> soccer stunner... >> f.i.f.a. needs a profound restructuring f.i.f.a.'s chief sepp blatter steps down as the u.s. steps up its investigation of the organization, reportedly making him the central focus. the winning strategy... >> i emerge from this meeting confident we'll defeat them through unity, determination and commitment to create a future of opportunity american officials double

down on the coalition plan to defeat i.s.i.l., as iraq's prime minister cries out for more help the race to find survivors. >> translation: i swam back and fourth three times, by the fourth time i felt someone was above me a desperate safe for hundreds of missing passengers in china's cruise ship disaster a global crusader for justice. >> this affects us we are seeing negative impacts of that in the u.s. my conversation with an american lawyer fighting for women as the only american litigator in afghanistan. good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. it is the end of an era in the world of soccer. sepp blatter, the man who led f.i.f.a. for 17 years stepped down just as the u.s. is reportedly stepping up a

corruption investigation against him. sepp blatter took f.i.f.a. from on organization of $550 million to over billions. the announcement came at a hastily arranged news conference in zurich. >> reporter: four days after his re-election as one of the most powerful men in football a shock announcement from f.i.f.a.'s long-serving president. sepp blatter said the organization needed profound reconstruction. >> >> translation: although members of f.i.f.a. elected me as president, this mandate does not seem to support it. this is why i call an extraordinary congress and dispose of my function. >> the extraordinary congress to elect a new president is expected to take place between december and march next year.

the 79-year-old swiss national was re-elected to the presidency last friday and spent years building a network of support, especially in africa where football received growing investment. the scandal surrounding f.i.f.a. prompted many to call for his resignation, including the head of the european football. blatter's resignation comes less than a week after swiss police arrested several officials, including two nice presidents on charges of racket earring, part of a u.s. prosecution against 14 people. swiss authorities launched a criminal investigation around the 2018 and 2022 world cup bids won by russia and qatar. sepp blatter is not under investigation by swiss authorities, but under his watch the organization faces its biggest challenge yet. after 17 years at the helm of

f.i.f.a., sepp blatter's resignation paves the way for a new era in international football international soccer has green in spite of allegations of bribery, boat buying. last year's final was watched by a billion around the world. british officials were delighted with blatter's resignation saying his credibility was destroyed. the english football association lost a 2020 world cup bid to russia and is calling on the bid to be re-examined. >> i think if it was shown that the decisions were reached as a result of corruption and illegal activities obviously there would be huge pressure for a reopening of the bid. russian president vladimir putin backed sepp blatter, and accused the u.s. of meddling. russia's sports minister says the decision was courageous. joining us is nathanial, a sports writer for the new york "daily news", a member looking

into the corruption charges surrounding f.i.f.a. good to have you with us. >> just on friday after he was reelected to his job, sepp blatter said "why should i step down?" that would mean i recognise that i did something wrong. what changed drastically in a few days. >> we don't know what changed if he received document or indication from the u.s. documents that he's in trouble. >> clearly something changed the maths for him in terms of how effectively he could leave the organization. could the sponsors put pressure on him. many spend millions on soccer and could be targets themselves. >> that right. it could be a part of it. it's likely he was in exact with his attorneys and colleagues wrapped up in the investigation. it's a big investigation. >> one of the latest things this came out was $10 million that

went through his top lieutenant so - and there are all the reports that the justice department seems to be looking more and more at him. last week i was talking to people that thought blatter may have been above it all, may have been the figure head - not the figure head but someone above corruption. >> you see a lot of deniability, where people at the top are insulated. this is a standard procedure for the u.s. government in a federal investigation. they get people on charges to which - for which they may go prison and then those people typically cooperate, and the way you cooperate is by sharing information about the people higher than you and the hierarchy. >> even if sepp blatter were not corrupt, he oversaw the organization for a couple of

decades. at this point there's a lot of doubt that corruption insisted. he either looked the other way or participated in it. he's not really going to step down from the position until there's a new election 6 months from now, and he can steer f.i.f.a. through the mess. that teems to make no sense. >> it's unlikely that he'll be an effective leader, not one that can push through reforms, not when so many so close to him are under investigation or have been charged. >> shouldn't he get out of there immediately. >> it may not be his choice. he may get forced out. there's a lot to come. the prosecutors promised more indictments. >> how does an organization survive the indictment of most of its upper leadship. can f.i.f.a. be reformed. >> we are yet to see what will happen. the u.s. government in the first wave of indictments didn't get the people at the very top.

