10/07/2014 BBC World News

World News. The top stories: 0 Palestinians were reported killed in

the latest night of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. Israel warns of

no ceasefire as long as Hamas keeps up its rocket fire aimed at cities

including Tel Aviv. We don't want a situation where OK,

you have a quick fix mandate, Hamas gets to regroup, to rest a bit and

in a week from now you have this again. That's not a solution.

Details emerge in France of an alleged Al-Qaeda plot to blow up the

Eiffel Tower. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber is sentenced to two

years probation for pelting his neighbour's home with eggs.

Hello. Three Palestinians were killed, another four injured in an

Israeli raid on central Gaza just this morning. Palestinian medical

officials say the total killed since hostilities broke out now stands at

78, most of them are civilians. The Egyptian government's ordered the

partial opening of the main border crossing into the Gaza Strip at

Rafa, to enable injured Palestinians to be treated there. Israel says in

the past 24 hours, more than 100 rockets have been launched on to its

land from the Gaza Strip. One of the Israeli strikes killed

nine people last night as they watched the World Cup in this beach

cafe in the town of Khan Younis. The BBC's Yolande Knell is in Gaza.

The streets in Gaza are very empty. It's a densely populated place but

nobody is on the streets. A lot of shelling by naval forces. The

Israeli military's hit over 100 tarts since Midnight local time. In

that time as well, it says there were five rockets that hit Israel

fired by militants in Gaza and a further seven that were intercepted

by its dome defence system. Of course at the moment,

by its dome defence system. Of course at the there's a lot of

concern about the increasing number of civilians killed, more than 60

people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli military operation

began on Tuesday and increasingly civilians have been killed, a lot of

criticism of Israel's policy of going after mill Tanses in their

homes. There was one case where the Israeli military has now apologised

saying it was a tragedy what happened in a house in Khan Younis

that belonged to a Hamas commander. They have a policy of doing the

knock on roof idea which means they either send a rocket as a warning or

make a call to the house telling the people to leave and then they attack

it, but in this case, local people say they amassed there in a human

shield thinking that would stop the house from being attacked. Israel

says they just returned too early to the home and that nine people, eight

people sorry were killed in that attack. But that having been said,

there were then a number of people who got killed in a beach side cafe

as they were watching the World Cup semi-final in Khan Younis not far

away last night. So this policy still of going after homes does seem

to be continuing. Israel has been on the receiving end of Hamas rocket

attacks coming from Gaza and our correspondent, James Reynolds, has

sent us this report. This is one of the most recent

Palestinian rocket hits on Israel. This is an art workshop in the small

village of Kfar Aza. I want to show you the damage. Here is the rubble.

Look beyond the police tape towards the roof, that is where the rocket

landed. It punched through the roof and there was no-one in that

workshop at the time. That wasn't the only hit on this

small village last night. There's a family home. You can't see it, but

it's a couple of blocks away. A rocket landed in the playroom of

that house, but no-one was in the house at the time, so no-one was

injured. But this community has been shaken. It's following Israel's

military operation in Gaza which is just a few miles away, extremely

closely. I can hear a drone in the sky at the moment, very, very high,

and people here essentially say that they want calm. They are fed up of

rocket strikes, they feel under threat and vulnerable and they want

the Israeli Army to act. the Israeli Army

That is the situation on the ground. What about the political responses?

Dr Mustafa Barghouti is President of the Palestinian party. He --

national initiative party and said they are ready to stop. If Israel

stops attacking them, they are ready to accept a mutual declaration of

fire. In the two previous attacks on Gaza, Israel killed 2,000

Palestinians, including 500 children. If this is allowed to be

repeated, it will be very grave and much larger massacre. Remember that

Gaza is only 140 Square Miles with about 1.8 million people living

here, the most populated area in the world. Israeli attacks and bombs and

airstrikes, are taking away the lives of people. Yesterday they

killed a general. Saying Hamas is ready to stop its rockets there from

vieded the Israelis stop their airstrikes. This is the response

from the Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev. With all

fairness from Mr Barghouti, he's not a Hamas spokesman or official. If

Hamas wants to stop firing rockets, they can do so immediately.

