>> hello, welcome to another news hour from aljazeera. >> removed from the wreckage, bodies are taken from the malaysian airlines crash amid calls for forensic examination. >> while investigators have still not assessed the area, ukraine said it knows who's responsible. >> we know for sure that it was

russian, russian citizens operating and they came from the territory of russian federation. >> overwhelmed by casualties, under resourced with supplies, gas's hospitals struggle as the israeli ground offensive continues. >> i'll be here with all your sports, as tiger woods misfires at the open championship. it's rory mcelroy getting all the birdies. the latest from the third round is coming up. >> international monitors are back at the site of the malaysian airliner shot down in eastern ukraine. all 298 passengers onboard were killed when it crashed into rebel-held territory. the bodies are more than 180 victims have been recovered from the scene of the wreckage. the ukrainian government says that search and rescue teams are working under the threat of

armed rebels and haven't been able to collect evidence. >> whoever crosses the line and doesn't comply with my order will face the consequences. >> observers were given limited access by rebels friday and warning shots fired as they were asked to leave. they've been trying to set up a corridor for investigators to get to the scene. aljazeera has more from donetsk in eastern ukraine. removal of bodies is cause for consternation nationally. a formally recognized international investigation yet to get underway. why have some of the bodies been moved and others not? >> it is deeply worrying. i can tell you that we are outside donetsk city morgue and we understand just a few hours ago, we spoke to the minister of

health, as the self declared donetsk people's republic. he confirmed there were bodies removed from the site and just inside this morgue. just an hour after confirming that, he actually told us the bodies weren't here and they are preparing to receive bodies, so there is a game going on here really within the politics of this region in eastern ukraine where officials are confirming things and denying things that if those 38 bodies are indeed here at the morgue and we believe that they are, it is a serious tampering of a site which needs to be accessed by international monitors, by people who need to identify those corpses. >> the crash site itself is a 90 minute drive away from where you

are. earlier on saturday, a.s.c., monitors arrived at the scene again. they were given some access, but are they getting unfettered access to the site yet? >> absolutely not. the access they have was superficial. they weren't really allowed to do their job properly and that's the big problem at the moment, getting access for the o.s.c.e., but also other investigators that have arrived from malaysia and are in kiev, they need a guarantee of safety to get here as soon as possible. we also understand that interpol is sending a team, as well, within the next 48 hours, a specialist team to identify the bodies, the same team that helped identify the bodies the asian tsunami a few years ago and other major disasters, as well. the problem is still the fact that there has not been a

ceasefire, both sides still very entrenched. ukrainians say they will not agree to a ceasefire until the rebels lay down their arms and the ukrainians have access to the crucial border between ukraine and russia. the rebels on their side are saying there's no need for ceasefire. >> just for anyone watching who perhaps doesn't understand that the background to this, why might pro-russian separatists there is the crash site have a problem with osce monitors? >> it's clear that the accusations are really mounting against the pro-russian separatists and their possible involvement in bringing down that plane. there is a potential there that they may be wanting to hide evidence or move evidence. again, the fact that they are confirming and denying the moving of corpses to this morgue behind me, that is not a good indication that perhaps suggest

that is they have something to hide in all of this. >> many thanks. reporting live from donetsk. >> away from the crash scene, ukraine said three missile launchers were smuggled from russia into its territory monday. the security said that it's got compelling evidence that russian crews fired the missile that shot down the plane. >> terrorists possessed at least three. three trespassed illegally ukrainian border, directed to russian federation. they cannot operate the very sophisticated missile launch. to operate book and one, you need to have military education and to be well trained. we know for sure the team was russian. they were russian citizens

operating them and came from the russian federation together with the missile launcher. >> a look at the international reaction to this crash now. we'll speak to john in washington but first, rory is in moscow. how does russia respond to those ukrainian accusations? >> there's been no response yet to those specific accusations, but russia has been saying things in the last couple of days which are dealing broadly with the allegations that are made by ukraine and the west about its involvement, the pro-russian separatists involvement in bringing down m.h.17. essentially what russia says is that ukraine cannot be trusted on this, that it's biased and that it's been fabricating evidence or misrepresenting evidence, and that russia does not have any kind of stake

