hello, andle welcome. i'm steven kohl, and in the next 60 minutes, ukraine seals the deal with europe and it sparks a revolution in the country's continuing crisis. solid leadership in iraq could be a tipping point for the country's kurds. the u.s. president asked congress for half a billion dollars. a little love and a lot of

hope, a gift for women tricked into the world of sex trafficking. first, european union leaders have signed a cooperation agreement with ukraine, moldova and georgia. russia warned there would be grave consequences with the agreement. ukrainian president petro poroshenko said it may be the most important day for his country since the breakup of the soviet union. the agreements will free up trade with the european union offering greater access to the huge european market and means closer cooperation in energy and foreign policy. in return, partners must meet the european standards on human rights and democracy, strength of rule of law and fight corruption. it could smooth the path to possible eu membership. it was the same kienld of

agreement that was scuppered by ukraine's government in november when the then president yanukovych blamed pressure from mosc moscow. that sparked months of protests by pro-eu demonstrators culminating it a violent crackdown by security forces. february 22nd was the worst day of violence. 88 people were killed. just two days later yanukovych fled the country. later as pro-russian protests grew in strength, cream crimea voted to leave the ukraine in a referendum. on march 18th the russian president sign a bill to absorb the crimea peninsula into the russian federation. early in april moscow activists began to occupy government buildings in the east touching off months of sporadic fighting between separatists and ukrainian forces. it was only last week that a fragile cease-fire was finally

declared. they've been talking about that cease-fire today, and it's been extended for another three days. in a moment we'll be crossing live to robin in the georgiian capital. let's go to paul brennan, and paul joins me from donetsk. that is a pro-russian separatist stronghold in eastern ukraine. paul, explain to us what this agreement will mean for ukraine. >> reporter: it opens up, steven, a whole new horizon of economic possibilities for this country. this former soviet country, and it's the climax not just of a journey that began seven months ago when the protesters took to the streets in kiev and protested the fact that yanukovych failed to sign the deal at the summit back in november of last year. the climax of a journey that goes back to the original orange

revolution. the possible benefits you listed in the introduction. there are, of course, going to be costs. i mean the bringing together of ukrainian regulations to eu standards some estimate will cost somewhere in the region of $1 billion. the feeling among the people in kooef yef is that the benefit outweigh the costs and they're prepared to push along the route in the hope that ukraine will come out of this stronger and better. moscow has already said there would be grave consequences. we don't what they're likely to be, but generally how has russia reacted to this and what would the impact be on russia? >>. >> reporter: well throughout both militarily and -- russia tried to block the idea of ukraine moving out of russia's sphere of influence and embracing the european ideal. russia still has many levers it

can pull in order to try to move it in favor of its way of thinking. of course, militarily they're taking the possibility of troops coming across the ucontainian border is off the table now. economically there's a possibility of sanctions. there's some $500 billion of business that ukraine does with russia, and that could be affected by this new deal that ukraine has signed with the european union. whether russia will actually go so far as to impose sanctions on ukraine remains to be seen. it's no underestimation or exaggeration to say russia remains deeply upset at the direction. they will try their best to minimize their losses. >> lastly for the moment anyway, paul, let's talk about the cease-fire due to expire today. was there a real cease-fire, and has it been extended? >> reporter: there was never a

real cease-fire. it was cease-fire in name only. it was broken repeatedly. the army, of course, had reserved itself the right to return fire. its guns fell silent, but if the separatists fired, they resvshed the right to fire back. that's what happened. the separatists have become accustomed to openly breaking their own cease-fire. as far as extending the cease-fire, we heard rumors from sources in brussels that the president, poroshenko, was extending it by three days. weave had clarification in the last hour he will make a final decision on that when he gets back to kiev. we're awaiting a final rubber stamping of this extension. it looks likely, and that's a good sign. no final decision on whether it's extended through to monday of next week. >> brendan in donetsk. thanks, paul. >> in georgia the association agreement with the european union is much less controversial. robin walker joins me now from

