:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today with me, Kasia Madera.
:00:08. > :00:09.Thousands of mourners have carried the body of a murdered
:00:10. > :00:17.Palestinian teenager through East Jerusalem for his funeral.
:00:18. > :00:21.Mohammad Abu Khdair's family believe he was killed in a revenge attack
:00:22. > :00:27.for the kidnapping and killing of three young Israelis last month.
:00:28. > :00:30.At the same time, the Palestinian group Hamas is poised to halt rocket
:00:31. > :00:42.attacks against Israel in return for an end to Israeli air raids on Gaza.
:00:43. > :00:47.Coming up, America celebrate Independence Day, but is it still
:00:48. > :00:54.about patriotism or has it become an excuse to party?
:00:55. > :01:02.Germany has something to cheer about after beating France in the World
:01:03. > :01:07.Cup quarterfinals. And I am alive in Rio de Janeiro.
:01:08. > :01:08.The host nation Brazil take on Colombia for the second of the
:01:09. > :01:19.quarterfinals. Violence has escalated again today
:01:20. > :01:25.on the street of East Jerusalem as you can see there were
:01:26. > :01:28.clashes between police This comes after the funeral of the
:01:29. > :01:33.murdered Palestinian teenager the 17-year-old who was kidnapped
:01:34. > :01:39.and killed on Wednesday. All this comes two days
:01:40. > :01:41.after the bodies of three abducted Israeli youths
:01:42. > :01:44.were found. Israeli and Palestinian militants
:01:45. > :01:47.in the Gaza Strip continued to trade fire into
:01:48. > :01:49.each other's territory, though with less intensity
:01:50. > :01:53.than in recent days. Our correspondent James Reynolds
:01:54. > :02:10.was with the funeral procession. This is the funeral possession for
:02:11. > :02:14.Mohammad Abu Khdair. His body is being taken along this road, the
:02:15. > :02:20.women are towards the end of the procession. If we take a look around
:02:21. > :02:24.here... The men are in front, about 400 metres in front, heading right
:02:25. > :02:29.towards here. I do not know it you can hear in the background,
:02:30. > :02:34.explosions. We can see some people throwing stones just over there,
:02:35. > :02:40.that gives us an indication there may be clashes at the moment between
:02:41. > :02:45.protesters and people mourning. We are just ring to stay here for
:02:46. > :02:52.safety's seek to keep an eye on what is going on down the hill. There is
:02:53. > :02:57.a real sense of anger among these Palestinians here. They say they
:02:58. > :03:02.want justice for Mohammad Abu Khdair. They want those who
:03:03. > :03:09.kidnapped and abducted him to be brought to trial.
:03:10. > :03:16.Let's crossover like to Jerusalem. It has been an incredibly tense day.
:03:17. > :03:21.It has, not just in East Jerusalem, also in the old city. Also in the
:03:22. > :03:25.neighbourhood where James and I spent much of the day. In the old
:03:26. > :03:31.city, many worshippers wanting to go to the mosque were prevented from
:03:32. > :03:34.doing so because of age restrictions imposed by Israel police expecting
:03:35. > :03:39.trouble. That caused a lot of tensions on this, the first Friday
:03:40. > :03:45.of Ramadan. The first clashes we saw in the area close to the home of my
:03:46. > :03:49.book -- Mohammad Abu Kadir, started after the procession had passed
:03:50. > :03:52.through the streets when young Palestinians started throwing stones
:03:53. > :03:57.at Israeli police, and they responded with stun grenades. These
:03:58. > :04:00.were not quite the riotous scenes we have seen in the past couple of days
:04:01. > :04:03.because the Israeli police pulled back to the edge of the
:04:04. > :04:10.neighbourhood. If you look around that area, there is so much evidence
:04:11. > :04:15.of destruction. The Israeli tram system that runs through the area
:04:16. > :04:19.has been badly smashed up. Road signs and traffic lights have also
:04:20. > :04:24.been attacked. Young Palestinians have really vented their reach for
:04:25. > :04:29.what happened to this 16-year-old, who lived next to the mosque where
:04:30. > :04:33.today his family gathered with mourners for the service to be said
:04:34. > :04:37.to him. He was last seen their alive early on Wednesday morning heading
:04:38. > :04:42.to the mosque for dawn prayers. There is security camera footage and
:04:43. > :04:46.neighbours saw him, too late, being bundled into a car and driven off. I
:04:47. > :04:50.was later his badly burned body which had been stabbed multiple
:04:51. > :04:56.times was found in woodland here in Jerusalem. And what more do we know
:04:57. > :05:03.about the cease-fire that is hoped to relieve some of that attention?
