials drive in cars that are german made. exports to this country come from german. the chinese president was in germany just a few months ago speaking again how important this developing relationship was, and it's the sort of

relationship that the rest of europe must regard with envy. the visit is being overshadowed by comments from the head of germany's security agency. he said small- and medium-sized german companies are being hacked and calls them easy prey. we'll see if this overshadows the visits. >> one of three candidates after others dropped out. some say it may come at a very high cost to the environment.

>> reporter: this is a favorite spot for nature lovers. the winter olympic bid will turn this into a ski resort. activists want the area saved. >> if they build it up, it will be gone for most people. they will not be able to enjoy nature. look at all the mountains, most mountains are privatized now. >> hotels are needed to develop tourism. >> this is our first project because we have identified a lack of recreational areas. we need ten more like this. >> he already has several upgraded resorts with half of the bidding cities pulling out of the 2022 race, suddenly it looks like a contender.

>> kazakhstan has already hosted a sporting event, the asian games. so it has the infrastructure. >> reporter: back in 2011 when those games were held more than $1.4 billion were spent on facilities. now more than half a billion dollars is earmarked for the area alone. >> if you count the money that it's going to spend, $150 million out of the state budget and a 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. >> reporter: developers dismiss any corruption allegations. >> let's deal with this in the courts not in the media. we're here under claims not facts or evidence.

>> reporter: the international olympic committee will announce next july the olympic games. activists have gathered 10,000 signatures but a legal challenge has already been rejected. >> a six-month internal conflict ri in south sudan is improveing. in southern states there is peace, food, and agriculture. we have reports tha. >> reporter: south sudan's southern border is open for business. while much of the countries hit by conflict and famine here the brisk trade with uganda and kenya, and south sudan's southern states rarely see a drop of the $1 billion oil

revenue passing through government hands. that can bring self reliance. they coordinated funding for the best public hospital in the region. >> what you need to happen is continue developing like this. we need to focus like this. >> reporter: in the market there is plenty of fresh, affordable food. most is not imported. none of it donated by ngos. s locally grown by these women and their communities. the peacefulness of the three southern states say they're doing things better down here. that's what the three local governors believe and they have reopened the discussion of greater power of self government and more control of their own budgets. the world federallalism has not gone down well for south sudan's president saying it's a

political tactic designed by the rebels he's fighting. many say they don't back the rebels. they say they back peace and stability. >> we're not fighters down here. we all get along. we don't have these problems. if we manage our own affairs more, that's fine by me. >> the anglicans bishop said to take it to the parliament. >> take it to the apartment. let the parliament discuss. >> reporter: whatever the politicians decide, families have voted the equatorian way. the children are in school, and

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