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>> live from paris. face of thee regional jihadist threat, the israeli foreign minister says the jim risch state is ready to assist what he calls moderate states. calling in for more inclusive leadership, top diplomats in the iraqi capital. sectarian violence. defeat in the united states, bothny beat the u.s. as teams go through. portugal, meanwhile, expressed both sides are out of the world cup. ♪
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good evening. hasisraeli foreign minister been holding talks for the u.s. secretary of state john kerry here in paris today. against the backdrop of the military threat in iraq, syria and the region as the whole, israel said it is willing to offer assistance to what it calls moderate arab states, threatened by extremism and advancing jihadist there. we can speak in jerusalem. what sort of help is on author -- offer their? >> conquered examples of what kind of support he is thinking
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of when he offered israel's existence of what he called moderate arab states. when he is in ansys doing is taking 2001 and 2002, in saudi arabia, which consisted in normalizing relations between the arab states, if israel strikes peace with the palestinians. he says peace with the palestinians is not possible right now given current conditions. he is calling for normalization between some of our countries and israel, and then possibly, there will be a deal with palestinians. he is offering to form some sort of united front with israel and arab allies with what he calls jihad al qaeda and iranian threats. no concrete proposals. in terms of any arab leader, while reaching out, to grab of
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that hand he is supposedly extending, it is highly unlikely given the arab world. , and iraq, a broader sectarian war in the region? >> they are very worried about it. on the commenting situation in iraq and also more importantly in syria. withares a common border syria. we have seen spillovers. -- week if the nationstates collapse at some point in syria and iraq, if au look at a map, you have quarter right there that goes straight from iran to israel.
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a great situation indeed for many israelis. >> thank you indeed for the update. william hague has been paying a visit to iraq. a deep crisis in which sunni jihadist had overrun five. malki as well as the regional president, his message to them echoes what the u.s. secretary of state and john kerry told him earlier on in the week. voice calling for decisive action from baghdad. william hague was in the iraqi capital on thursday, urging the prime minister to form a unity government. calls have been ignored to bring all religions and ethnic groups
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into an emerging coalition. the position in iraq could only be political. >> we believe the single most important tactic that will determine whether or not iraq overbeek -- overcomes the challenges put a calamity. it must be to inform an inclusive government following on from the recent elections. >> these come after john kerry visited iraq, where he tried to convince officials to work the prospect of civil unrest and larger conflict in the region. the diplomatic interventions, after significant territorial gains by isis, the extremist group attempting to establish an islamic counterfeit in the region. the oil refinery north of baghdad has been turned in by the extremist group. on wednesday, they say they overran the facility, including the oil fields.
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this shows smoke rising from the site. the iraqi army says it is now under military control. we upheld an attempt to attack the beijing refinery and killed all the rebels who approached the perimeter of the site. has now become a cemetery of these carrots. >> the insurgents who attacked the refinery were led by isis and included hard-line sunni groups and accused malki of sidelining people of their space. eight years ahead of the government area >> -- government. >> as basis militants continue their advance, shia diligence have been forced to seek safety in other parts of the country. sceneescribe the horrific left behind them.
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decapitations, and the destruction of non-sunni places. the president of iraq in the visit ins at his first sunni cities since iraqi forces were driven back by jihadist. that encouraged those already in the city to then take control of it. for years, they have been locked in debate with central government in baghdad over realization now is of a long-standing territorial dream. in other world news, eu heads of state have gathered ahead of their two-day summit in northwestern belgium to commemorate the outbreak of the hundredth anniversary of the first world war. it is the scene of one of the most arduous battles of that war. more than half a million people died there. on friday, the heads of states
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will begin their summit that the european council, where is its acted the next european president will be named. -- triggeredickled anger. >> coming off against a largely central group. david cameron is sticking to his guns, voicing his opposition for eu commission president. the u.k. prime minister is hunt -- hunting that the nomination is coming to a vote. >> it is important on this issue to stand up and speak for what you believe in. i believe the european commission president should be chosen by the elected head of the government, and heads of state, on the european council. that is the right approach and it is wrong to sign up for the power grab i the parties of europe and the european parliament. >> now germany, the netherlands, and sweden are all backing yuko. if he attracts the quality of
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heads of state and the government and also has support of the european parliament, then the rules have been followed and the government recommends they join the community. >> a look at the former prime minister will not be the former are leader, the eu leads. is particularly fearful younger nominations will promote more union in the eu and seymour power handed over to parliament. spoke -- a prospect very unpopular. although firm starts could further isolate him with europe and forced him -- force him to preempt on uk's future in the union. >> let's change gears. a check of all of the world cup action in brazil. the united states has been playing germany this evening. a portugal facedarner.
