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germany for a summit expected to be dominated by ukraine and greece's debt crisis. south korea vows to contain the middle eastern respiratory disorder after a fifth person dies from the disease. turkey - polls opened for parliamentary elections. 56.6 million people are eligible to vote and they'll these candidates for 550 available seats in parliament. it is the first time the kurds contested an election under a single party banner, the hdp. they need to get 10% of the votes. the threshold for any party to enter parliament. in a moment we'll talk to bernard smith, and he is in a kurdish predominant area. first to jamal in ankara.

turks are good when it comes to voting. i believe there has been an enthusiastic turn out. talk us through it. >> there's a strong position here in the democratic right. 80% is expected here. throughout the day there has been flows of people come engine in what is a smooth and peaceful process here on the minds of those voting. there are numerous issues from the economy, foreign policy to issues of democracy, despite turkey going a lot better than regional neighbours. here is a selection of some of those of what has been on their minds when casting ballot papers. >> for me what happens is the balance in turkish politics. i don't want any party to dom mated, but just the balance to be established in the short term, and the medium run. that's all. >> it is our duty to vote first

of all. because we need better foreign policies better economical situations. i believe everything is getting worse, and we need to just get better. >> i'm hoping to democrats and peace. basically, that's the reason i'm here. >> there are many issues one of the most important is the ruling ak party at the moment. there's concern that it could get a two-thirds majority. talk us through that and how it's faring? >> well essentially the ak party has been ruling for 13 years, and the popularity is seen as a curse. they say because they've been so successful and rejuvenated, the economy tripled, people's expectations are higher. the opponents say you have been in power for so long you are used to it and are trying to

maintain your grab on the power. one of the things pointed to is the ak party's risk to change the constitution bought about in 1982, following the military coup. the ak party wants to change it. there's, for all intents and purposes a parliamentary system in turkey. if they get the two third majority that gives a rite or ability to change the constitution through parliament without having to do to a popular vote. however, the president said publicly that even if they get the majority they'd present a new constitution to a popular referendum. whether they stick to the promise, time will tell. a lot of people monitor the elections, not just because of the issues but because of the specific issue of the constitution which could change the way in which turkey's government and identity from the day following the elections.

i'm leave you in ankara and join bernard smith in turkey in a kurdish part of turkey. they are playing a big role in these elections for the first time. a threat at the ballot box. what is happening there? >> well you heard jamal talking about the ambitions of the ak party to change the constitution, to create an executive powerful presidency. the hdp is the biggest threat the hdp is threatening to upset the political status quo. they need 10% at least to get representation in parliament. if they manage that that gives them 50 mps, and would debuy the party the supermajority that they want to change that constitution. it's a big candle.

it's kurdish. it's been trying to widen the support base. in previous elections it has 6-7%. they are trying to appeal to working class voters and are trying to get more kurdish voters. the ak partiy is popular, and got half the seats in the last election. there's huge changes for the hdp. in terms of political representation potentially huge rewards if they leap over the 10% threshold. >> huge awards for the kurds who felt they had never been part of the political system. >> well yes. i mean this is the first time that the hdp stood as a party, representing itself as a party in this election. this is because of the 10% threshold. in previous elections, independence stood. they are elected to parliament and in parliament they form a party. this for the first time could

give significant political representation to the kurd. but the reverse of that is if they don't get over the 10% threshold, they don't get representation in parliament and when the kurds make up 20%, that's a significant group denied representation in parliaments. >> thank you for that a british ship launched a method to launch another 500 migrants. nearly 3,500 were detained and taken to southern italy. we have more from lampedusa where might ranks were taken. >> some of the migrants were travelling on wooden fisher boats, and usually you have people on deck below deck, in the hall. that was at risk of as fixiating. more were found on six rubber

dinghies usually it's about 10 meters long and they backed up to 100, 120. all people up there, in direct conditions. according to the coast guards some of the boats used a satellite phone to call a coordination number, and send a distress call. others were found floating around aimlessly in a dire situation. now, about 109 of these migrants were brought to lampedusa, which is a transit point. the others are en route and to the right we know of an arrival in the port. another one in the ports. for italians it's a logistical challenge. we have the information of where arriving later in the day. there has to be a place for the migrants who are tired, hungry

sleep deprived exhausted. they have to be somewhere where they can rest for a night for two before being moved to another center around the mainland. >> people in china are mourning the victims of a cruise ship that capsized last week. rescuers and government officials paused to remember those that died when the eastern star sank on the yangtze river. 469 are confirmed dead. 14 survived 11 missing. most of the passengers were elderly. >> stay with us still ahead - violence and mayhem in mexico ahead of a midinterpret election. and -- midterm election. and we are in hong kong where a taboo topic is talked about. >> barcelona to celebrate once the city football team is crowned european champion.

