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doing nothing after an attack on their embassy. and the run-off election in afghanistan. good to have you with us. we begin with the turmoil in iraq. the iraqi military is holding back the advance of sunni rebels, the pentagon sent an aircraft carrier to the golf, where it will await orders for military intervention. several cities are under rebel control. the groups set their sights on baghdad. rebel fighters got within 50 miles of the city. imran khan is on the ground in baghdad. >> reporter: in the last 24 hours nouri al-maliki was on the offensive. he was in somarrka, a holy site for shia muslims and delivered a

message for all iraqis. >> i seriously and firmly say by the name of god. if our heads were turned into bodies, or the bodies, we will not stop fighting them. i will not have them deluded. >> reporter: the prime minister declared that cabinet granted him limited powers to deal with the sunni rebellion. a deal some consider unconstitutional. allies are showing public support. the iranian president says rain is willing to help if ask. >> translation: if the iraqi government seeks assistance, rely review it. there has been no request for help. we are ready to provide them with help of international law. >> reporter: not all are in support of prime minister nouri al-maliki's policies. the influential sunnis, the association of muslim scholars released a statement. they say that the sunni rebels

have the right to march on baghdad and seek regime change. they say that they must respect, the sunni rebels, the holy shrines and not attack them. in dearticlea, sunni rebels captured the town. they mounted the offensive from here. iraq's air force launched air strikes. this time where it hit rebel convoys and hideouts. the army said it killed hundreds of fighters. however, there's no way to independently verify the claims. the u.s. s "george h.w. bush" is headed to the gulf and is there in case military options are required in iraq. president obama insisted that he would not put u.s. troops on the ground. secretary of state john kerry spoke with iraq's frerns by

phone. kerry says the u.s. is reaching out to the community and neighbours to emphasise the threat that iraq in the region is under. for more than the rehabilitation from the white house we turn to randall pinkston in washington. >> president obama says he wants to stop the momentum of the islamic state of iraq and levant. the i.s.i.l. in a few weeks the i.s.i.l. manage to overrun a huge session of iraq, including mosul, the second largest city and parts of ramadi. it was a stunning defeat since i.s.i.l. fighters are supposedly more than 10,000, worth more than 50,000 soldiers in the region, who abandoned their post and left the equipment for the enemy to take. >> we want the iraqi forces to retake the territory. one of the scenes, one of things

potential action should do is bolsters actions of the iraqis, bolster the space to bring the army together and take the political steps necessary to build the climate. that's important as well. >> iraqi officials say that they are taking back territory, it's unclear how many progress they have made or can make without assistance from the u.s. we know now that the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier and two naval vessels in to the region. the deployment of the u.s. s "george herbert walker waubush" and the two naval vessels is a symbolic news, giving enhanced options should the president decide to order a military strike. the u.s. s "george h.w. bush" has a crew of 6 thoz, it can

launch -- 6,000. it can launch jets for missions over iraq. the other two are the guided missile cruiser the military sea and the "truxton", capable of launching missiles on land. in association to the 6,000 u.s. military troops in the middle east, it will add options for possible military action. at this point no military action has been avoided. the aircraft carrier and two vessels are there to protect american lives and interest in iraq more on the crisis in iraq in a few minutes when we take a deeper look. an israeli journalist joins us and security expert jim walsh. that comes up at 11:15 for "a

deeper look." russia condemns violence outside their embassy. ukranian activists stormed the embassy in response to the shooting down of a plane. 49 service members were killed. the russian foreign ministry demand security for its diplomats, calling the lack of application a crave vial agency of international obligations. before the air strikes the ukranian government confirmed 270 deaths in the eastern prove jeps, 22 r -- province, 225 dayed in donetsk. two children were killed in attacks. al jazeera visited a hospital 2.5 hours from donetsk. doctors have been struggling to treat casualties. we have that story. >> we are on the frood the city of donetsk to the front line,