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one million two germany. both countries, however, go through to the final 16. 821 --l beat ghana in 2-1 score there. neither will go through. algeria, they will play russia this evening. south korea will battle it out with belgium later in the day. in sports, dan is standing by in rio with more on today's highlights. >> the only goal to the game, it is his ninth world cup gold in his career. talk about another german, the you have to think he will go on to break that himself as well. now with nine goals. the united
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states, along with the germans, that is after the united states in the match, which we thought would -- it would go through in the last minutes. chuckle, even though they will -- portugal, there out of the competition. really, that is all hinging on the germans. and although on the score sheet on this one. it was not enough. we have now got four top europeans out of the competition. the first to go, england. italy following after them and now portuguese also. top -- the and three. meanwhile, uruguayan football
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fans are serious about banning their star player from any in the world cup ear dan from all football activity for four months. that is providing the italian .ffender even so, the uruguayan government is defending him, calling the punishment disproportionate and they say they will repeal that decision. >> it is one that will go beyond this year's tournament, found guilty of biting. is banned and cannot attend the game until november. >> banned from taking part in any kind of football related activity. administrative, support, or any other, for a series of four months in accordance with article 22. >> the fee for committee found
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him guilty of unsporting behavior and said it had no choice but to act. >> such behavior cannot be page.ted on any football the lives of millions of people are understaffed on the field. >> defending the american title --t, >> it really affected. he is a human being and not a machine. he is a football player. he loves football. beyond that, he feels like a few players in the world. you pay for your mistakes. he is already paid and things in this particular case, sanctions were too harsh considering there is not enough evidence to justify such a decision. >> despite never seeing -- receiving one in his career, he has served two previous for
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biting an opponent. u.s. football association says it will repeal the decision. britain's top diplomat in the iraqi capital. the company remains in the grip of deadly and sectarian violence. gearing up to their summit, the over thee state gather next european president. united states, germany beat the u.s.. the closest teams go through. ghana in their group. neither side is going through. time now for a check of the top business news stories. marcus is here. a number of jobs here in french -- in france. >> the number of jobseekers in
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france has had a fresh record high. nearly 25,000 more people were looking for work during the month in may, in comparison to april. another cold shower for the french government. they admit the figures are not good, gleaming low growth in the first quarter. let's take a closer look at the figures. 24,800 more people joined the queue in may. brother number of total jobseekers to just shy of 3.4 million people. as you can see on these figures figures ministry, the come as the data shows the private sector in france is retracting. that in turn is seen as a sign that growth will not pick up significantly in the weeks and months to come. the french government has come out under increasing pressure. it has pledged by 13 other -- 13 euros. the governmentys
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will stay on chorus for that pledge. >> -- encores for that pledge. >> if we want to reduce more wealth, we need two things. give businesses more room to maneuver and finance this with budget cuts, if not tax increases, which is what we did for the past two years and what the previous government did for the two before that. jobless figures, people over 50 are the fastest-growing group and they are finding it increasingly difficult to find jobs. jeff has more. retirementsad until in employment. a management job in the luxury sector over a year ago. he has been trying to launch his own jewelry business. he says he has had to learn everything from scratch.