tablisi. generally i suppose a big welcome from georgia, robin? >> reporter: yes, i think many georgians will be relieved that this signing has gone ahead finally. i mean, it is likely to have a very significant impact formalizing that relationship between georgia and the european union for many years to come. it doesn't mean that georgia is going to become a member of the european union. that's still a long way off. the prime minister here has said that that is their absolute determination to head down that route. i mean, this is controversial, given that there isn't a full-scale, you know, battle still ongoing in georgia like in eastern ukraine with that conflict continuing. still a political decision. because of what happened in ukraine, the signing has been fast-tracked and brought forward, and now russia has warned that there will be consequences. even without russian interference there will be

because the free-trade agreement that has been signed will have an impact, which many georgians hope will be positive. as paul was saying just as in ukraine, there will be costs for this developing economy to bring it's up to the european standard. now i've been meeting a georgian cheese maker from rural georgia, and this is his story. georgia's new trade agreement with europe is a cash cow as far as he's concerned. today he makes something georgians can't eat enough of, traditional soft cheese. the so-called deep and comprehensive free-trade agreement could help businesses like his to grow by eliminating import tariffs between georgia and the eu. >> translator: we will start to organization cheese tasting. we believe europeans whim like our product. establishing it in the new

market is time-consuming. >> reporter: they have to meet strict eu quality and hygiene standards. he may need a refrigerated tanker to get his milk delivered. he has to ensure a spotless and well-lit factory floor and improve product packaging and labeling. he's ready to borrow thousands of dollars to put his cheese on the shelves of european supermarkets. his cheeses are already of a sufficiently high quality and popularity to be stocked here in car fur, but will the costs shoes associated with upgrading be transferred to the consumer? this chain says no, they can afford to keep prices low. most georgians buy local produce on the street. they question whether eu standards will work in practice. >> i can't see how they're regulated. how do you license production of this type of cheese if it's

produced in somebody's home? the population here is definitely not wealthy enough to afford the european standards, whatever they mean. you don't want somebody else to come and tell them how to produce whatever to produce and pay a higher price. >> reporter: georgia will also be exposed to cheaper european imports, a good thing says the eu. >> i tend to believe that competition is generally good. look at what happened in the european union. countries that were much poorer joined the european union, and they develop because they're subtle subtle to intensive competition. >> reporter: he's convinced europeans will love his product, and his business is in good shape. that's a promising start but not guaranteed success. >> robin, welcomed by businesses if georgia, but not in moscow. what measures could russia take

to counter this agreement? >> reporter: sure. well, you know, russia has its own trade bloc called the euro-asian treaty. from all the words out of europe and from russia, the two blocs, the eu's free-trade agreement and the russian one don't seem to be too compatible with each other. so georgia has made this choice, and yet at the same time, it very much relies on trade with russia. a lot of its wine exports and its mineral water goes north. the border is just an hour and a half away from here. when russia put a ban on georgian exports, it really hurt the economy here. georgia had to diversify, and that's precisely why georgia is choosing this europe wran path, because it feels it has no

choice. it's too much under the control of moscow's influence, and it wants to break free of that. you know, the georgian leadership likes to say they have good relations or working on better relations with russia, but they can somehow balance the two sides. all the while, you know, european leaders have been congratulating georgia today on making a brave choice in the face of, as they say it, russian intimidation. certainly georgia is celebrating that decision today. they'll be having a party on europe's square behind me. you can probably hear the sound testing going on now. >> robin walker reporting from tablisi, thanks, robin. in iraq sunni fighters have been accused of mass executions. many in tikrit say the military is targets civilian areas. >> reporter: iraqi military aircraft high in the skies over

tikrit. elite units try to get a foothold. using helicopters they landed in the stadium. witnesses reported fierce fighting and that two out of the three helicopters used were downed. people here say the military hit targets indiscriminate naturely and used illegal weapons. >> there's no presence of militants here and there's no isil. you can tell the whole area here and you'll see for yourself. >> translator: there is no one here. no militants and no one here in the region. >> reporter: the families were displaced, and they will go to kirkuk. the situation is quite difficult here. there's no gas, water or electricity. >> reporter: the government hasn't released any information, but they're in control of the university. they haven't given us any evidence to back that up. tikrit is a crucial town.

