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Indonesia Presidential Election Closest Its Ever B een; 26 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes, According to Palestinian Officilas; Germany Routs Brail 7-1 In World Cup Semifinal; Mass Grave Found In Alexandria Just South of Baghdad; Typhoon Neoguri Lashes At Japanese Mainland; Ebola Outbreak Cause by Fear, Ignorance Say Doctors

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AMARA WALKER, HOST: Hello, I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center in Atlanta. Welcome to NEWS STREAM where news and technology meet.

Palestinian officials say 26 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes since Monday as Israel answers militant rockets with attacks of their own.

Shock and sadness in Brazil as Germany humiliates the hosts. Brail crashed out of the World Cup after a 7-1 defeat.

And both candidates claim victory in Indonesia's presidential election.

Israel warns it may send ground troops across the border into Gaza to stop a barrage of rocket attacks. The Israeli military says Hamas militants

have fired more than 130 rockets into Israel in the past 24 hours. Air raid sirens rang out in Tel Aviv as Israel's Iron Dome intercepted a rocket

over the city.

Israel says it launched 160 airstrikes on, quote, terror sites in Gaza early Wednesday. Palestinian officials say 26 people have been killed and

more than 150 people have been injured in the air strikes since Monday.

Now a human rights group says eight of those killed in the air strikes were children.

Diana Magnay is near Asghalan (ph) in Israel near the Gaza border. Diana, the death toll is rising. Eight children dead. What's the latest?

DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I'm being plagued by flies. I apologize, Amara.

There are continuing rocket attacks from Gaza towards Isarel, long range missiles being used.

As you mentioned, there were rockets intercepted over Tel Aviv and a barrage of rocket fire last night. And there were also three that actually

went over Jerusalem and hit parts of Jerusalem.

But the thing about this Iron Dome missile defense shield, which the Israelis have put in place since 2012 is that it is and has been working

very effectively to intercept rockets that are aimed at civilian densely populated areas like those key cities.

And what we are learning from the IDF is that one of the rockets, which actually last night went beyond Tel Aviv to Khadeira (ph) was something

called an M302 missile, which they believe to have been supplied to Hamas by Iran.

They believe that because a few months ago they intercepted a ship carrying a large amount of the M302 missiles, which they said back then was being

transported for Hamas by Iran.

Clearly, you know, despite the efficiency of the Iron Dome system and the Israeli air strikes on Gaza territory, and they have targeted 160 areas

overnight, concealed rocket launches, weapons caches and also the homes of Hamas militants. This does not seem to be deterring from Hamas and other

militant groups from using their rockets and possibly also showing what kind of weaponry they have and how far it can go. Effectively these

missiles can reach 99 miles, across most of Israel, Amara.

WALKER: So you have these long range rockets being used by Hamas. Israel saying that ground troops is a possibility. How likely is that considering

what's happened in the past?

MAGNAY: Well, in 2012 ground troops again were amassed, or reservists -- it was discussed the possibility of using ground troops in the conflict at

the end of 2012. In the end, there was a ceasefire brokered by Egypt and they weren't brought in.

At the moment, what the IDF is saying is that they have been authorized to bring in an extra 40,000 reservists who would then, for example, go to the

West Bank whilst the regular forces would move into Gaza. But they haven't recruited that many people yet. It's not as though 40,000 are waiting on

the borders for the marching orders to go in.

And obviously once you send in ground troops you up the ante. Once you have these two populations -- Hamas militants facing off on the ground with

Israeli forces that changes the dynamics significantly.

Israel is saying it's still hypothetical. It is on the cards. Their objective seems to be not just to cease the rocket fire into Israel, but

also to hammer Hamas so that they seriously deplete its weapon capabilities, its rocket firing capabilities.

And if you think about the fact that they believe Hamas to have some 10,000 missiles, then that probably is going to take quite some time -- Amara.

WALKER: You know, these Israeli air strikes that have been carried out, some people are getting phone calls in Gaza warning that an attack is

imminent. Are civilians getting enough time to evacuate? And are human rights groups saying anything about this? And also what's being done to

mediate an end to this crisis that we've seen time and time again?

MAGNAY: Well, this knock on the roof, as it's called, is part of the strategy of the IDF really to try and avoid unnecessary or -- you know, too

many casualties. So the calls are made by Israeli intelligence to these houses five minutes before an air strike.

Now yesterday in Gaza we saw a situation where a call was made. Civilians went onto the roof and formed a human shield and the airstrike happened

nonetheless, seven of them killed in that attack, two of them just 9-year- old, 10-year-old boys.

