>> hello, a very warm welcome to "the journal." these are our top stories at this hour. israel announces plans for more than 1000 new settlement homes. is it a deliberate provocation just days ahead of new peace talks? the watershed election in mali as the people there boat in a runoff election. and as they celebrate their return, they demolish site -- demolished [indiscernible]

frankfurt. ♪ >> well, we begin with news that israel has given the go-ahead for the building of nearly 1200 new homes in east jerusalem and the west bank, drawing an angry response from palestinian representatives. they say that the announcement casts doubt over the sincerity of israeli peace talks that are due to begin on wednesday. the latest dispute over settlement building, the issue that led to the breakdown of the last direct talks between the two sides in 2010 comes as the german folk -- german foreign minister arrives to give his backing for the latest peace drive. >> they have been a constant stumbling block to middle east peace, israeli settlements in the west bank and jerusalem, where the palestinians envision

their future state. they also lay claim to jerusalem as their capital. just days before the direct start peace negotiations israel has approved almost 1200 new homes for jewish settlers. for palestinians? an act of bad faith. to give the peace process the chance it deserves. >> israeli activist groups have criticized the settlement construction, saying that it creates an obstacle to a lasting agreement. >> it is a bad start at the beginning of negotiations. if their purpose is a two-stage solution, this seems contradictory. if one really intends to reach that solution. >> the german foreign minister arrived in jerusalem on sunday to lend support to peace efforts. he voiced disapproval. side to not want either

take any steps that could jeopardize these negotiations. to that of fact, we will play an instructive part in these negotiations. >> the controversial new settlements are in areas and next by israel after the 1967 war. palestinians want the pre-1967 borders to be the starting point for negotiations. so far benjamin netanyahu has refused to endorse the idea. more now we are joined on the line by our correspondent from jerusalem. as we have seen, settlement building led to the breakdown of the last director round of talks in 2010. is it likely to have the same impact this time around? >> from the palestinian perspective it is certainly not a good sign.

things have already broken down, they said that the patience of the palestinians is limited, but they have not call off the talks scheduled for wednesday and some reports suggest that this is seen as a countermeasure to the israeli government's very controversial decision to release the 104 palestinian prisoners, 26 of those long-term prisoners are expected to be released likely on tuesday or wednesday, but the argument from some israeli officials that these would be made into settlement blocks, they would in any case digest it in the palestinian public, which are in any case very skeptical if they want to be seen as serious with those talks. facilitateping to the latest peace drive. how much influence can he really

exercise? >> today the foreign minister said that he sees his role as in supporting and encouraging the restart of talks with moderate elements from the states and he called for unilateral measures. newany will also have a economic term for the palestinian authority, predominately quarter alongside the negotiations. this has made clear the role of the germans and the europeans in the initiatives by the u.s. administration and everyone else here taking a supporting role. >> thank you very much for that update. in the region, it looks like a tense night lies ahead in egypt, where site -- sources close to the government say that the police are expected to start thinking action early on monday against supporters of mohamed morsi who are gathered in protest camps.

the camps have been the focus of the confrontation between the army last month and supporters demanding morsi's reinstatement. the muslimrs of brotherhood still control the entrance of this mosque in cairo. so far the army has tolerated it, but no one knows for how much longer. downwn with the mallet -- with the military. >> that is the chant from the men. >> for more than one month, thousands of islamists have been camped out here, many with their children. they say that they will continue to protest until he is returned to office. >> i gave the president a mandate. he should stay in office for four years. whoever follows him should also have four years to serve the country.

decisions like this should not be made lightly. protests have settled into routine, but now that ramadan is over, many fear that the government will take a hard line. army storms our camp in front of the mosque and university, we will organize dozens of protests at other locations. will surprise the usurpers with our actions and they will regret what they have done. if they take a single step against us, it will be their last. everything will burn. >> his supporters have been taking their protests out of the mosque and onto the streets of cairo. the demonstrations have been loud, but peaceful, but that met -- may not be the case if there is an eviction on monday. havelling stations in mali