it's not only the hometown of saddam hussein, the former dictator, but it's seen as being one of the key towns in the sunni heartland. isil won't want to give it up easily. isil says it captured many soldiers and military equipment including tanks. human rights watch says nearly 190 of those captured were murdered by the fighters. the rights group analyzed satellite imagery and photos released by the fighters, but further investigation is difficult because of the fighting. weeks into the crisis iraq's politicians haven't agreed on a new nighted solution. for many in tikrit, they feel let down by the shia government and hopes of stability remain just that. the leader of iraq's kurds says long-running dispute with baghdad over territory in the north has been resolved. he made the comment after meeting britain's foreign

secretary william hague. they're in control of the an area and fim a vacuum left by retreating iraqi soldiers. we're live for you. there was a press conference. what was said at the press conference between mr. bazani and mr. hague? a >> reporter: he made it very clear that the factors on the ground, this long-standing issue of article 140 over the disputed territory has been resolved and that there will be no negotiations about that. now, william hague seemed to say more or less what he said yesterday in baghdad. that he wanted to make sure that all the different parties in this country, the sunnis, shia and kurds woeshg together when parliament reconvenes next week and try to form a new government. the role of the kurds is extremely important in the new government because of the constitution of this country. they hold the presidency of the

country and other key ministerial points. william hague wanted to make sure that the kurds were on board. so far the kurds since this crisis began have had very harsh words towards nouri al maliki. the british prime minister actually said that he should step down, blamed the state of the kurds in the country now and clearly said it's because he alienated the sunnis for all these years. at this point he should pay the price for what is happening in the country. i think what you're getting here is the kurds like the sunnis and shias are trying to make their starting point very well heard before any go to baghdad and before they start these very hard negotiations for a government. >> would they be negotiations? i can't see any sign of mr. ba sfwl ani retreats from the lines or giving up some territory the

kurds have established on the backs of the retreating iraqi army where there's considerable tension between baghdad, not least of that issues that haven't been resolved for ten years. >> reporter: absolutely. there are tensions. actually, president barzani today said that article 140, we've been waiting to resolve it in the past ten years and it just happened because the iraqi army pulling out of the areas. they're going to be tough negotiations. there is a realization that you need to get the country out of the impasse, even though we also heard some kurdish leaders here s say, well, maybe we should look at independence at this stage. this fighting in iraq is just holding us back. i think the international community will put a lot of pressure on the kurds and make them go to baghdad. you know, the positions are stiff on all sides. the sunnis also say, we will not accept a new government without prime minister -- with prime minister al maliki rather. they say we will continue

fighting. they call it a revolution. we will continue this until he actually steps down. then we hear over and over again from prime minister nouri al maliki that his state of law party is the one that won the election. that his party not having a role in the new government basically tantamounts to a coup against the constitution of this country. so very difficult position. all sides are really holding their ground, and you know last time there was negotiations over a government in 2010, the positions were slightly softer and it took six months to get a government together. >> reporting from iraq. thank you very much for that. lots more to come on the news hour from doha including we take a rare look inside the tomb of a roman emperor. plus, changing tastes. we ask if america is losing its

appetite for meat. in sport, liuis suarez stay out of the world cup with the biting ban, but the striker still has plenty of support in uruguay. two palestinians have been killed in a daytime israeli air strike on gaza. the two were killed when the car they were traveling in was hit and four others were wounded. u.s. president obama is asking congress to approve half a billion dollars to equip and train moderate syrian rebels. the forces are led by the free syrian army that dismissed its leaders amid accusations of corruption. the chief of staff and supreme counsel were removed. president obama says money will go to fighters vetted. russia says it's a step in the wrong direction. let's get more from rosalynn

