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without a single championship may be broken by lebron james and his cavaliers. china is denying it's behind a cyber attack on an agency handling security clearances and employee records. the chinese embassy described comments about the involvement as irresponsible. it's thought that it could affect 4 million people. patty culhane has more. >> this is the largest thst in the history of the united states. the office of personnel management or o.p.m. was hacked and they discovered it in april of this year. >> o perform m is like the human resources department. they do a security check for people that want to get security clearances.

4 million people. they had their information compromised. just to give you a sense of the scope. they are going to contact the people offering them a credit monitoring service. the big question is what information was stlon. was it social security. o pm is insane. >> a senior management skip tist says the information hacked could be used for recruiting spies. >> profiles of employees reveal information suggesting that they may be good recruits for esbian im. if they are in financial troubles have health issues if there may be something they want

to hide. they are indicators for people to suggest who is worth recruiting. >> iraq's government suffered a setback in the war against islamic state of iraq and levant. several sunni muslim tribes pledged aleemens to i.s.i.l. they criticized the involvement to militias in the operation to drive i.s.i.l. out of anbar. >> we have been expecting such a move for two years. the sunnis have complained to the government that they have been ignored and sidelined. they say they were promise said jobs in the army security and development for anbar province none of that came. what is the catalyst? it's the shia led militia on i.s.i.l. positions. a lot of sunnis see it as sectarian. the language used is sectarian referring to the iranian empire.

let's listen to what the tribal leader had to say and how they'll thwart the next attack. >> translation: we announce our allegiance and support to the islamic state, calais fate state and sheikh abu bakr al-baghdadi. we tell him we'll adhere to and follow his path and stand by him to fight religion. >> damning words for the iraqi government. they face a challenge. it can one back the support of the tribes if it reaches out to them. many people here are dubious that that will happen. they had two years to reach out, and they haven't done it. >> the u.s. government played down the significance of the extra support gained by i.s.i.l. white house press secretary josh earnest says other leaders back the iraqi government.

>> they are a strong support among the anbar provincial council, made up of sunnis i presume. for the strategy put in place to drive i.s.i.l. out of anbar. we are aware. he is aware of the effort that i.s.i.l. is undertaking to recruit iraqi sunnis to their side. it's also why the prime minister conspicuously tried to demonstrate a commitment to a multisectarian government. >> ghana's president called for three days of mourning. 150 people were killed in flooding and in an explosion at a petrol station in the capital. many victims had been taking shelter from rain. >> reporter: a combination of flood and fire in the capital

led to the death of many. an explosion and fire at a petrol station killed scores of people. pane bodies were discovered during the clean up. this person survived the inferno. the fair came with such fury before you could thip about escape it was on you. >> eyewitnesss say there was a loud explosion and in a matter of minutes the place was engulfed in flames. it's not clear where the fire started. the flames were fuelled from the petrol station. the president saw the damage to him. >> a lot of people lost their lives. i'm at a lose of words to express how i feel. many of them through the floods. and many of them through the

fire incident. i want to commend the security services for their diligence. this person is salvaging what she can. her house is next to the burnt-out petrol station. >> i thank god for my life. as for the material thinks we can work to replace them. >> heavy rain caused flooding. many are joked with rubbish. here in an area. cars were swept away by floods. >> it is the first major maker disaster that we are seeing. we need to find a solution to this disaster. >> reporter: people that are

homeless want to see government action to improve the way the problem occurs. >> police in kenya charged five me in connection. they face more than 150 counts of committing acts of terrorism. 148 people, students, were killed at the college in northern kenya. al-shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. a senior u.s. diplomat twharns if burundi's president insists on running, the country will be difficult if not impossible to govern. the u.s. assistant secretory of state for democracy, human rights was speaking at at visit to the democratic republic of congo. for weeks there has been protests against the president. the u.s. envoy says pierre nkurunziza should respect the people's call for change.

>> on the question of the third term, i - it is hard to see a solution to the crisis in which power remains concentrated in one person forever, in burundi. the accords need to be respected as part of a solution. south korea's health ministry confirmed the death of a fourth person in an outbreak of m.e.r.s. it's emerged the south korean doctor came into contact with more than 1500 people. harry fawcett has more from sole. >> reporter: at a time when the government is publicly taking measures to stop the spread of m.e.r.s. the news that emerged is something that will concern people. what we understand hopped is on 27 may he encountered a patient. treating a patient.

two days later he developed mild symptoms was told not to come to work but was not told to guarantee each himself. he attended a meeting of owners of this big apartment. 1,565 takenees at that meeting much the government says that they were not informed of this by the health minister they came out, the mayor, in an overnight press conference. they said that they would contact each of the people. issuing them on instructions. the health ministry says they have a different judgment over what they would have been liable to. or close contact enough. however, there is a real

difference of opinion between the sole government the national government. growing widely about the thread of the disease. >> still to come - to sut or not to cut. top oil exporters prepare to discuss production levels. stories of survival. rescued from the mediterranean. scued from the mediterranean.

