hello. i'm david eades with bbc world news. our top stories. iraq's prime minister confirms syrian fighter jets have launched attacks against militants in iraqi territory. the preacher found in the guilty of terrorism offenses in jordan over the alleged plot in 1998. hello everyone. i'm lucy. almost 100 years ago, tens of thousands of soldiers would have walked through the gate on their way to the front line. today european leaders are

gathering to commemorate the outbreak of world war i. suarez a waits his fate. uruguay is planning to determine whether or not to ban him for biting another player. hello. iraq's prime minister nouri maliki has confirmed to bbc that syrian fighter jets carried out a raid on a border attack. thought to be sunni rebels linked to isis group. maliki says iraq didn't ask for the raid. it happened on the border of syria and iraq. it welcomed strike against isis. iraq and syria are now cooperating over border

security. >> the after math of the syrian attack from the air on the building in the border area of iraq and syria, according to this footage. the u.s. first reported the air strikes. iraq's prime minister confirmed them saying iraq welcomed strikes against isis. and against the continuing offensive by the isis, recruiting have been turning up declaring themselves ready for battle. these from the tribe. >> translator: today we brought about 1,000 men says the chief m. some have already gone to the front. >> they're recruiting and training in the southern city. not solely in defense of the shiites but of all iraqs,

shiites, sunni and christian. arriving on foot as well as by car, these are among the latest iraqis to flee their homes in the face of the sunni insurgent attacks. christian families seeking sanctuary in kurdish controlled territory. you see this kid? says this man. he's done nothing wrong. check points reveal the growing displace of the conflict with the new element of syrian involvement. instability in syria and iraq already linked through the isis fighters now with iraq and syria in the prime minister's words cooperating over border security. as britain's foreign secretary william hague arrived in baghdad stressed the importance of unity in iraq if this crisis is to be

overcome. >> well also in iraq, in baghdad is richard explaining more about the attacks. >> this is significant. the fact mr. maliki and iraqi government for weeks have been requesting the united states to carry out air strikes, either with jets or drones. president obama turned that down saying we cannot do it at the moment. we want you to form the government after the election first. we also need to build up a better intelligence picture to see which targets to hit. nothing is happening from the american side despite mr. maliki's pleas, almost begging americans to help. given the speed of the offensive of the sunni militants with isis. now into that vacuum have come

the syrian air force carrying out this air strike on the vital border crossing point between iraq and syria. we believe this happened earlier in the week. there have been rumors reported circulating about who is behind it several days now. we have the confirmation coming there the prime minister of iraq speaking in the bbc interview just a short while ago. >> what are americans making of that richard? does it force their hands? >> reporter: good question about whether it forces their hands. let's see. the reaction so far from washington has been negative saying this is not the way forward. this kind of intervention is not the way forward in this crisis. i'm sure the syrians will say you've been talking about possibility of air strikes and haven't done it. i'm sure the syrian government sees this as hypocritical. the statement from the americans

has been pretty damming. >> richard in the capital of iraq of baghdad. it seems highly likely malaysian flight mh 370 was set to auto pilot when it crashed in march. the transport minister says the focus of the search will change further south in the indian ocean based on fresh analysis of satellite data. >> it's been no easy task to identify this area. we again acknowledge the assistance as we received cooperation from our international partners. the new phase of the search will have two elements. firstly will there will be mapping of the sea floor in that area which is underway. a comprehensive search once this mapping has been completed. the mapping of the ocean floor is currently engaging two

vessels. the chinese survey and australian contract equator. these are in areas that have been identified by the ntsb. it will take around three months to complete this mapping survey. this gives information about the ocean terrain. i repeat this area has never been mapped comprehensively. putting equipment down risks the equipment to operate safely. we expect the underwater search element will commence in august and take about 12 months to complete. >> the australian transport minister. let's speak to our correspond

end in australia. john joins us on the line now. why do they have to wait until august? >> reporter: they've got to carry out the mapping of the ocean floor before they want to send down the underwater search equipment. you remember that bluefin-21 automated submarine they were using in the previous area before. that device called a pinger locater trying to pick uppals. they might be using that again. the chances off lsignals coming from the black box are unlikely. >> the second point is this clarity that the plane was on auto pilot, expand on that for us. how do they know? >> well this is based on the analysis is of satellite data

coming from the uk based company which provided a lot of information. they've not given details on why they feel certain it was on auto pilot. basically it ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea. they are saying that this new search area, this massive search area, around about the size of texas. you can understand why it's going to take a year to search it. they're saying this does fall on that southern ark going over the southern indian ocean which has been the focus of the search since back in march now. >> thank you very much john. the extremist preacher abu qatada is found not guilty. the cleric was deported from britain last year after a long legal process. about eight years in fact. gordon was in court for us.

