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>> let's go to our top story. nine palestinian militants have been killed in a series of israeli air raids on the gaza strip. of hamas says seven of its fighters died in a single strike near the south -- in the south. three others died in separate air strikes. in themes as tensions region are high following the murder of a palestinian teenager, mohammed abu khdeir.
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police believe there was a nationalist motive to his killing and have arrested six jewish suspects. catherine clifford has more. theehind closed doors, suspects are interrogated by security forces. the six are reported to be extremists, all male, under the age of 18. their lawyers insist their clients are innocent. eventually, the police will come to a conclusion that our clients are not part of this criminal -- >> police believe this cctv -- ate shows the car that the time he was abducted. kidnapping took place two days earlier. father, the news of the arrest made no difference
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. >> this will not bring back my son. my son possible or -- my son's blood -- again promised that those responsible would be brought to justice. >> i promise you that we will prosecute those who committed this shocking crime to the full extent of the law. >> nig 0 the autopsy report indicated the boy was still alive when he was set on fire. >> the israeli foreign minister his partyll dissolve with nine yahoo!'s party. it could have a mobilizing effect on the coalition. netanyahu's party.
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it could have a mobilizing effect on the coalition. what prompted at the gore lieberman -- prompted avigdor lieberman to do this? >> in one word, gaza. he said there were difficulties all along in the coalition of the parties they had set up, but that he could no longer be part of a coalition with him because he believes that israel is being too week on gaza am a that it has to be tougher and that its attitude and reactions are not strong enough. some in his party are talking about not only a ground operation in gaza, but also reoccupying gaza. that is his political position. there is another thing in that the numbers are down for him. i think he wants to reestablish himself in the public mind as he outflanks netanyahu from the
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right. before they went into the coalition, they had higher poll numbers than they did once they joined together. maybe he is looking out for himself as well as his runcible position -- his principal position. >> is this the beginning of the end for netanyahu? >> all of his ministers are saying in this game -- staying in the same positions. coalition must be a government that continues running israel. others have said it is the beginning of the end. you have to look at the coalition and say it is a centrist party and a very hard .ight party joined together while it is quiet here, they manage to get along. now that there is perhaps the most strength that we've seen in some years, it is starting to
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fray. the center parties and the hard right parties don't agree on how israel should be handling this in gaza and in jerusalem. >> thank you. region, thehe leader of the islamist militant writes that the isis has taken over large swaths of iraq and syria. the group to clear the caliphate in the territories it ceased. -- seized. >> iraqi officials are examining this video allegedly showing that daddy -- showing baghdadi preaching. isis now controls wide swathes of the country and of
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neighboring syria. >> they have files regarding the al-baghdadi,wn as the leader of the islamic state of iraq and syria. we have important information since he terrorist assumed leadership of the group in the middle of 2010. >> two websites used by isis released the images him a saying they had been filmed on friday. in his first sermon, al-baghdadi urged sunnis to follow him. >> i have been plagued with this great thing. i am your leader. i preside over you. oh baby as long as you obey -- obey me as long as you obey god. >> it is thought to be the first glimpse of a militant who is
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establishing a reputation similar to bin laden. news just in, a senior iraqi general has been killed in battle. , the armygeneral commander of the sixth division, responsible for part of the capital, baghdad, apparently killed during shelling. let's now speak to our reporter in baghdad. first of all, going back to that a video from the isis leader, have there been any official government response yet to what he had to say? .> the response has been denial this is a difficult thing for the iraqi to confront, the fact that their worst enemy has cropped up in the second biggest mosque in the second-biggest --y calling on ahlers
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calling on followers to obey him . he is a self-proclaimed caliphate. the fact that he has been able to emerge in such a high-profile way has been shocking to many iraqi officials and two iraqis themselves -- and to iraqis themselves. a third of this country has been lost to the group. there is no end in sight to the struggle against them. parliament is postponing its key session on july 8. what do you know about that? process istical mandatory and inevitable and the only way to get the country out of this crisis. it hasn't been going well. there are three leadership positions. the prime minister, the president, and the speaker. sunnist two goes to the
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and the kurds. the prime minister is the chief executive of the country. it is far more contentious. throughout agreement the month of ramadan. >> thank you. let's take a look at things happening elsewhere. the somali militant group al-shabaab have claimed responsibility for two gun attacks this weekend which killed at least 29 people on the coast of kenya. it is the laces -- latest incident to highlight the deadly threat posed by the group and highlights rising tensions which are threatening kenya's valuable tourist industry. more than 60 women and girls kidnapped last month by boko haram are reported to have escaped, that according to forces in northeast borno state. security forces are working with vigilante groups in an attempt to free the women, about 200 of
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whom are still being held i the islamist group. afghan presidential candidate toullah abdullah is said refuse results to be announced on monday. in last month's vote, his rival, who reported to have gained at least one million votes extra, says the result is fair and must not be further delayed. talks are underway between the two candidates. threaten totions trigger further on stability as u.s.-led troops move out. shevardnadze has died. he was aged 86. his spokeswoman said he had died after a long illness. e swept across the international stage in the final years of the soviet union.