:05:04. > :05:09.It was hoped that an announcement of a cease-fire from the Gaza Strip
:05:10. > :05:11.would come during the day. But that has not transpired to be the case.
:05:12. > :05:17.We saw a few rockets and mortars fired by militants in Gaza into
:05:18. > :05:21.southern Israel. Fewer than we have seen on previous days this week. The
:05:22. > :05:26.Israeli response did not come until just a few minutes ago. We have just
:05:27. > :05:29.heard from the Israeli military that it is launched air strikes targeting
:05:30. > :05:36.three sites belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas. Egypt,
:05:37. > :05:44.which traditionally act as a go-between, is continuing its work
:05:45. > :05:49.trying to restore some kind of calm. But at the moment, no official
:05:50. > :05:54.announcement of a cease-fire. For the time being, thank you very much,
:05:55. > :05:56.reporting live from Jerusalem. When we get more information on that
:05:57. > :06:05.cease-fire we will bring that to you. Let us move on.
:06:06. > :06:13.While some Sunni Muslims have joined the insurgency, others have rejected
:06:14. > :06:18.it. Many are still horrified by what ISIS is doing. Our correspondent has
:06:19. > :06:21.been to a Sunni mosque in a mixed neighbourhood of Baghdad to hear the
:06:22. > :06:26.views of worshippers at Friday prayers.
:06:27. > :06:34.It is not exactly a city under lockdown, but at Baghdad there are
:06:35. > :06:40.checkpoints everywhere. This mosque is Sunni but in a mixed
:06:41. > :06:44.neighbourhood. They are praying for coexistence, while Sunni militants
:06:45. > :06:57.elsewhere claim to wage Jihad in their name. TRANSLATION: Those
:06:58. > :07:03.people enjoy freedom. Everybody knows what religion is. Ours is a
:07:04. > :07:10.religion of forgiveness. We do not have hatred for non-believers. We
:07:11. > :07:28.all want to stop the bloodbath among Muslims. I think Sadam was wrong,
:07:29. > :07:37.because Sadam to us in Iraq, the president, the government, not to
:07:38. > :07:47.speak is Sunni or Shia right. I am Shi'ite. I pre-here every Friday.
:07:48. > :07:50.Most people are locals. There are those here who have fled the
:07:51. > :07:55.fighting elsewhere, worried the war could follow them. Like this man, a
:07:56. > :08:00.refugee in the capital since the fall of Fallujah in January.
:08:01. > :08:06.TRANSLATION: Yes, it could definitely happen here. Security
:08:07. > :08:11.forces have taken precautions. We ran away from the fighting in
:08:12. > :08:15.Fallujah. The bombing, which to be honest, was the government's doing.
:08:16. > :08:17.To be clear, there was no ISIS there. Just tribesmen demanding
:08:18. > :08:34.their rights. The mosque is named for a Sufi
:08:35. > :08:37.leader 1000 years ago. The mystic tradition continues. Sunni Muslims
:08:38. > :08:45.in Baghdad feel vulnerable at the moment. Here in the mosque's
:08:46. > :08:52.interior, they can perhaps forget it all.
:08:53. > :08:54.Sunni and Shia leaders here in Britain along with leaders
:08:55. > :08:56.from other Muslim groups, have issued a joint message
:08:57. > :08:59.calling on young British Muslims not to travel to Syria or Iraq.
:09:00. > :09:01.More than 100 Imams have signed the letter, saying they've
:09:02. > :09:04.come together as a unified voice to urge Muslim communities
:09:05. > :09:07.But what difference do they think their call will make?
:09:08. > :09:12.Our correspondent June Kelly reports.
