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kingsford charcoal. hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. our top stories this hour. thousands of palestinians flee their homes in gaza while the attacks between israel and hamas continue into a seventh day. palestinian officials say more than 170 have died, mostly civilians. israel says it is targeting terrorists in order to stop rocket attacks onto it's soil. >> israel's operation protective
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edge is one week old and there's no sign of a cease fire in sight. i'll ask the cabinet minister where the operation is heading. i'm lucy hockings in berlin. yes, it's true says one german headline this morning. everyone here is ecstatic at winning the world cup. they can't wait to welcome home heroes tomorrow. i'll have the world cup on "gmt." hello. i'm live from the farnborough air show. we're marking a very special year. why? 2014 is 100 years of passenger flight flights. bringing you all the latest news from our team around the world. thanks for watching. it's midday in london, 7:00 a.m.
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washington and 2:00 p.m. in northern gaza where thousands of palestinians have been fleeing their homes. that's because i ral warned them to evacuate and promised more attacks on terrorists. officials say 172 have been killed. no israelis have died as a result of rocket fire from gaza. we're asking if rockets are having little effect, why does hamas keep firing at israel? the chief correspondent is live for us in gaza. we can cross to her now. >> we're in gaza city, heart of the gaza strip where streets are shut down where many are staying indoors. on the streets some children and men wondering out. after all israel operation protective edge here is a week old. many people are wondering how
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long will it last. no sign of a cease fire in sight. in a short moment i'm going to speak to a cabinet minister to ask where this operation is headed. in the past seven day, according to israeli figures, there have been nearly 1,500 strikes into the gaza strip. hamas and other groups here have fired 780 rockets to israel. dozens were intercepted by israel's iron dome. inside the gaza strip, thousands have fled to safer areas, mostly the northern edge of the strip after israel warned the area would be targeted. many have sought refuge in schools operated by the united nations relief and work agency. today its commissioner general made his first visit. my colleague went to see what his views were. >> living with uncertainty,
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thousands of palestinians from northern gaza are in temporary shelters after they were forced from their hopes. israel says it's planning to widen the operation against militants in the border area where they live. with no sign that's started, some are heading back. >> translator: it's risky here and there. nobody is taking care of us here. others are staying that the school. they fear an iz rsrael areally ground invasion. >> translator: we live on the border by the sea. if israelis come in, we'll be the first to get hit. >> these people have turned classrooms into their bedrooms. they came rushing to school for shelter after the israeli military told them to leave their homes. there's frustration because they
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don't know how long they have to to stay. >> the united nations says many of the 170 killed this week were civilians. one quarter were children. >> every loss of life, every child, every woman, there are individual histories. i can't accept we reduce this to something anonymous. >> israeli air strikes in gaza have continued for a seventh day. some caused massive destruction. the violence also targets israel's towns and cities. these pictures from hamas militants are said to show homemade palestinian rockets fired. israeli military says its targeting rocket launch sites and determined to stop the threats to civilians. nobody is being killed in
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israel, but fighting puts normal life on hold. >> one week of conflict. where is this going? we're going to hear from the senior israeli and palestinian official. first to the west bank city. a senior member of the plo executive committee. is it time to find a cease fire way out of this violence? >> from the beginning we have been saying to stop this assault, to stop the military aggression against a captive civilian population with nowhere to go, a defensive population that's pounded, bopped and shelled and massacred. we have been trying to stop. the people have insisted on giving israel time and space to continue with these policies to continue with this massive destruction campaign without any kind of engagement or accountability. that's the real problem. we do want to see less violence.
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at the same time israel's occupying power with massive military might that must be curbed. >> since there's no consensus government between hamas and fatah. what's the leadership concern of rocket fire into israel? >> it's not just hamas and not just question of rockets. you have a population being pounded as i said. hamas or other organizations aren't going to lie down and die quietly at least in front of their people they have to resist or defend themselves. we are under occupation. hamas and everybody else thinks this is the situation of self-defense. this is a pattern we've seen repeatedly every few years.
