>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello, welcome to another news hour from al jazeera at our headquarters in the doha. i'm adreeian finnegan, the top stories, israel accepts proposals for a ceasefire, but there is no end to the rockets. a state of insecurity dozens of afghans are killed in two explosions as a dispute over the presidency continues. the brics meet this brazil.

hello, i'm robin adams with all of your sports. teps of thousands of people are celebrating the turn of world cup champions germany. we'll have the details later in the program. ♪ within the last hour israel has launched more air strikes against gaza, the new renewed barrage despite the israeli cabinet agrees to egyptian proposals for a ceasefire. palestinians too have continued to launch rockets into israel. we'll speak to a hamas spokesman in just a moment. but first this report. >> reporter: the israeli's government to accept the ceasefire proposal comes with conditions. >> translator: we agree to the egyptian proposal in order to give an opportunity for the demill airization of gaza from missiles, rockets and tunnels,

but if hamas does not accept the ceasefire proposal, as would out in seem to be the case, israeli would have all international legitimacy to broaden the operation to achieve the required quiet. >> israel beliefs it has weakens the rocket-firing capability of hamas and other palestinian factions. but that has come at the cost of more than 180 palestinian lives. most civilians. >> translator: hamas will not commitment to the egyptian initiative because it was not discussed with our movement for consultation. we will not stop fighting until all conditions are met to stop the injustice against our people in the gaza strip. >> reporter: tens of thousands of israeli troops have been called up for a ground

offensive. but international pressure for a ceasefire has been growing. to disarm hamas and seize all weapons mean entering gaza and searching house to house, and many more palestinians would likely be kills and more israeli casualties. >> we have a spokesman for hamas joining us live from beirut. why hasn't hamas agreed to the ceasefire proposal? >> well, we -- we have to differentiate between first of all the proposal as a context and then how it works. in fact, now the egyptians did not send that proposal over if i recally. it was not discussed with hamas. the egyptians have to discuss with both.

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[ technical difficulties ] >> john hendren is down on stleets. what is the latest? >> we have heard two booms downtown here in gaza city. i'm at a refugee camp at the moment if you are wondering about my surroundings. we know rockets have been fired as far away as haifa, and the islamic jihad says it heard the ceasefire. it received a copy last night,

and will be reviewing that. so there is no ceasefire in effects. hamas has not responded to the agreement, although the military wing rejected it out right. hamas has yet to speak up on that. so far we are still really waiting to see what happens. >> john, give us a sense of how ordina ordinary gazans are feeling. >> yeah, here at the refugee camp they get water -- some of them haven't had water in 15 days. they get 8 hours of power a day. around all of gaza, the unemployment rate is 40 to 50%, and 80% live beneath the poverty level. in the seven-year siege, most of the adults have become accust

accustomed to this. but it's these guys lyes they are worried about. about half of the palestinians are this age, minors under the age of 18. and they are growing up in poverty. they cannot control their borders. they cannot control their fishing waters. which has been reduced by israel. so what they want is a change in their lifestyle, and the people we talk to here have said there should not be a ceasefire agreement unless we get something out of this beyond 180, nearly 200 dead palestinians in this conflict. >> john many thanks. we will continue to monitor the situation. as we said within the last hour, israel has launched more air strikes against gaza, despite the israeli cabinet earlier agrees to an egyptian proposal

for a ceasefire. palestinian fighters have also continued to launch rockets into israel. live pictures now of gaza city there in the distance. as i said we'll continue to keep on top of that and bring you any develops as and when that develops. a car bomb has stilled at least 89 people in eastern afghanistan. at least 50 were wounded. afghans are awaiting a recount in their disputed presidential election. here is more from kaboul. >> reporter: there were two big attacks today in different parts of afghanistan. the first one was here in capitol kaboul. roadside bomb believed to be remote controlled, a mini van carrying members of the afghanistan provenshall people.

