Peace office offer. And signing away the throne. Spains king hands over the throne to his son with the stroke of a pen. We thank you for joining us. We start this news hour in iraq and deteriorating security situation. Earlier fighters from the islamic stat Islamic State in iraq and the levant attack iraqs biggest oil refinery. In another video purporting to be sunni fighters, rebel forces parading in the town. We have reports. Reporter iraqs war against the sunni rebels is just a weak old and already families like these mourn their dead. An infantry man in iraqs army. His family is shia. His job was to deliver food to soldiers. Last thursday he was delivered breakfast when he women under attack and was killed by the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. His brother said that the people who killed him arent muslims. According to the prophet mohammed to ali he didnt deservali we are not to kill other muslims. He didnt deserve to die. Reporter the high cleric said it was the duty of iraqis to join the army. Theyre not giving out exact numbers but say hundreds of thousands want to be recruited. The majority are shia from the shiadominated south in the country. Its not just the young. A grandfather answered the call and registered. His grandsons are too young to join but say they want to fight. After giving details to the army, he waits and says hell do anything. This is our duty, its our jihad to fight. Ill do anything they ask of me. My sons are the same. If i loss them or my grandsons then its a blessing. I only wish i had more sons to give. Reporter despite religious authorities and the government to say the call to fight is the duty of all iraqis sectarian parties are an issue. Sunnies are predominantly shia baghdad are robberysunniessunnwr its pro or anti, they dont want to speak out because they see it as dangerous. Were live from baghdad. We can see in that report that so many are willing to take up arms like the Iraqi Government wants them, too. But the Iraqi Government does not think its enough. They now want u. S. Air support. Tell us more about how the government got to that point. Reporter well, the government wanted to bolster its forces. They want to have their power against the in coming fighters. They were taken by surprise. The Prime Minister said it was a bitter defeat. It was taking them by surprise, and also nobody was expecting the advancements of rebels into different areas. Now the foreign minister speaking at the press conference, and he said that iraq iraq has officially requested the u. S. To launch airstrikes in different parts of the country. Now remember, iraqi army has been fighting rebels in western iraq since january. And since then the Iraqi Government requested the americans to give them more weaponry such as gunships, f16s, as well as missiles. The americans did not give them all of that. They gave them shipments o shipments. Now the government is also trying to rely on the volunteers of the iraqi youth to come up and join the Iraqi Security forces. That is what led the government to make that decision because they know probably by their own they cant defeat the in coming fighters. Live for news baghdad. Omar, thank you. Lets get more now on that call from the Iraqi Government from the u. S. To launch airstrikes on sunni rebels. Were live now from the state department in washington, d. C. First of all, any official reaction from the u. S. To that call by the Iraqi Government . Well, there hasnt been any official decision made, but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff did confirm here in washington on wednesday that the Iraqi Government has made a request for that sort of air support, the airstrike, and what form they would take, thats not been figured out. And the u. S. Is still debating whether or not any sort of military option should even be considered. Recall president obama has already ruled out the possibility of sending u. S. Combat forces back into iraq. Because the administrations view, barbara, is that at the heart of it a political dispute that has turned violent. And unless the politics have been fixed primarily by the leadership of Prime MinisterNouri Almaliki any sort of military intervention would eventually not do anything to change the situation on the ground. And as you were mentioning there, there is debate on governmental level. Just across the u. S. The ordinary people o. What is the feeling about the u. S. Getting involved in iraq when actually they seemingly manage to get out. Well, first when you look at the polls, americans are extremely warweary. Theyre not particularly inclined to do anything about iraq. In fact, they would rather that u. S. Forces pull out of afghanistan sooner rather than at the end of the year. But that said the debate is picking up here in the United States. You are hearing from many more people who are suggesting that after an estimated three to five trillion dollars spent on the iraq war that the u. S. Is not going to get anything more out of being involved in another countrys political affairs. There are those who primarily supported the war back