it calls a credible terrorist threat. hello. it was the moment the brazilian bubble burst. and in a way no one could have imagined. the most of the world cup are coming to terms with their heaviest ever defeat in the tournament, 7-1 to germany who made it through to the final after a very impressive performance. this was also most discussed single sport ever on twitter, 35.6 million tweets. and when it was 5-0 in first half, a record 580,166 tweets per minute. globally more than 200 million facebook interactions. and it sparked all sorts of m n memes and tweets. here is christ the redeemer. and pele wrote, i always said football is a box of surprises. nobody in this world expected this result. he went on to say, typical brazilian, we'll get the sixth title in russia. congratulations to germany. as for germany, well, goal sc e scorer andre schuller got two goals saying come on, germany, one last bet. rio, here we come. a brief recap of the action. the game got off to a breathtaking start. germany getting five goals in 19 minutes. germany took the score to 7 overall. brazil got a late goal, but hardly a consolation. this was a humiliation for the country. its biggest defeat in world cup finals history. >> reporter: no in their worst nightmares did anyone in brazil think this would how it would end. the stage had been set and street parties across the country, this was to have been brazil's inevitable march towards their own world cup final. but mouths open wide and people cried as this proud footballing country was completely humiliated. the stadium emptied and the fan fest fell quiet. no one in brazil had seen this coming. >> i think it is really sad in the end to end the competition, to end the championship with this kind of negative result. >> for brazil, for the brazilian people, you know, it is very embarrassing, you know. >> the germansed on brazil's parade tonight. any notion that brazil would win on their own soil is over. disappointment and embarrassment in a country where football means so much. for the duration of brazil's progress in the world cup, the country appeared relatively calm and stable. everyone's eyes on the football. the danger now is that some of the divisions, protests and arguments we saw in the run-up to the tournament could return, plunging brazil back into crisis. >> as you can imagine, a different story for german fans, alot of them celebrating through the night. >> reporter: before the game, the fans here were saying it would be germany, but a tough game. in the event, it is germany in a walkover, a trouncing, a thrashing of the brazilian hosts. 30 minutes in, and it was 5-. and the game beyond doubt. 7-1 at the end. germany would be in the final. >> it's awesome! i never expected it to be 7-1. >> it is perfect. it is perfect. and we said this before, germany is a better team and now you can see it. >> 7-1. now 7-1. i thought it was great. >> reporter: they were quietly confident before the finals, now they're loudly confident. the cheer is bring on the finals. way after midnight, german football fans stayed in place and partied on, where they watched the stunning victory on big screens. a brazilian style carnival, but in berlin, not rio. steven evans, bbc news, berlin. >> germany doesn't care who they play, but we'll find out later in the day who the other finalist is going to be. the remaining semifinal between the netherlands and argentina kicks off today and follow it on the bbc sport website. they're counting the votes in indonesia's presidential election. it is pretty tight. it is quite confusing as well this race. the former army general prabowo subianto declared victory based on quick count results. that was an hour after his rival joko widodo also claimed a win. wins all around it sounds like. for more on this, we go to jakarta. this will run on until there is something definitive. >> they seem confident in what they're claiming. as you say, both of them claimed victory and we can see on the local tv stations here both campaigns have tv channels dedicated to their campaigns. and it is very bizarre that each one of them is reporting as if their candidate is the real winner. but we have to remember these are results based on the quick results, which is based on sample select polling stations that have been deemed to usually represent the country, and they have historically been quite accurate. obviously this time around it is not really the case. the official results will come out in two weeks and the public will be kept waiting until then. and this is a test of indonesia's democracy on whether or not people can wait patiently and eventually accept the official results, whichever way it goes. >> right. but what are these two candidates picking out, the quick count result that suit them best. presumably there is a figure that says one or the other is ahead. >> the quick results are done by a number of polling organizations that have been certified by the election commissions. and these organizations lean toward one candidate or another for the most part. so certainly each candidate is using the results that have come from groups that, you know, give results that are more favorable from them. and so -- but india, we always knew this was going to be a close election, but, you know, there are some concerns that how divided this results are will, you know, possibly lead to, you know, uncertainty that could turn ugly. >> we wait for it to conclude. alice, thank you very much indeed. some live pictures for you from the vatican as pope francis attempts to clean up the vatican banks. we go live to that news conference now. >> the leadership of the secretary-general will have a monthly bulletin keeping the staff up to date and we even have ambitions that in that bulletin you -- staff will be able to ask questions and perhaps get a reply. at the preconclave meetings before the election of the holy father, many of the cardinals were very explicit about the need for