Crime on french soil. We remember that day. We begin with efforts to control the widening insurgency in iraq. They have taken a hit. Militants have seized a provincial headquarters. Army forces have reportedly abandoned their posts there after days of fighting in the countrys secondlargest city. The fighters are believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State of iraq. For more on this i am joined now by the left, who is covering the story. Lilo, walk us through this latest violence that we have seen. Strategically, how significant is it . It is extremely important. Even by their high levels of violence. Blow toa very deadly the iraqi authorities ability to contain this insurgency, which is spreading across the country. It is not just the secondlargest city in iraq, it is also the capital of the province. If you look at a map of iraq, south of the province is the province of an bar. Both of these provinces share a border. Iraqe Islamic State in they have effectively seized control of the city of falluja, and they control large parts of the capital. Now that this insurgency has moved into a racks we dontrgest city, know right now what the isi is planning to do. This is a huge territorial gain for the group. Is the isi going to hold on . Or are they going to just send a message to the iraqi authorities and abandoned it . In any case, the message to the authorities is loud and clear Iraqi Security forces are absolutely no match for the fighting power of the isi. If you take a look at these onslaughts, it shows that they have fighting power and amazing military strategy. Last week fighters launched an attack to the south of most so. Basicallyes are saying that that attack on thursday was a diversionary tactic to draw the forces into central iraq. Also that this massive attack could be conducted. Since monday night they have learned about this attack with strategic decision. Fleeing prisoners, thousands of prisoners at the police stations. Reportedly this includes senior commanders. As you mentioned, Iraqi Security has just fled, leaving behind heavy weapons, military uniforms, all of which are strategic assets for the isi. This is not a good sign for the embattled prime minister. About thealk a bit sectarian nature of this violence. How is it hampering government efforts to retain control . As of now, technically there is no real government. There is an outgoing government that has the most seats but not enough for an outside majority. Time and again we have seen it is very difficult for them to form this majority. He is a shiite. Marginalizedtely muslim community. It is very hard for him to retain control in that majority area. We have seen, the iraqi majority is very weak, unlike the u. S. Which managed a massive surge in the 2008. Malik you has not shown himself to have the flexibility to be able to reach out to tribal elders and minority groups. In short, the situation in iraq today is very alarming. Thank you for that analysis. To karachi, where a Training Facility came under attack this tuesday. The countrys taliban has claimed responsibility just one day after an allnight siege by the taliban and already hit the airport in karachi, leaving dozens dead. We have an update now from islamabad. We just received a confirmation from the military that the attack, which was intended for the airport forces Security Academy was thwarted. At least four of the attackers have escaped the area. At the same time, the military says that the area in question itself, the airport facility and premises are clear and safe. They have also said that the , four ins or attackers number, have escaped into the slum area next to the airport. The airport is surrounded with very densely populated areas. Some of them are slums. Some of them are low income housing. Right now the military is saying that the operation is ongoing, but because of the fact that it a slumw density area and area also, it is unlikely that the search will conclude with arresting anyone. But as far as the airport vicinity is concerned, they are now saying it is safe. In a few hours time, israel will have a new president. The countrys parliament will elect the 10th head of state later this tuesday. The first round vote will now choose between two candidates, the former parliamentary speaker ruben ruben and another replacing perez, whose president ial term comes to an end in july. The israeli president ial role is largely symbolic and todays results should be known shortly. Brazil there has been a deadly construction accident on the sao paulo monorail network. One worker was killed when a large concrete support beam fell as it was being erected. The citys metro system is currently being expanded, a process that was expected to be complete in time for the world cup. Officials have now admitted that the deadline will not be met. The accident comes as Public Transit erkers have halted a strike that caused massive gridlock for days. Runningare up and again, but as cathy explains, brazils largest city could soon be in store for more travel chaos. Work for the sao paulo subway staff after a prolific fiveday strike. At least for now. At this moment we return to work and the strike is suspended. We will hold another assembly on the 11th. On wednesday the Workers Union will vote on whether to turn up for work this thursday, when the city will host the first world cup match. They stand up for the dozens of workers fired during the strike. We were waiting for various answers until the end. The governments position is not to reinstate the 42 that were fired, which is very frustrating for everyone. On sunday a labor court slapped a 220,000 fine on each day of the job. The company is standing firm. Payoffs in a city of 20 million people, massive traffic jams choking the streets. Workers attempt to affect the working people, you wake up at 4 00 in the morning and it is the ultimate. Several weeks of protests turned violent. On monday may fired tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators after they set fire to rubbish to block the main street. 