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it. now, can a ceasefire between hamas and israel be achieved. secretary of state john kerry is on a push across the middle east to try to make it happen. he arrived in cairo to meet officials to secure a ceasefire plan. john kerry was in the occupied west bank for talks with the leaders much the leader of hamas says the movement will not agree to a ceasefire unless israel ends its siege. >> translation: many efforts are being exerted. many insist that we should ceasefire then negotiate. u.s. officials suppress that they are willing to offer assurances that following a ceasefire, they have experience in the past, and this is not

cred ible. >> 7 33 civilians have been killed in two weeks. israel have reached the south of the strip, pounding hazar. israel and hamas ceased fighting briefly on wednesday. they have not reached the center of the town. nicole johnson reports. >> reporter: this is as close to hazar ambulance teams can get, a kilometre away. they believe there may be many bodies in the area, but can't get inside to find out. we meet a family at the morgue. they are mostly farmers from hazar. the homes and fields are a battle ground between the israeli army and palestinian fighters. >> around midnight a tank shell hit the house making a hole in the roof killing my son and cousin.

the rest of the family is injured or suffering burns. >> also is the mother of a 12-year-old boy killed. >> translation: why did they kill him? was he caring a bomb or rifle? was he a threat? >> reporter: finally they are taken to see the bodies. he says god retaliate for them, they have taken him from us, my son. the problem is medics can't reach the middle of hazar. it's still under attack. it's been chaotic outside of khan youni [s]'s main hospital. ambulances are arriving, and everyone waits to see if it's their family members inside. >> this man is trying to call his family.

there's 60 people in his house, and he says the tank shells are hitting all around them. more ambulances arrive, and more are injured. >> there is no chance to use any road leaving. the tank shells are landing everywhere. those that manage to flee - many have been killed. in one house 30 people died. the israeli army ground offensive has reached all of gaza. no one knows where it will end. let's speak to nicole live from gaza. now, the death toll ratcheting up. what is happening with hazar now? >> well, just an update on that. there was some coordination earlier between the israeli side, the palestinian side and the red cross to allow a number of ambulances to get in there to redrove the bodies as well as try and help those who have been injured.

it's a difficult area for the ambulance taxes to work in, because it's wide open fields. agricultural land. it's hard for them to find out where they need to be, where they need to go to try to help the people inside there. for a little while they had the chance to do that. the last report we had was that seven bodies were brought out. we expect the number to increase. >> outside gaza we are seeing diplomacy, there's progress made towards a ceasefire, the u.n. launched inquiry into possible u.n. rights abuses. what are the people who are living through this, what are they making of all these efforts? >> most of them are trying to survive for the moment. they are keeping an eye on diplomacy. the day to day struggle of feeding the family is taking up so much of their energy.

they can't follow every bit of shuttle diplomacy or people flying offer the middle east. we finished the main power station in gaza. it's in an area of open fields. there was a lot of tank shelling in the distance that we could here. it was terrifying for the 15-20 people there, day in, day out. working, trying to keep it running. we know the power station was knocked out for a 24 hour period. it wasn't providing any power to gaza. it's back up, but at 25% of its capacity. the people we spoke to were terrified. they say we have to be there, without running this. at the moment most areas have no electricity, some people who have the money are using generators and others get 2-3 hours a day. >> thank you for bringing us up

to date. nicole johnson in gaza. the u.n. human rights council voted to launch an independent war crimes inquiry into israel's offensive in gaza, warning that there's a strong possibility that israel has committed war crimes. navi pillay condemned hamas for indiscrimate attacks on israel. >> james bay, our diplomatic editor - does it put pressure on israel to try to agree a ceasefire plan? >> it puts pressure on israel, but israel has been in this position before. israel has been under international pressure before. that, in the end is not what sways an israeli leader. what tends to sway an israeli leader, is one country in the international community, and the