but definitely it put the - put them in a tough position. >> now, can it be reformed because it - maybe a better question is can it survive under the circumstances, or is it one of these cases where people are so integral with the sport that it has to survive. in a lot of ways it has to survive because there's millions of dollars riding on the world cups and the other soccer tournaments. a good parallel might be the i.o.c. when the olympic committee had their scandal in 1998. they were not upped this pressure. this is -- under this pressure. this was extraordinary legal pressure. the i.o.c. really changed in a lot of drastic way, and reformed its process in ways that, you know make it a cleaner organization now. certainly cleaner than f.i.f.a. >> many are at stake, including the upcoming world cups in 2018 and 2022. good to have you.

>> my pleasure. >> thank you. >> now to the other top story. in paris urks and european -- paris, u.s. and european officials met to plan for the attack against i.s.i.l. 20 countries were represented, but no new strategies emerged. the summit got off to a rocky start with iraqis criticizing the coalition for not doing enough to help defeat i.s.i.l. >> reporter: in iraq the bullets and bombs continue. fighting so severe it looks nowhere near over. the hot desert landscape, a tangled web of militaries and militias all trying to stop the advance of i.s.i.l. in paris a start juxtaposition. in this ornate setting diplomats desperate to find a solution for iraq in its battle against i.s.i.l., or as the group is called in arabic d.a.e.s.h. >> translation: the international community, the

international coalition has to support us has to support us to destroy d.a.e.s.h. >> translation: the exchanges that we had today allowed us to reaffirm our unity and common determination to combat d.a.e.s.h. terrorists. >> the happened shakes and hopefulness meant to show how resolute the coalition remains. >> this will be, as we said, a long campaign. but we will succeed if we remain united, determined and focussed, and we are. >> reporter: an the table an anbar action plan promising to stream line weapons to the province and bank wish i.s.i.l. for good. not as heavily discussed, but syria on the agenda. participants calling for a transition in syria, saying if i.s.i.l. takes over more territory, it will be more dangerous for iraq and a region as a whole. a region confronted by turmoil

and the threat the looks of which was never seen before fighters loyal to shia cleric al-sadr advanced on positions held by i.s.i.l. they were filmed firing on positions 50 miles north of baghdad. the fighters seized one of i.s.i.l.'s bunkers in the area. meanwhile, in baghdad six were killed after a car bomb exploded demeer a restaurant and in -- near a restaurant injuring 13 and blew out windows syria was on the agenda of the paris summit. the white house blasted the syrian government working in conjunction with i.s.i.l. it was said that bashar al-assad's regime was helping the rebels near the town of aleppo. >> reporter: a commander belonging to al nusra front urges his fighters to stand

ready for their next battle. he says defeating syrian president bashar al-assad is a matter of time. these are fighters from the army of conquest a coalition including nusra, and other opposition groups. and they are on the offensive. they recently captured most of idlib province and are focus the on the coastal city of latakia, the heart land of president bashar al-assad's support. the army of conquest made gains in the last few months forcing government troops to withdraw. fighting has intensified on several fronts. in idlib, the rebels face hezbollah, and bashar al-assad forces that are backed by iran. in haas abbingar i.s.i.l. captured villages and expanded

influence, and in and around aleppo the syrian government and fighters are attacking rebels together. in areas like this the u.s. government said it heard reports about a joint strategy any i.s.i.l. and the bashar al-assad government. >> the regime is making air strike in support of i.s.i.l. aiding extremists in their attacks on the extremist population beyond that we have seen the extreme avoids i.s.i.l. lines in contradiction to claims to publicly be fighting i.s.i.l. the syrian observatory for human rights says i.s.i.l. controls half of syria. battle hardened and well equipped fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant storm an army base. i.s.i.l. has recently seized ancient ruins raising fears that they may destroy the site. in april i.s.i.l. blew up

artefacts of the ancient syrian capital in iraq. as the rebels gained more ground government helicopters dropped more barrel bombs, killing dozens of civilians in aleppo. rescuers search for survivors. despite condemnations bashar al-assad denies the army is using barrel bombs. four years since the start of the uprising more than 200,000 people have been killed, and vast areas destroyed, and there's no signs to an end to any of it as the u.s.-led coalition holds a strategy summit in paris, there's one key question on the table. we'll take a closer look at the u.s.'s plan to defeat i.s.i.l. and a damning report claims canada essentially committed cultural genocide by trying to

wipe away the history of the country's indigenous people. people.