involvement, military involvement in ukraine, and that the only way that the truth can be got that is by having an impartial international investigation into the disaster. that can only be done by the osce and international aviation or authorities. it's certainly not going to give any credence to what kiev is saying, because kiev is obviously another belidge rental in this conflict. the situation is hampered by the ground in the vicinity of the crash site with evidence clearly going missing or taken from the site. >> what can we move into the

fact that vladimir putin has been reluctant to engage on this? >> i think that was putin's general style. he often has the kind of manner of a dispassionate, moderate global statesman who doesn't really get swayed too much by emotions. i'm not really sure that we can specifically read too much into that, but what we can say is that the russian position at the moment, russia's geopolitical situation is precarious, because it's in a very difficult spot. it has been accused, is being accused as we've just heard from the ukrainian intelligence, of fanning the flames of conflict in eastern on you crane, of supplying, equipping, training the separatists there. it's denied that, of course, and whether that is true or not, it

does have an interest in keeping ukraine off balance, and keeping it out of too much western influence, and certainly keeping it out of the grips of nato. so, now something cataclysmic has happened, the plane has fallen out of the sky and that is likely to influence many european countries who were previously sitting on the fence, previously giving russia the benefit of the doubt. they are likely to back tougher sanctions against russia in step with what the united states has done. now russia has a choice, does it turn its back on these rebels and compromise its geopolitical goals in ukraine or does it carry on doing what it has done and run the risk of incurring even harsher sanctions against it. >> many thanks.

let's bring in john from washington.com. the penalty has piled on further president on the russian president and he previously called on the russian leader ties pressure on ukraine and the russian president failed to do so. where did this incident, the cat listen mick incident as reary described it leave russian international relations? >> the relation is complex and complicated between russia and this city. they are enemies from the cold war. now they agree and disagree on certain key issues. the president has said that none of these challenges facing the issue in you a crane lead themselves to quick and easy solutions and require american leadership. his line is the patience and determination will ultimately pay off. in the meantime in the past couple minutes, we're learning

of retaliatory responses from moscow. you can see the relationship of the two countries is extremely to know 10 husband. >> so how is the u.s. moving forward on this? >> well, that is the situation that needs to be explained further. the president has offered the help of the f.b.i. to leading investigative agencies, the f.b.i. and ntsb, the national transportation safety board. now they investigate air crashes on this scale and they tend to be the lead investigative agency around the world when things like this happened. they were involved in the downing of the flight that happened 20 years ago thursday. >> on the ground at the crash

site, they spent 75 minutes yesterday. they've not been given unfettered access to the crash site itself. samantha power, who is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations called on the security council for immediate and unfettered access for all lead investigative agencies around the world, the u.n.'s own division that looks at plane crashes included. the white house imposed sanctions against moscow in an attempt to wind up the conflict in the ukraine. they were targeted against banks and energy companies and private defense companies. you can see there will be more sanctions, as well, according to the president, if necessary, but they will be targeted again, mindful of russia being a major player in the global economic situation and not wanting to destabilize the recovery still going on after the 2008 financial collapse. >> now to the other story that's been dominating the headlines of

late, israeli ground forces have been pounding parts of northern gaza. we have pictures to show of the territory in just a moment or two. it's been two days since troops went in. of course over that time, 34 palestinians have been killed, the overall number of deaths after 11 days of attacks by air, sea and land is very much higher, at least 337 people have been killed, that's according to the palestinian health ministry. at least 77 of those are children. more than 2000 others have been injured. the u.n. relief agency in gaza said 50,000 people have fled their homes. let's take you live now to gaza. aljazeera's stephanie is there. how are the hospitals coping with the sheer numbers of injured? >> well, they are doing the best they can. the doctors will tell you that they are lacking serious medical supplies, even the most basic things like gauze and cleaning

