:00:00. > :00:07.I'm Geeta Guru-Murthy with BBC World News.
:00:08. > :00:15.Israel accepts an Egyptian ceasefire proposal for Gaza - Hamas' military
:00:16. > :00:24.wing says it rejects the deal. At least ten dead and around 100
:00:25. > :00:30.injured as a Metro train crashes in Moscow. As the Iraqi parliament
:00:31. > :00:33.meets again to try to form a new government, the Foreign Minister for
:00:34. > :00:38.the Kurdish north described Iraq as a failed state. We are live in
:00:39. > :00:43.Burlington, as hundreds of thousands a failed state. We are live in
:00:44. > :00:44.of people lined the streets to welcome home their World Cup winning
:00:45. > :01:08.team -- in Berlin. . Hello and welcome. There are
:01:09. > :01:11.glorious scenes of celebration in Burlington, as the victorious German
:01:12. > :01:16.team brings home the World Cup home from Rio. Cash
:01:17. > :01:24.-- in Berlin. These are the images we are getting from Brandenburg
:01:25. > :01:35.Gate, a huge sense of national pride. It looks incredible? It is
:01:36. > :01:39.absolutely incredible. Welcome to what must be the biggest party on
:01:40. > :01:45.the planet right now. It is happening here in central Berlin,
:01:46. > :01:48.half a million people in and around the Brandenburg Gate and lining the
:01:49. > :01:53.road as the German team makes their way home from Rio. They are the
:01:54. > :01:57.champions of world football. I do not think there would be a German
:01:58. > :02:01.that does not want to be here right now ready to congratulate them.
:02:02. > :02:06.Every single movement of the team is broadcast on national television.
:02:07. > :02:09.And on social media, you can hear the crowd roaring. Some of them have
:02:10. > :02:16.been here all night, making sure they got the perfect spot to welcome
:02:17. > :02:21.the team home. CHEERING You will have to excuse me, it could
:02:22. > :02:25.be the team arriving, we think they are pretty close, they prosecute
:02:26. > :02:30.arrived on the other side of the Brandenburg gate. -- they possibly
:02:31. > :02:35.arrive. They will be presented on this stage, with the trophy, they
:02:36. > :02:43.will presented to the crowd. Each of them will come forward. They will
:02:44. > :02:51.sign the visitors book basically, fall -- for Berlin. I have been told
:02:52. > :02:55.the bus has arrived, they are here, at the Brandenburg Gate. The sense
:02:56. > :03:00.of anticipation is unbelievable now. You can see everybody with their
:03:01. > :03:05.cameras out, the flags are flying. OK, I cannot see the big screen but
:03:06. > :03:09.I can tell you this is what the fans are looking at. Apparently the team
:03:10. > :03:14.is here, they are waving. They will be out any minute. With me,
:03:15. > :03:18.watching, my colleague, who has been with me since the final on Sunday,
:03:19. > :03:24.have you ever seen anything like this? This is incredible. The bus
:03:25. > :03:30.has arrived, we are seconds away from the German team waving to
:03:31. > :03:34.Berlin, it feels like the whole country has descended on the capital
:03:35. > :03:40.for this event. It is awash with German colours and flags, the sense
:03:41. > :03:44.of pride is incredible? Sorry, every raw, it feels like one of the
:03:45. > :03:49.players is going to walk onto the stage. Incredible event, you would
:03:50. > :03:53.not imagine this is Tuesday. This would usually be a mundane day, but
:03:54. > :03:59.this is the biggest street party in the world right now. The Germans,
:04:00. > :04:04.they said we can compete with the Brazilians in terms of parties, and
:04:05. > :04:09.they are proving it right now. Noone forget about Brazil, it is all in
:04:10. > :04:18.Berlin, it is all about excitement, they will bring the trophy home to
:04:19. > :04:25.the adoring fans. When the aeroplane came over, they must have got
:04:26. > :04:29.special permission, and the crowd roared, imagine being a German
:04:30. > :04:35.footballer, looking out of the window and looking at half a million
:04:36. > :04:39.people waving at you. I would not put it past them closing down the
:04:40. > :04:43.airspace in Germany. The streets are clogged with people, people hanging
:04:44. > :04:48.out of the windows. The colours are black yellow and red. They are not
:04:49. > :04:52.just slightly late, to an half hours late, and it is a hot day. Some of
:04:53. > :04:57.these people have been waiting for 12 hours. They arrived late last
:04:58. > :05:01.night, some of them setting up tents to make sure they got the best