leaders from the world's seven richest nations are arriving in southern germany for a 2-day g7 summit. russian aggression in ukraine, and threats from extremism will be on the agenda. moscow has excluded since annexing crimea in march last year. it underscores a split tweern western europe and -- between western europe and the east. dominik kane is live. i just wonder what has been said. >> in the last few hours, the u.s. president arrived. he was taken not from the summit venue, and was able to participate in bavaria culture.

there was wheat beer sausages and president obama joked about that to the audience saying that there was never a bad time to parr take in the two icons of german culture and made rocks and in those remarks he had a serious and pointed message. >> the global economy that creates jobs and opportunity, maintaining a strong and prosperous european union, forging trade partnerships across the atlantic standing up to russian aggression in ukraine, combatting threats from violent extremism to climate change. and on all these issues we are grateful for the partnership and leadership of your chancellor angela merkel. well another thing to point out that has emerged since president obama made the rocks, that the president of the european counsel, mr tusk has been talking about the situation

in ukraine and said insofar as russians were concerned, the g7 - the only thing the g talks about is the possibility of toughening sanctions imposed. giving you a sans of how important the g7 summit is seeing the ukraine situation and how to deal with russia. >> ukraine is top of the agenda there's many other issues. talk us through the most important ones at the moment. >> well another very important issue here is the situation in greece the potential for what they call gretsket where greece may fall out of the eurozone. the president of the european commission, mr jonker was talking about conversations with the greek prime minister, mr tamara tippler -- tipsalexis

tsipras, and said he has not received solutions to the greece crisis. greece tried to defer a repayment of bail out of loans that it received and tried to say let's bundle five payments together at the end of june if the five around 1.5 million are not made it could provoke a serious crisis and that is something that everybody is keen to avoid thank you for that germany holds the presidency for this year's g7 group, and german chancellor angela merkel is using the meeting to push reform on global responses to a raft of issues in a letter published in the canadian "global" and "mail" she said leaders must focus been eliminating poverty, climate change is another global challenge, combatting neglected tropical diseases and dealing

with the grow problem of antibiotic diseases. the number of workplace accidents needs to be reduced. an economist joins me over skype from geneva. good to have you with us. a worthy letter. what do you think the g7 can do for the issues that she mentions, the developing countries? >> well, these are very important issues. i wish the g7 would put into action where its mouth is in terms of delivering on things it can do. for example, plugging the loopholes with taxation. it's been estimated that the developing countries lose $100 billion because of tax evasion, and this is driven by the policies of the g7. they are the only ones that can do something to resolve the issues. >> do you think they can resolve it continuing the problems they

face themselves. >> this issue of resolving taxation edition is something that can be done internationally, and can only be led by the major countries, they made a lot of noise business it. since the last three years, that has fallen off the fanda. >> i know you are worried about the countries. >> well i do believe that g #, the way it is projected is that it's an attempt by the rich countries to maintain their control and extend the power. it's unfortunate that russia has been excluded. that is stupid economically and geopolitically geopolitically and the exclusion of other countries is worrying. the group deciding the future of the world is unfortunate where do you think it leaves climate change. it seems to climb up the agendas

at important meetings. >> i wish they would go behind the words, and make clear and specific commitments showing that they are willing to take the justified share of the burden, instead of palming more of it on to the developing countries. >> you said that pushing for closure of tax loopholes would help - she is pushing angela merkel for corporate responsibility when it comes to the tragedies that we are seeing in the developing countries. >> certainly we have responsibilities. but for that you have to have a better global system of monitoring what the corporations do. what we have now is a loosening of those. >> the trade agreements is they were multilateral, bilateral. the knew partnerships agrees the power of citizens, it reduces a need for social responsibility.