fluid, anesthetic, they just aren't coming in now. the main goods crossing is closed because there was an in filtration attempt in the crossing yesterday, so that's remained closed. it's extremely difficult. we just went up to one of the border towns where it's more tense at the moment, and when we arrived, we saw people running back towards us, panicking, saying there's a tank coming closer, there's also, you know, a few dead people don't there, we can't go pick them up and people absolutely terrified. you can hear the constant sound of artillery shelling close by. we went to the hospital and morgue, a family was brought in, mother, father, daughter, horrendous injuries. that gives you an indication of how this is playing out here. devastating death toll, civilians mostly and people telling you and it's a message everyone tells you, they say where are we supposed to go?

one of the women we spoke to there said she left her home that was only 200 meters away, come to her father's home with no clothes, with her children, said we just ran, we didn't take anything. she said they now sound like they're coming closer. if they come here, she said where am i going to go. people terrified, desperate and just completely fearful about if they do come in closer to those urban areas. >> i just wonder, has the bombing stopped? we talk about this artillery campaign, hat bombs stopped while the ground offensive and artillery is being fired and what is it israel is targeting with this artillery fire? >> the bombing hasn't stopped. it goes in lulls. there's times it's intense for a minute or so and we can see a couple here. in the south, there's some we can't hear her. here what we've seen and heard in the last couple of hours,

just a couple of air strikes, not that many but yes, since this ground invasion has been launched, it's the artillery shelling which has been relentless, tanks firing across the borders, also naval shelling from the navy ships based off the coast hear. that is a dull shod that happens constantly and is psychologically devastating, many people will tell you. what israel is targeting is controversial, they say they are targeting hamas sites, homes that belong to hamas or other factional leaders. we've seen many homes destroyed, civilians, people who live there that have nothing to do with any faction. we've seen hospitals targeted, one close to the border targeted a few times before, and then two nights ago had intense shelling. i spoke to the director at that time. he said i don't know why these israelis are doing it. i've told them i have paralyzed

patients, i can't move them. they did get everyone out in the end but remains the question why are these areas targeted, hospitals, residential areas. very complicated, but as we've been saying, as you can see behind me, it's densely populated here. even if there's an air strike that goes just around it people are affected, but the death toll, majority civilian. >> thank you stephanie, live in gaza. >> still to come, displaced and did he say spiced, we meet the refugees and sectarian violence that nobody wants to know or help. >> diplomats negotiating the future of iran's nuclear program agreed to extend talks by four months. sunday was the original deadline for iran and six word powers to

reach a long term agreement. the u.s. will allow iran to access $2.8 billion of funds in exchange for cutting back its nuclear program. >> it was clear a deadline would not be reached, so they extended negotiations for another four months, bringing the deadline to november 24. as part of the deal, iran will get access to $2.8 billion of its money that's been held in overseas accounts and the negotiations will continue. secretary of state john kerry saying well, there are very real gaps that remain, there's a very real prospect for a peaceful solution. >> four car bombs exploded in shia neighborhoods in baghdad. twenty have been killed, 50 injured. the neighborhoods have all been targeted. >> the advance of the islamic

state fighters has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, many have fled to the refugee camp in the kurdish controlled region in the north of iraq. as aljazeera reports from there, many want to return home. >> it was a show of solidarity to the displaced people of iraq. that is how the united nations high commissioner for refugees described his visit to this camp just outside mosul. hundreds of families have been living here since june 10, when the self declared islamic state and other fighters pushed the iraqi army out of their cities. people here had a long list of complaints, but what they fear the most is never returning home. >> what they want is to be able to go back home and to restart their lives. >> reconciling iraq's communities won't be easy. some here are shia, no longer welcome in sunni areas.

