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>> absolutely exciting, thrilling, like i love to do things like this. >> we meet the female marine scaling new heights in the bid for gender equality. we begin in turkey where polls have been open for a number of hours for parliamentary elections. 56.6 million people are eligible to vote and choosing candidates for 550 available seats in parent. it's the first time the kurds contested an election under a single party banner, the h.d.p. they need at least 10% of the vote. the they are hold for any party to enter parliament. that's cross to bernard smith who joins us from turkey. bernard, as we've just heard

for the kurds the first time they are contesting a single party. they need 10% to enter parliament. >> it's a huge challenge for the party. that they've got 67% of the vote where their candidates stood individually and in parliament form a group. by standing as a party the hope is they get their 10% giving them much greater representation in parliament, at least 50 representatives in parliament, they hope that by getting that, that will give them a greater% of parliament. they have been trying to widen its appeal beyond kurd, appealing its campaign to the working class to minority groups and it hoped by doing that it can get that increased share of the vote. it certainly has been very busy here.

today, there's just an hour left to go before the polls close and turkey turks would participate a great deal in their elections at least 80% turnout so we expect that at least. >> if it does win that 10% share, what threat does that then pose to the ruling party? >>le ruling act party is facing the challenges that any incumbent party any democratic election really. it's been in power 13 years. the economy is slowing down a bit and the opposition party is not just the h.d.p., have been taking on the act party on the economy and other issues, instead of focusing away from the economy as in previous elections. this is a challenge for the act party. that party wants to get a super majority this time armed to change the constitution in favor of a more powerful executive president, something that the

president has been campaigning for. if the h.d.p. gets over that 10% share of the vote, that could scuttle the ambitions of the ruling party forces it into a different governed, the way the turkey has been governed compared to the last 13 years or so. >> absolutely. if the winner is forced into making a coalition any ideas what that might look like? >> no real indication yet. they said they wouldn't work in coalition with the act party if they were to get into parliament. i think it's early days yet to say how that would pan out there's no real doubt that the act party is going to win the greater share of the vote. it remains the most popular party in turkey. what everybody is watching for though is just how much of the vote the act party wins, because

that is what really matters here. >> those crucial numbers. we'll hear them later. thanks very much for the update from turkey. >> now a german military ship has rescued more than 800 migrants in the sed sea taken to the port. a british naval ship rescued 500 on stricken boats. they are just the latest group taken to safety. nearly 3500 people have been rescued. on the island of sicily is where many migrants are taken. hodor, what happens when the migrants are taken there? >> they first have to get here, and all these numbers you are not talking about have not reached land. the 800 picked up by the germans were picked up yesterday where

as the 500 picked up by the british were picked up today. i have to give you a quick update we just heard from the italian coast guards, there are 16 rescue operations that happened today. ten are done, six are still on going and in addition so far the preliminary number is another 1500 migrants picked up, even though we don't have the full picture yet. it's going to become a challenge at this point because the clouds are coming in, the wind has picked up a built. the sea is swelling, and the coast guard's actually, people at sea saving these lives say that's a huge challenge because migrants don't know how to swim, because they're tired dehydrated, they're panicking. at the moment, the main challenge is to make sure all these people will be able to touch land before the weather conditions turn even further. then once they are here, they

got medical help, the minors are isolated. >> it's such a risky journey. why are so many more people determined to make it? >> well, they don't have any choice. these people have in dealed themselves their families, and sometimes their entire village to be able to cross several african countries. then they brave all the dangers of libya southern libya the arab desert, going from militia to another. they reach the coast and at that point, there is no other choice. they either get on their boat or stay in a detention center. there is abuse in libya. many migrants we saw arriving

here have marks of beating on their backs cigarette burns on their stomach. women have talked about rhame. at this point they don't have any other choice. returning back home would be as complicated and actually as much of a network of smuggling sophisticated underway. up north there are very little ways to return south so it is really a matter of no choice at that point. then there is also the fact that they feel the burden of the promises they gave to their families promises when they left their wives or children, the debt everybody is in and they feel that burden and they need to make it happen. >> desperate situation indeed, hodor, thanks for bringing you guess the situation in italy. >> much more to come. >> in yemen even baking the basics like bread is now a struggle for millions of people, as the war causes widespread

