added, but it has largely stayed the same. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha, this is the news hour and coming up, in the next 60 minutes israel offensive in gaza continues as the world's top diplomate scramble for a cease fire and confirms one of the soldiers is missing in the gaza strip. also this hour a train carrying the victims of malaysia airlines crash arrived in eastern ukraine five days after the passenger jet was shot down. >> why is it taking so long to

rescue the girls. >> reporter: we speak to nigeria military trying to rescue 200 kidnapped school girls. and drilling deeper than ever before, the desperate bit to find water in the u.s. state of california. ♪ we start the news hour in gaza where the israeli army says one of the soldiers is missing in the palestinian territory and follows an announcement by hamas they captured a soldier during fighting on sunday and 27 soldiers and 2 civilians have been killed since the operation began 15 days ago and we will speak to kim in the studio in a moment but gaza where air strikes continuing, 583 palestinians killed and most of them are civilians and we are in gaza live and stephanie bring us up to date with the latest happening on the ground there in

gaza. >> reporter: well, we have just received an updated death toll at 604 killed and 3700 injured in the last 24 hours 42 people killed. we had a report of a four-year-old girl who was killed by an israeli tank shell in gaza on day to and an area that is heavily shelled on eastern border, one killed and one 70 years old and one 50 years old so an incredibly on going situation here and the people continue to flee their homes from the northern areas, areas like that and we know the shelters set up by u.n. are over stretched, 100,000 people are there and more are coming. we visited one of the schools yesterday to see the condition and they are packed and the people there were telling us that they lack mattresses, they lack blank ets and food and it's

extremely basic conditions and the u.n. needs more help and money and we had that statement from the u.s., it will give $47 million in aid for gaza but couldn't come fast enough and also one of the girls who actually spoke english in the school asking me panicked do you think they will bomb the school, do you think they will find us here and they are supposed to find shelter there they did not feel safe and are petrified and don't know how this will play out because it's still an active military campaign here. >> sad situation indeed and the street behind you looks empty and quiet. there was sort of a humanitarian pause which was rejected by israel, give us a sense of what is happening and why it's so quiet behind you. >> reporter: we are on a road which is just by the sea front

actually and you can see that it is very empty and this is a scene that you will see across the gaza strip, people are staying indoors and very scared. this is also an area that has been heavily targeted by the israeli navy which is also stationed off the shore around this area, a lot of air strikes, a lot of targets have been hit and here is where tour young boys were killed a few days ago playing on the beach. you can hear the drones ahead and had an air strike an hour ago very close by. so really the major campaign is effecting every area and in the south it really is all across not just that border area even though that is where the tanks are stationed we have heard there are 500-600 meters within that border but it is still, it happens every where and that is what people will tell you they don't know when the next strike will come and don't feel safe anywhere, not in homes, not in shelters, not anywhere. >> thank you for the moment and stephanie decker live from gaza and let's get more now on the

news of that missing israeli soldier and cross over to kim who is in our studio in west jerusalem and kill what is the military saying about this missing soldier? >> well, this is what the israeli military has said so far, it told us on sunday, 7 soldiers were in an armored personnel carrier and severely damaged and all six soldiers identified and if it's to identify the 7th soldier is on going. since then the israeli military released the names of the six soldiers who were killed in that incident but it has not mentioned any more about the 7th missing soldier. now it doesn't clarify whether they are working to identify a body or whether they believe the soldier may still be alive and doesn't clarify if the remains of the soldier have been taken

by any palestinian fighters. but, look, if it's confirmed that the remains of the soldier have been taken by palestinian fighters would be a huge blow for israel if we head back to 2011, get to israeli soldier corporal and some were released but that was a major incident and it was in captivity and held for more than five years and also been instances of bodies of soldiers' bodies being swapped for prisoner exchanges as well. a very concerning situation from the israeli side. >> and also concerning i imagine from the israeli side, kim, the growing death toll, the number of soldiers killed, it's 27, what sort of impact is the loss having on the psyche of israel, do we see a change in strategy