so the fact that they are serious about it they could go for measures but do not rely on the dispute mechanism. >> interesting. thank you for talking to us. >> saudi-led coalition air drakes led to sanaa. houthi rebels say 44 yemeni soldiers have been killed. they were linked to houthi rebels. israeli jets carried out app air strike on gas e, striking what it calls terrorist points. the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu criticized the international community for not condemning the attack. >> afghan security forces and

taliban fighter are battling for control of a nearby district. rebels seized the local compounds during a large-scale assault. it is part of the taliban's spring offensive that begins when the snow melts. an advisor says that the taliban is taking advantage of weak afghan forces. >> this is the first time that the afghan taliban has filled the vacuum left behind by u.s. and n.a.t.o. forces that have largely departed from the country. in many ways it's to be spected. we know that the afghan national security forces will be struggling for some time to deal with this. especially when there's a political problem in kabul between the two rival camps of ashraf ghani and abdullah

abdullah. yes, they are trying to demonstrate that they can attack simultaneously among the wide geography, especially in the northern areas where - that are deemed to be not their natural turf. those are areas that may be dominated by the minorities as opposed to the pesh toon in the south. the other thing is can the taliban hold territory, and setting off bombs, sending suicide bombers, that's one thing. it's a different thing to hold territory. i don't think that's something that the taliban demonstrated beyond certain specific areas in the south and the east. >> syrian rebels captured villages and controlled parts of an important highway linking aleppo to syria's mediterranean coast. kim vinnell reports. >> this is an army that has taken over a number of villages

after intensifying with regime forcers, and are moving closer to the key port of latakia. the assaults began with a barrage of firing by heavy weapons, artillery and tanks. >> this map of north-western syria shows why it is so important. the syrian regime has lost control over parts of aleppo, and now rebels control the motor way linking idlib with latakia. on the mediterranean coast. it is the ancestral home of the bashar al-assad family and their alawite sect. the latest rebels games consolidates their power in idlib. the capital fell in march. the syrian regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups, regime forces and i.s.i.l. fight each other in neighbouring aleppo. the province is divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal

province of latakia without a fight. the survival of the bashar al-assad regime and the alawite sect to which he belongs is at stake south korea says it will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of m.e.r.s. five died from the disease, and 14 cases reported since may. bringing the total numbers to 64. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: the outbreak in south korea is the largest outside the middle east. people are worried, many are wearing masks. >> translation: we should not go near areas where m.e.r.s. patients have been, isn't the virus airborne and isn't it contractible with contact. >> reporter: there's no evidence it can be transferred through the air, but can be transmit by droplets if someone sneezes or

touches a surface with infected hands. the virus spread by a man in saudi arabia was diagnosed on may 20th. >> translation: i urge citizens to cooperate with the government to prevent further spread of m.e.r.s. by watching their hands and minding coughing. >> reporter: m.e.r.s. can cause a fever, diarrhea, and in the worst cases pneumonia and kidney failure. 1400 have been quarantined in south korea. the government has closed hundreds of schools have been closed as a precaution. the first m.e.r.s. cases were diagnosed in saudi arabia in 2012, 900 have been infected there. the virus was traced back to people in jordan, but is thought to have come from bats and camels. it's appeared across the middle east. including the united arab emirates and qatar, small numbers in europe. the world health organisation says that there's no evidence that the disease can spread easily between people, but it is sending a team of experts to

south korea next week to help stop the outbreak from spreading mexico is preparing for a category 3 storm. hurricane bianca is packing winds of 220 companies. it's expected to make landfall on monday. the second hurricane to form off the pacific coast for a year. let's bring in rob. what about the monsoon in india - it's five days late. >> there's a link. the second pacific hurricane is an el nino warm waters and it weakens the monsoon in india. although it's officially measured by specific parameters it's five days late getting into the area and should be further north. it's doing well on the north-east arm. it's giving decent rains, and

