14/07/2014 BBC World News

will be fine and dry, with some warmth in the South East.

I'm Geeta Guru-Murthy with BBC World News.

German fans have been celebrating through the night as their team

Thousands of Palestinians flee from northern Gaza after Israel

warns it will target the area to stop further rocket attacks.

Fighting in Ukraine intensifies, as government troops advance

The cruise ship that sank with the loss of 32 lives is floated

There were 64 matches, 171 goals scored in open play,

seven red cards, but in the end, only one winner.

It's Germany who get to take the World Cup trophy home.

It took one goal, deep into extra time at the Maracana stadium in Rio,

Cue celebrations deep into the night across Germany, as the team

But for every winner there is of course a loser,

Argentina missing out to Germany in the final for a second time.

Germany, champions of the world for the fourth time, and some of the

locals were happy as well! They have not been the best team but they were

worthy champions, it is hard to argue. We deserved it, it was a hard

struggle but we played really well and we deserved it. World champions,

world champions! The final was by no means a classic

but how different it might have been if Argentina had scored first. A

defensive error let Indian and Argentinian player, but the shot was

wide. Germany could have broken the deadlock before hard time but they

hit the woodwork. And a moment that could have defined the tournament,

the man many expected to set the World Cup alight bearing down on

goal, but Lionel Messi nest. -- missed. But there was a goal fit

for a final from Mario Gotze. Germany champions yet again.

Fireworks lit up the Rio sky. The Brazilians may have had a

disappointing World Cup that they know where the winners when they see

them. -- but they know. Anger at Argentina's defeat spilled

over onto the streets Riot police fired tear gas

and used water cannon to restrain groups of fans throwing rocks and

vandalising shops after the match. At least 30 people were arrested,

and several police officers were The trouble broke out

near the city's Obelisk, from where the BBC's Ignacio de los

Reyes sent this report. Sorry, we can cannot bring you that

report. But certainly a lot of problems, as you can see from those

images. Back to Germany. The victorious German team will

parade the coveted trophy through Lucy Hockings is following the story

for us in the German capital. 1 billion people around the world

may have watched last night's game and making it the biggest sporting

event ever watched by a global audience. In Germany, most people

were glued to the game but it is not just Germans who support Germany,

foreigners have come to Berlin to watch the game. Where are you from,

Diana? Canada. I watched Germany become world champions. It was

unreal. The atmosphere is amazing. The people here, the buildings,

everything. Canadians are not known to be football fans! Yes, we are. I

am from a Polish background so I have a Polish connection and I have

been a fan of Miroslav Klose for several years. You are from Sweden,

how was it? It was good fun. I sat at a hostel. It was awesome.

Supporting Germany? Yes. Why? I don't know, we were here so it seems

the good thing to do. The forced you -- the first European team to win in

Latin America. Who played well? I would say shrine Steiger. England

did not do so well. Pick another European team. You have come from

England. What do you remember? Not too much, as you know! They played

well, I believe. I was watching it and it was a great atmosphere.

Really passionate, very passionate. But you do not remember the goal?