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gaza is already under siege. it is bombed to smithereens. nobody holds to account and will stop it. we need to stop the violence, stop rtargeting civilians. we need to resort to a serious negotiation to end israeli occupation which is the source of all violence and stability in our part of the world. >> what can the palestinian leadership do to ease the suffering of people here in gaza? as you mentioned they're living under seize. this is yet another war they're living through. what about the palestinian leadership in terms of helping people? >> we are all under occupation as you know. we're trying to resort to the international committee. we've had the secretary general
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to put palestine under international protection in accordance with assistance. we've asked for the high contracting parties convention to meet urgently. we've asked for u.n. security council resolution of political diplomatic and modern issues. in practical terms we're trying to get support. we've formed an interim sort of leadership group that will be in gaza that will try to provide the shelter, medical supplies and medicines, the food that is needed as well get the banks to open as well to get the fuel needed to operate the generators. and of course to try to open up the crossing points in order to provide a way out for at least the wounded and humanitarian cases to be able to get to gaza. ultimately what we need is to
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put an end to israel's constant policy of violation of the humanization of not just hamas but all palestinian people. of course the culture of racism and hate. we insist on dehumanizing giving the right to have enormous pain on the population. there's a sense of entitlement and privilege that have led to one crisis after the other. one victimization after the other. it's time that all this stops. >> we thank you for joining us from there. let's cross now to the senior member of netanyahu's cabinet. welcome to the program. we heard from the prime minister
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this should last a very long time. what will it take to bring it to end? >> for hamas to stop shooting missiles and rockets on israel. as we're speaking there are sirens going off across israel. my own children aged 2-year-old, 4-year-old, 6-year-old, 8-year-old are in shelters. they just need to stop. it's simple. they need to stop and disarm and this thing will go away. hamas has decided to sport misery and terror on its own citizens. it's shooting across israel. if they decide to stop and disarm, the whole thing will stop within one second. >> around the world in capitals, leaders are saying israel has a right to protect itself but there's a high cost in gaza. most of the 172 dead are civilians. a quarter are children. there should be an immediate cease fire.
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are they listening to that? >> we are listening and care no less than anyone else. hamas is killing its own children and women. hamas is placing missile launchers in schools, homes. it's putting women and children as human shields. it's killing its own medium. we call on hamas stop doing that. stop that cowardly action of hiding missile launchers within women and children and shooting at my home. obviously we have to take out that missile launcher. sometimes it causes damage. hamas must stop killing people right away. >> but even israeli human rights groups are criticizing for targeting women and children. >> even if we hand out chocolates they'll criticize. they're irrelevant. what we're facing -- i remind
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you, nine years ago we handed all of gaza strip to palestinians, took out jews, all towns and settlementes. they promised singapore in the middle east. they spent millions of billions of they got in tunnels, missile launchers. they were adamant about turn gaza into a fortress of terror. we have to dismantle the fortress. if hamas wants to invest money in building an economy, creating a prosperous country down there, we'll give them the backing. they have to decide. it's their decision. do you want to fight or create peace? the moment they stop shooting, the moment they disarmor themselves we're done. the whole thing will go away. >> thank you very much for joining us, israeli's economy
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minister. one week on in operations, protective edge an area and animosity on both sides. both blame the other saying they're bearing the brunt of the suffering. the strikes continue from i ral. israeli air raids into gaza. despite calls for an urgent cease fire, there's no sign in sight. there's expectation there could be an israel ground offensive. in israel itself there's debate about whether that is the best option. yes again both sides are involved in another bloody conflict. we'll continue to watch the developments from all sides. don't forget you can follow us online and twitter. my twit-- >> live from gaza, thank you very much. let me bring you other stories making headlines around the world now.
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chinese authorities have formally charged a british business man and his american wife with illegally selling information about chinese citizens. the two were arrest add last year in connection with the investigation into the alleged bribery with the pharmaceutical company gsk. sam sung has suspended operations with the company due to allegations of child labor. five workers under age of 16 were making phone parts in the audit. troops and officials of nearly 80 countries gathered on the shores to mark 100 years since the beginning of the first world war. that celebration is near the prison that started the french revolution in july 1789. stay with us on bbc world news
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for plenty more to come. the fireworks may be fading, but the celebrations are certainly not. we're live in berlin after germany claims the big prize at brazil 2014. ys see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ my treadmill started to dress g i mibetter than i did.uts,bout. the problem was the pain. hard to believe,
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germany is celebrating becoming in their own words. a billion people watched on television worldwide. it's the first time east and west germany is unified since football has won the top prize. let's go to berlin with lucy hockings. how are the germans celebrating today? >> the germans are united in their pride and euphoria that
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their team have won the world cup. if i can take you back to last night, pouring rain, thunder, lightning, but hundreds of thousands were down here around the gate on the fan mile. they were completely confident their team were going to take the world cup particularly after the semi final match where they won 7-1. they were so nervous, so tense at the end of the full time into extra time when they got the goal. it was like this massive wave of relief washed over not only me but everyone standing here. they were so excited that they were one up. they won the match. fireworks, excitement, celebration across the country. let's listen to some of the fans. >> translator: we deserved it. it was a hard struggle, but we played really well. we deserved it. world champions.