has been doing in as around for a -- assan for a few days. it has to rain every day to qualify as a monsoon. 125mm in the north-east, and on the bangladesh coast 125mm. it's not raining everywhere and pre-monsoon heat is in. we have for example, 44 degrees, and joked purr 44 -- jodpur 44. cross to oman it's 43. why, you might ask. a big blob of white might be the clue. we have developing a proper cyclone. i think it may well in the next two days enhance the showers in goouder at southern pakistan and ayman. if it carries on that will be quite significant humidity and

rain. interesting, hey. it is. thank you. the united states marine corp is putting women to the test to determine readiness for front line combat. all branches of the military under orders to open units restricted to men by the end of this year. kristen saloomey visited the mountain warfare training center to see the gender experiment in action. >> it's a long way to the top. but scaling a rock cliff is all in the work for this corporal. she's part of the marine combat unit integrated task force. an experiment in genderfication. 600 marines, male and female trained side by side never open to women. . >> dismutly exciting. i love to do things like this . she admits it has not been easy. >> the hardest part, when we arrived, showing up to a unit full of males that never seen a

marine that is female. let alone work with one. that in itself that is a struggle . >> then there's the heavy gear. it's carried over long distances. when we were in the desert we had over 100 pounds. carrying the body weight every other day. for close to five miles. we are here, carrying 75 pounds every other day for a total of six days, your body doesn't get a chance to recover. >> for eight months the marines are training in a gruelling environment. the desert, the ocean and the mountains. breathing can be hard in these altitudes. basic tasks - it's more difficult. on every march heart monitors record data. after marines are asked to record how they are feeling. the information collected will be used to select gender neutral standards. to qualify for jobs like machine-gunner and tank crewmen. >> we have found looking through niece that all the marines are capable of performing the task. we are trying to ascertain to what level. what level are they capable of

performing a task. we see what type of person thrives in this environment. and what do they look like from a physical stand point. what is their height, their weight, their lean body mass. harder to measure is the impact of women on what the military refers to as unit cohesion. in this group they have urged a grudging report. >> when the going gets tough, i look at someone over the shoulder may be smaller. a little shorter, and they are repushing, and it makes me thing what am i doing here, and i push on. results of testing may be presented to the commandante of the marines this summer. the women say they'll push to prove that they are not only willing, but able to serve. do stay with us on al jazeera. still ahead we are in burundi, where there's a growing climate change of fear. the stand off against the

president continues. we meet devotees attending a religious festival in pakistan. plus... >> the 37 year wait is over american pharaoh is the one. >> in smart, an american pharaoh topping the kings as history is made in the united states. d states.

hello again, you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. people in turkey vote in the parliamentary elections. 56.6 million people are eligible to vote and will be choosing

candidates for 560 seats in parliament a british ship has launched a mission to rescue 500 migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea. 15 such operations were carried out by a multinational force on saturday. >> leaders from the world's 7 richest nations are gathering for a 2-day g7 summit. u.s. president obama says russian aggression climate change will top the agenda get more on the parliamentary election it's proving a challenge for the ak party, whose campaign is focussing on turkish nationalism and identity. it wants 330 seats the the main opposition is the chp. it wants a higher minimum wage bonus pension and a mega city to create growth. the chp needs to win 367 seats

to create a single party government. and the people's democratic party or hdp is changing its reputation as the party of the kurds. it's targetting young urban and secular voters. an author and a columnist for a daily news joins me from istanbul via skype. good to have you with us. how important are the elections? what are you writing about it? >> it's a reel election it's most pivotal for the public. it's really important. we will not be choosing a government. we'll be choosing whether the current government says they'll open the party. we'll be able to open a new constitution. that is what they are keeping it in. on behalf of the society, it's

fearful that if a new constitution comes out. it will be tailor-made for the president so there's two issues really. the ak party gets a majority that it wants, it can go the route that it's talking about. the other issue is the kurds the rise of the kurds. united behind this one party. do you think that could be a game changer here really? >> well, that's a good question. the matter the party at play which is a party of kurdish nationalism. it is a left-wing progressive party, that is feminist or championing l.b.g.t. rights - that's how they are trying to raise votes. there's a 10% threshold in turkey the highest in the world. if they get 9% of the votes, they will get nothing in the