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chinese embassy in washington described comment about its involvement in a cyber attack as irresponsibleful up to 4 million are affected several of roying's sunni -- iraq's sunni muslim tribes leaders pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. the iraqi army sent in reinforcements to try to take ramadi. ghana's president called for three days of mourning. 150 people were killed in flooding and an explosion at a petrol station at the capital. many victims were taking shelter from heavy rain. >> allegations made to al jazeera suggest seven yemeni government officials knew where aric almirdu's chief bomb-maker was hiding. despite that he is a wanted man. an prattive that became is --

operative that became a government informant disclosed the whereabouts. >> reporter: this is one of the world's most wanted men. a top bomb-maker for al qaeda. he made the underwear bomb on delta airline's flight 593, christmas day. explosives hidden in a printer on a cargo plane, a year later this al qaeda informant says he told the yemen government where he was hiding. >> reporter: he says he informed on al qaeda from 2006 until 2009. he had been a member of the group since the late '90s claiming he met him in 2008.

in yemen. he was training many of al qaeda fighters. and informed numerous officials in the security services including the nephew. deputy director of the national security bureau. the colonel could not be

reach for comment. he says he was fooled and so was the united states and many we were governments. today he is still not been caught. and the threat of a bomb on a plane remains. you can watch the full documentary al qaeda informant from 1200 g.m.t. on friday. it's online at aljazeera.com/al qaedainformant. extended interviews articles and more there. speculation is growing as to what decisions o.p.e.c. ministers will reach when they meet in vienna. the big question and whether they'll pump out oil at the rate of 30 million barrels or go for a cut. we have this report on what is and is not expected. >> in vienna the petroleum

houses put on a happy face, none for so than the saudi arabia oil minister he was the star of this show. he and other gulf allies projected an air of calm and an aura of confidence. >> the signs we have seen in the first quarter are encouraging. the growing demands, possibilities are all encouraging. at a seminar held before the ministerial meeting optimism flowed as fast and thick as oils produced. analysts said the outcome is predictable. unlike november's meeting when prices fell sharply, they are expected to remain unchanged. >> i think it will be a difficult day for a lot of us to figure out what to say about something that really we don't see anything happening. there's no drivers to make change.

>> if o.p.e.c. does as expected, keeping output targets at 30 million barrels per day. o.p.e.c. will stay as last year. a decline detrimental to places like venezuela. now seeking to bring together a group to help stablilize the market, one expert says it's unable to make a difference. >> it's a coalition of the unable and unwilling. they want a cut, but don't have the capacity to do that whatsoever. it's kind of a futile exercise. >> on this day nothing got in the way of niceties. production of shale oil seen by o.p.e.c. as a threat is tolerated. >> reporter: the harsh reality of geopolitician rarely rear their head. the advance of i.s.i.l. in iraq is certainly cause for concern.

especially if attacks on oil installations continue. supply disruptions could ryk havoc with the marketplace. the other wildcard is iran, which, if allowed to re-enter the market could inject it with uncertainty. worries that may be unreal, but are as hidden as undiscovered crude. greece plans to bundle four june payments to the international monetary fund into one payment at the end of the month. prime minister alexis tsipras is trying to reach a deal to release bailout funds before the government runs out of money. greece rejects the cuts demanded by creditors, and european officials say there are big gaps before bailout loans are released. we have this update from athens.

