and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> welcome to the news hour from doha. the top stories: ready for a referendum, the kurdish penalty said it's time for iraqi kurds to ever their own independent state. >> jerusalem palestinians prepare to bur teenage victim of the violence. >> the chinese president starts

his tour in seoul, south korea. >> still providing new in sights, the latest findings in cambodia. >> i'll have all your latest sports news, including poster boy for the word cup, so why is he crying? we'll look at how brazil are coping with the pressure as hosts. >> we start with syria where fighters from the islamic state seized control of two oil rich towns, used to be strongholds of the front. they are the large evident oil fields in the country. the second place is under their control, in both cases, the towns taken without any fighting

after withdrawal from the strategic towns. we are live in beirut. tell us more about the fronts withdrawal and the fact that most of that province is now under the control of islamic state. >> it's a major advancement, but what's going on now is that the i.f., the islamic state fighters have control now over a large area from the iraq and syrian border almost to the edge of aleppo and the northeast. they have control of cities and all these tribes and fighters who are now swearing aregion. this has been the fear of observers, that the successes that islamic state made in iraq, the achievements, the amount of weapons it seized actually gave it momentum to be able to conger

and beat its major foe in syria. these were areas that were controlled by the front. these tribes have aregions to the front and now are defecting or out of fear swearing allegiance to the islamic state. this is an oil--

>> the strength of the military lines will be hard to break up.

>> it's an issue that's caused a wrist between two countries for decades, the disappearance of a dozen, maybe more japanese citizens. nobody knows the exact number or what happened to them, but tokyo wants to find out. after years of denial in 2002, north korea admitted they had been abducted to train in language for spying. tokyo wants to know the fates. some of them are still alive according to new reports. >> the issue is a very serious human rights issue and specific to our country. >> the two sides met for talks

about reopening into the abductions earlier this week, a step promised and reneged upon by north korea before. this time, japan believes they will follow through. >> as a result of the negotiations, we have determined that an unprecedented framework has been established a. according to the principles of action for action, i would like to lift part of the sanction that is japan has in place. >> the sanctions lifted are additional to the ones the international community imposed on north korea over its nuclear weapons prom. it will allow some north korean ships back into the sports. the sanctions are set to be lifted friday. >> this is only a start. we are determined to do everything we can with a renewed effort toward a comprehensive resolution. >> it will be seen as a small

victory for japan's embatted prime minister. he's made solving the problem of the missing citizens a key goal. aljazeera. >> still to come here on the news hour, the worst outbreak of ebola ever. african health ministers try to halt the spread of the disease. >> one year on, we look at the first anniversary of egypt's coup. >> i don't know how you're going to survival the mobs when you come back home, man, you're just like, you're going to have to shave your beard so they don't know who you are. >> the football player object the receiving end of that presidential advice. you'll find out later on. >> trial has begun to reinforce its army units along the border with gaza.

tensions are high following the murder of teenagers. nick schiffron reports from east jerusalem. >> this morning, the anger is still smoldering. in a few hours, this community wilbury a 17-year-old it says was killed to avenge the murders of three israeli teenagers. the tension hangs in the air here. outside, nothing's been cleaned up and inside, a mother surrounded by her family says there's a hole inside of her. >> i feel, she says, like my heart's been ripped out. >> the family lives here in east jerusalem. this is their house. they say he was taken right next to their house in front of these shops. when the news spread of his death, this neighborhood exploded. this is a garbage dumpster that his neighbors use to fight israel police yesterday, the two sides fought for more than 12 hours. >> today's violence has two

fronts, southern israel on the gaza border, palestinian rockets are finding targets. last night and this morning, two slammed into this neighborhood, apartments hit directly, but no injuries, because the families who live here are hiding in safe rooms. we spent a day with a family, four kids, aged 4-16. they've grown up with the rocket threat and they've memorized a 15 second song, 15 seconds because that's how long they have to run to a shelter before a missile could hit. >> we can really normalize like any other teenager in israel, but our normalize, it's our routine. >> i sleep in the bomb shelter. yes, i do hear them and it wakes me up a lot, but you get used to it. >> behind their fence is the army's fence and behind that, less than a mile away is gaza. every night, it's beginning to feel like a war zone in response

to all those rockets, the israeli military unleashed 15 strikes on rocket launchers and training grounds. palestinian medical officials say at least 10 were wounded, but despite the terrifying sound of f-16s in the air, 2500 rallied in defiance and solidarity with protestors in east jerusalem. her son wanted to be an electrician just like his father. my son was burned, she said. i hope the people who did this burn, too. >> african health ministers are focusing on the worth ever outbroke of ebola. the world health organization said the virus killed 467 people since january. most of the victims are in guinea, where the outbreak began. the rest are in liberia and

sierra leone. without action, it will spread further. it kills 90% have those it infects, there is no cure. severe fever vomiting and diarrhea, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding are symptoms. >> if your a health worker, you to have take every precaution. it's contagious and up to nine out of 10 patients die. >> my family tell me every day do not work here, because my life is at risk, because my colleagues when they work here every day, they're dying. even now as i talk to you, two of my colleagues i know are in the hospital, diagnosed positive yesterday. >> health finishes say one of the biggest problems is convincing people to go for treatment, and that's making it harder to contain the spread of the virus.