if the death toll grows on the israeli side? >> well, it is interesting actually. you go out and you talk to the ordinary israeli and you talk to them about what they think about what is happening in gaza and you ask them about the now more than 600 civilian casualties and you ask them about their thoughts of the 27 soldier deaths and they will tell you that they regret civilian casualties and regret civilian deaths but very much by and large israeli support the israeli government and support the campaign in gaza and there are several reasons for that, one is the message and the carefully constructed message they are always receiving, israeli military is constantly putting updates of number of rockets fired from gaza since the start of the operation and we will talk about the victories of the military in terms of the number of tunnels it has found is one reason. another reason is israeli citizens, this is not a new conflict, the scene in 2008, and

air campaign in 2012 and they feel something has to be done and they can't continue to live like this. you ask them about the palestinian side and even just watching the media reports often israeli media will lead with stories of military casualties and will end with you know a short statement with a few images about the palestinian suffering. >> kim, thank you very much, reporting live from west jerusalem. now on the diplomatic front the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in egypt to try to secure a cease fire between israel and hamas and met the foreign minister in cairo and says israel has already agreed to cease fire conditions and now it's up to hamas to accept. >> we are both here in support of and in an effort to help get implemented the egyptian initiative for the cease fire.

israel and egypt have encouraged that and israel has accepted that cease fire proposal. so only hamas now needs to make the decision to spare innocent civilians from violence. >> i spoke to hamas and said a cease fire is acceptable if it has lifting the ban on hamas and are they ready for an egyptian-brokered truce? >> we have done our best to save the lives offensive yanukovich in gaza but one attacking them is israelis and not hamas. and with the proposal we egypt we said clearly it's not an acceptable proposal, not hamas or the palestinian organizations and that was a message for the e egyptians very clear and he was told this proposal will not work. so we agreed with the

palestinians two sides hamas that we have to workout another initiative which may be better for the palestinians. >> you're not satisfied with the egyptian mediation. >> not the mediation but the proposal and there is a difference between both. >> what is egyptian proposal. >> they can have an upper hand and attack whenever they want and the right to evaluate the securities and then they can add. there is no lift of the seizure on gaza. there is no -- any guarantees that the israelis will not attack after a while or enough time. >> but you made a list of demands, your conditions were cease fire which include the opening of border crossing and lifting a seize and so on and the u.s. and u.n. said a cease fire will not have conditions is what needs to happen right now, a cease fire. >> it's not preconditions.

when you are negotiating a cease fire israelis put conditions and palestinians have to put conditions and this is negotiation. we are saying clearly for seven years there was a siege. that is not fair to continue like this and not accepted by the palestinians. >> these are the same conditions you set out in 2012 when a cease fire was agreed then and it was not respected, what makes you think they will be respected this time around? >> 2012 there was an agreement that the siege would be lifted and the crossing points open and the sea would be open through the port but israelis did not fullful that so this time we need and want guarantees from the international community, from the united states that this will happen. and israelis violated the cease fire agreement in 2012 on several elements and did not open the borders and did not allow the sea to be open. >> rocket attack in israel also

continued. >> attacks was reaction for the israeli foundation and israeli military attack on gaza and the one who attacked israeli side if you go back a few days ago the first bullet shot by israelis and not palestinians. >> israel foreign minister said his government is looking to ban al jazeera from operating inside israel and speaking with a meeting with his counterpart he said he is reviewing the status of the channel and went on to say al jazeera is a part of hamas propaganda ethics and we consider his comments vz a very serious matter and accountable for al jazeera teams working in israel and the palestinian territories. reminder we had extensive coverage of offensive on gaza on the web side and a blog and opinion and pieces on al jazeera.com. there is much more ahead on the news hour including, we will

