>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello there, welcome to the news hour, i'm shiulie ghosh in doha with our top stories this hour. israel pulls out its troops from the gaza strip has a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire is underway. donetsk humanitarian corridor. residents flee as government troops close in. rescuers are digging through the rubble to find survivors after an earthquake killed more than

200 people in china. and a glimpse into the horrors of battle. there are tens of thousands of jobs are at risk if a trade deal with the united states expires next year. ♪ a three-day humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip appears to be holding. it has been agreed to by palestinian factions including hamas as well as israel. people are taking advantage of the truce to look for food, and water, ands assess the damage t their properties. israeli claims it has now destroyed all tunnels in gaza. both sides are using the ceasefire to try to find a long-term truce.

we're joined now from gaza city, and the calm is holding so far which must be a huge relief to the people walking around on the streets behind you. >> that's right. it's a very busy scene here in the center of gaza city. in fact it's so busy, vendors are out again. they are selling things on the street again. and although it's not how gaza normally is, people are definitely out on the street. in fact, i'm just going to pan over my shoulder here. take a look inside the ice cream store. it's clearly doing a roaring trade here. as people come out of their homes and sheltering in several weeks of violence and indulging in some small comfort. >> it never ceases to amaze me how quickly you can get back to

a semblance of normality. but you have also been where buildings have been razed to the ground and people are trying to find items in the rebel. >> reporter: absolutely. certainly there are people who are able to come out and try to have a bit of normalcy in their lives, there are many others discovering what is left of their lives. many houses reduced to rubble. many people saying they haven't been able to find the bodies of their loved ones under this rubble. and it's a scene we have seen not just here, but also in the north and south where my colleague charles stratford earlier today, and indeed, right across the gaza strip. many areas suffered very badly in this conflict. many houses completely

destroyed. so while we're seeing relative normalcy here on the streets of gaza city, many people also coming to terms with how much they have lost. >> thanks very much indeed for that. the palestinian foreign minister has called on the international criminal court to prosecute israel on war crimes charges. they met at the hague shortly after the trust in gaza came in to force. >> of course, from our part, everything that, you know, has happened in the last 28 days is clear evidence of war crimes committed by israel. that really can amount to crimes against humanity, it's not that we -- i'm saying that as a palestinian. it is being said by many observers, international experts on international law, who has described this as war crimes and as a result, you know, there is

no difficulty for us to show or build a case. >> so after 29 days of israeli attacks, this is the human cost. fighting has killed 64 israeli soldiers and 3 civilians one of whom was a thai national. gaza's health ministry says 1,875 men, women, and children have been killed. and the un says 80% are civilians. more than 9.5 thousand palestinians have been injured and more than a quarter of a million people are taking shelter in un areas. and rubbish is piling up as there isn't enough electricity. >> reporter: untreat sewage is

flowing into the mediterranean sea. people don't catch much fish, but they say they have to try. >> translator: what can we do. i want to help my family survive, we need to eat. >> reporter: even when gaza isn't a war, it wasn't have enough infrastructure to treat all of the waste, now it's even worse. this sewage pumping station was bombed a pool of waste blocks the north and the overflow runs down to the sea. for the last two weeks, 30,000 cubic meters of sewage a day has flowed into the streets. >> we are not capable to bring the sewage from the streets down

to the sea. so it is flowing in the streets. >> reporter: in a refugee camp right on the sea, wastewater trickles through the streets. >> translator: children are playing near the sewage, and i can't even start to describe how bad the smell is. it's a problem for the world, now it's worse. >> reporter: if that doesn't bad enough, mounds of rubbish are getting bigger. another 200,000 people have moved to the streets, and all of the rubbish is ending up here. the mainland site is in east gaza. there's no way this rubbish can be sent to the landfill. and the stench of rotting

garbage and sewage drifts across the city. nike coal, johnston, al jazeera, gau british fighter jets have escorted a passenger plane in to manchester airport after a passenger reported there is a possible device on board. police are still investigating if this was a genuine threat, and we are being told by a spokesman that the plane was a qatar airways plane. so still waiting to get more details on that. manchester airport is now reopened after that -- that emergency situation. now let's go back to the situation in gaza, and israel. there are talks going on in cairo between both sides to try