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world champions. >> we won the world championship. we love y'all germany. >> reporter: we heard that over and over last night. let's talk to the magazine with me now. were you worried? >> i was worried. it was such an intense game. i was worried but confident they would make it in the end. >> reporter: why were you confident? >> they played such a good tournament. what's good about the german team is they have strong individuals, but i think they really work as a team. that's what made the difference. >> the german coach said this is ten years in the making. >> this team still lives from the spirit of klinsmann really. he had this idea of turning the team upside down. all these new ideas.
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this is the end of this 10-year-old journey. >> reporter: who was your player of the tournament? >> absolutely amazing. not only the goalkeeper of the tournament. >> reporter: lots of people said he had a certain calm. that was good for the team too. >> yeah exactly. he's such an experienced player. he had such a good time last couple of years. he won the champions league. he's a big success for the team. >> reporter: what about super mario. he scored the goal. he's going to come home only 22 years old, the hero. >> he was there when needed. he didn't play the best tournament, but in the end he was there and made the goal. >> reporter: what do you think about german football now? is this next decade going to belong to germany? >> that's so difficult to say. i wish that would be true what
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you say. we just don't know. the spanish team dominate sod long. i expected spain to be really good from this tournament. then they lost in the first round. we never know. i think they should be okay the next two years. >> reporter: thanks for joining us. he has three. going to have to get four now to update. many in germany have to do that. let's take you over now to rio where we can join ben brown who's been there throughout the tournament for us. what was it like there at the end of the match? >> reporter: well lucy, a lot of german fan as came all the way over to rio for this final, they left the game early and headed for their planes to get back to germany. some had literally flown over just for the match which seems a long way to travel for a game of football. they said it was worth it and beyond their wildest dreams, that wonderful goal to to end
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the wonderful tournament. those that stayed in rio partied long and hard through the night. lots of argentina fans were drinking and having a good time as well. everybody agrees germany was the best side of the tournament. anyone neutral thought that. that goal, what a great goal to end the tournament by germany. one footnote is you remember in the semi final germany destroyed brazil 7-1. the brazilian manager is paying the price of that we're hearing. unconfirmed reports that he has been sacked as manager. >> briefly ben you've been there throughout the whole tournament. you probably watched most of the
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games. what was your favorite moment of the world cup? >> reporter: that's difficult. you know, it's such a wonderful setting. we're so lucky here in rio watching football on the beach here on the big screen. that's been one wonderful thing to remember and a memo to cherish. that wonderful chess and volley into the net will stand out as the goal of the tournament. that one that won the world cup for germany wasn't bad either. >> reporter: thanks so much for bringing the world cup to life for us. a billion people around the world watched making it the most watched sporting event in history. we had comments come through on facebook from all over the world. this one, i'm from nepal. very, very great moment for
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germany and people all around the world. and another said, yes it makes us proud to get the fourth star after 24 years. a lovely comment from alley son, congratulations to germany from my 8-year-old half japanese british son who's life is about soccer. keep those comments coming. get in contact with me direct @lucy hockings bbc. i have to say the party is not over in germany. there's the gate behind me. tomorrow first thing in the morning the german team arrives here. we think 9:00 in the morning. the team and trophy will be presented to what we expect to be hundreds of thousands of add dou -- a douring fa inin inin inin.
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the party is where you're at. unlike the german goalkeeper, they're getting partying and scoring. stay with us on bbc news. on "gmt." three months since 200 girls were kidnapped, malala is there and we'll hear from her. when you feel bloated, with discomfort, gas, not to mention the rumbling... you feel totally knocked out. eat activia. twice a day for four weeks. activia may reduce the frequency of minor digestive issues like bloating, gas, discomfort and rumbling. activia, feeling good starts from the inside.
