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president. he promises to bring stability and due to address the nation later. at least 12 people have been killed in two attacks in central iraq. five people died in rocket fire at a busy market in ramadi city: human rights groups and opposition activists say syrian women being held in government-run prisons are being raped and tortured. fear and shame has kept many of the victims from speaking out. >> for the first time since the columbian civil war began, farc rebels are acknowledging their party responsible for creating millions of war victims. the group and the columbian group have agreed do involve victims in historic peace talks. all one week from the presidential run-off vote. >> reporter: an announcement that will have a big impact on a tight presidential race in the form of an unprecedented agreement. >> what we are announcing today is the very historic step of

ensuring to put the victims at the septembcenter of this proce >> these are the people the farc, until now, refused to acknowledge. the victims and their families. now, they are invited to take part in peace talks and sit shoulder to shoulder with those who caused so much misery. >> the mount everest of peace. without that, no other rights are possible. . >> 220,000 people have been killed and almost 5 million displaced in more than half a century of fighting. but by recognizing the victims, the farc lends legitimacy to peace talks. and that provides a clear refute to his hard-line challenger, auscer evan zuluaga who led the first round vote in may and said

he wants to shut down peace talks. now, even if he wins the presidency, that decision may no longer be his to make. sara remy, al jazeera. >> cocaine has been seized off of the of a boat, 800 killos in a double lining of the hull. four crew members were arrested. the seizure was a joint operation between the u.s. and coast a rican antidrugs patrols. >> u.s. navy has rescued more than 280 my grants from a sinking ship in the mediterranean sea. search and rescue swimmers were deployed after six small boats were spotted. the rescued migrants have been taken to malta. thousands of people have been saved from the sea as they tried to reach europe in flimsy boats from north africa. the king of spain has been presiding over a parade of the armed forces for the last time before he abdicates.

king juan carlos was accompanied by his wife and the future king, crown principle philippe. the prayed followed more marches as republicans again demanded a refer endum on the future of the monarchy. the story. >> reporter: they are calling for change. a word you hear a lot on the streets of spain these days. this is a movement born out of frustration with a political system, corruption, and unemployment. spain's royal family, once so popular, is viewed by some as part of the problem. >> we don't want -- we can't decide what we want to be. we don't want the king. the be son's he son was not

involved. the monarchy is trying to change. it's promised only top royals will have access to special privileges. those supporting the monarchy have held their own smaller rallies. they say a president can't unite spain like a king. >> for the socialists, for the populists, you know, he has spoken to governs, presidents from all over the world. no matter their ideology. the president of the republic might have issues. >> the royal family is also an international brand. it promotes trade and attracts tourists from the spanish-speaking world. >> we are a colony of spain. so for us, the history of us is close with spain. >> the mood in spain has changed

some under under momentous movements calling for referendum did well in the realtime elections. >> many expect their popularity to grow as spain prepares for elections next year. for now, these alternative movements have no real pour in parliament and the senate where a succession law is expected to pass easily. in a few weeks, this man, prince phillipai will be crowned king. al jazeera, madrid. >> some of the relatives of the passengers on board of missing malaysian airlines jet plan to offer a reward. it's been three months since the boeing 777 carrying crew and passengers vanished. a campaign to raise $5 million for the reward says someone somewhere must know something. >> we have been cut off so many times at the get a that we now

are having to things outside the box and trying to do something to find this plain. >> security in thailand's capitol, bangkok is being stepped up outside ati shopping center. it is seen as a flash point. a group of women inside the paul gave a three-fingered absolute, a single of defiance of the coup. thousands are guarding the city's streets. sands bags are in big demand trying to hold back rising rivers. 60,000 families lose their homes every year because of flooding. satar on the scald silent disasthe appeared a simple solution to tackle it. >> four years ago he was a relatively after flew event man. he owned his home and today, he barely gets by.

>> there were thousands of us in my old village, hindus, muslims, different types of people but the river took away our land and we had to leave. we ended up going to different places and our community was gone. >> he says his new home is safe for now but thinks he will have to move again next year. >> about 700 rivers run through bangladesh, a country about the size of the state of new york but has more than 150 million people. >> means that even small changes to ri systems affect millions. >> the river has been growing wider and wider every year. a group of engineers believe they have hit on a simple solution that could finally, bring the river under control. they are lining the shores with sand bags a method that's cheaper than the important concrete slabs being used

before. there is no more river erosion taking place and we hope once the work is done there will not be any more erosion. >> bangladesh doesn't have many resources but sand and cheap labor are two things it has plenty of. >> gives the engineers hope that river erosion will become a problem of the past. maher saism fur, bang ladesbang. >> pictures can often be more powerful than words when it comes to environ memings con serbvation. they have known to inspire people to act. andy gallagher reports now on one influential landscape photographers of the everglades in everglades national park in the u.s. state of florida. >> this gives me a lot of light. >> clyde butcher is one of north america's most celebrated landscape photographers and his work has been credited with raising awareness of the florida everglades. >> put the slack edge. >> but it wasn't always that