reforms. and pope francis, the holy father, has accepted that and i think it was in march that he set up a committee known as the cosea, that is international experts to study most aspects of the financials in the vatican and to make recommendations. it was not part of their responsibility, never was. that was the responsibility of another group, i think set up earlier, called -- known as creo and they made a number of recommendations about the bank. so a vast amount of planning has been done. we are benefiting from it and we're slowly starting to roll that out. the first important stage was with the establishment of the consult to the economy and the secretariat of the economy. this was something of a novelty here in rome, in the vatican city, for two reasons. and that is that the council for the economy is not an advisory body to the prepicked. the prepicked for the economy, the secretary of state, we are not members of the council for the economy. the secretariat reports to the council for the economy. for english speakers, one model is university governance. universities are often run by a senate, and the vice chancellor has to persuade the senate of the validity of his programs and the vice chancellor implements what the council decides. so it is the council who makes the general decisions, who makes the recommendations to the holy father. the council secretariat works as one together, but no doubt who is in charge. it is part of the checks and balances, the separation of powers to which i will return. the other i think novelty and that i think it is very appropriate theologically and for other reasons is that as a general pattern in the economic area, starting with the council for the economy, the senior clergy and lay people will be put together and each will have one vote. so i think this is -- well, it is definitely something of an innovation, the holy father approved it explicitly. i think it is a very, very good development from every point of view. what are we trying to do? just some general goals. first of all, we are working so that international financial standards will be followed in all the sections of the holy see and the governor. >> that's george powell, prefect of the secretariat for the economy at the vatican laying out, if you like, the understanding of how the news conference is going to go and the way in which the bank is being changed. aaron is with me now. the institute for religious works or ior. this is a bank that is really in huge trouble. >> this is a bank that started in 1942. it is a bank that -- i guess oversees about 6 billion euros of customer assets but has been plagued by scandal -- from the early days -- scandal after scandal, a bank that was basically all kept behind doors, no transparency, not regulated. they have been trying to clean it up over the last year or so, but some of these -- if you look at the actual numbers, net income at the vatican bank has plummeted to 2.9 million euros. that's down from 86.5 million euros. that's cost them a lot to clean up, if you will, to try to clean the books. but, you know, you talk about scandals, before my time, certainly here in the uk, you had the gods ofbanko scandal, 1982 where the german found hung under black fryer bridge. but a scandal last year when a vatican cleric was arrested in italy on fraud charges involving the -- involving claims he was trying to smuggle about 20 million euros out and get them into switzerland. so it has this sort of dirty, mucky background and this is exactly what the pope and the church just need to clean up and possibly one of the reasons we're seeing outsiders or certainly an outsider to come in with banking experience, to come in and try to clean it once and for all. >> well, the news conference in itself suggests a certain level of transparency. >> very, very -- i'll keep an eye on ior for you. >> great acronym, thank you. to gaza, the officials say 25 people including civilians have been killed by israeli air strikes in last two days. overnight, israel says it hit 16 targets which it calls terror sites. today, militants have responded, all shot down by the country's anti-missional system. richard galpin has the latest. >> reporter: this just one of the 160 air strikes by the israeli military on gaza overnight and into this morning. the homes of hamas leaders now being targeted, as well as command centers and rocket launching sites. the hospitals here filling up rapidly with casualties. at least 25 people have now been killed in the last few days, most of them civilians, and including five children, according to palestinian health officials. >> i think what's needed that israel should have an end for this criminal belligerent occupation and shouldn't be awarded for the war crimes they are doing. they should stop once and for good the siege on gaza and stop. >> reporter: this morning, air raid sirens once again in the israeli city of tel aviv, forcing people to run for cover as yet more rockets were fired from gaza. so far, the attacks here and elsewhere in israel have caused panic, but not any casualties. in part because the israelis say they have shot down some of the rockets with their missile defense system. and they're now indicating they want to stop the attacks once and for all. >> we tried to de-escalate. messages were sent. we told hamas to stop this rocket fire. but they continued. and now we are acting, the israeli defense forces are acting to bring about a situation where the people of israel no longer have to live in fear. >> reporter: already israeli tanks have been deployed near the border with gaza, ready for a ground offensive, if the order is given. at the moment, it does seem that israel is preparing for what could be a long military campaign. richard galpin, bbc news. iraqi officials say they found at least 50 bullet ridden bodies, many blindfolded with hands bound in an area south of baghdad. they were discovered outside 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"f". the