jordan in washington, d.c. is congress likely to agree and grant in money, rosalynn? >> there's certainly a push from some members of congress, including arizona senator john mccain who criticized the obama administration for want doing enough to support the syrian opposition in their efforts to depose bashar al assad, the president of syria. you can expect support from people such as him. however, there are others who will suggest that the u.s. really has no business getting involved inside what they consider a country's civil war because they're very fearful of the u.s. possibly doing more than simply training members of the armed opposition. they have a fear that the u.s. might want to insert troops into the syrian civil war. so even though this is being requested as part of an appropriation that normally is

almost always approved by congress, you can expect, steven, that there will be vigorous debate about this request once congress returns from the independence day holiday in early july. >> it's not just the half-billion, is it? i think it's a billion as well for help with refugees. the key question is, why suddenly is the president wanting to do this now? he kept syria at a distance previously. >> well, in one word, iraq. they're very, very concerned that members of isil who have been taking part in the civil war against the assad government have now been ail to move into iraq. we have seen numerous reports of trying to take control of many parts of northern and western iraq and are encroaching, they fear, on baghdad. now the u.s. is viewing this not just as an internal matter with syria, but they're looking at

this as a possibility of regional destabilization and conflict. the u.s. does not want to see that. that's why the u.s. made this recommendation to congress for training the syrian opposition. there are few details about what this training would look like. in fact, late on thursday a statement from the pentagon indicated they're going to start come up with plans to spend the money. it's usually not ton that way. it shows how the u.s. is viewing the situation inside syria and iraq. >> rosalynn jordan reporting live from washington, d.c. al jazeera has previously uncovered how weapons are sold between rebel groups. they're working alongside and sometimes against each other across the country. they have access of the mediterranean and they have

taken control of homs, which was almost destroyed during the fighting. these areas in red are controlled by the so-called moderate om position like the free syrian army, but they have lost a lot of territory to assad's forces and the islamic state of iraq and the laventure known as i sil. they control large parts of northern and eastern syria and into iraq. in northern syria kurdish fighters are in control of areas on the border with turkey. the territory, the brown area, is contested and has seen some of the most intense fighting in recent months. the spokesman for the national coalition of forrian revolution. he's with me in the studio. the question everybody asks outside of the region, possibly some in the region as well is how do you decide who to spend the money on? who is a vetted fighter, and how do you vet fighters and decide

where to spend the money? >> the fighting forces facing assad is divided into groups that have been part of the central command. there are groups who are independent, so this money will be spent through the execution -- the military execution put together by the opposition. this execution is committed to democratic transition and committed to protecting human rights. >> how do you know the money will go to them and not then be shared or weapons bought and then fall into the wrong hands, shall we say? >> this is a good question. we would like to see that the obama administration uses the opposition institutions, the military and the political. these units have commanders. every front has a commander and has ranks and files and a search would be done in a centralized way. >> is it important how the money

is spent on the fighting? in other words, is it going to be spent fighting president assad, or is it going to be spent fighting isil? >> currently the opposition is fighting both, the isil and the assad. we believe that one feeds on the other. the best way to finish the isil is to make sure that the assad regime is over and we have a transition within this state. >> can you be sure this money will go to the right people? the free syrian army has just dismissed its leaders, and there's accusations of corruption in the free syrian, not the first time. is this an organization that can cope with spending correctly half a billion dollars? >> no. what they need to do is really have a monitoring on how the money is spent. this is imperfect at this point, but we have been working on improving the system. some of what you hear about the

corruption is really disinformation by the regime to try to discredit the option. though i'm sure that there are people that misuse the funds and we're going to go after those. >> some people have suggested the region is awash with money, money from saudi arabia and there are reports from the gulf, too. >> that's not true. the support that is given to the opposition is quite much less than what is needed. that's why the regime has been particularly in the last eight months recovered because of the lack of support. i think the decision by the americans, by the obama administration to support that could change the game. >> many thanks to you for joining us. >> sure. it's time now to find out what the weather is doing in your part of the world. here's richard.