israeli public and political opinion. now, you are not hearing a great deal of strong condemnation. certainly israeli public opinion seems to back the ongoing operations in gaza. >> so where are we with a ceasefire plan. john kerry says that progress is being made. the hamas leader says no, we are not going to agree to anything without conditions in place. well, it seems that event are playing out away from the cameras. when john kerry set out for the region, his officials believed face to face diplomacy could make a difference. he left, went back to cairo, waiting in cairo, ban ki-moon, the secretary-general has gone on to rick to deal with another pressing situation. the work continues, but i don't think right now there's a sign

of immediate process. >> james bay, thank you for that, our diplomatic editor gaza has a small christian community, several churches are offering people shelter from the bombing as charles stratford reports. >> reporter: a place of worship, and now a place of refuge for victims of israel's military campaign. there's no guarantee of safety here. this woman is 22. she has three children and was six months pregnant when the bombing started. her home was destroyed after she left it to come to the church. that's when she started to bleed. the bombs were falling close to the church. i began to bleed. when i got to the hospital i collapsed. the doctors said my child died and they had to remove it from me. >> she seeks comfort from her friends. she is heart broken about losing her baby. >> we trodden on the dead

botties as we ran -- bodies as we ran. the israeli army killed our sons and the body inside me. what since have we done to deserve this. >> reporter: more than 1,000 are seeking shelter in this church. every few minutes which here loud ex-pleases. most came from shajaiya. in another corner is another woman with a 20-day-old baby. her home was destroyed. she tried to find shelter in a nearby school. there was no room. >> i can't describe the fear, hour family split up trying to find safety. my house was destroyed. i don't know what we'll do. >> new life surrounded by so much debt, in a place where there are few, if any, places to hide. >> u.s. airlines are allowed to fly in and out of israel.

the american aviation authority banned flights after a rocket from gaza landed near the international airport. >> of course, we have extensive coverage of the offensive in gaza on the website. and all the diplomatic efforts going on. you'll find a live blog, opinions and analysis. that's at aljazeera.com. >> now, unhave secretary-general ban ki-moon says an inclusive government is required to prevent the break-up of iraq. he made the comments during a news conference. nouri al-maliki has been under pressure to resign but resisted. large parts of the iraq have fallen into the handof the islamic state. 60 prisoners were killed when a vehicle was ambushed. they were moved from one military base to another and an unknown convoy attacked. let's go to our correspondent in

erbil - no, the attack on the convoy, first. tell us what happened and who may be responsible? >> we don't know who is responsible. we do know it took place north of baghdad in a town called tajjy. the death toll is 60, some say up to 63 of the inmates, including soldiers. their convoy was attacked by a series of i.e.d.s. then opening fire from the side road, some sort of an ambush, if you will. there's no claim of responsibility yet. >> and politically, ban ki-moon is in the region to put pressure on the government in baghdad to hurry up and come up with a new inclusive government. >> yes, that's right. now, ban ki-moon met with prime minister nouri al-maliki, and

met with the speaker of the iraqi parliament as well as the acting foreign minister, trying to put pressure on iraqi leaders and the prime minister, but prime minister nouri al-maliki remains defiant, not only now, but before when president obama had made similar remarks with regards to nouri al-maliki, with regards to the iraqi leaders, that they need to sit together and inform an inclusive government that needs the aspirations of all iraqis. they all disagree on the prime minister himself. they have no intention of ending his aspiration for a third term. he made it clear that he wants to be a prime minister for a third term. >> they managed to pick a new speaker. the next stage is a new president, and the president has to be a kurd. >> the parliament session has

started. there's 102 candidates for the presidency. now, with regards to the iraqi constitution, the president can be any iraqi regardless of his or her ethnicities. now, the tradition, the political tradition is that the president is a kurd. there are differences within all political blocks. there were differences yesterday. it was wednesday, dmpss among the kurdish block to agree on the nominee. now we ended the difference. now the kurds have one candidate and we expect them to be the next president. it remains to be seen, and they will vote tore the new president, which is a kurd. >> thank you for that. omar al saleh in erbil. still to come on the newshour, a ceasefire agreement in the central african republic, after a conflict that cost