in 2002 and 2003, who are suggesting the Obama Administration has missed opportunities, has ignored the Intelligence Community in this country, and has ignored requests in from the Iraqi Government in previous months to intervene more forcefully. Have we reached a moment yet . That depends. President obama is leading with top congressional leaders in about 90 minutes time. We dont know if anything concrete will be revealed about that meeting, but certainly when you get to the legal of the executive branch briefing the legislative branch, certainly this is a very active discussion. Absolutely. Well check in with you after that meeting happens for the latest. For the moment roz jordan from the state department, thank you. A syrian Army Helicopter has fired on people in a refugee camp nery the border of jordan. 12 people have been killed. Most of the victims have been children who need the violence. Thats according to a monitoring group. Seven people were also wounded. Israeli troops have rearrested former palestinian prisoners in their search for three missing teenagers. More than 200 palestinians have now been detained since theville students vanished six days ago on their way home from classes in the occupied west bank. Israel said hamas abducted the teens but has not provided proof. Hamas has denied any involvement. Lets go to ukraine where the new president has outlined the peace plan for the troubled east of the country. The temporary truce would allow pro russian separatists to lay down their weapons. His announcement coincides with a release of the u. N. Report in ukraine. From the eastern city of doneskt, paul brennan has more. Reporter ukraines new president first floated the idea of a ceasefire on monday. The prospect of an unilateral gesture came as a surprise. This will be a limited opportunity for the pro russians to grasp. I can say that the period of ceasefire will be short. We suspect that the illegal armed groups will immediately disarm. All will be achieved including the ma lauders, criminals and bandits who have destabilized in the east. That instability in the worsening human rights crisis is described in the latest u. N. Report published on wednesday. It said the presence of armed people and weapons has increased. The escalation is no longer limited to targeting journalists, local politicians and activists. Abductions, ill treatment and torture are now affecting the broader population. Leading the congregation in a prayer in united ukraine a month ago, he was seized and beaten for three hours. His experience was not an isolated one. Unfortunately, human rights are not observed here. Here the rights go to those who hold the guns. They do whatever they want. They think that someone is a threat to them they arrest him. If they think he is an enemy, they beat him. What is most striking about this u. N. Report is page after page details the chronic effects of the conflict of the ordinary civilians here in eastern ukraine. It talks about the delivery of supplies and medicines are becoming more complicated by the day. Humanitarian deliveries such as being organized here help but its just a drop in the ocean. These bags of clothes, nappies and other essentials are being collected by prorussian activists and headed to the separatists in the slovyansk town. There is a human catastrophe. People there cannot buy food or hygiene supplies. The stuff we send is absolutely essential. The hope is unilateral ceasefire could create a window of opportunity. A pause for thought in a relentless and increasing conflict. There is no conflict at all that the separatist leaders would gray to take part. Well speak to paul brennan. So no guarantees that the separatist leaderrers will take part. The government has said its a shortlived offer. How long do the separatist leaders have to either accept or refuse this offer . Well, the president has not given any formal notice of exactly when the ceasefire will take place nor how long it will last. Those are Big Questions because is it going to be as the president said a shortlived ceasefire, a day, maybe two days, they could argue will that be long enough to provoke reaction to have effectiveness on the ground . It may take longer than two days for the militia to comply if they wish to comply. So the question mark about how long it will last is certainly important. But what the president has done with this announcement today is put the on newus very much on the separatists. It challenges the separatist leaders to come up with an alternate plan or be seen rejecting the total idea of peace. On that point of view, even though there are difficulties ahead. This 14point plan is by no means a walk in the park. There are some points in it that should be quite easy to achieve. There will be others that will be difficult to make stick. At least its a beginning of a process. Just 11 days into his presidency thats exactly what the president promised when he was running for election. And we saw in your report on the u. N. How terrible the situation is becoming for many of the civilian there is. Do you think that this ceasefire is coming