Do you think it makes sense to have a simple agreement, maybe you need

mediation to do it, an agreement on a time at which both sides just stop

because I'm sure you would agree there is no point in batting

back-and-forth about who started it? Well, we can have a discussion if

you want, but Israel does not want to see a situation, I mean we have

been hitting Hamas very hard over the last three days. We don't want a

situation where OK you have a quick fix band-aids Hamas gets to regroup

and rest and in a week you get missiles in Israel again. That is

not a solution. This immediate quick fix, that is not going to happen, I

want to be clear about that. There was ample opportunity to deescalate

as we came into this crisis, Prime Minister Netanyahu alluded to that

publicly, he said messages were sent to try to prevent the crisis from

erupting but Hamas kept sending the volleys of rockets trying to kill

people and we were forced to respond. We don't want

people and we were forced to respond. We don't to give Hamas a

time out so they can come back with more energy and hit us neck week or

the week after. -- next week or the week after.

Details have emerged from a leaked official document in France about an

alleged Al-Qaeda plot a year ago to blow up the Eiffel Tower and other

landmarks. The revelation is coinciding with the presentation by

the French government of a new anti-Terrorism Bill. Christian

Fraser is in Paris. Tell us more?

I've no doubt that this plot was leaked to strengthen the

government's case for tighter anti-terror laws but it points to a

young man living in the south-east of France, a 29-year-old Halal

butcher in communication via the Internet with a senior lieutenant

from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic area Maghreb. Through the course of the

communication, the encrypted messages which were deciphered by

the Intelligence Services, he identified several targets,

including the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, very popular with tourist of

course here in Paris. Also nuclear sites, small bars and nightclubs

where average French citizens from poorer classes might gather. He

impressed the people he was communicating with to such an extent

that they invited him for ten days' training in nine ya and he would

have then returned to France to await instructions. The French are

concerned there are people like him, an increasing number of people like

him, those that have been to fight in Syria, that pose a threat back

here in France. So yesterday there were much tighter laws introduced by

the Interior Minister which will essentially try and prevent these

kind of low walls from carrying out terrorist attacks. I suppose it says

something for French intelligence and security that they thwarted

this. Is it clear how close he'd got?

It's not. From the reports we have had from the French media, it's not

clear whether he was any nearer to carrying out these attacks. I

presume he wasn't because he hadn't been for the training. The point the

foreignp government is trying to make is that there are people like

this who they want to prevent from travelling so under the new Bill

laid out yesterday, there'll be travel bans of up to six months

renewable at the discretion of the Interior Minister for people like

him who they pick up on Jihadi websites. They are also putting

pressure on travel companies to put forward passenger lists and people

they've identified who appear on the lists can't book tickets or

shouldn't be allowed to book tickets, those that do and of course

it's difficult to stop people travelling within the Schengen area,

they'll be subject to an international arrest warrant. There

is legislation within the Bill that would allow intelligence officers to

circulate under pseudonyms within Internet websites. Laws that are

similar to child pornography laws. So they would be able to close down

Internet sites that encourage these lone wolves. They have experience of

it of course in France. We had the attack in Brussels recently with the

man who killed three people at a Jewish museum and also Mohammed

Mehda who turned his guns on Jewish people at a school in Toulouse.

These are the sort of people in their sights and they want to

prevent it happening again, those people that might return from Syria.

Understandably. Thank you very much. That puts us on a theme really

because here in Britain, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, has just

announced that he's rushing through an emergency law to give police and

spy agencies access to mobile phone and Internet data. He said these

powers are needed to keep people safe from criminals and terrorists

targeting the UK. Let me be clear. I'm not talking

about the content of those communications. Just the fact that

those communications took place. The so-called communications data.

Information about who contacted whom when and where. This is at the heart

of our entire criminal justice system. It's used in 95% of all

serious organised crime cases handed by the prosecution service. It's

been used in every major Security Service Counter-Terrorism

investigation over the past decade. It's the foundation of prosecutions

of paedophiles, drug dealers and fraudsters. For example, without

mobile phone call logs, the killers of Rhys Jones and the men who

groomed young girls in Rochdale would not have been convicted. With

me is the BBC's Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera.