i asked how the events unfolded. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene at the state security court an hour or so ago when the verdict was read out. abu was in court in an iron cage. when he heard he had been acquitted on the first charge he broke down in tears a few feet from me. he's not yet a free man. he was tried on two terrorism cases before the state security court. one related to a 1998 alleged plot to attack targets here. and that he gave spiritual support and guidance of those planning attacks. he was acquitted on that charge. there's a second case tying t millennium 2000 and him being in

contact with people planning attacks. abu's family saying then happy he was acquitted but worried he had a number of months to wait to hear whether this controversial cleric will become a free man or not. let's get other news now. a bomb exploded at a crowded shopping center in the nigerian shopping center. 21 killed and many more injured. several cars were destroyed in the bomb. we do not know who was injured. boko haram has carried out several attacks in abuja. peter greste has expressed outrage in the case. he believes this is a chance to silence voices critical of the government. he's sentenced as well as two

colleagues for spreading false news and helping muslim brother hood leading to national condemnation. south korea's prime minister who offered to resign in april over the ferry disaster is going to stay on his post. president park said the decision to contain him was agonizing. two candidates she had chosen to replace him both withdrew no, ma'am i-- withdrew nominations. let's go to aaron now with business news. let me explain the story. hello there. barclays back on the block again. the banking giant is facing fraud charges. u.s. regulators claims it lied to investors over traded shares at bank. what's it done this time? these days trading is no longer

a floor of shouting traders. instead the majority of it is done by computers buying and trading in a split of a second. banks operate their own private markets known as the dark pools which is less transparent and less regulated than the main market. critics say these are rigged in favor of the so called high frequency traders, known as hft. they have high-tech computers that can buy and share faster than us. this is where barclays apparently went wrong. according to the report barclays encouraged investors to use these dark pools saying it would be safe from predators and help them avoid the high frequency

traders on the market. they insured investors on one hand barclays was inviting others to use the same market. individual investors and pension funds. we'll have more on "gmt" coming up. also to san francisco now. google has kicked off the annual conference for software developers. the search giant says around a billion people are using devices running the android operating system. in the future it hopes not to be smart phones and tablets to use android but watches, televisions and even cars. our north america correspondent has been at the event. we'll hear from him throughout the rest of the day, certainly coming up on "gmt." an android wristwatch, just what we need. follow he on twitter, @bbc aaron. >> you love your watches. >> not android watches.

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the hotel in central somalia has been attacked by militants. reports say there's been heavy gunfire. witnesses in the town say al shabaab fighters held grenade at the gates of the hotel then went inside and started shooting. european union leaders are meeting in belgium to choose the next president of the european commission. david cameron's bid to block him from becoming the next president looks to fail after the dutch and sweeds confirm they'll back the lucksenburg former prime minister for the job. in the next few hour, european leaders head to pay tribute to those that died in world war i. this area was left devastated among many others.

lucy is there live now. over to you. >> reporter: david, the memorial is probably the most common memorial in the world. they're setting up in preparation coming this afternoon. i think they'll put diplomatic rile a side as they come today for this solemn ceremony. they'll look at the names of fallen on the world. more than 54,000 soldiers from britain and across the common wealth who have no known grave. their names are enscribed. men from australia, new zealand. this is the site of a famous battle here during the first world war. experience with some canadians

about what it was like to be there. >> it was here in the trenches canadian troops won a strategic victory still talked about today. canadians have stories to tell on their ancestors. >> he didn't like the idea of his children having wet feet. just trying to picture what it would have been like is almost incredible. >> for the first time, four divisions fought together using tunnels and attacking them capturing from the germans. >> officers would have been more comfortable than the messengers. runners would have been stuck on bunk beds. we probably would have had five or six then. men would not have been comfortable in the tunnels. they were definitely safe which is more than you can say from

the poor men above ground. >> the great war drew in countries from all over the world. 425,000 canadians came here to fight for britain. 60,000 died and are buried in cemeteries like this one. for many canadians, this entire site is sacred. the battle is seen as a turning point many the country's history. >> the battle defined canada as a country for itself. it's one of the most interesting battles because it's the first time general curry gave map, did rehearsals, practiced to ensure it would actually work. it wasn't going in blind. >> for current canadian soldier, a visit here is meaningful. >> it changed our country and how it was seen by the rest of the world. i'd like to think we did that in afghanistan too. first world war is when we

really started making a in a for ours ourselves as a country. >> the new memorial is seen on the dollar bill. this is a place seen as where the country came to its age. >> lucy is joining us through the day here on bbc news from ypres. let's get world cup news uruguay has shown support for suarez. officials say the decision from the disciplinary ban could come any day. suarez faces allegations he bit an a opponent on the shoulder. he's been banned twice before for biting. the captain thinks it's a fuss about nothing.