>> when i thought i had the sickness, i ran away and hid. i thought the disease was coming after me. i was treating myself in heard a lot of people who get ebola die. when the ambulance came for me, i used to hide. >> it has killed hundreds since the outbreak was first detected in february. it's the first time the disease has occurred in multiple countries at the same time in west africa. >> it's also a worry that the disease moved from rural to urban areas. health experts and politicians are holding an emergency meeting in ghana. they need to find a regional response to the outbreak to stop it from spreading further. >> the deputy health minister said his country needs help, not just financial, but people, as well. >> we want to see strong commitments from the international community, the donor community and want to see this followed up with practical measures, even among

circumstances, our health facilities are understaffed. now they are stretched to the limits, so the human resource, it is very crucial component and we need them. >> for the community affected, life has practically shut down. check points limit movement and schools are closed. it puts a strain on people. the outbreak has been properly contained, many in the region will view each other with suspicion, wondering who's infected. aljazeera, ghana. >> the first hurricane of the atlantic season is threatening trouble. richard has all the details, so it's hurricane after ritual. >> long time coming, of course. along comes arthur just when you don't need one, because it's holiday time and millions of people heading towards the coast. this storm system has quite a

history, seeing significant rainfall develop from across the bahamas, 149 millimeters in 24 hours. the worst is to come for some areas. there's no doubt about it. the satellite sequence, you can see it start to go develop more of a northward track, going at 15 kilometers per hour with sustained winds. as this tracks further toward north and it goes across the carolinas, then we could well see the winds intensify by 20kpm in gusts about 160 or so. it works up the coast, so it's going to cause real problems, hurricane force winds mentioned the storm surge. that could cause real problems. torrential rain as i've mentioned, we could well see that it's up to 200 millimeters in places, big surf, swells and certainly around the outer banks, we could find the sand banks broken, rip currents developing and quite nasty

conditions. >> thanks very much indeed for that. north carolina bracing itself. let's get a report from the ground. jay, what is going on where you are? how are people preparing for this? >> watching and waiting. you look at the conditions, the surf has been perfect. it's real calm, the winds not really bad at all. of course that's all going to deteriorate as we move into the evening and night falls here, we're going to see heavy rains ever rains and strong winds, the hurricane cent saying this storm is building in intensity as it moves closer to the shoreline here. it is the holiday weekend at richard talked about and a lot of people area perhaps have never been through a storm like this. officials warn today is the day you decide are you going to stay and ride this out or move to higher ground. most we talked to say they'll ride things out but want to stay

safe. officials are worried about that. make sure you have enough provisions. don't get near the water, the riptides very dangerous. that's where you run into problems where people not experienced get out and try to get a little too ambitious. everyone here with an eye on the sky, trying to get in a day at the beach or half one before conditions get a little worse. >> we see the swimmers walking behind you there, seeming unconcerned that there is a big hurricane on the way. very busy weekend, this is the fourth of july weekend, a lot of people are going to be in the area. people seem to be taking in the stride. i could hear the sound of drills behind you. are people knuckling down and hope to go stay put? >> >> most are. you're hearing construction work actually preparing for this thing and that's a generator that just kicked on behind me.

most people again, not panicked, but make shoring they're well aware of where this storm is, what it's doing and when it may make it here. some people you see and we talk to them say i'm getting out to the beach today, then loading up the family and i'm going to get out of here to a place where i don't have to worry about this at all. others want to salvage something out of this weekend. ahead of the storm, several of the cities that are in the potential strike zone, including boston where the celebration is huge are moving up their annual fourth of july firework shows. they'll celebrate this evening. i guess then they'll wait to see what fireworks arthur may deliver. >> i hope you've got your rain coat with you. thank you very much for updating us. at the moment, a very clear and bright outer banks in north carolina. >> cambodia has one of the

