part of daily worship has become the evening vigil wondering if the wrecking ball is on its way, rob mcbride. >> the first time in history the church of england will vote to allow women to be bishops and optimistic they will approve the change and they accepted women priest in 1992 but delayed the decision of women becoming bishops. residents left the town after their homes were bombarded overnight and the unrest is after moscow threatened ukraine with what it calls irreversible consequences after a man was killed from a shell fired across the border and kiev denies firing into russian territory and scott reports. >> reporter: as the advance of ukrainian forces they say there are civilian casualties on their side of the border and a shell landed in the region killing one man, injuring two. the russian foreign ministry call it aggressive act and dealt with accordingly and officials in kiev deny the attack. in eastern ukraine we visited an area outside the heart of the separatist movement and there were attacks on saturday. this is a western suburb of donsk where six civilians were killed earl

part of daily worship has become the evening vigil wondering if the wrecking ball is on its way, rob mcbridea. >>> for the first time in history the church of england will vote whether to allow women to be bishops and he is hopeful the move will be approved but a vote alone doesn't guaranty the change will happen and ema reports from york. >> reporter: at st. mary's church in york the congregation is full and led by catherine jackson, she was one of the first women in england to be ordained 20 years ago. catherine like thousands of other women in the church of england cannot become a bishop, stopped by the stained glass ceiling. >> holding back the ministry of the church really, when we are only using the gifting and talents of half of the population. >> reporter: in york the church's ruling body, the general sinot is debating to bring it in line with other churches within the uk itself and some others further afield. the church of england has been down this road before. in november of 2012, it was thought that enough people in the general would vote in favor of women bishops but in the end

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: in a village the congregation pray for the protection of the cross on top of their church from the local authorities. just to be sure they also have tons of rock and two containers blocking the front gate, and scores of people young and old sleep in the church around the clock. >> i don't know why we're a threat to them. we love our country. we love our church. we follow the law. the chinese constitution states we have freedom of religion. >> reporter: at other churches nearby there is evidence of crosses that have been forcebly removed for being too conspicuous. going further and newly planted trees cover a mound of republic where there was once a church whose recent demolition brought the issue to international attention. the authorities denial gas stations of religious persecution. for them its just a question of church bees built bigger than permit: christians suspect they're being targeted because their research itself is becoming too big. >> christians make up 15% of the province and congregations are growing by 10% to 20% annually. they've bee

the size of the crosses violates local laws as rob mcbride reports. >> at this village the congregation pray for the protection of the cross on the top. church from local authorities. they have tonnes of rock and two containers blocking the front gait. and scores of people, young and old, sleep in the church around the clock. >> i don't know why we are a threat to them. we love our country and our church. we follow the law. the constitution states we have freedom of religion. there's evidence of crosses that have been forcibly removed for being too conspicuous. go further and planted trees cover a mound of rubble where there was a church, whose recent demolition brought the issue to international attention. authorities deny accusation of religious persecution. for them it's a question of churches built bigger than they are committed. christians suspect they are targeted because their religion is too big. >> christians make up 15% of the population in this part of the province, and congregations are growing by 10 to 20% annually. they have been spending more money on grander churches and

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: your parents can send you on the one-week course for nearly $500.u are lucky or not so lucky, the full six weeks takes up your entire summer vacation. every moment is filled with some activity. how to handle a knife attack, or handle the laundry. the first time with detergent can be a shock. it reminds this boy of home. i miss my mom's snacks he says. they are on the go from 6:00 to 6:00 seven days a week. even in the army you get one day off, not here. then it's shiring nine to a tent with little chance for these only children to feel lonely. run by former soldiers, expertly trained even in falling over, the camp has been the subject of rising interest among parents wanting to instill a little military backbone. >> translator: at home they only have their computers and video games, but here they have to interact and work together. >> reporter: if you don't, you die. or at least get your lights flashed on and off by an electronic beam from a plastic gun during the highlight of the day, the war game i'm already hit he tells us, so now i'm just runnin

rob mcbride has been reporting that story for us, and sent us this update. >> reporter: the aircraftd is a relatively small twin engine computer aircraft on a domestic flight from the south of taiwan to an island in the taiwan straights. the aircraft was apparently trying to make an emergency landing when it crashed. eyewitnesss talk about survivors emerging from the wreckage when tragically fire took hold and the whole aircraft burst into flames. those injured have been taken to nearby hospitals while the investigation starts into the cause of this crash. it was known at the time there was a heavy rain form, the remnants of a typhoon which has been passing through taiwan and now into mainland china. that has closed down eye juan island for the last couple of ways. it was thought the worst was over when this accident happened. >>> pro-russian separatists have shot down two ukrainian military jets. both pilots were able to get to safety. >> reporter: video has emerged of what appears to be the crash site of one of the su25 ukrainian fighter jets which was brought down by separatists.