tell you why one of the most presidential people in history has become a one-man race and we report from a hospital in iraq where civilians, not soldiers are casualties of a conflict. and in sport, one of the stars of the world cup set to make block busting moves to madrid and those details are coming up. ♪ but to ukraine bodies of victims of malaysia fight have got to the eastern city and taken on a refrigerated train to an investigation center there. all 298 people on board were killed when the plane was shot down in eastern ukraine last thursday. russia separatists recovered the flight data recorder from the wreckage and now handed it to

officials from malaysia airlines. the decision to hand over the plane's flight recorders may bring them some grief instead of anger for families. >> reporter: she knows she will never see her son or girlfriend again and not being able to get their bodies home is breaking her heart. >> come home and those two and everybody has to come home. >> reporter: he was 23 and girlfriend daisy 20 on on their way to bali on holiday, four days on his mother now wants to arrange his funeral and she cannot even do that because his body is still 2000 kilometers away. >> when i'm in my bed at night i see my son lying on the ground. i see daisy. i see them in my head.

i see it. >> reporter: tell netherlands is in a state of national mourning and also national anger, this nation suffered the highest number of deaths, 193 dutch nationals were on board mh 17 when it was shot down. amsterdam airport, the place the flight departed from and default destination for those now wanting to pay their respects. the king and queen met families privately on monday. those relatives are now looking to their leaders for answers. one man in particular, the prime minister who has sent his people to the scene. >> translator: i can tell you the latest news, that the dutch forensic teams are at the place where the train where the bodies is and in contact with the organization for security and cooperation in europe about getting access to crash site. >> reporter: the dutch government says it wants to bring the bodies to the netherlands for identification and no chance to rest or to

begin to accept the awful tragedy until that happens, phil with al jazeera. the bodies due to be taken to the netherlands and david is live for us at the airport in amsterdam and david tell us about the mood where you are, bodies due to arrive there in a few hours' time. >> the mood here and sense of depression and anger, there has been best summed up by the king, william alexander and said the dutch society has suffered a deep wound, a cut to its very soul. behind me here at term nell three at the airport you can see the mound of flowers that are building up, tributes to those who died. the most moving letter is from a father who lost his 17-year-old daughter and said in an open letter dare mr. putin and separatist and ukraine government thanks very much for murdering my only and dear child. i hope any of you can bear to

look in the mirror. but the dutch prime minister has had a telephone call with the russian president putin early this morning. they discussed the need for immediate access of u.n. crash investigators to the scene and they also said there must be an immediate and unconditional cease fire around that area. we do expect the hurluces movement to bring the bodies back in the next few hours and it's unlikely it will land here at the international airport and it's more likely to go back to the military base and then the grim task will start of identifying the bodies, counseling the relatives and the parents of the victims and having to identify those bodies so we have a grim few days ahead and it is a sense here of real

national mourning as a result. >> okay, thank you so much and david is reporting there life from the airport in amsterdam. in malaysia dozens of people in kuala-lampor want justice for the people on board for the people on mh 17 and we report. >> reporter: the crowd gathered just outside the russian emergency and want to hand over a letter to the russian ambassador and the group here calls itself justice for mh 17 and sold -- solidarity for mh 17 and are here because they want to ensure there is cooperation for an international investigation to find out exactly what happened to the downed plane. >> we are truly saddened but we have to make our stand very, very clear and ask for the russian to cooperate and their job is to the ukraine embassy as

well and ask them to cooperate in the investigation. >> reporter: the tone is muted anger and determination and want a speedy investigation and full access to the crash site and the same thing that international and world leaders have asked for as well. >> and to nigeria good luck jonathan who plan to meet with parents of the missing girls from april and missing after 100 days and out range and fierce criticism of the government and to al jazeera sat down with a spokesman of the military to ask about the search and rescue effo effort. >> went on foot and land and air. aircrafts flying every moment will be mobilizing the necessary intelligence and who have been

