>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, this is the newshour live from london. coming up, president recep tayyip erdogan's party ahead in preliminary results from turkey's parliamentary elections, but it may fall short of a majority. saudi-led coalition jets bomb headquarters in sanaa. u.n. headquarters say they are optimistic about the peace talks next week summit on a mountain.

g7 leaders meet in southern germany crowded on to boats like this. hundreds more desperate migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea. >> in sport, barcelona head home to a champions welcome and stanislaw wawrinka pulls off a shock in the final of the french open well let's start in turkey where voting is taking place in the parliamentary election that could redefine the country's political system. with 90% of the votes counted, preliminary results suggest that president recep tayyip erdogan's a.k. partyiy has the most votes. it's not a surprise. it looks like the pro-kurdish h.d.p. has more than the 10% required to give it seats in the

parliament for the first time. if the results are confirmed when the count is finished the ruling party's plan to rewrite the constitution giving more power to the president is unlikely to go ahead. we have correspondents around turkey to bring us the latest on this. we go to the main opposition chp headquarters in istanbul. jamal is outside the headquarters of recep tayyip erdogan's a.k. partiy in ankara and bernard smith is with the kurdish h.d.p. let's start with jamal. the preliminary results are in, they are not final, but so far it doesn't seem to be going in the direction which the a.k. party were hoping. what are officials behind you saying about that? >> not at all in the direction that they are hoping for, and not in the direction that the polls have predicted. as you say, whilst the a.k.

party is the largest party, it has fallen short of getting enough parliamentary sheets to form a majority let alone a two-thirds majority. i'll step out of the vision to show you a small but loud crowd of supporters coming outside the a.k. partiy headquarters. i covered elections, presidential and local elections from this place. we are outside the a.k. party headquarters where it was overflowing with thousands of supporters. tonight it is a sombre mood particularly inside when i went in a few minutes ago to see how officials monitoring the result come in. it's a sombre mood indeed. they have been taken by surprise. they have been in power for 14 years, and have won every election and referendum in over a decade and, therefore, they are expecting to continue that. they have won this election by all indications, but it's not

enough to form government and this may be the moment where turkey heads towards the end, as you pointed out there, jamal, more than a decade of single party rule. are they thinking about the possibility of a coalition? >> well that is a question i posed to some of the officials. they said while they themselves, would be happy to discussion a coalition, it appears unlikely that they'd be a coalition, for the simple reason that the opposition parties, the chp the mhp has a lot in common with the a.k. party. they have united to topple the a.k. partiy. in the elections the chp and mm-hmm p backed an oic head and it appears now that some of the voters who were maybe previously with the chp had voted for the

h.d.p. if you were to gather all the three parties together. possibly if the results continue to come the same way, they may be able to have a unity government, but it would be messy, because they have a diverse political background. what is more likely is that you would have a suspended parliament, and that could trigger earlier elections. we could be back in a couple of weeks or months where turkey comes to the polls to settle an outstanding issue thank you so much. let's continue this with other correspondent joining us from outside the hours of the main opposition party, the c hp. one of the key questions going into the election for the chp was not so much whether they would win or get the same votes, but whether they'd get enough boats to challenge the a.k. partiy's plans. do they feel they have done it

so far? >> well no they haven't. i was speaking to a senior member in the building behind me. he's a member of the chp, and he was telling me that the result for the chp is considered a bad one because he says it's for the first time in many many years that the chp has come together and put forward something based on the economy, and not the idols of the foundation of the turkish republic that circularism and nationalism. the main point is 2% of voters shifted. they were specting 2% to lean forward and vote to chp. it went to the broad party and the other party, mm-hmm p, they are putting a good spin saying the monopoly of the a.k. party is over the constitution will

probably not be changed and they are open to talk to anyone and the member of the coalition government. they are happy in that sense. that brings us nicely to the next point. what does it mean for the plan to reform and change the constitution? . >> well, it depends how the a.k. party proceeds, and if it gets the other opposition on board, if they manage do that they could get enough seats to allow them to put the constitution to a referendum. at this stage, it's unlikely because we need to wait and see. remember every single party has its own ideology and support base. if they choose to go to the - divert to the opposite side it means they'll lose support, and this will be a tricky one for