>> thanks very much, steven. this is the atlantic ocean, because i'll ask a question and then hope to answer it myself. basically, what has happened for the atlantic hurricanes? usually at this stage we talk about significant storm development across the caribbean region and into the atlantic. it's been exceptionally quiet. the atlantic hurricane season runs from the 1st of june to the 30th of november. according to the forecasting organizations we expect between 8 to 13 tropical storms and 3 to 6 hurricanes. this is the first time that we've gone through may and it looks like through the whole of june without a single named storm since 2004. in terms of hurricane developments, we'll go back to 1995 when we came into this active period we're in at the moment. we had it 6 of 19 years with no named storms. it's certainly unusual. it's not that exceptional with six previous years when we haven't had named storms and

haven't had any at the moment. there's a lot around at the moment. part has to do with he will neen notice takes place in the pacific but it has a lot on effect. a lot of this is across the atlanta on or abo -- atlantic o. it looks like it will continue a little while yet, steven. still to come on the news hour here, was it built to fail? we examine the causes of iraq's collapse in the face of sunni rebels. plus, how they escaped the fighting, and now sudan's displaced face new threats in overcrowded camps. in sport, history at the world cup as algeria qualified in the knockout stages for the first time. good luck to them.

welcome back. a reminder of the main powers. russia is warning of grave consequences about the european union key signed partnerships with ukraine, georgia and moldova. the leader of the kurdish region has said sfuted territory control by forces won't be handed back to baghdad. he made a comment meeting with british foreign secretary william hague. u.s. president obama is asking congress for half a billion dollars to fund moderate syrian rebels. let's get more on the turmoil in iraq. in the last hour defiant prime minister al maliki responded to calls to step down and for him

to have no part in the formation of a new government. >> translator: i say no, nothing will reveil but the elections and the results at the last elections, and this is how the new government will be formed. based on these results and the will of the voters. let everyone know whether they like it or not we will attend the parliamentary session next tuesday to form a new government and face the new political and security challenges. >> so let's a take a look at how forces have been assigned in iraq. in the north the forces are in control of the oil-rich kirkuk. sunni tribes allowed the fighters into large parts of anbar province and they're linking you with fa lieu ya and ramdy. they have taken crossings on the border of syria. the central push is in the middle of the country in bagan

with the fall of mosul on juneth. fighters work down to the kun's oil refinery which the country claims to have retain, and that's disputed. rebels took tikrit, and that's where a major government offensive is currently taking place. billions of dollars have been spent rebuilding the military since the fall of saddam hussein, but it's clearly struggling to fend off the sunni revolt. we look at why iraq's armed forces haven't been more effective. >> reporter: the first of 36 f-16s snooinally delivered to the air force in texas in june. the first two are scheduled to arrive in iraq in september with 34 to follow. the iraqi air force is lacking. the military has 212 aircraft but only 3 are fixed wing attack aircraft and four attack helicopters. not all are operational. on paper estimates of iraqi

ground beigesed strength is more respectable. some 270,000 active front line personnel and 350 tanks and 4,000 armored vehicles. there's ridicule and concern over the retreat of 30,000 iraqi soldiers when faced by 800 fighters in mosul. >> intelligence support, logistically support. they were probably as far as we can guess, we don't know the details, but they're probably not supported in terms of logistics and maybe even pay on ammunition and so on. >> reporter: the destruction of the chain of command, promotion based on bribery, the replacement of competent leaders with those close to the maliki government and the heightening the sectarian divisions. some argue it was if after the government willfully degraded the military. >> we've seen a few examples of coup-proofing. they say it was saddam hussein's

iraq government. we see it in libya as well. you often have cases where what dictators are most afraid of, and maliki seems to be heading down that path, is not an uprising or outside invasion. that their own people will turn against them. >> reporter: the iraqi military was built to fail. it simply wasn't in maliki's interest to have a strong, professional, nationali, mult tief-ethnic force. the u.s. and others said little as they poured in billions of dollars. instead maliki built up iraq's special operations forces, which operate under his control and are not overseen by the ministry of defense or parliament or funded transparently. it's the special opes who are uses against maliki's opponent and increase sunni unease, and these forces were deployed to fight at the baiji oil refinery. the question is when degrading the national military and coup-proofing the rule, the