through a maize of checkpoints. the army closes in, anxieties are closing. in the town here people lie against a backdrop of war. we are shown the areas functioning hospital where civilians and separatist soldiers injured in fighting are being treated. >> attacked by the shells, i was hit by the debris, my friend was injured. >> this man has a large piece of shrapnel embedded in his lower back. dr alexander hopes to remove it. the risky procedure could leave the man paralyzed. even here, in the midst of violence, his new life. mark was born before we arrived. his parents drove 10km from slovyansk, a town under bombardment. >> we hope that the army will

stop the fighting and we can go back to slovyansk, and everything will be quiet. we are afraid to go back with a child while the killing conditions. >> whilst filming outside the hospital, a car races towards us, carrying separatist fighters. one of the men boards our van and makes us drive to a base closer to the fighting. we are held under armed guard and forced to wait. we have come to the edge of the town to a separatist checkpoint where we were held for an hour. you can probably here in the background sound of artillery firing from one direction into a town close to the center of slovyansk. locals are leaving rapidly, saying it's no longer safe to be here. back in the city of donetsk, the red cross has been gathering supplies to help hospitals

struggling to cope. the ukranian president is promising a humanitarian corridor. until this promise is a reality, the innocent pay the price of war. tens of thousands of cambodian migrants are fleeing thailand following a crackdown on illegal workers. the international organization for migration. around 70,000 have returned home. they were planning to target those employ illegal immigrants. it is 8am sunday morning in pakistan. tribal strongholds are cleaning up after air strikes. pakistani officials say military targeted areas where members of the taliban and al qaeda hide out near north waziristan. we are joined from peshawar with more.

yes, a few days ago the u.s. drones were active breaking a 6-month lull in the attacks, and tonight, last night, sorry, we were told that the military aircraft were active, striking positions in north waziristan. they were striking u.s. beck -- uz beck fighters on the ground who took responsibility for the attack after karachi. the military took control of the islamabad. the government was getting ready for reprisals. we are waiting for confirmation from the military that a number of fighters have been killed on the ground, according to some reports. over 100 people may have been killed in the fresh strikes. >> camel hyder joining us. thank you. we'll look at the crisis in iraq coming up. the president makes it clear no

combat troops on the ground. it doesn't mean the u.s. will not be involved. the afghanistan people have spoken. one of these men you are about to see will be the next president. coming up, how each could affect u.s. relations with kabul. both the games in the temperature heats up in the world cup at brazil.

welcome back. time to take a deeper look at the situation in iraq. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant seized control of huge parts of northern iraq. this map shows the areas that we now control. we begin an indepth look with this report from courtney keeley. >> reporter: fighters from i.s.i.l., islamic state of iraq and levant, seized military equipment and hundreds of millions in cash when they took mosul, iraq's second-largest

city. their lights are set on baghdad. >> this is not a surprise. >> steve cook says the group's roots lie among syrian foreigners that came to syria to fight bashar al-assad's regime. those fighters turned their sites on a she item led government in iraq. i.s.i.l. movement into the anbar province last winter. >> they have been building for some time, they are getting to the point where they are ripping the country apart. >> at friday prayers in kabula, a service, at ayatollah issued a statement ording every iraqi man to fight back. government forces collapsed when government forces attacked

i.s.i.l. as the fight moves to baghdad, the iraqi army will count on support from shia militias and iran's revolutionary guards. >> what the iraqis do not have is a semblance of fair power. no attack helicopters, no jet fighters or nothing like that to support them. >> president obama ruled out sending u.s. troops back into combat, as the pentagon continued to way option, the aircraft carrier, u.s. s "george h.w. bush", one of the beggest in the world, with a crew of 6,000 has been moved into the gulf. >> clearly the white house ignored iraq. doesn't want to deal with it, wants to pretend it does not exist, doesn't want to engage with it. it's not been something the administration wanted to deal

with. fears that the country may fracture have haunted policy makers, but more than two years after the last american combat troops came home, the u.s. has few options. but the country plunge into still car for the second time in a decade. >> we discussed the situation in iraq with jim walsh, a research associate, and a former baghdad bureau chief. i asked how powerful the insurgents are in iraq. >> they have taken advantage of the resentment of sunnis against mali maliki's government. they are getting stronger than when they first moved in. i think if the retaliation or action against them is going to take longer.