So, you know, there are going to be casualties whatever precautions the Israelis put into place and that is the sad fact of conflict.

WALKER: All right, Diana Magnay with the latest there. Diana, thank you for that report.

Well, the Israeli defense forces says Iron Dome missiles that Diana talked about have intercepted dozens of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza since

Monday. Now the high tech system has been in use since 2011. It's mainly used to intercept rockets fired from Gaza.

Israel's military claims the Iron Dome intercepted more than 80 percent of incoming rockets fired during the 2012 conflict with Hamas. Each

interceptor missile cost almost $50,000 and they are largely paid for by the U.S.

Well, the airstrike have turned homes into -- in Gaza, into rubble. Israel says it's taking aim at Hamas militants and says it's warning civilians to

get out of harm's way. But as Ben Wedeman reports, that may not be enough to save lives in one of the most densely packed places on Earth.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Rihab (ph) picks through the ruins of what was her home, destroyed by an Isareli war plane Tuesday

afternoon. Seven people were killed in the strike, including two young boys.

"I heard the blast," says neighbor Salha (ph), "then saw them pulling out the bodies."

Five minutes before the strike, Rihab (ph) received a phone call.

"I'm David," he said. "And he called me by my name," she tells me. "He said, get out of the house for your children's sake."

She wouldn't say if she or her family were part of Hamas, but those killed were forming a human shield on the roof of a home belonging to members of

Hamas' military wing, Palestinians sources said.

The Israeli military makes these warning calls known as a "knock on the roof" before a strike to minimize civilian casualties. Here, the roof was

knocked clean off.

Rihab (ph) left the house in this cramped neighborhood of Han Unis (ph) in southern Gaza before the missile struck.

Regardless of what the target might be, the problem in Gaza is that it is one of the most crowded places on Earth. Wherever Israel strikes, there's

a high probability that innocent people will be hurt.

Many of the homes struck Tuesday belong to families believed to be associated with Hamas. Ahmed, who lives across the ally, echoes the anger

of the neighborhood.

"In that house," he says, "lived an old man and his wife and his five sons and their wives and children and they hit it. It's routine for the

Israelis. Any Palestinian is a target."

12 hours earlier, the Zalut (ph) family home in Gaza City suffered a similar fate. They also received a warning.

"A 3:15 in the morning," says Majid Zalut (ph), "my cousin received a call to leave the house within five minutes while we were having our last meal

before the Ramadan fast. Five minutes later, they struck."

In this case, the knock on the roof left no injuries. Others weren't so lucky.

Ben Wedeman, CNN, Gaza.

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WALKER: And you are watching News Stream. Still to come, the winners of a World Cup semifinal are usually ecstatic with joy, but it was a somber

scene after Tuesday's match as German players handed out hugs to a devastated Brazil. Yeah, it was just that bad.

We bring you more on one of the football tournament's most stunning defeats.

Plus, a look ahead at what to expect from today's semifinal when top teams Argentina and the Netherlands face off. We take you live to Brazil next.

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WALKER: Well, welcome back.

In the long history of the World Cup we've never seen a result like Tuesday's semifinal. Brazil, the hosts, and the most successful team in

the history of the tournament were defeated by Germany, by a staggering score of 7-1.

Well, before the match Brazil had not lost a World Cup semifinal since 1938. And they hadn't lost a competitive match in Brazil since 1975. But

they didn't just lose, they were humiliated. The only way to sum up just how awful this result was for Brazil is to repeat that incredible scoreline

one more time: 7-1.

Let's show you how it all went wrong. The Germans took the lead early. Brazil left Thomas Muller all alone from the corner and his scores his

fifth goal of the World Cup.

Soon after, history was made. Chaos in the Brazilian box as Miroslav Klose breaks Ronaldo's record to become the World Cup's record goal scorer.

The Germans didn't stop there, though. Toni Kroos hammered home a third and the match already seemed over.

Brazil's fans just couldn't believe it.

And Brazil's defense looked completely lost without suspended captain Thiago Silva. Just look how easy it was for Kroos to get his second goal

just 60 seconds later. And this poor kid there crying his eyes out.

Germany continued to search forward and Brazil continued to show they had no idea how to stop them. Khedira found himself in plenty of space to

strike home the fifth goal.

Now Brazil actually showed some signs of life after halftime, but it was quickly snuffed out. And Schurrle tapped in Germany's sixth goal.

There was still time for the best goal of the night. Schurrle lashed home Germany's seventh goal.

