>> hello welcome to the news hour in doha. our top stories: >> isil wins new support from powerful sunni tribes as it battles iraqi government forces. >> an explosion of the petrol station in ghana killed at least 90 people. >> the fifa scandal gross a top executive admits bribes were paid in choosing the 1998 and 2010 world cups.

>> a food square in india instant noodles are ordered off the shelves. >> isil fighters have been given a boost in their war with the iraqi government. several sunni muslim tribal sheiks and tribes pledged allegiance to the armed group. after meeting they also pledged support to the head of isil, abu bakr al-baghdadi. >> we announce our allegiance and support to the is state caliphate state and the commander, abu bakr al-baghdadi. we tell him we will adhere to and follow his path and stand by him to fight the enemies of religion. >> the u.n. is appealing for almost half a billion dollars in

urgent aid to provide humanitarian assistance for iraqis. 3 million people are in desperate need of help, pushed out of their homes by that the war with isil. we have this report from a camp for internally displaced people near baghdad. >> this is a camp humanitarian aid groups seem to have forgotten, or perhaps they didn't know it existed in the first place. it's one of many across baghdad which houses iraqis who have escaped fighting in anbar. there's no help from the international community here. this camp is run entirely from local donations. the people who live here are thanksful. for the younger ones, war has left its mark. >> my children are quiet. they don't have the life they used to. they stay inside the tent and don't play. i say to them go outside but they never stay out for long. it is too harsh and there is nothing for them told. >> there are serious issues that need to be addressed that only

professionals can tackle, but they are elsewhere. many children suffer stress related psychological trauma. in other camps health professionals encourage them to draw pictures and talk about their experience to say help them cope. here they're left to their own devices. a nearby mosque has been turned into a makeshift school but can cope with a limited amount of children. there is little that can be done beyond keeping the kids busy. >> these children show signs of stress. we see them break down and cry regularly. they have nate mayors and are withdrawn. it's taken us a few weeks to get them to play like this. >> the world health organization warns it's facing a severe funding shortfall to help iraqis. funding has been tight for a long time now and there wasn't any available to this camp. >> a funding shortfall might sound up like a boring term but

has a fear impact on the people here. in the community runs out of money, places like these will remain forgotten and the desperate situation they are in will become more desperate. >> several sunni tribes messaging allegiance to isil in iraq what does that mean for the fight against isil? the head of the terrorism and insurgency center at ihs gains a british publishes company is focusing on defense and security. why have the sunni tribes done this? is it because they simply do not trust the iraqi government? >> well, it could be several factors, first of all it could be that they are pressured into this, used the threat of eye lens to compel them to issue this statement. sit could be a feeling of a lack of confidence in the iraqi government's ability to

recapture the territory from the iraqi state leaving them to the mers of the state and little choice but to side with them. >> how damages is this for coalition allies and the iraqi government? >> well, it's potentially extremely damaging. it's been said all along to the recapture of territory held by the islamic state in predominantly sunni areas is absolutely and fundamentally dependent on there being a credible local sunni force willing to do the group fighting on the ground against the islamic state. these areas can't be won and held through the use of shia militias but if the sunni tribes in these areas are decisively breaking with the government and siding with the islamic state that makes it even more difficult to create and maintain a credible soon force that can act on the ground

against the islamic state. >> it seems in the fight against isil it's two steps forward one step back. the rack prime minister said he implemented political and economic reforms clearly these aren't coming fast enough for the sunni population. what should prime minister abaddi now do to try and stop more soon tribes ledging allegiance to isil? >> well, the government really are very precarious situation in a sense. the sis state is continuing to threaten urban centers with the loss of ramadi last month. they're in a situation where they need to prevent further territory falling to the islamic state. the only way of doing that in the short term is empowering the iranian bangs shia militias, proving crucial total defense of baghdad and for the pushback against the islamic state. it means alienating the sunni

tribes further. the prospect of iranian backed militias moving into sunni areas to recapture that territory on behalf of the government which is already seen as an iranian proxy is dominant for the long term prospects making the sunni tribes more distrustful of promised reforms in the government. >> indeed. thank you very much indeed, speaking to us live from london there. >> thank you. >> in syria's raqqa province, hundreds of people have fled border towns controlled by isil. activists say men residents are trying to cross into turkey. turkey opened a crossing through a village and allowed a number of people in but the official border crossing remains closed. >> elsewhere in syria there's been renewed fighting between rebel groups and isil fighters in the country side. opposition fighters have been targeting isil positions. >> eight people were killed in government airstrikes.