they will gain more and more ground. >> how does syria factor innual this. it factors in insofar as what you have is a mobile group of extremists going from one conflict to a second and a third. whatever is promising. we have seen them move into iraq. i'm a little more cautious about the prospects of this. they have expanded quickly but have not face the resistance until today. a lot that shed uniforms and joined the other side were sunnis. this is a joint state, and with the ayatollah calling for mass assistance, it's unlikely they'll achieve their objective. what is that? to destroy the shia shrine. people will fight hard to keep that from happening. they enjoyed successes, got a

bunch of money and arms as they expanded. as they expand, it's more territory to cover. i do not expect them to be victorious. i have to say, are they going to be pushed back? yes. this happening both ill for the future. >> what does this mean for baghdad as they gain ground. >> i don't think they'll get to baghdad. it's too much for them. they got the momentum in the first few days. they had mosul. it was a huge victory and moved to parts of kirkuk. so far they haven't been able to go to where the shrines are. i don't think they are spreading thin or reach baghdad. it's a different story. from all aspects, baghdad has a shia majority there. it will be a huge fight.

>> we say no to american troops. what do you make of the carrier being repositioned. >> it makes good sense. if gives options. some time a carrier is symbolic. it's not going to turn the tide or really change the fundamentals on the ground. it gives the president options. i think the fact that there are americans in iraq that we should protect. it helps with that. but i think it's not going to make a big difference at the end of the day. having resources, shifting assets closer gives the president more options should this thing go bad quickly. >> what do you make of the possibility that iran may get involved? >> i don't think iran will get involved with boots on the ground. they are not going to get in. it's sectarian enough by now. if iran gets involved, it will be totally different scene

there, and it will get more complicated. iran, maybe, will send aid to iraq, and advisors. get some sort of aid to the government. i don't think they'll send troops right now. iran is interested in having a stable iraq, yes. iran is interested in stopping the extremists. >> what do they want to see the u.s. do? >> i think the president was clear when he said "we are ready to cooperate with the us." that's a rare moment where you have an intersection of interests in iraq. if they - the americans died to go with air strikes, the iran yeas will help -- iranis will help the government on the ground. will this affect political change in iraq? >> i think so. yes. if the americans decide to go

with air strikes, and help iraqi troops to regain the cities. that would help a lot in the short term, and forming an iraqi government without maliki, i think he will take the blame and americans will gain more leverage in iraq. that will help moderate sunnis and shi'as to get together. the presence of americans has been good as moderators, when they were in iraq, involved at the time of george bush. now america is away. they don't have a lot of influence, and i think going back with more influence, you know, by playing an active role in the crisis will help a lo.. >> a deeper look, political change - how do you see it playing out? >> i don't think it looks good.

i hope ali is right. it seems the odds are against that. these are home-grown problems that the u.s. has lit the leverage over. you know, iraq has to get its house in order. they can't get a quorum. the government is under crisis and they can't get a quorum to act in the face of extremists marching towards them. unless the - i agree. having maliki move on would be great. who will replace him. as someone who's a political scientist, a lot comes down to politics, can iraq get its governance in order and create a society where it's not just sunni versus shia, they are yet to demonstrate. i hope they can, as of today you have to be a sceptic. >> quickly i'll let you have the last word. >> i agree, it's a home grown problem. you cannot solve it without