shortages. >> plus, young and in despair in hong kong. we'll tell you about the taboo topic that's finally being talked about. >> in barcelona preparing to celebrate again after their city's football team is crowned european champions. those details later in sport. >> british prime minister david cameron called on g7 leaders to show a united front against what he distribution as russian-backed aggression in ukraine. leaders from the world seven's richest nations are in southern germany for a two day summit, talks expected to focus on recent flare-ups and fighting in ukraine, greek's debt and climate change. moscow has been excluded since they annexed crimea in march last year. we are live in the summit. russian is out for a second year

running and yet the talk of extending sanctions one of the key issues on the agenda. do you think we're going to see a united front? >> well, there were very strong words this morning from the president, talking about standing up to russian aggression. barack obama with angela merkel, the host of this summit and a bavarian breakfast in a village not far from here. later, we heard from the president of the european council who talked about if there was going to be progress, it would be leading to tougher sanctions on russia. the russian president, vladimir putin, who would have been at the summit last year and at the commit if it was still a g8 has given interviews to the italian newspaper in which he made clear that russia had no intention to threaten nato or imagine any kind of invasion would be for someone who was in sane. clearly the russians are trying to suggest that there is nothing to fear. certainly we also know that

several european countries either with borders with rush or close to russia feel so concerned that about it that they want nato to bring in permanent base of soldiers on their territory. there's been talks the possibility of greece leave be the euro zone. we heard that it is believed that the greek prime minister has yet to fulfill promisees made about reforms to the economy. in recent days, the greeks decided to defer a payment of its bailout repayment in terms of its bailout saying they wanted to bundle together five repayments at the end of this month, totals more than $1.5 billion. the question is whether they can do that. certainly the potential for greece falling out of the euro zone i also something that the leaders are keen to discuss to try to find resolution. >> a lot going on there in the

castle. beyond the walls we've got protestors another day of gathering, thousands of people determined to derail the talks. any signs of success? >> if they were to get here to this castle, that would be a considerable achievement because the german authorities have created a have him ring of steel, as it were, around this area. coming here to get to the venue from the media center lower down the mountainside took some considerable time and there were police officers on either side of the road every 10 meters for several kilometers, all armed all obviously with a mission of trying to prevent the protestors coming here. they said they would try to converge from five different locations and we have seen protestors trying to go up the mountain sides and through the forests. i think to suggest that they

might get very close to this venue, given what i have seen myself i think that prospect is unlikely. >> ok. dominic, many thanks for the update there from the g7 summit. >> iraq's prime minister is at at that g7 meeting,al hadi due to meet president obama to discuss the battle against isil. it's away opportunity to ask for crucial help, as imran kahn reports from baghdad. >> iraq is a country in war and economic crisis, a slump in oil prices left a massive budget deficit, which could be around $22 billion. aid agencies warn they are running out of money to help iraqi's affected by war. abadi said the international hope is a failure and want the world's leaders to step up. >> what iraq is looking for is strengthening military aid

stepping up coalition airstrikes and helping iraq reconstruct its war tone infrastructure and for humanitarian aid. >> the u.s. has approximately 3,000 u.s. troops in iraq, training and equipping government forces. it's sent 2,000 anti tank missiles to help curtail isil's car bombing. the administration has placed a speed up of other arms shipments. recommendations between the u.s. and iraq have been strained. earlier this month u.s. defense secretary accused the iraq army of not having the will to fight. some iraqis say that's not fair. >> isil is well quipped and funded. iraq is in debt and needs more support to kill isil financing and needs the g7 to support iraq financially and bridge the debt gap. >> the meeting between the prime minister and u.s. president barack obama in germany i also supposed to be a review of what's happening in iraq. >> here in the capital this