interacting with partners and ex caging ideas and views of how to achieve the negative conformity and they have to have the girls back alive and well. >> do you know where the girls are? is the location known to you? >> definitely we have idea to the mission. but i don't have to disclose the details. >> why is it taking so long to rescue the girls? >> well, as you will know, the situations and terrorism in particular, it's not very precise to get quick result. but like i told you earlier, we got to deploy the best of our military to achieve the desired result of having the girls back

alive and well and that goes with some extreme and extraordinary caution in there and that is hopeful. >> nigerian military have seen a great force involved in peace-keeping operations across west africa but many people say it appears that the soldiers are really struggling when it comes to facing boko haram, there are many reports that the soldiers flee whenever boko haram fighters come and demoralized and not proper equipped and lack training. >> i'm glad you recognize the military, as we speak to you, general forces are involved in sudan and doing well. demonstrating the professionalism expected of responsible military. in our case here be sure as far as the moral of our men is

concerned we improve on the circumstances in particular and we have seen the military deserves commendation. >> does it concern you reports that soldiers are running away when boko haram arrives and flee and do not defend the village's? >> not completely, you know, listen to this and a lot is exaggerated, this military is made of brave men and women and these soldiers are resilient and have ways of dealing with that obligati obligation. and to be discipline in language that is that clear. ♪ and indonesia contender withdrawn the candidacy after

calling it undemocratic and he made the announcement hours before the election commission was set to confirm the results and the opponent joko widodo was supposed to win by 5% and we have the update from headquarters in jakarta. >> reporter: the election process in indonesia and one of the two candidates has withdrawn from the whole election process and doesn't want to be part of a process he calls not democratic and a lot of irregularities, during the vote it has not been heard by the election commission is what he says. the election commission says irregularities that happened were no reason at all to postpone the whole tabulation process that is still going on and announcement of results will go ahead as planned. election commission will announce in a few hours that joko widodo, the governor will be elected as the new president of indonesia and tensions are up

because there are demonstrations planned and want to show anger and protest against this whole election protest. >> time for the weather with everton and everton another typhoon is about to hit taiwan. >> that is very much the case, it's the peak season and we have seen an active set up at the moment and we see a massive cloud making its way east of the philippines and not a direct hit on the philippines but a lot of rainfall there is the position of the storm and 10, 12 hours away from making landfall on taiwan and sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and will strengthen as it makes its way across northern parts of taiwan over the next 12-24 hours or so. plenty of heavy rain coming in as well and we are seeing heavy rainfall coming in the region and the outer bands having an effect on the area and taiwan we have seen 57 millimeters of rain

in only 24 hours and we could easily see 2-300 millimeters of rain over 36-48 hours so this really will be a problem maker. we are seeing heavy rain in the philippines and see how the cloud and rain does drag its way further south and 93 millimeters of rain here in the last 24 hours and that may well lead to problems we have seen in vietnam and widespread flood agree issue now and that is in the process of clearing away. other side of the region heavy rain will continue to make its way further east >> everton thank you for that. in the united states what is normally a field of green has withered into brown, dusty earth in the state of california and farmers facing the worse drought in century and desperate for water and we report from the county where farmers are digging deeper to find solutions. >> reporter: dead prematurely, an almond orchard of trees uprooted and dying in the sun.

>> they are choosing to kill trees, to pull out trees from the root base so they can have enough groundwater for other sections of their farm because they just don't have enough water to go all the way around. >> everything looks good and check the tropical. >> reporter: straw inter murber >> reporter: straw inter murbi they can not choose to go that with trees. >> it was great and harvest would come around and we would get a lot of rain come through. >> now he must dig super wells reaching 2000 feet deep, that is longer than the empire state building. >> i mean, this is all we can do right now and the control we have in our tool box. >> reporter: almost every farmer in the area has decided to drill more and drill deeper in order to reach previously untapped groundwater right below us. until now farmers have drilled wells of a few hundred feet but