breaking the current equation. we have a situation now where you have people in their positions, they have been there for years, and have caused what is happening now. saying that the u.s. has no leverage at all. i think it does. they have an opportunity to get in and get results. this will help the u.s. to get back with more influence in the country. maliki is not going to go away without pressure, and no one can pressure him with the sectarian issues going on without someone stepping in, trying to change the currency and the political scope, and who is going to replace them. we have a lot of canons. he was no one when he was chosen eight years ago. he was an empty - he was a

replacement for the former prime minister. we have a lot of candidates, people that can work actively and reach out to sunnis. people - you have a lot of options. the issue is to change the basics that we think are unchangeable. now we cap. it takes a different approach. the hours and days ahead are difficult. former baghdad bureau chief for the "new york times", and jim walsh research at mit. the aircraft carrier repositioned will be accompanied by a guided missile and a destroyer. in china, countries have been squaring off over drilling rites in the south china sea. tensions escalated when china

moved an i'll rig into the parasol islands. tensions have increased. the flotilla gathered. the order was given, we were advancing across the sea. just visible on the horizon the rig at the center of the dispute between us and it, a formidable chinese fleet. >> the crew gets within 15km before the chinese vessels intercept them. they used water canon and rammed them to stop them getting to the rig. as we are intercepted the prerecorded tapp oi announcement starts telling the chinese they are not welcome here, in three different languages. we are pursued by a chinese coast guard boat. when a second joins, it's time to depart. the crew fearing they could be cut off and rammed. >> if we don't outrun them, we

ram us. our policy is peaceful action. if they are hostile, we have to withdraw. back to a safe distance, the chase is over for another day. >> we will continue to do this as ordered. our goal is for a peaceful solution, and for the chinese to take back the rig. >> reporter: they go back to waiting for its next order, for the next encounter. coming up next on al jazeera america - the afghanistan presidential elections is over. one of the men could change the status of u.s. relations with kabul. plus... >> for a while there i started thinking that god hates me u.s. soldiers on the front line. what happens when the fighting is over. tourists who swim with sharks. who is at risk most, sharks or who is at risk most, sharks or people in a surprising

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welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following. the pentagon sent an aircraft carrier and two warships to the gulf. it's a precautionary move. the iraqi military is fighting against sunni rebels advancing to baghdad. several cities are under rebel control. israeli authorities made several roasts. teens were last heard from on thursday. one of the young terse is american. israeli authorities believed they'd be kidnapped by palestine fighters. in protests outside the russian embassy, ukranian activists throwing bricks and stones - a response to the shooting of a plane by russian separatists. the ukranian president vowed a tough response to the 49 soldiers killed. >> polls are closed in

afghanistan's presidential run off election. the day was not without violence. 7 million voters putting their lives on the line to cast ballots. dozens were killed, others had their fingers cut off for voting. there were more than 150 attacks across afghanistan. we have this report. >> reporter: voters began queueing at voting stations like this. after registering they could choose between two men, ashraf ghani or abdullah abdullah. the presidential run off is about more than choosing the next leader. >> as an afghan i could see that this is the ladies and gentlemen mate -- legitimate leader, and we hope, and all afghans, hope that we have a better democracy. >> before the polls opened the

attacks begone. rockets were fired at kabul, and fighting broke out in a number of provinces, dozens were killed, 100 injured. election officials recorded 150 attacks across the country. more than 160,000 military and paramilitary forces were deployed to keep voters safe, and according to the interior minister managed to deflect most of the violence. in order to have democracy, we must sacrifice. we, as a country must choose a president who will serve and solve our problems. >> international observers say voter turn out was lower than expected. the independent commission announced more than 7 billion votes were cast in the ballot. more than in the record-breaking

first round, raising concerns about fraud. >> more than 200 complaints have been registered with election officials, and more are expected. if the allegations of electoral fraud are as widespread as some believe, it could plunge afghanistan into a major political crisis. a fellow with the new american foundation and an author of "no good man among the living", and weighed in about what the election had to offer. >> they had a lot on their plate. they are taking over a country, a country in which warlords controlled most of the site. >> president obama said he'll withdraw all troops by the end of the 2016. what does this mean for the new president. as long as funding is coming in, the afghan army will fight,