sideline meeting means very little. what people are really concerned about here is rising food prices electricity blackouts and security. isil has regular car bombing attacks in markets like this. >> fighting isil to paying government salaries, all have a bill impact. the real discretion is how much can the g7 help. imran kahn, al jazeera baghdad. >> israeli jets carried out an air strike on gaza, saying it struck terrorist infrastructure in the north of the strip. it came after a rocket attack carried out by a palestinian group. the international community has been criticized for not condemning the attack. >> an army compound in yemen's capital sanna houthi rebels say 44 soldiers have been killed. saudi arabia said the soldiers

were linked to houthi rebels. >> saudi-led strikes and the power struggle is destroying the economy. small businesses are shutting down with the lack of imports and fewer jobs, making life difficult for millions of yemenis. >> the simple process of making bread is becoming difficult in yemen's capital sanna. running a small bakery, this man struggles. it's estimated more than half bakeries have shut down due to a shortage of fuel and power. a basic stable of the yemeni diet becoming a repairty. a kilo of flour has gone from 40 cents to 60 cents. prices are up because of insecurity hurting small businesses like this bakery. >> the difficulties we face are shortage of fuel, now we are using gas which doesn't only

make things slow, but also is expensive. even the price of gas is going higher. >> power outages is another power. the shortage of water is a difficultive. the workers' spirits are down. petrol used to be 70 cents now $3.50, on the black market, $7.50 per liter. people wait for days to fill their cars and many fill for a much higher price. it's a sign of how often bad the power short only is getting. >> first the absence of fuel and power, the biggest obstacles at the time state authority was in place. now there is no state total vacuum. big malls and companies have come to a halt. citizens' purchasing power has increased substantially. >> for months, a saudi-led air campaign is targeting houthi fighters and troops loyal to

former president ali abdullah saleh. the who it is took over the capital, basic services suspended and price skyrocketing due to the fighting. aid has come through. 80% of those in yemen need aid to survive. what was once bustling commercial streets are now mostly empty. with no shoppers, shutters have been closed. >> we are living in a real catastrophe. many of the big shopping centers where hundreds of workers are employed have been shut down. how will all those families earn a living? >> that's a question none can answer. it's not just the dead and injured in the fighting, yep he men's war has taken oh toll on everyone in the country. al jazeera. >> south korea says it will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of mers. five people have died from the disease and 14 new cases reported bringing the total

number of people infected with the virus to 64. >> the outbreak in south korea is the largest outside the middle east. people are worried and many have begun wearing masks. >> we should not go near places where mers patients have been. isn't this virus airborne and contractible with contact? >> there's no evidence mers can be transferred through the air but can be by droplets, such as if someone sneezes or touches a surface with infected hands. the virus has spread quickry in south korea from one man who had been in saudi arabia. >> i urge citizens to cooperate to prevent further spread of mers by washing their hands and minding their coughing. >> mers causes fever diarrhea, newspaper moan i can't and kidney failure in worst cases. 40% infected die from it.

18 have been quarantined and hundreds of schools closed as a precaution. the first mers cases were diagnosed in 2012. 900 people have since been infected there. the virus was traced back to people in jordan, but it's thought to have originally come from bats and camels. it's appeared across the middle east as well as in small numbers in europe. the world health organization says there's no evidence 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. >> a manhunt is underway for two convicts who escaped a prison in new york, using power tools to cut through their cells. the pair had been convicted in separate murder cases and

sentenced to life behind bars. >> rescuers in nepal have found the bodies of 55 people in a village a month after the earthquake. they were buried under flattened buildings north of the capitol kathmandu. the earthquake has killed more than 8,760 people. it will cost more than $10 billion to rebuild the country. >> key opposition leader in burundi has urged the president to disarm militias and allow the government to operate freely. protests began in april when it was announced that the president would seek a third term in office. parliamentary elections have been delayed. we have this report. >> he doesn't want to be recognized. afraid he could be targeted because he protested against burundi's president. >> the people are scared.

