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and the first ever international yoga day. not every one is at peace with the need. a u.s. church the site of a shooting a set to reopen for services on sun. it will be the first time workers will be allowed in the emanuel church in south carolina. the federal bureau of investigation is investigating whether a racial manifesto was written by the shooter. a website was discovered showing dylann roof posing with happened guns burning the confederate flag. mourners have been laying flowers outside the church.

gabriel elizonda has more on the bombs of a dark pass. >> reporter: dale boyle couldn't believe what is he was seeing he took a picture. days after nine members were killed in an historical black church. the flag was used by the confederate army to among other things keep slavery in civil wars. it was later adopt by the ku klux klan. sunday, this church is planning to reopen for the first time since the shooting, promising to >> i think it's a symbol of hatred. i think it's disgusting and despicable that we have this flag flying on our state grounds. >> reporter: the flag can only be removed by the state

legislature. supporters say keeping the flag flying is about free speech, honouring part of history. >> the killings in charleston fuelled the debate. whether it is an appropriate symbol. >> i see disrespect. i see racism. >> reporter: on the other side of the park there's a monument to strachan firmeman was known for a battle trying to block the civil rights act. there's the issue of current laws. the u.s. attorney-general is investigating the shooting as a hate crime. here in america most states have additional statutes calling for tougher sentencing and penalties sentencing and penalties for crimes motivated by hate. not in south carolina, this is one of five states with no local hate crime legislations. many say it's a symbol of a racially segregated past that still lives on. >> people who hate, people that have no real tie into humanity. they believe that freedom of

speech gives them the right to say anything, and not account for it. we have to change that. >> other residents say race relations here have improved. >> i can't speak for black people, but we deal in our store for generations with blacks and whites together, and have never seen anything but kindness. >> back at the scene of the crime, mourners hoped out of tragedy can come healing, racial understanding and an end to symbols that might prevent that an al jazeera journalist has been detained in berlin at the request of egyptian authorities, according to german police, the warrant adduces mansour of several crimes, al jazeera's acting director-general says he's one of the arab world most respected journalists and must be released immediately.

victoria gatenby has the latest. >> reporter: mansour was detained at berlin airport, waiting to board a flight to doha. he'll stay in custody. german police say he's accused of several crimes. mansour says the arrest may have been part of a secret deal made during abdul fatah al-sisi's visit to germany. . >> unfortunately the german authorities are handling this case in a suspicious matter and that races questions on how they are cooperating. i'm sad to hear that there may have been a secret deal related to me based on abdul fatah al-sisi's latest visit to germany. mansour's lawyer says his client's arrest is politically motivated. >> it's inconceivable to have an innocent man,

all he was doing his job, leading two leading programs on al jazeera. >> reporter: abdul fatah al-sisi oppressed dissent in egypt. thousands have been arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to death since the president was deposed two years ago. three al jazeera english journalists were wrongly accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. peter greste was arrested and released without charge. mohammed badr, and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. al jazeera asked germany to immediately release mansour the acting general said in a statement:.

>> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charm of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outstanding critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending it is rule behind boarders. security forces say the armed group is getting closer to the capital. let's get more from our correspondent jennifer glass who is standing by in kabul. explain to us how closer the taliban to the regional capital.

>> well they are just about 5 minutes drive outside the capitaling kunduz city where the front lines are with the taliban. it began yesterday, late in the evening they took control. the police headquarters under taliban control, and captured 12 checkpoints, police vehicles and weapons. the deputy chief of the army says three police have been killed, and six have been injured. provincial officials say the number is much fire, but this is a serious offensive by the taliban, at the gates. >> how are the authorities planning to respond to this? the army is up there, the deputy chief of the army is up there, and the troops working out how to make an offensive, a counter

offensive. they'll take the district back from the taliban, the northern afghanistan has been a problem for the last month or so. they launched an offensive there in early may, coming to the gates of the city as well displacing thousands of afghan families this is the latest offensive taking over a district and the headquarters and as i said, about a 5 minute drive from the city is the front line with the taliban, the government vowing it will take the territory back from the taliban, and certainly it has more afghans on the move more civilians fleeing from their homes because of the offensive. it is a blow to african security forces fighting on their own. we've had another taliban attack today in central afghanistan in ghazni province there a taliban attack, police and army checkpoints killing six police, the taliban on the offensive in the north and southern afghanistan as well. >> thank you for the update.