in context tonight the u.s. strategy to combat i.s.i.l.'s advances in iraq and syria. during the summit in paris, iraq's prime minister warned that his country need more help to fight the rebels, but ruled out the return of u.s. combat troops the national security correspondent jamie mcintyre joins us from the pentagon with the latest. >> the u.s. admits that its strategy of providing air cover and relying on iraqi forces on ground has resulted in serious setbacks in recent weeks. it is not willing to concede the strategy is failing. today in paris the u.s. doubled down north of baghdad shia paramilitaries chant for victory as they prepare for a counter offensive to retake ramadi.

last month in the provincial capital thousands of demoralized iraqi troops fled in the wake of a well-coordinated assault by a smaller but more determined i.s.i.l. report. at a conference in paris, iraq's prime minister blamed coalition support, including a slow flow of weapons and the failure of saudi arabia and turkey to cut off seasoned fighters replenishing i.s.i.l.'s ranks. >> translation: they are supported by means from outside iraq by external combatants. we can make sacrifices to fight d.a.e.s.h. but the international community, the international coalition has to support us has to support us destroying daesh. >> in response the u.s. recounted familiar talking

points claiming i.s.i.l. lost a quarter of the territory it held in iraq along with men and equipment. deputy secretary of state anthony blinkin standing in for john kerry hospitalized with a broken leg said the u.s. would redouble efforts in what they called a winning strategy. >> i emerge confident that we'll defeat them through determination, commitment and future commitment of opportunity for the people in iraq there's a sense of urgency with i.s.i.l. 70 miles north-west of baghdad. u.s. is putting hope in american-trained iraqi forces. the white house said the training capacity is being ramped up and the new troops getting new weapons, based on experience where i.s.i.l. relied on trucks and vehicle bombs >> i note in the last week united states provided 1,000 a

t4 weapons to iraqi security forces. these are weapons that could be used to counter car bombs that we have seen i.s.i.l. deploy in advance of some of their offensive military operations. >> iraq announced plans to put more iraqi sunnis in demand position and bring together the tribal forces in anbar province so it doesn't have to rely on shia fighters feared by the sunni populous. in syria, it's a different story. i.s.i.l. captured the town of palmyra, and syrian rebels are battling for parts of aleppo. the u.s. has though reliable partner on the ground and the state department was quick to dismiss a suggestion na coalition -- that coalition air strikes be coordinate with bashar al-assad to prevent the fall of aleppo. >> we are not going to coordinate with a brutal dictator that massacred so many of his citizens. >> iraq's prime minister

expressed frustration with the low-level of support from the coalition and asked for more bombs and guns. one thing he did not ask for was more american combat troops on the ground. >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon thank you cedric leighton is a former air force colonel and deputy director of the joint chiefs of staff and joins us together. good to have you with us. let's start with iraq and prime minister haider al-abadi adducing the coalition of not doing enough to fight i.s.i.l. is the coalition failing. >> well it's good to be with you as well and to answer that i would say yes at the moment, it is. it doesn't have to be this way. the coalition proved ipp capable of getting the type of force needed to counteract i.s.i.l. to the place where it needs to work. and that place being places like ramadi and baiji. there's so many areas, so many

points of for example that could be used where the forces of the coalition and the iraqi state could be brought to bear against i.s.i.l. none of that is happening, part is an iraqi problem, the other is the coalition problem not getting the support when it is needed and the volume that it is needed. i think the prime minister has a major point there. >> it for example, not getting anti-tank weapons and things like that to the iraqi forces in in ramadi when i.s.i.l. was coming in with trucks and thinks. what can the coalition do. today they redoubled the efforts. what does that mean if the iraqis don't want western combat troops, is it wanting more and more weapons for a military with a terrible track record? >> well that's one thing we have to watch out for. because you don't want to throw good equipment basically into a hole that is a never-ending abyss, that is the significant

part of this. we have a chance to - had a chaps, i should say, to do major damage control in the area. it seems to me that the coalition has not been able to not only steal its own resolve, but, importantly, help the iraqis steel their resolve. what do you do in a situation like this? >> the best thing that can happen is a clear and decisive shift in strategy that will allow us to understand what the fight is about, and secondly to go in and help the iraqis defend the areas that they need to defend such assist baghdad, but also to help them retake areas like ramadi and beige, and do it in a visible, very effective and very decisive manner and i don't see anything... >> one of the shifts in strategy and something that has been talked about, we heard jamie mcintyre talk about the hopes of sunni tribes on the site of i.s.i.l. sunnis is it