>> translator: everybody knows the news has a problem with suarez. otherwise you wouldn't be here. uruguay played italy and saturday will play columbia. it must be popular with the british media. i don't see any other explanation. we're happy with yesterday's win. don't look that happy with uruguay's victory. now comes the hardest part, facing the best team so far in the tournament. columbia has scored a lot of goals and won easyly. usa and germany faces each other today. that brings good friends together but also marks the end of a football love affair. >> what do you do when somebody you love tries to hurt you. this is 1990, the player, hero driving the then west germany side to glory over argentina in the world cup final. the love deepened in 2006.

the coach engineering a 3-1 win for germany over portugal in the world cup. look who he did it with, his assistant who is now the coach of germany. this is 2014 brazil. there's a catch. this is germany's world cup hero now couching the united states team. a draw would be the both sides progressing in this game. klinsmann said he's not interested in a point. >> we want to be first in our group. we're not thinking about a tie. we know a tie gets us through two. at the end of the day maybe ends up with a tie because it's an exciting game and a very close game. so be it. our goal is to beat germany and be first now. a group in order to play the second kbrogroup in a round of . this is really important. we cannot hope it kind of goes

our way. we have to work hard for it, take all the energy in there. >> they say the easiest way to forget someone you love that's left you is cut off all ties. that's what germany has done in the run up to this game and in the world cup. they're favorites to beat united states but they're taking no chances. they believe the simulation is now complete. >> in the press conference he said in an american way, it's about business. that's what it's all about now. we didn't have contact now during the preparations or tournament. everybody knows everybody else is in a tunnel focused on the work with the team. coach klinsmann even more so. we'll greet each other in a friendly way before the match. it's such an important and decisive match for both teams. the focus is on the work. that is what counts. >> it is a stretch to think this germany side here would lose to

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bbc world news. our top stories. iraq's prime minister confirms that syrian fighter jets have launched air strikes against militants inside iraqi territory. the extremist preacher abu qatada is found not guilty over the alleged plot in 1998. the hunt for the malaysian plane shifts further south following further analysis of satellite data. defining monsoon downpours,

how india's football capital was founded as the world cup heats up. hello. the iraqi prime minister nouri maliki confirmed to bbc that syrian fighter jets carried out a raid on the border areas. the attack is thousandth to target sunni rebels linked to the isis group. mr. maliki says iraq didn't ask for the raid. it happened at the border crossing here. he welcomed any such strike against isis and add add iraq and syria were now cooperating over border security. mike reports. >> reporter: the after math of the syrian attack from the air on the building in the border area between iraq and syria,

from this unverified footage. u.s. first reported the air strikes. iraq's prime minister confirmed them saying he welcomed any such strikes against isis. against the continuing offensive by the isis extremists, batches of recruits have been turning up north of baghdad declaring themselves ready for battle. today we brought about 1,000 men says the chief. we have more than 20,000 people willing to join the army. some have already gone to the front. they're recruiting and training in the southern city. not solely in defense of the shiites but in defense of all iraqi, shiites, sunni and christian. arriving on foot as well as by car, these are among the latest iraqis to flee their homes in

the face of the sunni insurgent attack as. christian families seeking sanctuary in kurdish controlled territories. you see this kid, says this man. what's he done wrong to see rockets hit civilians to hit where's no military, no troops. check points show the growing displace with the continuing ininvolvement. the instability of syria and iraq linked through isis fighters now with iraq and syria cooperating over border security. as britain's foreign secretary william hague arrived in baghdad to stress importance of unity in iraq if this crisis is overcome. bbc news. the extremist preacher found

not guilty. the cleric was deported last year after a lengthy process. the court case took place where our correspond end is. can you outline what the alleged case was? >> sure. >> reporter: abu qatada was accused of inspireing young sol yes, sir to become terrorists back many the mid-90s. he was accused of using his book for calling. that book was circulated among youngsters inspiring them to commit attacks. the judge today in the court says that he wouldn't find

proper evidence to say he was inspiring youngsters actually. >> given how long it took to fight extradition which was a battle he lost, from europe. >> some people say that this would be a message to jordan government that the verdict at in the mid-90s where politicking was evaded some people accuse. others say no this means the case has been researched, looked into and this is putting things in site. i was speaking to one of my sources in the movement yesterday. i asked what are you expecting? he said i don't mind. he criticized isis.