:09:13. > :09:17.It is the conflict thousands of miles away which is drying in
:09:18. > :09:23.hundreds of men, some only teenagers, from the UK. 500 British
:09:24. > :09:26.Muslims are estimated to have travelled to Syria to take up arms
:09:27. > :09:32.against the regime of President Assad. And some, like those in this
:09:33. > :09:36.video, have joined the militant group ISIS. Its name has become
:09:37. > :09:41.synonymous with appalling act of barbarity. Religious leaders in
:09:42. > :09:46.Muslim communities here are urging Britons not to travel. More than 100
:09:47. > :09:48.imams have signed an open letter which is, in essence, an appeal. It
:09:49. > :10:14.sees: We as British imams are doing
:10:15. > :10:19.everything in our capability to disseminate that message, and Oscars
:10:20. > :10:24.only one of those platforms. We are using all sorts of others to make
:10:25. > :10:31.sure the message goes out to everyone who might be inclined to
:10:32. > :10:35.take part and go on travel to Syria. One Briton who says he has been out
:10:36. > :10:39.there for a year has spoken to the BBC. His claim that he is fighting
:10:40. > :10:45.with the Al-Nusra Front can not be verified. I do not want to come back
:10:46. > :10:50.to what I left behind, there is nothing in Britain but pure evil.
:10:51. > :10:54.When I come back to Britain it will be when the Islamic state comes to
:10:55. > :10:57.conquer Britain. I will come to raise the black flag of Islam over
:10:58. > :11:03.Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, and Tower Bridge. As Muslims gather
:11:04. > :11:06.for Friday prayers, their leaders are stressing that there are around
:11:07. > :11:08.3 million Muslims in this country, and only a tiny number have chosen
:11:09. > :11:13.to follow the jihadi pack. Now a look at some of
:11:14. > :11:15.the day's other news: The former editor of the British
:11:16. > :11:18.News of the World newspaper, Andy Coulson, has been
:11:19. > :11:21.sentenced to 18 months in prison Mr Coulson, who also served as the
:11:22. > :11:25.Communications Director for British Prime Minister David Cameron,
:11:26. > :11:28.will definitely serve nine months and will then be
:11:29. > :11:31.eligible for parole. Four others were also given
:11:32. > :11:34.jail time ranging from two months to six months,
:11:35. > :11:39.some of them suspended sentences. The veteran Australian entertainer,
:11:40. > :11:41.Rolf Harris, has been jailed for
:11:42. > :11:44.five years and nine months for a string of indecent assaults
:11:45. > :11:46.on four girls. The judge in London said
:11:47. > :12:02.Harris had shown no remorse The Queen has named the British
:12:03. > :12:07.Royal Navy's largest ever warship at a ceremony in Scotland. The HMS
:12:08. > :12:11.Queen Elizabeth is the first of two aircraft carriers being built at a
:12:12. > :12:15.cost of more than ?6 billion. The Queen smashed a bottle of single
:12:16. > :12:23.malt whiskey on the helm -- on the whole, as opposed to the usual
:12:24. > :12:26.bottle of champagne. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. May God bless
:12:27. > :12:44.and all who sail in her. For Americans, the 4th of July is
:12:45. > :12:46.hailed as a day of national pride. Celebrating the United States'
:12:47. > :12:49.declaration of independence from Britain, it is traditionally marked
:12:50. > :12:55.with parades, fireworks and barbecues. But is it a genuine
:12:56. > :13:00.display of Pat Richards or an excuse for a party? We take a look at
:13:01. > :13:07.America's shifting patriotically landscape.
:13:08. > :13:13.Americans love themselves on the 4th of July. Those fireworks,
:13:14. > :13:22.barbecues... But is this more of an excuse to party and a celebration of
:13:23. > :13:25.Pat Richards -- patriotism? According to the pew research
:13:26. > :13:32.Centre, over half of the US say they are often proud to be an American.
:13:33. > :13:34.If we break it down by age, there is a difference in which generations
:13:35. > :13:40.see themselves as patriotically that is patriotism. But how do Americans
:13:41. > :13:46.think the US is doing over all? Less than half think America's best years
:13:47. > :13:49.are still to come. But there is a generational difference again.