in another area in a northern district, a suicide car bomber that the natives themselves in a very busy market and killed dozens of people and many other were injured. afghanistan president, hamid carsy condemned these attacks. >> all right. lots more still to come on the news hour. praying for ukraine, russia says nearly half a million people have fled across the border since fighting began earlier this year. we'll take a look. but education activist appeals for the release of the kidnapped schoolgirls in nigeria. and later in sport, the act if i recally falls on brazil's football coach after their world cup failure. ♪

iraq's parliament has taken a step towards forming a government. it has appointed a speaker. the parliament now has 30 days to elect a new president and 45 days to elect a new prime minister. let's take you live to bagdad. al jazeera's imran khan is there. imran, it has taken quite a while to get as far as this. >> and this was the easy bit, adrian. this was something that all of the sunni political blocks agreed on. but he was agreeable to all of the sunni political blocks, but nobody knows much about him, other than his age, he is 43, the youngest person to hold the office in the history of iraq. and because nobody knows

anything about him he was acceptable. and now 45 days is the big number. you have within that 30 days to choose the president and then another 15 on top of that to choose the prime minister. prime minister maliki faces many con tenders. one challenges has already launched a campaign that wasn't successful. so there is a lot of politicking going on right now. whether it all happens within 45 days remains to be seen. it's unlikely. it took nearly six months to form the government in 2010. imran many thanks. imran khan live in bagdad. libya's government says that 90% of the aircraft at tripoli's international airport has v been destroyed in fighting. several people have been killed. the airport's control tower was

also damaged. >> reporter: libya's armed factions are fighting for control of airport. days of shelling have destroyed buildings and most aircrafts. there are two main camps involved. they are backed by many liberals in society and the government, but are opposed by a number of powerful conservative militias, all of them have been fighting for a bigger political say in the capitol triply. >> translator: the airport was hit with heavy weapons a lot of libyan planes got hit along with different airlines. >> reporter: libya's divided government and its weakened army have so far failed to restore order. tripoli is now considering asking for international assistance. >> translator: the government has studied the strategy for a request from international

forces for protection of civilians and to prevent chaos and turmoil and to give the state a chance to build its institutions. >> reporter: faced with the growing violence and instability, the united nations mission has pulled out its staff. and stopped operations. the eastern city fighters loyal to retired general are on the offensive. they are shelling positions held by fighters affiliated with [ inaudible ] which is linked to al-qaeda. it is controlled by liberals as well as senior army and police commanders. he says he wants to put an end to the rise of what he calls radical groups in benghazi. the conservatives are very powerful. reconciliation may be the only option, otherwise, people in libya would be faced with even

more chaos and violence. three al jazeera journalists have now spent 199 days in an egyptian prison. they are all falsely agreed of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood. last month, mohammed fahmy and peter greste were sentenced to seven years each. baher mohamed was given seven years and received an additional three because he had a spent bullet in his position which he picked up at a protest. al jazeera continues to demand that the journalists are freed. typhoon continues to bare down on the philippines. >> stephanie: here with the latest is meteorologist efer to fox. >> it has just made landfall and is weakening slightly. either storm clearly marked. i'll just take the high cloud off of there so you can see

exactly where we are. and the storm just to the northwest, it will run up towards manila as we go through the next 12 hours or so. we're seeing very heavy rain on the outer bands of the system. it has been producing really heavy rainfall. a little further north we saw over 246 millimeters of rain here in the last 24 hours. some of these areas through that central belt could easily see a similar amount over the next 24 hours. so it is a flood maker this one. still some very strong winds the equivalence of a category 2. it will weaken slightly as it makes its way across land, but it will still cause a lot of damage. and with all of that rain there will be widespread flooding. that's the situation as we go