Well, Oscar added a late goal for Brazil, but it really couldn't disguise the scale of their defeat.

So, it is the morning after in Brazil now. And it's time to head over there to see how the fans are doing. Amanda Davies joining me live from

Belo Horizonte.

So, Amanda it's got to feel worse than a hangover. How are they doing?

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, I think it has. And if they were hoping that they'd wake up this morning and it all being a bad

dream they are sadly mistaken, Amara.

You turn on the television, there is only one thing to watch, or maybe two. One thing is the rerun of the match, the second thing is the postmortem of

everything that happened. They are going over every inch and blade of grass to work out what on Earth went wrong.

It is a really, really sad scene here despite the sun shining. There's a very strange mood of was it really that bad? They knew it was going to be

tough against Germany, but I don't think anybody had expected it to be quite that bad.

Of course, Brazil missing their two key players Neymar and Thiago Silva, but they still have a raft of players with some incredible national and

European and international experience.

And it really did -- they just fell apart at the seams. The newspapers this morning will not make pretty reading for the squad and for coach Luis

Felipe Scolari. They have been hammered. Globo (ph), the national newspaper, has given them all a rating of 0 out of 10, including Scolari

himself. The word shame is being plastered across all the front pages.

And we were lucky enough to go to the Brazil training camp ahead of their game with Colombia. Thousands of Brazilian fans were lining the street in

their national colors, waving their flags and their shirst to wave the team off. When they got back to Teresopolis at the edge of the national park by

Rio about 2:00 this morning there were just six fans waiting for them. And they didn't have kind words, Amara.

WALKER: Oh, well, you've got to feel so bad for the team. And the look on the fans' faces there in the stands, I mean, it just says it all. And that

so many kids crying, adults crying as well.

Amanda, let me ask you this, because Brazilian football went through a total overhaul the last time they failed to win the World Cup at home

decades ago. Will this defeat have a similar impact on the team?

DAVIES: It's a different one, you've talking about 1950 in the Maracana 64 years ago. The last time Brazil hosted this World Cup, Amara, there was

Brazil, a nation hoping to claim their first World Cup trophy, but it didn't happen. They were beaten 2-1 by Uruguay. And that led to a massive

inquest. It was a national tragedy, that defeat in 1950. It led to the team changing their kit. They used to play in white shirts with blue

collars. And then it was commissioned that they played in a shirt and a kit that represented the national pride and the colors of the national

flag.

And everybody running into this tournament had been talking about that, how they were going to make amends for that defeat in 1950, redemption for what

they saw as the worst moment in Brazilian footballing history.

Heading into this tournament, you have to say the team weren't as such a standard as they had in 1950. We knew that they were a very young,

inexperienced side. But having said that, Luis Felipe Scolari for the last two, three years has said we will win this trophy.

And that was the expectation. Anything less than that was always going to be failure. Sadly for Scolari and his team, the manner of this failure is

truly spectacular and much, much worse than those -- that event in 1950.

WALKER: Yeah, it's definitely a traumatic defeat for them. Amanda Davies live for us there -- Amanda, thank you.

Well, as you'd imagine, the match also set records online. It was the most discussed sporting match ever on Twitter.

Now this map shows where people were tweeting during the match. And you can really see football's global reach from all the tweets in Asia where it

was the middle of the night. Germany's fifth goal also set a record by triggering almost 600,000 tweets per minute.

In all, over 35 million tweets were sent during the match. For an idea just how many that is, well about 25 million tweets were sent during this

year's Super Bowl. The Oscars generated about 17 million tweets. And there were 6 million tweets sent about Wimbledon during the entire two week

event.

Well, now focus shifts to who will face the Germans in teh World Cup final. Argentina take on the Netherlands in the second semifinal. It's a rematch

of the 1978 World Cup final won by Argentina. But that is the only time ARgentina have ever beaten the Netherlands.

Let's go live now to Sao Paulo where Shasta Darlington is there ahead of the second semifinal. Shasta, what's the expectation?

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Amara, things are getting geared up. Fans haven't started arriving quite yet. But

Brazil is nursing this very painful hangover. Nonetheless, we expect everyone here and around the globe to be tuned in to the next big battle of

the titans to determine who will be playing at the iconic Maracana on Sunday. Will it be another European team, or somebody from the home

continent?

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DARLINGTON: An air of disbelief hung Sao Paulo after one of the great World Cup shocks. Germany's humiliating defeat of Brazil means it will

Joachim Low's side lying in wait for the Netherlands or Argentina in Sunday's showpiece final.