No! Watch it on replay! Why Germany? I just like the way they play. They

are a good attacking team, they go for it every game and they do not

hold back. They would rather lose in style. It works. I am delighted we

have two Germans! Congratulations. Thank you very much. Were you

shouting last night? Yes, last night. We were with the fans. Were

you nervous? Everybody was so confident but there was quiet when

there were no goals, what were you thinking? I was so nervous. The game

was over... We were so happy that Mario Gotze shot the goal. Super

Mario! And he totally... Total escalation. It went crazy fireworks

and everything. How much sleep did you get? Two hours. Like Mia,

congratulations, the team deserved it. -- that was like me. The Germans

are partying and waiting for the big hope coming -- homecoming near the

Brandenburg Gate tomorrow where the German team will be presented to the

fans. The celebrations and the hangovers

continuing! Media reports from Brazil say

Luiz Felipe Scolari has left his post as manager

of the national football team. Scolari was widely blamed

for Brazil's humiliating seven-one defeat by Germany in the World Cup

semi-final. One of the most memorable matches we

saw. Israel's operation in Gaza is

now into its seventh day. After another night

of Israeli air strikes, Palestinian officials now say 172 people have

been killed in the past week. Palestinian militants fired

at least 20 more rockets overnight. No Israelis have been killed, but

at least three have been seriously Our World Affairs Correspondent Rob

Watson reports. This was Gaza overnight and with

daylight, the air strikes continued. This was the aftermath. Cars and

buildings destroyed and lives disrupted. We did not come here to

save our souls but those of our children who woke up at 1am

terrified and who came here barefoot, we came here walking.

Israel says any hardship for Palestinians is the fault of Hamas.

The Israeli military released this video to emphasise their strikes are

intended for militant and not civilian targets.

Hamas is not apologetic and it has released its own video of just some

of the nearly 1,000 rockets it has fired at Israel so far. With the

Palestinian death toll climbing towards 200 and Israelis living with

the threat of constant missile attack, there is little sign of a

cease-fire, prompting growing concern from the international

community. And if violence between Palestinians and Israelis was not

worrying enough, there is a danger of it spreading. These are Israeli

troops just outside Gaza but of it spreading. These are Israeli

on the Borders with Lebanon and Syria have also been in action,

responding to missile attacks from two Arab neighbours. In the Middle

East, unwanted escalation is always possible.

Ukraine says its armed forces are making more advances in fighting

against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.

The government in Kiev says air strikes

against the rebels have inflicted heavy losses near a strategically

Meanwhile five coaches carrying people from towns in Eastern Ukraine

have left the rebel stronghold of Donetsk,

they're understood to be heading for Russia, where the passengers

Tensions rose over the weekend when Moscow accused Ukrainian forces of

shelling across the border, killing one person and wounding two others.

The violence seems to be escalating, the death toll mounting.

Dozens have been killed in eastern Ukraine since Friday when rocket

attacks left more than 20 soldiers dead. This is the aftermath of

shelling in a suburb of done yet. At least 12 civilians are reported to

have been killed over the weekend -- .net. It is a rebel stronghold and

it is empty and fast. To the East in Luhansk, at least six civilians have

died in the past two days. This city is held by the said artists and they

say scores of government have been attempting to storm it --

separatists. Kiev has not confirmed that, it says it has been inflicting

heavy losses on nearby rebel bases. First the talent he on Russian soil

has taken place. In this town, a woman holds fragments of a shell

which she says killed her God for them. -- the first death. She said

it hit with some impact and chimney breasts and doors were blown off. It

has been called an extremely dangerous escalation of tensions

between Moscow and Kiev which could have irreversible consequences for

Ukraine. Kiev denies any involvement. As the Russian

President arrived in Rio for the World Cup final, the spiralling

conflict was on his mind. Away from this reception, he had a private

meeting with the German Chancellor and they agreed the crisis is

getting worse and they urged direct talks between Kiev and the rebels.

The British Prime Minister and the US and -- US President were not here

but they have also been talking. They have agreed Russia needs to

take further steps towards peace and must act fast or face further

sanctions. Stay with others here, much to

come. Code China become a football superpowered -- could China. How the

nation is aiming for World Cup glory. -- superpower.

The Church of England's governing body will vote on whether to allow

women to be bishops. The idea has previously been rejected but the

Church's most senior cleric the Archbishop of Canterbury says he is

hopeful the reform will be agreed. The Synod, celebrating

Holy Communion in York Minster yesterday, is about to make its most

important decision for 20 years. Not since it voted to ordain women

as priests has the future of the Church turned

so profoundly on a single vote. Women now make up a third

of Anglican clergy, but they often They say the creation

of women bishops would transform But traditionalists in

the Synod say they would lose their legal right to serve under a male

bishop, leaving them relying on the However, several of those who voted

against the legislation before say Conservative evangelicals who

believe only men should lead the Church accept that the vote is

likely to go against them. Most of those who were not sure two

years ago whether the provision was right, and therefore voted

against the measure, I think many of them will now be voting in favour

of it, or at least they'll abstain. If the Synod agrees today to create

women bishops, the law would have to be ratified

by Parliament and officially Australian journalists have called

on the Prime Minister to intervene in the case of the jailed Al Jazeera

journalist who was sentenced with two colleagues to seven years in

Egypt. Read on false news. They have been accused of attacking press

freedom. The case continues and there has been focused on it by

journalists across the world. -- focus.