military helicopters dropped barrel bombs killing at least five people. >> in ghana an exblowing caused by a fire has killed at least 90 people at a petrol station. the blaze spread to neighboring buildingion in the capitol. many people are taking shelter in the petrol station after torrential rain and floodings. >> a lot of people have lost their lives. i'm at a loss of words to express how i feel. many of them through the flood and many through the fire incident. i want to commend the security services for their diligence throughout the night. many of them have not had any sleep, who are closely monitoring. i want to express my condolences to the several who have lost

relatives and the victims of the flood. we'll have to take some measures to be able to avoid this happening in the future. >> ghana's president speaking there. let's go live to acura. tell us more about the explosion and what caused it. >> it is so tragic, as you say. the petrol station in question is just behind me, and people have gathered for shelter from the rain that was coming. there were people in vehicles, cars the apparently vehicles that carried 15-20 people at a time and what we know is that there was some kind of a fire that started. it didn't start at the petrol station itself, it started some distance away, but there was fuel leaking from the petrol station and because of the water, the torrential rains somehow it sparked. we had a petrol tank that was at

the fuel station, which was also involved so you can just imagine the devastation. >> i know that the fire started by accident. any questions being asked about safety practices at the petrol station? >> well, it's too early to say right now. i mean, we're still -- authorities are still just trying to work up what actually happened talking to people. you heard the president came for a visit to see what had happened. we've had the disaster management here, the fire service, obviously and the police so everybody is still trying to understand what happened. i think that the reason the injuries and casualties were so many is because of the rain, and one of the issues that has come up already is how ghana deals with torrential rain and flooding that happens every year and in addition to the fire people have also been severely affected by the flooding. the questions being asked are how this country deals with

flooding. >> thank you for that, from the scene of that disaster in accra. >> to fifa corruption scandal now. two indicted officials are spilling secrets. chuck blazer admitted that he and others took an arranged bribe in connection to the 1998 and 2010 world cups. those details were released by the u.s. justice department. former fifa vice president jack warner said he will also reveal what he calls an avalanche of secrets. >> these documents the link between fifa, its funding and me. fifa --

>> lawrence lee has more from the fifa headquarters in zurich. >> how seriously to take these allegations and claims are jack warner they sound absolutely exexplosive since his primary assertion that he wants to try to take down sepp blatter. it is worth bearing in mind that a lot of what jack warner says is frankly a little random and some think he comes controls as a bit unhinged. it's worth bearing in mind that he had said three years ago that he destroyed a lot of the documents that he now says are in the hands of a third party one would assume his legal team, that he now wants to be put into the happened of american

prosecutors. i think the main point is intense, that it seems for whatever reason, that jack warner has now got the knives out for sepp blatter. why has he said these things now? perhaps the interpol red notice against him interpol will arrest him if he leaves. you can see the strategy by the f.b.i. and states working with in interpol of trying to chip away at the empire around sepp blatter, get at his former lieutenants to try to build a case against blatter starting to bear more and more truth. sepp blatter hasn't resigned yet. he's still head of fifa and at work now. >> some are asking questions about the world cups for 2014 and 2022. russia said it is not worried.

vladimir putin's spokesman said cooperation with fifa is going on and russia is continuing preparations for the 2018 world cup. >> qatar's foreign minister said there's no way the country would be stripped of the right to host the world cup saying it's difficult to sky jest that an arab country has this tournament. >> coming up here on the program, ukraine's president says 9,000 russian troops are on ukrainian soil and warns of a full scale invasion. >> plus: >> due to yemen's former president cooperate with al-qaeda no a former in former talks to al jazeera. >> lebron james steals the show in the finals.

