turning a new page in iran. >> whatever we have told the world, whatever we have promised or will prompts in the nuclear talks we'll stand by our promise. >> despite the talk of cooperation in iran israel's benjamin netanyahu puts forth a new demand. a nuclear jordan, aman signs a the deal to build its first nuclear powerpoint. we'll talk about the spread of nuclear energy in the middle east. the battle for aden.

>> strikes from air and sea won't be enough. >> fighters of yemen's yemen's exiled president. they send weapons instead. is china increasing its persecution of christians? glefng good evening i'm antonio mora. tonight iran is sending a strong signal to the world. hasan rouhani says, iran is ready to put forth a new step to the world. israeli prime minister b. says,

parts of the deal should contain, israel has a right to exist. patty culhane has the story. >> the reception home could not have been more jubilant. loapg forhoping for a successful conclusion and agreement. secretary of state john kerry dpreatedgreeted angry members of congress. >> going to put iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. >> many politicians say they don't like that iran will be able to do research and development or that all of iran's facilities will stay open and that they think u.s. agreed to too much sanction relief. that proved to be a big selling point for hasan rouhani.

>> all sanctions including financial banking and economic sanctions will be lifted the final day that the agreement is implemented. >> the white house is on the offensive insisting that this is the best deal they could get and that it will be effective. >> we achieved our objective which is to make sure iran could not pursue a nuclear weapon and they will not be able to do so under this deal because it imposes very strict limitations on the type of nuclear activity that can be conducted on iranian soil. >> reporter: many in congress say that the u.s. president can't make this deal on his own and they're promising to pass a bill that will give house and senate final approval. the white house is going to have to work hard to keep enough members of the president's own party from turning against him and stripping his authority to finalize a deal. so now there will be plenty of behind the scenes lobbying and public speeches. the president is going to argue if they kill this deal it will be much more likely the u.s. ends up in another war in the

middle east. republicans say that if they just put more sanctions on iran they will give up all of their nuclear capabilities eventually. now they have to convince the american people that their side is right. because in a closing vote who the american people side with could be the deciding factor. patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> as patty said, the president now faces the tough deal of selling this to congress. stephanie sy talked with white house press secretary of state josh earnest. >> you recall when president obama first took office back in 2009 the international community was fractured about how to exactly confront iran over their nuclear program. unfortunately in iran they were united in their drive the

produce a nuclear weapon. the united states banded together to implement sanctions that took a very tough toll on iran. they have had their oil exports decline precipitously. that has compelled iran to come to the bargaining table with the international community. this willing be the responsibility of congress after iran has demonstrated over the long term a willingness to comply with the terms of the agreement it will be the responsibility of congress to ultimately decide whether or not those sanctions should be removed. but we do not believe congress should take a vote to remove those sanctions any time in the near future and that is frankly because we want iran to demonstrate some sustained agreement to implementing the terms of the agreement. >> should congress at least have the opportunity to review the final deal and sign off on it

before it's final? >> well, for decades well, actually, for longer than that, for generations the united states president as described in the united states constitution, is responsible for adhering to the constitution of the united states. in terms of this sanctions regime that the congress has put in place against iran, that's why this two or three months to go in terms of working through technical aspect of this agreement. >> fierce fighting continues in yemen as kim vanel reports nine days into the saudi air strike campaign, the battle for aden shows notice sign of ending any time soon.. >> reporter: the streets of

aden have become a battle ground and these people are watching it all play out. with the center of the city policiersmoldering those loibl to abd rabbu mansour hadi abd rabbu mansour hadistruggle tocope. >> the strikes from the air and sea won't be enough. there must be forces on the ground, the people here are under bombardment. there are deaths and families remain under siege. we can't get to them. >> reporter: on friday, the call for help was met. not with more ground troops but with supplies. the saudi led coalition parachuting in weapons and ammunition a morale boost for hadi supporters besieged. >> we think the kingdom of saudi arabia and all the gulf countries as well as our brothers in arab countries for dropping supplies.