there are a younger generation showing a sort of inclination to rebel against their leaders because they are criticizing isis. however they feel linked because of the division now ongoing between both parties. >> intriguing development. just about abu qatada, what is his situation now? >> the situation is there's another trial that will go ahead in september postpone by the judge today until next september. his family was reluctant to speak to media. i spoke to one off camera. he said they were happy with today's verdict although they are frustrated they postponed the other one. they were expecting everything to be finished today. >> thank you very much indeed. seems highly likely the

malaysian airlines flight mh 370 was set to auto pilot when it crashed in march. that's the view of the australian officials. the focus of the search will shift now to a site further south in the indian ocean, based on fresh analysis of satellite data. >> it's been no easy task to identify this area. we again acknowledge the assistance and cooperation from partners. there will be mapping of the sea floor in the area which is underway. and a comprehensive search of the sea floor once the mapping is completed. the mapping of the ocean floor is engaging two vessels. the chinese survey ship and australian contracted vessel . e

these have been identified by the atsb. this will take around two months. this gives information of the sea terrain making it possible to undertake the underwater search. this area has never been comprehensively mapped previously. to put new equipment down into that area without having a clear knowledge of what the sea floor is like certainly risks the operation and capacity of that equipment to operate safely. now we expect that the underwater search element will commence in august and take about 12 months to complete. >> right now the hotel in central somalia which has been attacked by al shabaab militants, reports say there's heavy gunfire and explosions at the hotel.

african peace keeping forces are at the hotel. al shabaab fighters are said to have thrown a number bombs at the gate and then went inside shooting. the militants were reported to have been killed in the process. david cameron appears to be heading to defeat over the appointment over the next president of the commission. mr. cameron is opposed to john claude getting the job. every other leader ready to accept him. >> in brussels, the unveiling of a to mark a season of remembering, the start of world war i, 100 years ago. today the start of a summit to reveal sharp differences. they center around claude who is said to become head of the european commission. david cameron called for a vote

of the nomination of a man. potential allies are falling away. two and a half weeks ago, david cameron shared a boat with the so called reform camp, germans, swedish and dutch. they shut the door on blocking him. >> if a vote is called for, we'll support claude's candidacy and not block it. >> in germany, angela merkel once lukewarm said there will be no drama if he's chosen by a qualified majority. what has swayed many leaders is the argument this is about democracy that people were told they were voting for the next eu president. >> he has put himself in a not so nice corner. he's been vocal not accepting voter's choices. he's been blackmailing about

leaving the european union. >> some countries like italy have openly traded backing in exchange for support of greater flexibility over deficits. it remain as surprisingly difficult to find an endorsement for the best candidate of the job. >> is he a face that represents a new bolder reforming europe? >> we are not concerned about that. we're concerned about actions. certainly he surely committed to practices for change. >> looks as if he will be nominated with david cameron, his only opponent, apart from the hungarians. sometimes after europe's leaders have met, the prime minister will warm them they're sanctioning a shifting power towards parliament by the back

door. bbc news brussels. over the next few hour, eu leaders head to pay tribute to those that died in world war i, 100 years ago. the area was devastated by the conflict. lucy hockings is there live for us. over to you. >> reporter: i'm hearing the sounds of the post i was there last night. it happens every night here. there were about a thousand people at the solemn occasion. flags are set up. they're ready for eu leader who is are expected to be here in a few hours time. in terms of who will take the head of the european commission will be put a side as leaders remember the solemn occasion today as they're here together remembering 100 years since the outbreak of world war i. let's talk to frank with me now.

take me back 100 years. what was it like here? >> this is the central town behind the british lines. since september 1914, it started to form here. after spring 1915, the whole town of ypres was evacuated. no civilians, only soldiers. here in the radius of eight kilomete kilometers. every soldier that had to go to important place of battle had to pass through ypres. the headquarter, communication posts. >> when you say every sol jerks s -- every soldier, it's from all over the world. >> they all sent troops as you say. also from china, a labor court came here to help working on the

logistics for the soldiers. not only britain brought soldiers. from the french and northern african government they did so. >> civilian forces lived behind the lines. no one had seen a black soldier, a black man. the world got open. people were kicked into the 20th century. >> does it feel right eu leaders meet here today? >> if we look at history, last 1,000 years we have seen major conflict. that to say the first and second world war were not alone. since the end of the second world war with international bodies such as the european union and predecessors, for many we have now in western europe

live in peace. even if sometimes things are not going always like we want them to go, it is very important to have a european body like that. >> reporter: thank you so much. david, we're here throughout the day on bbc world news uncovering events as they unfold and european leader arrive. most say it will be put a side. they'll talk tonight about the future of the european leader. all the controversial topics will be saved for meetings in brussels tomorrow. >> thank you lucy. we'll follow that throughout the day. stay with us on bbc. coming up in a moment, a major report in the jimmy savile report. he is said to have sexually abused hundreds at hospitals on

