In an attack against a military camp in afghanistan. The incident happened with a gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform opened fire on both afghan and nato personnel in a socalled insider attack. U. S. Army officer that was killed in the shooting was the highestranking official ever to be killed in iraq or afghanistan war. The Afghan Defense university outside of kabul, highranking officers were attending a meeting when a man in their midst opened fire. He was wearing afghan army uniform and was killed in the ensuing exchange. They removed casualties by helicopter. A u. S. General was killed, and at least 15 other officers were wounded, some of them seriously. They included germans general, three afghan officers, and the number of americans. Insider attacks as they are known have been a recurring problem in afghanistan. Afghanistan is still a war zone. It is impossible to eliminate completely that threat, particularly in a place like afghanistan. You can do and work hard to eliminate it. The academy is part of International Efforts to help afghans and International Forces defend the country. Lets head now to couple, our correspondent joins us now on the phone from the capital. This is a very fluid situation. What we do know is that one of the highest ranking u. S. General has been killed. Has he been defined as the main target . That is totally unclear. The information we get is still very confused. One of the reasons is that is totally sealed off, there is no access for journalists, and theres almost no information coming out of the area. What we know is that the killed u. S. Major general was the highest ranking officer killed since the vietnam war. The background is totally unknown. What we do know is that the murderer is indeed an afghan army officer. It has been described as a insider attack. What does that mean . How frequently do these happen . It was happening very often within the last two or three years. Almost monthly. This year there was only one or two as far as i remember. Most of the people here, the Army Trainers thought that this is the safe lace, this is a positive development. Until today, of course. The murderer was using an ak47 assault rifle, and an eyewitness was telling the journalists that the murderer was emptying out the whole magazine on the foreign officers. A very worrying development. Thank you. We will keep you updated on the latest developments in that story. For now we will move to other international news. After four weeks of bloodshed and fighting some relief for gaza and israel. A threeday ceasefire has begun. Quicken is hoped that the break and fighting will set the stage for more talks on a longterm truce. Israel claims the. Says its mission to destroy hamas tunnels is complete and its soldiers have pulled out from gaza. The tanks are rolling again, but this time i was of gaza. Out of gaza. The last Israeli Soldiers crossed the border, leaving the gaza strip. They spent 2. 5 weeks in the palestinian territory, and are now taking a post along the border. Both sides have dispatched delegations to negotiate a more permanent ceasefire in cairo. They hope it will last longer than 72 hours. Weirs harding in direct negotiations on the palestinian demands. Our natural rights, we want to live as a free nation, it is the palestinian right to see the end of the occupation. This district suffered particularly heavy bombardment. Residents are seeking to salvage what they can for future use. I hope this war produces something. Even if lots of people were killed and we lost, we have lived through a war that has been invisible, it was an unbearable situation. Now the world can see what happened. The residents of this part of gaza will need to be patient, it will be a mammoth task to rebuild what has been damaged. Tracking all of the developments for us in gaza is tonya. Describe the situation for us. Our people beginning to venture out on the streets again . Yes. The atmosphere changed in the city in the past hours. Yesterday morning it was a ghost city, because they felt it were potential targets. Now people are back on the streets since the ceasefire started and talks opened again. If you moved to the outskirts of gaza, you see a lot of destruction. That was in the headlines about two weeks ago after these heavy bombardment. They are going back to their homes, after staying with relatives, and their homes are no longer there so they wonder how they will rebuild. This is very much on peoples minds, especially on those who lost family members and are traumatized by this feeling of uncertainty. They want to see closure. A lot to be done. Many a truce has come and gone. What is different this time . There is the concern that it might not lead to anything, but at this time they would say because of the inner lateral move unilateral move by all factions, it would provide a better framework than the previous attempts. We are getting reports that the israeli chiefs are encouraged by what will take place in the next 48 hours. Both sides are not talking to each other directly, it is very vague, so we had to see they can work out an agreement to continue the ceasefire. Thank you. The u. N. Says nearly three quarters of one Million People have left Eastern Ukraine for russia this year because of the