others are sunni but can't return because their family work for the iraqi army and police. >> 1.2 million iraqis moved into the occurred issue controlled territories over recent weeks. the kurdish government was already hosting up to a million iraqis displaced since the u.s. invasion in 2003. there are also 250,000 syrian refugees here. kurdish officials say this is a huge burden. >> the kurdistan regional government has fallen out with the central government in baghdad. it no longer gets its share of the nothing budget. it's not just money, the massive in flux of people raised security concerns for kurds who consider the self declared islamic state their enemies. >> maybe the groups are controlled in this area and they can have target from them. we are following a procedure to

continue to provide security. >> those measures angered many here. >> we can't go to the hospital. we aren't allowed to move. we're only allowed to stay here. >> those who don't have a occurred to sponsor them around allowed inside urban centers. many of the displaced feel discriminated against because of their ethnicity and religion. it is a sensitive time in iraq and the political divide created more barriers between the people struggling to survive. >> the typhoon cleared from the philippines and another is developing close by. here with the details is our meteorologist. >> that's right, they are coming thick and fast at the moment. take a look at this satellite picture. you can see storms just to the east of the philippines, just about our saving grace, it is going to make its way further north. as you can see, still clearing

up from the previous storm. sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour, just below typhoon strength. within the next six hours, i expect it to be upgraded to a typhoon. saving grace, it will stay offshore, heading towards tie within. it's going to be close enough to the philippines to cause problems. you can see the system there just to the east of the philippines as we go on through sunday into monday, still very close by. these are still going to be damaging winds, even though the eye of the storm is not expected to pass over the country. still very heavy rain to come going through this weekend and an towards next week. expect it to reach taiwan about the middle of next week. here's the old storm, no longer a concern in terms of being a typhoon. it has been downgraded, final warning i should. you can see the damaging winds we were talking about, trees down, power lines down, widespread destruction.

the next few days, even though the winds no longer giving concern, with these rainfalls around we are still very concerned. 369 millimeters of rain pretty much where the storm made its way through. still see this massive cloud to the southwest, very heavy rain here. i think these parts could see 200, maybe 300 milliliters of rain. it will make its way westward going through monday. >> two and a half years after the costa conia ran aground off the italian side, a massive salvage operation is almost complete. aljazeera looks now at what islanders think as the giant cruise ship makes its final voyage to the scrap yard. >> battered, broken and bolted

together by tons of steel to try to make her sea worthy again, the costa concordia is preparing for her final voyage. so, too, is the tiny island where she came to be so tragically two and a half years ago. >> what's so striking when you come here isn't just how big it is or how broken it is, it's how it's become embedded in this island story. >> in january, 2012, the mayor found himself coordinating the rescue operation after the cruise liner collided with rocks. 32 died on that cold winter night. since then, the island has been transformed. >> not only onl psychologically, this matter affected our way of life over the past months. it also strongly affected our economy and our way of living here. winters were very beautiful and silent, but today are very busy.

the soul of the island has changed. >> it's crystal clear waters always brought the tourists, but intrigue attracted many, many more. restaurants and hotels have been bolstered by salvage workers who have made this their home in my the costa concordia leaves. signatures are being collected calling for part of the structure used to secure the ship to be left and turned into a dive site. today, these platforms give new life to the area of the sea, which was destroyed. removing them would be the true damage to the environment. >> what happened here had the potential to destroy the island. when the ship leaves, there will be mixed feelings. a new chapter will begin.

this island will never forget what the costa concordia brought to its shores. aljazeera. >> we are approaching the midway point on this news hour. still to come, an island where chin and mother and baby homes were used in drugs experiments. >> the english soccer team looking to prove they can play football, as well. @j