regardless of how many troops are on the ground. they need money to keep it fighting. that stays at a level as long ag it continues. we are not going to see the taliban march in and take over. >> can a shift bring a change in the military situation. >> the power is in the country with the warlords are. whoever is sitting in the presidential palace doesn't have much power. >> whoever wins the elections will have better relations than hamid karzai. a new documentary takes a look at the daily lives of american soldiers serving at a deadly outpost in afghanistan. sebastian and tim filmed from 2006 to 2008. in this report they reveal what life can be like after battle. >> all right, we are getting engaged again. >> reporter: in afghanistan's deadliest valley, fighting the

taliban was the start of a conflict for brendan o-byrne. >> for a while i started thinking that god hates me because i did send, you know... >> brendan spent 14 months in afghanistan. with 40 men from the second platoon, he descended base camp, named for the medics, and close friend. seen here before he was killed in action. brendan left afghanistan and the army in 2008. he was 25 then and lucky. over five years in the valley, 50 soldiers died. >> there was one time i thought in my entire time in afghanistan, what are we doing. there's young boys on the side of the hill trying to kill me, what are we doing here. that's a dangerous thought to have. because you start thinking like

that and you start to humanize the enemy and you have hesitation that maybe this is pointless. moral dilemmas and thoughts come after. brendan thought about the dilemma and drank. he moved in with his dad, but felt alone and lost. >> i led men in combat six months before, and i couldn't get a job at wal-mart, cleaning floors in the middle of the night. >> slowly he dealt with his memories of war. >> you have to sort of be excited about it. or you'd freeze up and die and get killed. because that moment of he's dags could get you or your friends killed. >> what do you think about afghanistan as a country you left behind.

i want to answer this truthfully, as i answered everything. i don't tare about afghanistan -- care about afghanistan. i hope they do well. i'm more concerned about my country. we are falling apart. civilian society needs a change. it's not the same as coming home. they have the deep connections of what humanity is about, deep human bonds of powerful things. we are a country of eyes, and combat taught me that the best feelings you can feel is in a group of we. it's a big weekend for columbia. they go to the polls on sunday to pick a president. the run off between juan manuel santos and his opponent will have an impact on the country's future stability. we have this report from bogata. >> reporter: these brothers are

preparing for the first harvest in 12 years. they lost the farms when f.a.r.c. rebels forced them to give up their sons to the fighters. >> they told me give up your son or you die. >> they fled in 2001, and their families have been displaced. three months ago the government gave them 10 heck tallers as aest -- hectares as part of the programme for war veterans. >> translation: if there's peace for everyone, there's peace in the country. if this doesn't work out. we'll have to flee the violence again. >> reporter: before juan manuel santos took office the president retook much of the territory under f.a.r.c. control. among the 5 million victims of the armed conflict there was

disagreement on how peace thu be achieved. they are getting treatment for shrapnel four years ago. she'd vote. if juan manuel santos is re-elected it would be terrible, awful. he didn't do anything for the armed forces. what can the military expect. >> this debate over war and peace is critical to the election. juan manuel santos found columbians that a vote for war is a vote for them. he would continue peace negotiations only if f.a.r.c. rebels would stop rebels. a lot don't agree with the way the government is handling peace talks. they are fed up and expect whoever wins on sunday will bring peace to the country. columbians did not give rep else

a blank check. columbians want peace. with that negotiation, concessions over crimes. the world's oldest conflict left generations marked by suffering. victims are on opposite sides of the debate. they, like millions of columbians want an end to the war. >> next - a rare presidential visit to a native american reservation, a look at unkept promises by the white house, plus this. >> i'm in the city of manaus for a world cup match held in the amazon. the players will not only have to compete against each other, but the hot and muggy temperatures as well.