we will be victorious and bravely carry on fighting as heroes. >> reporter: taking on from a military base in southern saudi arabia coalition forces continue to bomb houthi fighters and their allies. a number of air strikes forcing the rebels and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh just hours after they capture it. forces loyal to president hadi may be increasingly well equipped but those loyal to form he president saleh remain strong too. and as the number of dead continues to grow the battle for aden and for all of yemen could be a long one. >> translator: here at the medical compound there was an air strike led by the houthis targeting some of our brothers. we went to save them and the traitor houthis attacked us too. why are they bombing here? these people are not muslims.

>> thought to be with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula now chrome most of the city. after storming a jail on thursday they've also taken croalt of the port and -- control of the port and a military base. as the saudi led coalition tries stop houthi advances al qaeda is taking ground too sinking yemen further into chaos. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> a philadelphia woman has been arrested for trying to join i.s.i.l. keona thomas appeared in court today. she was charged with supporting i.s.i.l. with money and resources. the fbi says thomas who goes on the name of young lioness on twitter, planned to martyr herself. they followed her tweets and knew she was in touch with a i.s.i.l. fight inner syria. i.s.i.l. fighters reentered the yarmouk refugee camp in damascus today. rebels have taken control of

most of the camp. yarmouk is home to some 18,000 marinian refugees. the syrian civil war has led to significant food water and medicine shortages. syrian planes attacked, military aircraft and bombing activity were captured on video from the jordanian side. rebels seized the syrian side of the nasid crossing yesterday. i.t. was the only functioning crossing between jordan and syria and considered a major trade gateway. hundreds of kenyans took to the streets to protest against al shabaab terror group. many kenyans are angry with the government saying it didn't do enough to protect students. katherine soy reports on the aftermast of the slaughter. -- aftermath of the slaughter.

. >> families in warning their loved unones were unexpectedly and unceremony usely taken away. at this military camp we find survivors tired and with gunshot wounds. christine is packed and ready to be evacuated. she had everything. >> they were telling the ladies to move out those who failed would be what they did they moved out. they were just surrendering, they were cutting up. >> the men were treated more harshly. >> arguing please don't kill me don't do this. they were just slaughtering them. >> and she hopes this is last time she sees garrissa. >> what i saw i can't stand

back no. >> reporter: police and the military continue to gather crucial evidence from the university compound. the seize ended as dramatically as it started. those who were rescued are being bussed back to their homes. political leaders and security chiefs have arrived in the town and are promising security will be improved. >> they want to make sure security does not fall in place. in order to do that we have to recognize that it is no more business as usual. >> reporter: but those who live here have had all this before. >> the script is the same. an attack happens. we are reassured of security. security be beefed up. some high profile figure comes from nairobi. they land for a few hours and they go back. only for this thing to happen a few days later. >> reporter: al shabaab fighters have been promising

another spectacular attack, like the nairobi westgate siege. katherine soy, al jazeera nairobi, kenya. >> he asked those responsible to change their violence ways. more disturbing details are emerging about the germanwings plane that slammed into the french alps. the co-pilot andreas lubitz accelerated the craft. the information came from an initial reading of the plane's data recorder. all 150 people on board the flight were killed. warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. many communities completely lack running water power and access to health care. for the most vulnerable the situation is especially dire.

social benefits including pensions have been cut off and children who were dealing with psychological trauma have no place to learn or even play. the nuclear chess game in the middle east as the u.s. gets iran to curb its program jordan strikes a nuclear deal with russia. also young europeans saying good-bye to an old way of life leaving behind ghost towns and a growing demographic crisis. g demographic crisis. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet

>> be negotiators for iran and six world powers now have a draft agreement. people are taking stock of the agreement that was announced yesterday. as jonah hull reports there was celebration and condemnation. >> reporter: arriving back to a hero's welcome mohamed javad

zarif returned back to home, the beginning of the end of iran's isolation. >> translator: some think we have to fight the world or surrender to the superpowers. we believe neither of these is the case. there is a third path. we can cooperate with the world. >> reporter: but there are powerful conservative critics of the framework nuclear deal and rouhani reassured them that iran reserves its rights. >> translator: it will be balanced. if the other parties reach their balance iran will too. if they wish to go a different path our nation will have its options open for it. >> opposition to israeli government both see it as a dangerous step in the wrong direction. >> the deal would legitimize

iran's illegal nuclear program. it would leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure. a vast nuclear infrastructure remains in place. >> but for the negotiators themselves including the foreign ministers who personally spent countless hours in marathon negotiations over the past 18 months, the elusive agreement over iran's nuclear program is a spectacular success. perhaps the most hawkish of them france's lauren fabreuse. >> translator: if this is not solid it would mean that iran could get a bomb and this is not acceptable. that means the countries of the region, saudi arabia, egypt turkey et cetera could think about making a bomb and that would be a nuclear proliferation dangerous for us all.

>> helpful, chinese called it good news for world. it's not over yet. on the lakeshore of lausanne they agreed on a framework of a final deal to be signed by june the 30th. there are details to be worked out and possible pitfalls remain but the end of a dangerous nuclear standoff is in sight. jonah hull, al jazeera. >> in context tonight we're taking a look at other nuclear programs in the middle east. since iran started enriching 800 number onuranium in 2006, eight countries announced plans to recite nuclear power stations. yemen and egypt announced nuclear power plans that same year followed by syria and jordan in 2007. bahrain and united arab emirates in 2008 and in the 1950s it began building a reactor in

demona. just last week, jordan signed an agreement with russia. >> it's taken years of research and negotiations to get to this point. jordan and russia have signed and agreement word $10 billion setting the legal basis for building jordan's first nuclear power plant. nuclear firm will build a plant operational by 2022. over the last few years energy poor jordan has sunk in departments. turmoil in egypt has cut off its supply of chief natural gas and the conflict in iraq has done the same for oil shipments there there. jordan spent billions of dollars generating electricity each year. now government believes nuclear is the way to go. >> the fact that it has been breeding and losing on an

average of $3 billion u.s. every year. so nuclear power is definitely one of the solutions to graduate from total dependency on oil and gas. >> reporter: but there is widespread opposition to building a nuclear power plant here not only from civilians and environmentalists who are concerned about the plant's safety but to parliament too. they will be under pressure by the government to approve it. three years ago jordan's parliament approved a recommendation to suspend the country's nuclear program on the grounds that it was costly and hazardous for the environment. this recommendation appears to have been ignored with the signing of the new deal with russia. the government is adamant about producing its own energy and there's little lawmakers can do to block this project. russia has 70 years of nuclear

energy experience and ross atom maintains its reactors are the safest. >> translator: a lot of the preparation work in cooperation with the jordanian atomic energy agency the nuclear power plant in jordan is going to be built within all the requirements for safety. >> reporter: jordan imports 96% of its energy needs and that's costing it 20% of its gdp annually. as instability and conflict continue in the region jordan wants to make sure it can remain stable by becoming less dependent on foreign energy. we are joined by jim walsh. a research associate at mit. jim good to see you. the gulf states are not happy with this emerging deal with

iran. could have it the unfortunate consequences of destabilizing the area? >> i'm skeptical of that, antonio. you would think that would bother them a lot more than a situation where iran is heavily constrained. i'd also say you know they have been living under this cloud as you pointed out earlier since 2005 and yes some agreements have been signed. but they've had a decade and they really haven't done anything. this is an area of the world whose nuclear history i paid close attention to. this was not the first time i heard of agreements be being signed, of the plants being planned and all of i.t. has come to nought. so i'm more of the show-me variety here. i want to see what they actually do. >> but you know that the saudis and to lesser extent other gulf countries have made noises how they can conceivably want

