apple's plan will be free for the next three months. >> a german prosecutor releases ahmed mansour. the journalist who from al jazeera,. >> greek concessions are welcomed as a positive spin, bringing hopes of a deal later this week to stop a default. a report on last year's war on gaza, gaza, says both sides

committed great offenses that could relate to war crimes. a new defense strategy. be the al jazeera journalist detained in berlin at the request of the egyptian government has been released after the officials reviewed his case. ahmed mansour was released. the state attorney general in berlin has ordered mansour' release. mansour's release. a charge that both he and al jazeera deny. >> i extend all thanks and appreciation to the honorable honest judiciary of germany.

i extend my thanks and appreciation to the honest, honorable judges of germany. and i appreciate your support. >> one of ahmed mansour's lawyers says his arrest was politically motivated. >> the germans have for their own reasons have detained him. ahmed mansour was on square during the revolution, no one raises any allegation against him until after almost two years thereafter. these are fabricated and retaliatory allegations by a regime who wanted to get away with it and to extend its jurisdiction of repression. unfortunately to democratic countries including that of germany. the germans really should not have acted so quickly and that's

why it raises some suspicion that the western countries are competing to get their own slice in now from the regime in egypt because they are engaged in huge infrastructure programs. and to extend the canal and so on. and it's a shame that western democracies are competing for business in egypt, at the expense of basic human rights which they keep telling us about them and preaching the other countries about them. >> let's go live now to berlin and speak to paul brennan who has been following developments. we heard ahmed mansour shouting i'm free i'm free, thanking engineer pan judges. this wasn't just a judicial decision because the political side played a part, the release specifically. >> reporter: yes the scenes outside, the prison here in

berlin as mr. mansour was released a rather chaotic scene, he gave a brief statement and had to squash his way through a crush of well wishers not only here but yesterday had been outside the police station the police detention center where he was then at that point being held. they were gathered around with their banners. they were slapping him on the back. they were celebrating his freedom and he had to sort of almost struggle his way through them to a waiting car. as close to an hour a press conference where we are hoping to hear a little bit more from mr. mansour. the decision to release him made by the berlin prosecutors they said as well as legal issues that they had with the

procedural nature of the extradition request they had questions that the procedure hadn't been followed properly, political and diplomatic concerns which they also had to take consideration of and could not be addressed despite the fact that egypt had tried ogive assurances in relation to those concerns the prosecutors weren't in a position to grant that request and it was decided to release mr. mansour. >> perhaps we'll learn more after ahmed mansour holds the press conference but why exactly he was detained? is is. >> reporter: well, it appears that there was an interpoll red notice equivalent to of an arrest

warrant. we spoke to the interior ministry earlier today and we understand the red notice was withdrawn last october and mr. mansour had a document to that effect. saying look this red notice is no longer applicable. however it seems to have remained on the database of the german federal police and it was flagged through when mr. mansour passed through to qatar. he was taken into custody. then created a headache for german authorities because they had to be seen to be going through the correct judicial process, they couldn't bypass the law on this but of course as we know there are significant political and diplomatic issues in relation to qatar's diplomatic relationships with egypt. and that was very heavily taken into account. and my understanding from one diplomatic source is this went all the way to the very highest level of the german foreign ministry and they were

intimately involved in the decision to free mr. mansour and not go ahead with with the egyptian extradition request. >> paul brennan, thank you. ♪ >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected as biased a long awaited united nations report into last year's war in gaza. the report says both israel and marinian groups may have committed war crimes during the 50-day conflict. it noted a sharp increase in fire power used by both sides compared to the last war in 2008. staging 6,000 air strikes and firing 50,000 tank and artillery shells. palestinian tanks fired nearly 1,000 rockets and 1500 rockets at israel. more than 2200 died in the fighting including hundreds of

civilians. 73 people, six of them civilians died on the israel side. >> the attacks on homes and families which led to large numbers of family members dying together when their homes were struck in the middle of the night, were as they were gathering for iftar meal. these attacks had particular consequences for children. approximately 551 children died last summer in gaza during the fighting. >> well, imtiaz tyab has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: comes as little surprise that the israeli government has been so critical of this report, a report in which it described as politically motivated morally flawed and notoriously biased. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu benjamin netanyahu made a televised statement with respect to this report. here's with he said. >> translator: the committee that wrote this biased report was appointed by the u.n. human

rights council. this committee was appointed by a council that calls itself the human rights council but is doing everything but worry about human rights. >> now hamas for its part has welcomed the report, particularly the assertion that israel may have committed war crimes. however, it criticized the suggestion that it may have committed war crimes during that 50-day conflict, saying that israel was the aggressor and they were simply trying to defend themselves and to protect the people of gaza. palestinian side has herrera also released a statement saying the palestinian authority will be reviewing the contents of thecontentsof the report however the only way they will see the end to the

hostilities will be by the creation of a palestinian state. >> it was expected to be the crunch day when greece would either make a deal with its international creditors or face leaving the euro zone. instead there will be more talks later on in the week. we've heard that before haven't we? an urgent meeting between alexis tsipras and european lenders has just got underway in brussels. earlier tsipras promised key concession on tax and the age of retirement. creditors need to be properly owner evaluating the offer. >> they really need to look at the specifics to see whether it adds up in fiscal terms whether the reforms are comprehensive enough for the economic recovery to take off again. >> it's a welcome step and we consider it a step in the positive direction. so i think it is also an opportunity to get that deal this week.

