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hit by two mondays of rain in less than two days. lift off. >> and more on why space has become the new frontier. tensions between moscow and washington. >> nothing. can ever break us. >> and the u.s. president opens new york's 9/11 museum, some of the victims families aren't happy. >> tickerdy's government is facing an angry backlash. water cannon and tier gas to break up a protest by trade union. four of the country's biggest unions called for the strike. they say workers lives

are being jeopardized. the sense of aingeer and frustration isn't being helped by pictures showing an advisor to the prime minister kicking a demonstrator. he appears to attack the man as he is held on the ground by police. but for the families of the dead, the grief goes on, funerals have been held for dozens with more rescues all but lost. first andrew simmons has this report. >> all over this area, the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job that is poorly paid. have encouraged her 25-year-old husband to find work elsewhere, he was only a few weeks away from becoming a sergeant. they married seven months ago, all over there are gathering like this, some

of the aingeser subdue add feeling of social injustice that such high risks should be taken to earn a living. we are very worried. we don't know if they will make it back. he is like my own son, he grew up with me, my inside is on fire, we complain about safety, but they don't care. >> elsewhere in the town, the anger is spontaneous but not physical. these are mostly miners, some now retired, many still working. >> they say safety has suffered since mind privatization in 2005.

one individual lost the huge pain for their family, and this pain is held by all of us, we are facing a huge devastation, we need to unite and face in together in unity. in summer, the long list of victims and their grieving families are named over the municipalities public address system. >> this town is depend on coal mining. but people here are seething with emotions over the safety question. whether this will all have a political impact on the government is at this stage unclear. andrew summons, al jazeera, western turkey. >> first, let's go to andrew, and andrew,

another grief stricken day for families there as they bury their dead. we also saw the visit in your report about the president, it's interesting that he took a very different turn to prime minister yesterday. that's right. it was more consolelatory in tone, and addressed the question of safety in a slightly more thorough fashion. he said that there should be a total review of safety regulations that the regulatory structure should be looked at in turkey. and inferred that perhaps turkey was not quite as progressed in it's safety regulations as other countries in europe. not only that they have some of the worst working conditions in the world.

and safety is a question that's been on the minds of so many turks for a very long time. now, as far as what was wrong with this miner's concern, it's still unclear. exactly what happened, just as it is unclear what has happened with the people missing there. we are told that the fire that was hampering efforts to rescue people, had now been extinguished. we are no longer see the smoke, we can't smell the fumes. but, of course, there haven't been many bodies reretrieved over the past 12 hours. and right now, it's a tense scene there. the anger may be tempers here, but when you

consider the enormity of loss here, people are so frustrated about what they do next. about their own positions how they find out more, and are really in a state not only of grief, but of perplexed confusion about what to do next. yeah, it is a bad situation, and your heart does go out to them. let's cross to anis that, who is live for us. fair to say that the government's handling has been deeply criticized and certainly not helped by the pictures of the aid appearing to attack a protestor. >> you could argue the prime minister's decision was a politically brave one, but it backfired on him. where he cemented like he was attempting to excuse

these mining disaster as part of the natural order of f things. when you start quoting figuring to 19th century britain, you start looking like you are making excuses for an industry that should have modernized since then. the video of the prime minister, supposedly in a confrontation, some sort of an altercation, as it's being seen in turkey here, two indistinct to conclude what is going on, but no mistaking what this aid to the prime minister man who had recently failed to complete a phd at the school of african studies in london to return back for a highly placed job. is doing as a protestor is being resprained by two special forces officers on the ground, yesterday this aid is putting the boot in while

wearing his smart executive suit. it doesn't look good, which is why we see the visit of the characteristically and consolelatory whose role it is to be the nice guy and smooth these things over. but there are serious questions for the government to answer here. legal bodies like the istanbul bar association are beginning to question why the investigation hasn't been more incisive up until now. apparently the senior executive of this company has not been detained, the argument being made by lawyers here who feel that not everything is being done that should be, that they need to keep this chief executive in some kind of custody in order to have a proper investigation. in syria at least 24 people have reportedly been killed near the

border. in the northern syrian province of aleppo. detained al jazeera arab big correspondent has accused authorities of trying to force feed him. he made the commenteds during a court appearance. he has been on a hunger strike for 115 days and protests are being held without charge since the arrest last august. in the last few hours reported he had ended his hunger strike, but his family disputes it saying he is being held in solitary confinement so that he can be forced fed. >> that's absolutely not true, yesterday we were able to see him after 48 hours, he was moved from his original cell to the scorpion prison. it is a maximum security cell, he was moved to solitary confinement, and pretty much all of his