that is gone and we have to go down from a thick layer of clay that separates the groundwater from the deeper, ancient aquifer. >> drilling good. >> reporter: farmers are pulling water faster than the aquifers can recharge, all the new drilling means in some places the ground is actually sinking. and he admits it's a short-term solution that is producing long-term damage but he doesn't know what else to do. >> what we should the or what is going to be here for the future for our kids or my grandkids, i would love for the operation to contin continue. we built it up from where my dad, my grandfather and great grandfather built it to and i hope my son and my grandsons build it to an even higher level that where we are at. >> reporter: critics say the state needs to step in and manage groundwater before it's sucked dry, until then the

landscape in the valley will be dotted not just with crops but drill rigs. there is plenty more ahead in the al jazeera news hour including counting on a clean result, the massive job of checking 8 million ballots gets underway in afghanistan plus television diplomacy, can the spaul screen reach the political divide between india and pakistan and nba lebron james picks the right notes in the off season before reporting to duty with his basketball team and we will be back with you after a short break. ♪ stuart! stuart!

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♪ welcome back, you are watching al jazeera, life from doha and reminder of the top stories and military carrying out further air strikes on the strip and at least 604 palestinians have been killed and israeli army says a soldier is missing in the gaza strip. the bodies of the victims from flight mh 17 have arrived at a coordination center in eastern ukraine and malaysia airlines officials received the flight recorders from the plane which was shot down last week. and former indonesia general prabowo subianto has withdrawn from the race with irregularities in the race and joko widodo is expected to win by a margin of about 5%. returning now to our top story

and israel military and gaza and israel released a statement about attacking a hospital in gaza city and at least five people were killed after tanks shelled at the hospital on monday, more than 60 people were injured. and it's the third hospital that israel forces have attacked since it began its military assault and the israel army said in a statement that the initial investigation says a cashe of missiles was stored in the vicinity of the hospital and this was successfully targeted by idea forces. now gaza is among the most densely populated places in the world, 1.8 million people live in a 360 square kilometers of land squeezed between the mediterranean sea, egypt and israel and now it's effected by evacuation warnings or declared a no-go area and 2000 homes have been destroyed by the israeli

bombardment and 18 house centers and 85 schools have been damaged and the death toll continues to rise. 604 palestinians have now died. joining us now is jeff a palestinian writer and commentator and thank you for being on al jazeera. both sides so far sticking to their positions, palestinians say hamas says it won't agree to a cease fire until its conditions are met and notably lifting the siege on gaza, what do you think needs to happen for there to be a permanent cease fire between hamas and the israelis? >> i don't think israelis is interested in all in peace or recommendation with the palestinians. what they are after and has been the agenda from the beginning is the total theft of the land mass of palestine and ethic cleansing of the palestinians. as you may remember in 2012 when they assaulted gaza again, there

was a truce and agreement which hamas adheres to and israel did not. yet the international community especially the united states of america calls hamas terrorists and calls israel and has the right to defend itself. i wonder what israel is defending itself from. if you look at their politicians, there and it tells you there is nothing to do with defense. it's ethnic cleansing. it's land theft. if i may quote you a couple of announcements from their politicians, a lady by the name of keith member of the jewish home party called on her facebook page for the killing of all palestinian muslims, so these mothers will not give birth to snakes and calling for

the demolition of mothers' homes so the snakes will not have homes to grow up into. and kadar should know better has called for the israeli army to raid the mothers of the terrorists. >> let me ask you this. >> allow me, please, the speaker called in the israeli army to kill, kill, kill in this community in gaza and to expel as many palestinians as possible. >> let me ask you this: what would you like to see happen from the international communities' perspective? we heard criticism of arab government, let me just finish, criticism of government and perceived lack of response to the suffering in gaza, is there a country today that the palestinians trust to negotiate,

