>> we think the council that is a lack of response, and we want them to meet and address this issue. we want to see actually that they will meet and consider the situation. i think it's about time the

security council to issue a statement, present a statement of a security council resolution, even, of the current situation and aggression that continues. this is a clear violation of international law and u.n. charter. that was our request to the president. and he promised to convey that to the security council member to discuss it, and we believe there will be a meeting in the near future. the outcome we don't know yet, but we will--and actually close consultation with the security council members. thank you, and my league will speak in more details about this issue. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for being here. we spoke as the ambassador has just indicated with the president of the security council. we expressed our outrage at the

action of the world community--the international community particularly of the security council to the onslaught that israel is currently conducting against the palestinian people in the u.s. bank as well as the gaza strip and the gaza strip in particular. this kind of collective punishment, this kind of di disproportionate this scale of violence is unjustifiable and should not be condoned and should not be allowed to be continue. we ask to stop the aggression against the palestinian people. we ask for measures to protect the palestinian population in all parts of the occupied

territory. we have seen in situations in which civilians have been taken from their homes. we have seen killing, we've seen bombing of civilian territories. we have seen all kinds of aggression justified under the pretext of self defense as if only israel has the right for self defense and the palestinian population have no such rights. they're being deprived of any rights of self defense let alone self determination. we reject all that and rerequest the security council to carry out its responsibilities and maintaining peace and security throughout the world, and in this area in particular. and this is another reminder to all of us that the palestinian issue remains the core of all issues in the middle east. and without just and fair and comprehensive resolution to this

issue we would continue to have situations that threaten international peace and security. thank you. >> well thank you for being with us and also i want to express our thanks to the chair of the arab group, the chair of the united nations and other ambassador who is have joined us in the meeting with the security council. we convey to the president of the security council in the strongest terms our condemnation of this outrageous onslaught against the palestinian people. especially our people in the gaza strip. we expressed the outrage of our people that the security council is driving its feet while this

aggression and collective punishment is being--is taking place against our people. and we demanded that the security council to act and to act immediately to bring this aggression to a halt and to hold those--and to hold those responsible for this aggression for killing the children and the civilians and the elderlies to be brought to justice and protection to be provided from the palestinian people. and we demanded from the president of the council that he has to act swiftly to meet the council and to meet very quickly, and to act to this aggression. i can convey to you that we believe that very soon in the hours to come that a meeting of the council will take place. an urgent meeting of the council. let me also just say a few words

in arabic. [ speaking in arabic ] >> execute these demands in very short coming time, then you will

have the negotiation with the other members of the security council, and he will reply to us in their middle east action. and the decision will be made by the security council. ththe supreme court to the palestinian people, and this stamped by the international community. there must be an active decision. this is the least the community council, the community internationainternational council should do. now there is leadership in the

next hour so we will have a meeting in order to discuss the next move and the security council will make this demand, and the international community will bear all the responsibility. >> thank you very much on behalf of the united nations correspondence association. thank you for doing this press briefing. i'm with the associated press. my question is the secretary general has condemned the rocketing of southern israel from gaza, and has called for restraint on both sides and an end to the violence, all the violence. is this something that you

support? >> i'm glad that you asked this question, because i had a discussion in an earlier meeting today, in which i expressed to him that it is unacceptable that the united nations and the secretary general not to condemn in particular the killing of children. and in that day when he made that statement seven children including two of them under the age of 5 and two of the age of 14 were killed by this barbaric attack by israel, and the least should have been done condemning these attacks by the israeli side. but of course we do not lose sight from things. the secretary general is a friend of justice and friend of the palestinian people, and we

urge to make the statements that we're not familiar with in condemning the killing of innocent civilian people, and in this case there are dozens of innocent palestinians killed, including children, elderly and hundreds injured, i hope that in his future statement that he would reflect the sentiment, and it is your duty as journalist toss raisists to raise that issue with him. >> this is taking some considerable time. why has a meeting not been called yet? you have the security council, why not call a meeting? >> our understanding that a meeting will take place. we hope that it will take place in a few hours. we're ready for it. but you know, you know the mechanism in the security