parliament. all the votes will go to the akp. if they pass the 10% threshold. they'll have a lot of mps, and the mkp success will be limited. that's why they have four parties at play. the fourth is the big one, that is why a lot of people that don't sympathise will vote. >> so two potential important outcomes here. whatever which it goes how do you think turkey's neighbours are viewing the events? >> well i am sure the regime in syria is not happy with the current government in turkey and would like to see it fold. but - and maybe there are other countries in the region, including egypt. that is one of the things that the president have been using in their election campaign. they said if you are against the

abdul fatah al-sisi regime in egypt. if it is a democracy free election, vote for us. presenting themselves as the saviour of the downtrodden in syria and egypt. maybe there's something in that. inside turkey, the prop is the country, economy, issues and the visible and commonizing political rhetoric that is used. the turks need national reconciliation after the hate-filled rhetoric. will we have that after the elections? i don't know. we need - what we need is not a tlip over another, but a national reconciliation. like we have seen, if we want to show a country in the region as a national.

>> there has been joint anti-government demonstrations. protesters and riot police fought in the southern cities, with two officers carried off by the mob. the government stationed 40,000 federal police soldiers and marines in troubled areas in the south to keep the peace during polls. midterms provide a test on what people think of the president's rule. peno nieto came to power in 2012 promising to focus on economic development. as adam raney reports, there's a lot at stake for mexico's president. >> president enrique peno nieto. posterity is deep rude. massacres involving security and

corruption paid peno nieto the most unpopular president. against this, it's the first time independent candidates have been allowed to run. and shows how parties have lost an advantagelehold on the electorate. it sends a clear and cut message. he would do wonders for the economy. >> mexico has the success stories for sure and rich industrial state business is good. plants pump out the product for export to the united states. >> the northern border state has been a main engine in mexico. business leaders say the countries never met the full potential. they hope some consensus could be reached to push the economy forward. >> the owner says reforms are

not enough. we need to make sure some of the big structure reforms will become value, and we need to make sure we implement them and create value, it's not enough to change the law. it's actually implemented. a rule pr i party, and allies winning the most seats. still, if they beat the ruling p.r. i, as expected, it could lead to a weakening of pena nieto's coalition. >> these will not despite whether it stays or falls. it will give a pointser in what can we expect for the second half. >> campaign whying has not been without violence, several candidates have been killed. dozens attack. there's a growing movement led

by teachers calling for a boycott of elections. if the government are enable to hold the elections, it will be a failure, a failure that they can do wowed. in iraq there has been a day of intense fighting in government forces battling units from the islamic state of iraq and levant. both sides are trying to gain control over the largest province anbar. imran khan reports from baghdad. the aftermath of an attack on anbar province in an air base. the aftermath filmed by i.s.i.l. fighters keen to show their advance in ramadi is not slowing down. the mounting losses suggest they are right. 22 have been killed. most iraqi soldiers and shia militias that fled ramadi. the u.s., which has been carrying out air strikes says even so the strategy will not change. so the plan continues.

to the west of samarra, military commanders say its entering the second phase, backed by u.s.-led air strikes, soldiers and militia continue to control pockets of terrain. >> we reach the most strategically important pockets of terrorists. we saw intense pockets of terrorists west of samarra. we have seized total control of the area that we are standing in. we have secured the area and provided security for the residence. we were backed up in the operation by artillery and army jet fighters, it was a surprise, and we managed to accomplish the mission. >> reporter: the task now includes control a dangerous mission. i.s.i.l. attacks killed dozens in the past few days. i.s.i.l. has shown ability to advance on several fronts when iraqi forces have been distracted. power is keep before the focus is on ramadi. >> in many ways the counter

current battle for anbar is one for control of its roads and smaller towns and villages. they are using them as a staging post to retake ramadi. the i.s.i.l. fighters have an advantage. they have two major border crossings from syria to anbar, and are using them to great effect for reinforcement, giving the iraqi security forces a serious challenge sydney's president basheer announced the formation of a new government. according it state television he changed his ministers for defense, foreign affairs and oil. it comes days after being sworn in to serve a new term. a writer and commentator explains the significance of the reshuffle. >> reporter: he is in a