to help them negotiate a lasting peace? >> i don't think there is one arab country that will do the right and honorable thing which means defying america and israel. the international community has to find its moral compass and go to the u.n. and call it spade to spade. this is a holocaust in palestine. if we take it to security council we know america will exercise its veto so u.n. has to find is moral compass and say enough is enough. this has been going on for over 66 years. and gaza now this is the fourth time and nobody is batting an eyelid at the consulate and batting israel back and say well done and you are doing a very good job. billions and billions of dollars

are given to the israeli government in arms and support plus blankets covering international communities. >> unfortunately we are going to have to leave it there, we are running out of time and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, palestinian writer live from london. police in south korea confirmed a body found last month is that of a fugitive billionaire wanted in connection with the sinking of a ferry in april. and his body was found in a field in the southern city and the businessman's family operated the ferry which sank killing more than 300 people. three al jazeera journalists have been in prison for accused of helping the muslim brotherhood and jailed for 7 years last month and he was also given seven and additional three because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest and we demand

our journalists be released. taliban suicide bomber killed three foreign advisors and an afghan interpreter outside of the compound in kabul. afghan officials say he detonated his bike packed with explosives outside the office of the deputy minister for counter narcotics and the latest in the taliban attacks on nato and government offices in the country. meanwhile 8 million ballot papers from the disputed presidential election are being exampled in afghanistan and both accuse each other of fraud but it's hoping the outcome will be a peaceful transfer of power and from kabul jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: never done before and the review is essential to avoid violence. last month's presidential runoff ended with both candidates abdulla making allegations of fraud and left people in

afghanistan in the middle of a dangerous standoff. the situation was so serious the u.s. secretary of state john kerry came to kabul to broker a deal. and now afghanistan is conducting the biggest election review process in history. >> leading up to the agreement, i think people were starting to prepare for, you know, serious conflict and this is the only chance to really safe the election. >> every one of the 8 million votes cast is reviewed one by one with a checklist to separate the good votes from the bad and the ballot boxes are brought to kabul with the help of nato and it involves representatives and both candidates, the international community and election commission and observers from the u.n. watching over it all and hoping eventually be able to look at a thousand boxes a day. so far they have only done a few

hundred boxes in the first five days and already there has been a dispute. and supporters walked out saturday over which ballots were considered valid. >> the name is accepted and it was accepted and if a fingerprint is not accepted. >> reporter: it took nearly a day to resolve that dispute alone. security is tight with guards watching over observers and the boxes. and everyday the election commission briefs reporters on the process. >> some of the supporters that did for the benefit of them but however and the end of the audit and end of the day everything will be clear. >> reporter: this process could take another month. officials here say the wait will be worth it as long as it has a precedent that reflects the will of the people, jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. the iraqi government has

intensified attacks against sunni rebels and many civilians are killed and have to go miles to find a hospital to treat them and we visited one medical center in kurkook. putting a face to the civilian casualties in iraq. and this is a victim of a mortar strike and now paralyzed. >> my daughter and this is iraq army say this is terrorist, see. this is my daughter. look like terrorists? >> reporter: this family is from the city where there is intense fighting between the iraqi army and sunni-armed groups and also a place where civilians can't find medical help. >> they don't have a good doctor, they don't have nothing.

>> reporter: this is a main hospital here a city under the control of kurdish forces but it's surrounded bitter forry controlled by sunni-armed groups. reach ing this relatively safe region is not easy. doctors say 13-year-old had a six-hour window to receive necessary treatment but her family arrived here too late. . >> translator: there are no hospitals in samara, i had to drive on dirt roads and find fuel along the way and took me 25 hours to reach kur cook. >> reporter: she has been in a coma for a week and unlikely to come out of it. civilians are not protected in this conflict and mohamed comes from the rebel-controlled city of fa -- faloosia and according to her the hospital in the city

was also targeted. hospitals here are not targets but not equipped for mass casualties and treating casualties among kurdish soldiers fighting for a 1,000 front line against islamic fighters. >> 206 injured patients from different parts near to kurkook. >> reporter: the victim of attack that kurds blame on islamic state group, he is 19 years old and injured in a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 people at a check point guarded by kurdish forces in kurkook and clinically dead and like others he was not holding a gun, al jazeera in kurkook. pakistan army sent aid supplies to people forced from homes because of a military operation from the taliban and