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it was a difference so early when he was the leader of post-soviet georgia -- different story when he was the leader of post-soviet georgia when his career ended in humiliation. sayskrainian government its forces have taken two more eastern cities from pro-russian rebels. this comes a day after government forces regained control of the rebel stronghold of slovyansk. as troops handed out supplies to residents in the streets of slovyansk, the newly appointed ukrainian defense minister said all resources were being pulled into the offensive -- poured into the offensive and in getting the town's back to normal. donetsk --k and towns in the donetsk region will get help us quick as possible so that people can get back to normal life. >> many residents in donetsk
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urged the troops to stay away. as troops regroup, scores of ,esidents came out to rally calling for an end to the bloodshed. is a tacticald it retreat and the fight is far from over. >> winning the battle is not the same as winning the war. -- they have been trying to get slovyansk for three months. let them try to come to donetsk. they will see that war is just starting. >> it is still unclear how much of a loss it represents for the insurgency. beetsk was the first to declared the people's republic. -- to beple's republic declared a people's republic. >> there is nowhere else to go. >> after almost three months of fighting, it is the first time
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government forces have been -- have managed to take back a key rebel stronghold. pro-russian rep -- residents are calling for help from the neighbor. they will address allegations in london that there was a ring of child abusers in the british parliament during the 1970's and 1980's. the home secretary will also tell mps about a second review over whether her department failed to act on claims of a pedophile ring back in the 1980's. pedophiles in parliament? whirleions have world -- d for decades. they are facing growing pressure to open an inquiry into whether politicians from the 1970's and 1980's abused children and covered it up. this comes after it was revealed that more than 100 files related to the cases were -- had gone
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missing. >> it is 114 files out of what appears to be 527, which contain material that was relevant. that is a loss of files on an industrial scale. >> back in the 1980's, the home secretary, leon britton -- leon brittan, was given a dossier on the investigation. the case went nowhere. it was brought back into the spotlight by recent celebrity today feel you scandals. in 2012 -- celebrity pedophilia scandals. in 2012, jimmy savile was accused. media attention has put pressure on david cameron to act swiftly in regard to the parliament allegations. >> i quite understand people's concerns about these events over 30 years ago.
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that's why i've asked the permanent secretary at the home office to do everything he can to find answers to all of these questions and to make sure we can reassure people about these events. >> the british prime minister has appointed a senior official to look into the missing files. called for mps have a wide-ranging, national investigation. >> let's take a look at what's making headlines this hour. nine palestinian militants killed as israeli forces launched strikes in gaza. we are getting reports from ap nwes -- news agency that three have confessed to the killing of a teenager. we will bring you more details. iraqi authorities are seeking to verify the first-ever video appearance by the leader of the islamist militant group isis, who is calling on all muslims to obey him. ukraine's government says they have taken two more cities from the progression rebels -- the
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pro-russian rebels. welcome back. it is time to take a look at what is making headlines around the world. hi, flo. first of all, a lot of focus on those rising tensions in israel and the palestinian territories over the murder of that palestinian teenager. >> getting a lot of attention in the international press. ahe independent" is taking look at this, focusing on the fact that israeli police arrested six men on suspicion of killing that 16-year-old teenager, mohammed abu khdeir. you can see the photo is cctv footage of two of these six men that were arrested yesterday. wonders, areent" these the faces of israeli hatred? the in -- "the independent" claims the men were already well-known to the police and
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were linked to hooligans who support a football club. there are conflicting reports. independent,"the israeli police say this was a revenge killing for the earlier deaths of three israeli teenagers. a lot of focus in the israeli press as well. i pulled out an article from "the jerusalem post." there is no difference between a dreadful crime committed against the three israeli teenagers and this equally despicable crime committed against this palestinian teenager. this article says that, sadly, there is a history of israelis killing palestinians in retribution. but according to this article, they quickly receive pardon and will hardly ever go to jail. this article says there cannot aeline law for "isr terrorists and another for palestinian terrorists." >> there's been a lot of focus on iraqi as well -- on iraq as
