>> there's a potential the risk of infection increases... >> an america tonight special report only on al jazeera america . >> israel's military campaign against gaza - 42 strikes overnight. i'm jane dutton, you're watching al jazeera. also on the programme - refloating the "costa concordia," the biggest salvage operation in history gets under way. australian journalists rally in support of al jazeera's staff imprisoned in egypt.

champions of the world. germany win the world cup for the fourth time. israel's pounding of continues as the conflict enters its seventh day, casualties are riding as the offensive focuses on an enormous part of the territory. rockets are being fired into israel. international appeals for a ceasefire are being ignored. john hendren has the latest. >> reporter: funeral processions are as common here as the pops and booms on the gazan sky line. what is less common is the sheer number of the dead. 18 me, women and children, all members of a family, killed in the single deadliest strike yet. the israeli attack that struck

his block of homes targeted the police chief. still in critical condition. survivors say they were not military operatives. the police chief say he wasn't either. he just kept the peace. >> translation: what happened here was an earth quake, a war crime. it didn't used to happen like this. they killed a pregnant woman, an unborn child. what can we say about people like that. gazans say israelis struck civilian targets. among them dozens of buildings locals say have nothing to do with rocket launchers. these are the embers of a police station. the israeli military seem to hit anything run by hamas. you can see the kneepads and uniforms. after the human loss, the

palestinian authority will have to rebuild an entire infrastructure. there was the rising number of strikes on the homs of hamas members and others, strikes called military operational centers. often the israelis give a warping call -- warning call. palestinians say not always. often they include the families. a leader in gaza wants egypt to mediate a ceasefire. >> translation: this aggression cannot continue to this degree. there needs to be an egyptian voice to stop the energy and force them to stop the fire against the palestinian people. >> reporter: with gazans bracing for a ground war, many worry the alternatives are a ceasefire or an invasion of israeli troops on gazan soil. thousands are fleeing to

southern gaza, the death toll is rising. the total stands at 172 killed in the offensive. this includes 29 children, most of them killed in their own homes. and 19 women have lost their lives so far. john hendren joins us live from gaza. more air strikes, more people on the move. are there further developments today? >> the strikes were consistent throughout the night. we had occasional rocket fire coming out of gaza, and we had fire coming in from the israelis. it was not as heavy a night as the previous couple of night. 10 homes were struck, and there was a mosque in central gaza, which was hit as well. the sheer breadth of fire power is breath taking. you have the air strikes coming in. you have naval ships which have

been pounding away this morning. you've got artillery from the border areas importantly, and recently we have seen the introduction of apache helicopters, firing machine gun fire. one can only presume at presumed rocket launchers. that has contributed to the sense of constant bombardment here. each though the number of strikes has been lower over the night. it's been consistent and the feeling of this fight is one of consistent escalation with more military equipment being used, more homes being struck. >> let's leave john in gaza and go to bernard smith, joining us from southern israel near the border. what is it that you have seep. >> we are in a place where israel is locating its ground forces. this is a place where if the order comes flow, we'll go in from. we are not revealing the spot

because the military does not want to give away exact locations. you cap see the earth movements creating a barrier to the south. the earth movers creating a barrier for the tanks that are further behind over there. israel has called up 36,000 reservists. they have been told they must report for duty. this is one of the places where they must report to. there'll be spots all over the area. this is where should there be an order for a ground invasion, this is one of the places where the troops will go in from. thank you bernard smith. a palestinian has been killed. fighting broke out near hebron. the israeli army arrested 23 palestinian, including five

suspected hamas members in connection with the murder of three israeli settlers last month. full coverage of the situation in gaza on the website. there's a live blog with updates and videos from the team. that's at aljazeera.com. gunmen in egypt's northern sinai killed eight, including a security officer and a child. it happened at a military post. an egyptian security official said the men fired more tar rounds close to residential buildings. 25 others were injured. australian journalists held a rally in melbourne to support three al jazeera staff gaoled in egypt, and are calling on prime minister tony abbott to intervene in the case. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed were convicted of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges that al jazeera rejects. journalists at the rally in

federation square tweeted a photo with a caption journalism is no crime. >> journalism is not a crime. journalism is not terrorism. and, yet, that is precisely what peter and his colleagues have been found guilty of and sentenced to long gaol terms in a cairo prison. as we have done many times before, we say once more. we urge prime minister tony abbott to personally contact president abdul fatah al-sisi and respectfully demand the release of all the journalists locked away in egyptian prison for their journalism. >> human rights campaigner malala yosafzai is to meet with the nigerian president. she will urge goodluck jonathan to save more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by boko haram fighters in april. the girls were taken from a boarding school in borno state 91 days ago.