:05:02. > :05:05.seats. Some people have been waiting for many hours but there is no sense
:05:06. > :05:11.of aggression or anger. People completely understand other people
:05:12. > :05:15.want their moment, as the bus has been going by, the players have been
:05:16. > :05:21.holding up the World Cup to the window to see. We understand buses
:05:22. > :05:25.have arrived and the players will be presented soon. Tom, what is nice,
:05:26. > :05:29.interesting to see which player gets the best reception, you get the
:05:30. > :05:37.sense from the Germans this was a team effort? Mario Gotze... Super
:05:38. > :05:40.Mario as we like to call him, you would assume he would get the
:05:41. > :05:44.biggest reception. What distinguishes this side, they have
:05:45. > :05:54.played as a team, Joachim Low treats them as a team. Although he said he
:05:55. > :06:00.told Mario Gotze, to tell Messi how to play football. I think, I heard
:06:01. > :06:08.he told him, you are better than Lionel Messi at half-time... We want
:06:09. > :06:12.to believe it, it is folklore. Sunday night, the World Cup final,
:06:13. > :06:17.it was pouring with rain here, I am not sure if that viewers can hear us
:06:18. > :06:25.because this crowd is incredible. We have learned some new songs standing
:06:26. > :06:32.here. Our German has improved. Super Germany! Are incredible scenes. We
:06:33. > :06:38.will let the engine ears -- we will let the viewers enjoyed his
:06:39. > :06:44.incredible scenes. There was a 10-year plan install that Germany,
:06:45. > :06:49.and it has come to fruition. -- installed at Germany. We were
:06:50. > :06:52.standing there when the goal was scored by super Mario, he did not
:06:53. > :06:57.show any emotion, he knew it was going in. This is the indicative of
:06:58. > :07:04.the German feeling about football, they have an entitlement to win and
:07:05. > :07:09.they showed us. Joachim Low, with his suits, his calm demeanour, he is
:07:10. > :07:13.quite something, he had a plan and he was expecting this. Some said the
:07:14. > :07:18.expectations going into the World Cup were not so high, but we had the
:07:19. > :07:20.first victory, 4-0 against Portugal, they thought they could do it, but
:07:21. > :07:26.what about the they thought they could do it, but
:07:27. > :07:30.incredible game. When we arrived, on Sunday, the Germans were expecting
:07:31. > :07:35.victory. After beating Brazil, that they would bring home the trophy?
:07:36. > :07:42.They had no qualms in telling us they were going to win. I was
:07:43. > :07:47.talking to a Brazilian fan in Berlin today, we asked her who she was
:07:48. > :07:51.supporting, she said there was no time to make up her mind, in the
:07:52. > :07:57.semifinal, the frenzy took on a mind of its own. It was so tense for
:07:58. > :08:00.those few moments in the final, Messi had a chance and some
:08:01. > :08:03.Argentinian players looked like scoring. We have hearts in the
:08:04. > :08:08.mouth, we thought this could be a big anticlimax. Now it is a sunny
:08:09. > :08:15.day here and the biggest party in the planet, let's enjoy it. This is
:08:16. > :08:22.a working day here, some big German companies on Sunday, like Mercedes,
:08:23. > :08:26.bolts wagon -- and other companies, they stopped the production line to
:08:27. > :08:29.let the workers watch the final. You have to feel sorry for those that
:08:30. > :08:31.could not make it out today, to be part of this, people have been
:08:32. > :08:37.saying, they part of this, people have been
:08:38. > :08:40.history. History in the making, and this team is for all Germans because
:08:41. > :08:47.it is representative of Germany. Players from Bavaria, they will go
:08:48. > :08:50.to the national capital but then they will go to Bavaria and there
:08:51. > :08:55.will be a huge celebration. It is almost like a country within itself,
:08:56. > :09:02.it is full of pride, that part of Germany. It is the powerhouse of
:09:03. > :09:11.German football, they in Munich -- Bayern Munich. But coming back here,
:09:12. > :09:17.Mesut Ozil, Turkish heritage, summary people follow him on
:09:18. > :09:24.Twitter. Very popular player. -- so many people follow him. The social
:09:25. > :09:29.media has been a big thing, so much money has been spent on it. It has
:09:30. > :09:36.been immense and so important in the World Cup, we have been glued to our
:09:37. > :09:41.phones and iPads. The people we are following are not the news
:09:42. > :09:47.organisations, it has been the players, Schweinsteiger, Mesut Ozil.