likely. are there indications that there could be a sunni awakening in anbar province. >> there were some occasions that that is -- indications that that is happening. something going on in anbar province is the tribal leaders in anbar are saying they don't want to be a part of i.s.i.l. they want an alternative social structure, and keep that structure that exists viable in the face of the i.s.i.l. onslaught. to do that they need the weapons, they need the organised forces and to be able to bring those forces to bear in a very decisive fashion. with the sectarian issues that you have in iraq it's very important and wise for the government to arm the sunnis and do what they say they'll do in terms of this basically a pivot in their strategy. to make it happen they need to

do it effectively, and decisively and make a public display of it. >> i want a quick last question about syria, we heard a spokeswoman relevant a collaboration to defeat i.s.i.l. bashar al-assad has been accused of helping i.s.i.l. to be seen as a lesser evil. is that not the case. would it not make sense as the russians suggested to coordinate with bashar al-assad get rid of i.s.i.l. and worry about his and his regime. >> there's historical precedent for that. they were considered the lesser evil in the nazi - during the nazi period in world war ii. in this particular case we could make app argument that the bashar al-assad is brutal and evil as it is is the lesser evil compared to i.s.i.l. and i think the state department needs to take that into account when

they make pronouncements of this type. >> if the strategy in iraq and syria is to double down, are we not in the realm of thinking of doing more of the same bringing about a different result. >> i think we need to change strategy on that. and part of that is in essence theatre, where you appoint someone to lead the coalition forces, and you make a dramatic show of that person, leaving the - leading the forces into battle or doing the planning for the forces to go into battle it's important to look at the idea of ignoring the iraqi border to the extent we can, and do that because i.s.i.l. is ignoring the border. in some cases we need to take account of what the enemy is doing. it's apparent to go after them not giving them any sanctuary at

any location on the face of the earth. that is what we have to deal with. i don't see that happening in spite of meetings in paris and other places. >> and realise that it's one large battlefield there. colonel cedric leighton good to have you with us. holding out hope that survivors will be found in china. a frantic rescues operation under way to find hundreds of passengers almost two days after a disaster on a cruise ship. >> a one-time beauty queen in america, now a lawyer in afghanistan. my conversation on a global look for justice.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international new, a powerful moral victory for the first

nations of canada. first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in the american minute. president obama signed a measure to restate the n.s.a.'s phone records programme. the senate approved the bill by a vote of 67-32. officials say it's the first major overhaul of the government surveillance programme in decades. a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for the president to declassify 28 pages of a 2002 congressional inquiry. the pages reveal who financed the plot. the pages were blacked out by the bush administration on national security grounds. members of congress demanded answers from the takata corporation, the air bags the focus of the biggest recall history. takata is still trying to figure out the root cause of the problem. faulty air bags killed six people and prompted the recall of 43 million vehicles

rescue crews are holding out hope to find survivors inside a capsized ferry in china. more than 400 people. helderly tourists were on the boat when it went down in the yangtze river. rob mcbride has the latest on one of the worst maritime disasters. china's mighty yangtze river has seen tragedies before. what is common is the loss of life. hundreds of tourists retired workers were taking the trip of a lifetime to the three gorges dam area. the captain, who was rescued after the vessel went down said it was struck by a freak storm, described as a toronto. most of the passengers were asleep in their cabins below deck, and had little chance to escape as the havel sank in 2 minutes. as other vessels and rescue teams rushed to the area hopes

from raised as sounds and shouts for help were heard coming from inside the hull. >> translation: the next step is to continue strengthening efforts in a rescuing operation. not a second would be wasted. as long as there's hope we'll try our best. we will not give up a woman as pulled out from inside the vessel raising hopes that more passengers somehow found air pockets to stay alive. >> the scale of this tragedy is likely to raise fears about safety on china's rivers. a number of people on board will be taking a vacation. as more and more people in china have the money to take holidays, so the increased risk of tragedies such as this one in my opinion people working for a czech charity in afghanistan were killed tuesday morning when gunmen stormed the rooms as they slept. it happened in shah each

afghanistan's north. we have this report from kabul. >> reporter: this attack in the north of afghanistan targeted a czech non-governmental organization called people in need. it works on rural projects reconstruction in villages building bridges and roads, the attack happening overnight. nine killed, all afghans - two drives, two guards, and five aid workers, including a social worker. there has been no claim of responsibility so far. it certainly is not the first time the softer targets have been hit. in may, in kabul, there was a hotel attacked. 14 people were killed including nine foreigners and a guest house has been attacked. there has been a great deal of instability in the north of the country. it seems that the taliban has opened up a new front for fighting in konduz province.