we don't know if they'll be arrested shot or killed. >> despite the fear of some, other opposition members are working out in the open, saying they will keep doing this in volatile areas until he gives up his chance to run for a third term a violation of the constitution. >> parts of the capital of calm, but tense. it has been peaceful since the civil war ended 10 years ago. >> this situation is not like the civil war where ethnicity played a huge role in the violence. for now this crisis is political. some think that means it can be resolved through dialogue and that it's not too late for burundi. >> former president is part of a team trying to get the government and opposition to talk. he was president before the current president came into power. he believes if there is going to be peace the president must step aside. >> let's hope that the

international community the sub region and demonstration of the people of burundi will make him enough pressure so that he will be obliged to stop his candidacy. let's hope that. if this is not done and if he don't accept, i can assure you that -- no, i'm afraid that will assist burundi into another war. >> opposition members say they are being systematically targeted by militia from the ruling party. the ruling party says that is not true. >> we saw many, many case of those attacked by some members of opposition. >> elections schedule would for this month have been postponed.

despite a security crackdown and several arrests those say they will say on the street until he goes. this could be a long protest. >> a hurricane is headed toward the baja california peninsula packing winds of 200 kilometers per hour and expected to make landfall early monday. it's the second hurricane to form off the pacific coast this year. let's get much more on this hurricane, with all the weather with rob. is it being felt yet in baja, california? >> you would think so. not quite looking at the latest reports from the baja california almost calm. it will get there. if you look at the satellite picture, a beautiful eye when it was picked up, it was a long way off the coast of mexico, that 24 hours ago and drifting slowly north, it was the outer bond

which thunderstorms already across the south of the baja, however, nothing much has come of it yet. on the coast, you see an increase in swell but that's as bad as it's got so far. however, it will do more. currently as you just heard sustained winds about 175 millimeters, gusting that. the movement is moving morals parallel with the coast which means the eye will stay to the west. that's probably going to mean the worst of the weather will stay to the west. it's still not a walk in the park. monday the eye will still be south of cabo san lucas the place that got hit badly last year. as it goes further northwards, it might sustain it to the west, when it will be no longer a hurricane. there will be rain,

150-300 millimeters. wave height, 10 meters but the winds decreasing. >> a recent city in hong kong found nearly two out of three young people show signs of depression. talking about the issue is taboo. scientists think they have found a new way to approach the problem. >> having suffered depression as a teenager, this counselor is well equipped to deal with young people's mental health problems. part of the problem she believes is a failure to recognize it. >> no one's talking about it, so schools might feel if we talk about it, that indicates we have a problem so they rather not talks about it. if they do, they kind of never really use the words like suicide or depression. that's always side stepped. >> with her partner she issues developing a computer game that aims to help. in this desert island adventure

young people at risk of depression or suicide can be identified by that the choices they make. >> it's a taboo topic. we thought if we approach it from a very clinical perspective but actually from a game that is fun and engaging, it opens up a dialogue. >> the pressure to excel academically in this city starts as soon as children put on their first uniform. although suicide rates among the young are to higher than elsewhere, they have been on the rise. one study found up to 60% of students surveyed showed sign of depression. >> if young people here did not face enough stress, there is the political dimension of life in hong kong. last year's occupied street protests demanding pro democracy were a source of social upheaval. the demonstrators may have left the streets but the uncertainty about the future persists. >> according to some experts those protests provided a

release and their failure added to a sense of despair. >> when the people, when they see the hope, i think that will help them put up with the stress because they will see i have a hopeful future, for the time being, i have a difficult life i still have the motivation to live on, to continue. >> there may be growing causes for depression and anxiety among hong kong's young but innovative ways of dealing with them are developed by the same young people. rob mcbride, hong kong. >> do stay with us here on this news hour. still to come, violence in mexico has a tense midterm election. >> spinning with spiritual inspiration. >> the 37 year wait is over, american pharaoh has won! >> atop the sport of kings as