prime minister has hastened the breakup of iraq itself. a kwi quick look at other stories around the world. at least 14 were killed in a gas pipeline explosion in india and caused a massive fire that destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of nearby villages. the fire has been brought under control. thousands of supporters of the presidential candidate have marched on the president's palace in kabul. they support thiz claims of mass fraud in the runoff vote. he pulled out of the race last week claiming supporters of his opponent were responsible for the fraud. funerals are being held in nigeria for victims of wednesday's shopping mall blast. dozens gathered to offer prayers for the dead. 22 were killed and 17 more injured in the explosion. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. several west african countries have been warned about the possibility that travelers

could bring in the deadly ebola virus. so far guinea and sierra leone have been affected. the countries have been told to take precautions. aid agencies in south sudan are sounding a new alarm over the number of people fleeing their homes. more than a million have been displaced by fighting between forces loyal to the president and rebels. we visited a camp in unity state where 10,000 people arrive every month. the u.n. says it's struggling to cope. >> reporter: all aid agencies agree the situation is turning into a humanitarian catastrophe. this u.n. protection camp has the worst conditions in south sudan. the rains, which are good for growing crops, are instead a torment for these uprooted people. mud everywhere, latrines overflowing and fear of cholera

and worse. >> people are still coming here, because everybody is coming to look for protection. this war is outside, and that's why the civilians are coming. >> reporter: two months ago there were 7,000 people seeking shelter here. now the u.n. estimates there are more than 40,000. no one had planned for this. in the example there is some food. outside there is none. >> there's not any food. there's no food at all. no one can leave here. the people are killing us. >> reporter: she fled the town on the country's only north/south highway. rebels and government are fighting over it. it's already changed hands six times. the warring parties in south sudan consulates agreed in june to hold their fire to work towards a transitional government, but camps like these tell you what political meetings doan. people come here because they think they might survive. out there, they feel death is

certain. the u.n. is worried, too. u.n. peacekeepers here are armed and vigilant. they have lost personnel until the past six months and are waiting for reinforcements to move into surrounding areas which might take some pressure on this camp. >> we have done what we can do now to open the gates for those fleeing for their lives afraid of being killed and stemmed the cycle of violence. >> the u.n. and other aid agencies admit they weren't prepared for a crisis of this scale. even simple illnesses prove fatal. three children are dying here every day. what people most need here is peace, a peace they can believe in. only then can they go home. anita mcnaught, al jazeera. a month-long operation to capture child sex offenders in the united states has led to 275

arrests. among those taken into custody was a teaching assistant for children with special needs. >> allowing your child to go on the internet or social media unsupervised is like letting them walk down a dark alley in the middle of the night in a bad part of town. >> a new effort has started to break the cycle of sex trafficking in the united states. in texas there's a rehab program that focuses on female victims. we have this report now on a onetime sex trafficking victim turned teacher. >> reporter: it's not unusual for katherine griffin to get this kind of greeting when she comes to work at the jail in harris county, texas. twice a week the women open up to miss kathy as they call her to share stories of being tricked and then trapped in a life of sex trafficking. >> this man drove up and said, hey, you want to make some

money? i think, well, i'm desperate. i have no where else to go. he threatened to kill me if i ever left. >> reporter: the experiences are similar. lured into prostitution as young girls but never allowed to keep the tens of thousands of dollars they made for their pimps. there are tears as they recall the beatings and the shear number of girls trapped with them. >> i've been stabbed and shot and stuff like that. there was multiple girls that were different ages and everything, different colored skin. some didn't even speak english. >> reporter: they all agree being arrested on charges unrelated to their trafficking was like being rescued. for the first time they say they feel no shame but only pause of miss kathy. she was once a backup singer for one of the biggest names in show business. she was trapped and trafficked herself. >> i've been there and have done that. i can walk in there with a

crooked arm and show them where my ear was cut off and put back on. human trafficking and sex slavery doesn't mean everybody has been chained in a base am and fed dog food. they're invisible chains mentally. >> her special cones counseling program is the first of its kind in the united states. it's been in place for three years and it's working. dozens of women have passed through these cells and left with job skills, practical education, and most of importantly -- >> i feel like i have a chance at life now. i find out who i really am and what i really like. >> i know i was able to survive that dark, deep hell to come back and help somebody else get the recipe to come out and look up and live. >> reporter: she says she's living proof there's life after being victimized by human trafficking. all that's needed is love, support and a second chance. kimberly hall kin, al jazeera, houston. lots more to come still on