thousands of lives. more on that, plus the doctor heals as a hero for helping victims of ebola. now he himself infected with the disease. the commonwealth games in glasgow. all the sport shortly. now, norway says it's taking exceptional security measures after being informed of a possible imminent terrorist attack. for more, let's speak to a reporter for oslo based tv2. tell us about this threat, where it came from, and where it was staying. >> it's the main thing. they claim that they have received information, that it's based on information about an

extreme islamic group. recruited in syria, and the means - planning to do a terrorist act in norway, that was a press conference a couple of hours ago. it was a shock for people in norway. they have no reason to listen to counsel that the police are coming with, saying that an imminent event will happen, but they don't know who or when this will happen. so this is unusual that they are going out with this security advice or alert to the main public. >> sorry to interrupt. why is norway a target? >> the thing is that we have people living here with the relief from travelling to syria,

to fight against the regime. and the thing is that a lot of europeans have travelled to syria to do so, and in that process they share that some have been, you know, been influenced to maybe do some terror attacks. we have 20-30 people that have participated in the war in syria. those people or other, we are not sure about that. they say that they have complete information, and they have made that a plausible tract. now they have increased security in all the airports, the border to sweden has also been

increased security level. the council is closed. and there's small visible relief in the streets as we speak. >> norway's security must be tight anyway, because norway has been the target of a terrorist attack recently, three years ago. >> that's true. 22nd of july. it's a marking about that. that is like an extreme norwegian that done that. now they are talking about a group coming into norway to perform a terrorist attack. so we have - we have raised awareness and security level from two years ago. it is kind of neutral for g norwegians to get involved in

this stuff. >> we, of course, will follow this story closely. thank you for that. speaking to us from oslo in norway there. now, the bodies of another 74 victims from malaysian airlines flight mh17 are due to be returned to the netherlands short by. on wednesday politicians and members of the royal family were on hand to honour the first 40 victims, they were transferred to a military base. david chait am is in i'den hoven and joins us now. i know the other bodies are due to arrive shortly and it's a long process to get them identified. >> that's right. the national day of mourning may be over, but the grieving is continuing and will until all the bodies are identified. the forensic work is going on at the moment on the first of the

victims brought back here yesterday. it could take weeks or months to fully identify all of those dying on board mh17. as you say, another two planes will come out of eastern ukraine and arrive in three hours time. like yesterday, they will be accorded full military hon yours. >> returning to the netherlands where the tragic journey began. the first of the victims of mh17. 40 bodies, all of them yet to be identified. carried out of the cargo planes with the dignity and respect they deserve. scenes in contrast to those of the battlefield in eastern ukraine, where their flight was shot out of the sky. [ "last post" place ]

the dutch military and royal family were on hand, as well as 1,000 relatives and friends of the victims. the anger and grief sharpened by the fact that none of them knew whether their loved ones were in the coffins before them. >> it could take the forensic teams weeks or months to identify the victims, it's a grieving time for the relatives watching the bodies taken to the hearses or a military base in hill ver sham. 193 victims from from the nth. flying at half mast is 16 other nations. the war is no longer remote in ukraine, it's reached into homes across the world. more victims' bodies will be loaded in kharkiv in the east of ukraine, in the next few days.

the scale continues to grow. not just in terms of human relief. but in its impact. calls for justice are growing louder. >> how much longer can the politicians ignore them. >> what has been the rehabilitation in the netherlands, and the whole of europe to this. >> here in the netherlands there has been some interesting rehabilitation. of course you would expect that. 192 of the victims held dutch passports. there's an interesting comment. a former foreign minister in the netherlands. he was also the secretary general of nato. he was saying it's time that this country and other countries in n.a.t.o. stopped cutting defence budget. if you like, he was saying it's time european leaders and