spoking to us from kabul. al-shabab gunmen attacked a base. before storming the compound in mogadishu. the interior ministry says government forces have taken back control of the base and the four attackers were killed. no security forces decide. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon welcomed a long-awaited deal. the brokered treaty gets a greater representation for rebels in the contested northern areas. the deal will be monitored by the international community, including france but stops short of giving the full autonomy that the rebels had been fighting for. >> the people worst affected will hope that the peace deal lasts. many live in drought-stricken areas and are at the risk of

starvation. on the nomads who have been unable to reach grazing land because of the fighting. >> a cow that can't stand up any more. doesn't have long to live. this man can't afford to buy fodder, there's no hay or grass for the cows to graze on. he watched helplessly as they have died one by one. two years without rain in this part of mali killed his only source of living. a younger nomad is facing the challenge differently. he roams the land, along with his family, in search of less drought stricken areas. >> we go back and forth between mali and mauritania. we know there's no grass, but we look for green trees. after each trip in the scorching heat.

mumhammed's wife puts up the tent. the children are hungry and thirsty, so are the cows. they have to wait for the return of an expedition to try to find water. it's fetched by donkeys from far away. far down a well water is found. a camel has to walk hundreds of meters to draw one bucket. nearly half of the people of northern mali live as livestock holders. they've been facing drought for years, and three years of fighting has compounded the process. many say they have bore the brunt between rebels seeking autonomy and the army maintaining control. >> there are better areas for grazing inside mali. the army kills our people. there's no grass in mauritania, our animals are dying here. >> reporter: not far from here, inside the border, livestock live in a similar condition, also affected by drought.

>> the semi-tropical region of north-western mallee is a last resort. it receives more rain. they can't go there any more for another reason, which is the lack of security. instead the elders cross to mauritania, knowing they won't be able to find grass, but at least they can find security still to come on the programme - home coming for the residents of iraqi city tikrit from bad to worse - why brazilians are losing in their national football team.

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you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of the headlines, and the federal bureau of investigation is investigating an online racist manifesto apparently written by the man who did the mass shooting in the u.s. church. it shows picture of 21-year-old dylann roof. the church in south carolina is set to open its doors today for the first time since the attack al jazeera is calling for the release of akmed mansour held in germany on an egyptian warrant mali's government and an alliance led by tuareg rebels have a long-awaited peace deals. it does not give them full

autonomy which they have been demanding israeli police say a palestinian stabbed a policeman in jerusalem. the policeman shot the attacker. let's go west jerusalem where our correspondent is standing by. we know that tensions are high in jerusalem. how significant is the attack. we know this was a continuation of rising tensions in jerusalem, as well as in the occupied west bank and according to israeli police sources the border police were stabbed by a palestinian wounded, stabbed in the neck, but managed to fire at the attacker after he was stabbed and the palestinian man now is also in critical condition. both have been hospitalized. the israeli police are describing the incident as a

possible terror attack. and it comes two days after an israeli settler was shot dead by a palestinian allegedly in the occupied west bank near the illegal settlement, close to the area. the palestinian man apparently shot him at point blank range and remains at large. this is part of the violence that has been increasing over the past year and increased in jerusalem last summer when a palestinian teenager from the neighbourhood was burnt alive in what was described as a revenge attack following the kidnapping and murder of three israeli settlers, and the violence raised before the 50-day war on gaza last summer. >> updating us from west jerusalem. now, french minister warned israel and the palestinians that the stalemate in peace talks

risk setting the complex ablaze. he met abdul fatah al-sisi trying to promote a peace initiative. he is due to meet mahmoud abbas, and binyamin netanyahu later on sunday. the lebanese state newsagency reports that there has been an explosion in a mountainous area near the town and israeli jets had been flying in low altitude minutes before the rocket was fired into the area. it's not confirming the source of the rocket. >> in the israeli occupied golan heights fears for jews on the syrian site. they say only one scale route is open and al nusra front killed 20 jews in the northern syrian

province of idlib. they are spread between syria, lebanon, israel and jordan. they are viewed as hera ticks by i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. two sides fought a month-long battle. although i.s.i.l. fighters were forced out, much of the state is in ruins. jane arraf reports. >> for these iraqi occasions, this is a reason to celebrate. this trip home is one of them. 200 families found them last week, the first that local leaders hope. >> my children heard we are going, we don't want anything from the government except stability, and peace of mind. >> tikrit is less than 50km but a journey that families have not

been able to make for a year. iraqi forces and fighters recapture the city from i.s.i.l. there has been such destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there's not much except a roof over their heads. there's no shops, no bakeries. the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit that it's difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent a year not knowing where to go. we need all the people in our neighbourhood to return. workers restored electricity, but tikrit needs a lot of expensive reconstruction, and no one is offering to pay for it. it's not just rebuilding. almost 3 million iraqis have been forced from their homes over the past year because of fighting. most of them will not return until they know that i.s.i.l. will not come back.

