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Israel has carried out more rocket attacks

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on Gaza with the Palestinians claiming one strike killed 17

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Overnight, Israeli ground troops entered Gaza

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for the first time since the violence broke out last Tuesday.

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In spite of increasing calls for a ceasefire, including from the

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United Nations, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his

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cabinet this morning the current offensive could last a long time.

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Palestinians living in the northern part of Gaza have been told to

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From Gaza, Yolande Knell has just sent this report.

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This isn't a family outing. It is an exodus. Palestinians head away from

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their homes in northern Gaza and take their most prized belongings

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with them. Israel is warning there will be a heavy bombardment of the

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border area where they live. Look how many kids I have, this man tells

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me. We are forced to leave. We are not going to stay and be killed in

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our house. The Israelis broadcast their orders on TV and dropped

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leaflets. We have seen several Palestinian families like these

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clutching wags of their possessions and emergency supplies, and heading

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south. The Israeli military has told to evacuate their homes and there is

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not much time left to get away. We find hundreds of people coming

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inside a school for shelter. They are exhausted and distressed. We

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hope that this will end, we will still be alive and we go home and

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find our home as we leave it. Yes. Overnight, Israel intensified its

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aerosols. This was Gaza city. -- aero assault. The most deadly

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assault flattened the house of the Gaza police chief. At least 17

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people were killed. But Tel Aviv was also in the firing line. The tiny

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lights are Palestinian rockets, intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome

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defence system. In response, Israeli naval commandos shelled the Gaza

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coastline and made a limited ground assault. Now the offensive could be

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widened further. The ground operation, we are making the

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preparations for the possibility. It's not something we want. Indeed,

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we have about four brigades on the ground preparing. Troops can already

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be seen in southern Israel, awaiting orders. The violence and uncertainty

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continues on both sides of the border.

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Well, what is the latest on the ground? So far, there has been no

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sign that the heavy bombing has begun in the north of the Gaza

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Strip. The deadline for people to leave their homes was past three

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hours ago. Still, there have been plenty of other signs that the

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fighting has been intensifying. The last day has been the bloodiest of

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the conflict so far, with more than 50 Palestinians killed. In the past

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few hours, we have seen more Israeli air strikes and more Palestinian

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rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. So, no sign yet from

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either side that they are moving closer to agreeing some kind of

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cease-fire which, of course, is what the UN Security Council was calling

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for unanimously overnight. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin

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Welby, has added his voice to those supporting the ordination of women

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bishops in the Anglican Church. His comments come ahead of a vote on

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the matter at the Church's General Archbishop Welby says if the vote is

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in favour, the first woman bishop Here's our Religious Affairs

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Correspondent Robert Pigott. At Saint Mary 's, Primrose Hill in

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London, celebrating holy Communion this morning, the congregation takes

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their woman priest for granted. Women priests, once seen as

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unthinkable, are now indispensable. A third of Anglican clergy are

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women. Traditionalist 's who do not want to serve under a woman bishop

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have been given new concessions. Parishes can request a male

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alternative and go to an ombudsman if there is a dispute. Anglican

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leaders accept that the Church's reputation has been damaged by the

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long debate about whether to give women equality. I think to the

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general public, this is almost incomprehensible. It is equally

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incomprehensible that we are still talking about it. What do think

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timescale is before a woman bishop will be in this country? There is a

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good chance of a woman bishop being announced very early in 2015, cover

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be chosen possibly before that. Embers of the Synod met at York

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Minster this morning and prayed for wisdom in making one of the biggest

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decisions in their life. Some people are saying if the church does not

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pass this, they will start to question established nature of the

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church. We are talking about seismic happenings if we don't pass it, none

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of which would be helpful. Campaigners for women bishops say it

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would be a disaster if it were not passed now. But this cautious

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optimism, four of a handful of moderates who defeated at last time,

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say they are ready to change their minds. It seems like the Synod could

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be on an brink of an historic tradition, ending a line of male

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bishops going back to Jesus. Not for 50 years has the future of that

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church home so significantly on such a vote.

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And in the church home so significantly on such

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a vote. Roman Catholic Church, the celibacy of clergy, is some change

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likely there? Well, Pope Francis has just told an Italian daily that he

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can see a lifting of the compulsory celibacy for priests. He said there

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were solutions to the problem and he would find them. He said it was a

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rule brought about only 900 years after Jesus had died. He clearly

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feels that it is time to lift it. It is relatively easy for the church to

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lift this ban, because it is something that is not to do with

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core belief, but with church tradition. So it would not require

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so much bureaucracy or changing of laws and beliefs to remove it. Also,

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it is true to say that there are already married priests who are in

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the Catholic Church, converts from Anglicanism and in the Greek

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Catholic Church in Europe. It seems now that this could be one of the

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first big rules to change in the Catholic Church.

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Iraqi police say gunmen have killed at least 29 people, most

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They say unidentified gunmen stormed two residential buildings suspected

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to be brothels in the neighbourhood of Zayouna.

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Let's speak to our Correspondent Mark Doyle, who's in Baghdad.

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Market, what do we know about this incident? Well, there was a raid on

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two buildings in an area to the east of Baghdad, in fact. The gunman used

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silencers and killed we believe 25 women and five men, but a number of

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people were seriously injured so that number may go up. When this

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incident first happened, many people thought maybe it was the jihadis who

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had come in, who are knocking on the doors of Baghdad, the violent

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Islamist 's attacking what was alleged to have been a brothel. We

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don't know what this particular place was. What it appears to be is

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that it was militias that are allied to the government, who have done

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this kind of thing before in this area, attacking places they accuse

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of being involved in prostitution. Cricket, and England's prospects are

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improving against India. They've taken three wickets with dynamic

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bowling from Stuart Broad. Now, after 63 games and 170 goals,

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tonight it's the match that really matters as Germany take on Argentina

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in the World Cup final. The Germans are bidding for their

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fourth title, Argentina their third. If the Germans do it,

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they'll be the first European team to lift the trophy in South America,

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as Dan Roan reports. This may be Brazil's World Cup,

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but it's the hosts' arch rivals that have gate-crashed the party,

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with estimates that 100,000 Argentina fans have made

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their way to Rio for the final. And this is where many will be

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heading later, the iconic Maracana, a fitting venue for what appears to

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be a classic contest between two footballing

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heavyweights. This could be a defining moment

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for arguably the greatest player Lionel Messi's four goals this

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tournament, carrying Argentina TRANSLATION: The team

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and the individuals feed each other. They feed back

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and they're a virtuous circle, so the team needs to be solid to

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work as a platform for individuals But Leo is the best player

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in the world, so any team he plays Germany's astonishing 7-1 thrashing

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of Brazil in the semifinal ensures they are favourites,

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however. A golden generation of players,

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now at their peak, determined to win their country's

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first World Cup since 1990. The expectation in

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the general public is quite high. After the win against Brazil,

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everybody thinks, The circumstances are just for us,

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because we know we are better team. And I think the guys, they know

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as well, they are under pressure a little bit

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but they have to deliver. The authorities, meanwhile,

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are preparing for the biggest security operation Rio has ever

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seen, with 25,000 personnel The hope is that the action on the

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pitch delivers a fitting finale for what has been a memorable

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World Cup. That's it, the next news on BBC One

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is at 5:35. Goodbye. June so our thoughts are turning to

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summer sunshine and warmth. I can offer you that but it comes at a

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price, there is the potential for a quandary break down later in the

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week. It was

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