military leaders and politicians woke up and smelt the coffee. times have changed. people have to react to it. i expect those sentiments would be aired across europe. 17 countries will be bearing the body from mh17 when the identification process was completed. that would surge emotion across the countries, all of them demanding justice and tougher european tankses. it's what the united states wants. that call for justice can only be heeded. >> thank you for that. in taiwan family members of the victims for a plane crash were flown to a small island. 48 people were killed when an airlines plane crash landed on

wednesday. 10 on board were injured. there was heavy rain and high winds. south korea is marking 100 days since a ferry disaster killed 100 people. the see wol was overloaded and travelling too fast when it capsized and sank. 15 crew were charged after video showed them abandoning ship. there was a bomb attack, a suicide bomber targetting a convoy of clerics, killing 25 people. the second in a busy market, killing 19 others. two armed groups in central african republic signed a ceasefire agreement. the signing took place after peace talks between muslim silica rebels and christian militia known as anti-ballica.

>> reporter: we are not seeing people celebrating in the streets. this is a tentative ceasefire agreement. there are other issues on the agenda. the seleka fighters wanted a power-sharing deal. they wanted the country split in two, the north with muslim, and the south mainly christian. the other side they will not tolerate or allow the countries to be split. it remains to be seen whether they share ministries. everyone on edge. people hoping the caes fear holds, but preparing for the worst if it doesn't. >> let's get the weather. richard is here. typhoon matmo causing concerns. >> that's right, the remnants. it was downgraded to a tropical storm. the warning has lapsed. you can see the circulation, the

crowd structure associated with it. still a lot of energy associated with it. a lot of rain across tai won, 600 millimetre. over in eastern china started to see heavy rainfall totals. that will be an issue in the next few days. they come out of some of the other eastern cities. you can see what effect the rain has will over the appeared of a couple of days. if we look at the forecast. shanghai will see heavy rain. the other point about the typhoon is it enhanced a south-westerly flow. the philippines in plaintiff had nasty rain not coming directly from the typhoon, but because of the flow. we are keeping an eye on a system which may work inroads.

we still have the south-westerly flow and a lot of rain to come across. looks like it will be wet. we'll keep an eye on the system, whether or not it does impact on the philippines. at the moment it is of low rest. coming up here on the newshour, more on the call for a u.n. inquiry into israel's assault on gaza. president shimon peres steps down. we look back on his nearly 60 years service to israel. and kerringize stan, they say they are being persecuted. >> and formula 1 - all the details coming up. person

welcome back. you're with al jazeera much the top stories - u.s. secretary of state john kerry is on a push across the middle east to try to broker a ceasefire between hamas and israel. he was in the occupied west bank on wednesday, where he held talks with the palestinian and israeli leaders. the united nations a lauxing an independent inquiry into the offensive into gaza by israel, with a strong possibility they have been committing war crimes. secretary-general banky moon ace iraq needs an inclusive government to end sectarian violence. members of parliamenter voting for a president. >> let's go back to the top

story from gaza, a spokesman from the israeli foreign ministry jones us. i'll put you on the spot. we are hearing talks that there could be a ceasefire for five days, to be put in place for human tarian reasons, can you tell us more about that? >> nice to be with you. nice to be back. i haven't got any confirmation about whether there will or won't be. there's a lot of conversation about a ceasefire, there has been three ceasefire proposals, all of which israel accepted and implemented, all of which hamas accepted and violated. it's a possibility. in parallel at the same time the israeli military continues to pursue and chop off both arms of the hamas military strategic layer, those of the missiles and the terror tunnels. >> how about the fact that the u.s. human rites council wants

an investigation into war crimes. does that put pressure on your government for a swift resolution? >> i don't think so at all. i think that navi pillay and the human rites council run the risk of embarrassing themselves more this time, than last time when judge goldstone turned around and apologised and said the inquiry was a farce. it's interesting the way you word the question without mentioning the word israel. what will be discovered, if anything, is a series of horrific war crimes committed by hamas. >> let's talk about israel. operation protective edge has killed more women and children than hamas fighters. navi pillay says there's a possibility that international law is being violated. are you worried that the israeli army's actions could amount to war crimes? >> the israeli military only