Interesting coming out now. We have just been listening to what is going

on in France. It's a common theme for a lot of countries I know. Is

this a Syria/Iraq approach? It's interesting the Prime Minister was

referencing Syria and Iraq as one of the reasons why this new emergency

legislation is needed. But actually, the real reason is to do with a

court ruling by the European Court of Justice in April which

invalidated the existing system of keeping phone and e-mail records. So

this is something that has been done for a number of years and that all

European countries were doing in different ways implementing this

directive from Europe. In April, it was said that it was

disproportionate the way it was done. The system effectively became

invalid and so the Government here is saying, we need to put our own

system in place as fast as we can so that we can continue to keep the

phone records and e-mail records that the police and Security Service

can access. They are making the case that this isn't new powers, it's not

new powers in the way maybe that France are talking about, this is

maintaining an existing capability to do something they have already

been doing. But it will be as much power so they are not relinquishing

anything either? No, they are not rebulletin quirking anything. But

what they are doing is saying that they accept that this is

controversial, so they'll put more privacy, safeguards and

accountability processes around the use of this power -- relinquishing

anything. More transparency and information about how it's being

used, if you like. They are saying that the power is not necessarily

new. There is a Ification relationship with

companies because this material is held by companies like Google,

telephone companies often who're international and they are saying we

need a clear legal footing to do this because we are not comfortable

otherwise keeping this data or giving it to Government. So it's an

attempt to really clarify and make clear so that everyone feels they

are on a safer legal footing for when this information is requested

by Government. Thank you very much.

Stay with us here on BBC World News. Still to come: Australia's asylum

policy certainly under the Spotlight. Shock claims coming from

asylum seekers. What have you got up to in the last

month a few trips to the shops, work in the office, the odd school run or

the normal things of life? It's not the life that Fabio Crusto leads.

He's spent 31 days living under water at a laboratory in key lard

go. It was to study the effects of climate change -- Key Largo. They

were able to gather up to two years of data in a matter of weeks.

For daily life and routine started at about 5.30 in the morning, diving

as of 5. 30, 6 o'clock in the morning. We had three to four hours

dive in the morning, a break where we did Skype in the classroom

sessions spoke with media, did some work, back to diving midday for

three hours or so, another break in the afternoon for some more lab

experiments, then a final dive in the evening for another three hours

to study at night. By the end of the day, we were probably going to bed

about 11. wases. This was based on the --

school bus. This was based on human experience.

We were actually studying all sorts of very pertinent topics such as

climate change as well as pollution and run-off of fertilisers. We have

actually done about three years of science and data within 31 days,

which is pretty phenomenal. You are watching BBC World News. The

latest headlines: Israel continues to pound Gaza for a third day, with

almost 80 Palestinians now reported killed in this week's air strikes.

Details have emerged in France of an alleged Al-Qaeda plot to blow up the

ufl tower and other -- Eiffel Tower and other Paris landmarks.

Australia's Immigration Minister has rejected claims made by Sri Lanka

asylum seeker that they were mistreated by officials. Scott

Morrison was spoking during a visit to co-lop bow E. A day after --

Colombo. A day after asylum seeker had been sent back.

They bring with them stories of torture and the disappearance of

relatives since the end of the civil war. They are too afraid to show

their faces because of fears of re-- recriminations against their

families back home. TRANSLATION: I am worried.

If I go home,ly be arrested and harshly treated. My family will be

in danger. Refugee advocates say the

persecution of returned Tamils is well documented. Even though the war

in Sri Lanka is over. There is abduction, disappearance,

detention, torture. Women assaulted. One of the asylum boats set sail

from southern India. The fate of 153 Tamils on board will be decided by

Australia's High Court. A temporary injunction is preventing the

Government in Canberra from sending their home. Australia's Immigration

Minister, Scott Morrison, says international laws are not being

broken and that any asylum seeker returned to Sri Lanka will have

their refugee claims thoroughly assessed. The interception of the

two boats has reignited a toxic debate here. There are those who

believe the Australia Government 's policies are unnecessarily harsh and

draconian. Others, including many migrants insist, that boat people

are not welcome. I feel sorry for the kids. Enough of boats coming out

here. I thought they were stopped. You've got to be a true refugee and

wait in line, like other refugees are doing.

Rather than just trying to get on the boat and slide in that way.

If you are genuine, come in the proper way.

Four years ago dozens of asylum seekers died when their boat smashed

into rocks in the Indian Ocean. Despite the dangers, and hard-line

Government policies, the desperate are still willing to risk everything

to reach Australia. I just want to give you a glance as

to what's going on outside broadcasting house here, where we

are in central London now. This is the scene, it is not a carnival. It

is a strike and it is quite substantial. This is outside here.