"7-1 is not a normal result between two powers in football," he said. "It happens rarely, so it's not a normal result. But in football, these things

happen. That's what makes things so beautiful."

With their archrivals dumped out, Argentina's hopes of a first final since 1990 will inevitably rest on the shoulders of Lionel Messi, the last

superstar left in the World Cup.

Messi may have already scored four goals here in Brazil, but with a wealth of attacking talent in their ranks, the South American giants will need

more than one man show on Wednesday. A thigh problem may have ruled out midfielder Angel Di Maria, but Manchester City striker Sergio Arguero has

been declared fit to play after recovering from a similar injury.

Lending even more significance to the day, the funeral of Alfredo Di Stefano will also be held on Wednesday, the Argentine great who became a

Real Madrid legend died on Monday at 88.

In Sao Paulo, tens of thousands of fans are expected to turn up for the match. They've been one of the strongest fan bases at this World Cup.

It's a daunting task for the Netherlands who trained under a gray, rainy sky. Robin Van Persie worked out separately due to a stomach problem, but

is expected to recover in time for Wednesday's match.

And even Dutch manager Louis Van Gaal said he expects this game to come down to the wire.

"It's going to be a 50-50 match. We have to be a bit lucky," he said, which could mean extra time and even penalty kicks.

"I would strongly advise parents in Holland to allow their children to stay up and watch the match," he said.

Few would bet against another late night nailbiter, although it would have to go a long way to be more memorable than Tuesday's game.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Sao Paulo.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

DARLINGTON: Now the stadium right behind me, also known as the Arena Corinthians, will be the stage for this next battle. And it could get

pretty interesting in the stands as well. Of course we'll have Dutch fans, but those Argentine fans, they've shown a massive presence wherever they've

played. And of course there are going to be a lot of Brazilians there as well who will in their very frustrated state no doubt have to listen to a

lot of taunting from their archrivals, Amara.

WALKER: Yeah, you know, we saw in your piece there, Shasta, the fans from Argentina clearly excited about this match. But I'd imagine there's a lot

of depressed Brazil fans. I mean, what's the mood in Sao Paulo? Are you feeling that this humiliating defeat is really overshadowing some of the

excitement?

DARLINGTON: Definitely to a certain degree. And while I think there was some concern that some riots could break out and this kind of thing, that

didn't happen. A lot of the fanfests actually broke down early with the frustrated and humiliated Brazilian fans leaving early. So I think that

helped cool tempers.

But here in Sao Paulo, for example, there were some incidents of small riots, looting, burning buses mostly in the peripheral neighborhoods, not

in the center. So you can imagine there are going to be a lot of police on hand. Last night, one of the main avenues -- Avenue de Paulistta was lined

with police hoping to prevent any problems that could occur. You can bet there will be a huge police presence here as well tonight, Amara.

WALKER: OK, Shasta Darlington with her preview there from Sao Paulo. Thank you, Shasta.

And still ahead here on News Stream, the deadly Ebola virus is spreading in parts of West Africa, but health officials say there are some signs of

hope.

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WALKER: The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa now shows a, quote, mixed picture. Liberia and Sierre Leone have

reported 50 new cases since last week, but there have been no new cases in Guinea where the outbreak began.

ITN's Dan Rivers brings us up close to the fight against the deadly disease.

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DAN RIVERS, ITN CORRESPNODENT: A rudimentary response to an epidemic that's out of control. In Guinea, aid workers pound the streets with a

simple message: Ebola is real and action is needed.

They hand out chlorine and bars of soap. The virus can be beaten with such basic measures, but only if these people listen to the advice.

This is as much a battle of belief as it is a battle for better hygiene. There are plenty of people here who don't think Ebola exists at all.

Even in the markets of Guinea's capital Conakry, those viewers aren't hard to find.

Do you believe Ebola exists?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no, no. Ebola, the people, they're only lying.

RIVERS: This man boasts he regularly eats bush meat, a possible source of Ebola, including chimpanzees and warthogs. He's adamant the virus doesn't

exist.

But Bakary Ularay (ph) is living proof Ebola is real. He was the first person to survive Ebola in Conakry. This is the first time he's gone on

camera to talk about his experience.

He says when he was told he had Ebola all he could think was that it was his death. He said good-bye to his two children and wife thinking he'd

never see them again.

But after treatment at this clinic, he recovered and now works with others here to reduce the stigma of Ebola.

MARC PONCIN, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: It's a sickness of fear and ignorance and stigmatization. Everything around Ebola is very, very

irrational.