into effect . It will have an positive impact on their lives . I think it certainly has the potential to, yes. In areas north of doneskt at the moment the army is surrounding pro russian enclaves. Now the civilian population which remains there, with unable an to evacuate is suffer an acute hardship. There is shortage of food. There are difficulties delivering medicines to those areas. Badly needed medicines, and probably the worse of the situation, the worse situation is the water situation. There was a pumping station, a water pumping station near slovyansk by the fighting. That means slovansk has no running water. Paul brennan in doneskt, thank you. Plenty more to come in this news hour. In madrid where at some point on thursday the new king of spain will step out onto that balcony over there. Plus, Japans Parliament votes to outlaw the possession of child pornography, but does it go far enough . And the defending champions ever spain trying to get the world cup back on track as they get ready to face chile. The afghan president ial candidate Abdullah Abdul la has asked that they stop counting votes. He claims there is fraud and accuses the commission of interfering with the vote. But Officials Say the vote will not be stopped. Abdullah abdullah in a Live Press Conference calling for the vote counting to be stopped. He said he has no confidence in the election here and said he has no choice. He has pulled observers out of election offices and said that accounting has to be stopped. He has called on senior Election Officials to be stepped down. He said that the Voting System hats been systematically rigged against him and that the numbers, the turn out numbers came out with after that second round of voting on saturday were exaggerated including the numbers in the rural areas. Now this, were waiting for the Election Commission has to say but this could throw into doubt the president ial election whole process here. Were expecting results in late july and a new president was posed to be inaugurated in early august. Thousands of people have been displaced as fighting intensifies between the military and answered government fighters in northwest pakistan. These picks show residents fleeing from their homes. Many are now living in temporary camps. There was a continuous curfew, and we werent getting a chance to come out with our family, children, belongings, and cattle. I thought only my children. Here we are in a house that does not have enough space for us all. Its hard. We havent received any help. The government has not issued any instructions for us on how to leave the area. Two leaders of turkeys military coup in 1980 have been handed life sentences. President for nine years after the takeover. Turkeys government amended the constitution in 2010, so the men would no longer be immune from prosecution. Serves say kosovo has dismantled the barricade which has blocked the bridge for three years. They removed the block over the river overnight using trucks and bulldozers. The barricade was put up by the serbs in 2011 to stop albanian authorities extending authority over the north. Its a good thing to remove it without much noise. Without much trouble. I believe everything will get better. Soon well have freedom of movement. We believe things will improve. This leads to bitter things. It must be better for all the nations regardless of their nation. It must be better for all. King juan carlos of spain has signed the act, confirming his abdication. We have reports from madrid. Reporter mention elephants and the king in the same sentence as i did in a madrid taxi and you get instant reaction. Maybe if our monarchy were closer to the scandinavian monarchies, and things like hunting elephants in africa where people here cry for food, maybe i would like my monarchy, but this not scandinavia. Reporter the people were appalled by the kings hunting in africa, some question whether the monarchy still has a role to play. When juan carlos announced his intention to step down thousands demonstrated in favor of a republic. Polls show that the holy house does have majority support but activists who have launched their own informal referendum this week say spaniards should be allowed to choose. When King Philippe vi steps out on that balcony. He will do s so knowing there is little room for error. Philippe and the new queen inherit a kingdom much reduced in Public Wealth and tolerance of how public money is spent. He will need to be transparent, discrete, and one more thing. He has to be lucky, i think, because a lot will depend on how the Economic Situation and also the political situation evolved in the coming months. If hes lucky enough to see some improvement, well, people will be happy. Theyll be happy with everything and the monarchy as well. Back in the taxi its clear that there are weighty expectations of the new king. The king is head of state, but he does not run the state. He will manage the expectation of those who hope for better things. Japans parliament has criminalized the possession of child pornography. The ban is a victory for campaigners who have spent