60,000 football fans in the stadium are 20 kilometers east of the city, a logistical mike mayor. As we just heard catherine explained, workers are threatening to strike once again on thursday tom opened sao paulo hosts the opening match of footballs world cup or newman. On just how now prepared the country is for one of the Worlds Largest sporting events. The stadiums are there the stadium in sao paulo, unfortunately, however, has not been tested at full capacity. It has had to test games with fewer than 40,000 supporters, it will welcome more than 60,000 on thursday, which is evidence of how finally things are being cut here. Their achilles heel has always seen as airport capacity. This is the this is a country the size of the continent. Millions will be crisscrossing the country, following their teams. Will the airport capacity be moment,cope . At the fans dont know exactly where the team will be playing in the second round. A lot of people will be making travel arrangements on the fly. Stopping the use of rape as a weapon of war, the goal of the major summit being held in london. The u. K. Foreign secretary, William Hague, and actor angelina, bringing together representatives from 140 countries, and inc. To raise awareness of Sexual Violence during times of conflict. Is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict. There is nothing inevitable about it. It is a weapon of war and that civilians. It has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with power. It is done to torture and humiliate innocent people. A message must be sent around the world that there is no disgrace in being the survivor of Sexual Violence. The shame is on the aggressor. That was angelina jolie, speaking today as the summit got underway. For more on this we speak with lawyer and war crimes specialist, celine. Thank you very much for joining us on the program. Lets talk a bit about how prevalent sex crimes and rape is during times of war. What can you tell us . As she just said, it first of all has nothing to do with sex, it is about power and humiliation of people. Bosnia. Seen it in now we are seeing it in syria. Why is that . Certainly because that is a very cheap weapon, of course. And very efficient, if i may say. But it is,d cynical, it is destroying the people, community, and society. Of course, the mind automatically jumps to women being the main brunt of these sexual crimes. Our men victims as well . An excellent point, of course we talk a lot about women. Of course it is a fact that targetsou know, remain of rapes and Sexual Violence, but we have also a lot of men. Actually more and more in syria. We estimate that at the moment we are working, 30 of rapes committed under the 2011 revolution, 30 are men. This is an issue and what we need to talk about. The taboo is big about rape itself, but it is bigger when it comes to men. Tell us a bit about the main goals of this summit. Listening to William Hague this morning, who was saying to very important things. The first one is that we will gather. We are experts. The expert summit is really very well organized. We are trying to give solutions, very practical solutions. It is not about where everyone is going to talk. It is about pragmatic solutions. That is why i am here today. Otherwise i would not have come to the conference. The second aim of the conference, as you said this morning, is of course to talk about it, because it is still taboo. To make it a big, big public debate at the international level. Until now, it is not enough. We need to talk about it. We need to say that we dont want that in the world were living in. Briefly, as we are unfortunately running out of time, what are some of the concrete measures that can be taken to prevent further Sexual Violence . I am setting up now, we are working at the local level. What we need to do is feature more work with local actors. A lot of that money is going to a the ngo or the u. N. , which is doing great work, but the practical working solution is working with the victims and reintegrating them into society. We need to put an end to impunity. You know that there are almost zero convictions for rape war crimes. Very rarely. We need to work on that. Selena, thank you very much for joining us on the program and sharing your perspective. But get a check on the headlines this hour. The militant group claiming responsibility for another attack at the karachi airport. The military says the situation is under control and that flights in and out of the airport have resumed. Control in those old. This as the governments efforts to control the violence in the country take a major hit. Paulo subway is up and running, striking transit workers go back on the job, but they are threatening to walk off again when the city hosts the opening of the world cup in just two days. Look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. For that i am joined by our Foreign Press correspondent. France, the Opposition Party is Holding Important meetings . That is right. A are calling it the make or break moment for the opposition. On the front page today, they are reporting on the brink. Basically the parties Political Bureau is meeting to validate as validate a decision made three weeks ago. The three prime ministers of the north, the interim leaders should take us up on june the 15th. They say that what the party is actually doing is holding its breath. Holding its breath to know whether or not Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to make a political comeback. In the meantime, the party has suspended. But the editorial here that you can see, Nicolas Sarkozy owes it to the party to make his intentions clear. The party itself really needs to seriously put itself into question. As you can see here, they must come back to the basics. Years have been a sad show according to them. A terrible leadership for all, the