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>> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. a reminder of our top stories turkey's president has been casting his vote in parliamentary elections. 66.5 million people are eligible to volt. >> a german naval ship brought

migrants to the italian port after rescuing them from the mediterranean sea. a british ship has rescued people from stricken boats. operations are underway to bring them to safety. >> british prime minister david cameron called on g7 leaders to show united fronts against what he describes as russian backedgression in ukraine. leaders from the richest seven nations are attending the g7 summit. >> the elections are underway in turkey and professor of international relations joins us live from istanbul. now, the party that we've all watched closely in the run up to this vote or will be as elections results come in is the hdp party. we'll see how successful the campaigning has been at the end of the day. how much momentum do you think it's managed to gain in the leadup to this vote? >> it gained a lot of momentum.

six, seven percentage points, and they have risen according to some polls to enough level of force that will take them above 10%. they seem to have managed to appeal to a large constituency all over the country but the party actually suffers a lot from the remnants of a long militarized dispute between the kurdish minority and the turkish government. so it remains to be seen to what extent people will be willing to vote for this party in the western regions of the country. in the east and southeast their appeal is quite well established

now. >> there's an awful lot in the air, remaining to be seen today with this vote. these results could have a huge impact on the course of turkey's democracy with him seeinging to extend his presidential powers. how popular would that move be? >> well, according to research that we've conducted in the last couple of months, it looks like turks either don't know much about what the system is or will be under the leadership of him but the level of support is not high. 60-65% are opposed to presidential system, and as the level of knowledge increases the likelihood to obtain a

popular support for this constitution of change rerhodes. >> thank you for your thoughts on parliamentary election underway in turkey. >> let's take you back now to germany, that g7 summit where the world's richest nations are meeting for a two day summit. police have been blocking protestors from reaching the venue. they are demanding more action on climate change and vowed to disrupt the talks. >> other issues are on the table. there is one previous member missing from this meeting for a second year in a row.

the annual summit is excluding russia. moscow's absence underscores rising tensions over the conflict in crane. moscow was hosted to host the summit but the other members all pulled out in protest against russia's annexation of crimea. an independent political analyst joins us live from moscow. thank you for being with us. what do you make of this summit once again held without russia? >> i think what is happening with the rising tensions between russia and the most developed western countries is not unexpected. the group of seven has expressed termness and determination and indication that sanctions imposed against russia due to be

reviewed at the end of this month will most likely be extended. president putin has always stood firm and confident in a very recent interview he reiterated that russia made no mistakes, that russia is not to blame for the deterioration between itself and the west, or not to blame for the crisis in ukraine it's all the western fault. >> clearly g7 is sending a percentage to moot tin but what signs that he's actually listening and prepared to act on it? >> the thing is that both sides stand firm. the west does, and so does president putin. the western emphasizes the fact that there is nothing the west can do to make putin make russia change its policy in crane. there is this cohesion that the west has demonstrated that this

does not work to make putin budge and make any steps to compromise his policy in ukraine so far. russia is suffering. the sanctions are taking a toll on the russian economy. however, this is not things that would make putin compromise. i think now it's fully clear. >> russias absence not only the ukraine they are talking about plenty of other issues, iran nuclear. russia is a key player around needs to be at the table. >> russia demonstrated desire to cooperate on a limited number of issues.

antiterrorism and iran are two. with the west, it is indeed very difficult for the count withys to cooperate which of course cooperation requires trust in a situation where the confrontation is deepening and there is no end in sight. >> thanks very much for joining us there from moscow. >> there have been violent anti-government demonstrations in mexico ahead of midterm elections. in a southern city, two officers were carried off by the crowd. demonstrations drew 40,000 police in southern areas to try to keep the peace. now live in the southern city of iguala a lot of security out on election day. it seems like there's good reason looking at the violent demonstrations leading up to the

vote. >> we are here in a southern state iguala. in september of last year, 43 students were attacked by local police in this city not far from where i'm standing, allegedly handled over to a drug gang, killed and allegedly incinerated not far from here. people in mexico saw the failure of the government to be able to protect teachers, college students as a major failure and there are on going security problems. the president promised for years that he was going to make mexico safe or bring down such attacks bring down levels of violence. when this happened, showing the collusion and corruption of local police with criminal organizations, it kicked off months of protest. now what we're seeing are these teacher groups in southern mexico who have a lot of power