years fighting for it. But as harry faucet now reports. Saturday afternoon in tokyo, and a scene that is depressingly easy to find. Dressed up, made up children chatting with older men. Promoting school girl clubs, where massages are for sale all within meters of police. Japan has had permissiveness when it tomorrows to the Sexual Exploitation of children. Simply possessing child pornography was perfectly legaluntil now. This is a great step for japan, but now were in 2014, and if you look at other countries they passed this law a long time ago. We are the last nation to pass this law. Reporter the new law bans possession of child abuse but it does not prevent the publication of pictures of young girls be they real or drawn. Aanime is full of exploitation of children. Still, part of an industrywide campaign against any move to outlaw them. I do want the artists to reprimand themselves but the law should not play that role. If there is a law it will spread its net largely and will have deep effects. Reporter abducted an abused by a stranger when she was six. She has since interviewed and written about pedophiles. She believes allowing such men through fantasy world can prevent them from acting on their impulses. What is common among those who committed a crime was that they were isolated and psychologically cornered and desperate. They were alone in their delusions and then crossed the line. But some Child Protection campaigners take the opposite view. The normalization of such images can make it easier for a man to take it further in real life. While they fight any plans to restrict art, he tells his juniors and students not to draw anything that this wouldnt want to show to their own children. Well, still it come in this news hour an al jazeera journalist freed from prison in egypt demands the release of his colleagues. First there was death, now displacement. In kenya where attacks on villages have been spreading fear across the area. And in sport is this a contender from australia for best goal of the world cup . Well have all the action from the netherlandsaustralia game a the netherlandsaustralia game a little later. The Performance Review. The netherlandsaustralia game a little later. That corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. And yet, theres someone around the office who hasnt had a Performance Review in a while. Someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. Im looking at you phone company dsl. Check your speed. See how fast your internet can be. Switch now and add voice and tv for 34. 90. Comcast business built for business. 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Ukraines new president outlined an unilateral ceasefire in the east. Pro russia separatists could lay down their weapons or leave the country. And the afghan president ial candidates Abdullah Abdullah has warned there has been widespread fraud. He has called for the vote counting to be stopped. There are fierce of how nightic i fighting in iraq could increase crisis. Reporter isil could count on the support of a wide range of sunni tribal leaders who lost faith in nouri al. He turned out to be a shiite leader marginnizin marginalizing the kurds and the sunnies. Alienating the kurds and alienating the sunnies. That has been a recipe for disaster. Reporter maliki has been leader for eight years fighting he said to preserve iraqs unity against supporters of the old regime and terrorists, many of whom now have a safe haven over the border in syria. But mr. Maliki is coming under unprecedented criticism not just at home but also abroad. In london Oil Executives gather to discuss the iraqi situation and the mood is somber. People have come to this conference because of the huge profits to be made in iraqi oil. Most of the people here want a peaceful united iraq. Many of them are worried that the country is, in fact, in danger of breaking up. This man was once the United States ambassador in baghdad. He sat down with Nouri Almaliki many times in the past. If he could do so again right now what would he tell him . Act immediately to repair relations with the kurds, reach out to the sunnies. This isnt a question now of meeting people halfway. Hes going to have to take most of the initiatives and do it quickly. Is iraq salvageable as a state . Iraq is in serious trouble. Do you think it will break upper retrievebly . I think we should base our our decisions on the last 4 hours. Outside intervention above all from the United States and iran has rarely been helpful. Mr. Mal maliki may well succeed keeping sunni rebels out of baghdad, but the National Interest will prove more difficult. Well, for more on this lets go live to washington, d. C. And speak to former chief of staff of the u. S. Army and defense analysts general jack keane. Thank you for joining us on al jazeera. That report showing us how divided iraq is. I know Nouri Almaliki has asked the u. S. For intervention, for airstrikes. Do you think the u. S. Should agree . Yes, most definitely i do. I think your previous comments about maliki, sectarianism, this disaster we see falling before our eyes is