party is very much in debt, ideological battles, all of it playing into the hands of the far right. Party really needs to come back to basics. A real Opposition Party with a real program. Flex they are really grabbing headlines in france. Yes. On the front page of the update as well, this unprecedented public war of words over an antisomatic fun. Say that this is bringing to light divisions within the inty and shows the limits their attempts to clean up the partys image. Now they wonder if he could be tempted to get rid of her father somewhat, likening the whole situation to the assassination of julius caesar. Tolets switch from politics sports. Of course, in todays the world cup will kick off in brazil. Thats right, a lot of papers are focused on tensions in brazil ahead of the world cup. The New York Times today has an interesting article on brazil. We have seen major strikes across the country. The New York Times says the country is split between people excited about the event and Many Brazilians who are simmering and resentment over blooming costs, delayed construction, etc. Only 34 of civilians and that the world cup will actually help the economy according to this article and it went out that soccer stars have invoicing shame and disgust over the troubled preparations. There is an editorial in the independent that is a bit more optimistic, pointing out that this is one of the powers of the all and the world cup, that it can serve a greater purpose when sociales light on injustice. You have also pulled up an editorial in the Brazilian Press , which is also a bit more optimistic. That is right. This talks about the cup of contradictions, saying that everything is going to be ok, we need to stop being ashamed of who we are, according to this editorial. It says yes, we are a badly organized nation and yes, there are things that are messy and not going well in the country, but we can rely on our improvisational skills, our ability to find solutions in situations that seem like they cannot be solved. That is what we ask from our soccer teams. Of course, the Brazilian Football Team there is under immense pressure to win. Premier sport in brazil. The wall street journal says the pressure is on. Brazil has one more world cups than any other country, but according to the article this years team is relatively young and inexperienced when it comes to world cups. On top of that, the country is haunted by the last time they hosted the world cup, 1950, when they were beaten uruguay, 21. That is on everyones mind. They are saying the only possible result is total victory, anything else is utter defeat. They focused on another surprising star of the tournament that a lot of people focused on, the soccer ball. Why is this . The ball that was designed for the last world cup in 2010, it was meant to be aerodynamic, but it was a flop, a dud. Goalie called it a terrible ball, saying it came from a grocery store. They have designed a new ball and the early reviews are positive, but if you want to know everything about what makes a soccer ball fly, check it out. You will have to let me know how it works. Thank you very much for that. Heard, theas we just world cup grabbing headlines. We will have more in our sports update. Take a look. Today the shops will be in high spirits after the final warmup match from saturday. Much depends on the striker in the absence of the injured. Separating from their base, about 300 kilometers from sao paulo on june 15. The world will soon face switzerland against ecuador. Hundreds of fans turned up to watch brazil train at their base north of rio. Only days before the world cup opens the event against croatia on thursday. Returning from sao paulo after their win over serbia to make their final preparations ahead of thursdays crucial opener. A good start, crucial for the tournament favorites. I think that no matter which rival we face, a world cup opening match is always complicated. Very tough. Tough as it is important. Well, the other competitors are watching you. It is not only the three points important in this game, we need to send a message to our future opponents. Brazil will be expecting him to shine. Scoring the winning goal against serbia, the key role within the Everybody Knows he is the player who makes the anderence. He is the star our team. He is a special player. The whole world will be watching him closely. Our opponents will put strong pressure on him. If things become difficult for strong andoup is together we are skilled players. Skilled players can help our team do something different. So that we can give our team to victory. Our team is doing everything to pass the ball. He is the main playmaker. They trained separately from the group on sunday as they tried to get 100 are sent fit for thursday, but they also face mexico and cameroon. They have fired their coach after less than five months in charge, the dutchman took over the role in january and had no previous coaching experience and despite the slight improvement in and results since arriving, he failed to launch the champions into europe next season, replacing them and taking over the job until 2016 of june. Making 400 appearances as a player, winning two degrees. After extending his record to nine french open titles on sunday afternoon, rafael nadal has been taking in some of the more traditional parisian sites and taking the opportunity short what has all but become his private property over the last decade. The spaniards stopped in for an impromptu shoot in the shadow of the eiffel tower before making the eiffel towerabefore making hello. Im john cleese. I think we all know that music, aside from the pure pleasure of it, sometimes has a transcendent power. What is called sacred music seems universally to be a form of prayer. So, settle back, take a long deep breath as we join our host, phil cousineau, on this musical, soulrendering episode of global spirit, the first internal travel series. Tonight, we are proud to