who will be smiling after game one? details coming up in sport. >> at least 17 indian soldiers have been killed in a rebel ambush in the northeastern state. the attack took place in the remote state which borders myanmar which is home to several separatist groups. nobody has claimed responsibility. the attack follows the recent killing of a woman allegedly by army fire. >> the european union has warned that the escalation of violence in eastern crane may relaunch a full scale war. several people have been killed in the town and civilian buildings damaged in donetsk. it was the fiercest fighting

since a fragile ceasefire was put in place in february. president poroshenko has warned of invasion from russia. >> now on the territory of ukraine, there are 14 russian tactical groups with the total number of personnel exceeding 9,000 servicemen. concentration of the russian soldiers near the state border is bigger by half than a year ago. the military must be ready as much for a renewal of the offensive of the enemy in did he nets as they are for a full scale invasion by the border with russia. >> charles stratford is following developments from moscow. serious claims by the ukrainian president. what's moscow saying to them? >> petro poroshenko has made these claims on countless occasions before, and russia continues to deny that it has any active servicemen and women on ukrainian territory.

president putin has been ardent in stressing that he describes any russian citizen out in that area of eastern ukraine and as being a volunteer. that's not to say that they may not have been a servicemen or woman or soldier before, but he's keen to stress that yes they are volunteers at best. it's interesting that in the last week or so, russia here has passed a new law that makes the deaths of a soldier during peace time special operations a state secret and there are some analysts here saying that is an indication of the kremlin trying to hide something. we were down on want border earlier this week and certainly saw a lot of russian military equipment, a lot of troops down there. the russians saying that they were part of a russian military exercises, saying that they have a right to do these exercises anywhere on their territory they like but certainly the military

analysts that we spoke to after that said that was an indication of two things. they said that it was firstly and indication of a yearly rotation of troops, and secondly a possible indication of what they distributed as a summer campaign, not necessarily an invasion but certainly in some sort of supportive role. russia ardently denying that there are any russian troops inside ukraine as we speak. >> ok, charles. where does all this leave the peace process? we no he there was a u.s. official in moscow trying to boost the minsk accord which seems to be shaky right now. where are we at with any possible political solution? >> certainly the events of the last 24 hours have made the prospect of a long term political solution a little bit more difficult. officials on both sides have come out with statements today to try to calm the representation a representative for the d.p.r. quoted only a few

minutes ago on russian television has said that the self pro claimed people's republican want to work on the minsk accord, work towards a permanent ceasefire was going well but stressing also that it would not stand for what it describes as ukrainian provocations, also the nato secretary general has come out and said that it's important that these minsk agreements are maintained by both sides. he also concerned there about the withdrawal of heavy weapons. that was a key point for this minsk agreement. it was only yesterday that cranes said they were forced to bring heavy weapons closer to the front line, so the nato secretary general certainly concerned there that that key point should be honored. there's a lot to do by the end of 2015, according to these minsk accords, we should be seeing consist stool changes in

ukraine that could give the regions of donetsk and will luhansk special consideration. >> several indian states have banned the sale of the popular instant noodle brand maggie after officials said dangerously high levels of lead have been found. manufacturers say it is within acceptable limits. major chains have pulled the noodles off their shelves and an investigation into the food products has been ordered by the government. this is a big problem. what are they saying about these allegations of high lead levels? >> a very big problem for the

manufacture. the brand was listed as one of the top five most trusted brands in india and nestle is on a media blitz making sure indians remember that with testing in various parts of the noodles products. it's unclear what will happen next given what the government is doing in terms of action and the bans across the country but the company itself is certainly looking to allay fears that many consumers can have in one of the world's fastest retail markets. >> that is a huge market in india. thank you for that. updating us from new delhi there. >> now there have been more saudi-led coalition airstrikes in yemen. government buildings occupied by houthi fighters and an arms depot were targeted president northwestern city. rebel fighters and forces loyal

to former president ali abdullah saleh are reported killed. >> yemen's former president has been accused of supporting and directing al-qaeda despite the fact that united states was a long time supporter of his. we report. >> this car bomb attack in yemen's province killed eight spanish tourists. al-qaeda fighters claimed responsibility but this man says there is much more to the story. it may involve the former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh.