>> it's not an easy promise to make. the front line shifted time after time with i.s.i.l. retreating, then returning. >> these iraqi forces make a point rehoisting a flag on a ridge captured from i.s.i.l. last week. in desperation, they have rigged a remote controlled rifle. the u.s. is increasing its preps, sending in more advisors to train sunni are recruits near the base in anbar. these are the suns of tribes. they are not few to fighting but it's a different battle. >> we fought in the old army we fought al qaeda in '06, '07ing and "8. we were victorious we had the

initiative and support. nowadays i.s.i.l. is using explosives. >> without the confidence that they can defeat i.s.i.l. fewer loo be willing to take the chance of going home. syria reported three now cases of the middle eastern respiratory syndrome known as m.e.r.s. the total number of cases climbed to 169, and so far 25 have been killed. it's the biggest outbrab of m.e.r.s. since is discovered in saudi arabia three years ago. people around the world are celebrating the first ever international yoga day. the event was proposed by india's prime minister narendra modi, who joined tens of thousands in new delhi to set a world record. we limbered up to take

part. >> reporter: it was a sea of people joined by hundreds around the world as all tips prepare to host yoga day event. >> not only is a the beginning of sell brakes but to strain the human mind. >> reporter: many perform yoga for health and healing, like this person who now teaches. she was in an accident that damaged her ability to walk or stand properly. >> i feel it works, and subtlety changes the way you think. >> reporter: and the government hoping the international day of yoga makes the indian practice more populated. just as there's more to yoga than the moves, there's more to yoga day.

some hope it will boost the multi-million yoga industry and the country abroad. yoga originated in india not all believe it's for them. for those who spend their day behind a desk it's meant to promote physical fitness. some minorities say the government is using it to impose hindu religious principles on them, making prayers mandatory to the students and still servants. >> i'm a taxpayer. my money is not for the projection of a region. it's for the welfare of the entire country. >> reporter: the government says yoga day is not mandatory, but to promote a healthy lifestyle to the world. >> reporter: in the copa america brazil play their final group stage game on sunday against venezuela. their dominance over world

football suffered a blow at the world cup. fans though hope that a team will launch a comeback this time. tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: on a rainy pitch in rio, these 10-year-olds are learning the fundamentals that are establishing their nation's top standing in world cup history, since brazil's grubbing on home turf last year their pride suffered damage. the mother of one boy sums it up. >> we are still feeling sort of a hang over from the world cup, what happened in the world cup, we are watching the game. but not that enthusiastic. >> reporter: on thursday's match in the copa america, neymar drew a red car. seconds after the game ended he kicked the ball at an opponent and head-butt the another. brazil lost 1-0. the kids have faith in neymar. >> out of the entire team only

neymar gets the goals or shoots to the goals. if you see the statistics there was a 40 minute period. four goals were from neymar. the star of fc barcelona, the young players turn their attention away from brazil's shores. >> translation: brazilian kids wrach the european more than the brazilian league. there are good players in europe, they idolise them and watch more than brazilian football team. >> reporter: the sentiment was similar at a bar where the mexico-ecuador match drew a crowd. >> when barcelona played this bar was filled all the way to the street. if it was brazil we wouldn't fill 15 tables. >> reporter: if brazil advances without namar, his country men may rally again to the team one of the biggest surprises at last year's street child

world cup was pakistan a country not known for the football skills. the bronze medal changed the lives of the team. the government is yet to act after prom isesing happy. scott heidler reports. kamal hyder reports. >> reporter: most of these kids were living hot on the streets of karachi. it was the efforts of the foundation to allow them to participate in the tournament in brazil. they are hopeful that the team will do well in the upcoming cup. during example that street children can be rehabilitate, if

society at lrnal is br to help. >> if the government helps the boys, it can change their lives through brass ill. >> the government officials promised them money. nothing is to be seen. nothing by the government at large. many were not. we have received only a part of the money. these children have not wanted football, but for the street children of pakistan. >> reporter: it's the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, a time of celebrations. thousands of people gathered at stonehenge, the ancient stone circle in wiltshire.

fuelled by britain's fourth annual, the standing stones and the sun during the summer solstice you can get the latest news and analysis on the website. go to aljazeera.com. >> i had an american sitting here and he said to me are you actually running a holiday camp for criminals? and my answer to him there immediately was 'so what'?