closed in the second round of their landmark presidential election. it comes after more than one year of turmoil involving a military coup and an islamist insurgency contained only after french forces intervened. international donors say that billions of euros in asia will be released only when a democratic government is in place. >> torrential rain threatened to affect the turnout, but 6.5 million voters have until sunday evening to cast their vote, either for the former prime minister, properly known as ibk, supported by moderate muslim leaders, or his rival, former finance minister who is a sharp critic of last year's leaders. neither one the outright majority in the first round two weeks ago, but this time one of

them will emerge the leader. >> i think that the second round is a good thing for the people. asking our future leaders to work hard to get us out of this misery. we are fed up, we have suffered for so long. hopefully this candidate will bring a better fortune to our country. >> since the military coup almost 18 months ago, molly has been rocked by unrest by the central government and rebels and islamist groups in the north. they have agreed to hold peace talks with the new government within two months of the election. with so much at stake, the new president will need a very strong mandate. >> police in greece are searching for 10 immigrants who escaped after a riot in a detention center near athens. they set fire to mattresses and

hurled rocks at guards after being told of their stay would be extended. human rights groups have criticized greece over poor conditions at these centers and there are low rates of approval for asylum applications. international protests are growing ahead of next year's winter olympics in russia because of a new law making it an offense to provide minors with positive information about homosexuality. in several countries gay and lesbian groups have been demonstrating against the discrimination from the kremlin, like here in front of the russian embassy in israel. some politicians and activists are calling for a boycott of the winter games in light of the law. controversy has not impacted on the world athletics championships taking place in moscow, where a rainy evening could not prevent another supreme performance from usen bolt the flamboyant jamaican is

never short on continent -- confidence, but after getting off to a slow start the american was in front for the first 50 meters, but could not hold on with tracks of victory in 9.7 seconds, and the young jamaican took bronze. big clash inthe action was between [indiscernible] erupt into life with just seconds on the clock. shocker's striker opened scoring with just 82nd but the grip on the match slip away when the star player hobbled off injured. fighting his way into the lead before a second strike made it on the strike of halftime, hamburg was quickly in front again.

in the second encounter, the mayan secured a second victory over stood guard. there was damage from -- damage for the host and the striker was the other scorer. goals were not enough force to guard. action they made a sensational return to the top flight, crushing them 6-1 in front of a home crowd at the olympic stadium. >> they wasted no time making their return to the top flight and twice they hit the woodwork. a delightfuld counter attack.

after one hour only the penalty kept the score respectable. samuel hit the bar again for berlin. first three-one and then a few minutes later they finished expertly. with one hour gone, berlin was in the driving seat. there was time again to make it 5-1. the final goal, misery on an abject frankfurt on the final score. the biggest opening day wind from a promoters' side in history. soccer, a newwith victory for ulsberg thanks to [indiscernible] he endeared himself to fans

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more news and more support at the top of the hour. do not go away. ♪ >> the week began with the news that "the washington post," the paper of record in the u.s. capital, had been sold. the gramm family is quitting the publishing business, ending ownership of the paper that brought down a president, richard nixon, in the watergate scandal. the new owner is the billionaire founder of amazon. he paid $250 million for the paper, which has steadily lost money and readers in recent years. >> we knew that he could keep it alive. we knew that it could survive.

we went to see if we could find a buyer. >> he said he did not want to interfere with how it operated. he said that he vowed to continue the commitment to quality journalism, writing that the values do not need changing and that the duty of the paper will remain to its readers and not the private interests of owners. of 300ay's sentencing military officers, academics, and prominent nationalists for planning a coup against prime minister drew considerable doention in order one -- or one -- urgeduwan this week. this is not acceptable.