fears for his safety and concerns are coming into action after his transfer without informing the family or the lawyers. i think what is happening is they are trying to force feed him, they are using his solitary confinement as a way to end his hunger strike, through non -- through forceful medded toes. >> three morale al jazeera journalists being held in egypt has been adjourned. it was the 8th in the long running case against peter. they are falsely accused of conspiring with the muslim brotherhood, and they are been in jail for 148 days. >> they were back in a cage in a court on thursday. prosecution lawyers have told the defense team that they must pay a fee of $170,000 to facilitate viewing of the video

evidence against the al jazeera english journalist as demand the network described as an affront to justice. peter, phatni -- these are charges al jazeera rejects as nonsenses. >> i feel that we are hopefully reaching a conclusion. soon. and hopefully lit be favorable. i still have strong belief in the judge and the egyptian judicial system. and i believe that will be the essential factor in the end. >> three lawyers who no longer represent the al jazeera journalists earlier told the court that the network is using the trial for promotional purposes. may also say that the defends case is being jeopardized by al jazeera's decision to bring a legal case against egypt for damage to its business. the support has been loud, and it is important to keep that going, we

are continuing to do everything possible to get our journalists out of jail. and are working with the first class legal team, to end this injustice. the court has now sat eight times. the three men returned to a single eight by three-meter cell, that they have shared for much of their time in custody. they were arrested the end of december. >> bernard smith, al jazeera. >> still to come on the program. just days before the world cup begins in brazil, protestors take to the street. and remembering the events of sent the 11th, 2001. u.s. president barack obama opens a national museum. and in sport, find out what this legend has to say about the club's new manager in waiting.

days of heavy rain have caused chaos for residents in serbia. >> serbian prime minister has described the flooding as the biggest water vote his country has ever seen. hungs of people have been evacuated and many more are without power. measures have now been declared and officials in the capitol say two months of rain have fallen in just 40 hours. there was a similar situation where rainfall has been the heaviest since records began 120 years ago. tempt friend has the story. across the ball kins huge chunks of debris was swept over rivers.

in churches there has been prayers for the rain to stop, but there's more bad weather forecast. one of them a firefighter drowned in serbia. there, and in bosnia, states of emergency have been declared. troops have been ordered into the stricken areas where power supplies have been cut. high water levels meant hydro power plants could no longer work. it was a losing battle in many areas. thousands of homeowners are being rescues and taken to safer areas.

and admitted there's no political end in site to the syrian conflict. foreign ministers met for the talks and decided to increase their support for the moderate opposition in syria. u.s. secretary of state once again condemned the presidential elections, due to take place in syria, in less than three weeks time. how do you feel a legitimate election, when half the people in your country are displaced. how do you have a legitimate election, when another several million people are in refugee camps unable to vote. how do you have it when hundreds of thousands of people, literally, almost 1 million, are scattered in various countries in the region, seeking safety, from asaad. and ex-patriot have been casting their vote in citying arched the world,

140 pomming stations in 124 countries are open for voting, until sunday. they are choosing between two candidates. two former army chief, and socialist politician and activist hamdid. speaking to egyptian borders here in london. thousands of kilometers from home, these are some of the first to vote in the election. they are cheesing between former army chief abdul aciesy. ins a very different presidential election to the last one in 2012. that came just after the revolution, and the arab spring. the muslim brotherhood spent little more than a year in power, before his fall in july last year. >> one thing i am sure of, about this election, there will be no corruption or fraudulent act. because both candidates are very very keep to win

in a clean way. >> more than 6 million egyptians live abroad, and they are voting about ten days before the rest of their country. egypt recently introduce add new system, meaning that voters don't need to reregister at the embassy, where they will cast their ballot. statistics show there are 29,000 people here in the u.k. who were born in egypt, they don't know how many of those will turn up to vote yet. between now and sunday. but turn out they did, the most vocal support, was the man forced morsy from office. >> egypt is stronger now. a strong man to keep everything in order. >> this is the first time we can actually change -- make a difference and change the way egypt is run. some credittics say the elections to lend legitimacy to last year's coup, they are calling for a boycott. >> i am not going to vote

today, basically, -- we know already that yep cassise will win. >> he says there will never be a strong opposition block, if people don't exercise their right to vote. >> democracy is a gradual process, and it is going to take us time, so it won't be a change overnight, or a year or two. it may take 20 years but we have to start have some point. if we keep boycotting because we don't like asisi it isn't going to happen, so i think we have to start from somewhere. >> results are expected at the beginning of june. al jazeera, london. >> more from europe later in the news hour, for the moment it's back to doha. >> thank you very much. now, there have been protests outside a court in sudan after it sentence add pregnant woman to death. for leaving islam.