:13:50. > :13:55.Millennial 's are optimistic about the future than baby boomers. No
:13:56. > :13:59.doubt there is some nostalgia going on for earlier days here. In just
:14:00. > :14:04.three years, the number of people who think the US stands above all
:14:05. > :14:08.other countries has fallen by 10%. Perhaps some of this has to do with
:14:09. > :14:13.the rise of China. If we look at pure research data from January.
:14:14. > :14:17.Here is the growing percentage of Americans who think China is the
:14:18. > :14:19.world's leading economic power. That does not think America does not
:14:20. > :14:26.deserve to celebrate beating the British. People may think the
:14:27. > :14:29.international stage is shifting, but most still believe America is one of
:14:30. > :14:40.the greatest countries. Just not the only greatest country.
:14:41. > :14:42.For more on this we can talk to an American political commentator who
:14:43. > :14:47.has written a book about anti-American ism around the world.
:14:48. > :14:51.Thank you for coming to speak to us. It seems to be a generational
:14:52. > :14:58.divide about how Americans see their country. It is, although I would say
:14:59. > :15:02.I am on the cusp of being a baby boomer having been born in the
:15:03. > :15:08.1950s. People think of baby boomers being born after the war to GIs.
:15:09. > :15:14.Right now, America is in a difficult state because young people feel a
:15:15. > :15:20.bit insecure about Edward Snowden, about e-mails, their Twitter and
:15:21. > :15:24.Facebook being hacked. Older Americans are concerned about the
:15:25. > :15:29.fact there are still is not an NHS. There is a lot of division in the
:15:30. > :15:40.United States. And 70 million ever jealous or Christian -- evangelical
:15:41. > :15:45.Christians. The 70 million Republicans on the right and the tea
:15:46. > :15:50.party. It is not so much a generational situation, but a
:15:51. > :16:04.feeling that social care is pure, there is no NHS, local care is not
:16:05. > :16:09.good, so I think there is optimism in some areas of the young, and
:16:10. > :16:13.pessimism. I do not think it is straight down the line. It is very
:16:14. > :16:23.divided amongst different generations. The study found that
:16:24. > :16:26.the millennial 's, the younger generation, they are more optimistic
:16:27. > :16:34.about the direction America is going in. Maybe because the baby boomers
:16:35. > :16:41.have seen better times and are concerned about the future? Yes,
:16:42. > :16:44.young people are healthier. Older people start to worry about their
:16:45. > :16:50.health. I go back to the situation that whenever I talk to family,
:16:51. > :16:56.friends, colleagues, one thing that exercises them is this situation
:16:57. > :17:00.with health care. Even if you good salary you can use -- lose your home
:17:01. > :17:06.if you end up in a hospital with long-term care. That tends to affect
:17:07. > :17:12.older people. But... Yet we sell so much, Obamacare, many people were so
:17:13. > :17:17.against it. Yes, that is right, there were fisticuffs about it.
:17:18. > :17:21.There was a town meeting in my hometown, Philadelphia, people tried
:17:22. > :17:25.to hit the man and he was a Republican. He became a Democrat
:17:26. > :17:28.because he was so annoyed about the Republicans being against all these
:17:29. > :17:34.good social programmes. Sadly, he passed away last year. But there is
:17:35. > :17:41.so much anger and hatred in the United States about an NHS. They
:17:42. > :17:45.think it is a form of "socialism". God forbid they would think it was a
:17:46. > :17:50.form of commenters on. But it is very depressing. Remember, Obama
:17:51. > :17:54.doesn't have a Congress, he has a Republican congress and everyone
:17:55. > :17:58.thought in 2012 on his coat-tails the Congress would be returned to
:17:59. > :18:04.the Democrats. It is still Republican and I am sure you know
:18:05. > :18:07.that he lost his seat, who was right wing, the head of the Republicans in
:18:08. > :18:12.the Congress, to a tea party candidate and some people say the
:18:13. > :18:16.art of the right of UKIP. So the United States is divided about many
:18:17. > :18:20.things. People are not happy. It is one of the unhappiest times I know
:18:21. > :18:24.in my country. A sad thought to leave it on but we have to, Carol
:18:25. > :18:30.Gould, commentator and author, thank you for joining us.