ongoing conflict. They have declared the city and humanitarian tester faith a humanitarian catastrophe. Residents are being told to leave him a at least one civilian has died in the clashes. If youre planning on flying to asia from europe, your flight may soon take a lot longer and cost a lot more. One newspaper says the russian government is threatening to retaliate against eu sanctions that have grounded one of the countries airlines. Louis vuitton said British Airways could be banned from flying over siberia. This would dramatically increased cost. A court in germany has dropped a bribery case against Bernie Ecclestone after he agreed to pay out a 100 million settlement. By settling the case he avoids facing up to 10 years in prison. He will stay at the head of or below one. A british billionaire went to court over allegations that he paid off in germany are to ensure the motor racing business was sold to a preferred buyer. He is used to getting what he wants, but he might not have expected this. The price of freedom, a mere 100 million, around 75 million euros. He has one week to make the payments, and if he does he will be a free man again. We were based on the fact that given the current evidence, a judgment in favor of the prosecution was not likely. The formula one boss had been in danger of losing his lifes work area he built the motorsport into a global money spinner. His total wealth is estimated at 4. 2 billion. He was on trial for a deal he made with a german bank to sell a portion of formula one to the buyer he wanted. Gerhard gribkowsky is serving an eight and a half year sentence for accepting the money. It is unavoidable that people like and can buy freedom. I would have preferred a verdict. He now was to turn his attention back to formula one. Lets pack up for a report left off pick up where our report left off. Ecclestone settling this case out of court has many saying is getting off lightly. As long as you have cash w can buy your way out of anything . I do not think that is the case. That is a procedure that is common in germany to tease the burden on courts and to deal with cases where a judgment may be difficult to reach. We see the main witness in this case did not deliver the evidence that the prosecution was hoping for. Convicting ecclestone became less light less likely throughout the trial. And as he is a wealthy man, the payment is large. He says what he did was not bribery, but is settling this absolving himself of the charges . The legal interest of this matter is over now. He is not innocent, he is not convicted, the allegations may be there but they are not pressing enough in order to keep the trial going. So ecclestone remains a free man which will interest them the most. A lot of people watching this case are left with the impression that as long as your religion you can buy justice. That may be the case because it is the money being paid here. 100 million, never has a sum been paid to and a trial two and a trial to end a trial. What is sad is that we will never know the truth. Was it a bribe . Not a bribe . Because the legal interest in finding the truth is over now. Thank you for breaking it down for us. Bmw looks to break sales records after posting record gains. It beat analyst forecasts. Up by five wave three percent, but the crisis in ukraine is taking a toll on the russian market where sales longed by 12 in june. Left a lot todays number lets pull up the days numbers for you. In new york the traders are on the floor, the dow was down in the euros trading at 1. 33. We will be back with you in a moment. Welcome back. In iraq there are growing fears over the onslaught of Islamic State militants in the semiautonomous kurdish region of northern iraq. Theyre winning key towns and oilfields and pushing back kurdish forces. Tens of thousands of people have been fleeing the violence, especially minority groups. Many christian families have sought refuge in kurdish territory. We go to the capital to take a closer look at how people are coping. Were heading for the front line, towards the last kurdish check what check what were they keep their eyes on the distance. The state line is just a kilometer away. This has become a place of refuge. They will rob that crossing points. They took all of my gold that was in my bag. They even took the sense from my sons hand. They have taken everything. Now they have to rely on handouts. Christians were first to feel the wrath of the islamist militants. Many fled to the capital. Christians have lived in the neighborhood for generations. Theres a growing fear of the islamist and their hatred. At the heart of the city is st. Josephs church. The bishop is among those who fled here from his home and he has no idea this church is still intact. And is the first time in history of the city, the first time in 2000 years that there are no christians in the city. That is shocking and sad because history has shown that richins and muslims can live in peace together. Christians and muslims can live in peace together. Operations are underway to name a deacon. The ceremony was supposed to take place in his hometown. Instead, he is ordained in exile, and front of a congregation that is also fleeing. Many from the local muslim majority turned out to show solidarity. Christians are