nuclear capability, especially if iran could develop a bomb. i've heard of nuclear power plants booming in the middle east most of them don't have problem with energy needs. how much of a concern is the nuclearization of a region? >> it takes a lot of time to build a nuclear plant costs a lot of money. those are reasons that have kept such plants from these regions. you've put your finger on something important here. it's not the nuclear issue. it's the rivalry between saudi arabia and iran and this predates the nuclear issue. essentially from 1979 on since the islamic revolution, the gulf states most particularly saudi arabia have been in competition with iran. one is persian the other is

arab. one the shia the other is sunni. one has revolutionary republic, the other is kingdoms, run by kings, monarchies. especially when iraq went away in 2003, essentially disappeared off the map left saudi arabia and iran as competitors everywhere syria yemen everywhere. >> what will a deal mine to u.s. in the region? president obama very quickly called the leaders of israel and saudi arabia yesterday and yesterday he followed up with calls to uae kuwait, bahrain and qatar. >> smart politics on his part. obviously, the saudis are afraid if we have semi-normal relations with iran, they are not big players in the region, they get a little less attention than if iran gets to play here. i don't think there's anything that can be done about that and the u.s. in years prior to the revolution was able to balance

competing players iraq, and iran, the u.s. is going to take there on a case-by-case basis. in syria we're going to be siding against iran. in yemen we're going to be siding with the gcc and with saudi arabia and which we've done by saying, we're going to provide intelligence support on this effort in yemen. but the saudis aren't even players, the gulf states aren't players at all and we've got to do something about i.s.i.s. taking big territory there. country by country the u.s. is going to say what's in our best interest and form relationships based on that. >> do you think this could make a difference in the long term bringing iran back into the international community? because the supreme leader in iran was still talking about this week death to america and death to israel. >> yes we're both u.s. and iran in a pickle here, iran founded

in 1979, the shah was massively supported 50 u.s. that's why they're so against the u.s. but there's a sort of schizophrenia there. we have in the u.s. our own issues with iran going back to the hostage crisis. i think this will work itself out over time. in the near term the relations between iran and the gulf nations will not improve i don't think because they're sort of at each other's throat. in the mead deal it helps rouhani. he's a pragmatist, a centrist. not as caustic relations between saudi arabia and iran. >> jim walsh always good to have you with us. thanks. >> thank you. >> modern day slavery exposed. up next, the rescue of hundreds of abused fishermen. plus the aftermath of a

destructive typhoon. e typhoon.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, a polish city that's dying out because its young workers are moving out. also, the millions of bibles printed every year in a country that's officially atheist. hundreds of fishermen are free tonight after living a life of slavery in indonesia. the men were being held against their will and forced to work for little or no pay. an investigation found the fish were forced to catch fish for those across the world including those in america. step vaessen has the story. >> a remote corner of indonesia.

they suffered in silence for many years until a team from the fisheries ministry in jakarta came to investigate claims of human slavery. they were forced to work without pay. >> translator: you can call this slavery indeed. for example when they were sick they will be called to the captain and given electric trick shocks and tortured. also when they were very tired they were treated very inhumanely. yes, this is slavery. >> reporter: these men said they were sold to the fishing company in thailand who promised them a job in a restaurant, instead they ended up far from home and escaped by hiding. >> maybe some people wanted to be there on the boats but not me and not the others. i wanted to go home so badly. >> the fishing company used a

prison cell to regularly lock up fishermen. their desperation written on the walls. for sure i was at home one day someone writes, if there's a way in, there should be a way out. and the way out has finally come. after listening to their testimonies, government investigators decide to take them to a safer place. this just shows how desperate they really are. as soon as the indonesian government announced they were going to bring them to safety more emerged. they are living a life full of fear and horror and going to a life of uncertainty but most importantly they're going home. >> these victims of human trafficking are only a small group of fishermen stuck in indonesia. and while kiet yaelin is excited to go home after four years the fate of many others hangs in the