to find a long-lasting truce. and one of the key demands is the listing of the israeli and egyptian blockade on the gaza strip. james bayes reports. >> the truce is now in place and the next stage is going to cairo. and then in many ways the hard part starts. because neither side wants to go back to the status quo before the conflict. the israelis say they want hamas demilitarized. that means very, very tough negotiations. they won't take place face-to-face. it also may well will be a hard sell back home, particularly for

israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu. we made the decision to go to cairo without a cabinet vote, and we know some are opposed to that decision. the lebanese army has been battling to retake control of a region since fighters crossed over from syria on saturday. it used to have a population of 40,000 people, but it has almost tripled because of syrian refugees and rebels. that team of negotiators was trying to negotiate an end to the fighting. it's not a great start. what is the situation now? >> what we understand is that a deal is in the making. already there has been a goodwill gesture. armed fighters linked to the islamic state and syria's al-qaeda front have released

members. so this is a goodwill gesture, what we are hearing is that there could be possibility of a ceasefire later tonight. but the lebanese government and army have made clear from the start of this crisis, that they are not interested in negotiating with those fighters -- i'm not sure if you can hear behind me, the lebanese army is using heavy artillery to try to target the position of these fighters right behind the mountains -- behind me. the thing is this, the government will only accept that the fighters withdraw to syria, and they release the security members who are held hostage. so a deal is in the making, but the lebanese army is continuing its military campaign in the interim. >> this isn't the only place that the syrian conflict has spilled over into lebanon.

how worried is the lebanese government that this is just going to get worse? >> exactly. even today there has been a lot of tension. security incidents in the northern city of tripoli, and this has been going on for months, so the lebanese, the problem is there is a political divide in this government, so there's this political divide, so -- so these armed groups aren't able to exploit the grievances. this is a sunni town, and many sunnis feel, especially those that live in tripoli, for example, that the government isn't giving them their rights. they see them allied with the lebanese government, and the rebel group, very difficult us specially since the divide is along sectarian lines. the lebanese oarmy is not allowing them to move into

lebanese territory, because they want to avoid more social tensions in the country. so a very serious situation. there's some news of the possibility of a ceasefire later. >> thank you for that. coming up here on the program. human rights watch says medical personnel and equip have been deliberately targeted in eastern ukraine. plus -- >> reporter: i'm andrew thomas, i'll tell you why abgijnys are campaigning for a change in the australian constitution. and find out how much this man has paid to avoid bribery charges in germany. ♪ the un says thousands of people trying to escape the

islamic state in iraq are in urgent need of food, water and shelter. here is more. >> reporter: spotting the enemy on a front line. in just a few days the kurdish fighters lost towns and oil fields to the so-called islamic state. now they say they are ready to strike back. hundreds of their troops marched on sunday to the areas newly taken by the militia of the islamic state. >> translator: half an hour ago we started a surprise of offensive attack to the northwest. we have managed to seize control of these towns without fighting, and witnessed a sense of low morale amongst is fighters. >> reporter: the danger from kurdish forces here may come from the syrian side with the is

has forces. the iraqi prime minister wants military aircrafts to strike is positions. the president of the region is urging the international community to help fight what he calls terrorism. >> translator: our goal is clear and matches literally the words of the president, quoting, we will not stop and liberate all of the places taken over by is. >> reporter: as more fighting is expected in the area, civilians continue to flee. some 40,000 civilians cross to the kurdish areas during the last few days. on sunday an al jazeera camera al-qaed ak -- accompanied more people

feeling. >> translator: our town was destroyed. we left everything. many people had no time to pack their belongings. >> reporter: driven away from their villages by fear, these civilians could face precarious positions. they will be hosted in makeshift camps, but what they need most is for calm to return so they can go back home. for more on this let's speak to michael steven live in london. michael good to have you with us, so they are rallying to launch a counter offensive. they now have military support from bagdad. are they able to fight back the islamic state fighters? >> well, it depends what kind of forces they are looking to muster in the region. it's quite clear that the islamic state has moved some of