our brothers, we are here that all religions survive. We do not differentiate, not even now. Christian animals loan spiritual leaders christian and muslim spirit to leaders walk sidebyside. The world bank has pledged 200 million to help contain the ebola epidemic in west africa. The funds will go to help library and sierra leone radel the spread of the deadly virus. More than 900 people have died. Several hospitals unexpectedly shut down on monday. Staff have become so afraid of contract the ebola virus that they have stopped turning up for work and they say they do not have the necessary equipment to protect them selves from the infection. Ebola is one of the topics on the agenda at the first ever u. S. Africa summit in washington. Barack obama is hosting nearly 50 african heads of state for a landmark threeday summit in the u. S. Capital. The u. S. Is committing 14 billion in investments in africa. A main themes of the summer our security some at our security and economic cooperation. The message is that africa should be viewed as a business partner, not as a charity case. When i got here is a young man, as a young senator in the Foreign Relations committee, the question was always asked what can we do for africa . That is no longer the question. It is what can we do with africa . What can we do together . It is a point the african presented as are keen to hammer home. Africa is open for business, and we encourage Foreign Direct Investments to participate in the development of the continent. In fact, i think without fear of contradiction, now africa offers the best opportunities on the planet. It also offers the best investments. Many African Leaders would welcome a new focus from washington, one that sees the potential of their continent above its problems. A strong foundation. We talked to the africa desk and started by asking if the u. S. Has neglected africa and is now playing catchup . In the past we have seen a china africa summit, weve seen a turkey africa summit, we have seen in the africa summit, the only thing we did not see was a u. S. Africa summit. This is the first of its kind. Engagement of the u. S. In africa was pretty much limited to security in the past. I think harrison, for instance. I do think that obama wanted more engagement with africa when he came into office. The problem is from the first day he placed faced plenty of challenges. He had economic crisis, he had the crisis in afghanistan, he had the crisis in syria. I do not think it is a case of him not caring about africa, it is more a case of him not having the time to deal with africa india tell in detail. They developed strong ties in china with africa, did the u. S. Miss an opportunity there . The u. S. Stopped caring about africa at the end of the cold and member a british magazine publishing a story saying that africa was a hopeless continent. Many companies shied away from investing in africa if you only get bad news. China did a better job in signing deals with african countries and starting to explore africas resources. Many African Leaders are not really interestined and talking about Good Governance and democracy, they treat or for the chinese because they ask fewer questions and just want to do business. Is it to little to late to o little too late on ebola . The money is desperately needed because the Public Health system are two of the poorest countries on earth and are not able to deal with them without help from the outside. Teahank you. Security is a big issue on the table. Militants from the radical Group Boko Haram waging insurgency in northern africa. It is now shifting to the war against boko haram. Amnesty international is accusing the government of committing major Human Rights Violations in its attempt to beat out the militants. This next video has graphic images. They are accused of serious breaches of international law. You will tell that from the video am a a lot of people were beaten, a lot of people have been subject to inhumane treatment. They were lined up on the streets and stepped on. It shows how the increasing level of impunity and disregard for due process is the governments response. Amnesty believes it shows suspected a wrong militants being forced to dig a mass grave, and then dumping bodies into the pits. We have spoken to all who have made it clear, that these were the doctored material, and we are calling on the nigerian authorities to investigate to ensure that those who are as possible and brought to the justice responsible are brought to justice. A raid on the town earlier this year that left almost 100 residents dead. Local communities are being terrorized by both the islamist militants and the nigerian authorities. Authorities in sweden have begun evacuating people from towns threatened by the worst forest fire in living memory in the country. The blaze north of stockholm has already claimed at least one life. Firefighters have been unable to contain the flames which broke out last week. Scandinavia is experiencing its hottest summer in more than two decades. That does it for us on the journal. Thank you for watching. Euromaxx highlights and here is your host. Hello and welcome to euromaxx highlights. Lets have a look at our favorite reports of the week. 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