This is BBC News. The top stories. The German football team will parade

the World Cup through Poland tomorrow after beating Argentina in

the final in Rio. Palestinian officials say the death

toll in Gaza from a week of air strikes is more than 170 -- through

Berlin. Most of them civilians. The Chinese authorities have

formally charged a British businessman and his American wife

with the legally obtaining and selling personal information about

Chinese citizens. Peter Humphrey and his wife were arrested last year in

connection with an investigation into alleged bribery by a British

pharmaceutical company. Mr Humphrey was asked by a Chinese journalist

what he understood of what had been happening.

campaign for several months, sending anonymous letters, e-mails, to the

Chinese commercial Administration bureau. Accusing Glaxo Smith Kline

of using corrupt methods to sell their products in China. OK? And

they believed that they may be no who is the author of these letters.

Bash they they said they wanted us to

investigate the background of the person, and they want to understand

her connections. And they want an assessment about whether we think

she is the author of these letters. I'm joined now by Zhuang Chen

from the BBC's Chinese Service. Can you explain what has happened

today. There is a charge against Peter Humphreys and his wife

accusing them of pertaining the private information, selling the

information of Chinese citizens to third parties. What is the evidence

of Western nationals being involved? This is the first case against a

Westerner in the name of obtaining and selling private information of

Chinese citizens. But it is not the first case of foreign nationals

facing a charge. Previously we had foreigners facing a charge on drug

stealing. And also stealing the commercial secrets, you remember

2010, a Chinese senior executive of a mining company, Rio Tinto, was

detained and sentenced to ten years in prison because of stealing

commercial secrets. This comes obviously from this original

investigation into GS K. Can you expand more on this. It is

complicated? It is, located, it goes back to 2012, when a stream of

anonymous e-mails were sent to Chinese regulators, allegedly from

GS K, a widespread bribery scheme giving bribes to hospitals and

officials, in order to boost their sales in the Chinese market. The

company started to investigate who the anonymous e-mails came from. Who

were the authors of the e-mail. And then the company, run by Peter, he

was hired to investigate. According to Peter, he is saying at the time

in April, in July, he was asked to do the investigation, he was not

told there was a bribery scheme behind it. He was told to do so to

investigate who was the right of the anonymous e-mails. Peter said he

felt cheated by GS K. It is quite complicated but it is still ongoing.