day three of world cup action in brazil is just about over. fans saw four entertaining matches. columbia kicked things off with a dazzling delay of skills. ball handling and skills were no match for the european side. then it was costa rica's turn, feeding uruguay with a victory. coming from behind. in the most anticipated match of the day italy defeated england by 2-1. a stunning header put italy on top. in tonight - ivory coast came from behind to beat japan.

the game turned when dyedier/drogba koim on as a -- didier drogba came on as a substitution. >> players in manaus battled the heat. our correspondent spent time with a local team. >> reporter: another training day for the nation article possible club, a local team -- nagsale, one of the teams where temperatures huddle. >> translation: it's difficult. we train in the heat. we know when opposing out of town players are suffering from the temperatures. they start fast. after 30 minutes players can't take it. they say in manaus, the heat jumps on your back.

the players were born. they tell me over time to punishing heat and humidity. ate teams play here in the group stage games at the world cup. the consequences of the heat on the body of athletes was the subject of research as doctors and players swallowed tiny transmitters with measuring devices. the findings found body heat reached over 40 degrees celsius. scary was how the results were described. >> there are athletes that have more vulnerability and suffer nausea, vomiting and dizziness. the neurological damage was what could happen. players wondered how foreign footballers unaccustomed to the eat would

cope. >> the climate is different. i don't know how it will affect them. they'll have to deal with it. in this city. the only thing that will prove stiffer competitions is the thick muggy heat hanging over them. >> rebecca stevenson joins us with a look at the weather. it's bad enough you have the heat, but humidity on top of it. >> i wouldn't play soccer in the middle of an amma zonian rainforest. that's just me. bigones. yes, it's so humid. it's hard to cool off. that's the problem we have, where we have the soccer games played. if we look closely at due point, the moisture in the air, air textures can be cooler. if the dew point is high it could be warm, never cooler. dew point here. 70 degrees in the rain forest. it feels like 80.

let's compare it to the u.s. let's go to the humid spot. in miami, we have temperature, dew points that are as high as 73 degrees. right now you are looking at some lightening video that hit a tree in florida and split is in half. we had a gentleman killed, 71, last friday. florida - it is called the lightening capital of the united states. so we can expect a lot of thunder storms rolling through here. we get thunder storms probably at least 100 days, active area. what it feels like when you have dew points close to 70 or higher as now. it feels like it's 89 degrees. key west - it feels like it's 92. there's so much moisture in the air. it

it's not raining, it was earlier. there was storm damage and lightening strikes across the southern portion. where we had tornados. we had them around kearney country. it wasn't just the tornados that people were looking at and chasing, but the hail and the wind as well. some of the hail reports, up to two inches in diameter, huge for the midwest. wind gusts up to 40 to 60 miles per hour. someone said they clocked one up to 80 miles per hour. >> that's something to deal with. thank you. >> president obama addressed the issue of climate change in a commencement address. speaking at the university. the president blasted the republicans for rejecting science. he urged the graduating class to take on global warming as a cause. >> today's congress is full of

folks who stubbornly reject evidence about climate change. they'll tell us it's a hoax or a fad. one member of congress said the world is cooling. he has to remind everyone that relates you at every level of government that doing something about climate change is a prerequisite for the bloke. >> it comes after a plan to limit carbon emissions. president obama was the fourth president in u.s. history to visit an indian reserve various, visiting standing rocks seoux. they want their land restored. patty culhane has the story. >> would you like candy? >> this 13-year-old is used to being turned down as he tries to sell candy to raise money. he is not the only one acting.

this is the pine ridge reserve vasion in south dakota, the poorest place in the united states. in is the home of the dakota sioux indians, and half the people are below the poverty line. these are people with more than a billion dollars in the bank, money they refuse to take. >> it's difficult. our people understand that. that's one of the things. we know it's hard, it will be hard. life will be tough. we'll stick with the values, and what we believe in. >> reporter: they say this is the real home, the black himself. the u.s. supreme court agreed, two decades ago saying in 1877 the government sold the sacred land -- stole the sacred land. ordering them to pay