all the parties. >> let's thank salah there for that and continue the discussion with bernard smith, live for us at the kurdish h.d.p. party headquarters. let's take a moment to understand this. it's an historic moment in a sense, because you have the h.d.p. party sitting as a parliament. if preliminary results are confirmed in the outcome. >> well, what they said sammy, is that a huge gamble taken by the h.d.p., paid off. they needed more than 10% of the votes to get the representation in parliament. current estimate give them over 11%. if they had not got over 10% they wouldn't have had one representative. that's how much of a gamble there was. crowds behind me are thinning

out, but they are essentially relieved because for the first time essentially a pro-kurdish party has representation at a national level in parliament in turkey. that's the first time that has happened in the history of modern turkey. that remember, is a party, the h.d.p. allied to what is some international terrorist organization. the p.k.k. what the organization did, is played down the association with the p.k.k. and played up commitments to pass and attempt to include non-kurdish supporters supporters from the working class, and supporters from minority groups. excuse the fireworks in the background, which is part of the excitement there is here it is indeed. the excitement. what does the h.d.p. plan to do with all that excitement. if it makes it into parliament

the direction of the preliminary results seem to be pointing? >> well with that representation in parliament it will allow the h.d.p. to push forward the kurdish peace process, which is one of the biggest challenges facing turkey. the peace protest has been in a bit of a hiatus. mora bund for the past couple of years. with the new reps in parliament the h.d.p. can push it forward. they can push forward other issues. they want more reps more powers devolved into regions, so it doesn't affect kurdish regions, but all of turkey. they want kurds to receive public government reps. these issues, the h.d.p. will have more political power behind them to push forward. >> thank you bernard smith there for us. now to sophia and speak to

turkey expert and senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. good to have you with us. like i said we have to put into context that these are the preliminary results. a lot of the votes have been counted. how much of a shake-up seems to be taking place to the turkish political landscape? >> it is a huge shake-up especially given that for the last 13 years we had the a.k. party on top of the turkish state. not only on top of the turkish political institutions but also taking hold of the judiciary and other parts of the societywhich have been subject to political

and internal fights before. so for fires time akp is not the only player the only came in town, if you will and for the first time the kurdish party is entering the parliament, will change the dynamics not only in terms of the politics of the conciliation process or the process with the kurdish minority but on many other fronted. the kurdish party stands for all the minorities in turkey, and wants to represent a more liberal agenda unlike recep tayyip erdogan's akp, which is known for its conservatism i guess the key question - i know the turkey political process is complex and it's hard

to predict who gets what seats, but does it look like the bid to change the constitution, the political system and give more power to the president than the prime minister - those ambitions, do they look like they are over at this point? >> it looks like that. i would still caution that we have to see the final results. but for now it seems like president recep tayyip erdogan is not going to be able to push for the constitutional reforms for which he would need three fifths of the parliament and he's most probably not going to get them. so right now the big question is whether, first of all, akp will have the majority to form a government whether it will have to form a government or whether there will be a coalition government in turkey, which will be also a big change. and the second question is what

will this mean for mr recep tayyip erdogan's power position personally because right now the prime minister is the one who is basically doing whatever recep tayyip erdogan wants him to. now he gains political power and capital, being - becoming a real prime minister. in a way. >> all right, thank you so much still ahead a call for help. iraq's prime minister takes his consent to a g7 summit in germany. a major test for this man, heading for the polls in elections. and a massive celebrations awaiting them.