:18:31. > :18:33.The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which sank in Italy
:18:34. > :18:35.in 2012 is set to be re-floated within ten days.
:18:36. > :18:38.It's been more than two years since the luxury cruiseliner sank off the
:18:39. > :18:42.In September last year the Concordia was hauled upright
:18:43. > :18:46.Now, ahead of the removal of the 100,000 ton vessel, divers
:18:47. > :18:49.have taken us on a tour of the underwater wreck, where two people
:18:50. > :19:08.More than two years on and still the Costa Concordia sits where she came
:19:09. > :19:13.to rest, on the night she sank. Now the police diver has taken us down
:19:14. > :19:19.into her file and blue world, where everything is frozen in the moment
:19:20. > :19:25.of the disaster. An orange deflated life Fest hangs in the wreckage --
:19:26. > :19:29.life vest. And some holiday reading, perhaps, a book that a
:19:30. > :19:33.passenger never finished on this luxury cruise that ended so
:19:34. > :19:40.terribly. What looks like a reception area next to a bar or a
:19:41. > :19:43.lounge. The drinking and the chatter here would have stopped suddenly
:19:44. > :19:49.when the slip -- the ship slammed against the rocks. But in some
:19:50. > :19:55.places there is almost no damage at all. There are plans to refloat her
:19:56. > :19:59.in the weeks ahead, then she would make her final voyage, a journey to
:20:00. > :20:04.the port of Genoa, where she will be scrapped. But environmentalists say
:20:05. > :20:07.they are worried. Among their concerns are what will happen to
:20:08. > :20:11.pollutants that may still be trapped in the wreck.
:20:12. > :20:17.TRANSLATION: We are here with the rainbow Warrior
:20:18. > :20:22.because we want all the dismantling operations to happen publicly and in
:20:23. > :20:27.daylight and above all choosing the solutions with the lowest
:20:28. > :20:31.environmental risks. But all along those running this salvage operation
:20:32. > :20:36.have insisted that they are doing everything possible to keep any echo
:20:37. > :20:50.optical -- ecological damage to a minimum.
:20:51. > :21:00.Let's turn to the World Cup. The French have been sent packing by
:21:01. > :21:04.Germany. And iconic setting for this
:21:05. > :21:07.quarterfinal between two old rivals. French fans reminding their German
:21:08. > :21:12.counterparts they have won the World Cup more recently, but plenty of
:21:13. > :21:15.confidence in the German camp as well. That buoyancy was justified as
:21:16. > :21:22.early as the 12th minute, as this free kick was headed in by Matt
:21:23. > :21:27.samples, his second goal of the tournament after scoring against
:21:28. > :21:32.Portugal. The game did not have any real flow, with chances few and far
:21:33. > :21:38.between. France had a good chance in the first half, saved. The keeper
:21:39. > :21:45.was proving a tough obstacle for the French to get past, saving this
:21:46. > :21:50.header. At the other end, he could not get his angles right to wrap up
:21:51. > :21:54.the match. Andre Schurrle was similarly wasteful. In the end, it
:21:55. > :21:57.did not matter. Germany edged a scrappy game to reach the
:21:58. > :22:06.semifinals. Either Brazil or Colombia await. I disappointed
:22:07. > :22:12.France. Let's cross life to Rio and Peter Okwoche has been watching
:22:13. > :22:17.Forrest. Was it a good game? -- watching for us. It was a scrappy
:22:18. > :22:22.affair. Once the goal was scored, none of the sides really created any
:22:23. > :22:27.chances. France could have nicked a goal in the end and probably drawn
:22:28. > :22:36.into extra time, but I think overall you would say that probably the
:22:37. > :22:42.Germans deserved this win. Of course, looking forward to the game
:22:43. > :22:46.tonight and we expect lots of cheering on the beach behind you
:22:47. > :22:51.because there is always a great party on Copacabana beach when
:22:52. > :22:56.Brazil play. Absolutely. Let's give you an idea of what it looks like
:22:57. > :22:59.down there now. A sea of yellow and green. This place, the number of
:23:00. > :23:03.people there, seems to have multiplied by two since the end of
:23:04. > :23:08.the game between France and Germany. All the people there are expecting
:23:09. > :23:12.that Brazil will win, the neutrals as well of course, because they want
:23:13. > :23:19.this party to continue. The talking point has been a state of mind of
:23:20. > :23:23.the Brazilian team. We saw them crying while the national anthem was
:23:24. > :23:25.played in the game against Chile and they were even crying before they
:23:26. > :23:31.took their penalty kicks in that game as well. The coach has called
:23:32. > :23:37.on a psychologist. He says he hopes that will get the team to the final.