:09:48. > :09:52.I saw a tweet on Sunday night, Angela Merkel, the photo, it went
:09:53. > :09:57.around the world. You can only imagine how big social media will be
:09:58. > :10:01.at the next World Cup. I have more questions on social media, the
:10:02. > :10:05.latest we are hearing is the players are here, they are behind the
:10:06. > :10:12.Brandenburg Gate. They have gone for something to eat, they are hungry.
:10:13. > :10:15.They have been signing T-shirts, you can understand, after a long flight
:10:16. > :10:22.and a trip through the city. They need sustenance. You can forgive
:10:23. > :10:26.them for having something to eat. They are desperate to get here. A
:10:27. > :10:30.lot of them have and probably slept, not much to eat. A little bit of
:10:31. > :10:39.respite and a pep talk before coming on from Jurgen Lowe. You mentioned
:10:40. > :10:43.Bastian Schweinsteiger, he said this was amazing, the moment he was
:10:44. > :10:47.looking forward to. Some players might not think it is a real until
:10:48. > :10:51.they greet the fans. The fans saying that they want to thank them for a
:10:52. > :10:56.great month of football. Germany played consistently throughout the
:10:57. > :11:00.tournament and delivered some great football, attacking football, it was
:11:01. > :11:04.very entertaining to watch. The Germans have been enjoying this for
:11:05. > :11:10.the month, outdoor stadiums and parks, one stadium in Berlin where
:11:11. > :11:14.people were allowed to bring their couches from home, and they were
:11:15. > :11:18.allowed to watch the games, you come in from the airport and you see the
:11:19. > :11:23.open spaces where people have been watching. The Germans have relished
:11:24. > :11:26.every moment of the World Cup? They play such an exciting brand of
:11:27. > :11:31.football, linking up well, shots on target, they do not close down
:11:32. > :11:37.games, they try to win, this is the brand of football from Joachim Low.
:11:38. > :11:40.It is amazing here, it is a beautiful city of green parks and
:11:41. > :11:44.public spaces and the World Cup has been played out in these public
:11:45. > :11:47.spaces. We saw people kicking the ball around in front of the
:11:48. > :11:50.parliament, people have come out, since the early hours of the
:11:51. > :11:55.morning, people have slept overnight to get the best position. It has
:11:56. > :12:02.been an incredible World Cup and what a fitting finale, to be in
:12:03. > :12:07.Berlin, so far away from Brazil but it feels like the centre of the
:12:08. > :12:11.world right now. It feels like of the world, we will hand back to
:12:12. > :12:15.London but you will be joining us in a moment I am sure when we see the
:12:16. > :12:19.team, welcomed by this incredible crowd, stay with us as we bring you
:12:20. > :12:24.more coverage from the German capital as they welcome home the
:12:25. > :12:27.World Cup champion. STUDIO: You probably cannot see these pictures,
:12:28. > :12:34.we have pictures of some of the players, just looking at a shot of
:12:35. > :12:41.the crowd. We have seen the supercool Joachim Low, he took a
:12:42. > :12:46.peek outside, we are seeing some of the key members. We are waiting for
:12:47. > :12:53.them to come out as a group. On stage. They are just having a little
:12:54. > :12:59.bit of food. A little snack to get them through the next couple of
:13:00. > :13:06.hours. We will be back, live at the Brandenburg Gate. Moving on to the
:13:07. > :13:10.other top story. There has been fast-moving developments in the Gaza
:13:11. > :13:13.crisis in the last few hours. Earlier today the Israeli security
:13:14. > :13:17.cabinet accepted an Egyptian cease-fire proposal. By Mr Benjamin
:13:18. > :13:29.Netanyahu says the military operation will continue if Hamas
:13:30. > :13:33.rocket fire does not stop that but -- but Prime Minister Benjamin
:13:34. > :13:38.Netanyahu says the military operation will continue. In the last
:13:39. > :13:44.few minutes the Israeli Prime Minister gave his reaction to
:13:45. > :13:48.today's events. If Hamas rejects the Egyptian proposal, and the rocket
:13:49. > :13:54.fire from Gaza does not cease, which appears to be the case now, we are
:13:55. > :14:00.prepared to continue and intensify our operation to protect our people.