>> here in doha, international

monitors back at the site of the malaysian airliner shot down in eastern ukraine. the bodies of 180 victims have been recovered. meanwhile, ukraine says it has compelling evidence that russian crews fired the missile that shot down the plane. >> israeli ground forces stepped up artillery attacks on gaza. most have been concentrated in the northern part of the palestinian territory. 337 palestinians have been killed in over 11 days. the u.n. says it urgently needs aid for 50,000 displaced people. >> more now on our top story, the malaysia airlines plane crash in ukraine. u.s. president barack obama said evidence so far indicates that it was shot down by a missile fired from territory controlled by pro-russian separatists. in a moment, we'll hear from a former officer on the latest,

but first we have been looking at what the evidence currently shows. >> both ukraine and pro-russian separatists have been pointing the finger of blame at each other, but the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. the aircraft came down close to donetsk, a strong hold of pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine, who have been fighting ukrainian forces for around six months. the aircraft had been cruising at an altitude of 10 kilometers, away from closed air space when it dropped off the radar. that's beyond the range of shoulder fired missiles typically used by pro-russian separatists. their reach is just 3.5 kilometers. many experts believe it was most likely hid by a russian-made soviet era surface to air missile system. it can hit target as far as 21 kilometers away. both russia and ukraine have these weapons, but pro-russian separatists could have acquired

them, too. >> there's evidence possessed at least three book and one because three of them press passed illegally ukrainian border, directed to russian federation. >> pro-russian separatists themselves said on their website that they captured the units late last month when they recovery ran a ukrainian military base in donetsk. the downing of the ukrainian air force transport plane just over two weeks later seems to back that up. the plane had been flying beyond the reach of shoulder-fired missiles. rebels at the time said they took it down. soon after malaysian airlines 17 crashed thursday, link to say footage of a plane burning appeared on the russian social media site b.k. a message read in part, we warrant them not to fly in our skies. the site belonged to a top commander of pro-russian separatists in ukraine.

the post was later deleted, and cannot be independently verified. ukrainian authorities later released a recording which they said was a conversation between pressure fighters allegedly admitting to shooting down the plane. >> moscow and pro-russian separatists reject the accusations, saying the b.u.k. systems were operated by the ukrainian military. irresponsible of who fired the missile, military experts agreed the crews operating them had to be well strained. weaponry falling into the hands of unskilled fighters could go some way to explaining the

catastrophic error of bringing down an airliner. >> an officer with 26 years experience in the u.s. air force, good to have you back again. before we get into more detail, remind us, president obama seems to think he knows who's responsible for this. how does he know? >> through intelligence intercepted through intelligence sources. the key sources here would be from intelligence, imagery intelligence. a system looks at things like the emnations from a missile, for example, the heat from the launch. the tell let me try guidance system looking at where the missile is going and directed to its final path. those sources would be the ones president obama is referring to when he says that he knows who did it, when they did it and not quite why they did it, but what was around that particular

environment when it happened. >> earlier in the program, we heard from the ukrainian intelligence service claiming they had evidence to suggest that a missile system had been moved across the russian border into ukraine and smuggled back again. they also claim to have video evidence that have. what do you make of that? >> the video evidence and i've seen part of it is that there is a truck that looks like a civilian truck carrying what looks like a missile launch system with one missile missing off of it. because that is a truck that was allegedly on the way back across the border into russia, it's very suspicious. ukrainian intelligent is disseminating that information in order to show that the russians were involved and that they were involved in a way that gives them a very clear link to what happened with m.h.17. >> how do you mound an international investigation into what happened when there's so much cloak and dagger going on

at the moment and even once it publishes findings, is everybody going to stand by those findings? >> the russians clearly would be at the very least suspicious and wouldn't want a lot of evidence if they are directly involved as the ukrainians are alleging, they would not want that evidence. ized or to show up in an international investigation. right now, any international investigation of this type would be hampered by that very fact. how do you do it? you rely on third party sources, you rely on neutral nations, if there are any that have intelligence in the area. you rely on what the united states thinks it has right now and you rely on nato intelligence to help provide a fairly non-biased view of what happened. >> what about evidence of the crash site? what chance of there being a thorough investigation into what happened if evidence has been tampered with, bodies, some bodies taken away from the site? >> when it comes to the physical evidence, that's going to be a