>> he was a member of al-qaeda until his arrest by pakistani intelligence and the c.i.a. in 2004. jailed until 2006 in yemen, he was released and began his work as a paid informant for the yemeni government. he claims he warned security agencies one week before the attack and provided details on the day itself. just over a year later a daring assault on the u.s. embassy in sanna left 19 dead. he had again warned the security services three months before, a week before and three days before. >> his handler as an informant

was ali abdullah sales nephew. every says he did not just ignore the attacks he went so far as to handled over money for the explosives used against the u.s. embassy. the colonel arranged for the materials to be given to the military commander of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> al jazeera has verified the background within al-qaeda. we have also established that he was a bomb maker. that's how he gained detailed knowledge about the attacks. he lost his right thumb handling explosives. we have shown his testimony to

two retired intelligence officers. both are experts on al-qaeda. >> this is a guy who in substantial measure is who he says he is. he knows these people. he has insights into how they operate. >> if you look back at the history of al-qaeda, very few people have come out with detail of what's going on at the top so somebody being able to report what was going on over a period of months, even perhaps years even if it's a few years back is extraordinarily valuable. >> i would say 70-30, 70 being genuine. >> spain and the u.s. investigated the attacks and closed their cases. the colonel could not be reached for comment. he is willing to testify in front of any international panel in order to bring justice. al jazeera.

>> you can watch the full documentary, al-qaeda informant thursday. it's also on line at aljazeera.com/al-qaeda informant. there are extensive interviews, articles and lots more. >> let's get the weather now with richard. not only is it really hot there in the middle east, but humid as well. >> yes. not only have we got the heat, we've got the humidity across the region. it's quite an interesting one because with this being an el niño developing, they are suggesting that around the regions, qatar will be seeing temperatures at one degree above average. these were temperatures we've been getting today across in iran temperatures of 47 at that do r. dubai at 45 degrees.

the humidity is at four or 5%. you take the other stations here 34, you think that's not too bad 34 degrees, you can cope with that. when you add in humidity, you get a feels like temperature the heat index and that makes it feel extremely hot extremely unpleasant. you get very moist very quickly to put it politely. i think we're going to have more problems like this over the course of the weekend. we'll pull the wind in off the gulf region. temperatures in the sea up to 35 36 degrees, incredibly hat waters going to add to the stickiness we feel. new zealand have swapped some of our problems for theirs. they have steamy conditions going on for quite some time. two months worth of rain in the course of 24 hours

175 millimeters of rain. emergency services were inundated with calls rain causing real flooding problems. it's not particularly warm, it does look at though it's going to be dry. >> thanks very much indeed for that. still to come here on al jazeera, when will democracy return to thailand? a year after the military coup, we hear from the prime minister. >> relatives of the 400 cruise ship passengers feared drowned in china are angry at the lack of information. >> ice hockey's stanley cup finals get underway with a shock for the tampa bay lightning.

june isil entered fallujah on sunday. >> in ghana's capitol a fire from a blast at a petrol station spread to several buildings. >> former fifa top executive chuck blazer admitted to taking bribes in in connection with world

cups. former fifa vice president jack warner says he'll tell investigators all he knows. >> relatives of the 400 cruise ship passengers feared drowned in chain are growing increasingly angry over the lack of information. they are questions how most of the 14 survivors are crew members. rescuers are drilling holes in the hull without success. >> they're still calling it a rescue operation but it's the dead and not the living they're finding now. the weather's making that task much more dangerous. it briefly halted the work of rescuers drilling holes into the upturned hull. they eventually got inside but found no one alive. officials expect to soon begin the delicate task of lifting the vessel from the water an indication they feel there are no more survivors. >> on a day when the confirmed

death toll continues to rise, more bodies arrive in the local mortuary where the painful process of identification lies ahead. that's what he is waiting for. this man's grandmother is one of the missing. >> i should have spent more time with him after he came home from overseas. we let him travel alone with friends. we didn't expect this. >> they are trapped in the cold administration of loss. at the local hospital, other families gather round the front desk desperately offering their phone numbers asking to be called if there's any news. at a meeting with a government official, they're told that the priority now is to save lives not identify bodies, please be patient, he tells them. >> they weren't patient wednesday night as they tried to break through a police cordon after denied access to the