reasonable comfortable position at the moment. given himself a new mandate. considering what is happening in the region and across the globe. he wants to have taken it himself. good messages to international community, changes in defense. it is probably significant if you see what is happening in south sudan. and reports that they may be supporting rebels in south sudan. there might be an implication down there, and changes in oil, and oil and the conflict is quite related. but globally the fact that he is trying to present himself as the new man to give a new image, and prepare for discussions with the west particularly in the request of the i.c.c. a key opposition leader in burundi urged the deft to disarm -- president to disarm government-linked militia. protests began in april when

president pierre nkurunziza announced he'd seek a third term. >> reporter: he doesn't want to be recognised afraid he would be targeted because he protested against the president. >> translation: you don't know if you'll be arrested shot or killed. >> reporter: others are working in the open and say they'll do it in volatile areas. until pierre nkurunziza gives up plans to run for a third term a violation of the constitution. other parts of the capital are calm but tense, burundi has been relatively peaceful since the civil war ended 10 years ago. this is not like the civil war where ethnicity plays a huge role. the crisis is political. some believe it could be resolved through dialogue. the former president is part of a team trying to get the

government and opposition to talk. he was president before coming into power. he believed if there was going to be peace, pierre nkurunziza has to step aside. >> let's hope the international communicate and the demonstrations will make him enough pressure for him to stop. let's hope that. if this is not done, and if you don't accept. we can assure you that, no i'm afraid that we assist in burundi to another war. when compatriots. >> reporter: opposition members say they are being targeted by militia by the opposition party. the ruling party says that is not true. >> there was so many many

layers who were attacked by some members of the opposition. elections scheduled for this month have been postponed. despite a security crackdown, those say they'll stay on the street until they go. it could be a long standoff. >> a recent study in hong kong found material two out of three young people show signs of depression. for some talking about the issue is taboo. psychologists may have found a new way to approach the problem. >> reporter: having suffered depression as a teenager this counsellor feels in a perfect position to help others. >> schools don't talk about it. if they do they kind of never

really use the words like suicide or depression. it's always kind of sidestepped. >> reporter: with her partner shiels developing a -- she's developing a computer game aiming to help. in a desert island adventure young people at risk of suicide ka ben identified by the -- can be identified by the choices they make. >> i thought if we approach it not from a clinical perspective but a game it opens up the dialogue at school. >> reporter: the pressure to excel academically in this overcrowded city starts as soon as children put on their first uniform. suicide rates among the young are no higher than elsewhere, they have been on the rise. a study found 60% of students found signs of depression. >> reporter: if young didn't

face much there's life in hong kong. last year's occupy hong kong was a source of upheaval. demonstrators may have left the streets, but the sense of uncertainty about the future exists. according to experts the protests provided a release. the failure added to a sense of despair. >> when people see the hope that will help them put up to the stress, because they have a hopeful future. they have the motivation to live on, continue. >> there may be growing causes for depression and anxiety, but innovative ways of dealing with them are being developed by the same young people. still ahead on al jazeera - in sport - things go from bad to worse in tiger woods, as his career hits a new low. details next.

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>> the bullet came right there through the window. >> it absolutely is a crisis. >> real reporting. >> this... is what we do. >> america tonight. tuesday through friday 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. hello again, let's get the sport now with robin. >> thank you very much. a huge parade planned through the streets of barcelona later, after the city's football team were crowned champions of european football. barca beat juventus completing a treble. winning the spanish la liga. and copa del ray. a parade will see barcelona - i think a late one supporters recovering after massive

celebrations. barca champions of europe after a first season in charge. they join a select group of clubs winning the cup five times or more. four others achieved that. barca's first european cup in 1992 the dream team that included pepe. and it was at london wembley stadium. the next time 14 years later in paris. barcelona coming from behind to win 2-1. number 3 against communicated. lionel messi scoring in a 2-0 win. manchester united were the victims. the start at wembley in london in 2011. barcelona winning 3-1. the latest in berlin. the four of the five coming in the last nine years. enrique failed to confirm after