performance marque from lexus. you're watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. the latest headlines, brazilians reacted with shock, not to say dismay, after their humiliating world cup defeat to germany losing 7-1. the second wave of air strikes on gaza. israel says it hit up to 160 targets. let's get more on the top story, brazil's crushing defeat to germany in the world cup semifinal. the scale of that result, the shock of the tournament so far, no surprise there. brazil's president commiserated with brazilians, urging them to bounce back. how do you do that? hugo bashega, how you going to get over it? >> humiliation, wasn't it? it was really, really bad, tragic, like local press, but today they're all over it. the mood, of course, very, very bad. brazilians asking what happened. so it is tragic. >> let's pick up on that what happened. i mean, actually what happened? was this about too much emotion over tneymar, a star, the pressure cooker atmosphere for the players? >> we knew this was a weak squad from the very beginning, very first match against croatia. and we didn't have the biggest star, neymar. we didn't have thiago silva. so the psychological pressure was really, really high on the day before this match. so everything together i think was, you know, playing to -- to the result that we got 7-1. like the first ten minutes were not that bad. but after the first goal, and then 20 minutes, five goals. >> discipline on the pitch in terms of structure. >> yeah. >> pele tweeted, you know, football life is a box of surprises. what a surprise. never mind, we'll win it -- we'll win our sixth in russia in four years time. that sort of readiness to move on, how easily is that going to be shared by brazil? >> it is too early to say what is going to happen now if we have a new coach, new players, or reforms are going to happen within the brazilian football association. we have, like, in 1966 and we overcame it. very hard to say if this is going to happen again, but many pundits in brazil say this could be like the starting point for some reforms. >> let me bring up one other point. 1998, world cup final, ronaldo having a fit, brazil played dreadfully, they lost neymar before the match, they played dreadful dreadfully. is there some psychological hang-up? >> there is a feeling that neymar did not play that. but these players, they're going to do something for neymar. he was carrying the team, they say. but there is this feeling, well, we were not good. >> get over it. >> thanks very much. >> hugo, thank you very much. the world's news country south sudan is three years old. many people hoped independence would bring an end to years of conflict, but political infighting has actually led to civil war that killed tens of thousands. also left 1.5 million people displaced. since december, the u.n. received more than 150,000 refugees. there are fears that figure will double by the end of the year. >> reporter: hundreds of refugees just crossed the border into ethiopia and arrived here at the screening center. many have been staying here for up to two days. let's go inside and see where the process begins. now, this is where they will arrive. this is an electronic database where the data will be first taken. every refugee will have fingerprints taken to show they have been registered or not registered at any of the other five border entry points here in ethiopia. they will then proceed on to the next stage, which is this desk. this desk is to get a little bit more history of every refugee. there will be asked about where they come from and their family size and this is also to ascertain that all refugees who have arrived at the center are really from south sudan. many of those who have been arriving at border points are women and children, up to 70%. many of the children have not received any health care in ages. at this point, they will get vaccination against measles, like this girl is getting an injection for that. she'll also receive all vaccinations and vitamin a. we have been told many of them are highly malnourished and this is very important as they begin here. they will then proceed to the other desk. here, some of them are without food. they get this high energy biscuit depending on family size, they get three packets to be taken by the u.n. as they come. back to the vatican news conference. because in the last couple of minutes, they have announced the new head of the bank is to be a frenchman, jean baptiste, who was the chief executive of invesco europe. so being brought in from outside to reshape and restore some confidence in the vatican bank. the institute for religious works or ior as it is called and it was george powell here who made that announcement. jean baptiste will take over running of a bank which has seen its profits plunging from 85 million euros down to about 3 million euros last year. 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to germany, after a very impressive performance. the worst day of my professional life was the conclusion of luis felipe scolari, brazil's coach. and little wonder. >> reporter: when the test came, brazil failed spectacularly, hopes of playing in the finals were shattered by germany's 5 goals in the space of 18 shocking minutes. thomas mueller started the route with a volley just off the ten. for brazil's keeper, the pain continued when a fifth goal was scored before 30 minutes had been played. missing silva and neymar may have left brazil weakened but the meltdown and devastation left scolari and players asking questions of each other. brazilian fans naturally had had enough. hundreds of fans could bear no more, getting away from the stadium was the only option. in the second half, the feeling of disbelief was reflected in the play. brazil made attempts to restore their pride, but never was germany really challenged. it went to a new level leaving the host in disbelief, down 7-0, a goal from oscar was