the government had to send reinforcements from the afghan security forces up to the north to try to secure the area. still there is isolated fighting going on and that instability and insecurity is indeed felt in the north of afghanistan nicole johnson reporting from kabul. seven years ago milwaukee public defender kim motley travelled to afghanistan to help train attorneys. she never expected to stay but now has a practice and is known as a defender of human rights taking on difficult and dramatic cases. >> reporter: she begged for her life. as police looked on a mob beat and burnt her on a kabul street accusing her of burning the koran. in a case that shook afghanistan, the woman's family was represented by american attorney kimberley motley

describing the changes of representing kabul in a 2013 ted talk. >> i have been accused of being a spy, had a grenade thrown at my office - it didn't go off though. >> reporter: a wisconsin beauty queen turned public defender, she came on a programme to train local lawyers, and she stayed, she told n p.r. because something resonated with her own experience growing up in the projects of milwaukee. >> when you grow up poor in america, i think often you feel very invisible. and i think you feel like you don't have a voice. just like many afghans feel. >> in the 7 years since setting up practice motley has become known as a champion of women. like a british mother of three little boys abducted by their afghan father. motley brought the brothers home. >> i'm relieved to have the kids out of afghanistan. this has been a long gruelling process. >> reporter: and a girl sold into marriage at 12, tortured by

her in-laws. with motley at her side, she became the first victim of domestic violence to have legal representation. >> there we were at the supreme court, arguing in front of 12 afghan justices. she stood up. she found her voice. and my girl told them that she wanted justice and she got it. kimberley motley joins us now. great to have you with us. you go there for legal education, and you stay because you felt there was a clear need for someone like you to help specifically westerners in gaol in afghanistan. >> right. that's how i originally went to afghanistan. is i went there to train african defense attorneys. after being there i met a lot of people, basically westerners locked up forgotten, and i saw a niche of people that needed representation. >> you ended up setting up an

office, you faced accusations, attention, and had a grenade thrown at your office and talked about how a south african lawyer came to psychiatrist and said he wanted to come to see what a crazy person locked like. that was most people's reaction. how difficult was this for you. >> the work is very difficult. it's not as easy as it looks. there's a lot of unexpected consequences that come with the job. but i love my job, and i love representing my clients, which is very very important. and i have a strong believe in people deserving to be properly legally represented in afghanistan and everywhere. >> you represented people that would never have gotten legal representation of any sort including sahar, one of the people we mentioned. that's an incredible story. first time victim of domestic violence like her was represented by a victim in afghanistan. >> exactly. first time any victim was

represented for a criminal offense. i like to use laws unused. there was a law that said a victim can have legal representation. so no one had ever done that before and i had to point out the statute to the judges that this allows me to represent her. >> how did you manage to do things where the afghan legal system failed in the past? >> i like to read. i love reading about the law. i work with translators hired to work. i'm observant. i like looking at the courts watch the courts, listen to the people in prison. >> this is not normal courts, there's a case of a 6-year-old girl given to a man to satisfy a debt a $2500 debt and you ended up having to go to a jurga, a jurga appeals court bus a jurga decided the girl could go to the man. you are literally sitting in a

circle with afghan village elders arguing the case. as a lawyer myself it boggles the mind to see what you are doing. >> they made the wrong decision we needed a second jurga, it's illegal in afghanistan and other countries for a 6-year-old to be given to another adult, basically being sold. so when i talked to the meb, they listened to me and knew that at least to a certain extent what i was saying was correct, and allowed me to be part of the jurga and head the jurga, i was the presiding judge. >> it must have been an incredible experience. few have this westerners and women. talking about women's rights the farr kinda case made headlines because it was horrible. a young woman beaten to death by a mob on the street in broad daylight in kabul. no shame whatsoever in what they were doing. they photographed what was happening. it was off to see.