through wednesday. into thursday it will make its way out to the south china sees and head for highman island. at least 19 people have been killed after a subway train rerailed in russia. it happened in the capitol of moscow. at least 120 people have been injured. rescue operations are still ongoing as officials say that people are still trapped underground. several cars left the track have a power surge triggered an alarm which caused the train to stop abruptly. >> translator: a sharp impact happened which took me off of my feet. the lights went out. everybody fell down. i only saw what happened in the first car. >> russia says that nearly half a million people have fled across its border from ukraine since fighting began earlier this year. 30,000 of them have applied for

asylum. rory challands has been to the region of southern russia where many refugees have ended up. >> reporter: humanitarian crises and religion have themes in common, suffering and salvation are present in both. in this small refugee camp, russia is showing that it can look after its displaced neighbors, body and sole. a fresh bus load is told how the camp works, and then the days arrivals settle down to the new reality. >> translator: we thought they would shoot for a while and then it would calm down, but it got heavier. we spent several days in the basement then called a car, packed in ten minutes and left. >> translator: when they welcome us, and i can be safe with my children, and i'll go to my

relatives later. >> reporter: when humanitarian is being shown off as clearly as this one is, it's often difficult to know what to make of it. clearly there are pr processes by the russians here. 490,000 people have fled the fighting in ukraine according to moscow. a small number are in camps like this. most are staying with friends or relatives. but the government is predicting disaster so if they don't go home soon? >> translator: the un shouldn't be problemed only when it is asked to look. if needed i'll ask for help. but in my opinion this is an obvious human catastrophe. >> reporter: this is the foreign

minister in exile of the self declared people's republican of done. she organizes food and clothing across the border to pro-russian fighters. >> translator: we try to do it as safely as possible. on the other side the fighters show them their paths and check points, but they still often get shot at. >> reporter: the border lands are increasingly unsafe. russia says shells coming over from ukraine killed at least one russian on sunday and this crossing was mortared recently. it was deserted when we visited say for a few socialeds and the journalists bussed in to see it. john paul jonkoe as been voted in as the new leader of

the eu commission. he faced strong opposition, and will take over the most powerful rule in the eu in november. the commission proposes and enforces laws for 500 million people. britain's foreign secretary william hague has resigned. hague served for four years, and will be replaced by defense minister philip hammond. germany's football team has arrived home in berlin with the world cup after their 1-0 victory against argentina on sunday. ♪ [ cheers ] the manager lead the players on to the stage at the gate. tens of thousands of fans were waiting to see them and to celebrate germany's fourth world cup title. the man with arguably the best job in television today, paul beban is with us today. quite the party down, berlin,

today, paul? [ cheers ] >> reporter: if you can hear me, adrian over the noise of the brass band which has just taken up resident about ten meters from me, yeah, there has been a bit of a party here in berlin today. the team was about two hours late because of a delay in the plane taking off from rio. but when they arrived leer -- the fans had been here for some seven hours waiting for them. it was a very big party. the players themselves clowned around lead the fans in a big sing song. kicked promotional merchandise into the crowd. and the fans are in no rush to go home. still several thousand here and the party is going to go on for sometime yet. >> all right. we'll hear more from you in sport later in the news hour. many thanks indeed.

tributes have been made to one of the most prominent white writers to complain against apartheid. her work on the corrupt nature one awards around the world. >> reporter: she used her pen to fight the injustice she saw around here in south africa. she won the noble literature prize in 1991, three years before the end of white minority rule. she has grown up in a different era, born to jewish immigrants. she was first published at 15, not revealing her age to a magazine. >> i'm what is known as a natural writer. i have been writing since i was a child. i had problems in that three of my books were banned. that's a strange experience for a writer. i was unfortunate that i was writing in english, so i was fortunate enough to be published elsewhere.

