>> iraq's prime minister has asked his element to declare a state of emergency. his request comes as islamist militants have effectively taken .ontrol of mosul vital areas of the country's second-largest city. militants are thought to be linked with an al qaeda affiliated group, the united states of iraq in the moveon. -- in the levant.

overwhelmed. driven back. the army retreated to the outskirts of mosul. the islamic state of iraq in the levant, the black jihad he flagged the telltale sign. fighters torched police stations, freeing prisoners and taking control of the airports. withn were owned -- armed grenades, sniper rifles, and heavy machine guns. police said snipers used cranes blockck walls -- to roads. the militants said they had come to liberate the city, as soldiers and police fled. prime minister nouri al-maliki said the government would provide weapons, urging citizens to stand and fight. >> the council of ministers declares the ultimate state of

emergency, and is doing all that it can to deal with the current situation. these grave circumstances require rapid measures to protect national security. and our citizens. >> fighting rommel's will has already forced thousands of families out of their homes. six months ago, the islamic state of iraq in the levant took control of falluja. under, nearby, is still threat, with troops battling militants in the surrounding and bar province. bar province. >> jihadist have seized areas. we will bring you more details as they come to hand. serious has started releasing signals -- prisoners under a general amnesty announced under president bashar al-assad. it is the first time the amnesty

extends to those accused under antiterrorism legislation, and comes a week after assad's controversial reelection. in the meantime, marc perlman day --o a former u.n. on human envoy who believes the war is far from ending. >> they have shown they were ready to sacrifice their lives. i think it has to end. remember, just a little bit more than a year ago, it was in a position of saying they were going to win very soon. we were very angry with us. we said that negotiation was necessary. now it is the turn of the government.

>> are they equally wrong in believing there will be a --isive >> i do not believe there will be a decisive military victory. >> there has been another attack on karachi airport in pakistan, the than 48 hours after taliban government declared people dead. tribal areas near the afghan border. the government has been making tentative steps toward peace talks with the taliban. for more, i am joined by a pakistani specialist at the american enterprise institute in washington. you and i were talking at the same time last night about how the taliban were threatening more attacks. hours, are, less than 48 and there is yet another attack in the very same location. >> it really is astounding. it hasch of the group been demonstrated to be ,eceptive to pakistani attempts

through machinations, trying to get the actions and the groups to play off against each other. i am not sure if this came across yesterday, because we were cut off. the airport attack, there was an attack in falluja stan, nettie border with iran. andide bombers attacked killed 23 or 24 shia pilgrims. grouplly is a demonstrating an amazing breach. there was a declaration by the spokesman earlier, calling for an all-out war against the pakistani state starting june 10. there was an earlier deadline by a group in pakistan, saying fighters should come back to north waziristan. and in new haven. in order to fight off what they expected to be an imminent agostini military incursion.

>> where does this leave the pakistani government? >> in a very, very difficult position. they put a lot of stock into the peace talks. those have obviously been entirely fruitless. i do not think anybody realistically expects they are going to go back to talking. the civilian government under severe pressure to launch a more robust strike, and perhaps a large-scale offensive into enemy strongholds in northwest pakistan. we have seen already some preparation on the ground in those areas. we mentioned air strikes in a neighboring part of the agency, not where most of the enemy groups are based, but where there are additional hideouts. it looks like things are gearing up. whether or not or when they actually hit the jump off point, we will learn more in the coming days. it seems like at least they are

getting ready for the possibility of that sort of action. i think the conditions are now much more favorable for that to happen. >> thank you so much for that. moving on, a new president for israel. the country's next head of state. ended a presidential race that was the set i smear campaigns. the 74-year-old will replace the nine-year-old shimon peres, whose term ends in july. it is here what benjamin netanyahu had to say about the victory. >> i know you will do your utmost as president to meet the twofold mission of unifying the in theand showing unity face of external challenges. , as a prime minister from a similar background, to work through.