world's best known monuments, historians still learning about its past. some ancient questions have been answered by modern technology. >> the temple has been seen by millions of people and studied for centuries. a recent discovery is now helping historians and archeologist better understand how it was used. it was built in the 12t 12th century as a hundred do temple, converted to buddhist in the 15th century, the history during this transition has been murky. some thought it sat vacant until scientists studied these sketches and paintings on the temple walls. their message is from buddhist pilgrims, graffiti leaving their mark while worshiping. >> dating analysis of the paintings suggest that buddhist

pilgrims started coming immediately after it was switched over from behind hinduism. led pigment was noticed on the walls. technology can make the invisible visible. a computer program i also used by nasa to study rocks on mars. >> i take a photograph, put it through a software. the software changes all the colors in the image and in changing the colors, it exaggerates the colors, so things that cannot be easily

seen with the eye are made very clear. >> 200 wall paintings are being studied. the job now for the historians is to make sure their new found answers about the past is known so the millions who come to the temple will know to take a closer look at the walls. aljazeera in com bolt i can't. >> still to come here on the program: >> the parents of jailed aljazeera correspondent peter tell us about their first visit to his jail cell. >> i'm in the world cup host city, but this is an area the government doesn't want you to see. people have been killed

by a bomb blast in cairo, it was just one of several explosions as egypt marks one year since the military coup with the out of thing of president mohamed morsi. dozens more were injured. security is tight in cairo, armored personal carriers have blocked tahrir square. we have more on what's happened in the year since the coup. >> denouncing a coup that took place a year ago, these are supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi. they want the man to be returned to office. he was ousted by al sisi on

july 3, 2013. a year later, egyptians remain bitterly divided. >> woe don't see any change. we haven't seen change in the past 35 years. neither will we see change in the next 100 years. >> egypt needs a military man to fix things. it won't do having a normal person rule the country. there's been control since al sisi has become president. >> despite crackdowns on muslim brotherhood, they remain defiant. this is what amnesty international had to say. >> a surge in arbitrary arrests, detentions and incidents of torture and deaths in police custody reported by amnesty international provide strong evidence that the shortstop tee at her reaction in human rights

in egypt in the year since president mohamed morsi was ousted. >> july 3, a day many egyptians will remember for generations, the defense minister surrounded by secular leftists and religious leaders makes what many people consider a stunning declaration. that. >> this roadmap includes suspending the constitution holding presidential and parliamentary elections and for recommendations of a national reconciliation committee that will include young people. >> his supporters set up protests and promised to stay for as long as it took for mohamed morsi to be reinstated. >> egyptian security forces stormed those camps, hundreds of people were killed, according to human rights organizations. attacks targeting security forces were on the rise.

leaders of the muslim brotherhood were put in jail. some now face death sentences. seen by many of his supporters as a savior, sisi was elected president in june. sisi has rejected calls for reconciliation with the banned muslim brotherhood and that has only raised concerns about more clamp downs in egypt. >> we are joined from london now. good to have you back on the program. a year on from the coup, we've got a new president, a new constitution under discussion, a new parliament about oh be elected, more bombs, more talks, more ongoing protests with us is sisi any closer to establishing stability in egypt.

>> we are one year away from the coup. gyp deed, i think three major tasks he has to try and achieve. first is to establish confidence in the political process, restore the economy, which is a very important factor in the whole constellation of things and achieve a national reconciliation. if you exclude one of the major actors in that process on ground that is they are subversive elements or even terrorists, that is going to be a very difficult thing to achieve and the recent upsurge in violence is an indication of that. >> when you look at the protests today, i suppose that their size and intensity has been diminishing with the arrest of various muslim brotherhood

leaders and the fact that 15,000 people are now in jail, but he just can't seem to actually completely get rid of that problem. >> those elements who are pro morsi and still at large or not under arrest obviously had to make some symbolic act today to commemorate that event. other than the fact that we still have these rockets of violence arising indicate that all is not well in egypt and that will be still a very difficult thing for presidential sisi to establish, but is one of his main priorities, i would imagine, although i think really charging ahead to a new policy will have to wait until there is also a parliament. we should not forget that there has not only been a deposition of a democratically elected

president, but egypt has been without a parliament for quite a period of time. >> you mentioned that the economy is a very, very important thing to achieve. all the moves sisi has made thus far have been about security. are there economic policies in place? >> we don't know yet. i mean, security is of course the first concern of any government and in particular when a new regime is put in place of which the start was questionable, to say the least. once you have established a degree of stability and restored some confidence in the political process, then, was, the long term policy objectives and economy being the major one come into play. let's not forget that the 2011 uprisings were not only a response to authoritarianism and capitalism, but also social