RIVERS: In Guinea's mosques, imams are trying to calm a nervous population, reducing prejudice against survivors. They offer information

about Ebola and prayers for those who have been taken by it. But this is a country laced with fear, which is perhaps the greatest obstacle in

defeating this virus.

Dan Rivers, ITV News, Guiness.

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WALKER: And coming up here on News Stream, millions of Indonesians cast ballots for their next president. And it may all come down to the swing

voter.

And paying the ultimate price to defend his homeland against Islamist militants, the family mourns the husband and father gone forever.

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WALKER: I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center in Atlanta. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

The hosts are out of the World Cup after being humiliated. Germany beat Brazil 7-1 on Tuesday, the biggest defeat ever in a semifinal. Miroslav

Klose also broke Ronaldo's record during the match. Klose has now scored more World Cup goals than anyone else.

A grim discovering in a Shiite town in Iraq today. Iraqi security officials say they have found more than 50 unidentified bodies around

various parts of Alexandria, a town not far from the capital Baghdad. Five women and two children were among the dead.

French businessman Jean-Baptiste de Franssu has been tapped as the new head of the Vatican bank. The bank is also getting a new board and new business

guidelines. Cardinal George Pell (Ph) who overseas the Catholic Church's finances says the changes are meant to make the bank a model for financial

management rather than a cause for occasional scandals.

And Indonesians have voted in one of the country's closest and most polarizing presidential elections. Official results are still a few weeks

away. Some counts indicates that candidate Joko Widodo has a slight edge. He's on the left of your screen there. He tries to project an image of a

reformer. While oponent Prabowo Subianto pitches himself as a strong leader. Both have claimed victory with southeast Asia's biggest economy

battling slowing growth and widespread corruption. Indonesia's new leader will have their work cut out for them.

Religion also plays a key role in politics. Joko Widodo, a Muslim, was accused of being a Christian in a damaging smear campaign while rival

Prabowo Subianto is backed by the country's conservative Islamist groups.

Anna Coren looks at the role of religion and the growing sectarian divisions in today's Indonesia.

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ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORESPONDENT: On the side of the road in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta, members of two Christian

churches have been holding services for the past two years. Both were closed down by local officials, claiming they lacked the permits needed to

build a place of worship.

And while the supreme court ruled the closure illegal in 2010, one of the churches remains here.

"We want to show President Susilo Bambang Yukhoyono that religious minorities like us cannot peacefully exercise our right to worship even

though the Supreme Court has ruled that we can."

They pray the next president will enforce the ruling. Members of the Amariya (ph), a Muslim minority sect, visit the congregation in show of

solidarity. Only days earlier, they say hardline Islamic groups attacked their mosque in west Java and shut it down.

For the past 10 years, attacks against religious minorities, Christians Amadis (ph), Shia and Sufi Muslims have increased significantly. According

to the Indonesian Citara (ph) Institute, which monitors religious freedom, the attackers have mostly been Sunni militants.

While President Yudhoyono spoke out against religious intolerance, analysts say these hardline groups acted with impunity under his decades long

administration.

TOBIAS BASUKI, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNAITONAL STUDIES: The government in the past 10 years have been mostly guilty by omission by not

being, by not referring to our constitution and not referring to our political -- supposed political culture that is open-minded and tolerant.

COREN: The majority of Muslims in Indonesia practice a moderate form of Islam. Under Saharto's (ph) 32 year authoritarian rule they lived in

relative harmony with people of other faiths. And after his downfall in 1998, the country made great strides in restoring democratic freedoms, but

it also allowed once marginalized Islamic hardline groups to reemerge.

Both presidential candidates, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and former military general Prabowo Subianto, pledge to uphold pluralism.

Prabowo is seen as a potentially strong and a decisive leader, but many think he may be beholden to the conservative Islamic parties in his

coalition.

Widodo is supported by a largely secular coalition, however observers question his ability to reign in Islamic hardliners.

Either way, this election will test Indonesia's young and fragile democracy, but many hope it will be an example of how the world's largest

Muslim nation can peacefully choose its next leader.

Anna Coren, CNN, Hong Kong.

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WALKER: More than a 185 million Indonesians were eligible to vote in the presidential election. Let's bring in our guest now for more on today's

poll. Kevin Evans is an Indonesia political analyst. He joins me now live from Jakarta. Kevin, it's great to have you.

Let me first ask you this, because preliminary reports show that Joko is claiming victory in this presidential election. Clearly it was a very

close race. Both sides, by the way, are claiming victory at this point.

But this is also a very polarizing election. Please explain why.