targets legitimate military targets. we operate 100% within the dictates of law. we are in a complex difficult scenario, up against a monster, which emerged from underground. >> let me ask you about your legitimate targets, because, again, u.n. human right chief navi pillay said some homes were destroyed without a single member of hamas being present, and three-quarters of the dead are civilians. how are they legitimate targets? >> well, first of all, navi pillay doesn't say that. she says she's concerned that that may be the case. secondly, again, i think navi pillay is well advised to be careful with what she says, she ris ris risks embarrassing herself more

than last time. experience shows us that as time goes by we discover more and mover the numbers are such that armed terrorists from hamas and the islamic jihad or those killed. let's not pretend that civilians are not being killed. there are civilians who are being killed, and that's the tragedy of what is going on. that's the great horror of what hamas has brought down on both sides of the conflingt, that is -- conflict. that's why we didn't want to be in the conflict in the first place. >> john kerry says progress is being made. what is your assessment as to how far away we are from that? >> i think the ball lies in hamas's court. we have accepted three ceasefires and implemented them all. this is what it's about. the conversation is about how do we find a formula that

guarantees israel that our civilian population will not be targeted indiscriminately, wreaking wanton construction. >> israel is considered the main tenuate of gaza's commitment, which is lift the seizure on gaza. >> there is a naval blockade of gaza, ruled legal and legitimate by the united nations. other than that there's no siege on gaza from israel's side. there hasn't been for a long time. until two weeks ago, two weeks is different. there was zero restrictions on export, and few restrictions on import. we have seen what they did with the imports that they brought in. they poured them literally under ground, hundreds of millions, in

building a terror network with the intend of killing me and my children. the seem is a little misleading. of course, don't forget, that gaza shares a border with egypt. whether we like it or not they are able to transfer across the border whatever they want. we have no influence over that. it's dooup liftous to talk about a teej that is not there. as far as the blockade goes, the gazans are prevented from bringing in many supplies. i have been talking to doctors in gaza that say before the bombing started two weeks ago, they didn't have enough medical supplies or equipment. it's disingenuous to say there's a siege on gaza with no effect.

that's not true. >> well, you're factually incorrect on what you say. the reality of the situation is that the responsibility, the legal responsibility for the provision of medical supplies to gaza lies, carding to international agreement with the palestinian authority. we have said to the palestinian authority openly, competitively and through diplomatic channels, that there are zero restrictions on the introduction of medical supplies into gaza, all we do is open and close the gate. the responsibility is the dlef of medical supplies in gaza. as we speak and every single day, during contact, supplies have gone in on a daily basis as well as fuel, gas, solar and

other essential requirements. we not putting restrictions on the items. >> thank you for taking the time to speak to us. appreciate that. >> always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> now for seven years, israel's 90-year-old president is stepping down. shimon peres has been at the forefront for many years. >> shimon peres immigrated to israel in the 1930s, and was the last surviving giant of israel's political generation. he held a key post in every chapter of the history of the country. he was a strategist in the war of independence and went on to run the defence ministry, in that role he cultivated military ties with france. it helped to develop nuclear weapons capability. a powerful asset it never

admitted to possessing. after the conquest of gaz az and goal an heights, peres oversaw the first settlement in the territories. all the while per es was holding secret conversations with arab states, promoting a deal that would have surrendered captured land to jordan. >> the time is right to make peace with the palestinians. >> reporter: perez noted and became a figure in talks in 1990s, which saw the signing of the oswald accords, a roadmap with an independent palestine side by side with israel, and earnt perez the nobel peace prize. it was a deal that never came to

fruition. >> 13 years later, as president. perez defended the 2008 war on gaza. >> i want to understand why did they fire rockets against us. there was never a siege against gaza. [ clapping ]. >> shimon, happy birthday. >> reporter: almost a year after celebrating his 90th birthday, the latest defence of gaza - what his government called operation protective edge. now the picture became clear. hamas prepared a plan to kill many. fighting was something he saw many tiles over his political career, lasting six decades.