severe problem, because all investigations really rely on the physical forensic examination of the crash site. it's a very unfortunately grotesque endeavor that has to take place. they look for body parts, they look for all of the material related to the airplane and they have to make sure that all of it is in one piece, because they do in fact reconstruct or try to reconstruct as much as they can what happened during an accident. in this particular case, where there was, you know, according to all accounts, a weapon fired that resulted in the downing of the jet, that gets to be a much more serious endeavor. >> will any of the evidence collected so far into the disappearance of mh370 help in this investigation? >> potentially. the problem with mh370 is that it, of course, it never crashed on land, according to the best available information that we have, so there is no physical evidence. in this case, the difference is that there is physical evidence

that is at least somewhat accessible. that's going to be a key differentiating factor. the other part is that mh370 either does not appear to be as far as we know any hostile action in the form of a weapon that actually was fired at the aircraft. in this case, it looks like there was a weapon. it looks like there was a way in which all of these events occurred, because of that missile being fired. because of that, that, then, gives a much different flavor to the investigation. this is basically a criminal investigation of the highest order, based not only on intelligence estimates, but also on what is physically available on the ground, and access to the site is going to be key, as well as access to the tech until data. >> always great to talk to you, always learn something. thank you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the growing scandal of baby and mother homes called for a new inquiry into drug testing on

babies. families want answers how many were used to test vaccines while under the care of the catholic church. we spoke to survivors in ireland. >> having a baby, the most joyous experience an adult can hope for, but for these infants, there appear to have been other intentions. that baby separated from her unmarried mother by the nuns and eventually adopted out of one of ireland's mother and baby homes. >> that's it right there. it's faded over time. >> but not before she was treated as an experiment by drugs company, wimp injected her at nine months with a test for dip they are i can't, tetanus and whooping cough without knowing what would happen. >> do you think they were treating your life as a baby as sacred? >> no, i do not.

>> the ones who died were used for medical research. >> that the trials took place here is no revelation, but it's come shooting back to the surface as an intrinsic part of the over arching mother and baby homes sandal in ireland. just this week, the united nations criticized the irish state in the strongest terms for its lack of willingness to take on the catholic church, a church which after all, took babies from their mothers and then claimed to be caring for them. >> this isn't, however only an issue for the catholic church. this home was run by the anglican church of ireland. >> victor remembers the children lined up for the doctors and nurses and maintains the state knew all about it.

>> let's call it what it is, vulnerable children with no contact with their parents, or guardians, nobody taking responsibility and a few medics and drug people coming in and having a field day and taking advantage of very, very vulnerable children in an enclosed setting, where nobody knows what's going on and if it all goes horribly wrong, who cares and who knows and who's ever going to be held to account. >> this has created a headache for the drugs giant which bought the company responsible for the trials and now dealing with the legal consequences. the survivors say g.s.k. is trying to help. the company said what's come out is unsettling. marie was told she was used for tests. many others bear the same scars but don't know for sure. the government said it will hold an inquiry what happened in the homes. it isn't even clear before drug

testing will be a part of it. >> in argentina, the bombs of the jewish cultural center in buenos aires is marked, the search for answers continues with the victims and see families. >> 9:53 and the siren sounds as it does every 18th of july to mark the exact time the bomb exploded. the large. >> issue community remembers its dead. the 85 killed and the more than 300 injured in the attack on the five story cultural center in the heart of the capitol. they are still demanding answers. >> 20 years and not one day of rest. we are here because we don't want nor can we allow that after so much time we give up our fight. >> argentina accused lebanese

hezbollah of carrying out the attack on the then iranian government. the investigation has been riddled with problems, a former president called its failure to produce results a national grace, while a judge was removed for alleged irregularities. local policeman were acquitted for lack of evidence, accused of aiding the bombers. this woman lost her sister and now heads a group calling for justice. >> the truth is that it's sad that 20 years after the attacks, we don't know anything. we don't know who planted the bomb nor whether it was international situation. >> this, the memorial to the attack two years earlier on the israel embassy in buenos aires that killed 29 people. argentina and especially its jewish community has not been the same since. >> they check you whenever you enter a building. there are metal detectors.