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you're watching the news hour. the appetite for meat is rising, but not everywhere. annual meat production is projected to increase to 376 million tons by 2030. the consumption of meat is closely linked to urbanization and increasing wealth but linked to environmental problems and

limited resources such as land, energy and livestock. the united states and australia remain two of the world's biggest consumers. people there get through more than 100 kilos of meat per person per year. bum consumption in china of pork and in brazil is on the rise as more people can afford to buy meat. tom ackerman reports now on america's changing tastes. >> reporter: droughts and blizzards have taken their toll on american's cattle herds, the smallest headcount? more than 60 years. that put u.s. beef production at a nine-year low, while prices are at a lee-decade high. just one reason why americans have been walking away from red meat. it's been a long and steady decline from the peak in 1971 when annual red meat consumption hit 67 kilos per person to just 45 kilos this year. the biggest decline was for lamb and mutton, down more than 75% per person. that doesn't mean americans have

conquered their carnivorous cravings. they're eating more chicken and turkey than ever, but poultry consumption per person is actually town down from a few years ago. in los angeles where the second largest school system feeds more than 600,000 students a day, the cafeteria menus each monday are meatless. >> it's well received from the children. it's actually our second highest participation day of the week. >> and there are more new alternatives to meat at places like the one food vegetarian restaurant outside washington, the dishes look like meat and come close to tasting just like it. the roast duck here is made of wheat, and the chicken from soya. one company called beyond meat has atractsed big-time investigators like microsoft co-founder bill gates. its line of artificial chicken

str strips and ground meat impressed food kcritics. >> we believe you can take proteins directly from plants and realign those so they mimic the fiber structure of meat or animal protein. >> taste isn't the only obstacle to change eating habits. >> a lot of people believe the only source of protein is beef. whereas, in fact, protein is present in plant-based diets perfectly adequately. >> reporter: getting them to accept that fact does dr. lawrence may take a generation or more, about the time it took for smoking habit among american adults to fall below 20%. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. amelia rosen heart, a former denver traffic reporter, was given a symbolic send-off for an around the world flight. it's a famous name, but she's

not related to the original that went missing over the south pacific in an attempt to fly around the globe in 1937. however, her parents named her after the famous aviator. >> air hart gave my parents a cool opportunity to give me a name nobody would forget and would inspire me. i fell down that path. >> amelia rose will be retracing her namesake's original flight. she plans to fly 45,000 kilometers in a single engine plane with a co-pilot by her side. it will make a total of 17 stops in 14 countries along the way. time for a look at sports with robert. >> luis suarez arrived back in the uruguay capital a day after fifa handed him a nine-game and four-month ban for biting an italian opponent at the world cup. he landed in a private plane in

the early hours before being whisked away to his home. it hasn't deterred any sft from his home country. one with a sign saying i love you as you are. they will appeal the ban, which could prevent him from playing with the national team until at least 2016. suarez has been dropped by one of his main sponsors. >> the north african nation qualified for the knockout stages for the first time in history. we have the report. >> the dream of playing in the last 16 looked to evaporating when they fell behind russia as early as the sixth minute in their final group game. algeria fought back in the

second half and there's the goal that concerns their playing in the knockout round and an exit to the next world cup hosts. the russian coach claimed afterwards he's thought people were blinded by a laser beam from the crowd. it was the north africans' time to shine. these were the scenes in the country's capital of algiers. the next opponents are germany who are 1-0 winners against the usa. germany topped the group, while the usa still progressed. washington is one of several major cities with large support of gatherings. this has record rating in the u.s. and on thursday they could count president obama as a viewer on board air force one. >> we were in what's called the group of death.