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hello. welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. in this half hour, three months since hundreds of schoolgirls were kidnapped in northern nigeria, now the campaign is there calling for their release. >> boko haram is use the name education is not right which is totally wrong. it may not be a football powerhouse yet, but china has big ambitions. we visit the world's largest
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soccer academy. i'm aaron live at the farnborough air show where we mark 100 years of commercial aviation. 1914, one plane, one pilot, one paying passenger took a flight and started this industry. an industry that today generates $1.2 trillion in economic activity. >> hi there. thanks for joining us. so it's been three months since boko haram militants abducted 200 girls from a school in northeast nigeria. that prompted a global campaign calling for girls to be freed. you may remember the hashtag bring back our girls.
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we have been examining that campaign asking whether the campaign is closer to being released. >> it started in abuja and went viral. protests were held around the world. well known personalities, hollywood stars, musicians and activists have lent their voices to the bring back our girls movement. away from the hashtag, there have been the grief stricken families of missing girls. they had seen the violence but never imagined it would affect them with horror. a man who's brother was killed in a boko haram attack describes pain. his sister who was kind and loving is among the missing schoolgirls.
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>> the nigerian government and military have been fending off criticism of efforts insisting they're doing their best to secure the girl's release. >> we cannot tell you. >> foreign governments have also offered support. man add drones from the u.s. are help manage the search. the british have sent this aircraft to the forest where boko haram members are believed to be hold up and could be possibly holding the girls. this is one of the symbols of the campaign in support of the missing girls. these cards lined up here in downtown represent each of the schoolgirls and put names to the number of over 200 girls still missing. this is a vivid reminder of the abduction in april that shook millions around the world.
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>> the campaigns have been criticized and attacks, but they say they're not deterred. >> as long as it takes. all it takes is for you to think about these girls. 200 plus in captivity. unimaginable circumstances. if that doesn't keep us going, what should? >> the campaign is nowhere as prominent today as it was in weeks back, but the activists hope to maintain pressure on the nigerian government to act so that the weeping mothers can see their daughters alive again. >> now you will remember the pakistani teenager shot by the t taliban for campaigning for girl's education. she is there appealing for the girl's release. we have been speaking to malala.
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>> when i met parents of those girls and girls that escape ed from the kid napping, i felt the real situation. it has a different impact when you hear the story from somewhere else and from the person who has suffered through this situation. now i can deeply feel the situation of my sisters here. they're sad because they want their other sisters who are under abduction of boko haram. they want them to be safe and come back. it's the only way. they wish to see girls. when i met the parents they were crying and asking the government, asking their president that they should bring back our girls. so it's a message of everyone here in nigeria that girls should be released freely. they should be freed as soon as possible. those girls have the right to get education. they deserve the right not to be forced and not to be kidnapped. they deserve to be free and
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treated with equality and justice. >> you must feel the many similarities with your own case in pakistan? >> the situation looks quite similar because there was a group called taliban, terrorist group. they said education is not allowed. they were using the name of islam. same is happening here. in nigeria, boko haram is accuse saying education is not right. islam has allowed boys and girls to get education. islam gives message of equality. the word islam means of peace. the taliban started more than 400 schools that are against education. they stop them from going to market. i was not able to go to school at the time that taliban took control. people spoke and raised voices. here's my message to people of nigeria. if you want to fight for your
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rights of education, you have to raise your voices. your voice should be your weapon. fight through your voices. i'm hopeful they will raise their voices if there are group who is are raising the voice of saying bring back our girls. we should continue this campaign and ask the government to take action as soon as possible. >> malala talking to our world affairs editor there. let's get business news. we can fly out and find aaron. what are you up to? >> here we are. welcome to the farnborough international air show. i'm like a kid this the candy shop. the smell of jet fumes are everywhere. this is a big show. some 200,000 plus visitors will pass through the gates over the next week. it's about trade. we've got military and defense executives from 75 different
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countries. yes they are here to look, touch, watch in action. the latest developments, military civilians and commercial aviation. let's be frank. a lot of people are here to do big business. a lot of airline order announcements are made. the competition continues to be hot. this is a two horse race between america's boeing and europe's air bus. another successful year in terms of orders and delivery. there's a built of a problem. they can't make the planes fast enough. thousands of jets are on order. there's an issue and challenge. we're going to talk to them about that, how do they fix that? also here to mark a special year 2014, 100 years. short 23 minute flight. that started this industry.