for some, he will be remembered as a man embodying peace. for others he was a man who promised much, and delivered little. >> let's attempt to form a government in iraq. baghdad's parliament is counting votes as it chooses its new president. >> let's see who is in beirut. in iraq, ban ki-moon is there - is that his attempt to get them to hurry up and choose a new government? >> well, obviously they have to cross horns with the president. apparently there's an agreement to settle on a man who was a previous prime minister in the independent kurdistan reason, serving in 1992. he'll be elected president. the next hurdle is to decide whether the prime minister will

be reappointed to his post, re-elected to his post. there was a great deal of dispute. >> i was going to say there's a lot of pressure oar on nouri al-maliki to step down. he doesn't seem to want to go though. should he go? >> well, he does not want to go, but he probably has lost most of his allies. the most important ally is the iranians, the real man that runs iraq. a demander of rain -- commander of iranian forces, essentially who had a meeting with him, in which they told openly and publicly that the time has come to go. nouri al-maliki has lost his credentials, his credibility. he lost every ounce of legitimacy that he had, because

iraq is coming apart and will have to assume the new president works toot. i don't think he'll last long because at home he doesn't have the support that one needs to be the prime minister of the country. >> this idea ta a fully inclusive government is all that is needed, is that the case, is that going to do the job? >> well, the real crisis that iraq face assist what kind of a federal system will they settle upon. there's a dispute over this, whether the country should be divided or a new formula should be found where the different communities should have autonomy or function in a new system. maliki failed in ensuring whether the sunnis or the kurd will have certain rights.

the kurds pulled ahead out of their hat - pulled a rabbit out of the hat. we don't know whether that will happen. the president will have to see whether his view of federation will prefail. he likes federation. nouri al-maliki does not seem to go along with this. he is not sure what kind of a federal system he wants, whether he will function in a united company or with its own people, or whether he wants to become a strong man. he seems to prefer the second alternative. and perhaps the time is long go gown for iraq to be led by strong men. >> three al jazeera journalists spend 208 days in an egyptian prison. farm and peter greste were --

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were gaoled for seven days. baher mohamed was given seven years and received an extra fully years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera demands that its journalist be freed. >> 20 children have been killed in an indian state af a school bus collided with a train. it happened at a railway crossing. 20 children were injured. >> a somali politician has been killed in a drive by shooting. he was a popular folk singer, is the fourth member of parliament killed. al-shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. the doctor in charge of battling the ebola outbreak in sierra leone has been infected. he has been described as a

national hero for his efforts to fight the virus. more than 500 people across three west african countries are known to have died from ebola this year. >> next - all the sport and the action from the second semifile of south america's top competition. details coming up.

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now welcome ball. there's more scrutiny of the death penalty in the u.s. after a botched execution this

arizona. joseph rudolph wood took nearly two hours to die. the execution should have taken 10 minutes. woodrow wilson international centre for scholars was convicted of a double murder in 1989. governor brewer called for a full review. there was little sympathy for him from the victim's family. >> this man conducted a horrifying murder. you guys are going "let's worry about the drug." why didn't we give him a bullet. draino, something else. everyone is worried about the drug. these people that do this, that are on death row, they deserve to suffer a little bit. he's been here for 25 years getting medicationing eating, roof, bed, clothes, shoes. we are there. that's right, they are dead. they've been dead for 25 years. now, we were talking about iraq's parliament trying to form a new inclusive government.