she has been given until thursday to abandon her christian faith. the judge also sentenced to 100 lashes for marrying a christian, but the 27-year-old has told the court she has always been a christian, she has never been a muslim. >> the search for more than 200 kidnapped school girls goes on. the case has promised an international and condemnation of the growled behind it. baca ha ram which has claimed responsible has disgraced their religion. on what is being done to regulate radical preaching. >> that's how many muslim leaders describe the abduction of nearly 200 school girls by the radical group. the shock also permeated deeply among nigeria's muslim whose make up roughly half the

population. >> anyone who understands muslim, would never attempt this. government should make efforts to ensure that the correct religion is being taught and is being practiced. allowing some to spread the ideas unchecked. that's what happened with the founder who is killed by security forces in 2009. >> the supreme council for affairs based in a buddhist national mosque is the one's top islamic authority. it too is being criticized for not doing enough. >> the council of secretary general says the nongovernmental organization has been setting up schools and training programs across the country. but he says it is nearly advisory.

i believe a lot is being done. i belief that we train -- you must also know that nigeria supreme court council for islamic ngo, you do not have the power to enforce. >> the private school students are taught the caran and the teachers of islam's prophet. the curriculum comes from the national board of arabic studies. but that sort of close supervision is not common across the country, particularly in remote and underdeveloped villages in the north, areas where boko haram is most likely to recruit. the focus has some say has been on security solutions in what many believe to be primarily a

battle for the mind. al jazeera. >> in brazil, protestors have burned tires and blocks on the main highways. they are angry about world cup spending. gabriel has more. these are working families that have occupied land about five-kilometers away from the stadium, and they are marching here to bring attention to things such as affordable housing, health care, and better education. these are their key concerns and they say now is the time to bring attention to them. >> the president said last week when she was here, she actually met with a couple of leaders of this movement. the government is

watching this very closely. because they know that this has the potential to explode into a bigger protest, like what we saw last june that swept all over brazil. blocking the entrance to the stadium. just off in the distance, i don't know how well you can see it, is the actual world cup stadium. that's what they say is a symbol. it cost $700 million to build, and it is locate in the footprint of the former trade towers. among those attending were the families of 9/11 victims and first responders. >> i think all who come here will find it to be a

profound and moving experience. i want to express our deep gratitude to everybody who is involved in this great undertaking. for bringing us to this day. for giving us this sacred place or healing and of hope. >> but the museum is attracting some criticism. john explains. seven stories below ground zero, the impact, the smolders towering the rescuers, shock pain, and utter disbelief. there was never much doubt a memorial museum would be built, but any motion that it would be easy, was misguided. for 13 years three longer than plans, arguments have slowed down the progress of the national sent the 11th memorial and museum. many 9/11 families are angry that thousands of unidentified body parts

are being stored this far underground, in an area that flooded during super storm sandy. >> would we ever have picked a basement that could be flooded? >> former deputy captain who lost his firefighters on 9/11, spent months helping to clear the site of rubble and body parts. >> going to be a powerful museum, they don't need these productions of putting human remains in the museum. >> the museum director says housing the remains fulfill as promise made to a coalition of family members back in 2003. another concern is the six minute video called the rise of al quaida. >> said they had a problem with the film. >> didn't deal wit in a subtle and sophisticated way with the difference between al quaida and islam as a religious tradition. >> alice greenwald says

the experience of 9/11 is well documented throughout the museum, beyond the al quaida exhibit. >> we over and over again make it clear that this is not main stream islam we are talking about. ins a radicalized group of people with a murderous agenda who are being treated as criminals in this museum. >> $24 per ticket, six figure salaries for museum executives and trinkets on sale at inflated prices are all criticisms the museum's management faces. it's unlikely the critic wills be silenced any time soon, but despite it all, for now at least, the u.s. has a new focus for mourning those lost. on 9/11. >> john tear rett, al jazeera, new york. >> still to come on the program, japan alarms china with proposals to allow japanese troops to fight overseas. >> and workers around the world demand better wages.

plus, sport as the pile up for one of the most important races. is

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hello, again. welcome back. the top stories on the turkish president has been visited the site where 282 miners lost their lives. calling on the government to re-evaluate mining safety standards. there have also been protested outside a court in sudan, after a pregnant woman was season tensed to death, for leaving islam. the judge also sentenced her to 100 lashes for marying a christian. has accused authorities of trying to force feed him, while in solitary

confinement. he has been on hunger strike for 115 days in protests of being held without charge since his arrest. now, japan's prime minister -- to defend allies. the recommendation opened up a domestic debate about japan's pacifist constitution. it is also alarming.