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well, especially given the very public debut of the leader of isis. >> "the guardian" says it was a brazen debut for the middle east's most wanted man. he appeared in a video that appeared on saturday amid reports he had been killed or .ounded in an air raid in iraq the video appears to have been filmed on friday at a mosque in mosul. intelligence officials are still trying to verify whether or not this is a authentic -- is an authentic video. a crucial time for the islamic state," formerly isis. this is the holy month of ramadan. "it is a month of jihad and crucial decisions." this article said that when al-baghdadi declared the islamice ofan -- of an
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state, he unrolled the -- he an nuled the agreement that through the borders of iraq and syria, turkey, lebanon, and jordan. what is clear here is that isis is reshuffling the regional cards and this group must be taken seriously. >> coming back to france. the papers are focusing on a two-day social conference kicking off later monday. >> it's the top story in the french press, the third such social conference that has been organized since francois hollande became president. the idea is to boost employment. basically, the government is calling together business representatives and trade rep and -- trade union representatives. it will be a very tense meeting. it calls on them, can't you all just get along for once? >> best of luck. >> they say we are crossing our
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fingers, we are hoping this will be a constructive meeting, but it probably won't be. why? because both sides have threatened to boycott the meeting before. they are pretty much holding their ground. the christian paper is also very critical of these threats, these boycott threats coming from both sides. saying these threats are strategic for both sides, but they are inappropriate, they are impolite and rude in the face of the country's record unemployment. >> the opposition ump party continues to be in the spotlight for its finances, once again. >> once again. carried out over the party's finances after the allegations of illegal campaign funding. the results will come out tomorrow. a sneak peek says that the ump is going to have a lot of explaining to do, especially hole in 80-million-euro its books. this comes after, yesterday, it
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emerged the party had paid some 24,000 euros in plane tickets for the wife of the former leader of the ump. continuing in this scandal involving the ump party, they surprises."more >> "the wall street journal" is reporting about a rather unusual collaboration between the mills -- the military and hollywood. >> this is a serious article that says the u.s. army has turned to hollywood to outfit soldiers of the future. they have gone to some designers, legacy fx, whor-nominated designers have outfitted certain superheroes like the terminator, , andin america, ironman commissioned these special effects designers to do something that "the washington
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journal" calls "mission im possible." to build an ironman type suit to protect and propel troops. you have the robocop soldiers. armor woulds body be equipped with a neck so skeleton that would be able to carry hundreds of pounds of -- with an exoskeleton that would be able to carry hundreds of pounds of gear. some lawmakers wonder if it is a waste of money. theory, ite says, in should come out in the next four years. >> as long as it is not chewbacca. it is time now for our daily sports roundup. in tennis, novak djokovic if each roger federer to win wimbledon -- novak djokovic defeats roger federer to win wimbledon. and the latest from the tour de
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france. >> nibali wins the second stage. there are big names tucked behind him. cavendish. e is out of the race after dislocating his shoulder in a crash in -- he is out of the race after dislocating his shoulder in a crash in stage one. we just started this tour de france. a bittador now seems stronger mentally. there is a psychological war between the two riders. nibali appears to be a third contender for overall victory. i think the italian is the smartest of the three. which one will be the luckiest in the coming days? the next stages look like a lottery. there will be a lot of suspense for those aiming to win the tour. -- no stage one winner
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sign of the stage one winner, marcel kittel. 2-second lead.a stage three is a flat one from cambridge to london. it should suit the sprinters. novak djokovic has won his second wimbledon title him a beating seven-time champion roger federer in a thrilling final -- title, beating seven-time champion roger federer in a thrilling five set final. serb looked to close the match out in the fourth, only for federer to tie it up at 2-2. djokovic was strong enough in the fifth to take his seventh grand slam title and go back to number one. the team arrived back in europe and were greeted by more than 200 supporters when they touched down in paris, a far cry from the campaign four years ago.
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there were bitter memories of the players strike. they were thanked for their valiant efforts in south a merica. they were touched by the welcome. >> a lot of fans have come out to see us. it is when you realize the great support we've had throughout this world cup. it is really nice. >> it is a great boost for all of us. isthe defeat to germany france's last competitive game before they host the 2016 european championships. fans will be looking forward to the euros with optimism, the french back in love with their football team again. they could go all the way in two years' time. the world cup hosts, brazil, have been preparing for their semifinal clash with germany on tuesday. neymar is injured. silva could see his suspension
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