>> a global summit on stopping rape. the four-day event is the first such international meeting to tackle the issue. the interndrive national standards on investigating international standards in conflicts. >> 20 years ago, as serbian shells rained down on syria will, another weapon of war was less visible. 20,000 women were raped during the conflicts. most were afraid to report out of here and the shame it would bring them. >> i just wished he would kill me. i wish he had just killed me, instead of what he did to me. he raped me in front of all the people in the house. >> ngos are trying to teach a new generation of young man that

violence will not make them a man. bosnia, along with congo and south sudan, will be a priority at the london summit, cochaired by actress angelina jolie, who has made several trips to the countries as a unicef ambassador. >> time to check on the news elsewhere in the world. clintonion that hillary will be throwing her hat into the ring as a presidential candidate continues to rise. the former u.s. secretary of state launched her much anticipated book tour. she said they were broke when

they lived at the white house. forreds of fans lined up the first public signing of the memoir, called hard truth. soldiers have been killed accidentally by friendly fire in southern afghanistan. an afghan soldier and his children also died in the airstrike. officials say coalition forces had been called in for air support when they were attacked by the taliban. an investigation is now under way. the deaths of school students in a very disaster in april. ofost serious charge homicide through willful negligence. powerptain said he had no to stop the company from overloading the ship. germany's angela merkel has restated her support for john could younger -- jean-claude

juncker to take over as head of the european commission. british prime minister david cameron campaigned against junker's appointment. ask the british prime ministers says that in his view, ncker is a man of the past. the support for the eurosceptic party is shown that europeans a new be happy and need face that can deliver. cameron critics will say this is all very good, but the real reason why david cameron is so opposed to the nomination of the former prime minister of luxembourg is that john could younger -- jean-claude juncker is an experienced politician who is it at her list, someone who

relies on more europe rather than less. what we saw once again this morning in sweden is that germany and britain are at loggerheads over the nomination of the next president of the european commission. angela merkel once again standing behind the nomination of juncker. i am not sure he is a dream candidate, but angela merkel is .nder pressure in germany they are saying, you cannot give into the brats. brits. regarded as too federalist. very difficult to reconcile those positions. touel sa has gone

commemorate the victims killed in world war ii, after the landings in normandy, one of the largest mass murders of french citizens during the german occupation. >> a village in central france was of no strategic interest to the germans, but that is precisely what made it a target. when the allies landed in 6, the ss madee its way toward the north of the country. to try to ward off french resistance fighters in the region, the ss spread terror in its path. route was a village where residents were divided up. men were sent into barns. women and children locked up in the church. all of them were sprayed with bullets and set on fire. 642 people were massacred that they. -- that day.

only six survived. almost an entire population marked out in a matter of hours. the side of the town has been left untouched. commemorations take place annually. president the german joined president hollande, the first time a high-level german representative has visited the village. isiraq's prime minister calling on parliament to declare a state of emergency after extremists effectively seized control of the countries second largest city. germany's angela merkel supports john claude -- jean-claude juncker to take over the european union. they commission to create standards for investigating sexual violence in war zones. it is time for the business news next. we are looking at showdowns between the world's biggest

sports makers at the world cup in brazil. champion spain, or the home nation brazil? the world cup will be full of those tools, and one of them has already started. campaigns to win the world cup in branding. adidas'srying to spoil party. >> a fierce battle over brand supremacy is already underway. adidas may be the official fee sponsor, but it is outnumbered by nike 14 jerseys. international teams, versus adidas's nine and puma's eight. >> we have great teams, including european champion spain, asia's champion japan,

africa's best, nigeria, and central america's top team, mexico. >> nike is the world's largest sports brand. adidas has 12% of the global sportswear market. world cup balls have borne the adidas logo since 1970. now, nike is catching up. to a whoppingse $1.9 billion last year, not far behind adidas's estimated $2.4 billion. >> football is the number one sport around the world. we will bring great innovative products to the marketplace. gesture, thelic infamous torch used by the when they went on strike.