way. when he first moved out here in the '80s, conservation wasn't a priority. over the decades, clyde's stunning black and white images of the scald river of grass have helped change that. >> photography has always been a dramatic force in change. it makes me feel good i am educating people that -- of the aware necessary of florida and that maybe this will help protect it. >> he has become more than a photographer t guided walks to make of these an ambassador. >> when i we want to see his photographs, i found clyde butcher. >> a lot of people can't come out on the swamp walk. he brings that right to the regular guy. >> he's brought a lot of people down here and once they get here, like myself, they love the place. >> clyde butcher's unique way of processing pictures has made him

one of the most sought afternate photographers in the u.s. >> his work is more than just a commercial success. over the years, his photographs have offered a glimpse into a threatened world many will never see firsthand. >> makes his collection a force for conservation. >> in florida's everglades, it needs all the help it can get. it's the u.s.'s third largest national park and often described as the most threatened, draped, polluted and developed. clyde hopes his work will pres erb it? >> 100 years from now when people look at my photographs and they say, hum, that's commonplace? i don't see what's so special. it's still here. >> that's what i would like to hear. >> andy gallacher, al jazeera, florida. sports news is straight ahead and we will bring you the latest from the stanley cup finals. it's the kings and rangers in game 2.

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>> techknow every saturday go where science meets humanity. this is some of the best driving i've ever done, even though i can't see. techknow. we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. ♪ let's go to sports. thank you very much, laura. the world's top two tennis players are facing each other at the final of the french hoopen. this is the first straight year. raval natal is looking for a title against jokovich. he will need to beat the serb in the latest of the first set, 3-all. celebrating her second french open women's title, the russian

overcame 22-year-old after three tough sets. it was the longest women's final in paris since 1996. sharapova's 5th grand slam. >> it's such an emotional victory for me in my career. i have been in many grand slam finals. and everyone feels very difficult. and i feel like as i get older, i appreciate those situations so much more you know, when it's over, after it being such an emotional match, it's just everything kind of let's go and you just realize that you won another grand slam. >> with wimbledon two weeks ago, al former coach helps moismo to fill the croup. mori split with in march. he is currently france's third cup captain.

she won in 2005 and is a former world number 1. >> son, has become the first world cup sponsor to demand an investigation into the allegations of bribery. fifa is conducting an internal investigation into the bidding process surrounding the 2018 and the 2022 world cup. investigator michael garcia is expected to complete his probe by june 9th with the findings of his report revealed six weeks later. british newspaper, the sunday times, has published alleged evidence that former asian ball boss, mohammed you bin hamam was involved in corrupt deals to secure it for qatar. organizers have denied any wrongdoing. >> friday's world cup kickoff in brazil could be disrupted by a metro worker's strike. millions of commuters have already been left stranded in

sao paolo. union leaders say more strikes are planned if they don't get the pay right. from brazil's biggest city, gabrielle elozondo reports locked out of metro stations closed for business as some metro workers remain on strike. no trains running on the tracks leaving people like carmel delegateo without a way to get to her job downtown. >> this is very bad, very bad. it's an injustice for all of us who use the metro to get to work. >> ms. delegateo gato is? >> i have to try to get to work, trying to get to another station. it's difficult. it's just chaos. >>. >> about 4 million people in the city use the met though every day. so, it's very difficult. >> the vike is going into its fourth day. it's been ugly at times when police briefly used tear gas to

disperse striking workers who were trying to prevent authorities from opening a station. transport in brazil's larmingest city with a metro region of nearly 19 million people has been crippled with hundreds of kill meters of traffic back-ups and packed buses, the only way for some people to get around. the workers want a 12% pay raise but the state is only offering 8%. and the city is just days away from hosting the opening of the fifa world cup. >> this is the world cup stadium here in the city of sao paolo, about 15 to 20 kilometers outside the city center, which means that the vast mapt of the more than 61,000 ball fans expected to watch world cup matches here are going to arrive via metro or train. the station is actually right across the street, which means that this metro worker's strike is still going on neck he week, it would mean absolute chaos for the fans trying to arrive here. >> it appears unlikely it will get to that point as both sides will sit down with the mediator

on sunday to try to hash out a compromise to end the strike. but with every day, it's not resolved, it's a day closer to the ball spectacular turning in to a transport nightmare. gabe relezando, sao paolo. >> spain as heads to brazil with their preparations going very well. they beat el salvador 2-nil in a friendly match in the united states. the striker, david via scored both goals in the second half. the spaniards played the netherlands in their opening game on friday in a repeat of the 2010 world cup final. >> belgium's final warm-up match was halted by extreme weather after a hailstorm hit brussels. the bellians scored the only goal when they returned. they are the favorites in group h alongside russia, algeria and south korea. >> england's final run out against hon dueras was suspended

