BBC News:

Brazilian football fans are in shock after the host of the World Cup were humiliated by Germany in the first semi final of the tournament losing 7-1 in an epic match. A mood of high expectation before the game quickly turned to despair with Germany scoring five goals in the first half hour. The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said she was very sad and sorry about the defeat.

Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 20 people in Gaza including civilians at the start of a major offensive. Earlier Palestinian militants fired rockets deep into Israel targeting Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Voters in Indonesia, the world's third largest democracy are choosing a new president. The two candidates are the governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo and the former military general Prabowo Subianto.

The Iraqi government has confirmed that Sunni militants have taken over a former chemical weapons factory near Bagdad during their advance through the north and west of the country. In a letter to the UN, Iraq acknowledges that the Muthanna Complex was captured by the Islamist early in June.

The White House says President Obama has spoken to both Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani to urge calm and dialogue over Afghanistan's disputed election. He warned any recourse to violent or extra-constitutional means would result in the end of US aids.

South Korean military officials say North Korea has fired two rockets into waters off its eastern coast. They say that they believed the projectiles were short-range missiles.

Five concerts to be staged by the American country music star Garth Brooks in the Irish capital Dublin have been cancelled in controversial circumstances. Last week the authorities granted permission for only three of the concerts to go ahead, prompting the singer to say that he would play all of them or none at all.

BBC News.