at his door step. He created most of it. Some of the u. S. Policies have created it, instead of wringing our hands over the past, where we are now we need to assist iraq. They need planners to help with the defense of baghdad but a muchneeded counter defensive to take back the areas they lost. To assist with both of those air power would be useful. Not the air power that you saw in a sustained campaign to take down its taliban or saddam hussein, were not talking about that. Were tying about isr surveillance reconnaissance, and limit it to special aircraft and conduct inter diction against those target, and support the troops on the ground when fighting isis. That may push back the isil. Its not just the isil. There are a lot of sunnies in iraq who are angry. But what would the aftermath be . We have already seen u. S. Intervention in iraq, and we dont want to dwell on the past, but what would be different now that wasnt done after 2003. In 2011 alqaeda had been defeated. Violence was down 90 . It was well in malikis hands. As i indicated. He brought some of this on by exclusion. We do have an opportunity here. The fact of the matter is maliki a month ago did not get all the votes necessary to form a government. His opponents together have enough votes. Thats sunnies, shia and kurds. We need leverage to move in that direction. The United States is not going to have any leverage by using rhetoric out of the white house. Leverage means to a system tangibly with a crisis and move others in that direction. Maliki has got to go. The only one who wants maliki there is maliki and the iranians. Even people in his own party recognize that maliki has put the entire nation at risk. That is the reason to sues some military power to assist that political movement. Jack keane former chief of staff. Thank you. Thank you. A court in egypt has sentenced 12 people to death for the killing of a Police Officer. 11 other people were acquitted. The Police Officer was shot dead in september of last year during a raid in cairo. The judge has deferred the sentences to egypts grand mufti for review. An al jazeera journalist who has been freed after ten months in an egyptian prison has vowed to keep fighting for the release of his colleagues. Mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste remain in prison. We have the details. Reporter scenes of jubilation at the entrance of a cairo Police Station as friends, family, and other journa journalists welcomed the release of abdullah elshamy. For ten months he was held in prison without charge. For all that time he maintained he had done nothing wrong. Everybody who is a freedom fighter, journalist or anyone doing his work with honesty has won. This specific experience has changed my life. Im not the person i was any more. Im more determined than before to carry on with this struggle not just because of me, but because of everyone to be able to do their jobs. Reporter the change in his physical appearance was dramatic. Compared with when he was detained in august, while reporting on protests following the removal of mohammed morsi. Five months into his detention elshamy went on hunger strike. Just days before this video was broadcast he said he was placed in solitary confinement and force fed, but he said he would not stop his protest until he was freed. As his health declined his family pleaded for his freedom. On monday a Court Ordered his release saying there were no legal grounds to keep him in prison. In a statement al jazeera says elshamys release was a relief rather than a cause for celebration, and that he had been through a terrible ordeal. There are still al jazeera journalists behind bars. Mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have all been in jail for six months. They are falsely accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood. Al jazeera strongly rejects all charges. The egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum jail terms. The verdict on their case is due on monday. But they say elshamys release has lifted their spirits. He is at hospital to receive treatment for shoulder injury, they say they feel they are next. Elshamy said the fight is not over. That will happen when all detained journalists are released. Now his voice will join the chorus of protest as al jazeera continues to call for the Immediate Release of its staff still behind bars. Al jazeera. The kenyan government said it has arrested three people in connection with the violence and the countrys southeast. One of those detained was behind a fake alshabaab twitter account which made back up the president s assertion that the attacks were politically motivated. Meanwhile villages have started fleeing their homes. We have the report. Reporter clearing the land to set up camp these people fled to the forest after gunmen overran villages killing people and burning homes for two days. There is some 400 families from five villages here. Escaped from a village with her four children. She said she could no longer feel safe after people were shot in their own homes. I dont know who is killing people. But i think there is