but you want to be read in your own country by your own people, and you feel a bit of a ghost when your books are banned. >> reporter: apartheid became law in 1998, five years later her novel was published. it mirrored some of her own experiences as the daughter of white middle class parents. she was a member of the african national congress fighting for equality in south africa, and became a friend of the activist wh went on to become the first black south african president, nelson mandela. >> it was not -- it came from within ourselves and our life experience, but we were led by mandela and his thinking. >> reporter: she didn't shy away from criticizing the anc

government lead by jacob zuma who she viewed as corrupt. in an interview in 2012 she said we all learn from the past. >> the past is in your dna, from way back, and you simply have to use it, to remember it, and to see -- to get some guidance where from it went wrong. >> reporter: she is survived by the legacy of her 15 novels, published around the world in 40 languages. she will has died at the age of 90. we're approaching the midway point on this news hour. still to come, the long journey home, children and minors from honduras who illegally traveled to the united states are sent back. and the ghost town, the changing face of canada's dying coastal communities. and in sport with the world cup

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police say a car packed with explosions detonated in an afghan market. more on our top story the proposed egyptian peace plan for gaza, we have a professor in modern and contemporary history of the middle east and joins us live in the studio. welcome. once again, given this current conflict, how would you say the regional proxy has changed since egypt brokered the last ceasefire in 2012? how are things different this time both for egypt and this conflict? >> there is no doubt egypt has always played an important role in the israeli conflict, and we witnessed -- an important stage? 2012 where morsi was able to get

approval from both sides with the support of international community and both respected that. what we have witnessed now is actually the collapse of egyptian role in the middle east politics, where basically the new -- the new political -- lead by sisi, they have to wait seven days until they start to move to find a solution. and even the initiative they have so far is actually saving israeli security or protecting israelis rather than taking care of the palestinians who have been killed at least now more than 200 people. so it's more for israeli interests than palestinian interests. >> is it the case of hamas being suspicious of egypt's motives here? and if egypt can't negotiate a successful ceasefire, a ceasefire that holds, who in the region can? certainly not the u.s.?

turkey? qatar? >> absolutely. i think most of the players, they want egypt to play a role, and the discussion is about who can support the egyptian rule. what we are witnessing in the last 48 hours is the ceasefire should be done sometime soon to product palestinians and stop the israelis attacks of civilians in gaza. so this is an important issue, but they want a long-term solution for this kind of -- you know, -- gaza has been separated from the world for years now. so basically there is now a real emphasis on the fact that any ceasefire or any kind of agreement should take into consideration a long-term solution for gaza, which is what we hear so far from hamas is that there should be a long-term solution. the other term, i think important to mention here is that the other players like

qatar, like turkey, they are capable to play a role, taking into consideration of the support of the united states as well. >> to play a role. >> to play a role and try to communicate with hamas, because there is no goodwill between egypt and hamas. >> i was going to ask you, given that the realities on the ground -- the new realities, both on the ground, regionally, and the political realities -- >> yes. >> -- which country do you think has -- has the best chance of making any ceasefire deal stick? this >> we cannot speak about one country. this will be a collective effort. >> okay. >> a collective effort, and i think none of the players is capable to communicate with two parties and be accepted by two parties. egypt accepted by israelis, but not be hamas. turkey is accepted by hamas but not by israelis. so all of the players should work together to end the

massacre which we are witnessing. >> what do you make about -- of israeli rapid acceptance of this egyptian peace plan? and if hamas continues to reject it israelis will feel they have the diplomatic high ground. >> i think hamas so far according to what we hear and learn from their statements, they feel that they are -- get -- you know, things that were expected where basically they force israelis to accept in advance the deal. of course, netenyahu is under the pressure of the israeli cabinet. what he was trying to do is put hamas into the corner and say we accept the deal and put hamas under pressure. after seven hours he had to start attacking again, because he is also under pressure from within the israeli community. so i don't think so israeli government now is capable to

maintain -- to stop attacking gaza has not accepted the deal. >> always good to talk to you. many thanks indeed, sir. >> thank you. brazil is hosting the sixth annual conference of the brics group of nations, brazil, russian, india, china, and south america -- africa. al jazeera's gabe is live for us now. gabe the brics will be discussing what? formulating a new development bank. why? and how big of a step would that be? >> yeah, we're inside this convention center where the heads of states of all of the brics countries will be, and

they will be discussing this primarily. this is the sixth summit that they have held, but this decision on this brics development bank by far if it happens would be the biggest development between this brics alliance since they started six years ago. why they are discussing it is because they feel that a brics development bank, a lending bank to the developing world could be a counter weight to what they call the washington consensus and the imf model of lending. they are talking about initially $50 million, increasing it perhaps to as much as $100 billion, it would be controlled by the brics countries, and they would be able to lend for infrastructures and other projects. >> now that is going to put some noses in the west out of joint. it's a huge undertaking.