injustice and enormous inequalities between the rich and poor. that is something egypt has not addressed in the past three years. >> thank you very much indeed. >> three aljazeera journalists jailed in egypt have now been in prison for 187 days. last week, two were sentenced to seven years, a third 10 years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. aljazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. peter's parents are in cairo for the first time, able to visit their son in prison. his mother, low is spoke to aljazeera earlier. >> well, it was a very difficult day, very emotional and quite

somber. he said the reality is start to go sink in now, and i found it hard, you know, it's not an easy thing to do, to go into a prison jail. it's conditions that are very stark and dark and very, very dusty, and it was not easy. that's all i can say. >> what about peter's health? what is his health like, what is his mood like? how is he holding up? >> as i said, he's quiet, he was quite somber, but he was absolutely so delighted to see us, and, you know, it was quite emotional when we arrived, and also, too, when we left. unfortunately, we thought we had two hours with him, but it ended up we only had 45 minutes, so it

wasn't easy to discuss the sort of things that we would like to have discussed. he's ok, but he's -- it's not easy. it's not -- it's very difficult for him. >> the u.s. government says the economy is continue to go recover following the sharpest downturn in decades, but many americans are finding it hard to find jobs. long term joblessness isn't just a drag on the countries finances, it's also a drain on the countries mental health. >> come on in. >> twice a month at this church in washington, d.c., lucida opens doors to people nearby who need help. >> one for you and one for you. >> neighbors can pick up a box of donated food to feed their families. >> 85% of the people that we serve now are due to be the unemployment crisis.

they're out here with no income and no resource. >> no longer any government assistance. the u.s. congress ended long term unemployment benefits. overnight, close to 2 million people lost government help. that number goes up by 70,000 each week. helen says with the u.s. unemployment rate stuck at just above 6%, her adult daughter hasn't been able to find work, so she moved back home. five people now live on helen's small government pension. >> december, 2010, since i retired, i've been taking care of her and her three boys. >> the stress of supporting so many on so little, she says, has taken its toll. she's not alone. a survey of 350,000 americans last year revealed the longer they were unemployed, the more likely to be depressed. for those that have worked for roughly one month, just 10% reported being depressed.

if unemployed a year or more, the level of depression double to say 19%. this employment advocate says that's because the u.s. economy may have improved from its collapse five years ago, but only for some americans. >> the recovery worked well for the people in the upper echelons of our economy. the bankers, the millionaires, the executives. >> those in the middle and working class told us u.s. incomes haven't kept up with inflation. even mckinley sentence making the best of it. she had a high paying salary position, now works multiple jobs at an hourly wage for tens of thousands less and little job security. >> i am working just temporary, nothing permanent is temporary, which could end at any minute. >> there's a real possibility that could happen. u.s. economic news continues to

decline. aljazeera, washington. >> things might be tough in the u.s., but there is good news for germany's poorest workers. 5 million of them could be in line for pay raise after parliament back as national minimum wage. it will be worth it just so the 11 and a half billion dollars. some say it means cheaper foreign competition will destroy their companies. we have a report from germany. >> this student from poland said picking blueberries in germany is the only way to pay for studies. she earns a little over $8 an hour now. next summer, she stands to earn $11.50 an hour. >> the amount of money doesn't matter that much, any payment is better than nothing. here i earn quite a bit of money. in poland, i would earn nothing. >> her boss is worried he won't be able to employ her next season. >> most of our cost is the

harvesting cost. now they will increase at about 20%. >> the farmer said the only way to match foreign growers lower prices may be to move production to poland, where wages are a quarter of german pay. >> there are families here who live here and we want to do our business going on here, but we are afraid that our competitors can afford it cheaper than we are able. >> the new law will have no effect on the auto manufacturers, chemical firms and machine tool makers who make germany the world's third biggest exporter. their workers earn more than the planned minimum wage. >> the low paid jobs were created largely as a result of painful labor market reforms in the 1990's. those reforms helped to make

germany much more competitive but widened the gap between rich and poor. >> that gap should shrink and so should the gap between germany and its neighbors add germans with more disposable income buy more foreign goods from foreign countries. >> if low paid part of the workforce earns more now, this is basically stimulating internal demand, so from a micro european point of view, this is exactly what was wanted from germany to increase wages and increase internal demand. >> of course, who is poor and what's a decent income is relative. the hope is german workers will earn and spend more and seasonal workers will somehow still stay employed here. the fruits of their form will be felt starting next january 1. aljazeera, germany. >> still to come, come with me under the sea.

how jacques cousteau's grandson is under the waves. >> a quarter final with colombia. stay with us. stay with us. >> kind of like we're watching little architects in action >> one of natures mysteries solved... >> i don't think it's a spider or mite >> in the amazon rainforest >> we're gonna try to get one in the act of actually making the structure >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america.