adrian brown, al jazeera. live from washington, d.c., is harris, a politic specialist, on the program -- >> what do you think about this? giving the increasing aggressiveness of china and the threat of north korea? >> it is certainly not surprising. and certainly not surprising knowing who he is and what he believes. and i think if you look at it, the more mysterious thing is it has taken japan this long to get to this point.

and further more he is being quite patient and quite willing to compromise with opponents of this move. so in the scheme of things yes, it could mark a decisive turn in japan's post war security. and the marginal move, and also we still don't know what it is going to look like after he has negotiated with the ruling parties. this is decisive break for japan. he just -- the reinterpretation of the rules. >> it is a fairly sent rest -- sent rest center left party but supports

the current constitution, that is skeptical about japanese missions overseas that doesn't really of japan's military, and therefore he needs support. he can't control the upper house, he doesn't have an alternative to a coalition, so he has to find a way to accommodate them. and the other thing is that many ldb members about his own party need supporters to hold their seats in far limit, so they are also skeptical about moving too quickly with these changes. to not push too fast, he basically it can be happy with any change he gets any compromises he can secure within -- >> yeah. >> so there are i think the proproposal we have is seen in an ideal world proposal, but the final look might be very different.

>> it does seem as though they would be happy. >> it is right. the u.s. government for decades now has wanted to see japan embrace more alliance. for the moment it's not, of course the u.s. comes to japan's defense, but japan is not obligated to -- so when you look at it on paper, even the proposal produce bid the prime minister advisory council, there are pretty limited. they are identifying certain circumstances in which japan would some to the aid of the united states, or possibly other countries. this is not an open ended reinterpretation of the constitution, it is not abandoning antimilitarism by any means. ten again, it is amazing how limited this is, compared to how the region is changing. the region is changing

quite dramatic ways due to the rise, but japan is still not completely casting off the legacy.

european officials have warned moscow would face more sanctions if it entered the field as a diplomatic stand off continues there were signs of a possible agreement in a dispute between russia and ukraine. russia had warned it would cut gas supplies. ukraine -- but maintains

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training we are told that the ukrainian army doesn't supply any weapons join with marry own weapons will be allowed to use them. told us a different story. he says the group has been telling the government for months to set up self-defense units and is now receiving supplies. >> now they run and tell us we will give you weapons but we talked about it two months ago. there used to be fewer troops and they could have been expelled in one

week if they did what we asked this emto do. >> the sector training ground is on a former military base, and was given to them to use, officially though the government denies working with the group. >> the sector is not in the east, there are no people, nobody sent from kiev. we are not going to send them there to fight with local groups. >> riot sector leaders admit they are not an official part of the guard, but say talks are underway, the groups leader is also rejecting. you can see for yourself, judging by the actions first the press secretary is russian is from moscow, he holds the pass pots the head of the riot sector department is from kiev.

continue to stream in as both fight what they see is a war for independence. al jazeera. >> now russia has warned it won't extend corporation over the space station. but the united states be on 2020. moscow says it now plans to concentrate on it's own space project. >> as the crisis continues to harm relations between russia and the ice, there's a new battlefield. on wednesday, three astronauts one american, one russian, and one japanese, return to earth after over six months on the international space station. but now moscow says it won't keep it going beyond the current target of 2020. we have requests from the american colleagues until 2024. but russia's federal space agency and other colleagues are ready to offer new projects. aimed at furthering the russian space program

after 2020. >> the surprise announcement followed the u.s. friends to deny export licenses for some hi-tech items to russia. this monument honors everybody who has taken part over a number of decades. now the i.s.s. was supposed to be a project that ended the race with the west, the fact that russia is now threatening to close it down shows how angry it is about the sanctions. >> and lift off. >> russia's leverage is clear, since the space shuttle program ended russian spacecraft has been the only way to reach the i.s.s. this expert says why moscow's right it should also be focusing on it's own projects. >> now we have the means we should set new goals. that's what the government is saying. over the next year, they will decide which space projects to develop. >> so far, reaction from the state has been

cautious. the space agency says space scoop ration has been a hallmark of relations including during the height of the cold war, and mote most bly in the last 13 years of continual human presence onboard the space station. but moscow has also set to stop selling the u.s. russian made engines used to launch satellites. which does suggest the final frontier is fast becoming a new front line. al jazeera, moscow. >> that's all from europe for the moment, and now it is back to doha. >> julie, thank you very much. still to come here on the program, a look forward to find out whose farewell brought bass luna's star players out in force. just after the break.