council. the president has to consult with the members. we're pressuring from our side for the council to move quickly and to convene the meeting as soon as possible, and to act accordingly. we were given signals from the president of the security council that he will move according to these things, and he is consulting with others, and we are ready to meet as we said an hour ago. we are ready to meet now. we are ready to meet at any time that the security council is ready to meet. >> from the biggest question, you are very much--you want a meeting with the security council. from yesterday, you know, you could have made the request

yesterday, you know, to jordan, and it's representative could have taken the initiative. what do you want from the security council? from the experience you had from the decision taken in the past, which the security council came to? >> we made the request to the presence of the security council. the president of the security council did confirm that he will get a meeting going, and they have to decide as palestinian ambassador it is an open meeting, and the discussions

taking place we are waiting for the confirmation or statement from the security council regarding the assaults and also the punishment, the collective punishment. if the request is to protect the palestinian people from the international community, why should the arabing be the first to take the initiative of the palestinian people. have you spoken to lift the embargo, and also the arab to stop all relations with israel because you have a double

standard by arabs, and you want the international community to take responsibility, why don't the arab council take responsibility in the first place? we don't have to have a dialogue, but just answer the question. what are you going to do if the international community is not going to do anything? >> one, i understand that you also met with the president of the general assembly. are you planning to go--you haven't met with--no? are you also planning to go to the general assembly as a root,

and secondly to the palestinian ambassador. is the palestinian authority, does it see itself responsible to the action from gaza to israel? >> we are meeting with all the people that we can meet with, officials at the united nations. we started with the president of the security council. with the sg and with the president of the general assembly. we met last week with the president of the general assembly on the same subject, and the secretary general was not in town. what do we want from all this exercise? the immediate thing that we want from the security double to shoulder the responsibility and stop this aggression against our people. that is the main effort. and also in this connection, and

they said it from day one, they want everything possible in order to discredit the national consensus government. they want to break our homeland into two pieces, and then they want to break our political system into two pieces. the employment of israel, he keeps repeating that position even the representative of israel of the united nations he has the audacity in a letter to ask the secretary general to demand from president abbas to dissolve this national consensus government. therefore, our people are much more aware of these intentions by israeli government and they strength the international community because it's coming from the national interest of the palestinian people, and they're defending the national consensus government, and

they're trying their best with the help of other brothers and other friends, muslim brothers in order to deal with the huge challenges facing the national consensus government. >> so responsible or not responsible for the action for gaza. >> the palestinian people is one. the government is one. the president is president abb abbas. we are defending ourselves from the aggression, for our people. and all those other things that are happening of an illegal nature especially from the israeli side, we're asking the international community to answer them, yes. >> aside from the security council maybe holding a meeting, what specific action do you believe they could take to end these hostilities? >> the security council is responsible for international

peace and security. what is happening there our people and our land is a big issue of threatening security. that is the main responsibility of the security council. they cannot say that we don't want to act, and that we're mobilizing the largest possible pressure under the security council to act. and what we want from the security council, step one, is to bring this aggression to a halt and stop it immediately. other things--other things, they will come as we move forward and we see whether the security council is going to succeed in this success, and we hope that they succeed in this test. it is capable, and it should be willing. if it is willing it would be able to stop this aggression against our people. >> for example, you see the

international group asking for opening the door to help the people. in this situation of the palestinian people in gaza, do you ask for any international organization to open the door to helping the people in the gaza? >> is there anything? >> it is the position of the international community and reflected and we are with him and he's correct in saying that the blockade against gaza is illegal. it should be lifted, and the agreement on the access and

movement of 2005 should be implemented in which old old crossings and the movement of people and goods should be open. and israel has to lift this below said and the movement of people and goods in and outside of gaza should take place. this is the position that the secretary general very often repeats calling on israel to lift this abhorrent blockade against our people. thank you very much. >> there you saw a selection of the arab group of ambassadors at the united nations in new york having just completed a meeting with the president of the security council. what their plan is to try to push a security council meeting

on the issue of gaza. james base is there in new york as well. james, what did you make of the palestinian ambassador suggesting that putting as much pressure as possible on the security council in order there to be a meeting. sort of pressure can they bring to bear on the security counsel to get them to meet. >> well, they have an arab member on the security council, jordan, which could call for a meeting. so there is something that i really don't understand going on behind the scenes about why a meeting has not taken place of the security council. he said that the meeting was likely, he hoped, in the coming hours. one ambassador i spoke to a short time ago said that a meeting would likely not take place in new york today, or on thursday, and it was likely they

would schedule a meeting on friday, and to stress who was represented. yes, there are representatives of the arab group. you have the ambassadors of kuwait, the palestinian ambassador and the saudi ambassador. interesting to point out, the saudi ambassador was there as hi position as chair of the islamic organizations. representative of all the islamic nations represented at that preparing calling for the security council to meet and take action on the situation. >> so we know currently rwanda is presiding over the security council. jordan is an arab group representative, yet there is not likely to be a meeting. try. it does seem as though unit consideration of this matter needs to take place sooner rather than later.