parliament was voting on a new president who under iraqi law has to be a kurd. we have word that none of the candidates got the two-thirds majority. parliament has adjourned to a later date. a failure in iraq by the parliament to form any part of a new government. all right. let's get the sport now. >> thank you very much. day one of competition at the commonwealth games in glasgow got under way. 20 gold medals will be woun. an opening ceremony was broadcast to many billions. >> reporter: originally called the british empire game, the commonwealth games include non-olympic event such as squash and lawn bowls. 18 sports will be completed with 4,500 athlete representing 71

nations. it's the third time scotland held the games beating abuja for the hop our this time around. the opening ceremony reflect the tragedy of flight mh17 shot down over ukraine. >> please stand as we observe a moment's silence to express our support and above outline our solidarity with the loved ones of all those of every nationality who lost their lives. >> reporter: like london 2012, the head of the commonwealth, britain's queen elizabeth ii opened the games. >> it's a calling together and a reminder of shared ideals and ambitionses a diverse and resourceful family. it gives me the greatest

pleasure to declare the 20th commonwealth games open. >> reporter: this city's motto is people make glasgow. now it's the turp of the athletes to make the games. >> usain bolt is the biggest star to complete. he'll come peat in 4 by 100. it's been said that having an athlete of bolt's statue is huge. >> he's probably the biggest athlete in the sense at the moment, and he's the kind of guys, the person who gets people to go through stages - i think the state that usain bolt decided to go to the games. it says a lot about the spec, what glasgow hopes to put on. like i said, it was a huge str.

he will only take part in the relay. what is brings is the allure of stars. he has a lot of reason in the competition. he pushes up the quality of it. >> san lorenzo all but booked their game in the final in the americas competition. they won 5-0 in the first leg at buenos aires. the side from bolivia outclassed with several goals coming about as a result of defensive mistakes. the second leg takes place in the bolivian capital. >> f.i.f.a. president met the amir in qatar. blatt blatter proized the gulf country saying:

his meeting about a ruler comes amidst the 2018 and 2022 world cup investigation. it's likely to be completed in september. qatar denied a wrongdoing in a bid to host football's biggest show piece. >> germany's coach signs a 2-year deal that will keep him with the team. his success in brazil was the first time a european side won the world cup. he is been in charge since 2006 after taking over. he never failed to reach the semifinals in four international competitions. teams arrived in hungry ahead of the practice in the hungarian grand prix. mexico will return to the calendar. the race was held in 1962 before

becoming part of the world championship. the last race is held in 1992. the event will take place at the rodriguez circuit, expected to generate billions for the local economy. >> translation: between 2015 and 2019 the race will have an economic benefit of around $2 billion, generating 18,000 direct and indirect jobs. the formula 1 is a race for tourism, income and development. >> one of the seven tests is underway in colombo. they batted, 269/4. raphael makar has won stage 17 of the tour de france. taking the ride ors on a trek. calderon with a second stage

victory. he's down a strong position to win a polka dot jersey, it's vin chenso nib alley finish in third. . >> the texas rangers held out. the scores locked one appease, up pool yankees were given 2-1. >> thank you very much indeed for that. in turkish occupied northern cyprus a project is rebuilding trust in the divided community. at the site many believe was the inspirational setting for william shakespeare's "othelo." we have this report. >> reporter: it was built by retreating crusaders after muslim armies retook jerusalem.

it came under venetian rules. it was an event that shakespeare knew of, and set in the city by the sea, in cypress. the modern sushish invasion in 1974, and the division of cypress brought isolation and slow decline. now, greek and turkish cypriots started restoration. in early 2015, it will re open to tourists. the joint committee is a rare annal. established by a political leadership. it was quickly and enthusiastisticly supported by the u.n. and european union. it's a rare story everyone is keen to promote. >> these are not just monuments of turkish cypriots, for greek

cypriots or venetians. they are monuments of humanity. >> there are 17 projects funded by $7 million project. this work is about defying 40 years of division and mistrust to save common heritage for both sides. >> occasionally we do argue, but not across ethnic lines, or community lines, but we argue about which is the best way of undertaking the work. >> reporter: the work is slow and painstaking but is an example of greek and turkish cypriots to get things done. over time they are thinking about a shared future than about their divided past. and that's it from the newshour for now. for all the team here in doha,

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