balance. step vaessen, al jazeera indonesia. charged with bribery abuse of power and leaking state secret service. that's according to the chinese state agency. highest ranking official caught up in an anticorruption campaign by the chinese president. nearly 600 cars were destroyed today in south korea after a fire broke out at a used car dealership. some 200 residents were evacuated from south korea's second largest city. the business is reportedly uninsured. no one was hurt. these photographs show the aftermath of typhoon maysak, which displaced more than a

thousand killing five, and make many homeless. and erratic weather has also hit india in the past weeks. heavy winds and rain have decimated crops. liddy dutt reports on the impact it is on the already struggling farmers. >> this harvest season is full of discontent. this year, winds destroyed his wheat crop and what's left will be just enough to feed his family. >> translator: tuition has gotten worse. but what can we do? we farmers don't have anyone to turn to and we don't have any faith in the government. we have to survive on our own. the best way we can. >> reporter: according to india's weather bureau, last month was the wettest march in

100 years. estimates suggest millions of hectares of crops in states like deli hariana punjab and ragistan have been damaged. for many this unseasonal weathers is another challenge in increasingly challenging times. neighbors think they have lost nearly $100,000 worth of crops. they say the damage caused by unpredictable weather is harder to bear in what union groups describe as prime minister narendra modi antifarming policies. >> develop do not destroy to do so. today in villages across india everyone is criticizing the new government and if the new government tries to take our land it will lose our support. is. >> reporter: prime minister modi is facing criticism for

trying to save land laws, making it easier to acquire land like this for development. governed india for ten years until may of last year did little to better the lives of farmers. >> the neglect of rural india has been a concern not just for the modi government. it goes back to the prior government the small difference is that the ufia government paid lip service to those issues whereas this government seems not even to be interested in that. and the land ordinance is one very serious example of that. >> but gava doesn't just want the indian government to come to his rescue. he wants it to better appreciate what his land means to the economy. because ultimately he says it is farmers like him who will feed a growing and prosperous india. liddy dutt, al jazeera new del

delhi. >> greece has promised to repay millions of dollars of loans to the international monetary agency on monday. a default on that loan could have shaken financial markets. imf says other deals are off the table unless the greek government agrees to revolutionary changes. tim friend reports in poland. >> it is an emotional scene that's paid out daily in bitham's bus station. another worker is leaving town, one of thousands who have said good-bye. the town has shrunk by 50,000

people in the past ten years. in tears 20-year-old samantha is on her way to london. and a sad good-bye. >> sad to leave your friends? >> yes sad to leave my friends. terrible for me. >> it's sad really. >> i may cry really. >> quite tough. >> yes. >> some of samantha's friends say they plan to follow her soon. well as samantha sets off for london she's among thousands of young polish people who are flooding out of the country. and the politicians don't seem to be able to do anything to stop the flow. as a result, the birth rate is plummeting. the children's playgrounds are often empty and a short distance away is another reason why bitham is slowly dying. there used to be six coal mines here now only one is left.

locals scavenge for scraps of coal and the coal miners settlements are in disrepair. church congregations like the town are aging. more people are dying here than are being born. so who will care for the elderly? this family is typical. the daughter lives in germany with her husband. they're only back for a short visit. >> it's becoming the town of pensioners and closed mines. if the young keep living there will be an abyss. >> reporter: the european union has just announceed a $100,000 worth of aid. >> the situation is very difficult. all we can do is slow down the

negative trends but we cannot stop them. >> in the meantime there will be more good-byes at the bus station. tim friend, al jazeera bittom, poland. the united states economy is showing signs of sluggishness. a new report today showed a big drop in the number of jobs created last month. now trying to figure out whether it's a fluke or trend. we'll have more at 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. coming up millions of chinese christians trying to spread a message of love despite the danger of persecution in communist china. and the controversial over a looming ban over circus animals in mexico. in mexico.