do you think that women's rights and respect for women will get better in afghanistan especially under the new government? >> i hope so. >> mean women's rights are so far down in afghanistan. her case and situation was definitely a way that that was demonstrated. i'm very optimistic about afghanistan, but it get harder and harder as insurgents come and attack people, innocent people where they punish women, to see that women's rights are progressing. however, i can say in the seven years i get there, i have seen more women judges more women lawyers, which is great. i see more women going to the justice system and complaining against those that attack them. >> i know you said women's rights in afghanistan and respect for the rights can have international consequences. >> the thing about it is women's rights should be an important global history. the u.n. secretary-general made the point that over one in three

women has been or is a victim of physical violent. one in three. that's phenomenal. with the 6-year-old who was sold, unfortunately, over 700 million girls under the age of 18 are currently child brides or were once child brides according to figures by u.n.i.c.e.f. we need to pay attention to that and understand that this world isn't 6 degrees of separation. we 4.74 degrees of separation according to scientists at the university of milan and facebook. >> what would you say for americans looking at your story thinking afghanistan, it's half a world away why should we care? >> it's not about this little girl or a girl in afghanistan. this affects us. i think we are seeing, unfortunately, negative impacts of that affecting us in the u.s. or other countries, that if we don't take hold of these major global issues as it relates to women's rights then the cows

may come home to roost, that we may need to understand that we need to grab hold and figure out constructive ways to deal with this and advocate for women's rights in afghanistan and beyond. >> good to have you with us. we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you. >> the u.s. entered the final stages of negotiations in iran's nuclear programme. relatives of americans detained there say there should be no deal until the prisoners are free. kimberley halkett reports. >> reporter: the families of american prisoners in iran share their stories with u.s. lawmakers. they speak of torture, a lack of due process, fair representation and iranian courts. >> let me be clear the charges against jason are falls. jason wrote about iran's domestic and foreign policy, but it is perfectly legal conduct recognised around the world as practicing journalism.

>> the trial of jason reseighan, a reporter with "the washington post" is ongoing. he's been charged with passing information to a hostile government. >> he was the first american to receive the death sentence since 1979. >> reporter: sara's brother amir is a dual national of iran and served in the u.s. military. despite being issued a visa to visit family in iran he was arrested there more that three years ago. his family reports amir has been tortured held in solitary confinement for cooperating with a hostile government. >> how can the u.s. be considered hostile to iran when we sit across at the negotiating table. >> reporter: that's a question democratic and republican lawmakers wants answered, as u.s. negotiates a deal they want concluded by the end of the month. >> we should halt negotiations until the prisoners are released. they condition to pokus in the

eye -- poke us in the eye and spit in our face. it is ludicrous that there would be a deal not including the bringing home of our people. >> reporter: the white house said it would not race detainment issues. with iranian and u.s. negotiations in the final stages, they are hopeful that there's time to secure release. in a new report the governor of canada is admitting it committed systematic cultural genocide. until 1996 officials took aboriginal children away from families and forced them into what they called residential schools. 150,000 children were punished for practicing native cultures. 6,000 died from abuse.

alan fisher explained how long-awaited justice is being served. >> reporter: they waited years and life-time to have pain acknowledged and the wrong done to them admitted. >> today i stand before you and acknowledge what took place in residential schools amounts to nothing short of cultural genocide. [ clapping ] >> it was nothing less than a systematic and concerted attempt to distinguish the spirit of aborigine peoples. as survivors showed us they have survived. >> reporter: for the indigenous people of canada the first nations knew this was a moment tore tears and cheers. for more than 100 years generations of children have been forced into res condition shall schools, and face -- residential schools, all in an effort said the government to civilize the indian. >> this has been a difficult,

inspiring and painful journey for all of us. the residential school experience is one of most darkest troubling chapters history. >> annie johnson spent 10 years in a school in british columbia. she left at the age of 15. 50 years on she carries emotional scars. >> messages that they gave us that we were hearingans payingans -- heathans paingans my way of life was no good. i'm 65 now, 60 years passed and i'm still deal with some of that. >> a court case five years ago was the start of the part of the settlement was a truth and reconciliation commission. they have gathered the country, gathering testa.

ment. everyone is lined up for a copy of the report. the head of the assembly of first nation says it will mean nothing unless also action. >> the operative word is implementation and action. there's no point having a report with recommendations and calls to action unless the government takes it seriously. it's thought more than 6,000 decided in the schools. record keeping was poor. the guilty could hide their secret. for many they hope the report is not the end, but the beginning for them their people and canada a new obstacle for central american migrants trying to reach the u.s. the mexican government steps up efforts to intercept them. rains bring misery to residents of southern chile. chile.

perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. heavy rain is causing a new round of flooding in chile.

many schools were closed, dozens of towns damaged. the rain will continue in the region through tomorrow. an american diplomat spent tuesday visiting migrants at a camp in northern indonesia, and the assistant secretary of state met with rohingya women in aceh. the u.s. is committed to finding a solution to the counter migration crisis. since may more than 4600 people from myanmar and bangladesh have been rescued from boats in south-eastern asian waters. several thousand more are believed to be at sea officials say 324 people were rescued off the coast of sicily taken on board a doctors without borders. and transferred to the italian coast guard. they are expected to arrive in sicily on wednesday migrants trying to reach the u.s. is facing obstacles. the mexican government is deporting more. as john holman explains being

caught by the authorities is the least of their worries. >> reporter: a short breather for central american migrants. it's the second time guatemalan rudy is making the trip. this time it's been much harder. >> translation: there's lots of border patrol and police ready to grab us. it forces us to use other routes and go hungry passing through places that don't have houses. a crackdown by the security agencies forced the undocumented refugees to travel through remote areas, where they say the government is vulnerable to gang attacks. >> translation: we were walking on the train tracks i saw a guy with a fist hall. -- pistol they robbed us of

everything. >> reporter: border control focus on "the beast" those hitching a ride face serious injury. a few months ago many cling to the tops and sides of the train. as you can see, there's almost no one on it. >> blocking the passage of those desperate to leave, where gang violence and unemployment was rife will not work says the migrants rites campaigner. >> the mexican state is corrupt. with money, there'll be a way through. what worries me is the migrants are going down dangerous routes because corrupt government officials are charging them more to let them pass. >> the mexican government refused our interview request. they say that they are succeeding in dismantling might ranked hunting gangs making the route safer. it's clearly not the reality for

the migrants we met. on the move once more in a hostile line providing power to people in guinea a new hydroelectric dam helps to turn on the lights. some say it's more about politics than providing a service. join us tomorrow for a conversation with the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, samantha power addressing many issues facing the u.s. and the world.

now our global view segment, a look at how news outlets are reacting to various event. london's "telegraph" on the sepp blatter resignation: the jerusalem "post" calls for

iran to let jason rici um go it says letting him go is in iran's interests. the stifling is self destructive to iran as a society one member of justice without borders is using the irish times for criticising the crisis and the head - focussing on the boats rather than the people. separating migrants that deserve refugee status from those that don't creates a hierarchy of desperation. it's easy for us to take electricity for granted, but residents of guinea can't rely on power. a new hydro electric dam has gone online and could help change the reality. >> reporter: we are on a government tour of a newly built hydro-electric dam. built by the chinese, it's

designed to bring electricity to people here. >> the first unit will be put into use today. today it is a great day. >> reporter: that's a message the guinea government is keep to get out to the people - that the president is fulfilling proposition proposition. >> to show -- promises. >> translation: to show the people that the government wants it to get out to the people they finished this year. it was supposed to finish next year in 2016. >> reporter: the room fills with excitement as a turbine is switched on. it looks great. 24 hour power has been an issue for years. >> translation: if they give us electricity, i don't think there'll be any more protests. i have had electricity since this morning. if it continues, it will be good. no more protests no more killings may god help us.

>> he's referring to protests against power cuts that turned violent in the past. these are pictures where police were accused of using too much force. people are fed up. not much has changed, many struggle with a random supply. here they watch tv in a cafe because they cannot power the television at home. this man says he has to work through the night, because that's when the trist which comes on. as we speak to him, there is lying, fuel for the generators is expensive, he says. >> why the p.r. push to open the dam publicly? well, it is an election year and the president is expected to run again. guinea is rich in minerals, but the majority of its people are pour. this is a common site. you can't charge the phone at home if you don't have power or a generator. >> translation: if you have not vote for the president if

there's no electricity, and food and employment. up until now we have not seen a change. >> presidential elections are in october, and if this hydrodam makes a difference that could ensure the president a second term in office. >> reporter: opt mists like to say when life gives you lem lions, make lemonade. concert goers in ireland took it to heart this weekend. they were attending a. >> fighters conference. heavily rained turned the field into mess. the fans turned the mess into usualing and impromptu fight. that's it for this edition of al jazeera america news. thanks for watching. "america tonight" is next. see you again in an hour. n hour.

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