and a lot of people to get on the street and their trying to block this election in any way they can. authorities say they're going to have a successful, ceaseful election but we might see outbreaks of violence across these states. >> that is seen as a referendum in his time in office. >> it is, because beyond security there's a lot of other problems ailing mexico, corruption, kind of stagnant growth that's only grown by 2% in the past year, so as people go to vote, whether or not these groups can block it as they hope to there's a lot of other issues at stake for the president. >> president won office and promised to usher in security

and prosperity. despite reforms in education and other areas corruption scandals have made him the most unpopular president in years. >> independent candidates have been allowed to run for the first time. it could show traditional parties have lost their sprinkle hold on the electorate. >> it would do wonders for the economy. >> mexico has its success stories for sure, and rich northern leone state business is good, pumping out products for export mainly to the united states. >> this northern border state has long been one of the main economic engines in mexico.

business leaders say the country's never met it full potential and hope consensus can be reached to push the economy forward. >> this plant owner said reforms around enough. >> we need to make sure some of the big structure reforms that have been in past years become value. we need to make sure we implement them and create value out of those reforms. it's not enough to just change the law. how is that law getting implemented. >> the ruling p.r.i. parties and allies winning the most seats in congress still if the independent beats the candidate for governor in and a half have a leone as expected, it could bring change.

several capped dates across the country have been killed, dozens others attacked and there is a growing movement that led by ballot burning teachers calling for a boycott. if the government is unable to hold elections in a partly of the country it will be seen as a failure that the president and his party can do without. >> what we have here in mexico, we have two challenges for the president and his coalition here on election day, one in the south being exerted by people in the street and you see the security forces at polling places blocking that. north of that independent candidate, that jaime if he has a victory will shake up the elections here. >> thank you very much for that.

>> please stay with us here, the sport is coming up next on the news hour. we'll have the latest from the french open final where djokovic is bidding for his first title.

>> united states marine corps is putting women to the test. all branches of the military are under to do so open units restricted to men by the end of this year. >> it's a long way to the top

but scaling a rock cliff is all in a day's work for corporal jacqueline dean. she's part of the marine ground combat unit incident graded task force, experiment into gender integration. 600 marines male and female train side by side for combat roles never before open to women. >> absolutely exciting, thrilling, i love to do things like this. >> she added mitts it hasn't been easy. >> the hardest part had to be when we first arrived showing up to a unit full of males in it. never seen a marine let alone worked with one. that in itself was a struggle. >> then there's the heavy gear carried over long decides to answers. >> in the dessert, we had 100 pounds on our back. i was carrying more than my body weight now carrying 75 pounds for a total of six miles. your body never gets the chance to recover. >> for eight months, these

marines have trained in a variety of grueling environments the desert, ocean and now mountains. at these altitudes breathing can be hard. even the most basic task becomes more difficult. >> on every march, hartmans for record vital data. marines are asked to record how they're feeling afterwards. the information collected will be used to set gender neutral standards. >> we have found through looking at these that all of the marines out here are capable of performing the task. what we're tying to ascertain is to what level are they capable. we get to see what type of person actually thrives in this environment, and what do they look like from a physical standpoint what is their height weight, lean body mass. >> harder to measure is the impact of women on what the military refers to as unit cohesion. in this group they've under a grudging respect. >> when the going gets tough i look over someone over my hold

might be smaller and they keep pushing and i keep pushing on. >> the results will be presented to the commandant of the marines this summer. the women say they will push on to prove they are not only willing, but able to serve. al jazeera bridgeport, california. >> let's get you all the sport now. >> the french open, the men's final is underway now. vokevich is taking on his swiss opponent who has eight grand slam tights. the first set djokovic is leading 5-3. >> celebrating her grand slam title, just the third person in

history to achieve the feat of the number of titles won. the streets of barcelona a celebration after crowned football champions. the 3-1 victory barca already having won the spanish la liga. supporters in the capital celebrate well into the night. champions of europe and the first season in charge. four other teams have gone on to achieve that feat. the so-called green team was in

the final. they had a wait 14 years for the next time. victories at berlin, four of their five titles have come in the raft nine years. after the game, refusing to confirm that he will remain as manager despite that victory but barcelona's captain optimistic he will stick around. >> he's our coach our manager. my hope is that he will continue with us next season. he hasn't said anything to the contrary. i really do hope that so next year we can face new challenges. we have to make the most of it as a team. we've had a spectacular season.