:14:01. > :14:03.Senior Hamas figures are in Cairo to discuss the deal, they say they
:14:04. > :14:07.reject the cease-fire as it stands because they were not consulted and
:14:08. > :14:16.they want an end to the Israeli siege and blockade. We have been
:14:17. > :14:20.given a chance latest statement from a spokesman from Hamas, he said the
:14:21. > :14:25.Hamas movement did not receive the cease-fire proposal, we were not
:14:26. > :14:28.part of the announcement and we are not going to commit to it, that is
:14:29. > :14:34.what Hamas has told the BBC this morning. Here in Ashkelon, in
:14:35. > :14:40.Israel, not far from the border with Gaza, people have heard a number of
:14:41. > :14:46.explosions. We heard of a rocket landing in Ashdod, 30 metres from
:14:47. > :14:51.the border with Gaza. He is also saying they want an end to the siege
:14:52. > :14:59.and the blockade in Gaza. Talking about the long-term situation. Hamas
:15:00. > :15:04.saying they will continue to defend their people, the fact Rockets have
:15:05. > :15:07.come over, how far will Israel go, how long will it allow for a
:15:08. > :15:12.decision from Hamas on this cease-fire? The Israeli army, after
:15:13. > :15:13.the security cabinet 's cease-fire? The Israeli army, after
:15:14. > :15:17.the security cabinet decision to abide by the cease-fire, the Israeli
:15:18. > :15:20.army said it would hold the cease-fire, but if it is attacked,
:15:21. > :15:35.the Israeli army said it would respond. In terms of Hamas demands,
:15:36. > :15:36.it has or has made it clear that it wants borders to be opened and
:15:37. > :15:42.prisoners released. That has not been part of the
:15:43. > :15:47.Egyptian cease-fire proposal. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:15:48. > :15:57.Still to come: The World Cup winners are due to
:15:58. > :15:59.appear at the Brandenburg gate. We have seen glimpses of them in
:16:00. > :16:03.Berlin. We will be back. To Ukraine where Russia's role in
:16:04. > :16:06.the ongoing conflict has been centre New research suggests
:16:07. > :16:29.the country's global image is The Russian president 's global
:16:30. > :16:32.image has taken a turn for the worse. Many have thought his
:16:33. > :16:35.handling of the situation in Ukraine would lead to a more favourable
:16:36. > :16:41.opinion of Russia around the world but the opposite seems to be true. A
:16:42. > :16:44.new survey from a research Centre found that Russia is increasingly
:16:45. > :16:55.unpopular in many countries, especially in Europe and the United
:16:56. > :17:10.States. We will not act set Russia 's taking over the Ukraine --
:17:11. > :17:13.Crimea. Only the Greeks rate Russia positively overall. As violence in
:17:14. > :17:20.Ukraine continues, its neighbour, Poland, is growing much more wary of
:17:21. > :17:23.the former Cold War power. After Russia annexed Crimea, six in ten
:17:24. > :17:33.Ukrainians have a negative view of the country, up from only 11% three
:17:34. > :17:37.years ago. When asked about President Putin Putin specifically,
:17:38. > :17:47.Ukrainians expressed disappointment. That is, the gated by geography.