Also, let me give you a sense, this is nationwide, in fact, one million

public sector workers across Britain taking part in strikes. That's the

scene in Birmingham at the moment. As to what it's all about, well our

correspondent, here in central London, is following the story for

us. What is it all about? Well, this is all about pay, pensions and

working conditions and as you can see, behind me, a number of people,

many, many, many people are now gathered. Now they are snaking all

the way down the road behind me. These are public service workers.

They are council staff, firefighters, civil servants,

transport workers and of course teachers today. All protesting about

the level of pay that they have been receiving over the last four years.

Many of them saying, well some of their leaders saying they are ?4,000

worse off now than they were four years ago.

So, they will be marching from here today, outside the BBC in central

London, all the way down to Trafalgar Square for their rally.

This is just one of many rallies taking place across the country here

today. It has become highly politicised,

Sophie, hasn't it? What is the Government's big gripe, if you like,

with this day of action? Well, one of the problems here is

particularly, for example, with the teaching unions that their ballot,

their vote if you like, for strike action, took place two years ago.

And the Government is saying that's simply too long ago. You cannot have

a ballot for strike action that endures that long. You have to

reballot people, if you can. They -- re-ballot people, if you can. They

are saying the number of workers who turned out in that ballot were 27%,

they say that's nowhere near high enough and that many of the

Conservative Party senior members have wanted for some time a turnout

in a ballot to be 50%. They are trying to change the law on that if

his Government gets in the next general election.

Thank you. While Argentina were beating the Netherlands to beat the

World Cup final, off the pitch FIFA has chosen to suspend Nigeria from

all international football. The football federation was sacked after

the exit from the World Cup and FIFA believes this is intolerable

interference. There's been a court case going back

on in Nigeria, concerning the Nigerian football federation and in

particular the President of the federation. The Government stepped

in to suspend the Nigerian football federation. FIFA, as we know, take

exception to any idea of Government interference in the running of the

game of football. As a consequence, FIFA has suspended Nigeria, which

means no Nigerian club, no national team can take part in any

international competition, at all, from this moment. The nearest,

Nigerian under 20 women's team is waiting for an answer on this

because they are going to, supposedly, take part in the African

championship in a few weeks. This is a very live issue and there needs to

be give on the part of the Nigerian football federation and Nigerian

Government if FIFA are not to continue that suspension in some

place for some time. Also, with regard to the World Cup, police in

Brazil say 12 people, among them the director of a World Cup hospitality

company have been accused of illegal ticket selling. Ray Whelan was

arrested with several others last week. He is accused of selling

tickets allocated to team officials and sponsors.

President Obama has urged parents in Central America not to send

uncompanied children to try and enter the United States illegally.

On a visit to Texas to discuss a wave of child migrants, he called on

Congress to approve emergency funding to provide accommodation for

those children. Japan is bracing itself for severe

weather. Tropical Storm Neoguri is moving further north. It has been

downgraded in fact from a typhoon, but still some strong winds and

heavy rain accompanying it. It has caused wide-spread damage in the

southern islands, including Okinawa, where at least three people were

killed and several injured. The Canadian pop star Justin Bieber

has been sentenced to two years on probation after pleading no contest

to a charge of pelting his neighbour's house with eggs. He was

awarded to pay $80,000 in damages and attend anger-management classes.

From child star to music's latest bad boy. Justin Bieber is paying the

price for what his lawyer described as a silly prank. At his home in an

upscale neighbourhood outside Los Angeles, he pelted the house next

door with eggs. It led to a huge search of his sprawling mansion and

a lengthy investigation by the authorities. Prosecutors said it was

an extremely immature and silly act that caused an incredible amount of

damage, to what the neighbours considered their dream dream house.

He accepted a plea deal to settle a charge of vandalism. His punishment

includes 12 weekly anger-management sessions and five days of community

service. He'll be on probation for two years. According to a

spokeswoman Bieber is glad to get the matter resolved and behind him.

She said he will move forward, focussing on his career and his

music. He has since moved home, but his legal woos continue. He faces

two other criminal cases. In Toronto he has been accused of assaulting a

limousine driver. Later this month he'll go on trial in Florida for

driving under the influence and without a valid license. I want to

bring you a nice story as rescuers have managed to refloat a beached

whale. The humpback whale was beached for two days before rescuers

managed to get it back into the water. They rigged up a snet and

used a motor -- net and used a motorboat to get it back out to sea.

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