KEVIN EVANS, INDONESIA POLITICAL ANALYST: I think the -- I think one of the main reasons is the entrance of Mr. Prabowo in this campaign. He's an

energizing and electrifying candidate that I think has given a clarity to the campaign. And Jokowi is a very different kind of character with a very

different style of engaging in politics. And with only two candidates, there's been a very clear choice for the voters to make and that's

essentially been quite a polarizing thing and a new development.

A closely fought election is also a new experience in Indonesia.

WALKER: You know, I heard a lot of people say that this election was truly about the future of democracy in Indonesia being that it is the world's

third largest democracy. What direction would a Jokowi presidency take the country in versus a Subianto at the helm?

EVANS: I actually support for democracy here is extremely strong. I often make jokes with my friends who come from Australia that actually support

for democracy is stronger in Indonesia than it is among Australians. So I don't think there's much question that there's going to be a sudden turn

against democracy regardless of which of the two are victor.

The approach will be very different. I think that's really what we're looking. Jokowi has demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to move the

bureaucracy, to fashion agreements and actually get problems solved that have often existed for decades. Prabowo offers a much more direct and top-

down appoach, really setting the agenda and expecting others to fall into line. And I think that's really the bit of the difference that I see is

really the approach that both gentlemen would take should they become president.

WALKER: OK, well then what about religious freedom, Kevin, because we saw a few moments ago in Anna Coren's piece that there has been, you know, a

lot of violence against religious minorities in the country. Who do you think will ensure religious freedom?

EVANS: I think one of the important points to note is that every candidate over the last five years who has become well placed within the polls have

all been people who have been seen as having a capacity to deal with this sort of fraying of sectarian divisions. And both candidates that have

ended in the final rounds, that Jokowi and Prabowo, have both taken quite firm positions with regards to dealing with this issue of this kind of

fracturing, or fraying of the social fabric.

I think another point to make about Indonesia is that people tend to divide the country as secular and Islamist. And I think that's a gross

oversimplification. Most Indonesians actually position themselves very much in the middle. And so, yes, there are some at both ends who will be

much more aggressive in pursuing their positions (inaudible) middle. But one of the problems, I guess is, people in the middle tend to be what you

might call the silent majority.

And so I think what's been emerging is that a lot of the silent majority have been increasingly uncomfortable with this kind of vigilante kind of

bullying that's been going on, whatever the religious, or whatever the communal majority is towards a communal minority.

And I think people are looking for a leader who is like an umbrella who will see the side all of the various communities that really make up this

incredibly rich and varied nation.

WALKER: Yeah, and the next president of Indonesia will also face a lot of challenges trying to get the economy back on track.

Kevin Evans, really appreciate your perspective there from Jakarta. Thank you.

Well, we are seeing a wave of violence south of Baghdad today with disturbing scenes in the Iraqi cities of Hilah and Alexandria. In addition

to dozens of unidentified bodies found in Alexandria, in Hilah Iraqi officials say at least five people have been killed, 17 others wounded

after three car bombs exploded there.

Also today Iraq is expected to announce the findings of its investigation into a possible rare video of ISIS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi. The

footage is said to show al-Baghdadi recently leading Friday prayers in Mosul.

And that's as the country sits in political stagnation. Political leaders have not been able to agree on who should fill the top leadership posts.

And parliament won't meet again until August 12.

Iraq's Shiite community has been answering calls from clerics to join the fight against the Sunni militant group ISIS. Arwa Damon visited a family

who recently lost a husband and father after he volunteered to fight.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: 8-year-old Manin (ph) says she cries each time she thinks of her father, continuously rubbing her eyes

as we speak, those her tears no longer fall, showing us old photos.

She was daddy's favorite, the youngest of her eight siblings, but the toughest of the girls.

"He told me take care of your sisters," she remembers. "And don't go out because of the explosions."

That was the last time she heard his voice, the evening before he was killed in battle.

Her father, Ali Altabi (ph) was 50 years old, a sniper in the Iraq-Iran war. He was glued to the TV as ISIS took over Mosul and other areas. When

the spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued the call for volunteers, for al-Tabi (ph) a devote Shia, joining became obligation.

The family begged him not to go.

"He didn't tell me. He knew I was against it. I said, you are old. Your leg is bad. He had breakfast and left," his widow Safaa Abdul Rahim (ph)

remembers. Her face fully covered as is tradition for a woman in mourning.

He called that evening and said he was in Samarra. 10 days later, he was killed.