it is even possible? what challenges do they face? and when do they foresee it beginning to operate? >> well, they have been talking about this bank for several years, but why this meeting is so important is because they think they are going to reach some sort of agreement, perhaps. it is a huge undertaking, the critics are saying it is going to be very difficult with these five countries that are very different, they have different aspirations and different economic and human rights policies for these five countries to find a consensus to do this. it's one thing to say you are going to do this and another thing to start lending, but they say they are ready to do it, and the think they have in their fair involve is money. all fy of these countries some of the most economically powerful in this the world, and

as much as a $100 billion going into the fund could pose a challenge to the imf. but it could take many years for this brics bank to make an impact. it's not only about economic power, it's also about political power as well. gabe many thanks indeed. a plane carrying at least 40 adults and children deported from the u.s. has landed in honduras. record numbers of children from honduras, el salvador, and guatemala have passed into the united states in the past year. monica reports from northwestern city in honduras. >> reporter: a sad homecoming for these honduran mothers and children arriving back at the city they tried to escape after risking it all to get to the u.s. the first lady greeted the deported mothers and played

games with the children. she can't afford to criticize u.s. immigration policy. honduras needs american aid to battle drug violence and poverty. many of the returning mothers were angry. a they thought a 2008 law would allow them to live with relatives in the u.s. while their cases were processed. >> translator: i didn't the right to a lawyer. they just made us leave at 3:00 am, we weren't even told where we were headed. >> reporter: there is also three bus of migrants arriving today. and the united states government has made it clear it is going to keep sending deportees home. the returning youngsters were greeted with joy and rereef. it cost around $5,000 to smuggle a child. more than these families can afford, but at least they returned alive. the month's long journey is

increasingly dangerous. this 11-year-old was bury interested in his native guatemala after he reportedly died of heat stroke near the us-mexican border. this family was thrilled to have their 13-year-old nephew back. >> translator: i won't go back, i tried to get to the u.s. twice. i would rather stay in my country, where i can move around freely. to my parents i say i love you both and i miss you too. >> reporter: the government has promised to help these families, but many say they will try again to get back to the us. 603 people have now died in the ebola outbreak in west africa. the world health organization say in the last week alone 68 people have died. sierra leone has recorded the highest number of deaths with

52. they are struggling to access communities as many residents fear outsiders are spreading, rather than fighting ebola. the pakistani education activist is in nigeria right now, trying to draw attention to the over 200 girls still being held by boko haram. but is also making the case for the children who still have no access to basic education. >> reporter: she came to highlight their reality. one survivor to another. she survived being shot in the head by the taliban, and some of the girls who escaped boko haram abduction of more than 270 girls in april. >> translator: they put us in a classroom, beat us up, and when they were done they told us to get in the cars or our lives would be over. >> reporter: she said how the gunmen came when they were sleeping and later got away.