the game that he'd remain captain. he is optimistic he'll stick around. >> he's our coach, our manager. my hope is that he'll continue with us next season. he has not said anything to the contrary. i hope that, so that next year we can face challenges and we have to make the most of the team and the work we have done we had a spectacular season in every sense of the word. >> the f.i.f.a. women's world cup continues in the next few hours, germany will be in action. canada open a campaign with an injury time win. correspondent andrei richard second was amongst the crowd for canadian football. >> a huge crowd, 56,000 to watch canada just about get a win they wanted against china. it was a record for a women's soccer game for men, but a record for any national team

sporting event in canada giving you an indication of the level of interest in this tournament. there's huge expectations around the canada team and get more funding than a men's team from the canadian soccer association. it had a pretty awful time of it. they finished bottom of the qualifying group. a year later, they got the bronze medal and something similar is expected this time around. as for the other contenders japan, the defending champions underway against switzerland and beat the u.s.a. four years ago. traditional powerhouses of the women's game. they have not won the title since 1999 and find themselves in a tough group alongside sweden australia and african champions nigeria. and germany, the top ranked guys in the world. they can be the first side to have men's and women's title.

it starts on sunday against the ivory coast. >> american pharaoh ends a 57 year drought, winning the belmont stakes in new york to win an elusive crown. >> reporter: belmont park in new york, and a sell-out crowd of 90,000. the focus on a 3-year-old cold with the name of american pharaoh. victory here would ensure the triple crown. on the final straight this was the moment. >> american pharaoh has a 2-length lead.

frosted is all out. here t the 37 year wait is over. american pharaoh is finally the one. american pharaoh has won the triple crown. >> it's incredible. a great day for horse racing. it's a moment history. 43-year-old victor espinosa the oldest triple crown jockey. success for the egyptian owner who gave the horse a misspelt name from on online contest. >> in order for you to win the triple crown you have to define greatness. he us everything so easy. every genius says he has the biggest heart, i don't know, god put him in our hands. it's like he is an incredible animal. >> a drought over, and a pharaoh on top of the sport of kings

back from horse racing to tennis. world number one novak djokovic will bid to complete a career grand slam, facing stanislaw wawrinka in the final of the french open at roland-garros. novak djokovic won eight grand slams, the french french open is the one that alluded him. he leads stanislaw wawrinka 17-3 in head to head meetings. novak djokovic has a long way to go to catch serena williams celebrating her 20th grand slam the third person history to achieve that defeat. beating lucie safarova in the women's final. lewis hamilton will look to extend his lead at the top of formula 1 championship standings, starting from poll at the canadian frix edging out nico rosberg and raikkonen.

he leads nico rosberg by 10 points. >> the tampa bay lightening levelled the series against the blackhawks. game 2 was tense in florida. chicago drawing things level at 3-3. a powerplay from jason had tampa bay a 4-3 win, game 3 in chicago on monday. >> golf. after shooting a worse professional round of 82. things worse for tiger woods, playing at the memorial tournament. 6 bowingies two doubles -- bogeys two doubles and a quadruple bogey. 13 over par. the 14-time champion is now at the bottom of the leader board. >> that's the sport. among a million pilgrims are attending a festival in southern

pakistan braving a heatwave. there's the threat of violently from groups opposed. security has been stepped up. al jazeera spoke to a pilgrim. and asked them to explain the journey in their own words. >> i have been coming here for the past 20 years for a spiritual inspiration. the people who are coming here should reframe from drugs and restrict themselves to prayers and follow the teaching of the houthi. i visit others like this in peshawar, and other important chileans, but i have not found a true and real essence in the devotees who visit these places.

i never beg or ask anyone for anything. because we never beg. he finds all his needs are taken care of because allah is the real provider. women are not allowed to visit. it is forbidden in islam. these did not have female visitors. anyone that can control the temptations is closer. those who come here with a pure purpose take away presence from here. those that come go back. though will fail and not succeed unless they come here. beautiful to say, thank you for watching this newshour. we have another bulletin coming up. we'll tell you what is going on in turkey with the important

elections underway. see you then.

is people in turkey vote in an election that is seen as a test of kurds political future. hello, i'm jane dutton, live from headquarters in doha. also ahead, more rescues off the coast of libya as thousands continue to make the dangerous journey by boat to europe leaders of the world's richest countries gather in germany for a summit expected to be dominated by ukraine and greece's debt crisis. south korea vows to contain