We can see the twists and turns. Last month, there was another tape

leaked to the public. It is getting more complicated. Peter will stand

trial later on, probably next month. It's a closed session trial. We are

not sure whether diplomats or his family members will be able to

attend. Thank you for joining us. It has been three months since Boko

Haram militants abducted more than The incident prompted

a global campaign calling It started in Abuja and it went

viral. Protests were held around the world. Well-known personalities,

Hollywood stars. These issues and activists have lent their voices to

the bring back our girls movement. But away from the hashtags there

have been the grief stricken families of the missing girls, they

had seen the violence around but never imagined it would affect them

with such horror. A man whose brother was killed in a Boko Haram

attack described his pain, his sister, whom he says was kind and

loving, is among the missing schoolgirls. I love my sister so

much. The Nigerian government and the

military have been fending off criticism of their efforts,

insisting they are doing their best to secure the girls released. We

know where they are but we cannot tell you. Military secrets. Foreign

governments unmanned drones from the US are helping in the search. The

British have sent this Sentinel beckon a since aircraft to the

forest where Boko Haram members are believed to be

forest where Boko Haram members are believed to hold-up and they could

be possibly holding the girls. This is one of the symbols of the

campaign in support of the missing girls, these placards lined up here

in downtown Lagos represent each of the schoolgirls and they put names

to the number of over 200 girls who are still missing. This is a vivid

reminder of their ab duct and in April, which shook Nigerians and

many around the world. The bring back the girls campaigners have been

criticised themselves and even physically attacked but they say

they are not deterred. For as long as it takes, that is how long we

will sustain the campaign. All it takes is to think about these

girls, 200 plus girls in captivity. Unimaginable circumstances. If that

does not keep us going, what should? The campaign is no -- the campaign

is not as prominent as it was a few weeks ago, but they are looking to

keep up the pressure on the government so that they concede

their daughters again. -- can see their daughters. Some latest news

from Italy, the final stage of one of the biggest salvage operations in

maritime history is underway. The wreckage of the Costa Concordia

cruiseliner, which sank two years ago with the loss of 32 passengers,

is being refloated. The salvage team have said they have

lifted it up by one metre. Just in the last few hours.

Already upright the ship was moved into its current

More than thirty tanks were attached before being filled with

It's since been resting on specially made platforms, and today's process

is expected to see the water pumped out of those tanks, and replaced

with air - which will allow the ship to float and be towed away.

Our corresponent Alan Johnston is in Giglio - and I asked him what

In these calm and sunny and clear conditions the salvage crews were

able to go to work on schedule soon after dawn which means they have

been at it for four or five hours. We cannot expect a quick and

dramatic and rapid progress in this affair of gigantic engineering. The

world has never seen heavy lifting in this scale. Attempted. Central to

the plan are those huge metal boxes. Which you might be able to see on

either side of the hole. They will be kid of water and filled with air.

-- either side of the ship. They will be acting like armbands on

either side of a toddler in a swimming pool if you like, buoyancy,

it ought to lift it up off the sea bed. In the hours ahead we expect to

see her rising may be acting like armbands on either side of a toddler

in a swimming pool if you like, buoyancy, it ought to lift it up off

the sea bed. In the hours ahead we expect to see her rising maybe two

or three metres. These are the latest pictures from Giglio. It is a

massive feat of engineering. It is up successfully, lifted by one metre

so far. Before it is taken away, it is a stunning area of coastline. Of

course many in the area have wanted, the people there, the

coastal people have wanted to move on but still a lot of questions

around the court case and the captain 's actions. We will continue

with coverage of that throughout the day.

Now that the World Cup is over, many a team will be reflecting

The world's most populous nation is passionate about football, but has

qualified for the competition only once, in 2002 - and fared dismally.

Now though there's a plan to change all that.

China has built itself the World's biggest football academy - and we

sent our Shanghai correspondent, John Sudworth, to take a look.

In the middle of the Chinese countryside sits a towering symbol

of sporting ambition. Built in less than one year, at a cost of almost

$200 million. The school makes no secret of its extraordinary mission.

The facilities would be the envy of many top-flight European club. There

are dozens of full-sized football pitches to train upon, and a team of

coaches who have been drafted in from Real Madrid. The funding for

all of this has come from the billionaire owner of one of China's

biggest football clubs, but the school claims high-level political

support, too. The Chinese president has three wishes the school

headmaster tells me, to qualify for, the host, and to win the World

Cup. It is a heavy burden of expectation for the schools

Cup. It is a heavy burden of pupils, China is currently bottom of

the football class, placed 103rd in the FIFA rankings. There can be no

doubting the drive and the ambition of this place, but are they ever

likely to produce World Cup success? Some have argued that the

real crisis in Chinese football goes much deeper, it is a social and

political one and there will be no easy fix. If China is serious about

its footballing ambitions, critics argue, it needs to widen access for

all. Not just those who can afford the 6000 US dollars per year it

costs to come here. I think it could happen for them one day, but this

year, this tournament, it is Germany of course who have won the World

Cup, the first European country to do it in Latin America. Thank you

for watching. We will be back tomorrow.