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hello. you're watching bbc world news. i'm david eades. the latest headlines. the iraqi prime minister has confirmed sunni insurgents in position in western iraq have been attacked by syrian fighter planes. in jordan, the cleric abu qatada is found not guilty related to attacks in 1998. here in the uk, the huge scale of the abuse carried out by the former dj and television personality has been revealed with the publication of dozens of reports into hospitals and care homes. children as young as five and people as old as 75 were reported. he targeted staff and visitors.

28 hospitals have made findings public. here's a little of what they had to say. >> he enjoyed access and privileges not available to other volunteers and celebrity visitors. he was allocated staff to manage fan mail. in 1992 he was provided first of three offices. it was normal to see him around departments during the day or at night. this unrestricted access gave ample opportunity to enduindulg inappropriate activity of patients and staff. 60 people came forward to tell us of experiences with him. of those, 33 were patients at the time. 19 of these were children. victims included boys and girls, men and women with. the ages of the victims ranged

from five years to 75 years. >> the investigation had dedescriptid descriptions of 11 allegations of abuse by savile. six involved patients at the time, two staff and three minors. two of 11 were male, nine were female. we were able to test in detail six accounts. all were sexually abused. two were patients with repeated assaults. five incidents were reported. in each case the person reporting did not know the identity of the alleged victim and they could not be traced. fewer people have come forward here from elsewhere. the numbers are likely to represent a number of those.

patients were discouraged from reporting at the time. many understandably wish to forget their time. begin the obvious difficulties for former patients, the surprises that so many did find the courage to come forward. i'm grateful to them for doing so. taking all of that into account, there seems to be in doubt savile was an sexual predator. >> now shouldn't be forgotten savile never faced criminal charges while he was still alive. he died nearly three years ago at the age of 84. his victims, it has become apparent, numbers into the hundreds. for years savile worked for bbc. there have been allegations he abused young people and children while working for the broadcast. the report of those claims is to be made public later in the year top.

add also, the health secretary has been speaking and said today's report shows in reality he was a sickening abuser that reported the trust of the nation for his own purposes. the journalist peter greste has expressed devastation and outrage at the sentence he received. mr. greste believes the attempt is to silence voices critical of the government. he and his two colleagues received international condemnation. egypt has defended the judicial system saying it respects the role of the media. the journalists have denied charges of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brother hood. we have more on that for you on the website. that's a picture of peter there. log onto bbc.com/news.

find detail of who and why they're jailed and reaction from a cross the globe. now the line up for the knockout stages of the world cup in brazil is certainly starting to take shape. two more groups being finalized in the course of wednesday. france already in group b. switzerland guaranteed second place with a comfortable win over honduras. group f, argentina kept the 100% record with win over nigeria. nigeria gets through to the last 16 any way. as for that lineup, it's completed once these are played. they'll kick off in a few hours time. belgium the only team definitely through on this list. theoretically at least all other teams could get in the last 16. now the cup itself attracts the biggest tv audience across

the world including perhaps surprisingly in india. the city is seen as the football capital. fans have come up with their own special world cup mementoes including edible ones. have a look at this. >> it's more to do with football because here we have rain, winter, sunshine, whatever, we are here. it's crazy. absolutely crazy. the entire team, 15 or 20 of us. all guys stay up and watch all matches. even then we are here at 5:30 to play football. again we have to go to work.

>> i make idols of indian goddesses. this time i have made clay models of football players of participating nations. i worked hard day and night to make models. i'm argentina supporter. >> translator: we wait for the world cup every four years. we have neighborhoods dedicated to our teams. this is argentina neighborhood. that a one is belize. we forget we are in india. we feel that we are in argentina. we want argentina to win. it will be historic. we don't just support football, we want next generations to play

football. s this is a way to generate interest in the game. >> this is a huge event. everyone is football lover. there's more supporters. we had to do something. this is the way we have expressed ourselves. there are nine major football playing countries who's sweets are made to represent those countries. those are very tasty. each of them is different taste, different color. >> very good. not sure england cake aineelandl too well. england is out of the world cup. prince harry wore a brazilian top and played mostly in

defense. no one kept score. everyone seemed to have a good time. if you want more on the world cup, bbc sports website is best place to go to catch the lat latest news, have a look at group tables as they come to. thanks for watching bbc world news.

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