rescue site. >> many families continue to direct anger against the authorities. they complain of the lack of information, a lock of sympathy and question why so many of the survivors were members of the crew. >> i want a responsible attitude from the government. i hope the government can think about our mood. >> sensing the mood might become more hostile police outside the hospital have been issued i megaphones. june 4 is a sensitive day in china. student protests were put down violently 26 years ago and today the government is becoming increasingly intolerant of all forms of dissent even grieving from families demanding answers. adrien brown, al jazeera in southern china. >> in hong kong, tens of thousand us of people joined a candlelight vigil to mash thearies of the tiananmen square

massacre. hong kong is the only place under be chinese jurisdiction where people can commemorate the crackdown in public on such a long scale. organizers say the only vigil serves as a reminder of china's stance against activism. >> >> thailand said prime minister has been speaking to al jazeera and says he's committed to restoring democracy despite several election delays. human rights groups are continuing dew accuse the government of stifling dissent and political parties following last year's military coup. our correspondent has more from bangkok. >> retired general and former

head of thailand's minister wants to make it clear he's a soldier, not a politician. >> looking forward,or goal is to hold democratic elections. you stopped democracy in thailand now on the road to getting it back to democracy. what will your role be once elections take place? >> we already paled the first phase. we are currently in the second phase, which is a permanent constitution. when people are ok with the new constitution it will lead to another phase general election. after election, i will pack my bag and go home. i will sitting at home, watching thailand progress in the right direction. >> the prime minister and thailand are in the middle of an

asian crisis. a meeting was coordinated to help emergency operations for those still out at sea. on wednesday a three star thai army general turned himself in, accused of being involved in human trafficking. he says he's innocent. >> just recently, one officer has been implicated in being involved in these human trafficking networks. how do you respond to that? we were hearing from top brass in the military and from the administration that no military was involved in this, yet now we're hearing they were. >> i said once that there was no military involvement in this. this was because we didn't find any evidence. now that we have found traces to him, he must be involved in the trafficking ring. one thing i would like to make clear is this military government has been working hard on solving human trafficking problems. there was not any other government before working as we do now. it is not an easy task to clean up the whole network or system.

>> there are many more challenges the prime minister will face before the delayed elections take place. that means much more work before he can as he says, step out of the political spotlight and watch from home. scott heidler, al jazeera bangkok. >> a group of four refugees held at an australian detention center on the remote pacific island are being resettled in cambodia, the first to be moved under the relocation scheme. we have more from phnom penh. >> before migrants arrived here and immediately spirited through the v.i.p. entrance, these are considered after all to be v.i.p. refugees away from waiting immediate a and taken to an undisclosed suburbs where their assimilation into life will begin with language

courses, given training for different trades. all of these guarantees to help them assimilate into life here. these people thought they would be assimilating into life in australia. the australian authorities have different ideas. this agreement goes back to last september. this is only the first batch of refugee asylum seekers that have been convinced to come here. the authorities in cambodia and also in australia are hoping that this first batch will have such a smooth experience assimilating into life here that many more will want to follow them. >> as european countries tackle the flow of migrants arriving on their shores, their navies continue to rescue people trying to cross the mediterranean on rickety boats. we witnessed one such operation firsthand. >> it took 15 hours to reach

this part of the mediterranean sea. we are 14 nautical miles from the coast of western libya in international waters on patrol with the italians. weather conditions are good enough. the crew has no doubt that somewhere in the vast blue, there are helpless migrants. it's just a matter of finding them. the camera combs the water and here they are. the commander says there are two boats in the area. as we approach the closest one it becomes clear the rubber dingy is overcrowded. 124 people are packed into a small 10-meter space. they have been in the sea for at least eight hours. >> they are saying that they left at 6:00 in the morning and that the skipper abandoned them. they have no more water.

the reason we came on this dingy is because the water the sea is slightly rough so they rather escort the dingy to the main vessel than actually bring the vessel which can create more waves and they can panic and then it can capsize. >> that it's a delicate ma mover, pushing it towards the ship. the migrants don't know how to swim, they are tired this have severe scabies others are dehydrated. the crew needs to act quickly. language can often be a,-year. i asked to help, passed on the message. they are safe, but they need to sit down and above all stay calm. the first one off is the only child onboard.