and that's what we all work for. >> so let's take a look at what greece is offering exactly. well the concessions are believed to be including limited tax reforms and gradually raising the retirement age. greece is seeking another 8.1 billion in bailout funding but its creditors are unwilling to release the money unless there are reforms. greece must pay 1.81 billion back to the international monetary fund to avoid crashing out of the european union potentially. john vop list siropolous is live for us. what exactly are those demonstrating behind you hoping for? >> reporter: well, just a

couple of minutes ago we saw hundreds of people in this pro-europe protest break through a police barrier in an attempt to reach the walls of parliament behind me. and that's something that was echoed previously, the sense of tension in this protest that you see behind me, by the fact that these same people openly clashed with a rival demonstration that arrived on the scene by prosyriza, pro-government demonstrators, urging the government not to make a deal with the government in brussels. these two groups did come to altercations, not to blows but police had to intervene in order to separate them. at the moment what you're seeing is the pro-europe crowd dominant in the square. certainly dominant in nurms. this wasnumbers.now trying to reach parliament in order to force the government or at least press it into

reaching a deal sooner rather than later. i think the sense that we have here in athens is that the frustration is mounting. it isn't just the insecurity felt by depositors pulling their money out of banks. it is also the political situation, the fact that these talks have drawn out for five months, the sense that greece is engaged had a pointless exercise orpointless exerciseor using the wrong arguments and may not win any kind of meaningful victory in this negotiation at least not at afternoon acceptable cost. the political frustration being expressed down there by people who say come to terms let's come to rebilled the economy which is -- to rebuild the economy, and we are now sinking back into recession. they want jobs, they want the economy to get going again and

greece oget back on track . >> the greek government has made new concessions believed to include limited tax reforms and gradually increasing the terms in greece. why do you think the greek negotiators made these concessions very much at the last minute? >> retirement age is 67% for atom people down there 67 years of age rather. what age increases mean, in terms of concessions to creditors, is that the same age limits would now gradually be applied to areas of the public sector such as the armed forces and security forces where they don't currently apply. that is something that those people would be entirely in disagreement with that you see behind me. the other sorts of concessions under discussion, possibly raising consumer tax and possibly raising more tax through pension contributions and through corporate tax

through an extraordinary 12% levy on larger businesses, those things will not go down well at all in the marketplace. and because those sorts of details have begun to leak out unofficially of course i think the sense of frustration here is growing because the sense that greece may be ultimately about to make a deal that it didn't have to take five months to make, that it could have more easily made back in january perhaps on better terms i think that is being reflected in the anger on the square tonight. >> john siropolous, thank you. lots more to come on al jazeera, including russia's prime minister orders retaliatory measures, after the eu extends sanctions over ukraine. and a hairy moment, a flying club's feline mascot.

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>> and now a reminder of the stop stories here on al jazeera. al jazeera journalist meurches has beenahmedmansour was released without charge after the german authorities reviewed his case. the last year's war on gaza, israel and palestinian groups may have committed war crimes during the 50 day conflict. concessions in greece, any

deal isn't expected until later in the week. the united nations has condemned taliban offensive on the afghan parliament as yet another unacceptable attack on civilians. earlier fighters from the armed group targeted the parliament building while politician he were still in session. five people decide, 31 injured. afghan police say seven of the astackers were also killed. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> reporter: the parliamentary session was just getting underway when this happened. there is confusion. it's just an electrical problem says the speaker as mps flee from the chamber. but it was a taliban suicide bomb going off outside the gates leaving cars in flames. other fighters took up positions in a building across the street, firing on the entrance to the parliament. >> translator: today there were two specific agendas. one was the introduction of the

defense minister and the other about money laundering. that is what we were discussing. the minister of defense was also in the parliament at this time and wanted to come to the session when the explosion happened. >> reporter: police and special force he came to fight attackers while people looked on. >> translator: the car bomb came into the street south of the parliament next to the ministry and detonate. when the car bomb exploded the attackers with machine gurches guns wanted to enter. all six attackers were killed. >> reporter: taliban attacks aren't limited to the capital. in northern afghanistan the armed group now controls two districts. just outside the provincial capital and about 40 kilometers away. thousands of taliban fighters are involved and the government has sent in more than 7,000