welcomed with hollow cheers. as brazil consider what went wrong, germany can dare to dream that a victory in the next game against argentina or the netherlands would mean winning their fourth title. >> that extraordinary match did not just break records on the pitch, on social media, there were more than 35 million tweets in the course of the game, making it the most discussed sports event ever. >> reporter: it was a game of triumph, tears, and tweets. the hash tags picked up pace as quickly as the goals, with no less than five trending for hours after the final whistle. so brazilians, this one would have added more insult to injury. the pacing on the pitch carried on after the game. the reaction on social media was one of shock. people all over the world were posting messages, but it was europe, usa and australia who were most outspoken. more than 3,000 tweets a minute. the most talked about play, unsurprisingly, the injured brazilian star neymar. football fans engaged in heated debate over whether his presence on the pitch would have made any difference. this is how the world reacted on social media during the game. the yellow dots represent brazil. the red dots germany. when germany scored, the first goal, people in america, south america, and europe got tweeting. but look what happens when the fifth goal was scored. red dots erupt, with a flurry of activity in europe, africa and india. the heart break for brazilians was summed up by the president. like every brazilian, i'm very sad about this defeat. i'm immensely sorry for all of us, fans and our players. other reaction, commentator and former footballer gary lineker, that's most extraordinary, staggering, bewildering game i've ever witnessed. brazilians will no doubt be in a hurry to forget this record-breaking loss. but in a tech savvy world, it will be some time yet before this defeat is simply confined to the history books. alfa patel, bbc news. bring you breaking news from germany. a second american spy has been found there according to the german newspaper. it said officers from the federal prosecutors office had searched the home of an employee of the ministry of defense who is alleged to have been spying for the united states. this coming after the allegation which the united states has not denied as well, that an employee of germany's intelligence agency was arrested for passing secret documents to the national -- the american national security agency. that information breaking news coming from our correspondent steve evans in berlin. right. to gaza now. officials say 25 people including civilians have been killed by israeli air strikes in the last two days. today, palestinian rockets continued to be fired from gaza into israel. they are were being aimed at tel aviv at ashkelon, jerusalem and hadera, but a number of the missiles were shot down by air defenses. overnight, israel said there were 160 air strikes on gaza, with targets across the strip from gaza city to rafah being hit. richard galpin has been following that for us as we saw earlier on "bbc world news." let's get some response to all that. i'm joined by a professor, the palestinian representative to the uk. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> it must be a dreadful situation, obviously, for you. the answer to many people seems pretty straightforward, hamas stop firing rockets. >> the question that should be asked is that who started the incursions against gaza with the air strikes? it is not hamas who started this. >> okay. you know as well as i do this is a tit for tat situation. both sides saying exactly the same thing time and again. in a way, if you really want the best for the people in you're communities, who started it is no longer relevant, if you want peace. hamas has to stop firing rockets, israel will stop. >> it is a promise that if hamas stops the rockets, they will stop the incursions in west banks, killing civilian people. there have been continuing systematically, killing, incarcerating, palestinians on the west bank. and now in gaza and everybody looks at the occupier and of coursed occupied on equal footing. that's not fair. no one is addressing the real cause issue for all this violence that has been taking place for the last 47 years. israel has to end its occupation. it has to lift its siege over gaza. 1.8 million people are living in an open air prison camp. what do you expect the people to do? not to defend themselves? >> so -- >> and these rockets are being launched against what is civilians, all right. show me any casualties of these -- >> no, if they have a way of stopping the rockets from killing people, hurting people, then that's frankly most people would say, well, credit to them, good for them. that's surely not the point. let me move on, though, because i appreciate that this is the nature of these sort of arguments. i don't expect you to sort of back down and say, yes, fine, we'll stop doing this. but how do you bring this to some sort of conclusion now? what is the way forward? william hague, as you well know, is saying to hamas, stop the rockets. what is your answer? >> my answer is that israel should stop its incursion, lift the siege over gaza and should go back to the negotiating table. we are not the ones who are paying the price for israel, you know, to fold up this peace process that ended up nothing except brought more misery to the palestinian people. >> the peace process has been -- let's be honest, it has been flat if not a dire failure in the last few years. is there a way to resuscitate that. does it have any life left in it? >> the americans still have high hopes. he's trying his best to continue with the process of negotiations between the two parties. but, you know very well who, which side has failed to deliver the goods at the end of the day. israel was cornered because it shoulders the responsibility of failing this peace process. it had to create new conditions on the ground and the new conditions