its heavy armamentments into the area, and they have been very successful in terms of the offensives that they have been able to launch in the last week. the kurdish regional government has also had help from its compatriots if you like to tell -- help out there. if they are successful, then it could be a big blow to isis. >> and on the political front, though, there is still a lack of progress in forming this government, and by al-maliki's insistence that he stays in power. is there a split in what al-maliki's position should be? >> not really. i think many are pretty much

aligned now with the idea that maliki has to go. there is quite a lot of noise coming from the iranian side that they have been trying to find an all -- alternative to maliki so there are quite a lot of discussions at the moment, but i think the writing is on the wall formalky. >> indeed. people are fleeing the area where the is are heading into. isn't this exactly the kind of crisis that international powers should be convening in? >> absolutely. except most international power don't know what [ inaudible ] are. and there has been a lot of documentation about the population in general. the fact that the islamic state

consider them some sort of devil worshipper. and it has been difficult for them, because obviously they are a target for these militias. and yet no one has done anything to step in a help, and what we have to hope for now is that they will be successful in their offensive because nobody is coming, and unless they can launch this offensive successfully, then it's very, very worrying for the community. >> thank you very much for your thoughts. >> thank you, shiulie. now residents of the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk have been fleeing in large numbers as government troops close in. pro-russian fighters say they have created humanitarian corridors in the area. >> reporter: we are in a southern suburb of donetsk with ukrainian fighters and you can see how close they came to being

hit as a proseparatists shell landed here. these fighters are basically surrounding the city with very heavy weaponry, the aim is to get that separatists strong hold. but they say they are creating a humanitarian corridor out of donetsk. there is a catastrophic situation there, according to the mayor half of the population is leaving. but once again civilians are being caught up in this conflict. human rights watch says pro-russian separatistses have been targeting medical personnel and equipment. we report from the city of slov ans k. >> reporter: i'm in the surgy call of the hospital. when the separatists controlled this town, they took over this

ward. many of the hospital staff were so frightened that they ran away. we are also told that they took over the hospital bomb shelter. now in june this ward was hit by shell fire. a nurse was killed and the roof above me was badly damaged. we don't know who fired that shell, but one hospital official told me that he believed it would have been government forces. what we do know is that medical staff and medical premises are receiving very little protection in eastern ukraine's war. we have a senior emergencies researcher and security advisor at human rights watch and joins us from moscow. your organization has highlighted this problem of insurgent fighters in eastern ukraine, targeting medical staff and stealing equipment. >> exactly.

i'm just back from about two weeks of research donetsk, and one of the things we discovered on the ground was how difficult the situation was for medical and humanitarian workers. pro-russian insurgent forces in some cases, still ambulances threaten medical staff, destroyed equipment. they had in some cases a significant presence of armed fighters on hospital grounds and in some cases they occupied wards in buildings, like in the lennon hospital in slaviansk. but other big problem is some of these areas have been hit by weapons very likely from government forces. >> what effect is this having on giving treatment to the sick and civilians who need medical care? >> i think there are several implications. one is that medical staff was

extremely concerned about the presence of armed fighters. we saw in slaviansk and other places as well that medical staff have been leaving, and of course they have been leaving for many different reasons, but the stress of having the fighters present was one of the reasons they were leaving. medical staff were concerned that it would come to fighting on the hospital premises. the other big problem is that there is less space for civilians to be treated and in one of the hospitals in particular, we know the capacity was very limited and they had to take civilian patients to other towns, because insurgent forces had occupied the wards in that hospital. >> how do you stop this happening? what do you want to see happen? >> well, i think what is very important now is that all sides this conflict, particularly

ukrainian government forces but also insurgent forces take the utmost precaution to minimize civilian casualties, and that means respecting the special protection afforded to hospitals and medical workers. it means not using indiscriminate weapons in populated areas, and basically take every precaution to minimize civilian damage. and of course, russia has a special responsibility to press upon the pro-russian insurgents that they should follow the laws of war, kiev's supporters have the same responsibility. >> thank you very much. there have been two attacks by afghan soldiers targeting nato and other afghan soldiers.