it has changed our lives forever. >> argentina's jewish community is split over what direction the investigate should take or where the answers may lie. the building was reconstructed with much stronger security. it remains a constant memorial to the victims, as well as a testament to a vibrant community, searching for answers and demanding justice 20 years on. aljazeera, buenos aires. >> syrian activists said fighters from the islamic state group captured a gas field and killed 270 workers and soldiers there. amateur video is sent to show dead bodies in military fatigues. it's the bloodiest crash between the armed group and government forces. >> three aljazeera journalists have now spent 203 days in an egyptian prison, falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brother hood.

two were given seven years, the third receiving an additional three because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. aljazeera continues to demand the journalists be freed. >> cypress has been divided 40 years now between greek and turkish. sunday marks the affairs of the turkish invasion which marks the islands division. is the island likely to reunify soon? aljazeera conduct add poll of 500 residents on each side and found the answer for many is a resounding no. we report. >> on the question of whether people on both sides of the divide in cypress believe cypress will be reunited in their lifetime, there was significant differences. 58% of greeks said no, but 51%

of turkish said yes. >> among the younger generation 18-30, 63% of greeks said no, 60% of turkish said yes. >> when we asked both on each side of the buffer zone if they could live together, 61% of turkish said they could and 69% of greeks we polled on this issue said yes, they could live together. when questioned about the latest peace talks, there wasn't much optimism from anyone. 74% of greeks said the talks would fail, 61% of turks agreed. in terms of a future deal, we asked if each side would be happy with the creation of a cypress based on two federal states, something the turkish community has long argued for. 75% of turks would be happy with that, but 64% of greeks

disagreed. unification of the island is what greeks have demanded. asked if they still think it's needed, 80% of greeks said yes, reflecting long held fears about further turkish military action. only 52% of turks agreed. the discovery of deposits of national gas in the seas off cypress has caused excitement on both sides. we asked if the discovery might help solve the cypress problem. 50% of grease said it would. turks agreed. >> what our poll finds is despite the willingness on both sides to try to live together, people have very little faith in their politicians. overcoming 40 years of division and neutral suspicion remains an enormous challenge. aljazeera, cypress.

>> we'll look at the four set of results of aljazeera's poll findings at our website aljazeera.com. the story is featured in our in depth sections interactive page. >> just ahead on the news hour, all the sport. we'll tell you from a man who went from breaking and entering to breaking records. véamerica m,

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the malaysian aircraft in eastern ukraine. as we've reported, monitors have been trying to access the crash site on friday and again on saturday. saturday, they have more access to the site than they did friday and they've been speaking to the media at the crash site in the last few minutes. here's what they have to say: >> we have then this morning come back here. you have been waiting for us, you have seen us coming. we have now had the possibility to see a bit more of this rather large scene. we have observed the situation here as it has been presented to us. we also had the possibility to speak to those that are in charge here. we also had the possibility to speak to inhabitants of a local village, as well as the specialists that are here working in the recovery the bodies.

>> are you happy with the cooperation on the ground. >> the cooperation approves at the time. we have better access today. >> was it enough access? >> the incident site is rather large, we understand, because what we have seen, but we will consult with those in charge here to see whether we get actions to all the sites. >> the block boxes are part of what we observed here. we have now made special investigations in this matter. the mission is here to observe and verify facts and report back to the members those things we have seen in person. bringing black boxes is not our job. >> what do you think of the investigation just generally, sir. >> excuse me? >> what do you think of the investigation that's been carried out here. >> it is not up to me to judge