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so i put something together for you. in a snapshot, this is a look at the evolution of 100 years of commercial aviation. >> on the first of january 1914, this simple airboat plane made of wood piloted by 25-year-old tony janis carried the mayor of st. petersburg florida as a paying passenger across tampa bay. together they flew to aviation history. things moved quickly after that. royal dutch took to the skies in 1919 making it the oldest carrier still flying today. soon the great flying boats used by britain's imperial air ways had introduced true long haul aviation. when the first kangaroo route
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between australia and england was open, the ticket cost the same as a two year salary. the aviation opened up to the world. the boeing 747 was the first wide bodied aircraft. it offered cheap, long haul travel. today airlines carry more than 3 billion passengers a year. it's not just people. last year they transported $6.4 trillion worth of cargo. that's after i third of all global trade. third of all glob trade. this industry generates $2.2 million in economic industry. many will tell you commercial aviation is grease that oils the wheels of the global economy. how far have we really come? we've seen a change in aircraft.
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what about a change in passenger expectation? i jumped on board that thing right behind me to take a look at the state of the art airline and what it has to offer 100 years on. >> here we are on board the most advanced passenger jet flying today. it is the boeing 787 dream liner. this is the nerve center, flight deck. big screen completely electronic. even a heads up display. you know, it's what you can't see that also make this is plane fuel-efficient. it's made out of competent material. here we are in the gally. the onboard kitchen employeed chefs to put business and first class menus together. some have their on board ship. the food is cooked here. now days it's a must for any
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airline to have a flat bed seat. all of these turn into nice long flat beds. notice the screens, on board entertainment. there's thousands of hours of movies and tv shows. you'll notice the spaciousness. this is an aircraft boeing said we want the passenger to feel comfortable in moving around. oh it also can be pressurized at a lower altitude. what does that mean? in a nutshell, when you get off, less jet lag hopefully. we are in economy now. the technology back here is the same up the front. this screen here is the world's first dual screen interface. what does that mean? you can watch a movie and play a game at the same time. the entire cabin is wi-fi connected. i think we're done. i'm going to go back up to the big seat in the front. those are comfy seats up there
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indeed. let's learn more about the travel passenger experience and what their expectations are. come on in. simon, editor and chief publisher. simon is an aviation guru. welcome to the program. let me start quickly with this. you've seen on board there, today we've got flat beds, lounges. correct me if i'm wrong. didn't we have that in the mid 30s and 40s? >> flat beds used to be bunks. they've been here. travel was expensive those days. we're reinventing the wheel with passengers have been flat beds. nothing has really changed. >> we talk about upfront if you will in first and business class. there's almost an industry on its own in this industry. i know your company conducts global awards for these type of things.
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we're talking about a kit on board. this is big business. >> it's huge business. it's huge on the sense that today according to oag stats 31,000 first class seats, 62 business seats in the next 24 hours. >> they all get bags in first class. you've got low perfume. they're designing that. porsche just can did a bag with turkish airlines. >> which is -- what do they call it? the crystal. >> it's a hand bag for the ladies. it reminds the passengers them. it's the only thing you can take off the airplane legally. >> there's a huge aftermath on
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ebay selling. they're looking at selling business class bags to economy class customers. >> can we put a value on this? >> you can't put a price because it's close to secret. looking at numbers earlier aaron, it's a billion pound business earlier. >> i'll ask you one question. behind us, the most advanced yet liner in the world the wide body aircraft. some say in 40 years nothing has changed. we still fly on wide body air crafts. the time it takes to travel is the same as 40 years ago. >> yes, it is. developments on board are astronomical. you look at the in flight cabin. you've got to start looking out for passengers.