it has been more than 90 days since these parents last saw their daughters. that's what education campaigner decided to focus on on her 17th birthday, she urged goodluck jonathan to spare no effort. but the president was not interested in speaking to the media. did you address with president johnson the criticism over the slow response and lack of transparency? >> i told him it is your responsibility to listen to your people. he made two promises with me. the first was that he is definitely going to see the parents of these girls, because these parents need his support. the second promise that he made was that the girls would soon be released and they have many, many solutions, but will choose the best solution in which the girls come home safely and

lively. >> reporter: how confident are you that this time the president will deliver on his promises? >> i am trusting him. and i believe he will fulfill his promises. but i'm not waiting for what he is going to do. i can take my responsibility to continue thisment campaign, and i'll be counting days until these girls are released. they are my sisters and i raise my voice for them. and this is my complain and i'll do it. >> reporter: she also sought to draw attention to the 66 million girls outs of school globally. and that nigeria has one of the worst school attendance in the world. boko haram abduction has increased the lack of attending school. all right. robin has got your sport just ahead on the news hour. [ cheers ] >> and berlin becomes party

central. as germany celebrates their world cup success with their fans. ♪

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now ♪ hello again. fishing once supported hundreds of remote communities in the canadian province of newfoundland, but declining fish stock has sent these communities in to decline. the government is offering money to move, but some are refusing. >> reporter: a thriving port, this was little bay island 75

years ago. here it is today. very few boats left. businesses shuttered, most people retired or elderly. the town is dying. the man leading the push for government-funded resettlement says there is no going back. >> fish plants going full tilt, five or six stores here. 150 people, kids in school. but now you have two people in school. and that's it. and you never see no one there, because nobody is at that age. there is nowhere to go. people tell me you are nuts. i don't feel that way, but everybody is entitled to their opinion, i guess. >> reporter: 90% of residents voted to re-seattle this year. not perty lock. he and his wife have two of the few full-time jobs. but awaiting a government decision he dreads, he is

increasingly at odds with as they neighborhoods. it's almost like the mentality is to let everything just go go go until everything collapses. and i think everybody is just figuring leave it alone and let everything collapse and lock it up and leave. >> reporter: in newfoundland they call villages like this an outport, remote yet close knit, and once upon a time vibrant and viable places to raise a family. since the 1950s nearly 30,000 people have been paid by the government to leave the coast. one of the biggest internal migrations in canada. officials say it's cheaper, more efficient to fund resettlement now than to keep delivering services to a dying community. >> there are things we can do. i'm sure of it. i think most people would feel like me. it's terrible to con terminate a newfoundland with outports continuing to shut down. >> reporter: this rugged shore

was one of the first places where europeans arrived in america. they found a rich fishery and develop adieu ne -- a unique wa of life. and now life has changed. time now for sport, here is robin. >> thank you, adrian. germany's world cup celebrations have continued in the country's capitol of berlin. tens of thousands of fans lined the streets to welcome home the world cup winning hitters. the team also showing off their newest acquisition, the world cup trophy. also showing off some dance moves to a rather appreciative crowd who has been braves the sun there for hours. it was their first world cup win in 24 years.

one of the crowd was our correspondent paul beban. >> reporter: it has been a long way for the german football fans, about seven hours in the sunshine here because of the delays for the team's plane arriving from rooe -- rio. it has been 24 years since they last won the cup back there 1990. but there is a huge amount of adulation and relief here. and the team are laughing it up. they have been cooking footballs out into the crowd, and really enjoying themselves. it seems they had a good sleep on the plane coming over. they seem very fresh as they are leading the songs, singing, and chanting too. what does this mean long-term for the german football team. joining me is a football journalist. tell me, this is not a flash in the pan is it? this >> no, you mentioned today, but

there is also an underlying excitement about the future this team can make. a lot of them have been playing together in junior teams and know each other very well. they are still only 25, 26. so it's exciting. >> reporter: what does it mean for german football? because obviously we have seen spain and that style of football dominating in recent years. are we now going to see this team setting the blew print for other teams around the world. >> quite possibly. we saw spain's style get the comparison for a lot of teams to aspire too. germany is a bit different obviously. but the winds of change are going to come. and they will carry that style through for potentially the next ten years. >> when you look at the way

germany played what is the secret of their success? >> i think the best thing about this german team is now tight knit they are. they know each other very well. even when they play against opposition teams, they are still very friendly when they do. and that is something that really made a difference in brazil. >> reporter: you speak about the coach, he has been -- well, he is not a fan favorite. it has didn't difficult for him. >> yeah, i think a lot of people looked at him being involved at this point and thought geez, germany has some real talent there and hasn't won a world title. obviously everybody has changed now. but he didn't listen to the doubters. he was very convinced in his own style and approach, and it has made off now.