It was a mortar, Rahim (ph) tells us. There were clashes and they pushed ISIS out. The army left the volunteers to hold the terrain and ISIS then

mortared the position.

Her favorite memory is when the would all get together for meals and that would happen in this room. This is where the family spent most of its

time. And he would always be cracking jokes and making the kids laugh over meals.

"It's a sacrifice for the nation," she sighs. "But we lost him. We lost the head of our household. His warmth will always be here, but nothing can

bring him back."

"The house feels empty without him," his eldest son Hussein says. "I have the responsibility of the house now."

His younger brother is silent, sullen, and angry. As Hussein tries to hide his pain.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Baghdad.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WALKER: No doubt a heartbreaking story there.

Still ahead on News Stream, Typhoon Neoguri is starting to bear down on mainland Japan. We'll track its path in your world weather update next.

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WALKER: And we are tracking typhoon Neoguri as it is lashing Japanese main islands.

Mari Ramos is at the World Weather Center with more on the system -- Mari.

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, when you look over here, Amara, you can see what's left of Neoguri. And you said earlier already

lashing portions of mainland Japan, particularly Kyushu and Shikoku here. And already the cloud field extends farther north into Honshu.

However, you can see that the storm is not as well organized as it was even at this time yesterday when we spoke.

Winds now down to 130 kilometers per hour. We were expecting the storm to continue weakening. And we expect it to make landfall as a minimal typhoon

here across these areas.

But the wind is only part of the story. We're going to talk about all of these different things in just a moment, including of course the very heavy

rain that it could bring across these areas.

I want to show you this video. Alexander Girst (ph) from -- an astronaut, a German astronaut, on the International Space Station has been tweeting

these amazing images of the storm. These pictures taken yesterday. And you can see how huge and how well formed that storm was just 24 hours ago.

The cloud field from the storm expands over 960,000 square kilometers, that would be about twice the size of the country of Spain, or about three

times, at least -- at least three times the size of Japan. So we're talking about a huge, huge storm still.

If you come back over to the weather map I'll show you what I'm talking about here. And the cloud field extends all the way across central parts

of Honshu and then all the way down even still across northern parts of Taiwan.

This is a picture from Okinawa and one of the landslides. They still have emergency warnings in place, by the way, across these areas. And they've

had it for the last few days because of the potential of more rain. And any amount of rain could cause more landslides. They've had just about two

dozen people that were injured.

The rainfall in Naha proper has been tremendous, over -- almost 400 millimeters of rain against an average of 140 millimeters of rain. So this

is pretty significant stuff when you think about it.

And then of course you had the wind in Naha gusting to 180 kilometers per hour, which is pretty significant in itself.

As we said, the wind will die down significantly across these areas, but we are going to see that storm trailing northward. And as that happens, as it

moves to the north and east, it will bring some additional heavy rainfall across the mainland part of Japan from Honshu all the way down to Kyushu

and Shikoku as I was saying.

Kagoshima has already had, what, over 60 millimeters of rain. An additional 120 millimeters of rain not out of the question here at all. So

that will continue to be a huge concern across these areas. And we'll be monitoring what happens with the storm, because even if it does weaken as

it moves across this region, because it's already rained so much over these same areas here of western Japan, what we said yesterday the threat for

flooding and mudslides continues to be a huge, huge factor as we follow the track of this typhoon.

WALKER: OK, Mari, thank you.

Well, you know, wearable tech like Google Glasses faces a lot of hurdles for today's consumers, among them they're invasiveness and what some call

unstylish design.

Well, now cyber forensic experts have raised a more serious concern -- security.

Laurie Segall spoke to one expert who shows us how easy it is to steal passwords using special software and Google Glass. Here is how it works.

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XINWEN FU, CYBER FORENSICS EXPERT, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: 5120.

LAURIE SEGALL, TECH CORRESPONDENT, CNN MONEY: You're right.

FU: Oh.

(LAUGHTER)

SEGALL (voice-over): He didn't see me type it, so how did this security researcher figure out my iPad pin number?

Let's take a step back. You're at a coffee shop, reading the iPad. You enter your password and start browsing. Pretty basic protocol these days.

FU: You ready?

SEGALL (on camera): Yeah.

(voice-over): Welcome to a "Brave New World." 10 feet across from you, a hacker could steal your password using new technology.

FU: They see your screen, your finger and pretty much your pass code is stolen.

SEGALL: Using Google Glass or any other recording device, like cell phone video, security researcher, Xinwen Fu, can crack your pin. He's developed

software that can break down hand movements from video. You type, he records. Doesn't matter if there is a glare. Doesn't even matter if you

can't see the screen. The process is now easier by the rise of wearable tech, which makes it simple to discreetly record hand movements.

