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♪ >> live from dw in berlin, this tothe "journal," and welcome the show. the headlines, hamas called the 24-hour cease-fire, but israel accuses the militants of breaking their own deal. and reaching their final destination in genoa with a massive salvage operation. an australian outpaces the opposition to win the hungarian grand prix. ♪
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and we start in gaza, where hamas militants have continued firing on israel despite declaring a 24-hour cease-fire to honor the end of ramadan. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas broke its own cease-fire, and they have also resumed their military assault on gaza. more than 1000 palestinians have been killed in the nearly three-week bombing, most of them civilians. >> buying food and making last-minute preparations, but not this year. instead of celebrating the end of ramadan, these families will stay hunkered down in a u.n. school, hoping they will be safe from israeli bombs. want to buy clothing for our children. there are no shops. we have no money, because we left our homes with nothing. when read returned, there was nothing, it complete instruction
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was there. andn saturday, the guns rockets fell silent, but when the 12 hour humanitarian cease-fire was over, the violence quickly resumed. a barragetants fired of rockets at israel, prompting the predictable is really response. then, a new cease-fire offer from hamas. >> in response to the u.n. and considering the condition of our people in gaza and especially with the upcoming holiday, palestinian factions have agreed to accept a 24-hour humanitarian period of calm, starting from 2:00 on sunday afternoon. >> followed almost immediately by another rocket aimed at israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's reaction -- none >> , and nownt cease-fire hamas is suggesting is
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cease-fire, and believe it or not, they had even violated their own cease-fire. >> and israel fires back. for the people of gaza, it looks like this year's holiday will leave little reason to celebrate. correspondent,ur tonya, joins us on the phone from jerusalem. words about are this. what is the latest? >> there has been rocket fire earlier this evening according to reports, and also the military says they have continued what they call their activities. the picture is not completely clear. on which area in gaza you are. it is not clear about a shorter. -- shorter period of calm, as you stated, but we also do not here yet from the security cabinet that is meeting
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tonight, so we have to wait and see how this plays out. >> both have been trading words.ire what is the international community doing on that front? >> today, the un's special envoy will go to secure the new period of calm. they said this is good for the humanitarian aid, but it cannot be a substitute for a substantial and comprehensive cease-fire and for talks on the root cause of the security in gaza. he said there is hope. mr. kerry said they could gain political mentum -- momentum, this is a very unsettling situation, especially for the people in gaza. situation ise
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going. >> all right, tonya cramer on the line, thank you so much, from jerusalem. in libyaeath toll continues to climb amid some of the worst fighting and the outing -- ousting of moral market. be. a say at least 100 people have been killed in the eastern city of benghazi and the libyan capital of tripoli. there, rival militants have been battling for weeks for control of the airport. other nations, including the united states and turkey, to move their diplomatic staff to safety. they are now telling all citizens to leave. and militants from boko haram the apparently attacked offices of the deputies prime minister and kidnapped his wife. several people were kidnapped, which took place in the country's north. they say the prime minister escaped alive. boko haram again hitting targets
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in northern cameroon after they had a crack down on the group's activity there. the u.n. says south sudan is on the threshold of a full-blown famine, and fighting there continues. last year, fighting broke out between different factions of hasruling parties, and it killed thousands and displaced over 1.5 million people. >> the conflict in south sudan has taken almost everything from these people. they had no chance but to take efuge in the camp. it is mostly women and children who have come here, seeking safety away from the violence. >> the violence has been very bad since the fighting broke out. we have no food, and we have to survive on wild berries and. >> they say the situation south sudan is among the worst and
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could lead to famine. is no sign the country's civil war will end soon. farmers fromted planting crops. that means a situation is likely to get worse in the coming months. the intensified bombing and fighting during the planting season, may, june, and july, will likely have an impact on the harvest and the families they feed. warnedu.n. has already that he thousand children are at risk of dying from malnutrition this year alone. around $1 billion is needed to prevent a major humanitarian crisis. >> malaysia has reached an agreement with separatist to give international police access to the crash site of downed mh 17. the prime minister confirm the deal and a statement earlier on