saudi-led air strikes hit yemen, and 44 soldiers were killed hundreds wounded. the base was used by a former president bashar al-assad and houthi allies. other allies targeted positions. troops loyal to the ousted president were stationed there. my colleague laura kyle spoke to a u.n. special envoy to yemen, jamal benomar. i know the situation is difficult. i know yemen from before. i'm optimistic because i think from day one there's only one solution, a peaceful solution. we believe that the only way to get this war stopped is by the

yemeni coming around the table, agreeing on a ceasefire, and agreeing on discussion what we have been describing from day one. they have been saying dialogue in yemen should start around c.p.r.s, the national dialogue and outcomes and the security council. we have been clear on this. one day they need to come together. that makes us optimistic. when they come together they'll found differently a solution to this table it's great that they are coming and not having preconditions. what are they willing to compromise on, what is each side bringing to the table. ? >> what we know is what is the guiding, now, i would say factor is the suffering witnessed in yemen. the united nations has been vocal. what has been a good development is the discussion with the houthi recently. i have seen flexibility about

discussion with the security council. they are ready to positively deal with the resolution and provided there's no infringement of sovereignty. the issue of legitimacy has to be on the table. it's a factor that they recognise. the elected president has to be respected now. how are the yemeni going to see transmission. are they going to organise the election have a new political agreement. that is up to the yemeni. for the international community, the security council, i think the issue of legitimacy is a fact. >> and you had signs from the houthis that they are willing to respect them the government in exile. >> i have reason to believe that it is part of a deal they'll respect that. >> hardy's government, what are they lineally to bring to the table?

>> the discussion with riyadh which we had several times are around legitimacy being a fact to be respected. the security council 2022 - we say there's two ways of implementing the security council. going by violence which has been going for over 70 days and other by going through talks. we believe we can implement and our aim is to implement in terms of a withdrawal. the main expectation about geneva i will not hide it's a first phase of a long-term process. we believe we have to go there to have a discussion on the ceasefire. and have a discussion on the model. and monitoring. because we don't want to same thing where we had violations and couldn't monitor them. >> i wanted to ask you about that. from history, it's difficult to talk while attacks are ongoing. there's been a lot of attacks in

the last couple of days especially. how optimistic are you that we'll get a ceasefire before and during the talks. >> it's a positive point. we have been calling for a humanitarian pause, first of all, to lower the suffering of the population and to prepare conditions for the dialogue, and we believe you are right. it will be good to be sitting in geneva where we have a war ongoing. but what we have seen until now, is two position. one side and we saying that we need a ceasefire first before going to talks. and implementing otherwise we don't go to a discussion. we say let's go to geneva have a package on which we have a ceasefire, an agreement which is one of the biggest elements the government and the implementation of 2016 and have

an implementation. the security council member outlined it. we need a pause, it's urgent joining me now is an independent journalist specialising in yemen, and she just returned from there. a lot of fighting focused in aden. you spent self weeks there. what is likely there? give us a feel from the ground. >> i expected is to be bad before i welt, but it was worse. >> worse than you expected, how so? >> the level of destruction is huge. of two months of fighting two-thirds of the city has been heavily impacted and large parts have been destroyed. >> what does heavily impacted many, water, sewerage. >> it's under siege by sea and houthis stopped food coming in, and because the blockade - food and aid is not able to come in.

i did not eat vegetables for three weeks. people are living on rice and fish and biscuits. 30-odd degrees, water can't be pumped without electricity. water lines have been sab timed and there's -- sabotaged, and there's huge displace. . you have a war, a ground war on top of all of that. and heavy impact on the civilian population, and the health care system is in the process of collapsing. >> sounds quite desperate. sounds a little more optimistic, shall we say, to use the words of the special envoy, optimistic about the political process, if you listen to the up-u.n. envoy, do you agree about his optimism?

>> not at all, really. all this time the gulf between what is happening on the ground and the conversation and words from the international community - it's such a wide gap that now it's like they are different planets. >> all parties are supposed to have agreed to talk might that not close the gap. >> possibly. realistically, the houthis are under pressure at the moment to get to a political solution which, as the u.n. envoy says would have to be based around a resolution 2016, which means they'd have to withdraw not just from the south, and sanaa. they agreed to withdraw from sanaa and they didn't adhere to it. now they don't have pressure to withdraw they have been making advances, rather than bean on the black foot. it's not realistic. it's detached with what is going on on the ground.