the investigation as such. we have seen there that there are certain security as you have seen yourself in the perimeter and there now is work being done on the bodies being collected and brought to the rod. that is what we observed and what we will report back. what we have not seen, we cannot report on. >> is it a bit of a shambles? >> scott from aljazeera one of the reporters asking questions there. we'll hear from him coming up. >> rory mcelroy is coming under pressure at the top of the leader board. mcelroy has seen his lead of four shots reduced to two strokes. the northern irish man is one under par for his round so far and 13 under par for the tournament. ricky fowler of the united states is two shots behind him. >> severe weather was predicted for saturday, as a consequence,

organizers brought in a two tee start for the first time in open history. players are also in groups of three earn two in an effort to get all rounds finished on schedule. so far, there have been no delays. fowler's charge fast becoming the story of the day. 11 under par for the championship. sergio garcia is having a good day, he's nine under. >> rossberg qualified for the german grand prix. just behind him on the grid, championship leader rossberg saw his mercedes teammate and closest title rival lewis hamilton crashing out. he is expected to be fit for sunday's raise but will start down in 16th. >> england lower team a narrow

lead against india. >> two time defending super rugby champions the chiefs have been knocked out of the season's competition, beaten in this qualifying final. 32-30 the final scores a the australian survive a second half come back by the chiefs. they now progress into the semifinals. >> the first chance to impress new manager louie van hall. luke shaw and andrew herrera are among the squad now in the united states for a preseason tour. united's first game is against the l.a. galaxy on thursday. >> looking to raise their profile, spurs have been trying out the u.s. version of football with a little help from the

seattle seahawks. some of getting ready to play the seattle sounders soccer team, including former player u.s. captain cliff dempsey. >> the chicago bulls introduced their latest sign, veteran paul gasol. the seven-foot forward joins the bulls after six seasons with the l.a. lakers, including two championships. one of the most saw the after free agents on the market, he turned down offers from the spurs and heat. >> money wasn't obviously the priority here, so i turned down bigger offers, and i prioritized being in a championship caliber team and having been in a position where i can really hopefully push that team over the top with my game, as well. >> iron man triathlon is one of the toughest sports in the

world. competitors take on a four-kilometer swim, 180-kilometers on the bike and then run a marathon. for one british champion, just getting to the start line has been quite an achievement. we report. >> jock mcavoy is one of the fittest men in britain. the holder of eight records for indoor rowing, he is now training to qualify for the world iron man championship, preparing for a challenge on the world record for rowing the atlantic. john is a long way from being a typical sportsman. >> there is guns pointed at me everywhere, get down on the floor. >> in his former life, he was an armed robber, one of britain's most wanted men. >> i've been around organized crime from a quite young age, from eight, nine years old. >> it was here on this quiet street in south london on the seventh of september, 2005 that

john's luck ran out. >> my hands were up, and then a couple of them would come over, drag me to the floor, roughly handcuffed me, and i laid there and i was completely deflated. i knew i'm done. i'm done. >> as a criminal well known to the police and well connected in the underworld, john was sent here, london's highest security prison. while still in jail, john started breaking rowing machine records one after the other. next rowing's elite took notice. now after his release by the parole board, he has illustrious training partners ahead of his challenge. >> the standard to be got to, with just the mental drive that he was going to sit there and get very, very good at this. >> john's biggest mostvasion is to stop other youngsters from making the same mistakes. >> all they want is respect and admiration. this is how i felt when i was younger. you want that admiration.

what you realize is you can get that through sport. you don't need to be a bad man. you don't need to shoot people. you don't need to do none of that stuff. >> john's message is simple. >> i've wasted a decade of my life locked in a cage, and i just hope that my story and my life can inspire them to look and think well, if he can do it, so can i. >> aljazeera, london. >> there's much more sport on our website, check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's also details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. >> that's it from me for now, back to you. >> many thanks indeed. the latest on the day's top story straight ahead here on aljazeera, the investigation into the downing of mh17 of course and the conflict in gaza. that will do it for this news hour, though. in doha, thanks for watching us, see you again, bye for now. ow.

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