if you are trying someone who has been the commander of the turkish armed forces, it means your targeting and trying the army from the republic of turkey. >> there had been repeated coups in the past from the turkish military. observers say that the military role in society is not compatible with democracy. the prime minister came to power vowing to submit the military to democratic control, but his critics say that the trial was a ruse to remove his opponents and it was another step on the road to turkey becoming an autocratic, islamist state. >> after days of media speculation, officials released a report on doping in west germany. news that have long been known about in the communist east, systems in the west were found

as well. ahead of the olympic games west german athletes reportedly received germany -- received a blood doping and testosterone. the state justice ministers are demanding new legislation to ban doping and they insist that they are today routinely tested and do not bow. >> 3 right wing radicals were sentenced to life in hungary for murdering six roma people in 2008 and 2009. day said one family's house on fire before gunning them down, including a 5-year-old child. one of the victims' mothers describe her feelings. >> there are many strange things about this case, but the problem is that little things that could have turned up more clues were not examined properly. >> police only began to investigate hours after the crimes had taken place and they

initially dismissed any kind of racist motive or right wing connections. the conservative government in hungary has been criticized for the european union, a month other things, for its indifference to the radicals in the country. inhate crimes on trial germany this week. accuse of having killed 10 people, most of them of turkish origin, over nearly a decker -- nearly a decade. on trial for murder along with four accomplices. the munich court met for the last time on tuesday.

the trial is likely to continue until 2015. >> another legal story captivated our attention this week. a convicted pedophile was taken into custody after being mistakenly pardoned in morocco. he was serving a 30 year sentence. last week's king muhammed pardon him and he was returned to spain. news of the amnesty led to protests from morocco, saying beenthe king had not properly informed. he will remain in spanish custody for now. >> the japanese government this week said that they would help to tackle radioactive leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant. said theday they

government could no longer reflect -- expect the operator to deal with the problem by themselves and the issue was of national importance. >> the stability is one of our tasks, notably the contaminated water problem is one that the japanese people have a high level of interest in and is an urgent issue to be dealt with. this is not an issue that we can let them take complete responsibility for. stricken in the wake of the march 2011 earthquake and tsunami. the explosion of the complex led to the release of radioactive waste. some 300 tons of radioactive water is leaking every day. >> the political crisis continues in the czech republic this week after the interim prime minister lost a vote of confidence. instead 100 deputies voted

against the technocrats. brieflyhe would only stay on in a caretaker capacity next week. >> protesters again to to the streets this week in the country where the arab spring began. tens of thousands of opposition activists were out in force in the capital, united by one goal, to oust the government led by the party. >> the protesters, it is a sham. , theused real legitimacy only one with the authority to rule them is the people themselves. >> unrest has been simmering since the 2011 revolution. it has boiled over again because of the death of this man. this opposition politician was killed on july 25 by islamist

extremists. many blame the government for the killing. >> a huge fire forced the closure of the main international airport in nairobi. thestigators sifted through remains of the international terminal for clues as to what caused the fire. most domestic and international flights had resumed by now. -- have resumed now. >> the syrian president appeared in president to mark the end of ramadan this week and to dispel rumors of a rebel assassination attempt against him. images from syrian state television seemed designed to show that he was on harmed. residents said they attacked his motorcade in the capital. he was not the only one to put in a public appearance.

visited the southern city, where the uprising first began. it was his first visit since taking up the position, surrounded by armed rebels he spent time talking to local people. muslimsd the world celebrated the end of ramadan this week. bangladesh tens of thousands of people headed to their home villages to celebrate the festival. they organize extra trains for the huge numbers of people travelling. villagegoing to my home to celebrate with my family, but the trains are overcrowded. >> many were attending prayers. >> it happened towards the end, people achieve a higher

consciousness and believe in their faith. city ofe german hamburg, agreements made that holiday officially honored. muslims are entitled to a day of vacation at work and children did not have to go to school. that are a small minority wants to be treated equally and are happy that is starting to happen. >> the islamic community issued an open invitation to join the breaking of the fast, a tradition in hamburg reinforced by the new agreement. u.s. president, barack obama, went on the offensive in the nsa scandals. >> we can and must be transparent. muchve to make public as

information about these programs as possible. given the history of abuse by governments, it is right to ask questions about surveillance, particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives. >> he announced a review of u.s. surveillance programs and that he would appoint an independent commission to evaluate data collection how. earlier two internet firms said they would cease custom data gathering. one was reportedly in the region used by edward snowden to send in printed messages. he said the debate would have taken place without revelation, but he repeated the call for him to return to the u.s. to face the espionage charges. >> queen elizabeth begins her summer holiday in scotland on

friday. her husband is expected to join her on monday. the newest member of the royal family, prince george,