even though we didn't win today, we were in the toughest grouping. you know, we got through. so we just still have a chance to win the world cup. >> ghana and portugal are also on a plane, home in this case. christian rinaldo scored an winner for a 2-1 victory for portugal. the goal difference proved costly. belgium left south korea 1-0. they ensured the koreans play in the competition, belgium is top of the group. elise hallman, al jazeera. >> looks like this world cup has flown by. we start with 52 teams and we're down to 16. the knockout rounds start on saturday. brazil against chile and followed by colombia and uruguay. on sunday netherlands face

mexico and costa rica will take on greece. monday we see france meet nig niger nigeria. belgium faces the united states of america on tuesday. asia is the only country that won't be represented in the knockout rounds after all four teams failed to make it through. china hasn't featured a world cup in 12 years. we have the report. >> in southern china this province is often calmed the world's factory, and there's never a production line quite like this one. as with so much else in today's china, it's on a vast scale. a football academy with 50 playing fields with plans for 30 more. he hopes that he can one day help china achieve world cup glory. out of the school's 2,300

students, this 11-year-old boy is considered to be one of the rising stars. >> translator: right now china's football level is very low. i hope after one or two decades china can catch up. >> reporter: despite football being the most popular sport in china, it has only qualified for one world cup 12 years ago. today its national side is ranked 103rd in the world. this academy, though, has an ambitious goal that could help to change all of that. it's a plan that relies on players like him. he's an ethnic muslim wigger from the province. his parents can afford the school fees of $6,000 a year, a for fun in china. those from poorer families, around a third of the students, receive scholarships. most of the children see their families only a few times a year.

>> i saw my parents in april this year. my father came and left. i see my parents once every three months. >> reporter: although there's an emphasis on traditional education, watching football is part of the curriculum. although not everyone gets excited. still, competition for places is fierce. 50,000 applied last year, just 800 were accepted. >> translator: the goal of this academy is to make football stars. china's football level is low, and we want to make chinese football better. >> reporter: the academy is owned by china's third richest property developer now using his vast wealth to help the country achieve success in the one sport that has so far alluded to. adrian brown, al jazeera, southern china. tonight forget to join us

every day for the world cup update. it's a daily wrap of everything going on at brazil 2014. andy richardson will be here at today's installment at 15:40 gmt. we have a quick tennis update from wimbledon. he's taken a two-set lead against the frenchman, defending champion andy murray plays batisto later on friday. wozniaki is in through the third round. 6-3, 6-0 the score there. she confirmed her place in the third round, the third seed. 4-6 and 6-4 the score in that delayed second round match. they have taken the early lead at the $6.5 million u.s. pga

event, and most of thursday's focus centered around one man, world number 5 tiger woods marking his return from injury after a three-month absence. what a disappointing start to his first round. he was 6 over after 12 holes. he did manage to recover to shoot three birdies to finish. he's eight shots off the lead. >> the score is not indicative of how i played. i played better than that. i had four up and downs can didn't get any up and down and had an easy pitch on two. had a wedge in my hand on three, and i'm jerking the bunker. i made so many little mistakes, so i played a lot better than the score indicates, which is good. to the old andrew wiggins from the university of kansas has been taken by the cleveland cavaliers as their number one mcin the 2014 nba draft. four of the eight players at the top end of the draft were from outside the united states. wiggins, who is a shooting guard, is the second straight

number one from canada. anthony been knit in 2013, and the second pick was 19-year-old parker of duke university. he was taken by the milwaukee bucks. plenty on our website, aljazeera.com/sport. there's a brazil 2014 site. thanks very much indeed. just to let you know a bit of breaking news now. the u.s./middle east envoy martin endik has resigned. according to u.s. officials he'll go back to the brookings institute a, a sign of the failure of any progress in the peace talks. so the middle east peace envoy, he's basically going back to where he came from. the brookings institute. muslims around the world are

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