>> thank you so much leaders from seven of the world's biggest economies are meeting in germany focussing on sanctions obvious russia greece's economic crisis and climate change. dominik kane is live from the summit. how much of an appetite is there for the message of getting tough with russia? >> the ukraine crisis and the role of russia has dominated. the president of russia vladimir putin, has been excluded from the summit for a second year. when the u.s. president obama, arrived in bavaria this morning, he took almost the first opportunity to refer to russia.

>> reporter: the spring sunshine lights up a picture of the bavaria culture. >> i apologise for that. let's go back to dominik. another issue overshadowing the meeting - the greek debt crisis. tell us about how that is coming up. >> since you were not able hear my piece, i'll mention mr obama said the summit was about standing up to russian aggression. later we were told that mrs. merkel and mr david cameron were determined that sanctions must not be lifted again russia until russia implemented the minsk agreement, arrived at months ago. there was a sense very much there that this summit is trying as much as possible to show a strength - show a force, as it were to show how strong they

fell about the situation, and as far as greece is concerned. the possibility of gretskit was at the front of people's find. if i take you back to the event at the beginning of the morning when president obama arrived, he was greeted by angela merkel in the village. >> reporter: the spring sunshine light up a picture of bavaria culture, this village was transformed into a venue for two world leaders. germany's chancellor greeted the u.s. president speaking of their two country's enduring president. >> despite differences in opinion that we have today the united states of america are our friend our partner, and an important partner that we closely cooperate because it is in our common interest because we wanted and have shared

values. >> reporter: on sunday morning they shared a sample of the food and drink this part of bavaria is renowned for. despite the good humour evident on both sides. they have serious issues on their plates. >> 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. >> reporter: but the situation in ukraine is not the only flashpoint issue facing the world point leaders at the summit. also high on the agenda is the bones of what is called gretskis, where greece may be forced out of the eurozone for failing to pay its debts. the e.u. president had stern words for the greek government

over what he calls unfulfilled promises of reform. >> i don't have a personal problem with alexis tsipras, right by the contrary, he was my friend, is my friend but friendship in all the maintains has to have minimal rules. while the politicians were getting down to the details, in the forest around them hundred of protesters trying to get as close as possible with the aim of disrupting deliberations. the ring of steel that the authorities built prevented them from doing that. leaders have been able to continue talking. on monday they'll concentrate on how to deal with islamic state of iraq and levant. and pging climate change. >> and this idea of managing climate change they'll discuss how to fight against the ebola outbreak in western africa, this is something that the german

government wants to push. the idea of bringing rights to people in the developing world and they are keen to push the rights of garment and fabric manufacturers and workers in developing countries like bangladesh. you'll recall a few months ago a terrible fire in dakar, claiming lives from hundreds of people and the german government is keen to demonstrate and show they want a mans patry progress insofar as rites for these people are concerned, and look to push the rites of women to entrench the equality of women, and that is something we'll see tomorrow, and we will hear very much about the islamic state of iraq and levant and quite how the g7 can find a way of resolving the unfolding situation in those countries. >> a lot for us to look for tomorrow. thank you so much dean still ahead - a country at a

crossroads. what next for burundi after weeks of violent protests and in sport. the american pharoah sits atop the sport of kings as history is made in the united states.

welcome back let's recap the headlines - al jazeera - preliminary results in turkish elections show the ruling ak party is in front, but with fewer votes than it hoped for pt the kurdish h.d.p. looks set to win seats for the first time saudi-led coalition air strikes hit the army headquarters in yemen's capital sanaa. and leaders from the group of 7 industrial nations are in germany for the g7 summit with the ukraine conflict high on the agenda iraq is on the agenda for some of the g7 leaders. david cameron announced another 125 troops will help to train iraqis confronting i.s.i.l.

iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi is there, and is due to meet the u.s. president on monday. imran khan reports from baghdad on what haider al-abadi will be asking for. >> reporter: iraq is not only a country of war, it's a country in economic crisis. a slump in oil prices left iraq with a budget deficit, which according to economist could be around $22 billion. aid agencies warn that they are running out of money to affect 3 million affected by war. add the conflict itself and iraq is in trouble. international support is a failure, and haider al-abadi wants world leaders to step up. >> translation: we are looking at strengthening military aid, stepping up air strikes and helping iraq reconstruct war-torn infrastructure and humanitarian aid. >> reporter: the u.s. has 3,000 troops in iraq training and equipping forces.

it sent tank missiles to help in the armoured vehicles for car bombing. the administration planned to speed up other shipments. relations between the u.s. and iraq have been strained. u.s. defense secretary accused the iraqi army of not having the will to fight. some iraqis say that is not fair. >> translation: i.s.i.l. is well equipped and funded. iraq is in debt. iraq needs more support to kill i.s.i.l. financing and the g7 to support iraq financially, and bridge the debt gap the meeting between the prime minister and u.s. president obama in germany is supposed to be a review of what is happening in iraq. >> here in the capital, this sideline meeting means little. what people are concerned about is rising food prices, electricity blackouts and security of the i.s.i.l. mount car bomb attacks in markets like this. iraq's deficit and the budget

influences every decision from fighting i.s.i.l. to cost salaries a real impact. the real question is how much can the g7 help fighting continues in provinces around baghdad with forces backed by shi'a fighters, and forces have recaptured key parts of baiji from i.s.i.l. according to a military spokesperson. the town is significant. it high lies on the road to mosul, a second-largest city held by i.s.i.l. syrian activists say 15 have been killed by barrel bombs in the west. government headquarters dropped the bombs on a village in the northern countryside. al jazeera has not independently verified the pictures. the use of barrel bombs is rising despite a united nations ban. politicians from countries

bordering libya in cairo to come up with a plan to bring peace to the war-torn country. al jazeera's and italy's foreign ministry are attending the talks, saying stability in libya would reduce migration to europe. the foreign minister said libya must form a unity government thousands of migrants hoping to make their way to europe have been picked up by naval ships off the coast of libya. these are from a british vessel hmas "bulwark", which launched a rescuer on sunday. many have been discovered on boats in the last 48 hours. we have the story covered from catania. >> reporter: the migrants are tired, exhausted, dehydrated. when i was on board a ship many suffered sea sickness.

that will have to be taken into account, and they need the green light from the italians to know where to dock the ships, and which port in sicily or if it's at full capacity they'll have to move some to mainland italy. it's an incredibly damaging logistic operation for the italian coast guard and authorities. what is happening at the moment is the italians are trying to find an empty building or facility to put them. local communities are a bit scared. it's the fact that a lot of the local politicians, are using this issue of immigration for political process, mixing it with the fact that members of i.s.i.l. could be among the immigrants. it's a security concern, an economical concern israel launched air strikes on gaza, saying it's in retaliation for rocket attacks.

no casualties have been reported on the strikes in what is thought to be a hamas facility. israel closed the crossings into gaza saudi arabia's supreme court upheld a sentence in 10 years of gaol and 1,000 lashes against a blogger. he and his wife said she was shocked by the decision. the judgment handed down despite international criticism. he was charged with insultingst lamb after a discussion group he founded was shut down after it criticized police. 16 are dead in nigeria after a bomb plast blast in the nearby state of bono on the outskirts of the city a scene of attacks by boko haram. more than a million have been displaced as the government is trying to stem boko haram attacks in the north-east of the country. >> a key opposition leader is

urging the president to disarm government-led militias and allowing the government to operate freely. protests began when the president pierre nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term in office. elections have been delayed. we have a report from ali mustafa in bujumbura. >> reporter: he doesn't want to be recognised afraid he could be targeted for protesting against the people. >> people are scared. >> reporter: despite the opposition of some, they are working in the open 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. 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. and that it's not too late for burundi. the former president is part of a team trying to get the government and opposition to talk. ha was president before pierre nkurunziza came into power in 2005. 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 he don't accept. we can assure you that, no, i'm afraid that we assist in burundi to another war.