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have to contact different people. it is really important for someone mike me who knew nothing. >> he is a member of the fastest-growing group across france. attacking youth unemployment. they have been increasingly finding themselves out of work. 25-49 asear, ages dropped. in 50, it has continued to decline. this organization helps them get funding. >> these days, it is difficult to find. he still has 20 years to give economic element of our country. it would be good if they got some courage and started a notch bring real adventure. >> this already cost them 35,000 will to catch up and it not be possible for another three years. >> we will take a look at the stock market next.
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the united states falling on the back of mixed economic data. it shows they have come up from previous lows. things are doing a little the better than a few hours ago on wall street. the number of jobseekers applied for benefits in the united states dropped last week. it grew by less than expected and that led economists to downgrade growth forecasts in this quarter. on the back of the economic data, we are seeing red figures. in europe, stocks closed mostly lower, ending flat. following a proper warning from standard chartered bank. they also took a hit. those banking shares, as workplace stock security fraud in a lawsuit bite new york regulators. few other about it stories we are keeping an ion for you. the german government is ending a contract with verizon. --man officials are aspiring
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the country is letting u.s. spies on -- to eavesdrop. at -- edward snowden is stopping in europe. provideds -- has internet services for years. google has started to leak some search results in the landmark european court ruling. it has upheld the so-called right to be forgotten. it has asked for their removal of embarrassing information. google receives more than 50,000 requests and a significant backlog. businesses,nse for far more to say it is tantamount to censorship. lawmakers in france adopted a bill to rein in amazon and bookshops.ll
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it prevents amazon and other retailers from offering same-day deliveries on discounted books. amazon has been slashing the prices to crush rival bookshops. headlines andness i will throw it back to you. >> thank you. it is time now for a check of what is making waves online. web uses next. next -- web news is next. >> welcome to web news. health professionals facing malpractice. and a taiwanese street performer in action.
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we are doctors and we are not gods or criminals. in mesko, sharing their support for 16 practitioners who have been arrested and are facing criminal trials for alleged negligence for the death of a teenage way. if is concerned this will set a dangerous precedent. campaign is drawing strong support across the country. over 93,000 members. showing solidarity in unique ways. a baby operated on by one of the 16 accused of medical malpractice area they posted a photo of the baby with a message of support. although much of the campaigning is taking place online, there have been street protests. 50,000 medical profession are us -- professionals.
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peaceful protests calling for the charges to be dropped. greater respect for the -- and in and for the criminalization of the practice. resources, not the hostel that they say researchers and not the hospital staff to be called into question. "accident -- tom his book, "accident happened here: he said [indiscernible] so social issues can be found. ♪ the but of countless jokes after sinking his jaws into the italian defender during tuesday's world cup match. the bike has not gone unnoticed on solo -- social networks.
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dozens have appeared online to picking -- depicting a manner of wacky scenarios. we see the uruguayan star with hannibal lecter. a vampire, and even as jobs. also coming up with imaginative -- some say he should wear a special color to stop biting his opponents and said the the should i get -- build technology to identify fight -- bytes. bar haskers chocolate taken to twitter with messages to try theires
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products instead of biting other players. ♪ anonymous twitter user is leaking revealing secrets and information about a terrorist group. the daily beast has reported on the stuff -- on this discovery. perhaps opposed to the action in iraq. they are wondering, just to is this? ♪ -- just who is this? ♪ since twitter launched back into the -- in 2006. numbercrunching on the social network. has 241 currently million active members
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worldwide. followers,lion american singer katy perry is the most popular celebrity on twitter. ♪ , fan is a very talented artist using makeup, props, and costumes, she transforms herself -- herself into michael jackson as well as fictional characters like the wicked witch from sleeping beauty. temporary creations are available to you on her facebook age and also her youtube channel. ♪ a street performer from taiwan ring to pull off
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06/26/14 06/26/14 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! there are some fear concerning three of the civil rights workers, two whites and a negro. police had arrested the three men for speeding yesterday but released them after they post a bond. they have not been heard from since. but it was 50 or's ago this week that three civil rights activist were murdered when they went to volunteer with freedom summer
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