for 55 minutes in miami due to thunderstorms. one of the players returned -- when the players returned, neither side could produce a goal as it finished nil-nil. argentina's ball team made the political stance before their final world cup practice match. the players posed with a banner translating to the falk land islands are ours referring to the nation's long running political dispute with britain. on the field, the arrange en tin i can'ts recorded a 2-nil victory over slovania, grouped with bosnia, iran and nigeria. football in argentina is a passion, especially when the world cup is being played. it's common knowledge traditionally the game has been played exclusively by men. now, women are out to challenge gender stereotypes. danielle swilamyer reports. >> reporter: the biggest shanty town in buenos aires, a

ramshackled area where life is a daily struggle 22-year-old rocas expresses her frustrations on the ball pitch. >> it reflects survival, the struggle, the situation each one of us faces compared to the drugs, the stealing, the fights between us and the crime. >> she is part of a woman's team trying to change perceptions in a country where ball is still widely considered to be a man's game. they call us tom boys. they say that's a sport for men. why don't you wash the dishes? that kind of thing. not now. now, it's not like that. now, they will ask us where we are playing and what position. >> few things in the shanty town come easily. these women have been fighting and continue to fight for a few hours each week on this little patch of green space.

but they are winning a battle against adversity, which is slowly being recognized. at the center of the struggle is the trainer, monica santino. >> translator: football pitches have always been men's territory. so from a woman's point of view what we fought for and won is the right to play. when you talk to young women, teenagers in their social situation, they play the role of adults from an early age so there is little les you're time, time for playing. >> it. >> film maker ginger jenteel was so taken by the story that she made a documentary about them. girls with balls. >> we have been on a live radio show and television shows talking, debating about these issues and the girls, themselves have been going to the media. hopefully to step forward for women to play soccer and see the shanty towns in a different way.

>> the film had an exclusive showing here for the start of the show. mon the audience was the next generation of young female ballers, younger sisters staking their place in the argentine ball landscape. bu >> formula one, start from full position, the canadian grand prix, a championship by four points as he looks for his third within of the season. just ahead of teammate lewis hamilton. >> the la kings have beaten the new york rangers to take a 2-nothing lead in ice hockey stanley cup finals. down 4-2 in the third period, the kings scored twice to send the game to overtime. it means they couldn't be separated in the first period of overtime. it we want on to the second where la would feel it 5-4.

a piece of history was up for grabs in the united states on saturday. california chrome had a chance to claim a rare triple crown which involves winning the kentucky derby preakness stakes and the belmont stakes. the feat hadn't been achieved but he was unstaged. he finished in a tie for fourth. >> that's spovrt for now. hand you back to laura. >> thanks very much. now, memorial service has been held in the united states to celebrate the life of the poet and civil rights act visit maya angelou. she died last month at the age of 86. robert ray has this report. >> reporter: if actually spirit, then you know she is here. didn't i tell you i wouldn't hold you down? ♪. >> an emotional and private

celebration of the life of maya angelou in winston say let me, north carolina attended by hundreds. >> the loss i feel, i cannot describe. ♪ she was my spiritual queen mother. and everything that that word imp implies. >> angelou passed away at the age of 86 on may 28th. known for her command of words, a poet, novelist, dancer, actor, teacher, civil rights act visit and inspiration to millions across the globe. the memorial service was a trip through her influential and diverse life. first lady michelle obama gave the euology. >> they carried a little black girl from the south side of chicago all the way to the white house, words so powerful. >> born into poverty and segregation, her life included writing poetry by age 9, giving birth as a single mother bye-bye 17 and becoming san francisco's 1 black female streetcar

conductor. she worked with malcolm x, martin luther king, jr., and nelson mandela. >> she had the voice of god. he decided he wanted it back for a while. >> president clinton requested that she compose a poem to read at his first inauguration in 1993, now considered one of the most famous of all times. >> she called our attention to the fact that the things that really matter, dignity, work, love and kindness are things we can all share and don't cost anything. >> in perhaps her most famous book published in 1970, "i know why the caged bird sings," angelou publically detailed the hardships of her childhood. >> for the first time, reading a story about someone who was like me, i was that girl who loved to read. i was that girl who was raised by my southern grandmother. >> the pioneering work helped

give black women writers a litary voice and became required reading in american classrooms. >> she was the original. she was the master. for at a time when there were such stifling constraints on how black women could exist in the world, she certain rene lee disregarded all of the rules. >> angelou served on two presidential committees, was awarded the presidential medal of arts in 2000, the lincoln medal in 2008 and 2011, the presidential award of freedom was awarded by barack obama whose sister is named after her. ♪ a life celebrated with joy by family and friends, an american icon, is put to final rest. a legacy that will live on for e eterni eternity. robert ray, al jazeera. >> well, do stay with us if you can onnays.

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