confusion who is behind the violence. The government said local networks were behind th behind the attacks and not alshabaab. Its a thorny issue. Peter said he managed to escape after gunmen took him and other laborers in the bush. The next morning he found the others found dead and their eyes gouged out. They talked to each other in somali. They told us this was their land, we should leave. They knew the area and asked for specific homes and names. Whoever were behind the attacks, the gunmen asked about peoples religion and ethnic background. It was quite a rough ride trying to get to this remote spot in the forest. The path was bumpy, covered in trees. Imagine what it must have been like for people who had to walk from several villages hours away. Emotions ran high as space became limits. The few buses still operating were taking people to mbasa, a ninehour drive. Not everyone could get a ride. Dominick and his pregnant wife and family have to wait. We have been hiding in the forest but armed men speaking the language that we dont understand are still out there. We have to leave. Reporter the government has promised security, but for now there is little sign of that here. Its been more than five years since the sri lanka victory over the tamil tigers. We have reports from the north city where thousand thousands thousands are prevented from going back home. Reporter human Rights Groups say the militarizatio militarization of tamil area means for thousands of people still cant return to their homes. A man breaks down in tears when i ask him how he copes. It is so difficult, he says. Fighting for the family to flee their home in 1990. Im 63 years old. I cant even walk any more. We had our own house and land. Life is very difficult. Reporter the military are now developing the area in an army. We thought they would allow us back to our lands. But they never did. Reporter council say 9,000 people were displaced by the military. They say thats an only. Only 400 owned land in the first place. A Council Member shows me maps that is under army control. The army has ignored our request for land to be returned and continue to use it for military purposes, generating income, Building Hotels and recreational areas. The buildings once lived in by tamils, they had to keep watch for army patrols. Reporter this fence seals off 65,000 acres. Acres of tobacco plants are being grown. The military denies it is farming the area for commercial purposes. This website shows the hotel that the army has built in the security zone. They say it is working to help displaced families. Its mission is to prevent what it describes as hard line rebel sympathizers returning from abroad and causing trouble. For thousands of tamils, the First Step Towards trusting the military would be compensation of being allowed to return to the home and land that he once owned. Al jazeera, northern sri lanka. There is plenty more to come in this news hour including were going to look at the fight to save a global crop worth billions of dollars from a destructive disease. And chileans cheer on their team as they face spain in the world cup. A primetime news special series all next week only on Al Jazeera America the United Nations have called the countries to fight a di strucktive banana disease that is threatening the 8 billion industry. The disease is eating through banana crops through asia, africa, and the philippines. Here are our reports. Reporter rolandos worries keep growing by the days. Banana production has slowed down drastically. The disease which affects the banana tree and spreads easily has impacted his produce. Now he cannot even afford to pay his workers. Its really hard for us to recover. When we weren plant it takes 10 months until we can work again. The disease started with one tree and spread quickly leaving the soil damaged as well. The philippines is one of the worlds Top Producers of bananas. Banana plantations cover 50,000 hectares of farmland. The disease has affected smalltime growers now. Who are now unable to pay back their loans. The banana industry is one of the countrys top revenue earners. It is ranked the second in the Top International producers after ecuador. The producers here are having a problem to meet the demand abroad for Higher Quality bananas. What the government can do to help especially the department of agricultureture is to teach these growers how to respond to Standard Operating Procedures on how to really cut the disease out. Why have you not given us advice, training to help control. The government says it has but it never reached us. We are the owners. The land owned by the family for generations is now barely useable. He said his chance for a better life gets wiped out. Al jazeera, southern philippines. And the second part of our look at the threat to the local banana supply is on thursday. Well meet the scientist who is are trying to engineer a banana who can resist the disease. Thats on thursday. Now the latest from the world cup and the rest of the sports news. Thank you very much. The netherlands have one foot in the knock out phase of the world cup after