at times it's a struggle fortress skewers. the last one off was this man from eritrea. he had a broken leg. he had been lying in the bottom of the dingy on plywood soaked. a little longer, they would have all sank. eight nautical miles further northeast, the second rubber dingy, desperately trying to send a distress signal. they have little fuel, but it would have never been enough to reach the closest coast. the engine broke down, so they were floating aimlessly. there are many women here, some of pregnant. they have been in the water for around 20 hours. everyone is exhausted and

frightened, their legs are numb. some need help, others limp. in little over an hour, 234 people were saved. the crew is also tired but proud that yet again they saved lives. the people here are hungry, but they can't eat yet. the sea is getting rougher and they could get sick if they had food. in the meantime, they fall into a deep sleep. the first rest without fear in a very long time. al jazeera, in the mediterranean sea. >> hodor also speak to rescued migrants who arrived in italy. we've got that story coming up for you in a couple of hours. >> greece is still at loggerheads with creditors over economic reforms with only a day left to repay one of its loans from the i.m.f. a meeting between the greek foreign minister and i don't

european union failed to produce a deal. senior members of the party are rejecting the proposal. >> the 12 members of the oil producer opec are due to meet in vienna on friday to decide whether to keep producing oil at the current rate or he'd the call for a cut. >> big oil he companies like b.p. and exxon had been asking opec to drop production so that prices can be pushed back up. there have been major job lotions in the oil industry in the past months. that's because a year ago crude peeked at around $111 a barrel. by january the price dropped to a five year low of $49 a barrel. the price has now recovered slightly to around $63 but oil extraction is an expensive business. it's not enough to cover producer's cost.

in november, some of opec's 12 members led by venezuela mounted a bit to produce gulf producers to tighten supply. it failed. even before friday's meeting opec's biggest producer saudi arabia has already again rejected a cut in output. opec members of course are not the only countries with a stake here. 60% of the world's oil i also produced in countries outside of the block. many analysts agree that a fair price for oil is around $80 a barrel. >> the retrial of three al jazeera journalists has been adjourned again by a week. it was first adjourned last monday after the prosecution finished its closing argument, claiming the journalists have endangered egypt's national security. home familiar and baher mohammed were present.

peter greste hasn't returned for the trial. they were arrest in 2013 and originally sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. peter greste was deported on the first of february. two weeks later, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed received news that the judge ordered their release. their retrial began in march. it's now dragged on for over three months with delays and adjournments. we've got handy ideas for space exploration coming up. >> at the telerobotic labs where the idea of remote control is being taken to another level. >> in sport former fifa vice president jack warner claims he has an avalanche of evidence against the organization as the on going corruption takes another twist. we'll be hearing from him, next.

only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. we have all the sports. >> former fifa vice president jack warner says he he will reveal everything he knows about corruption at the world governing body. he is were you ever 14 indicted as part of an investigation into bribery and racketeering. he claimed he had documents that had been passed to a third party. warner then repeated claims in trinidad. >> i also will give them my

knowledge of certain transactions at fifa, including but not limited to sepp blatter. i have here for 30 consecutive years. >> his comments follow the revelation of blazer, admitting that he and others took bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 world cups. the details revealed by the u.s. justice department, blazer pleaded guilty to money laundering racketeering and tax evasion. >> the revelations from chuck blazer means votes for world cups and football tournaments spanning over two decades have now been tainted. it all started in 1992 when france were awarding the hosting rights for the 1998 world cup. blazer who was secretary general at the time admitted that he

facilitated bribes with other people. 1996 is when blazer joined fifa's executive committee that year marking five world cup tournaments in which he accepted kickbacks for broad cost rights. the american admitted accepting payment to support south africa who were award the 2010 world cup. in 2011, he led an investigation of his boss, jack warner and the asian football president which led to both being kicked out of fifa for corruption. in the same year, he became a cooperating witness with the f.b.i. blazer then assessed them with this current investigation while pleading guilty so a series of charges. he then left fifa's executive committee in the same year. >> earlier i spoke to andrew warsaw from inside world football. he said although the comments from warner were explosive, they have to be taken with a pinch of