FU: Google Glass is on your head so people can easily adjust the angle.

SEGALL: Here's how it works.

FU: If you put your finger down, we know they're putting your finger on the key board, we call that touch point. Then we can actually map this touch

point to a reference key board and we get your key.

SEGALL: We put it to the test using the same device Xinwen used when developing his software. Google Glass. We put them on a robot and then a

real-world attacker. Each tried to hack us.

(on camera): So you have just analyzed the data you guys took via Google Glass.

FU: Yes.

SEGALL: You assure me you didn't see the actual numbers I was typing in?

FU: No. No.

SEGALL: But you say you have my pass code?

FU: Yes.

SEGALL: All right. Hit me with it.

(voice-over): He told me it could take him two guesses.

FU: The first one is 5120.

SEGALL: It took him one.

(on camera): You're right.

SEGALL: Oh!

(LAUGHTER)

SEGALL: You don't have access to my device. So what is that going to do?

FU: We only use the pass code as one example to demonstrate the danger. But if you actually used a mobile banking, you tried to tap in your password

and access your banking, your bank account, so that's where it's dangerous. We may steal your passwords, your bank account password.

SEGALL: The vulnerabilities, Xinwen says, is that keys are always in the same place. There are tools for randomizing the location of keys on a key

board. And that would make something like this impossible. But those tools aren't widespread. Xinwen hopes exposing the dangers will lead to

solutions.

Laurie Segall, CNN Money, New York.

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WALKER: Next on News Stream, Brazil fans were gutted after their team lost in a crushing World Cup defeat to Germany, but Germany are still riding

high on the euphoria of their big win. We take a look back at that game and see what's in store today after the break.

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WALKER: Argentina and The Netherlands face off in just a few hours in their World Cup semifinal. But World Cup host Brazil is still tasting the

agony of a crushing defeat at Germany's hands.

Let's see how our own German is doing. Fred Pleitgen is in Belo Horizonte. So, Fred, no one expected an outcome like this. But, hey, congratulations.

How are you feeling?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, thank you very much, Amara. I remember I think you and I were on TV together a couple of days

ago. And I told you that the Germans are naturally pessimistic, but are usually best when they are the most pessimistic. And certainly we were all

pessimistic before this game. And I can tell you I was in the stadium and 70,000 Brazilian fans were screaming their national anthem. And I was

really afraid that the German team would fall apart.

But then obviously things happened the way they did and by the end of it it was almost embarrassing to see that and to be there. I mean, we were

feeling very sorry for the Brazilians who were standing next to us.

In the end, the thing that surprised us most is the ease with which the Germans were able to score those goals, but Brazil actually on paper has a

great defense and they've been playing pretty good defensive football so far, but it really was an electrifying way of being there in that stadium

that was just absolutely amazing. And certainly that's being echoed this morning in the German press who say they absolutely have no words for what

they saw on the pitch here in this town yesterday, Amara.

WALKER: Yeah, no matter what side you're on, though, you definitely did have to feel bad for those fans in the stands, a lot of them breaking down

and crying.

Fred, to stay on this pessimistic theme, you know, no team has lost more World Cup finals than Germany, right. So are you concerned at all about

that track record?

PLEITGEN: Yeah, been in seven World Cup finals, only won three. You're absolutely right, the Germans have been there many, many times and so

certainly the German players after the game were saying, listen, so far we haven't achieved anything. The German coach said exactly the same thing as

well.

And certainly one of the things that the Germans have a problem with is that coming after a win like this one, or a big victory, they do tend to

fly pretty high. And that of course means that you can fall pretty low as well.

So certainly the Germans are saying that everyone would be well advised to celebrate this victory, but then to move on and to do their utmost to now

try and win the final.

They say they know that their chances are pretty good, but certainly they are going to be playing a very good team either in Argentina or in Holland.

And both those teams certainly have what it takes to beat any country in the world.

So this is one of the things that right now there's big euphoria in Germany, but we expect that to subside somewhat, and then the Germans are

going to concentrate on that next game, Amara.

WALKER: Yeah, and I've got to say in your piece I saw how they were such great sportsmanship between the fans outside the stadium with Brazil fans

congratulating the Germans and the Germans accepting with humility. That was great to see, at least.

Great seeing you. Fred Pleitgen, thank you for that.

PLEITGEN: Yep.

WALKER: And that is NEWS STREAM. But the news continues at CNN. "World Business Today" is coming up next.

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