>> patty thank you very much indeed for joining us. it is supposed to be a working day here in germany. while it certainly doesn't feel it like now. brazil's football federation has confirmed that their coach has resigned. his departure comes after the country's worst-ever defeat. under him they also lost their third-place player to the netherlands for 3 million. no word yet for brazil's football bosses on who will take over the national team. the world cup in brazil is over, but rio has another major sporting event on their agenda. the 2016 olympic games. lee wellings spoke with the director of communications and began by asking what they had learned from the world cup event. >> we learned about the same

lessons as we learned from the winter olympics in sochi. once the games began, the mood changed. good sports, great athletes inspire the public. they would much rather hear about big players, messi, than to hear that the -- you know, the games are costing more. the work are late, and so on and so forth. that was the first lesson. the second lesson is yes, we can organize the world cup. people are having fun. tourists are being well received. players are finding a great field of play so they can show their art. so if we can do the world cup we will do great on the olympics. >> two months ago. john koets said this is the worst he has experienced in terms of how far behind you

were. how do you feel about those comments now? were you fair? are you behind? >> comments were not fair at all. i think at the time we were upset. but now we can take this as energy, as a booster. if nobody believes in you, you go there and do it. we are not late, but we have the problems that any organizing committee has two years to go. we have a lot of work, but we will be there on budget and on time. >> reporter: people watching all over the world don't understand budgets. but they understand the bay being cleaned because it's like a sewer. how difficult will that job be? >> it's a huge job. we cannot do it alone, neither can the government.

we are engaging the people for the big party, and engaging the people that we need help cleaning the bay. people need to put pressure on the government with us, so they can finish the touches on the new sewage system that we implement. it's a team work from now to 2017 almost when we will have done the games and will be proud of it. >> reporter: many people will continue to say, yes, it was a wonderful football world cup, the olympics, i don't know it is going to be ready. what is your message to them? >> we're going to be ready. we're going to be waiting for everybody. we're going to be offering excellent games and memorable celebrations. we know how to do it. everybody was happy in the world cup. so come back here, everybody is going to be even happier at the olympics. >> reporter: the jamaican sprinter will be allowed to

return to competition. positive drug tests were the result of a terminated version of an illegal substance. they will be able to return to action immediately. the cuban slugger is major league baseball's home run king once again. the claimed any tight until the home run derby on monday. the final round ring finished on 28 home runs for the night. he is the first repeat winner in 15 years. plenty on our website, aljazeera.com/sport. details there as well on how you can get in touch with our team, using twitter and facebook. the address again, aljazeera.com/sport. that's it. i'm back later. >> robin many thanks indeed.

today's top stories straight ahead. despite hopes for a ceasefire there has been no end to the violence in gaza, we're going to leave you with some of the sights and sounds from the past seven days. thanks for watching. i'll see you again. bye for you. return the air strikes continued through the night. [ explosion ] >> reporter: homes and hallowed sites turned to rubble. the death toll passed a grim new threshold. [ screaming ] >> reporter: hundreds, perhaps thousands of people across gaza city have feld their homes. [ explosion ] [ sobbing ] [ screaming ] >> reporter: you can still smell the explosive powder in the air. there's a lot of tension right now. [ screaming ] [ sobbing ] >> reporter: it does seem that

talks are ongoing. they are trying to address the conflict here with an incredibly difficult week for them. ♪ >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live.

the crisis in gaza and israel barrels into a second week - have younger generations elders? plus a new take on the justice system. this is "consider this", those and more straight ahead. >> the fighting rages on. >> more rockets flew into israel from gaza. >> meanwhile israel continues to pound hamas targets. >> we using missile defence to