salt. >> jack warner does tend to shout his mouth off quite a lot. four years abhe predicted a football tsunami. we got one with sepp blatter's resignation. let's wait and see these revelations. i think in terms of blatter's resignation, either he could be implicated in either investigation, one by the u.s. federal authorities and one by the swiss or he just got overwhelmed by the avalanche of corruption allegations and thought enough is enough. he is there for the time being at least until he is replaced between december and march. >> serena williams will be on court as she bids for a place in the french open. first up is the former champion

taking on lucy satisfy ssfarova. >> in the nhl the chicago blackhawks took the first game against the tampa bay lightning. vermette sealed the win final score 2-1. game two of the best of seven series takes place on saturday. >> we got better as the game went on. our second period improved. we had a slow start in the third, had a lot of zone time. some threats off the rush, as well obviously a huge goal, traffic and nice shot by vermy turned out to be a great third period. >> the finals in the nba get

underway golden state making their first appearance in the finals since 1975. despite that, they are the favorites heading into thursday's game, led by this season's m.v.p. seth curry. they won a franchise record 67 regular season games but take on a cleveland team that includes lebron james the man known as king james wearing very appropriate footwear this practice session. he'll appear in the nba finals for the fifth successive time. >> i don't like to put too much experience into it. those guys have been playing championship basketball a year, so why would they change? and, you know, we've been playing championship basketball over the last two and a half months so we're not going to change either, just go out and play. actually going to my sixth finals. it's five in a row but who's counting?

>> i'm just worried about what i need to get through the series and just getting ready to go. >> you've always got to be locked into your game plan. europe not going to totally shut them down. i don't think that's been done before but it's about sticking to your game plan, making him work on every possession. just try to do it for 48 minutes. >> seth curry talking about the challenge of lebron james. >> to cricket now. australia will resume an 85 for three, trailing by 63 runs in day two. australia lost three wickets.

this match the first of his to two test series. >> full sport on our website. for all the very latest, check it out at aljazeera.com/sports. that is your sport approximately i'll have more later. >> thank you very much indeed for that. >> now the number of live samples of anthrax mailed from a u.s. military base to laboratories across the country is twice what was previously thought. the pentagon said more than 50 labs in 17 states received campbell, as well as three foreign countries. an army testing facility in utah sent the bacteria campbell without proper safeguards. the pentagon is investigating the mistake and is expected to release a report at the end of this month. officials say there's no threat to the public.

>> for the first time, scientists demonstrated the advanced row bootics that allowed a researcher in the netherlands to shake the hand of an as straw in and out 400 kilometers above earth. this could change the way we explore our university. we see how they are being developed. >> handshake. >> in a lab the movement of a joy stick signals success. it is linked to another joy stick onboard the international space station. both men feel the force of the other pushing and pulling with only the tiniest of delay. >> we control the joy stick here on ground. we shook hands with terry the astronaut. we felt him back. we had virtual reality overlay to it, and we showed that it is possible to actually literally reach down to ground and touch

things on the surface. >> you put your arm there. >> the same crew working on a robotic skeleton, they say will make it user friendly. >> i'm immediately able to manipulate the movement of to robotic arm, in this case, just a few meters away. once this technology's fully developed, that robot arm could be in space or even on another planet. >> astronauts have plenty of tasks to execute and parent of it is also controlling rowboats. this requires months or years of training to bottom an expert operator. by having a moor intuitive interface, you can reduce training time not only for astronauts but in the future for others to use robotic systems for different activities. >> the researchers say the technology could allow astronauts in orbit around the moon or mars to perform precise and responsive work on the

surface below. they could use a robotic rover without enduring the planet's atmosphere and without the 12 minute delay when signals are relayed back to earth. >> in space you have one chance to perform an operation because of time line restrictions, because of orbital dynamics, because of other constraints. so astronauts are well trained so when we take that objection an on or about bit, they do it correctly. >> for now the team celebrate the technical success of their trial. each step they say takes us closer to realizing the potential of machines to give a helping hand. >> nice to meet you. >> al jazeera, at the european space and technology research center in the netherlands. >> do stay with us here on al jazeera. i'll be back straight after the break with another bulletin of news. thanks for watching.

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