>> salvage crews in italy began an operation to remove the wreck of "costa concordia." 32 were killed when the ship capsized in january 2012, after mitting rocks near giglio island. it's a big salvage operation. once refloated it will be tape to the port of gepp obviousa and broken up for scrap. the ship's captain is on charges facing murder. locals are ready to see it go. >> translation: when we keep reliving the moment all the time. i often wake up in the middle of the night. >> we've been waiting two years for this position. now the time has come. monday, we'll peck it up and move. >> translation: we will all be very happy when it goes away. for us this is a moment of joy. naturally there is still the sore why, we'll never -- soro,

we'll never forget what happens. the fact that the operation is successful makes us happy. germany has won the biggest prize in football for a fourth time. history at maracana stadium. the first ever european team to win the tournament in the americas. we are joined from berlin by patry higgs. not the most exciting game. it seems that the right team won. do you agree with that? >> yes, absolutely. if you look at the way germany came into the tournament and the way you move through it, the momentum was special. it was billed as a team playing together, close-knit against a team that has a superstar. not that simple, but it made the difference in the end. >> significant the fact that they had so many young players.

it both well for germany going forward, doesn't it? >> absolutely. if you look at the generation that spain traded with their players, coming up through the youth teams and about the same aim, it's something that germany can emulate. they are reaching their peak years. the guys they relied on might move on, but the participation will be golden. a strong position to defend themselves in russia. >> absolutely. i mean, you would say probably three-quarters of the team could potentially be in in four years time. there's depth for the germany team to bring through as well. it is a bright future. for the moment they are definitely enjoying the last night. >> the last was in 1990. tell us what happened when the germans won, if anyone had sleep at all. >> sorry, i lost you there.

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the top stories on al jazeera - israel's bombardment of gaza continues for a setchmentsds day. the -- setchmentsds day the death toll standing at 172. international calls for a truce have been ignored. salvage crews began to refloat the wreckage of the "costa concordia." it hit a reef and sank two years ago. germany wins the world cup, beating argentina in rio de janeiro's maracana stadium, 1-0, the first time in 24 years that

the germans have taken home the trophy. the top story - the crisis in gaza. there has been protests, most condemning the israeli attacks. this is paris, bastille square. in europe more than 20 protests in the u.k. demonstrations in germany, ireland, spain and norway. in asia that were protests in india and pakistan. the largest in new delhi and ar achy. calling on the government to put pressure on israel to stop the bombing. >> diplomatic efforts to end the violence moved to vienna. a meeting of foreign ministers was organised so discuss iran's nuclear programme. a diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> reporter: foreign ministers

arriving for a meeting arranged to try to kick start talks with iran on its nuclear programme with a week left until the deadline when a deal is supposed to be reached. there was another pressing issue on the agenda. >> translation: the absolute priority, according to the french for erp minister, a ceasefire. >> it was an opportunity to talk about the situation in the middle east... . >> reporter: in between his meetings with britain's william hague and fellow foreign ministers secretary kerry placed a phone call to binyamin netanyahu, again telling him he supported israel's right to defend itself and offering u.s.'s hope to try to broker a ceasefire. the key difference between the u.s. and the foreign minister's comments is one word. the u.s. is talking about a ceasefire, but not an immediate ceasefire.

they were prepared to give the israeli military more time. negotiations here about iran's nuclear programme, according to some diplomats, have been useful. for his part binyamin netanyahu says those talks are linked to the situation in gaza. >> translation: i'm asking to remind them that one is financing hamas and jihad is iran. the ones training hamas and jihad is iran. they are a terrorist power that forms arms and trains those that we fight. it's crucial that they do not reach the ability to form a nub leer weapon. john kerry after his meeting with iranian's foreign minister. the support for hamas by iran will be discussed during the visit here. the secretary of state is to hold a second day of nuclear talks with iran at that conference in vienna. the iranian foreign ministers

says progress has been made on an agreement for tehran's nuclear programme. william hague was more kaush, saying there was no breakthrough. moscow is threatening ukraine where irreversible consequences after a russian man was killed by a shell. he denies firing into russian territory. they move into a western area of the city. as the advance of the ukranian forces are continued, russia claims there are casualties on their side of the border. a shell landed, killing one man, and two. the russians say it was an aggressive acknowledge back in eastern you grain we visited an area -- ukraine we visited an area outside donetsk. it was attacked on saturday. this is a western suburb where

six civilians were killed saturday morning. since we have been here in the last 90 minutes we have seen and heard incoming mortar rounds. you can see the plumes over my shoulder. >> sunday, fire was set to nearby wheat fields. some of the fighters manning the checkpoints, a few hundred metres from the attack are expecting more. they asked not to be named. >> translation: the situation is difficult in donetsk now. children are scared. they will bear scars forever. what shall we do. we are waiting for them. it's our land. it wasn't us that came to them. they came here. >> reporter: the second days of attacks sent more civilians out of the area. >> translation: it was terrible, words can't describe the depth of my despair. mines were exploding, garages and factories were burning,

buildings were destroyed. i was in the middle of it all. i couldn't do anything. i was shaking from fear. >> reporter: a fear spreading to more people in this part of eastern ukraine as both sides in the conflict refused to back down and talk. big business in india - thousands of foreigners travelling to have babies, the surrogacy is not open to everywhere - it's illegal for same-sex couples and until parents. >> this couple are doting parents. after years of trying to conceive naturally and failed ivf treatment, they have a baby boy. five months ago an indian woman gave birth to luke via surrogacy and new delhi. >> she did an amazing thing for us, to help us have a child.