>> i think that's why they have come out and addressed and put pressure. they have some leeway in all this in terms of the organization of the agenda of the security council. this starts at the beginning of the month, and they have the presidency of the whole of the month of july. we'll be watching this very closely, and speak to go as many security council, ambassador and diplomats in the coming hours to see if it looks possible for that meeting as i heard for friday, if it could be brought forward any earlier. in some ways with this public pressure, it becomes embarrassing for those sitting on the security council. they have in the past been able to convene meetings in a couple of hours, and yet nothing so far on the situation in the middle east. >> also, james a slight tone of disapproval coming from the

palestinian ambassador to the u.n. as to how the u.n. itself and the secretary general has reacted to the crisis taking place in gaza. >> well, i think he was making the point that they have produced a diplomatic even-handed statement condemning both sides. his point is that the blame is not the same on both sides. we will be hearing from secretary general in the same briefing room in the coming hours. he'll be an announcing the new special representative for syria, but at the same time we're told by officials here sat the united nations that he'll talk about the current situation in the region, and talk about the current violence and talk, we're told, about some of the calls the secretary germ has made in the last couple of hours. so we'll be following that very closely. >> thanks very much, indeed.

diplomatic editor live at the united nations. now we're going to go to gaza itself, and to our correspondent john hedron. are we seeing any evidence of this being threatened by prime minister netanyahu. are you seeing anything of that in gaza? >> we're seeing that nothing has changed. the rocket talks coming out of gaza, the airstrikes coming in. you can only stand in the middle of the city to see the answer from both sides is no. we see rockets coming out of gaza just over my shoulder, that happened just a few moments ago. and then airstrikes coming in from time to time. just in the last hour and a half a number of rockets were fired to israel. israel responded back in a matter of minutes with 20

airstrikes. you can hear them behind me. and there is one development that remain takes up the escalation of this campaign. that is three rockets were fired from gaza to the nuclear plant. hamas took responsibility for that. the rockets were fired at the town. they did not strike at or near the plant, however, that's not the point. those rockets might not be able to penetrate that plant. hamas being within the area is probably smart enough to know that they're going to be in big trouble if there is a radiation problem here. this seems to be a message to the israelis saying we can do more damage than you think we can. that could bring things to the table. on the other hand, the israeli escalation, there is no sign of that stopping right now. the troops are around the border. the revervists have been called up, and with neither side

backing down there is no way for the escalation to stop with both sides saving face. >> if you stay with us, because it was only a couple of hours ago that the political leader of hamas made an intervention in which he urged the international community to put pressure on the israeli government to end its attacks. >> those who ask us to keep quiet and stop our firing, why don't you ask the other matter if they want to stop the bloodshed they have to take two measures. first they have to pressurize and netanyahu and his gangsters, the killers to stop the assaults on the west bank. they have to pressurize netanyahu to change his policy. our palestinian people cannot bear living under colonization. they banned all the holy qur'ans. we cannot allow them to touch christian and muslim holy places. we'll not accept them leaving people hungry.

we cannot accept living like this. the time has come for this occupation to end. >> well, that was meshaal the political leader of hamas intervening. i was wondering, really, he was making reference during his 30 minutes address. he was making a lot of reference to the suffering of the ordinary people of gaza, and obviously this is the holy month of ramadan as well. which must bring added poignancy if you like. how are people in gaza managing to fast and then break their fast as they do during ramadan. >> it's the most somber ramadan in recent memory. the tunnels to egypt that bring trade have been closed. we're told those will open tomorrow in order to bring the injured through to get treatment in hospitals. nevertheless people who were here fasting in a religious situation all day long, and then

enjoying the dinner at the end of the night where people go out, they celebrate, they join together. that has all stopped. two days ago people were out in the middle of the night. there were shops open, and now none of that is going on. nobody is going out to dinner, and it's not just this matter stopping this social life. it's just reminding people that they're not in control of their own destiny. the coles waters that would go from six miles to three. that overly impacts the fishing industry here. people here are upset with the fact that they simply don't control their destinies. this has been a great reminder to them of that. that has helped to propel this conflict to ever higher levels. >> thank you for that. live in gaza. well, israel has rejected hamas' claims as nonsense.