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you can develop everything you like and sleeper seats flat beds but unless you give free wi-fi, no someone going to sleep. for me, there's a lot to be done internally for passenger comfort. >> thanks. we appreciate your time. i should say the experts say the development over the last 40 years said developments have been behind the scenes making this the safest form of transport in the world. the last statistic showed just one accident for every five million flights. >> that's it for now. i'll have plenty more throughout the rest of the afternoon. back to you. >> thank you aaron. the most interesting thing is seeing you sitting in economy. must be a first for you. >> it was a real quick sit. i had to get up to the front. you saw those seats. >> thanks aaron. catch up with you later. stay with us here on bbc
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world news. still plenty more to come including this. it's one of the biggest mary time salvage operations in history. we'll bring you the latest on floating the wreckage of the costa concordia. trying to stay fit but miss real pleasure? the pleasure you crave just got real. light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. irresistible flavors, like toasted coconut vanilla, with a thick creamy texture. never have 80 calories tasted so satisfying. light & fit greek. taste satisfaction without sacrifice. ♪ dannon
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hello. these are the top stories this hour. palestinian officials say the death toll in gaza from a week of israeli air strikes is now more than 170. most of them civilians. israel disputes the figures. the german football team will parade through the streets of berlin tuesday after they beat argentina in the finals. now, salvage workers say
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they have successfully raised direct italian cruise ship costa concordia from the flat form it's been resting tonight last year. this is the scene of the wreckage. engineers have been pumping air into tanks attached to the 114,000 ton ship before towing it away to be scrapped. the cruise liner sank in january 2012. 32 passengers died. >> vast and majestic. the costa concordia was a luxurious floating resort endlessly cruising the mediterranean with thousands of passengers. she sailed into trouble two and a half years ago. the disaster began to unfold and terrible danger is coming. utter chaos, panic in the darkness. the huge ship is capsizing.
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each tiny figure is a passenger desperate to reach the lifeboats. as they scramble for safety, some are drowning in the sea around them. the disastrous route the concordia was deliberately steered off course so that she could salute people on the island. she was sailed in close, far too close. the rocks tore a hole in the hull. the ship was doomed and came to rest in the shallows. she capsized. one of the biggest salvage operations in history began with the effort to pull her upright. huge metal boxes were attached to her side. they were filled with water. their weight combined with the work of giant wenches drawing on cables pulled the hull down to a specially prepared undersea plat form. in the course of a long night,
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the concordia was pulled back onto her keel. he was left still happen half submerged. miles of sunken decks. here what looks like a reception area leading into the lounge or bar where the drinking and is chatter would have ended when the ship hit the rocks. now much of this drowned liner is about to be lifted above the waves. more steel boxes are attached to the wreck. as they're drained with water and filled with air slowly over a few days, slowly the ship should rise from the seabed. the costa concordia will begin her last voyage to be scrapped. bbc news on the island. >> on our website, you find much more on this gripping saga including the detailed look at the process of salvaging the
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costa concordia. that's on bbc.com/news. well now that the world cup is over, many teams will be reflecting on what might have been. china is thinking about the future. the world's populist nation is passionate about football. it's only qualified once in 2002. now though there's a plan to change that. china has built the world's biggest football academy. we sent our shanghai correspondent to take a look. >> in the middle of the chinese country side sits a towering symbol of sporting ambition. built in less than a year at a cost of $200 million. the school makes no secret of the extraordinary expectation. there are dozens of full sized
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football pitches to train on and a team of coaches that have been drafted in from madrid. >> the resources you know. they're giving really their best to maybe live in it. >> the funding for all this has come from the billionaire owner of one of china's biggest football clubs that the school claims high level political support to. >> the chinese president has three wishes, the school headmaster tells me, to qualify for, most and win the world cup. >> it's a heavy burden of expectation for the school's 2,500 pupils. placed 103 in fifa world ranks.
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there could be no doubting the drive and ambition on display here, but are they likely to produce world cup success? some argued the real crisis in chinese football goes much deeper. it's a social and political one and there will be no easy fix. firstly the country's massive building boom has left few surviving parks or playing fields. then there's the high pressure education system which leaves your average student with little time for support. any way, who would want to kick a ball around in pollution that get this is bad? if china is serious about the football ambitions, critics argue it needs to widen access for all, not just those that can afford the $6,000 u.s. it cost a year to come here. bbc news at the ever grand football school. >> time will tell if it pays
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off. a reminder of our top story on "gmt." palestinian officials say 172 people have been killed polling seven days of israeli air strikes. israel says it's targeting hamas terrorists. contact me on twitter. thanks for watching. i missed so many workouts, my treadmill started to dress better than i did. the problem was the pain. hard to believe, but dr. scholl's active series insoles reduce shock by 40% and give you immediate pain relief from three sports injuries. amazing! now, i'm a believer.
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have you met my friend? always wanted toto go to new york -- november 1, 1930. you come to hooverville when there's nowhere else to go. men going missing -- is this true? [ squealing ] no! laszlo? the empire state building must be completed in time. you trying to kill us? don't argue with me! this human is our best option. no! the final experiment will begin. the children of skaro must walk again. what is it? i... am... a human dalek.
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