it's a gift. sorry. i'm a bit emotional. you wouldn't expect someone else to give you. >> reporter: like the barkers thousands of foreigners and indians pay for surrogacy every year. in an attempt to regulate it multi-million industry, the previous government announced rules to protect the rights of surrogates and parents. some of the requirements are controversial. the regulation say that foreigners looking for surrogacy must be heterosexual couples married for two years. this means gay couples and people who are single are banned. many rights activists and doctors say they are outraged. dr rita has delivered around 2,000 surrio gait babies, many for foreign same-sex couples and single parents.

she said the regulation are discriminatory. only foreigners are affected because they need to verify marital status. >> there was a time when we didn't accept some. i also said "what was that?" the world is evolving. people are accepting. the b.j.p. government did not respond to a request for an interview. scf ideology -- conservative ideology means they are unlikely to reverse the rule. >> in reality they stood against, on television chat shows, with me, on the opposite side of speaking against gay rights. >> india and its striving business made their dreams come

true. many argue the country should be more welcoming. after a month of matches, germany are the first european country to have won a world cup in americas. beating argentina 1-0. earning their first world title in four years. >> reporter: the world's famous stadium maracana, venue for the biggest game. germany started nervously, a misguided header, and chance missed for argentina. the statement player with the ball in the nets minutes later. ruled offside. the first half finished with germany looking dangerous, and argentina happening on. mussed opportunities -- missed opportunities remained a theme. lionel messi joined in. the final heading into extra time. the extra minutes saw

argentina's player passing up a chance to become a national hero, taken by mario goetze of germany. a finish of rare composure ending argentina's hopes. 1-0 the time score. general sydney world champions for a fourth time. 74,000 people watched the time in rio de janeiro's maracana stadium. hundreds of thousands gathered in berlin, yerm ni, to -- germany, to cheer the team an. nick spicer was there. >> reporter: the victory lit up the sky, lifting the hearts of a nation. there was a lot of anxious then extra time. and the one goal of the game, the only one germany needed. when it was over many swore they were never in doubt. >> we all were sure.

>> reporter: a victory for a team and a country. people are wary of showing too much national pride. not here. not now. not on this night. >> i'm so proud to be a german. it's fantastic to be german. so proud. >> reporter: they'll party well into the night in berlin, and well into the next day and well into the week, because on tuesday the victorious team will be back here in the german capital, hundreds of thousands of german supporters are expected to turn out to celebrate the first victory of the reunified germany, the last victory in 1990 was by west germany. this is a feel-good moment that people want to be a part of.

[ cheering and applause ] as you can imagine, it wasn't such a feel-good moment in argentina's capital. thousands of fans gathered in buenos aires to watch the time, but it all ended in frustration and violence. police fired tear gases, angry fans through rocks and tried to kick down shop fronts. 15 police officers were hurt and 30 people detained. july the 14th is bast ill day in france, the anniversary of the revolution. this year troops from dozens of countries will join the ceremony in a tribute to mark 100 years since the start of the first world war. not everyone invited is reversing a warm welcome.

>> reporter: rehearsals ahead of bastille day. the celebration marks the start of french revolution and the birth of modern france. this year forces from around the world have been invited to paris to remember 100 years since the oud break of the first world war. >> it's an honour for us to be here with our american colleagues, with african nation, asians. >> we look back 100 years ago now. now, we are in the same parade. all friends. >> marching together in piece as friends. opening this ceremony. that's a great sign for the - you know, for what good times we live now. >> reporter: 69 nations are joining the march along the champs elysees. of those invited, one nation, algeria is the target of political protests.

50 years ago france and algeria were locked in a bitter conflict. now france is powerful and popular right wing are demanding that algeria be barred. >> a right-wing pol tainer has taken his -- politician took his complaint to parliament. >> we don't understand why we are allowing algerian soldiers. wounds of the past have not healed and while there are people alive who have lost sons, fathers and mothers. >> more than 20,000 algerians were killed. the french government says their sacrifices must be satisfied. >> thousands of people from different territories died on the french soil. we tho them our respect -- we owe them our respect.

not all the france are ready to share. >> and the world cup might be over with germany the winners. you can find out more about that game and all the rest of it by logging on to the website and the other news that you have been watching on this bulletin. the address aljazeera.com. >> for three hundred years the most powerful countries on earth grew richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade. more than 12 million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa to the plantations and colonies of north and south america. today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet. yet slavery didn't die in the 19th century.