An Israeli planning body has approved an initial plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The scheme, which is part of a redevelopment project in the Silwan neighbourhood, is still some way from being implemented. It's strongly opposed by the Palestinians, who believe it will tighten Israel's control of the area. The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said it was a dangerous move.
The coach of the French team at the football World Cup, Raymond Domenech, has said his players' refusal to train on Sunday in protest at striker Nicolas Anelka being sent home was unspeakably stupid. He said he fully supported the decision by the French football authorities to expel Anelka from the squad after he refused to apologize to him for a foul-mouthed outburst. He was speaking to journalists in South Africa.
“I tried to convince the players that to boycott training would be an aberration, an imbecility, would be unspeakably stupid. And for 45 minutes myself and the rest of the staff tried to convince them as members of the French team not to behave in such a way.”
France are in great danger of elimination from the tournament after failing to win either of their two first games.
Officials at one of Colombia's toughest jails, La Modelo in Bogota, say the equivalent of 40,000 dollars has been stolen from the prison's safe. The money proceeds from the sale of food to visitors disappeared from the administrative wing. Police are searching for suspects among the almost 6,000 prisoners.