the economy minister bennet said that israel is expanding its operation and is considering a ground offensive. >> hamas, the radical terror group has been shooting hundreds of missiles from gaza strip on hundreds of civilians in israel. the good news israel has advance technology that thwarts these missiles. it does not allow the missiles to hit our city. would any other country in the world allow though shooting on us? we will not stop until they st

stop. >> we are forced to fight and defend our people. we will and we'll do it firmly.

>> we can talk to our correspondent, and some fairly uncompromising language coming from mr. bennet. how representative is he of israeli opinion both political and public? >> well, there has been plenty of support for israel in its government action against hamas in the gaza strip. it seems because of that because of those actions in the gaza strip it has been noticebly quieter in israel today. and a couple of statistics from the israeli help to explain. midnight monday to midnight tuesday 220 rockets from fired from gaza into israel. from midnight tuesday until now, two and a half hours before midnight on wednesday there have been 90 or so rockets fired into

gaza from israel. so a notable drop off. cities in israel have gone on alert and prime minister night yahoo, highways been visiting military commanders, and he says that they're going to intensify that war against hamas. but interestingly, sharon perez ha said yes, the likelihood of a ground offensive could go on. but if the rockets drop off then the likelihood would drop off. >> thank you for taking time to

talk with us. perhaps you can explain to us what you think which stage of this crisis are we in? we have scared people in gaza. we have scared people in parts of israel. we have the prospect of intensification of military activity, how much further can this go? >> well, this, is the real question. the real question is whether the international community is going to be willing to act. already by israel's own statements they dropped 400 tons of bombs on the gaza strip. it's important to keep in mind who makes up the population of the gaza strip. we've got 1.6 million palestinians, 80% who are refugees anger, and 43% of them are children. i'm surprise the international community is continue to go let this be carried out. >> israel said its primary responsibility is the protection of its own civilians.

as we just heard from our correspondent there have been at least 90 rockets fired into israel. of course, petrifying the population, not causing as much human damage. >> there has been no human damage to israel. >> petrify something different than bombs dropping on your head. who is protecting the palestinians. just as israel said it's unacceptable for them to be living under this situation, so to is it untenable for palestinians who have been living under these attacks now for decades 37 it's important to keep in mind this is not a question of two equal states fighting it out. this is a question of a palestinian population that is stateless, refugee, doesn't have an army, and is living under israel's military rule. even the united nations has called on israel's actions as illegal and it's time for the international community to step up and start protecting the palestinian people rather than

simply demanding that only israel is entitled to security. >> and the international community is being decidedly quiet this time around. we've had scant word, if you will like, from washington, and the united nations has already been rebuked somewhat for having a luke warm diplomatic statement. >> yes, of course. one can only imagine if the situation had been he the reverse. if it was israelis dying at the hands of palestinian you would see immediate condemnation. but the fact of the matter is the united nations does not want to act because the united states does not want to act, and it calls into question the international legal system. when you have a system in which one country is allowed to act above the law and treat the palestinians as though they're beneath the law then there is something very wrong with the international system. this is what lead palestinians to believe they can only take matters into their own hands. >> former adviser to the palestinian liberation

organization talking with us here with al jazeera. well, stephanie decker, our correspondent now takes a look at the challenges the people of gaza are facing. >> the young boy lies under this blanket. he is dead. his body is burnt and covered in shrapnel. his wounds too graphic to show. >> what has this child done, she cries. this devastation is the result of an israeli airstrikes, and there are many more cases here in the hospital. eight members of this family are injured. >> there were 22 of us in our house. they bombed behind the house and my house collapsed all over us. those who are doing this are not human beings. if you have a problem with some people, why are you punishing all of us? >> reporter: israel said its targeting hamas' rocket infrastructure and those responsible for launching them. but we're seeing many civilians