>> the women's world cup in the next few hours germany will be in action against ivory coast. host canada had an injury win against china. >> a huge crowd here in edmonton to watch canada just about get the win they desperately wanted against china. that crowd is a record for any national team sporting event in canada. it gives you some indication of the level of interest in this tournament. there were huge expectations around the canada team. they get for mondaying from the men's team from the canada's soccer association. they had a pretty awful time of it finishing at the bottom of their qualifying group but a year later at the olympics got a

bronze medal and something similar is expected this time around. japan, the defending champions get their tournament underway against switzerland. they beat the usa in the final four years ago the u.s.a., powerhouses in the women's game haven't won since 1999. germany, the top ranked side in the world, they could become the first country to have both the men's and women's title in their possession. that tournament starts sunday against the ivory coast. >> there's another event coming up in canada with louis hamilton looking to extend his lead at the top of the standings. he will start from pole position at the canadian grand prix. it's his sixth pole in seven races this season.

hamilton leads by 10 points in the standings. >> american pharaoh won the belmont stakes in new york to claim an elusive racing crown. >> belmont park in new york and a sellout crowd of 90,000, hoping for a peels of racing history. all the focus is on a 3-year-old colt by the name of american pharaoh. >> they're off in the belmont stakes not a great start for american pharaoh. >> he'd already won the kentucky derby and preakness. victory here would secure the most prestigious prize in american racing, the triple crown. 11 horses had won it previously but not since 1978. this is the moment. >> american pharaoh has a two length lead. here it is, the 37 year wait is

over! american pharaoh is finally the one! american pharaoh has won the triple crown! >> it's incredible, such a great day for horse racing! >> 43-year-old victor espinoza becoming the oldest triple crown winning jockey. success for trainer bob and the egyptian born owner had given the horse a miss spelled name from an on line contest. >> in order for you to come and win the triple crown you have to define greatness and as bob said before, he does everything so easy. >> he is just an incredible animal. >> al jazeera.

>> the tampa bay licenning leveled the stanley cup series with the chicago blackhawks. they won game one. game two was a tensor, chicago drawing things level early in the third quarter but a power play goal handed tampa a 4-3 win. game three takes place in chicago on monday. >> tiger woods playing in the memorial tournament in ohio, six bogeys, two doubles and a quadruple bogey to finish the third round with a 13 over par. the 14 time champion is now at the very bottom of the leader board. that's your sport. thanks for watching. >> thanks very much. >> around a million sued pilgrims are attending a religious festival in southern pakistan braving a heatwave

which killed at least 15 pilgrims. security has been stepped up. we spoke to one pilgrim. he explained his journey in his own words. >> i have been coming here since past 20 years for a spiritual inspiration. the people who are coming here should refrain from drugs and restrict themselves to prayers and follow the teaching of the saint. i frequently visited other important gathers but haven't found the true and real essence in the devotees in these places.

i never beg or ask anyone for anything because he finds all his needs are taking care of because allah is the real provider. women are not allowed to visit shrines. it is forbidden isis lamb. anyone who can control his temptations is closest to the saints. those who come here with a pure purpose always take up blessings from him. those who come for just fun go back without anything. they will mom succeed in anything unless they come here to seek sole lass. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. i'll be right back with another full half hour bulletin of news.

>> polls have just closed in turkey in an election being seen as a test of kurds political future. welcome, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up: >> thousands of migrants are rescued in the mediterranean sea. there are warnings that many more could come. >> world leaders meet in germany for the g7 summit, the greek debt crisis, isil and crane are set to top the agenda. plus: >> absolutely exciting, thrilling,