>> reporter: the fact that the greek side asked for four payments to be bundled into one payment at the end of the month is significant. it means there'll be no anything solution the first of those four was due friday and the fact that it is not going to be made by arrangement with the i.m.f. suggests that the greeks are getting down to a tough negotiation, they'll get into the trenches with creditors, and expect the most optimistic views they'll have by the middle of the month, one ratified in national parliament by the eurozone. that is the ultimate deadline. that is a deadline the greeks and creditors didn't want to reach. it's the end of a facilitation lone, truck in 2012 greece has no financial coverage it doesn't have a backing or ability to borrow from the money markets or backing from

institutional lenders in the european yun kwon or the international monetary fund. agreement has to be reach. that may be the pressure that both sides need to overcome final differences. they are significant. the creeks do not want to hike v.a. t on electricity by 10 percentage points. it puts a lot of poor families not in a position to afford electricity. and roughly 33% of the greek population is considered to be living under the poverty line. greeks don't want to lower pensions from 550 at the moment to 220 next year. these are the things that the government is asked to do. things that it considers will deepen the recession and poverty, and things that it vowed not to do in the january election. this government is back against, i think, the compromises that it is noble it make and probably

will conversation to make. they have to resolve the issue with their creditors. with no hope of finding survive jfrs disaster -- survivors, disaster teams in china are right the the ship. more than 80 bodies have been recovered. hundreds are missing. adrian brown is in janely. >> more of the "eastern star" is starting to appear as the salvage operation continues. it began on thursday night. the rescue operation helped by an improvement in the weather conditions. we had torrential rain in this part of china for the past few days. what is happening is this: two 500 tonne cranes are either side of the capsized vessel. a series of steal cables are used to support the vessel and this gives theins on the crane something to attach to.

a vast net is in the operational area to catch any debris or bodies that fall into the water. this operation, though is confirmation that the authorities accept that there can be no survivors. >> relatives and families of the missing have been ask in the city. there's 1200 of them. and last night in the city there was a candle lit vigil by the community, which has been so traumatized by the event of the past few days. they feel great sorrow that something traumatic could have happened so close to their city thousands of migrants headed for europe are picked up by rescue boats in the mediterranean. many are ro covering from what they -- recovering from what they have endured. this report from the italian island of lampedusa

the stories are common. the ordeals symbols of trouble of our times. risking their lives across the mediterranean sea was the only option. they were found atrust in the water by the italian border police. the rush to get on board the ship a testimony of how frightened they are, strabded in the water. the libyan skipper abandoned them. no water or food. no one knew how to steer the boat. people were panicking. the suffering is etched on their faces. some stare into oblivian, trying to come to terms with what they have been through. >> they left behind two children. they lost contact with him. when war broke out there two months ago. >> we co not talk or ask

anything in libya. each time we opened our mouth we'd beat us with a stick. they raped us until we paid money. it was horrible. i never expected to be treated like that in another country. there was no mercy. >> i thank italy. no one has been so nice to us in a long time. >> the women huddled together. the ship is taking them away from the african coast. forgetting the rape and humiliation will not be possible. many teenagers, fled from somali. they caught up with him. >> reporter: in sudan i was captured and locked in a house. i was penniless. i left with nothing on me. i was hoping to find compassion. >> today is my birthday.

when atouched, i'd drink pepsi. >> the deck was slept. many slumped into deep sloop. the ship continued back to europe. as night falls, and the coast of italy parse, life returns on deck. now there are smiles. perhaps the first ones in a long time. >> this is a moment they've been waiting for here on deck. the moment they can get off the boat and touch land. they finally are in europe a new life is starting. they don't know what it means. >> there's a rush to get off the ship. this time there's excitement amazement that after suffering so much they are the lucky ones that made it to europe. now in the u.s. the golden state warriors have beaten the cleveland cavaliers to take game 1 of the finals. it's one game, and there's a

start for the city of cleveland to bounce back from a long sporting drought. tom ackerman went to cleveland to speak to fans about their lock curse. >> the city of cleveland takes pride in its world renowned medical center, classical orchestra and the rock'n'roll hall of fame. sports teams - not so much. in 1964 the cleveland browns won the presilver bowl nfl championship. buts since profranchises came up dry, more than any other north american city. is cleveland under a curse. >> i don't believe in a curse. >> was there a curse with the red sox. how many years did they go without a championship. >> no we haven't had the right pieces. >> the most important piece, the n.b.a.'s single most dominant player. power forlambs and ohio native

defected and helped to bring them two n.b.a. titles, they came back and hoped to repeat the feat of the team. >> it's not the plan, he wept away is came down. >> the fans gave credit to david blatt. in his first n.b.a. coaching year after taking israel's team to the euro league championship. come of the faithful give credit too. >> they've been allowed to win. >> i'm motivated when i hear people scream. >> for a city that bore a share of woe a championship may boost what many hope is a renaissance. >> cleveland will be amazing. everyone will come back here. >> judging by the statistics, the cavaliers go into the series as slight underdogs.

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