here. >> i left the mosque with two of my friends. suddenly a rocket landed in front of us. my friend was killed. the other badly injured. i'm in a little bit of pain but nothing compared to what happened to them. >> the chief of hospital is struggling to cope. doctors there are taking in the wounded. we heard a large airstrike very close by. there is growing anger here. many say this is not only a war against hamas. >> at least you have fight with militants, fine, you fight militants, but go to houses and killing children and demolishing their house without warning? this is a war crime. >> but the bombs keep falling. the loud boom shake gaza all day and all night. this has been a long painful conflict, and these are not equal opponents. the military might give people

here little chance. stephanie decker. >> we'll leave events in that part of the middle east for now. i'm being told actually before we leave events in gaza we can now hear from the israeli ambassador, who is addressing the media at the u.n. let's hear what he has to say. >> we're having problems with the sound. we'll get right there as soon as we can sort that out. but this is the israeli ambassador addressing the correspondent, i think, earlier, earlier we heard from the arab group. >> now the words fastest men as you know you can run the 100-meter sprint in 10 seconds, so imagine what it is like for ordinary israelis who have just

a few seconds to reach the bomb shelter. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to remind all of you that the murderous group behind these attacks has a seat in the palestinian government. members of the international community have blessed very quickly, immediately blessed the partnership between fatah and hamas, and internationally recognized terror group. they brought into a bad deal and the israeli civilians are paying the price every day including today. representing the palestinian government, which mean representing hamas, and has the audacity to level accusation towards israel. since we know does a terror organization get a seat and a voice in the united nations? we're doing everything--we're doing everything in our power to avoid harming civilians.

israel is showing more concern to the people of gaza, and the israeli army warnings of repeating strikes. at the same time hamas instruct these civilians to stand on the roof of buildings and act as human shields. israel is using precision strikes to avoid hammering civilians but hamas is exploiting our concern for human life by hiding in palestinian homes, schools, mosques and using a palestinian hospital as the headquarters. using it that way. this is important for you to know. a basement in gaza in under a hospital is it's headquarters where it's very, very clear that the reason behind that is of course to hide behind civilian installations. israel has kept it open so that

food and aid can enter gaza, but hamas is targeting the only crossing with mortars and rockets endangering it's own people. we're providing gaza with electricity, and hamas attacks the very same building that provides their power. now ladies and gentlemen, hamas is determined to escalate the situation to carry out another kidnapping. yesterday the militants infiltrated israel from the sea on a mission to attack a nearby kibbutz. another group of militants attacked israeli citizens. fortunately the idf was able to stop both attacks in time. no country would accept what israel faces. we're going to give israel the safety it deserves. we will remove the threat from

hamas and return quiet to israel. hamas began this conflict. they have left us with no choice, and all options are on the table. thank you very much very much, and i'll open it to questions. yes, please. >> thank you, mr. ambassador for this briefing. the security council is expected, as you know, to meet soon. should the council meet and decide to call for a cease-fire, and hamas accept the cease-fire, would your government reciprocate? >> well, first i think its important to raise on an international level, and that includes the security council, the behavior of hamas under, as i remind you, of the unit

government with the palestinian authority. we have an unity government which 50% is terrorist organization. that should be clearly on the table of the international community in the sense from my point of view, like i said, the state of israel has tried to achieve cease-fire. we will make sure that the indiscriminate rockets against the israeli citizens will come to a stop. no country, no nation can allow this to happen. just think of it, we're getting used to this abnormality, it has become normal. that will not continue. >> you say that your forces are showing restraint, and yet there are 44 palestinians dead, ten of

them children. is that really restraint? >> oh, yes, and thank you for putting in the equivalent in this sense. we're in a situation as i mentioned that israel is trying to target the military infrastructure of hamas and target the operators of hamas. we're trying to make a distinction between those military infrastructure and civilians. hamas knows that, and as i told you not only instructs people to go on rooftops and to gather around homes and installations that they know are military installations. that is why you hear israel phoning in and telling people to get out of places. i don't think there is a precedent for any country in a war situation that does the same thing. do people get hurt? yes, but the intention here is

very important. i think this should be conveys because as you see hamas sends rockets. it doesn't make a difference indiscriminately. whoever they are, they don't care. that is the answer for you, but it is not easy in this situation. question? >> they just said that aim of the military aggression is to harm the palestinian government, as you called it, and he accused you of the audacity to bring it up publicly. is that really the aim of this operation? of the israeli population? >> we always said that hamas was