between the 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 case who were attacked by some members of the opposition. elections scheduled for this month have been postponed. despite a security crackdown, and arrests, those say they'll stay on the street until they go. it could be a long standoff. rescue workers and officials in china held a memorial service for those killed in a cruise ship accident on the yangtze river. they held a minute's of silence where "eastern star" cap sized. 431 have been confirmed dead. 14 survived. more than 1,400 relatives came

to the nearby city jeanly with many frustrated by the lack of information from the government rescuers in nepal found the bodies of 55 people in the rubble of a village a month after the earthquake. four foreigners and 51 nepalese were buried in the north of the capital kathmandu. the magnitude 7.8 quake in april killed more than 8,750 people. nepal's government said it will cost more than $10 million to rebuild the country. >> rescuers in malaysia are searching for six climbers after a strong quake. 13 died when a 13.9 magnitude quake shook boulders. 60 rescuers using four helicopters have been searching for the trapped climbers.

south korea says it will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of middle east respiratory syndrome. five decide from the disease, 14 now cases have been reported since may, bringing the total numbers infected with the virus to 64. carr scro line malone has more. >> 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 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 it can be transmit by droplets if someone sneezes or touches a surface with infected hands. the virus spread in korea by a man that had been in saudi arabia and 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 -- -- washing their hands and minding coughing. >> reporter: m.e.r.s. can cause a fever, diarrhea, and in the worst cases pneumonia and kidney failure. 40% infected die from it. 1800 people 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 now, with thousands of

soldiers and police officers standing guard, mexicans are going to the polls for midterm elections. the vote to elect members of congress governors and mairs is a focus of unrest. candidates killed party officers attacked and violent demonstrations. a teachers union threatened to block the vote from happening on the eve of the election a gunfight between vigilante group members in guerra state left 13 dead. the firefight started when members of the unit front group confronted former gang mates that had been expelled. expelled for alleged links with a drug cartel. well we can go to adam raney. doesn't sound like it's been going very smooth.

what is the turn out in voting looking like to you? >> well, we are here at a polling station. it's peaceful at this polling station. as you mentioned there's violence not just directed at the election but ongoing raging violence connected to organised crime in the state of guerrero. 13 killed and the issues are so linked it's taken years to understand that it's violence like that kicking off a movement to boycott the election. we have been speaking to an official in the state of guerrero, and see says in the 10 municipalities, it only - 87% of polling stations were able to be open. 13% still closed. in another part of the state half of the polling stations couldn't open. what that means is the local elections in the city are annulled. they will not have a one are or a loser.

we are yet to see what that means. if they'll hold a revote. on a national level, election officials are about to speak on television and we hear word from them that things are not bad nationally. it's the four states in the south of the country where the violence and protest movement has impeded a smooth peaceful election. from corruption to human rights, the president has plenty of challenges to overcome in the election doesn't he? >> he does because he came to office promising peace, prosperity that he'd bring down the high levels of violence. so far three years in the tournament halfway through, mexico is still in a mel ace of constant violence constant sluggish economic growth. people see him as not delivering on his prom. >> and enrique peno nieto came to office as a man that signs

promises and says he delivers them and will complete them before his term. we are seeing, instead, a rudderless national government that is trying to convince people ta things are getting better. on the ground in guerra where people disappear, there's graves people are disappointed with the government putrid with corruption right now. >> thank you adam raney there. >> well, still to come - row row, row your boat all the way across the pacific, this story and more in sport coming up.

if you like me you like surprises and will like what zoe has ahead in sport. >> yes, there's a new men's single champion at the french open but not the man everyone expected. number 8 seed stanislaw wawrinka shocked world number one novak djokovic in the final, and for the time being ended his hopes of winning a career grand slam. we watched the action at roland garros. >> reporter: this was not the way emphasise supposed to happen roland-garros came to crown a champion, but it was stanislaw wawrinka not novak djokovic lifting the trophy. novak djokovic came in as world number one. beating rafael nadal, and needing the french open to complete a grand slam. only the 7th man history has done that.