:17:48. > :17:52.Only 5% in Crimea said the same. Majorities in only a handful said
:17:53. > :17:57.they had confidence in foreign policy, all in Africa and Asia. As
:17:58. > :17:59.the rest of the world seems to be turning on Russia, the Russians
:18:00. > :18:03.themselves up feeling more patriotically whenever. Pride in
:18:04. > :18:08.their country is up almost 10% since last year.
:18:09. > :18:13.Israel accepts a ceasefire proposal by Egypt,
:18:14. > :18:24.Hamas' military wing says it rejects the deal.
:18:25. > :18:26.A subway train has crashed in the Russian capital Moscow.
:18:27. > :18:34.At least ten people are killed and around 100 are injured.
:18:35. > :18:38.In Afghanistan, at least 50 people have been killed
:18:39. > :18:41.and many injured in a suicide blast in the eastern province of Paktika.
:18:42. > :18:45.Another explosion in the capital Kabul has killed two
:18:46. > :18:49.men working for the outgoing President, Hamid Karzai.
:18:50. > :18:54.The bomb exploded next to the men's vehicle
:18:55. > :19:00.The attacks come as Afghanistan's two presidential candidates are due
:19:01. > :19:02.to meet to discuss a government of national unity.
:19:03. > :19:18.I am just seeing the death toll has climbed to 89. I do not know if we
:19:19. > :19:23.have confirmation of that. It is clearly a difficult day. It is. A
:19:24. > :19:27.few weeks after the elections when we had a period of calm, it does
:19:28. > :19:32.feel like the gloves are really. Particularly with the attack the
:19:33. > :19:39.East. Dozens of people have been injured. I have heard up to 50
:19:40. > :19:43.killed. You are getting reports of 80. It is very difficult to pin
:19:44. > :19:49.detailed figures down at this point. There are people who are still
:19:50. > :19:53.trapped under cars and trapped under fallen masonry and falling routes
:19:54. > :19:57.that have come tumbling down. What happened is that a car that was
:19:58. > :20:01.packed with explosives was being followed by the police. The driver
:20:02. > :20:05.was driving erratically and the police were tipped off about this.
:20:06. > :20:10.He failed to stop at a police checkpoint and drove his vehicle
:20:11. > :20:14.into a crowded marketplace and then detonated his device. Really
:20:15. > :20:21.devastating scenes we are seeing in that province. The area is a
:20:22. > :20:31.stronghold of one of the Taliban affiliate. People in large numbers
:20:32. > :20:34.shopping for Ramadan. Men, women and children are among those believed to
:20:35. > :20:43.have been killed. We will have to leave it there. At least ten people
:20:44. > :20:50.have died on the Moscow Metro in the rush hour. A packed commuter train
:20:51. > :20:57.was travelling to the city centre at the time of the crash. I asked our
:20:58. > :21:02.correspondent whether the station has been completely evacuated or
:21:03. > :21:11.not. There are still some people underneath, essentially underneath,
:21:12. > :21:15.the ground here. In the words of a policeman, the way he spoke,
:21:16. > :21:18.indicates those people may not be alive any more. The emergency
:21:19. > :21:26.helicopter has taken off against a while ago. This may mean that some
:21:27. > :21:31.are heavily injured, badly injured and they have been taken away. The
:21:32. > :21:35.death toll figure may rise because some of the people are badly
:21:36. > :21:40.wounded. I'd do we know how the accident happened? The authorities
:21:41. > :21:47.have indicated it is an accident and not an attack. Yes, we know that
:21:48. > :21:52.three coaches, three cars, derailed so the passengers were flung against
:21:53. > :22:00.the walls. At the beginning, it was explained as the loss of emergency
:22:01. > :22:03.braking. They have said, let's wait for the investigation to tell us
:22:04. > :22:08.what happened. We know it is a crash. No one talks about terrorism
:22:09. > :22:13.or explosions so far. We do not know what caused the crash. We learning
:22:14. > :22:19.about exactly how people have been able to get out? The train stopped
:22:20. > :22:24.with carriages in between stations, didn't it? Spoke to one man who was
:22:25. > :22:27.not injured. He said they would spend almost an hour in the darkness
:22:28. > :22:32.without having a clue what was going on. One by one they would land
:22:33. > :22:38.through the train, onto the tracks and outside. That did not
:22:39. > :22:43.concern... The situation was very different for those in the wreckage.