we're joined now live from kaboul, and these are known as insider attacks aren't they? can you give us more details? >> what we are hearing is that this afternoon an afghan soldier opened fire on a group of soldiers and officers. the officers came for a meeting in the biggest military academy in the country, and then an afghan soldier opened fire. the detail we are hearing from here that at least three nato officers were killed, which believed to be american and also we are hearing that one man killed is a two-star american general. if that is true that will be the highest ranked american officer since the beginning of this war in 2001 that gets killed in this country.

of course this type of attack will affect further the mission of nato in this country. nato and american forces supposed to take the new mission behind 2014, the mission of training afghan security forces. if these type of attacks happen that will hurt the trust of these two forces. and the job will be harder to train afghan forces. >> thank you very much indeed for that. reporting live from kaboul there. now two tropical storms are on their way to hawaii. richard is here with all of the weather, and one storm right after another. that's pretty rare, isn't it? >> it is shiulie. we usually just don't see anymore than one storm at a time. back in 1982 there were two storms ten days apart.

and that was the first time we had seen that. these two are barely 40 hours apart. and this one has got very special characteristics. both of them are going to go right across hawaii. the tropical storm julio is going to follow. this doughnut shape is what we call an annual hurricane, and they decay much more slowly. and it is a very vicious storm at the moment. it is going to weaken, thankfully as it moves across hawaii. getting very heavy rain, the monthly rainfall for august is about 25 millimeters they could see three, four, five times that. usually the concern for tropical storms for the hawaiians is when they come from the south, the two major hurricanes that have hit since 1959 have hit from this direction.

so it looks like there are some very nasty conditions. it shouldn't be too damaging, but 6:00 pm on friday is when the first storm will hit, shiulie. >> thank you very much for that. still to come, there is hope for thousands of egyptians striving to leave war torn libya. plus in sport, two of the biggest rivals battle even before the start of the new season. stay with us. ♪

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now let's get more on the conflict in gaza. talking are taking place in cairo on a long-term ceasefire. here is what palestinian factions including hamas are demanding. they want a full israeli withdraw from gaza. an end to the egyptian blockade

of the territory, and international assistance in the reconstruction of gaza. israel is demanding that hamas be completely demilitarized and a way to prevent them from rearming in the future. we have the professor of middle east policy studies. rosemary good to have you on the program. when you look at the demands on either side it's pretty trite to say they are conflicting demands. it is going to take negotiators a lot of difficulty to achieve both sides of these demands. >> yes, absolutely. and therefore at the heart of this is the boycott. the blockade that has been enforced by both the israelis and the egyptians preventing any of the goods going into the gaza

strip that could make life essentially bearable, normal, and the egyptians had already cracked down on the tunnels and sealed them off, and israel has now done the same thing with the tunnels between gaza and israel. and in the future, the question will then be, well who is going to have charge of monitoring what goes in and what goes out of the gaza strip? israeli clearly wants a palestinian authority in the gaza strip that is not headed by hamas, because then border control on the palestinian side will be to suit hamas, and the egyptians are sympathetic to that. but exactly who they propose to have monitoring what goes in and out on the palestinian side is to be determined. >> israel east foreign minister

said the un should take control of gaza. could that work? >> i think the members of the un should be skeptical, because if this is something being proposed by the israelis, does it essentially mean that they are handing off the problem in order to get rid of the problem of gaza? you could go back over 20 years to an israeli prime minister saying he wished the gaza strip and all of its population would just detach itself from the land and float off into the mediterranean. the israelis have for years, since 1967 when they captured the gaza strip from egyptian administration, been wishing they could hand it back to the egyptians. the egyptians have never been foolish enough to fall for that

idea? and what you end up having therefore is this push pull between the egyptians, israelis, and members of the international community, nobody wanting to pick up gaza, because it's such a difficult proposition to make work. >> it's interesting that the egyptians are the main negotiators in these talks. is that a problem, because the current government is not particularly hamas friendly. >> well, the mubarak government previously was not particularly hamas friendly, but i think you can definitely say that president sisi is much more anti-hamas, because he is so anti-muslim brotherhood and hamas is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. and therefore, that has been one of the reasons why the hamas leadership has not so far trusted the egyptians to have an