>> today marks good friday, one of the holiest days on the christian calendar. pope francis commemorated the

final hours of jesus's life with two services. for the victims of war who said they carried the cross of suffering as christ did. thousands of pilgrims flocked to jerusalem to mark the crucifixion of jesus. they walked on the way of sorrows, the path believed to have been taken by christ on his way to the cross. in atheist communist china the government tolerates some religions practice while persecuting others. as adrian brown reports in our off the record segment that is reflected by a bible printing company, one of the world's largest. >> reporter: there was times when mao tse tung's little red book was the only published

here. but now the bible 13 million were produced here last year. sanctioned by china's atheist government. >> first principle it serves our churches serves our introarts and sisters. then if we stillour brothers and sisters. then if we still have the capacity we will sever overseas churches. >> such is demand for holy book it remains an around-the-clock operation. according to official figures around 30 mill people are christian. unofficially it's 100 million that's more members than the communist party has. while religious is tolerated the government is wary of its popularity a popularity that is reflected here.

the company began publishing bibles in 1987. today it's proof that there's money in religions. religion a contradiction that is he only possible in today's china. more people are seeking meaning and spiritual confident that neither communism nor capitalism seem to have supplied. >> the material isn't enough, we are a human being not anymore. so when we have enough for food, we always thinking that why the value of the life? was the value of the life? so that is a very natural thing. >> reporter: he believes that 20 years from now there could be up to 160 million chinese christians and of course, they'll all need a bible made here. adrian brown al jazeera nan jing. according to the pew researcher center the united states has the largest

population of christians in the world, 287 million 87% of americans, china has the largest minority of christians about 5% of its population. for more on religion in china we're joined by pastor bob foo pastor it's a pleasure to have you with us. it's a tremendous irony china has the world's largest bible factory. freedom of religion exists in the constitution, but is it only a farce? >> you're right anthony, thank you for having me. yes, the bible has been lately printed in china and printed so many copies, they even exported so many. yet not so many people know, only one government controlled press can be allowed to print bible and the bible is not allowed to be sold in any public

bookstore. so it is a forbitten forbit forbidden product. just the last year alone according to our record, over 3,000 christians were even criminally sentenced. and almost 30,000 christians were persecuted in one of way or another. and even the government sanctioned churches, they're between 500 to perhaps 1,000 government sanctioned churches last year were either destroyed totally, by importance or their crosses being removed. >> i'll talk more about that in a moment but you were tortured and jailed for your religious activities in china. and i know you said china is seeing its worst religious religious

persecution since the cultural revolution. but hasn't the society made strides? >> you're absolutely right. in both sides the revival and the growth of christianity in the past 60 years has been unprecedented. perhaps in 2030 china will be destined to become the largest christian nation with 224 million christians estimated to be. yet the persecution has never been stopped and actually even becoming worse in the past few years. >> now, you mentioned the official catholic and property standpoint churches that have been technically sanctioned by the government. i know the majorities of worshipers stay away from them. how different are they from the regular catholic and protestant churches? >> i think fundamental difference between the so-called

government-sanctioned patriotic catholic and protestant churches and the independent house churches or underground church is really who is the head of the church? the only head according to the biblical scripture that the only head of the church is jesus christ and him alone not a communist party not a political force. not any human organizations. >> right. you know the chinese government's position on religion does seem to be or orwellian. some of these churches were attacked it was demolished in the eastern city of juanjho. this isn't persecution. what is the chinese government trying to do? are they trying to allow some

religion to let off steam but they think the religion poses threat? >> remember this isn't even the independent house church that the government has destroyed. it is the government sanctioned church that has exist for many years. ironically on the eve of good friday one big ten-year-old government sanctioned church in chuchi city, their cross was also forcibly removed by the government sent military police. and destroyers in the early morning, in a secret raid. so this is really the targeted campaign with the purpose to use the government language, the so-called, to cool down the overheated christianity group.this is the prop propaganda,