rob mcbride, al jazeera, beijing. >> all right.ke you back to the scenes at the airport in the netherlands, because you are seeing here the arrival of the first two planes, care rig the bodies of the victims of malaysian airlines flight mh17 arriving in the netherlands. we know earlier today, around 40 bodies were loaded on to two military planes, which then took off from the airport in ukraine. they were given a military guard of honor as they left. and i suspect much the same is going to arrive -- or going to happen as these planes touch down in the netherlands. a reminder, of course, that we know more than 200 people died in the crash when rocket was fired at malaysia flight mh17 over eastern ukrainian territory, and most of the victims are, indeed, from the netherlands. there has been much mourning in the netherlands at the loss of more than 150 dutch people who were on board that flight. ♪ >> stay with me for more news in a couple of minutes. bye-bye. ♪ >> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a

more now from rob mcbride. >> reporter: china said it was conduct this exploratory oil drilling for twos. that two months is now up and its rig is being removed. it says it has discovered traces of oil and gas. those will be assessed to discover if it's viable to drill in that area. if it is, that takes this standingoff to a new level with vietnam, which of course, claims it has economic interest in this area, and it is for it to drill for oil and not china. china's position here is that it has the rights in this area, and follows on from a program of making very permanent its position in this part of the south china sea. last month it spoke of building a school, and we have seen the construction of administrative offices, effectively turning this one group of remote islands into the administrative center for even more remote islands that china lays claim to. >>> japan's nuclear wash dog has given a plant preliminary safety approval to reopen. it has undergone a number of changes to make it compliant. all of the remaining 48 reactors have been off line since the 2011 tsunami. >>> protes

les go to rob mcbride. i should add that china ended it, having found gas and oil. >> that's right.t says that its exploratory rig will be there for two months. it's two months. it's withdrawing its rig. it said it has found traces of oil and gas. what needs to be done is assess whether it will lead to deposits to make them viable. if they are economically viable. the next question is will china make the decision to place permanent rigs down there to create a new oil field in the disputed aparts. that would take the whole dispute to a new level. these are waters that vietnam claims it has seoul economic interest. if there are deposits, vietnam should exploit them. it's part of the process of making a permanent presence by china in the parasol islands. last month they announced they were setting up a school for children of soldiers, and workme based on the island. and this group of islands has been turned into an effective administrative center for more remote groups of islands throughout the whole south china sea. >> help us with where the islands are in relation to china and vietna

rob mcbride, al jazeera, beijing. >>> time for us to march off now as well and that is it from the alteam in doha, from all of us here, good-bye for now and thanks for watching. ♪ >> on the stream, >> from schools collecting data on your kids, to skyrocketing child identity theft, we'll show you, your kid's digital footprint, that's leaving an easy trail for criminals >> the stream on al jazeera america >> rye lens on the other side of israel, protestors angry about the invasion of gaza clash with israeli special forces if the west bank. >> trying to stem the wave of undocumented children into the u.s. >> they opened the door, saw him pointing a gun at the doctor. >> scary moments at a suburban philadelphia hospital.

rob mcbride, aljazeera, china. >> according to the chinese government, 31% of chinese duties are religious, more than 58 million are christian. >> a thrilling month of action was capped off by an equally exciting final game. >> 171 goals scored in brazil, but it was only one, the last one that sent the world cup trophy back to europe for a third straight thyme. i heard a woman say she was sad it was over, football had arrived. >> you mean south carolina, football, soccer. >> we will get with the world and call it football, absolutely and the world was captured by action in brazil. team germany came into the world cup play with a reputation as talented underachievers, a great team that couldn't win the big one. you can't say in a anymore. the world cup tree fee is theirs, but not without a fight. >> it was a beehive as the first three to him world cup final opponents took to the pitch, despite chance after chance after chance, the ball never touched the back of the net, at least not officially. but in extra time, minute number 113, to be exact, the ball never touched the ground. mario, a 22

rob you. if he's in fear for his life in that moment, that's the evidence. he doesn't know ranisha mcbrider screen name is, if she smokes marijuana or not. those things aren't relevant to in that moment when she say hs he's in fear of his life. >> you see the jury has already heard . she's on marijuana and drunk. now he's coupling up that evidence with severe banging on your door. who is knocking on the door in the middle of the night, an aggressor. >> or someone who had a car accident and needs help. >> at 4:30 in the morning? >> let me read this. other major headlines out of today was about the defense different stories. the prosecutor hit that today. listen to that. >> from the beginning he said, oh, this gun discharged, went off accidentally. that's his defense to the police from day one. >> objection, your honor. >> that's what he's talking about. we formulate our defense. all of the sudden johnny-come-lately self-defense. he's crawling on the floor. all the things the defense has created in the middle of this trial that's in skiconsistent w all the evidence that the jury will know is