even handed attitude towards mediating in this conflict. >> rosemary thing you very much indeed for your thoughts. good to have you on the program there. okay. so let's get a bit more on our breaking news. the qatar airways plane that had to best sorted in by royal air force jets in the uk. simon have you not anymore details for us? >> yes, shiulie. some clarification now emerging from this drama which started about an hour ago. the police have confirmed that they have detained one person who has been taken off this airbus a-330. he has been detained on suspicions on a bomb hopes. about an hour ago we understand

the pilot of this plane radios in signal, and then it seems pretty clear a well-practiced full emergency procedure was put into place. two royal air force fighters escorted the plane. it landed safety at the airport. the airport was closed for about 25 minute, but soon reopened, and then the plane was isolated in a distant corner. the armed police officers surrounded the plane. a lot of passengers on board have tweeted pictures. and armed police officersest sorted one man from that plane. and now passengers and crew members are safe and being taken off of the flight. >> so it's being treated as a hoax is it?

because i know aviation officials take even hoaxes very, very seriously, don't they? but there was no danger to the plane during all of this? >> well, we don't know the full details -- the choreography of this hoax. what this man claimed he had with him or might have been on board. but clearly in this day and age, no chances have been taken. earlier the manchester police indicated it would be a full emergency procedure regardless of what was found. and i think that's a sign of the times. about a year ago a similar incident took place. the same procedure then as we have seen today. it seems it is okay. but i think in these days no chances are ever taken. >> absolutely. simon thank you for that update.

>> egypt, tutee -- tunisia and libya have reached an agreement to help people trying to escape the borders. for more on that crisis, let's go to the political analyst and founder of the sadic institute in beirut for us. thanks for joining us. you have several rival militias all battling for dominance. but these are groups who fought side by side against gadhafi. so why are they now fighting each other? >> i think it's part of the wider break down in the transition, but ultimately it comes down to the sheer competitiveness over the military and financial resources.

and in that respect no one arm emerged strong enough after the fall of gadhafi. and that's part of this national conversation that has been going on for years now. and part of the decision floated by the international community was let's get to elections in the ballot box way. but the constitution provided a degree of structure and stability to immunize the area from future chaos, and that never happened. nobody agreed on a what the makeup of that would be, what kind of role the new and old militias would play, and what kind of role the prerevolutionary armed forces would play. in that respect that has opened it all up for fair game.

in the midst of all of this, libya has been trying to have three successful elections, and been trying to put the bare bones towards a constitution. and doing it in record time, so that they have 12 months left before the constitution has to be drafted and that could be one of the fastest constitutions in history. >> so they have a new libyan parliament, haven't they? and most of the lawmakers now appear to be independent rather than from islamic forces which they were previously. it is possible they can push the warring factions into some kind of peace? >> well, there needs to be an approach from the international community from the [ inaudible ] and the domestic landscape, and i think it needs to be one about taking principals and not taking sides. and the principals have to be do

you believe in law, and that violence is not the key towards solving your problems? and there is very little that separate both sides. many people are going to bars and pubs in libya. and that's one shade. but the real personal concern is what a liberal person is has been off of the map. the second problem is there has been a degree oflet that aregy. and that could also mean the resurgence of older blocks, and new blocks. and it would be absolutely -- you know, it would be impossible to have completely independent candidates in the house of representatives in order to try to push forward legislation, you have to create blocks. what will the blocks center

around? around the ideas of which armed faction they want to back, et cetera. but the international community has to play that role. it's not enough to say because we have a hundred members of our parliament saying we like this violence or this violence. it has to be unilateral. and the transition of saying how are we going to navigate forward without falling back into the chaos that has marred the country for the past several years. >> all right. thank you very much in indeed for your thoughts there. >> thank you. now rescuers in china's province continue to search for survivored in collapsed buildings after an earthquake killed at least 410 people. heavy rain has added to the difficulties. here is our report.