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the brazilian players were crying during the national an themselves. saturday, five time winners faced colombia on friday, but star forward namar claims they are hoping with the high expectations. >> i tell my teammates that we have to act as if we're playing against a friend in the back yard of our house. you don't want to lose to your friends. fearing to be mocked, i say to myself, no, i'm not losing to this guy, are you nuts? so he can mock me later? i do my best to win. that's why way to deal with it. >> the brazil again government said the world cup would help benefit people long after the tournament was over, but in some cities, critics say the event increased the stark divisions in brazil. we report from brazil. >> brazil's surfing capital, a

hot spot for tourists who won the beaches of brazil's wild northeast coastline. there's another side to the city where not everyone is riding a wave of prosperity, where deep economic and social divisions remain hidden in the shadows. sabrina knows it. she lives it in the impoverished community. raw sewage runs through the streets, rats are common, and fever wide fred. the 500 families that live here have few options. >> the majority of people who live here are people who are in need. we can't afford to live anywhere better. nobody lives somewhere where there's open raw sewage because they want to. >> this community was slated for demolition to make way for a light rail line, part of the world cup urban mobility project. many residents didn't move, saying the roughly $30,000

offered by the government to each family was not enough. new condos across the street sell for more than $400,000 each. the light rail line was never completed and sits unfinished. the community now left half destroyed, residents tell us it's worse off than it was before. >> this is the part of the city the government does not want you to see. it's inhumane conditions here, that's the only way to describe it, and it really looks like a war zone in some parts. the city has destroyed more than 90 homes in an attempt to evictim people from this community. >> the federal government said its social inclusion programs have lifted more than 36 million people out of extreme poverty, a sign their policies are working, they say. they may have a new multi-million dollar stadium,

but it's come at a cost. >> the world cup has amplified the contrast between rich and poor with selective improvements in areas with real estate speculation but at the same time have neglected areas where poor people live, where it's not a priority. >> it's a tale of two cities, one with an undeniable beautiful picture postcard image, but also one with a much darker side. aljazeera, brazil. >> algeria have returned home to a heroes welcome, greeted by fans after flying home. they have progressed from the group stage for the very first time. although they were eventually beaten 2-1 in extra time by germany in the first knockout stage. >> one of the other big stories of this world cup has been its popularity in the united states.

the u.s. team were watched by record t.v. audiences. despite a loss to belgium, the goalkeeper emerged as a new hero making 16 saves. barack obama was one of million to say watch the game and afterwards phoned the captain. that is a moment captured. >> this is a first time i think you really ended up having an entire country focused and you were fantastic. tim, i think, you know, i don't know how you're going to survive the mobs when you come back home, man. you're just like you're going to have to shave your beard so they don't know who you are. >> join us every day for our world cup update, a wrap of everything going on at the world cup. >> 2011 champion through to the

wimbledon finals, winning in straight sets. >> continue to go weigh options as a framing. the new york nicks star has been to see the houston rockets. images of him in a number seven jersey, currently worn by jeremy lin. last year, they signed dwight howard from the l.a. lakers. >> much more sport on our website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. >> that's it from me for now. >> now, here's a question for. you what's it like to spend a month at the bottom of the sea? fabian cousteau knows what it takes, he's the grandson of

jacques cousteau. this report from the florida keys. >> this is the first time in weeks that fabian cousteau has seen the open skies and breathed fresh air. since the beginning of june, he's been living and working 20 meters below the surface in a specially underwater laboratory. the idea behind the expedition was to show that long stays living underwater be viable, using techniques that his grandfather helped developed. the entire expedition was broadcast via the internet. >> my grandfather would have loved to talk to people, whether students, young, young at heart or the news or other scientists around the world from aquarius. >> it's the in venters and research that make this significant. scientists don't need to go to go decompression.

that means months of important research can be done in just weeks. >> they can go outside and put in a full workday. they can stay six to eight hours out there and really only need to go back to the habitat to get food and sleep at night. >> it is the only laboratory of its kind in the u.s. and expensive to run. scientists say the benefits outweigh the costs. >> in one month, they'll produce significant new findings, work that under normal circumstances would take years. much of their research is focused on environmental changes. in a delicate eco system like the florida keys, that research could make all the difference. >> less than 10% ole word's oceans have been explored. it is hope the mission will change that. aljazeera in the florida keys. >> that's it from the news hour. from all of it is here in doha, bye for now. thanks for watching. ing.

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