have always been is it attack on gaza or -- to steer the image of the entire world, regional security, using the syrian fire, iranian fight. this has been all tactics that israelis have been using. what really counts is the fact is israel serious about peace with the palestinians. is israel serious with president mahmoud abbas to make a clinch of the conflict and to go ahead -- >> that will not happen for a long while. >> it is not going to happen because israel's strategy has been naked aggression against the palestinians. >> which is obviously, i have to say, a view that the israelis hold against mahmoud abbas as well and hamas. thank you very much for joining me here in the studio. iraqi officials say they found at least 50 bullet ridden bodies, many blindfolded and with their hands bound in an area south of baghdad. they were discovered outside hillah, a predominantly shia city. officials say the reason for the killings is not clear at this stage. sunni militants have taken control of territory to the north and west of the capital recently after launching an offensive. they're counting the votes in indonesia's presidential election. it is a tight race it would seem. the former army general prabowo subianto has declared victory after his rivalal former jakarta governor joko widodo appeared on tv to claim victory. i asked alice budisatrijo about the dual declarations. >> reporter: they seem confident in what they're claiming. as you say, both of them claimed victory and we can see on the local tv stations here, both campaigns have tv channels dedicated to their campaigns. and it is very bizarre that each one of them is reporting as if their candidate is the real winner. but we have to remember these are results based on the quick results, which is based on a sample of select polling stations that have been deemed to usually represent the country and they have historically been quite accurate. be obviously this time around it is not the case. the official results will come out in two week and the public will be kept waiting until then. and this is a test of indonesia's democracy on whether or not people can wait patiently and eventually accept the official result, whichever way it goes. >> right. but what are they -- are these two candidates picking out the quick count result that suit them best. presumably there is a figure that says one or the other is ahead. >> the quick count results are done by a number of polling organizations that have been certified by the election commissions. and these organizations lean toward one candidate or another for the most part. so certainly each candidate is using the results, they have come from groups that, you know, give results that are more favorable from them. and so -- but in india, we always knew this was going to be a close election, but, you know, there are some concerns that -- how divided these results are and will possibly lead to, you know, uncertainty that could turn ugly. >> alice budisatrijo in jakarta. all passengers flying out of british airports are to face tighter security from now on. the measures already introduced by the u.s. and germany mean travelers will have to ensure all the electronic devices are charged, because they may be asked to prove they do genuinely work. it follows what american intelligence calls a credible terrorist threat. andy moore has more. >> reporter: when the new security guidelines were introduced last week on flights to america, most airports coped well. manchester airport saw some longer longer queues. now all passengers on all flights into and out of the uk need to be aware of the changes. >> we have issued advice to the airline industry, which will require the passenger, if asked to do so, to show any other electronic device that they are carrying with them can actually be operated and this will be done on various routes. >> reporter: the government says it won't name the routes for security reasons. the new guidelines apply to all electronic equipment such as phones, laptops and cameras. the transport department says any devices that can't be switched on won't be allowed open the aircraft. some airlines and airports have updated their online guidance, but others seem to be taken on the hop by last night's announcements them say the new security measures only apply to u.s. flights. andy moore, bbc news. stay with us on "bbc world news." still to come on the program, with brazil's exit from the world cup, we report from buenos aires. and how latin american hopes now lie with this man, lionel messy and his team. argentina and netherlands, the second semifinal. i missed so many workouts, my treadmill started to dress better than i did. the problem was the pain. hard to believe, but dr. scholl's active series insoles reduce shock by 40% and give you immediate pain relief from three sports injuries. amazing! now, i'm a believer. you're watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. the latest headlines. brazilians reacted with shock and dismay after their humiliating world cup defeat to germany, losing 7-1. a second wave of air strikes on gaza, israel says it hit up to 160 targets. the world's newest country south sudan is just three years old. many hope that independence would bring with it an end to years of conflict. but political infighting has instead led to a civil war, which killed tens of thousands of people and left 1.5 million displaced. ann sawyer reports from the capital. >> reporter: nothing close to what you call home, a million leaving as refugees in and outside their own country after fighting broke out last december when a political dispute quickly turned into civil war. the rainy season has made things worse. since the fighting came to the door, this family has been sheltering in tents at the united nations peacekeeping base. >> if things are not changed and things be like this, so probably be definitive. >> reporter: the problems include kocholera and mass hung, leaders are keen