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sunday. separately, dutch and australian police have already begun arriving in the rebel controlled ,ity of didn't ask -- donetsk and the ukrainian government says this is a ploy to keep people from doing their job. the united states has released satellite photographs that they say prove that russian forces have fired artillery and rockets at ukrainian military units. some images reportedly show before and after they were shelled by russian artillery. the state department says ukrainian units were shot at by russian artillery positioned in russia close to the border. russia has also use rocket launchers. russia has denied any involvement in the fighting between the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists. been 2.5 years since the costa concordia crashed, killing 32 people, and now, it has
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reached its final destination. getting rid of the damaged crew aner -- cruise ship has been massive undertaking, the likes of which has never been seen. it is over. after a for your days, the cruise liner has reached the port of genoa. , and therecord cost is relief among those in charge of the operation, and the prime minister thanked them for their efforts. but this is no call for celebration. we know we cannot turn back the hands of time with these tragic accidents, and no one is waving flags. >> the costa concordia will be scrapped area and it is an elaborate operation. about 85 separate contractors involved, divers,
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countriesns, and monitoring air quality. there are some environmental problems. we then have to strip different materials from the vessel. ship's finalthe journey took months. last september, crews began ting the massive vessel, using counterweights to push it up. 32 people were killed. in general, workers will search the ship for one body still accounted for. >> this year's tour de france ended with a stunning winner becoming the first italian to win the great race since 1998. a 130 seven-kilometer ride into paris which ends with a sprained down the champs élysees, and the
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overall winner also won some and this put race, him in a select group of champions. and in australia, pulling off a last-minute victory, edging for second place. but much of the controversy surrounded the battle for third place among the two mercedes drivers. he had built up a nine second and another spun off shortly after his start, but this changed everything. he'd lost his lead, and hamilton caught up. they saw the german driver slipped to number four.
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and with just three laps remaining, he grabbed his second win of the season. that left alonso in second. meanwhile, b to the podium. that left no mercedes in the top of the first time all year, but hamilton disobeyed a team order to let another pass. a slim chance of victory in budapest. >> two weeks after the football world cup, the world governing fa saidisa, --f fi it earned over one billion euros from the spectacle. they will pay no income tax, where they spent 8 billion
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euros. in the semit finals. turnout ins the best years and were wowed by hospitality. and last season, one of germany's biggest clubs narrowly avoided relegation. hamburg needed a playoff, the only club played every season in the top, and now, there is a new man in charge, and he is looking to stir things up. >> already a player and sporting director at hamburg. and he knows that will not be easy. >> i always thought it would come back some time, and if i did, the situation would not be good. >> they are in need of serious rebuilding on and off the pitch, so they have made sweeping changes.
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the new ceo wants to make sure that the fans can identify with the club after it lost its way in recent years. i want to do everything to give this club culture again. >> but results have to improve also. and for now, the team will have to come up with better performances without major reinforcement. still, the coach is not worried. >> the state of the team is good i would say. relatively long away in these seasons. striker will be back to help their resurgence, and he signed a permanent deal after last season. there is last year's total of 13 gold, and homburg says they can
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look forward to better times. >> that is all for now on the "journal." we will have more news for you at the top of the hour. ♪ >> violence was met with violence was weekend as the conflict between israel and gaza continued. shell hit and israeli a hospital in gaza. the military says hamas was storing weapons under the hospital. >> bombs keep falling on us. they are destroying our homes. hours,been walking for and i am fasting. it is ramadan, and i have had
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nothing to eat. >> at israel bombed hamas targets, it said they were doing so to avoid civilian casualties. israel said it would continue the offensive for as long as necessary. >> we are preparing for a continuation. we have a plan, and we are prepared to do whatever it takes in gaza and in the air above it to protect the state of israel. air raid sirens wailed as israel continued to fire rockets. israel also lost dozens of soldiers to the fight with hamas. >> also monday, investigators from the netherlands and the
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osce faced the grim task of looking at the remains from the in eastern17 ukraine. around 200 of the 298 victims were transported. from there, the bodies of dutch passengers, most of them flown to the netherlands. meanwhile, the fight escalated over who shot down the plane. the russian foreign ministry placed the blame squarely on the ukraine military saying they had placed defenseman. and the region, aimed at shooting down highflying targets, but the ukrainian leaders said it was the separatists who took down the flight. he said satellite images would prove it. u.s. president barack obama called on russia to do more. , russiaect influence
