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Hello, it's one o'clock GMT, 10 in an evening in Rio where there are some very happy German football fans.
The German team made really a fantastic World Cup here and glorious day! Well, it's historical day. No Germany winning in America that could be better.
German ecstasy, Argentine agony.
This is very disappointing. We are very sad. We hope that the Argentina wins and it doesn’t happen.
I'm Nick Mars. This is the news room, we'll hear from Rio shortly. Also today, more Israeli air strikes on northern Gaza; thousands there are fleeing.
How can I do? Look how many kids I have. We just lived with what you see. We are forced to leave.
One of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history to raise, to raise the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship begins in a few hours time and later.
One of the most prodigious conductors of recent years Lorin Maazel has died. We look back at his career.
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Germany has become the first European team to win the World Cup in Latin America after beating Argentina by a single goal in extra time. Substitute Mario Goetze scored with a superb close range volley. The victory in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro is Germany's fourth World Cup. Argentina's captain Lionel Messi won the Player of the Tournament award. The BBC's Massy Canyon was at the stadium.
A brilliant individual goal from Mario Goetze gave Germany their fourth World Cup crown as extra time ticked away in the Maracana and we faced the prospect of penalties. Taking a fine ball from Andre Schuerrle on his chest Goetze fired home first time past Sergio Romero to break the deadlock with minutes of extra time remaining. Argentina had no time to recover and the final whistle sparked huge celebrations from the German camp and tears of despair from their beaten opponent on the pitch and in the crowd.
The win sparked celebrations in Berlin. Here is Steve Evans.
The moment of the final whistle and the celebration started. Fireworks exploded into the Berlin sky over a crowd estimated at half a million people. For 113 minutes, as they fear they'd be deprived of the first World Cup for a united Germany, then Mario Goetze broke the deadlock. In the stadium in Brazil, Chancellor Merkel literally jumped for joy.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says 172 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its latest attacks on Gaza, and more than 12,000 people have been injured. No Israeli has been killed by the many rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas, and two missiles were shot down over Tel Aviv. Gerome Boyne reports from Gaza.
The Israel with American support is at self-defence, but as more Palestinian civilians die, the pressure for a ceasefire is growing. Israel isn't trying to win friends in the Gaza Strip. It does want a weakened Hamas as an organization. But every time Palestinian civilians die, Hamas gets a popularity boost. The Israelis say Hamas attacks their people and it's therefore responsible for civilian deaths when Israel retaliates. But no Palestinian will listen to that.
Britain and the United States have renewed calls for Russia to deescalate the worsening situation in eastern Ukraine. In a telephone conversation the British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama stressed the need for Moscow to take further steps towards peace or face further sanctions. Fighting has intensified as a rebel missile attack on Friday killed dozens of government soldiers. Tensions rose further over the weekend when Russia accused Ukrainian forces of shelling across the border killing one person and wounding two others.