>> reporter: this area borre the brunt of the quake. the homes tell you something about the community. this was obviously a very poor place. the homes are built of wood, brick, and mud. and of course they stood absolutely no chance during sunday's quake. they are still retrieving bodies here, and that operation is going to go on, i guess for days. this being china, there is no shortage of help. the road here in clogged at the moment. because you have the people's liberation army, paramilitary police, and also ordinary volunteers all involved in the race against time to find more survivors. those who are safe are now in a tent city in the center of town.

the authorities believe that area is safe. because we're still getting after shocks. there have been several hundred since sunday. the premier has also been here, and urged local authorities to spare no effort. and he has promised that the people's liberation army will remain here until the job is done. now the question is what happens to this place? are they going to rebuild it? because this is an area that is prone to earthquakes. there have been three in any last 11 years, but none as deadly as this. president obama is set to announce $14 billion in u.s. corporate investments in africa. african leaders are in washington for a three-day summit to boost trade. a deal which allows several of those countries to export products to the u.s. duty free expires next year. if not renewed it could lead to passive job losses.

tanya paige reports. >> reporter: barrel sized wheels of raw cotton are processed here 24 hours a day seven days a week. the rolls are then sent next door where this woman is making her share of the 1500 pairs of jean they export to the u.s. every year. but her job is at risk when the opportunity act expires next year. >> translator: if i lose this job, i won't be able to pay my children's school fees or the rent. >> reporter: they allow some countries to export some products to the u.s. duty free. it has caused them to become the biggest exporter of textiles to the u.s. from sub saharan africa. >> we're going to have serious

issues, because without the duty free access, we will not be able to compete with the asian countries like cambodia, those countries. >> reporter: all of the apparel factories are foreign owned. the industry is the biggest single employer here. if they all leave about 40,000 people will be out of work. they only focus on one main industry. in this case textiles and clothing. but hundreds of parts qualify for duty free access to the us. the national development corporation says the government must do more to soften the blow if the act ends. >> i must say we need to fast track some of those plans that we have, or the recommendations that we have in place. but i must say that there are other companies that are quite

huge players that are already diversifying. >> reporter: but that sun likely to happen fast enough, or on a big enough scale without a go of these factory workers who are now marching for better wages, may not have jobs at all. it's time for all of the sport now. >> shiulie thank you so much. a german court as agreed to drop the bribery case against formula 1 posz. he was accused of making payments to help secure the sale of f-1 shares to his preferred bidder. prosecutors can withdraw charges if all parties agree to the payment under german law. nick spicer has more. >> it's $100 million.

that is $36 million less than the prosecution was asking for. however, the biggest-ever such payment in german criminal history. what it means is the 83-year-old, can talk free, charges against him will be dropped. he was accused of having paid, beginning in 2006, some $44 million to a german banker. the idea was he paid this money so that the banker would choose a company that was bidding for formula one shares that had the favor of him. and now that is the majority shareholder of formula 1. he said he actually paid that money as hush money to the lawyers so he wouldn't reveal the state of his tax affairs. as things standing now, we may never know the truth. >> lee wellings joins us now

live from london. had this gone to trial, he would have almost certainly had to break ties with the f1. what does this mean for him now? >> yes, we'll get a very, very interesting period now. all of the uncertainty has been around this trial. it was unlikely he was going to serve a long jail sentence. all of the indications coming out of germany was that the most likely outcome would be something like this. although i think some people would be surprised by the manner which you can settle like that. now the partners who run formula 1, they did indicate as you mentioned that they would end their relationship with bernie. how much does he still want a place in formula 1? it has been his life for 40 years. he has been formula 1. the way he has brought sponsorship and marketing.