:22:44. > :22:46.The wreckage was so badly and accessible that rescuers have to use
:22:47. > :22:54.hydraulic equipment. As we understand, they are still badly
:22:55. > :23:01.trying to get access. We are just going to take you back to Berlin.
:23:02. > :23:05.The German team, there is some beer just to remind you where we are. The
:23:06. > :23:10.German team are at the Brandenburg gate to greet the crowds. They have
:23:11. > :23:13.been signing autographs. It is a lovely, sunny day and there are
:23:14. > :23:19.hundreds of thousands of people out there, waiting to greet them. They
:23:20. > :23:25.have been on a tour bus driving through Berlin. Hundreds of people,
:23:26. > :23:33.tens of thousands of people, have left work, left their homes, to
:23:34. > :23:36.greet this victorious team. The fourth German team to win the World
:23:37. > :23:49.Cup but the first of the unified Germany. We are seeing Miroslav
:23:50. > :23:57.Klose and we have seen the leading scorer of the 1-0, crucial goal,
:23:58. > :24:02.against Argentina. We have seen the winner of the Golden glove, the
:24:03. > :24:10.goalkeeper. There is year below, the manager, who looked so call. He
:24:11. > :24:20.waited until the final whistle till he celebrated. That is the team. The
:24:21. > :24:24.support staff as well. They are having a rest before they come out
:24:25. > :24:27.in greet a huge sea of faces will stop people are waving the flag,
:24:28. > :24:35.chancing that football is coming home. The whole city has been set
:24:36. > :24:41.alight with huge euphoria, excitement. The manager again,
:24:42. > :24:48.delighted that Germany has one after the slashing of Brazil in the
:24:49. > :24:53.semifinal. And then the final match went into extra time. Half an hour
:24:54. > :24:59.of extra time and a goal was scored. One goal scored just before the very
:25:00. > :25:04.end of the match. We have seen the captain of Germany bringing that
:25:05. > :25:08.trophy back as he arrived in Berlin at the airport. There have been
:25:09. > :25:22.tweaked from the team, saying the World Cup is in Germany. -- tweets.
:25:23. > :25:28.We are just seeing the start of the ceremony at the Brandenburg gate. A
:25:29. > :25:34.sea of faces and the noise has been incredible. Lucy is there for us. We
:25:35. > :25:44.are waiting to see their team come out. We are waiting. Half a million
:25:45. > :25:51.of us are waiting. You can hear the hush of the crowd after being so
:25:52. > :25:54.rowdy over the past few hours. There is a silence that has descended.
:25:55. > :25:59.People are aware that the players are there and they are about to come
:26:00. > :26:02.out at any moment. They have had a bite to eat and have prepared
:26:03. > :26:07.themselves. This is probably the moment the players have been looking
:26:08. > :26:10.forward to most as well. On social media, the players have said they
:26:11. > :26:13.will not believe it has happened until they face their fans in
:26:14. > :26:18.Berlin. Unbelievable numbers here, half a million. The people have been
:26:19. > :26:22.waiting for hours and hours, through the night, to good seat, to make
:26:23. > :26:26.sure they were front and centre when the German team was presented to
:26:27. > :26:38.them. Really extraordinary scenes here! All the bosses of all the
:26:39. > :26:41.companies have been very lenient and allowed workers to come and see the
:26:42. > :26:46.bus or come down here to the Brandenburg gate and wait for the
:26:47. > :26:51.fans. Lots of children in the crowd as well because it is a school
:26:52. > :26:56.holiday in Germany right now. Lots of kids have come down to get their
:26:57. > :27:01.little piece of history. How great if you are a young football fan here
:27:02. > :27:03.in Germany to say you work outside the Brandenburg gate to watch the