it seemed to go to script. the serb taking the first 6-4. stanislaw wawrinka has been an awkward opponent for novak djokovic before. the last four grand slams have gone to five sets and the number 8 seed levelled this at one set all. he beat his countryman roger federer in the quarterfinals, and was daring to dream of a more famous victory leading into a 2-1 lead. stanislaw wawrinka is not a popular man with the roland-garros crowd after il-judged comments after the davis cup, and beating two french men on the way to this final. he was cavlly booed in -- cavlly booed and, and was forcing now the paris public to change their mind. there was no stopping him. 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. a second grand slam. for novak djokovic there's

always next year in ukraine, champions of europe received rapt use applause home at barcelona. they beat juventus 3-1. it was the final peace of silver ware for a trophy treble winning the domestic league and cup in the coach's first season in charge. the next group of clubs to have won five times or more - four other teams. the so-called dream team includes guardy ola. they won 1-0 in a london stadium in the time. they had to wait 14 years. that came in paris against arsenal in 2006. barcelona coming from behind to win 2-1 the european cup number 3 against manchester united in 2009.

lionel messi scoring in a 2-0 win. manchester united were the victims, at whelm reply in 2011. barcelona win, and their victory in berlin, four the five titles in the last nine years. after the game the coach refused to confirm he will remain as manager. the barcelona cap feign is optimistic -- captain is optimistic he'll stick around. >> translation: he's our coach and manager. the hope is he'll continue next season. he has not seen anything to the contrary. i hope that so again next year we face new changes. we have to make the most of the team. of all the works we have done we've had a spectacular season history made in the united states horse racing. victory in the belmont stakes a colt american pharoah the first to claim the triple crown, the 12th history to win the three

races. this is a pharaoh with a difference. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: belmont in new york, and a crowd of 90,000. all focus on a 3-year-old colt by the name of american pharoah. >> they are off with the belmont stakes. >> he had won the kentucky derby and the preakness. victory here would secure the most prestigious prize in american racing the triple crown. 11 horses won it previously none since affirmed in 1978. on the final straight this was the moment. >> american pharoah with a two length lead. here it is the 37 year wait is over american pharoah is finally the one. american pharoah - he has won

the triple crown. >> it's incredible. such a great day for horse racing 43-year-old victor espinoza the oldest triple crown jockey and success for trainer bob barrett, and the owner giving the horse a misspelt name from an online contest. >> in order for you to win the triple crown, you have to define greatness. bob says he does everything so easy. >> every genius calls out saying he has the biggest heart. i don't know. god put him in my hands, it's like he had an incredible animal. >> reporter: that over and a pharaoh on top of the sport of kings in athletics sunday's diamond league meeting has been

overshadowed by mo farah's withdrawal following allegations of doping against his coach. no record on the track. drama with all the wormionships -- world championships approaching. adam was beaten to the line. jameli taking a tumble. clocking under 10 seconds, for the first time in his career little consolition the tour de france is less than four weeks away. many of the top riders are in action in a warm up event in south-eastern france. defending champion vincenzo was a rider in action in stage one. and chris frome. it was another british champion peter kennuck of team sky that won the first stage. he attacked a group of riders and held off the peloton to take

the yellow jersey. the tour de france is on 4 july. finally, an american rower is on the pacific en route from japan to the united states in her bid to be the first woman to row single handed across the biggest o. the 29-year-old set off from tokyo on a purpose-designed 7 meter boat and plans to arrive in san francisco by late september, rowing being 14-16 hours a day. three solo rowers crossed the pacific, that's men. >> that's courage. thank you zoe you can find more on the website. the address for you there - aljazeera.com. that's it from me. for this newshour. well have more of the day's news in a moment.

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