he says all of his actions are for the sport, not for his own riches. so how is he going to work it out with those majority shareholders? might he even try to get a consortium together to buy them out, or will this be the start of the end? will he finally move away. and will they want to remove him now that he hasn't gone to jail? will they see this as an opportunity finally for a new era of formula 1, that isn't dominated by one man. >> we seem to have lost lee wellings. we'll try to get him a bit later. the spanish midfielder has announced his retirement from international football. the 34-year-old won the world cup in two european championships with his country. he made 133 appearances, scoring 13 goals. his final game was at the recent

world cup in brazil. he will continue at club level for barcelona. manchester united beat liverpool in the final preseason friendly in miami. more than 50,000 fans turned out to watch the rain-soaked match. liverpool took the lead in this the 14th minute. stephen converting a penalty. united came back with 3 goals in the second half. wayne rooney, helped by hernandez equalized in the 55th minute. another score 2 minutes later, united wrapped up the win when the substitute sealed the 3-1 victory. >> i think we have gave a lot of pleasure to these fans, and that's very important, and of course, it is better to win in the preparation time than to lose. but the most important game is

against [ inaudible ] city. the first game at home in the premier league. that we have to win. >> overall i'm delighted with the whole tournament. it seems like a long time in a way, but we have worked very, very hard. gives us a chance with the arrival of the new manager, and as i said we'll leave here with lots of positives and i look forward to the new season. let's go back to lee wellington. does bernie still have support within the f1 community? >> yes, he has a lot of support. people are very grateful for the money and the way he took a sport that was struggling. in the '70s and '80s, he built it up, and in the '90s,

particularly he really took it forward. and of course he has made some enemies along the way. of course he is a controversial figure, but he certainly has done a lot for the sport and there are many people who will back him. but this is the opportunity for those who feel a new era needs to come in. there are certain things along the lines of tv rights and social media that he doesn't steam be moving with the times, and it might be a opportunity for him to finally release the strangle hold he has over the sport and move on. but it will be a very different sport without him. >> lee thank you. this tuesday marks the official countdown to the next olympic games in brazil. the first of 45 official test events started this week. sailing in the bay, organizers were criticized by the ioc vice

president john coats earlier this year, over their lack of preparedness. but he is happy now. >> over the last two months they have really put their foot to the pedal. and the contracts have all been lead. there is construction happening at a significant pace. >> translator: i look at the two years from the start of the olympics with the same confidence i had two years before the start of the world cup. i faced a certain amount of anger and scepticism, but have absolutely confidence the olympics will be delivered on time and with the necessary quality. >> there is much more sport on our website. for all of the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. there is also details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it for me for now. >> thanks very much indeed for

that. across britain commemorations are taking place to mark the start of world war i. the soldiers who committed their darkest thoughts to paper are being honor. >> in flan ders field the poppies blow, between the crosses row on row, that mark our place, and in the sky, the larks still bravely singing, fly scarce herd amid the guns below. we are the dead. >> reporter: this is the author of the acclaimed work "war horse." this has not even lead to london remembering, but created a opportunity for the it willry world to celebrate some of the best and bleakest poetry this

was created during this period. [ explosion ] >> reporter: do they matter, those dreams from the pit? you can drink and forget and be glad, and people won't say that you are mad, for they will know that you fought for your country, and no one will worry a bit. averse from "does it matter" from one of the better of all of the war poets, so much bitterness in five lines. he was initially supportive of the war but as the years went by he became increasingly resentful at the horrors in the trenches, and the smug attitude of the british establishments. poetry was the ideal mechanism with which to express all of that anger. >> reporter: he was himself influenced by thomas hardy who's own story captured what poetry

was at the time. hardy was a passiffist. >> what they were really aiming for -- the audience, was the audience of neutral countries, and one in particular. america. so hardy writes a poem called "an appeal to america on behalf of the belgium destitute." >> reporter: many others wrote too, some who refused to fight in the war. and put their thoughts to paper while in jail. the work has given the voice to millions who lost their lives without being able to speak for themselves. very moving words there. and that's it for this news hour. for me and all of the team here.

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shujayea: massacre at dawn. saturday, 10:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. a new ceasefire between israelis and palestinians - will this hold longer than the last one of the a reporter who uncovered another botched american mission in cuba. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more ahead. >> even today's pause in tension. >> israel says it did bomb a refugee camp. >> jerusalem is on high alert. >> police say somebody used a bulldozer