Solutions for Small Businesses and major corporations. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america, reporting from washington. Fighting continues between sunni militants and iraqi forces. The u. S. Secretary of state arrives in baghdad with a message that the country must unite to survive. Three al jazeera journalists are sentenced to seven years in prison by an egyptian court. The berdych the verdict sparked International Outrage and leaves their families stunned. I would be very interested to for the judges reasons giving that verdict. It does not make any sense. On the banks of new yorks east river, an old Sugar Factory is home to an enormous structure that is sparking quite a discussion. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television here in america, and also around the globe. The very future of iraq rests on the choices made in the next days and weeks. That was the message secretary of state john kerry brought with him to baghdad today. s leaders toiraq stand united against the sunni militants who have taken key sections in the north and west of their country. Jonathan spent the day with the sadr army. He sent us this report. The iraqi army still has a strong presence around baghdad, even though it capitulated easily in other parts of the country. Towards we drove north the front line, the protection militia, thesa checkpoints will be manned by their fighters. On the outskirts, about 60 miles from the capital, a mix of regular and irregular troops. Many of them linked to a group with close links to iran. They have celebrated a few games on the battlefield against the sunni extremists. Them, and we killed fighters. We consider today to be the ourter, for isis to leave cities for good. There has been heavy writing fighting. Government forces so far have few victories to celebrate. This video shows their successes against isis outside the city and the weapons they seized. And this is the ground they have recently taken. Tanks, preparing for another potential isis offensive. This was one area isis captured. It is now held by shia militia. Gunfire from the positions of the isis forces. And in the distance, there was the sound of small arms fire, suggesting that writers have not given up on the promised advance on baghdad. The man coordinating the fight back is supposed to be a rocks minister of transport, but he is now dressed for combat. He says he will turn to his friends in iran if america does not provide airstrikes. Does not United States support us, we will turn to anyone, and that is why we have made it clear that if america does not step in, we will ask for assistance from iran. Forces, with the help of shia militia, are making a stand. But that does not change the fact that elsewhere in the country, they are still in the streets. Bbc news, backstabbed. That is the military situation. For more on secretary kerrys diplomatic mission, i spoke with the former u. S. Ambassador to iraq, christopher hill. You were there in iraq during the 2010 elections. Did you think at that time that it was going to be possible to have a Political Leadership under almaliki that would bring sunnis into the Iraqi Government . The issue then was maliki was pretty much determined to succeed himself. No other shia was coming forward. What eventually happened was, in the absence of anyone else, they were eventually able to form a government in which they had eight sunnis and six or seven cards kurds to go with the shia in the cabinet of 28. Maliki did succeed. He is tenacious. He kind of played rope a dope with his opponents. He would not leave. They try to pummel him. But at the end of the match, he was the one still there. Toughis clearly a character. Perhaps you have to be in iraqi politics. There has been a lot of criticism of him recently, and of the shias unwillingness to share power with the sunnis. Did you think it was possible the sunnis would accept shia ruling a country . I think there are two fundamental problems. One is, at this point, maliki needs to be dissuaded from a third term. I think that is doable given that just about everybody is opposed to him, including the ayatollah and other shia blocs. I think we could get to a situation where maliki does not succeed himself. He second and more difficult task is to get the sunnis on that therethe fact will continue to be majority rule in that country, and majority rule means shia. The sunnis need to be willing to accept some cabinet positions that may be part of the action, but understand they are not going to run it, as they did for centuries. Where does that persuasion have to come to . You have secretary kerry in baghdad, but presumably they would have to bring in regional powers as well. You got it all stop secretary kerry has alluded to this on a number of occasions. We need to reach out to regional countries. Iraq is the only arab country in the middle east that is run by shia, not sunnis. To get the sunni countries in the region to understand that whether they like maliki or do not like maliki, the fact is, they are going to get a shia leader. Which country are you thinking of in particular . I think he is going to have to convince the saudis saudis and the gulf states. They have help support some of the sunni radicalism, some of the islamists in the region, especially in syria, but spilling over into iraq. They have been very worried about shia rule in iraq for a long time. They have never come to terms with what happened in 2003. Kerry has a tall order. Why not split it up . Kurds in the north, sunnis in the middle, shia in the south. If you look at the center, a lot of people would have to move. Show me a partition of that kind, and i will show you another war. I came out of the balkan experience. It is not so easy to draw these boundaries and not have many thousands of civilians suffer for it. Iraq has been around for some time. Problems withwere western powers, namely britain and france, drawing lines. But it has also held for some years. I am not sure we should go immediately to some kind