>> welcome back. fast food workers demanding higher wages have gone on strike in at least 30 can'ts. these workers in london say fast food companies like mcdonalds make huge profits from paying them low wages. they want hundred 50 city wide protests dend maaing a pay increate $15 an hour. industry groups say pay hikes would hurt their ability to create jobs. general motors is recalling 3 million more vehicles bringing this year's total of recalled cars to 13 million. trucks, sedans and suvs all have fixes g.m. may have to make. 76,000 vehicles were sold outside north and central america.

most have tail lamps that may not be working properly. the larches are blamed for 13 crashes and two injuries. including malibus may have faulty brakes. california firefighters have been vacuuming 50,000 gallons of crude oil from the streets of los angeles. oil was flowing like a river in a one kilometer area. the cause of the spill was a 50-centimeter oil pipeline that burst. witnesses say the oil was up to their knees in some areas. california governor has declare add state of emergency as wild fires continue to burn. nine firefighters have charred nearly 4,000 around san diego. thousands of people have been forced from their homes and several structures have been destroyed. >> . >> let's get to sport now. >> thank you so much. now expected to be confirms as the new manager of english premier side manchester

united next week. currently preparing for a preworld cup final on sunday. the 62-year-old set of course to replace david moise who was fired after ten months in charge. former united defender thinks he will be a good fit. >> you seem very strong, and direct, and good understanding and note of what he wants to do, very certain about what he wants to do and doesn't really deviate from that. so manchester united you need to have strong values and opinions and the world to follow through. >> while perkedded in is looking to finish his career, carlos has called time on his career. the 35-year-old spent his entire career with the club. in the process he won six league titles, three champions league, and two spanish cups.

>> i feel blessed. for 19 years i have woken up and done what i like most. training and playing football. >> i have won many titles but what i value the most here is the human side i have found. i got here as a kid and i am leaving with a whole family, which i am very proud of. >> well, for the second day in a row rafael nadal has been pushed to three sets at the rome masters. in their third round match, he will now face andy murray, the wimbeldon champion celebrating his 27th birthday with a straight set victory. >> another early exit on the clay, the australian

champion losing to 36-year-old tommy hass in three sets. knocked out in just the second round last week. >> have to move well, actually, so nothing serious at all. maybe just need two days off that's it, but i wanted to try because you never know, and yeah, it was not easy to put all the energy and everything in the game, i try, i took the first sets even if tiffsn't playing my best, but yeah, the end was tough. malyia sarapova has lost her set enclave this year. a moment of good fortune in this third round. one of the shots hitting the net, before landing in the court. it is the first defeat in the clay other than

serena williams since back in may of 2011. australian open champion in the final eight as well, she beat australia 6-3, 6-1. now the international cricket council are investigating wide ranging claims of match fixing. they are being made by former place luke vincent. they have provided the units with information about matches and players involved. they have previously admitted to involvement with illegal book makers and has now cooperated in the hope of avoiding criminal prosecution. now the news comes on the day new reports underline the extent of global sports corruption, and betting fraud. this two year study by the international study for sports security, says sports betting is now $140 billion annual industry, and that 80% of gambling is being done illegally. asia and europe less than 85% of the total league and illegal market with football and correct the

most targeted sports. well, chris heat topp is one of the men behind the reports, saying banning betting is not an answer. >> sports betting is something that covered the entire globe. so if a country for religious reasons or for even philosophical reasons banned their citizens from gambling, the fact is they have probably still got access to gambling, they do have access to gambling through the networks of the wi-fi access, etc. so you still need to -- you need to regulate in which your citizens have access to it. and you need to be part of the global community that corrects this enormous amount of money that is available for criminal fraud. and it is the criminal phrase that funds the corruption of sport. we have to address the real issue here. we're at the wrong end of the problem. when you are prosecutorring players and officials for match

fixing you fail to realize, often that the real problem here is match -- is betting fraud at the other end. without betting fraud, there would be no money, really to fix matches criminal purposes. >> australia's michael matthews has won stage six of the euro detail yeah to retain the overall lead, but dominated by a crash within the peloton, heavy rain causing havoc with the road surfaces on the approach to what was the final climb of the day. caruso taking to the hospital after being knocked unconscious. the italian rider had already been struggling with a hand injury followed a crash on day two of the race. well, there's more on that and the rest of the sport, you can check that out aljazeera.com/sport. now get in touch with us on twitter and on facebook. okay, more for me later on. >> andy, that's great. see you a bit later, that's it for the news

hour, thank you for watching.

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