soldiers and police. nearly two months of fighting. that's whether the taliban so-called spring offensive started. it has launched assaults all over afghanistan. without the nato air power and heavy weapons and logistical support it had last year. scheduled to introduce its nominee for defense minister. jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to bashar al-assad. several people were also injured in the attack on rebel held areas in the northern city of aleppo. syria's government has repeatedly denied using the large containers filled with explosives. the attack comes as comes as the northern

army launches an offensive to take full control of aleppo. country's most notorious prison now holds more than twice that. they includes high profile priz managers with alleged links to armed groups in nearby syria. a warm that you may find some of the pictures in omar al saleh's report disturbing. >> reporter: these pictures of inmates being beaten in lebanon's prison may shock. feaxtion of the prisoners and the muslim selafi movement is shocking. some rights groups say what was revealed in the prison shows the level of abuse that goes on in prisons.

>> translator: there's a prisoner who lost his sight because of torture. there's an inmate who was forced to rape his fellow inmate. the majority of lebanese do not know these things. >> lebanon's government says a full investigation is underway. the minister of interior say two policemen were involved in the attacks, they have been arrested. it is also where some inmates charged with terrorism are jailed. in april there was rioting and it is believed the leaked videos show what happened during that time. but for somebody the release of these videos could be scoring points within the complicatepolitical system. those september of having links to al qaeda. families say the trials are delayed because of sectarian

reasons. omar al saleh, al jazeera. at least 180 people have died in an intense heat wave in pakistan's province, karachi temperatures have soared to over 45°45°45° celsius. osama ben javid reports. >> reporter: fell as a result of extreme heat. we shift id him to a room on the first floor to rest. when he didn't come up for noon prayer, we went up to find out why, and we found him dead. >> reporter: also impacting other areas in southern pakistan. dozens died over the weekend. many here are fasting for ramadan, meaning they don't eat or drink during the day. it's been one of the hottest summers in years and hundreds have been brought to hospitals. clatchesing and suffering from

breathing problems. >> translator: patients with heatstroke brought to the hospital with high grade fever altered state of consciousness dehydration and fits. patients kept kept pouring in. >> reporter: searing temperatures means many of the heatstroke patients didn't make it. most of those who died were work outside in the heat, or were from impoverished neighborhoods. not only fake frequent power outages. many places in the port city of karachi and other places have reported long hours without electricity. there have been protests against persistent blackouts and the protest seems to be united against the government. the government says it's doing all it can to bridge the demand and supply gap. some relief in the next few days meteorologist he say the

heat is a regular occurrence as part of the pre-monsoon season, and some people are being advised to avoid unnecessary exposure to the sun in the coming days. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> russia is preparing to extend its embash go on western food imports. the prime minister, dimitri medvedev said, it would continue. due to russia's military action he in ukraine haven't stopped the inflow of russian investments in neighboring countries. lawrence lee reports from london. >> reporter: this is the list of people subject to sanction he in the united kingdom some are russian government ministers linked to crimea in the east of the country. the aim is to freeze any assets they might have in london.

how this would affect the education minister of the donetsk people's republic is difficult to see. the long way sanctions have been enforced here, their aim has been a warning force against russian advance in ukraine. >> the point and president obama said it several times is to change the calculus. to make the rationale within russia consider the economic cost will be outweighed by whatever benefits could be seen by either destabilizing ukraine gaining crimea, potentially gaining two new provinces. >> still this year is set to see record amounts of russian money invested in london. it appears many extremely wealthy well connected russians people unlikely to be being brought into the sanction he.

many of which are directly linked to the u.k. and meanwhile the biggest russian companies gazprom for instance, are not listed. constructing its sanctions program that really big russian money was not going to be affect. that seems partly to have been designed protect british interests in russia against retaliation but also one assumes in the interest of the financial services industry here at as well. the question is whether the right people, the most important people have been actually targeted by these sanctions. the u.s. is taking a tougher line targeting people involved in the murder of sergei magnitski. >> the herding scat problem which is just you have too many different voices.

then you add onto that the corruption problem and the corruption problem being that there are certain people in europe both in the european parliament and in different european governments that are on the payroll of russia. >> in recently months, france and germany have suggested that the claption of russia leefl the u.k. as a supposed hawk. but given easy way in which russian money washes through city of london, european sanction he program doesn't look particularly threatening. lawrence lee, al jazeera london. >> now there was a hairy moment on a routine flight from an aviation club in french guyana. the pilot realized he had a feline stow away aboard. been lurking between the top and bottom portions of the ground. we don't know the name of the cat, she's fine, made the okay,

continuing her regular job which apparently is aviation club mascot. so there she is back on solid ground. anyway, lots more on that and everything else we have been covering on our website aljazeera.com. >> frankly speaking. president obama uses the n word while talking about racism in america. and he barely flinches. of afghanistan attack. taliban claims responsibility for bombing the parliament building. still no deal, but possible improvement in talks to