of partition plan. Thank you very much. Three journalists working in egypt for the broadcaster al jazeera were jailed for seven years today, on charges of spreading false news and supporting the banned muslim brotherhood. The verdict has sparked International Outrage, and those involved deny the charges. The report from cairo. The defendants cage. Inside, an australian and two algeria colleagues, just really to al jazeera colleagues, hoping this will end. It has been dismissed as a vindictive farce. The verdict is all the more shocking. Guilty. Seven years peters parents, watching a live feed in australia. My god. My god. Of 20 people on trial, only 2 were acquitted. The rest, most tried in their absence, were given 710 year sentences. In court, peters brothers, andrew and mike, expressed disbelief. Seven years is absolutely ridiculous. This is the verdict they had feared. No wonder the prisoners shouted anguish. It is three meters by four meters, just a small window, and three there. Now, they are in lockdown. This was the night of the arrest in late december, and a recording of the raid on the hotel room where the al jazeera journalists were working. Peter and the cairo bureau chief sitting next to him were charged with spreading false news in support of the banned muslim brotherhood. For six months, the International Media has run a Huge Campaign in their support. In the absence of any real evidence, it seems certain this case was part of the wider diplomatic row between egypt and the gulf state qatar, which owned al jazeera and backed the deposed islamist president , mohamed morsi. Outside court, and mother said her son [indiscernible] i am so angry. ,f they could find any evidence we could say ok. Anyone could take the punishment. But he didnt. He didnt do anything. He didnt do anything. From here, the appeals process is a long road. There can mean a president ial pardon until the legal battle is exhausted. There can be no president ial pardon until the legal battle is exhausted. I spoke with a senior fellow at the century foundation. What do you make of these verdicts, and who might be in a position to influence, in egypt, overturned have them or shortened . These were sham charges, sham proceedings, and sham verdicts. Or is no crime and no evidence presented that would support such a verdict. That much is clear. We see a politicized criminal justice system. And of course, in many ways, i think people were hoping beyond hope that this might be the first sign of an easing of the repression we have seen takeover in egypt. And maybe the beginnings of a course correction under the newly elected president and former general. That obviously has not happened. This creates a very uncomfortable situation for egypts international backers. As you recall, there were egyptian officials who felt the imprisonment of these journalists needed to be resolved, and they should be let out all stop let out. They did not want them to stay in jails in cairo. I think there was a lot of internal disagreement in the state, very senior officials. We should see what is happening not as a topdown decisionmaking structure. Within theivals security establishment and within the state, and a lot of vendettas being played out. Once this case entered into the criminal justice system, those who sought to try to get some sort of resolution faced a very difficult task. The political costs are very high, because of political opinion in the domestic setting, and because of the reliance on some of these institutions in other settings. It makes it very difficult, and the costs are very high, to try to fix this situation. That is where we find ourselves now. And even those who have sought to try to get some sort of resolution, whether by getting these folks out on bail earlier those efforts have failed. Onlyow it looks as if the eventual way out might be a president ial pardon. Wills you just heard, that require the appeals process to run its course. The intervention and the comments from the white house today, from secretary kerry, from the International Community today, did they make any difference, do you think . Fax it makes certain egyptians uncomfortable. But clearly, the outrage has had no Practical Impact in terms of changing the decisionmaking of egyptian officials and changing the trajectory of the criminal justice system. From new york, thank you very much. Leadersian separatist in ukraine have announced they are agreeing to a ceasefire after talks between ukrainian, russian, and european negotiators. The ceasefire is expected to last until friday. David stearns is in kiev. The insurgents excepting the ceasefire came as a surprise. What does it mean in practical terms . Absolutely right. It is a surprise. Only 24 hours ago, they said they were rejecting it. They said they were not laying down their arms. They were not going to observe the ceasefire. Now, something has changed. Difficult to say what exactly changed their minds. The most important thing is, the immediate effect, is that there will be a truce. Days, from monday until friday morning in ukraine. Early friday morning, around 10 00. What happens after that remains to be seen. What happens now . There is obviously a Peace Process or a peace plan on the table that the president proposed last week, along with the ceasefire. How this moves forward is a big question. How the insurgents will react to it is another question. And ultimately what the reaction in moscow will be. Obviously, there are talks going on between kiev and moscow right now. Kiev says moscow must pull back its forces on the russianukrainian border. We seem to be having mixed signals with president putin saying it was necessary to have this ceasefire and end the fighting in the east, but what is going on diplomatically with moscow, do you think . There is a lot going on. I am sure there are a lot of conversations behind the doors, behind closed doors. We have had conversations recently between president obama and russian president vladimir putin. Mr. Putin repeating his demand or