30,000 people who are now in banu and they went north where the pakistan army launched offensive to wipe out taliban fighters in the region. pakistan is accusing india border troops of killing civilian and wounding for others on sunday and cease fire has been in effect since 2003 but both sides accuse each other of violating it and a new t.v. channel is being broadcast in india and could bridge the divide between the two rivals and we traveled to mumbai to see if i indias will embrace a country long despised as their enemy. >> reporter: every night they are glued to the television, they are desperate to know if she will finally marry or if friends and family will keep them apart and since the entertainment channel launched in late june many households have been tuning in, after all it's the first time they are

watching pakistan programs on india television. >> translator: happy watching it and started watching hindi less and watching this channel and i watch it until 1:00 in the morning. >> reporter: the channel faced controversy for the pakistani content because politically india and pakistan had a difficult relationship and fought four years in 67 years and little trade and little people to people contact but shared language and lifestyle has made these dramas instantly popular here. >> we believe the people across the border are the same, the politics of it is very different but the people and culture is pretty similar and therefore we didn't find it to be too much of an issue. >> reporter: for indians the shows provide a rare insight into pakistani life and many are impressed by the tabo topics like women and preference for

male children and even divorce. >> pakistani shows are very real. do you know what i thought they were be conservative and all of that but the shows are very progressive and have issue-based things in all the shows that i have seen. >> reporter: the channel was planning to introduce more dramas from turkey and egypt but it's most exciting ventures continue to come from pakistan. and they are sinking beyond the initial success and the next step is to collaborate with pakistan directors and actors to create original shows and while history and politics may be dividing the two country, entertainment seems to be bringing them together, i'm with al jazeera mumbai. >> up next, in sports it's back to the future for brazil as they turn to a former coach to rebuild a national football team after the world cup humiliation. stay with us. ♪ @

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after barcelona paid liverpool $128 million for lewis swarez they will shell out $115 million for rodriguez. this is the 23-year-old arriving for his medical in madrid and the player won the boot at the cup as the tournament top scorer and the six goals helping columbia reach the finals before losing to brazil and was with monocco and clearly a man in demand. as i mentioned rodriguez is transferred today and worth $115 million and represents quite a profit for his previous club but less than $128 barcelona paid out to the ex liverpool striker swarez and last season bail was the big money by moving to the

england side spurs for $130 million. with the eye-watering figures being batted around we will remember when it started and he moved to the villa in 1892 and that was the first transfer worth more than 100 pounds and it's $482. and rodriguez and columbia had a good world cup, not the same for brazil who humiliated by the gurney and 7-1 in semi finals and the coach resigned and will be replaced in the world cup in 1994 and also previously coached the national side between 2006 and 2010 winning the copper america and the cup during that time and defeat by the netherlands in the world cup quarter finals saw him. ukraine champion is due to play in the ukrainian super cup later

on tuesday. but there is uncertainty as to whether six of the south america star also be there, douglas kosta refused to go to the country after a preseason game in france because of the on going conflict in ukraine which put their lives at risk and it's held by pro-russi russia-russia tuesday it will be 1000 kilometers away and there is legal action if the players do not return and we have announced his retirement from international football and steps down after a disappointing tournament where they were bottom of the group and the manager wants him to carry on and 34-year-old live pool player won 114 caps in a 14 year international career. >> decision on the back of the corp and i've made my decision