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tin inesident pu particular has a responsibility to compel them to cooperate with the investigation. >> pro russian separatists in ian king you to hamper the investigation, though they did turnover a black box recorder. -- continue to hamper the investigation, though they did turn over a black box recorder. >> failing to absolve the ukraine crisis, further sanctions. >> we are still open to using all political and economic means to de-escalate the crisis. move toill also increase pressure. agreed, andater they pass sanctions on many russian companies with sanctions
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-- access to u.s. funds. >> on tuesday, france, italy, and germany warned of anti-semitic violence and hate speech. they raised questions in germany about what kinds of protests the country should tolerate. criticism and protests are an important component of democracy, but not when they are about hate and violence and antisocial-ism. warned that anti-cement violence had risen drastically in germany since the gaza offensive. they are calling police to stop any anti-civic action, as protests continue. >> the netherlands observed a
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day of mourning for the victims aboard mh 17. as the first remains of dust -- , and passengers were there the king and queen joined the victims families and a ceremony to pay their respects to the 193 dutch nationals on board. transportedvehicles the bodies for identification. and crown line the route. >> i knew also of the victims. they are from the town near me. it is so horrible. it is crazy that so many people died for no reason. ukraine, eastern fighting between government , and some fighter jets were shot down.
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shown surveying some of the wreckage. the ukraine government says they believe they were shot down from a launch in russian soil. >> as the death toll with the conflict with hamas continued, the human rights commission condemned the attacks, but they also said they were concerned about the defenses in gaza. theyrime minister said would launch an investigation into whether israel could do more. >> these suggest a few instances where there seems to be a strong possibility that international military and law has been violated in a manner that could amount to war crimes. >> thousands more people in gaza fled their homes this week, many having been warned by the israeli military to take shelter. wednesday, the costa
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concordia cruiseship set off on its last voyage to the scrap yard. they towed the giant from the italian island, where it capsized two years ago. 32 people died in the accident. some survivors were happy to finally see the ship off. >> it is gone. it is going its way. now, i can go mine again. >> it is the biggest maritime salvage project ever. twice the size of the titanic. just the efforts to get it up right in transported cost one billion euros. >> germany's world cup winning soccer coach confirmed he is not going anywhere, at least for now. there had been speculation that he might step down after they received their hero's welcome, returning from brazil, but now,
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he says he will stay in the job, at least until the 2016 championships in france. minister saysrime this was seen by many as a source of hope for the country. he announced stepping down after five months on the job. >> i am announcing my resignation because of the coalition splitting and government initiatives being blocked. glory to ukraine. >> it came after two parties announced they were leading a coalition government. this included the nationalist party. the two parties one fresh elections, but they have said they will not accept the resignation. hasdeputy prime minister already been picked as a possible successor. he is a strong ally of poroshenko.
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families ofor the board air out jury -- aire alg erie, where people died when it crashed over mali. to algeria in a severe sandstorm that caused the crew to request a change of route. it is still not clear if the storm caused the crash when you and soldiers secured the site. investigationd an into the incident. 54 of the victims were french. >> one month after the government freed her, one woman flew to italy. their big global outcry after she was sentenced to death by hanging after lashes for her christian faith.
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abandoned herher as a child and is emigrating with her to the united states. >> israel and hamas agreed friday to lay down their weapons . a small victory for u.s. secretary of state john kerry. for the people of gaza, it was time much needed to bring in food and water as well as medical supplies. for most though, it is not nearly enough. we are looking for a long cease-fire, not just 12 hours. 12 hours is not enough to take stock of what has happened to us. we hope the cease-fire will continue and that there will be no more killing and destruction. >> both sides were called on to stop shooting for seven days in hope that that would provide time to negotiate a moment of truce. >> thousands took to the streets
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in berlin on friday in a show of support with the gaza. they were met with hundreds of counter protesters, at times clashing in a battle of words. police managed to keep the two sides apart, although it was not always easy. were three jewish institutions, and authorities laid out strict guidelines, including a ban on anti-somatic chance. >> no burning anything. no effigies, no flags, and no praising or glorification of violence. >> police have taken security measures across the country due to the anti-semitic violence. >> this years festival in germany got off to a crash start. leave theforced to premiere performance after a
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