his insistence that he have that kiev speak directly to the insurgents. There are mixed signals and mix actions coming from moscow. On the one hand, there have and conditional positive noises toward the peace and the ceasefire. At the same time, Russian Troops apparently, according to russian officials and ukrainian officials, remain on the border. Is alsotary hardware coming through the border. The fact that the two sides are speaking, perhaps on lower levels, speaking to president clinton, is taken as a positive sign. And speaking to president putin, is taken as a positive sign. The signs are really confusing, as you say. You are watching bbc world news america. When the world cup games are on, do not expect to get any business done. A south korean soldier who killed five members of his unit has been captured after a failed suicide attempt. Johnson werth has all the details for us. John has the details for us. Trek through the night, the fugitive soldier held out while a massive military operation secured the area around him. After 24 hours, the standoff came to an end. With huge media interest in the manhunt, a Defense Ministry spokesman told journalists the 22yearold sergeant had been captured alive. 5 00 this afternoon, the sergeant shot himself in the side of his upper body and was taken to hospital, he said. Guarding the Demilitarized Zone is considered to be one of the toughest jobs for conscripts, and there have been other incidents of soldiers turning their weapons on their own comrades. What prompted the sergeant to kill five and injure Seven Members of his unit will now be the subject of an investigation. So far, there is no suspicion of any involvement by north korea. South korean news reports suggest the young soldier initially failed the Personality Test for frontline duty, but was eventually passed as fit. During the attempts to persuade him to surrender, his parents recalled him to plead to him, first via a loudspeaker and then over a mobile phone. I cannot give specific numbers of men, the south korean colonel told journalists, but nine battalions were mobilized for the operation. Now that it is over, questions will once again be asked about whether enough is being done to ensure the Mental Wellbeing of those guarding one of the worlds most dangerous frontiers. , bbc news, south korea. Yesterday, sunday chores were put on hold in the u. S. As millions of people drop everything to see the world cup match against portugal. In brazil its self, they have been trying to juggle work with watching the tournament. It is not necessarily a great combination. Retailers are closing early and the brazilian economy seems to be going slow during big matches. When the Brazilian Team is playing, traffic ahead of the game is not pretty. Everyone wants to get home to watch the match. For those who cannot make it, businesses are still making time for football. This pasta shop closes for each game. Inside. Ch the match it is a month that has its challenges. With banks and other businesses, it is like a public holiday. They close and do not reopen after the match. You have to be careful to get the banking done. If you are too late to pay a bill, you will struggle. Off, saohe game kicks paulo is the Financial Capital and the biggest city. It is normally packed, and it is rush hour. It as you can see, the shops are shut. Is mrs. Obviously taking a backseat to football. While brazilians are taking the opportunity to enjoy the tournament, what effect does that have on an economy that grew at just north of 2 in the first three months of the year . People can be very negative about brazils economic prospects. People are excited about the tournament and the country again. I think it is gradually improving as the tournament is evolving and everything is right. It is doing ok. I think that if you help a little bit for bruno and his pasta company, the takeaways during the tournament is holding up. That keeps him and the workers happy, even if their team does not always score any goals. Bbc news, sao paulo. Watching the world cup in brazil. Where peoplerk, are lining up to get a glimpse of a sculpture made entirely of sugar. It was created by the awardwinning artist carol walker in the soon to be demolished Sugar Factory on the east river. She spoke to us about the experience of the project. The installation here is a 35 tall, 75 foot long sphinx made out of sugar. She is made out of sugar. She is here as a monument to the sugar industry, the sugar trade, slave trade, the histories contained within this building. Warehouse. Old sugar they stored mountains of raw sugar in this space. As you can see, the ceilings go up about 50 feet. There is this mysterious, derelict equipment that is really captivating. The history, for me anyway, my family starts with the transatlantic slave trade. There is this body shifting of consonants, like mad, in this rush, partially for sugar, coffee, cotton, foodstuffs. The sugar has this kind of energetic rush to it. Because she is under the sunlight, the skylight. She is holding the spot in a very powerful way. She has got a body that is full of contradictory impulses. The front has this sort of power stands. The back has a sort of voluptuous, beautiful round bottom. Between this tension ones power and ones lack of power. That is what is kind of roundup in African American womens bodies. Little boys carrying a basket. Each of the figures made of candy was a very loving process. The stage back here was kind of a breaking bad scenario. Everybody had hightech suits tyvek suits and large pots. Decaying and are melting over the course of the installation. Looking into his eyes felt like a most upsetting aspect of this, seeing the toes shrink away, the kind of blood like substance pulling out, the arms going. On an unusual, incredibly powerful project up in new york. More of the days news on our website. You can find us on twitter. From all of us here at world news america, thanks for watching. Do tune in tomorrow. 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