has nothing to do with the government buildings because these buildings were -- >> were approved. >> and already sanctioned by the chinese government. >> pastor bob foo. good of you to join us. it's a fascinating story that this is going on in china. thank you. >> thank you. >> tonight it is also the jewish holiday of passover. jews are remembering the biblical exodus from egypt. ultraorthodox jews have gathered water from the spring to bake the un unleavened bread. >> i'm ama boassan in ghana. i'll report on how one company

is turning plastic waste into fashion. fashion.

>> in our global view segment we look at how news outlets across the word are reacting to various events. the nuclear agreement the guardian hails the agreement saying diplomacy shows its worth. but the middle east and the world as a whole? the headline in the editorial of the iran daily turning point ahead. it needs iran to maintain the power balance in the middle east and it says the deal marks a turning point in iran's international role based on president rouhani's moderate foreign policies. finally the jerusalem post writes that the obama administration gave into iran because it was desperate for a deal. under the headlines slippery face-saver but iran wins. not about stopping iran from

building a nuclear weapon, but about america and israel from stopping iran getting the bomb. >> retiring circus elephants by 2018. the elephants have been a mainstay. the fate remains uncertain because of a ban on animals going on in july. john holman reports from mexico city. >> a ban on wild animals in circus acts is due start in three months time. it's a hammer blow for junior. who has been train training circus acts for years. >> we are in shock, what are we going to do?

>> reporter: this is where his tigers live. small cages are common in mexican circuses part of the ban. they have released a slew of videos depicting animal cruelty. >> translator: i think the circus has to evolve. for a long teem they have dressed up animals. they say it will mean job losses but i think it will actually need new people for better acts. >> the ban has caused 70 circuses to close their doors for good says mexico's circus federation. they're in ranches now with more and more arrive being. these animals have been in this compound for months and months. what's going to hatch to them when the ban comes into full effect? >> they are going to die. who's going to maintain them? unfortunately, the circus people don't have the money to keep

them. >> the government said it will look to zoos and sanctuaries to take on the animals. but many don't have the space or resources for new rivals. arrivals. >> many don't have the infrastructure to care for them. >> reporter: the future remains unclear for boast these animals and the circuses will not be without their chief attractions. john holman, al jazeera mexico city. french law makeers are putting a ban on ultra-thin models. lawmakers say they want to discourage anorexia. about 40,000 people suffer from the disorder in france. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> the average american throws away nearly 200 pounds of plastic every year. only 5% is resoikd. recycled. in the west african country of ghana, one company has found a way to stem the tide. ama boama reports. >> these plastics are chief and convenient. but they also end up littering the streets. a company called trashy bags collects about 200,000 bags a month. and are assembles them. it is a social enterprise that is trying to driver awareness about the growing waste in our

environment. >> our bags, if people used those when they went to the grocery store or to the markets or to the stores and they used that every time then they would reduce the amount of disposable thin plastic bags which they're using all the time. here you go to buy a bottle of water in the store and they'll put a black plastic bag around it. and that's the current attitude we're trying to change. >> using the plastic from discarted billboards to make more colorful products. but what they're able to collect is just a fraction of the waste in ghana. the plastic waste ends up in dumping grounds like this one. it's carried out to sea by this drain and ends up being washed back ashore. beaches that are otherwise tourist attractions are being spoiled. it could take up to a thousand years for this type of plastic to degrade. campaigners say unless attitudes change fast, the consequence will be for many generations.

>> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america. i'll see you again in an hour. hour. >> on "america tonight": michelle phan since 2002 she has gone from obscure blogger to entrepreneur. >> i was always creating. i was creating doing comic books, i made my own universe. my own story. >> also tonight? >> i didn't see