a terrorist organization. we always said that there is a problem with hamas, a terrorist organization, to be part of an unity government. we explained that saying allege, we have an organization that doesn't recognize it's right to exist, doesn't recognize any previous agreements and is talking about violence not just against israel but against justs. you have that in a government. you're talking about trying to make piece with this, and it didn't take long. and it didn't take long until we see hamas behavior. he remind you, this is hamas, just zoom out for a second, they amassed 10,000 missiles in this small populated area using the money to take buildings,

schools, instead of building homes they're using that to build missiles and i don't know what else. so israel, of course in a sense says hey, you cannot continue. and with some of you asking right questions. why don't you allow more concrete or steel to enter gaza? i'll tell where you we don't allow. the concrete goes into tunnels that they're using every day, and the cement and the steel goes to building missiles. by the way, as we speak we provide food to the palestinian authority, 180 trucks yesterday passed the crossing. what do the palestinians do? what do hamas is doing they tried to explode a tunnel in

order to try and kidnap israelis. so the bottom line from my point of view is a clearcut. hamas is trying to do everything to derail anything that we are trying to achieve peace with the palestinian authority. those on the palestinian authority who would do an unity with hamas are not trying to work for peace but doing everything it can to not achieve peace. >> can you give an update on both the case of the palestinian teenager that was burned, and also the palestinian-american that was beaten, if you could, what is the status of that. i know in the u.n. there is a draft statement.

>> and the second part is the issue of the police excessive force. there is no, zero tolerance to police excessive use of force, and they will be--the justice ministry has already opened an investigation on them. israel, like i said, has an amazing judicial system, and those things don't pass. it's important to put in context the fact that those six children, and he was part of them, were not nice bystanders. they threw molotov cocktails on police and other staff, but there is no excuse excessive use of force. >> a lot of says there is no way they will let it staff.

how strongly do you stand by it. >> this would be the most logical thing to do. we'll see what is being able to pass through the system we have a situation here now i don't want to add anything--you're pulling my tongue, i'll leave it at that. thank you very, very much. i do have to run. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. >> that was the israeli ambassador to the u.n. in answer to the former meeting that we weren't priefly to, the u.n. ambassador of palestine and some of these air group colleagues. we are now leaving, with all of

the diplomatic doings for now. we're leaving that now. >> okay, here's is andy. i was about to say andy is here now. we'll hopefully have some relief if you like from all of the terrible goings on in gaza. >> just hours away from the semifinal, and argentina ha has quite follow th following. dutch captain robin van persie suffering from an injury, but

he's likely to be fit enough to play. and young is also likely to be eligible after injury. we're live in amsterdam. how are the fans feeling about this game? >> reporter: well, they're all pretty confident, perhaps overconfident. they're already talking about how they would rather not face germany. so confident are they that they will and get through to meet germany in that match. it has to be said that perhaps the netherlands have possibly peaked too early. there will be no no

opportunity, and there is messi who could do some dutch dream. >> does this give the match an edge 123,478 there are jokes around, one contains the mission statement four simple tasks. two already achieved. crosses semi tick. first, argentina, they want revenge for that. and the final four achievement simply states germany 17-4. and of course 40 years may have passed after that event, but they really do want to make up for that and get their hands on the trophy. >> thank you for now. tuesday saw brazil's football reputation taking the biggest

hit in history losing 7-1 to germany. the coach describing it as the worst day of his life. lee wellings is life for us in rio. brazil coach ask lari saying he won't be quitting. realistically what is his future and what is the future of brazilian football? >> oh, scalari has no future with brazil, that's plain to see. but you have to admire his professionalism. he is a professional. he needs to go and get the job done. but specifically against argentina. brazilians have to some how lift this group of players who have been demoralized. you have seen how stuff scalari is. he'll always be remembered with

this defeat. he will not talk about his future yet, andy. >> thank you for that. well, defending champion retiring after crashing out on stage five in term condition. he quit the race after crashing out for a second time on the 122 kilometer stage. he managed to navigate the treacherous cobles. that is all your sport for now. plenty more from the world cup later on. >> thank you very much, indeed. do stay with us here at al jazeera. we have a full bulletin of news coming up in a few minutes and we'll have the latest from the

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