on my age, on my body and being fair to liverpool for the club and especially with the champions league which i thought was a huge factor to ask my body now the way it is and what it has been through to play international football and domestic football was too much of an ask. >> and the former liverpool and england teammate robby phalen was better than most and he didn't reproduce his club form for his country often enough. >> i would never say i would be disappointed with steve. for me he has been the best player in england for years and years and we would have like to see him win trophys but there is no chance i would say i'm disappointed with him because for me he has been england's number one player. >> reporter: french international has completed the

move. the champion paid $2 million for the 33-year-old and have given him a two-year contract to move in an eight-year stint and he won titles and the champion's league and cricket is celebrating the victory since 1986 and beat the host by 95 runs in their second test match for 1-0 lead and more pressure on england captain cook and 1 for 10 matches and is not planning on giving up the job. >> i'm just determined to as i was the beginning of the game five days, you know, and it's a long time in sport but i'm still here. and i still want to get them to throw it all to be captain of england and i still got that determination to do that. >> what was important is to work hard and give the same

preparation and thinking into the game. i think because of that we have seen the first game you can see for this team and it was fantastic to see the kind of effort and determination that they showed so lit be a game of cricket for us. >> reporter: tour de-france will be three days in the mountains and you will probably know the winner and the yellow jersey and holds the lead of more than 4 1/2 minutes. and we will return to the beach in brazil next month for a special sprint challenge. the six-time olympic gold medal list will take on others on a constructed track on the sand and will compete in common wealth games starting next week and was on the beach just last year. nba and despite with james the cavaliers are busy preparing for

next season and reportedly close to having a contract with this year's number one contract and lebron is taking a time out. the four-time mvp is in china on a promotional tour at the moment and rejoined the cavs and during his time on south beach and reached nba finals four times, winning two championship. nlb the boston red sox got the blue jays 14-1 on monday, that is the fifth straight win and socks took the lead with two runs in the second inning and added four in the third. that was before big hitter david ortiz blew it more, smashing two home runs of his own. lots more sport on our website and check out al jazeera/sport and details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that is your sport for now and

more later >> thank you for that indeed. modern life is often hectic but in the blue zones people are living longer, healthier and stress-free lives and each area has been studied by researchers but in costa-rica it stands out and elderly residents live beyond 100 years and andy went there to find out the secrets. >> reporter: the phrase porta-vita is used and means pure life but they have an expression new meaning. ♪ residents here live long, happy and healthy lives and in this exercise class those in their 80s are considered youngsters. >> translator: we are a joyful people and enjoy parties and other recreational activities, when there is a party everyone dans and family reunions you

hear people telling jokes from times past to younger residence dealts and preserves our way of life. >> reporter: identified by researchers and it's a geographic area where people live longer, healthier lives and this is a typical couple and married for 60 years and both are brimming with vitality and tells us because he eats simple food like rice and beans and grown locally and other important factors are at play here. it isn't just people here live for a long time and live extremely healthy lives free from disability and the need for prescription drugs. researchers say that is down to a couple of obvious things like diet and exercise and also say community and family plays a big role. take this person who is 10 four-years-old and still physically active but researchers say blue zone put family first and a strong sense

of community. they also cook with fresh ingredients and use local water which is rich in nutrients and what can the rest of us learn from blue zones? the doctor studied the people here for years and says there are simple lessons for all of us. >> they have a lot of healthy habits since they are children. not only on the exercise part, they live very active lives, but also they do have very healthy eating habits. >> reporter: so all the research points to simple changes that people can make, but here people believe laughter is the best medicine of all, i'm with al jazeera in costa-rica. >> that is it for the news hour and thank you for watching and my colleague is with you next with the latest on the war in gaza, of course do stay with us on al jazeera. ♪

>> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader. >> a barrage of air strikes hitting gaza overnight, possibly targeting masks. as the death toll climbs. the u.s. seeking a ceasefire. >> the black boxes from mh17 are in malaysian hands. international cooperation in finding out just who shot the plane down. >> the governor of texas