:23:38. > :23:43.The game kicks off in just under two hours. The weight of expectation is
:23:44. > :23:46.very heavy indeed. On the Brazilians. For the time being,
:23:47. > :23:51.thank you. I know you will be watching the game for us, Peter
:23:52. > :24:00.Okwoche in Rio with the best view in the world, I think, at the moment.
:24:01. > :24:03.Quite a lot has changed in the UK since the end of the Second World
:24:04. > :24:06.War - but for one man who lives in Cambridgeshire, every day is
:24:07. > :24:11.That's because Ben Sansum is such an enthusiast of the wartime era,
:24:12. > :24:13.that he has filled his entire house with 1940s artefacts.
:24:14. > :24:26.I guess I was the funny boy at school who had a strange interest.
:24:27. > :24:31.As I grew over I loved the cars, the music and the fashion. My name is
:24:32. > :24:36.Ben Sampson and for years I have been fascinated with history,
:24:37. > :24:41.particularly the 40s -- Ben Sansum. I decided to recreate the 40s as
:24:42. > :24:45.much as I could in my own home. I am 35 now. My parents probably thought
:24:46. > :24:49.I would grow out of it but I will always live like this now. I will
:24:50. > :24:54.never grow out of it and I will probably die living like this! The
:24:55. > :25:01.heart of the house merely is the Victorian range. 1890s, fully
:25:02. > :25:06.restored, every nut and bolt, working perfectly. Even after 120
:25:07. > :25:09.years. It is marvellous. I use it all the time in winter. It is
:25:10. > :25:15.fantastic. This is the master bedroom. Being a Victorian house
:25:16. > :25:19.that is more Victorian up here because in the 30s, visitors use the
:25:20. > :25:23.best room, the front room, so that is where you had your art deco,
:25:24. > :25:27.modern stuff, but the older part of the house where visitors would not
:25:28. > :25:33.see, you would have the hand-me-downs, the Victorian
:25:34. > :25:40.furniture. I don't do microwaves or dishwashers, but I do have a fridge,
:25:41. > :25:45.I am afraid. Meet savers are not so great these days. So I have a
:25:46. > :25:49.fridge. It is scary today. We are more isolated and we have lost such
:25:50. > :25:59.a lot but I am just trying to hold onto some of the old world charms of
:26:00. > :26:04.that period. As long as I can. Gosh, that is dedication, but he is
:26:05. > :26:08.cheating with a fridge. Let's bring you some remarkable images from this
:26:09. > :26:13.the US state of Arizona where AJ dust storm has struck the city of
:26:14. > :26:20.Phoenix, accompanied by up to 80 mile an hour winds. They knocked
:26:21. > :26:23.down trees and power lines. Thousands of without electricity and
:26:24. > :26:30.planes were diverted. Phoenix is used to these dust storms and this
:26:31. > :26:34.was apparently only the first of the season. So brace yourselves, all of
:26:35. > :26:43.those in Phoenix. Lots more on the website. You can get in touch with
:26:44. > :26:47.me on Twitter. You can get in a conversation about the World Cup.
:26:48. > :26:56.Lots more on the website. Thanks for watching, goodbye.
:26:57. > :27:02.Good evening. This weekend I think a lot of us will have a bit of both.
:27:03. > :27:06.There will be some sunshine but also a bit of rain and one thing that we
:27:07. > :27:10.will notice is just how much fresher it is going to be across the
:27:11. > :27:12.south-east and East Anglia, where today, Friday, highs