$100 million. the seoux say to take it would give up the claim to the land. they haven't touched it. >> it's where our ancestors went to pray. it's sacred to them. to this day it is. they want the land back. >> that seemed possible in 2008, when then candidate president obama promised to negotiate with the sioux, when they promise to give back the lapped. repeat requests have been met with silence from the white house. administration officials will not say what, if anything, they have done on the issue. >> he should help us get our land back. >> ellen no longer believes the land will be returned in her lifetime, but hopes it may be in her sons. >> our ancestors fought for it, and we will fight for it until we get it back.

>> a fight-140 years, a small gymer of hope fayeding. they'll tell you this is nothing new, they are people used to disappointment. challenging the face of movies in south-east asia. [ ♪ music ] how a director from bangladesh hopes to boost the film industry in his home country. tourists who swim with sharks, who scientists say are really at risk.

the 17th international shanghai film fest ral is under way. 11 movies battle it out for top honours, including a bangladeshi film. we sit with the director. this director didn't think he'd end up an ambassador. by taking his movies to festivals abroad he's become a representative for the rest of the world. faruqy and his friend are calling themselves the bangladeshi new wave. >> we can't call it a big movement. but i can smell that it is brewing. if we look at the pipe line, film-makers, walking in videos,

making it was for television. if we look at them. i can see the possibilities, i can see talent there. faruqy is at the center of the bangladeshi film industry search for identity. his films are praised for a modern approach. mainstream bangladeshi films are different. full of song and dance, copying from the bollywood formula. the new wave can match the favourites of the traditional melodramas. they have started to draw larger crowds. the future is right, thanks to the emergens of a savvy audience, tuned in to what he and his colleagues are doing. >> films are luring bangladesh back. many ignored them. turning to the thorough fair of

cable television. >> me and my friends didn't watch bangladeshy move yes. what is special is the way he shows our culture, making us starting to go to cinemas. >> faruqy is taking his latest movie and story to the shanghai film vest val. it's impressive company, but faruqy hopes to be joined by lang la derby faces. today britain celebrated the queen's birthday with the annual trooping of the colours much an official ceremony that prepared for battle. more than 1,000 soldiers took part and drew thousands of onlookers as the planes drew over the palace. queen elizabeth's birthday is in april. interacting with the biggest

whale sharks, has become a top tourist attraction. the scientists are worried that it is not sustainable. we report from the central philippines. . >> reporter:. >> reporter: they are called the sea's gentle giants. tourists travel, hoping to catch a glimpse of the biggest sharks in the world. some of them grow to as much as 14 metres. they are not a threat to humans. classified as filter feeders lying on plankton and criminal. visitors snojel and interact with -- snorkel and interact with them for $10. as reminded local establishments made sure that the whale sharks,

are protected. there are guidelines for tourists before they head into the water. feed and touching the whale sharks of not allowed. the concern is proximity. tourists and boats are too close to them. leaving many of these vulnerable to injuries. environmental groups are concerned. >> feeding juvenile whale sharks, opening them up because they are juveniles, instead of them learning how to hunt in the wild, they are fed by people. this, alone, alters behaviour. >> reporter: this was a sleepy town. but since tourists came here more than two years ago people say they have managed to earn a living through tourism. >> translation: i started with a

tiny shop. because of tourists my business has grown. i'm thrilled. tourists that see the whales see 90% of the economy. the local government insists tourism practices are sustainable and says it's all about balance. >> policing this, anyone caught violating. they were penalized by a certain amount. in that way we are protecting the whale shark. >> the philippines is signatory to international conventions that aim to protect the whale sharks. locals say they are doing the best they can. they admit that striking a balance is not easy. often the demand to earn a living and provide for their families must come first. that'll do it for this hour.

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