to mark the third anniversary of its creation. >> birthday happening tomorrow. for example, you continue to celebrate. >> reporter: i look at the capital and you see south sudan has war. after decades of fighting to free itself, they're trying to build a real identity. many will be looking at how a young nation crumbled so fast. >> there were grievances that were not -- the reconciliation from the first war is not done. nobody was able to present them and nobody give them a chance to voice what they want. so this is like a time bomb that has been actually prepared a long time ago and it has exploded. ♪ >> reporter: but most have lost faith. the current crisis provides a chance to steer the country back on track. for others, all they are left to do is hope and pray for a united country. ann sawyer, bbc news, juba. a bit more football because brazil's exit leaves one latin american country in the world cup this and is the great footballing rival to brazil, argentina. they take on the netherlands in the second semifinal later in the day. fans believe lionel messi, is he the world's greatest player at the moment, possibly? and can he carry them to victory, possibly. we have this report from buenos aires. >> reporter: argentina has seen better days. government ministers are being questioned over allegations of corruption. inflation is running at over 30%. and in this most passionate of footballing countries, no world cup title to celebrate for 28 years. but in the cold of a midwinter buenos aires morning, there is renewed belief and hope. most of the current national team came from these tough streets. but there is one name that stands out above all of us. it is messi, he's huge, says this fan. everyone wants to play with him and for him. the national side revolves around him. he's simply the best player in the world. he's just 5 if the'7" but he lo large over the argentine capital. this is a nation which adores its heroes and icons. messi made his international debut here at the ground of argentina. the tiny club where diego maradonna and other famous players started their careers. >> translator: who is best, maradonna or messi? i don't care. because we hoped both on their way. >> reporter: argentina football is in great shape. the clubs are grossly underfunded, most of the best players were overseas and they haven't won the world cup since 1996. but many fans think this is their moment and where better to prove that point than in the home of their fiercest rivals and neighbors, brazil. ♪ the invasion has already begun. copacabana beach has been turned arjen sinl arj arj arjentine blue and there is no respect for the rivals. away, at home and on the air, the only subject for discussion in argentina is la cupa, the cup. >> win a world cup many brazil, it is beyond a dream. the country, they are very good, but in soccer, they hate each other. >> reporter: the 9th of july, argentina's independence day and the famous avenue where fans have been celebrating each world cup victory. they intend to be back here again after sunday's final. >> the big day is upon them. that crucial semifinal kicks off at 2000 gmt. and follow the match live on the bbc sport website. here in britain, more than 3,000 people are taking part in a new world war commemoration in which an imaginary letter can be r written to a statue, the unknown soldier at london's paddington station. robert hall has the story. >> reporter: dear unknown soldier, dear soldier, dear soldier, dear friend, during the first world war, nearly 2 million letters a day were delivered to british soldiers in france and belgium. a glimpse of home, which raised spirits in the most awful of circumstances. the statue on platform one at paddington station is often passed unnoticed. but it is the focus for thousands of letters, written to this soldier as part of the commemorations. >> you will be remembered for years to come. >> i know your family and friends will be proud of you as the rest of the world is. you fought with a name, you die nameless. >> you're a soldier that represents everyone and everything. i do know this, you were everyone's soldier. >> we have an unnamed soldier. >> reporter: but the words which flowed from these 14-year-olds were inspired by another letter, sent from the trenches by a former pupil. >> i felt inspired because my dream job is to be in the armed forces. and it is quite personal to me. i've lost two great uncles in the war. >> i think if you can be creative with this, you can interact with it, can't you? >> reporter: since the project went live, less than a fortnight ago, thousands of people have put pen to paper and thousands more letters are waiting to be published online. this statue on platform one helped to inspire a new war memorial, a memorial made of words. it is not like we're saying to you, could you just do it on your phone for a minute, you have to sit down and think what this figure means, you have to think what does it mean to commemorate a war? >> this statue -- >> reporter: at the university of the third age in howell, another group were gathering their thoughts. >> i'm not particularly interested in weapons, strategies, battles. i'm more interested in the suffering of the soldiers. >> you may think 100 years after your sacrifice we do not know or care about you or your comrades. you would be quite wrong. >> when will man realize war doesn't solve anything? soldier, you would have been so disappointed. rest in peace, my hero. >> reporter: back on platform one, there was a special delivery from the letter writers of wallacy. their 300 messages will be added to a database destined for the british library. above them, the soldier gazed down, and perhaps, just perhaps he was smiling. robert hall, bbc news, paddington. and that is "bbc world news." thanks for watching. at legalzoom virtually all yourof important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to 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