the team is now sponsored by nike. >> while negotiations continue, russia says it will not cut supplies to ukraine. moscow set a deadline for ukraine to start paying its gas bills, but the deadline came and without an attack. russia says ukraine owes it just under $4.5 billion, but ukraine says that is much smaller. signsmmission says the are sitting down for another round of talks this tuesday evening. africane, the south government is warning of losses in the mining sector if a five-month long strike continues. attempte abandoned an to mediate between mining officials and union officials. tools back in january.

companies are rejecting it. the strike has halted mines that usually stand for around 40% of the world's production. argument.s no i pray for the companies, for the humans. and more important, the people who will be affected by job loss. we are there. we are not abandoning them. the situation is grave, and quite serious. orwe have about 14 minutes so to go of trading on wall street. the markets taking a little bit of a breather. the s&p 500 down about a 10th of a percent. europe endedxes in

mixed, with the dax in frankfurt up. ftse really close to the flatline, only marginally down. into apple's tax arrangement in ireland. that is according to the irish state broadcaster. it says the commission will announce the investigation on wednesday. said ireland had given apple preferential treatment that allowed them to avoid taxes. apple said then they complied with the law. a spokesman for the european commission is declining to comment on this report. next market operator euro could be valued at one point -- uronext plans to sell

shares of its company, with plans to spin it off. paris, operates in amsterdam, brussels, and lisbon. nintendo is going on the offensive at the videogame show e3. the council maker has presented new features and games at the event. consolesnintendo missed sales targets by a wide margin last year. nintendo in terms of console sales for the first time in eight years. that is the business news for now. back to you. >> thank you, magnus. to an attempt to make a classic children's toy less sexist. community the online is rallying around a young man who risked his life at last month's shooting at seattle

pacific university. >> welcome to the web news, where we will look at some stories making online headlines. lego could launch a new series of female mini figures. and a bmx champ in action. 822-year-old risked his life during lasttack week's shooting at seattle pacific university. in doing so, he prevented a wider killing spree and has become a hero in the u.s., where people praised his bravery and expressed their admiration. posted messages

to social networks, where they are showering him with gifts. willwd funding campaign pay for an unbelievable who ison for john meis, getting married on june 23. the campaign is proving extraordinarily popular. hundreds of web users decided they wanted to buy a gift for meis and his future wife. the organization was organized by reddit, where users tracked list and posted it to sites where they were registered. those gifts have been entirely bought out. deserves more, and are calling on the university to reimburse his tuition fees. the university has yet to

respond. female paleontologists, astronauts, chemists. the new lego mini figures should be hitting the store by the end of august. the toy manufacturer announced the winner of its eighth annual ideas competition. the project garnered over 10,000 votes. >> a paleontologist, an astronomer, and a chemist, with all their awesome equipment. >> social networks praised choosing female scientists from all the online submissions. smart positiona and will no doubt inspire young girls to follow careers in science, engineering, or meth medics. time theot the first danish company has brought out collections designed exclusively

for little girls. they launched their friends collection in 2012. those attracted strong criticism at the time from blogger an sarkesian in particular, who released a video criticizing what she perceived as the sexist nature of the collection. echo listened and reviewed the collection. it launched a less gender stereotypical line. it will no doubt appeal to little girls the year over. seven-year-old charlotte wrote to lego at the beginning of the year, asking why there were more male figures than female ones. youtube is supporting athletes with the proud to play campaign, where users share their experiences of and thoughts of what a quality athlete means to them.

bryant,ll player kobe amongst others, is in the video campaign, which is proving hugely popular, promoting quality among all athletes regardless of their sexuality. wars producers filmed in 23 locations on four different continents to create a galaxy that is not so far away. this is the graphic published on the daily site, and serves as a travel guide. tattooinge scenes in were filmed in death valley. and other parts of hoth took place in a glacier in norway. explore the 300 kilometers of tunnels in the catacombs of paris, in the comfort of your

own home. .his documentary was produced as night falls, you find revelers and artist in this unusual location, the final resting place of millions of bones. bones. a

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