beating australia 32 in a toughen counter in group b. Scoring first, the dutchmens left foot getting his third goal of the tournament after 20 minutes but no sooner had the kicked for what could be the goal of the tournament. Stepping up to convert the penalty to make it 21. That only seemed to awaken the netherlands for the third of the championship and australias chances. They were all but ended. Ten minutes later they would give the dutch the 32 win. Spain versus chile is about to kick off. The defending champion suffers that shock in the opening game. They believe they can bounce back. Of course, it can looki dont think it was like that. There is a turning point in the game, and i think first it was for us to take control of the game. We led the game 10. We had a chance to score a second one. After that chance netherlands scored the second. They go to the halftime. And i think it was the moment where we lost the game. After that, the second half it was contact after contact. I dont think netherlands were that good to beat us. We were not that bad to lose it 51, as well. Our correspondent lee wellings is live for us. The netherlands and australia. What a great game. But all the excitement is chile and spain. How is the atmosphere there . Reporter this is a huge world cup game. I can tell you the one thing that is familiar for spain is that they will be wearing their red shirt. So theyll get the honor of doing that. You look around the stadium here and all you see are the red shirts of chile. There are many, many thousands of chilean fans swarming around the stadium, very excited about the chance to knock out the world and european champions. What an honor that would be for them. Unfortunately, there has already been a security breach, which is something that fifa will need to look into, the tournament organizers. Over 100 chilean fans. Somebody got through security. Its something that people wont welcome. It just shows that there are overexcited chilean fans. A lot of pressure is on spain. Do you think theyll be able to come back. Can they make it . They really need to keep their composure. It might not be all that. What about the chilean team. Theyre on their own continent. Could they have the man who knock them out. And with one group still to play before they go home, that would be a huge story. Lee wellings, thank you very much for that. Now chilean fans have traveled in huge numbers to brazil for the game. The south American Country is using one of the most infamous and inspiring episodes from its history in an effort to inspire their team. [ music ] reporter four years ago 33 trapped miners made chiles National Catch cry world famous. Now theyre doing it again in a campaign ad to support their football team. In this place we were trapped for 70 games. The earth had swallowed us. We knew that outside there were millions of chileans who believed in us, and thats why we are taking this dirt to brazil to where our team is based, to fill them with hope and courage, and to show the world that for chileans nothing is impossible. Spain, holland, we ant afraid of the group of death because we have looked death in the face and came out victorious. Its that determination that brought tens of thousands of chileans here to support their team. And to show that theyre not intimidated by the socalled group of death the luck of the draw that has pitted chile against two of the toughest. Chile has a great team but its the underdog, the cinderella compared to its main rivals spain and holland. Thats why all these people thousands of them because they think its faith that will make the difference. We can do it with the strength. Reporter chile is the cinderella of the group. No game ends after midnight which means cinderella can become a princess, and remember that philip howe said hes nervous about playing chile. Dont under estimate us. On copacabana beach, an unique breed of street musicians work up the fans, although they need no encouragement. We have saved money. We took time off from work and for the kids to miss school to give our team courage. Day and night they wave their flag and cry chants that everyone knows by heart. Al jazeera, rejoe de janeiro. The game on wednesday with cameroon and croatia, and they look to have ruled out cameroons captain for the game in manaus. Even if i knew if my presence with the team was certain or not i would not tell you. We have our own strategies and we cannot give away our strengths and weaknesses to our opponents. All teams do that. Therefore i cannot give a clear answer about that even if you my what was going to happen. Thats all your sports. Ill give you back to barbara. Thats it for this news hour. Dont forget you can get everything that weve been talking about on our website www. Aljazeera. Com. You can see our top story there is iraq. Well be live in baghdad for the latest from iraq in just a few minutes. So do stay with us. Ill see you in a few minutes. Thank you for watching. Bye bye. Like most people, im not an activist by nature. Theres really not that many people whose greatest desire is to go out and fight the system