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>> i start hearing americans and their screaming and i thought, umm i'm just gonna throw this grenade... >> after 13 years, he's now out on bail an exclusive interview guantanamo's child - omar khadr only on al jazeera america >> a forgotten war we report from the world's youngest country where there are fears over the fate of thousands of children. >> in cuba, some of the world's
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most in tact marine environments including some of the world's most spectacular coral reefs. >> we begin in turkey where the ruling ak party has been stripped of it's parliament parliamentary majority, bringing an end to the single party rule. first, let's look at how things are looking now in parliament. this is what was at take, 550 seats. the ak party needed 276 of those in order to rule alone but this is an actual fact, what happened with around 41% of the vote, they took just 258. the main opposition party the c.h.p. will get 132 seats while the nationalist movement party or m.h.p. sits on 80. the big winner of the day was the pro kurdish people
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democratic party or h.d.p., it for the first time cleared the 10% threshold to enter parliament and will have 80 seats, we are live now from ankara what a shock for the ak party. where does it go from here? >> we're going to have to wait a find out the answer. its top leadership are in meetings behind closed doors. senior officials haven't commented. it's trying to assess all the different can near es it has. one option is to try and form some sort of coalition ghost. it only has two potential partners and even that is a difficult risk. one is whether it tries to form one with the kurdish h.d.p.
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could cause it to lose more support. it invested so much of its time in trying to win over kurdish votes through the peace process. the other option to form a coalition is with the nationalist m.h.p., but would result in the death that the ak party worked so hard to make a success, which brought about a lot of stability because it's essentially ending a lot of the violence taking operation domestically. another is to form a minority government a paralyzed government that wouldn't be able to pass legislation but would still have the main government. it would be a minority government because although the ministers would be from the ak party, it wouldn't have the majority in parliament to pass these legislations. it would depend on the support of one of the other parties
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although they wouldn't actively participate in this. the third option and more likely one is a failure to form some sort of government to trigger early elections. that would be a risk not only for the ak party but the kurds because nothing is to say that the kurds will do as well as they have done in this election and nothing i guess to say that the ak party will regain that single party majority. there's a lot to deliberate about. we are not expecting they will make any announcement soon, because this is unchartered territory for the ak party since they've come to party so they're going to have to think long and hard before they officially make an monument. >> everything very much up in the air. thank you for bringing us the vary latest from ankara. >> it is hoped a new government in turkey would reopen vital border crossings.
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turkey closed all enpry and exit points. thousands are believed to be stranded. these syrians found they can't enter turkey. all exit and entrance points have been shut. they are considered vital for supplies for northern syria under the control of opposition fighters. for thousands this is their only way out of the conflict. the border crossing has been closed by the turkish authorities. the materials cannot go through. the passengers can't travel or go anywhere. some tried to enter turkey illegally but because of stricter controls, they were caught or shot at. those trying to leave syria said
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the border was closed without saying why or how long it will be closed. this border crossing was closed ahead of elections. syria's main opposition group say they are hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> there are promises from the turkish government to open the border crossings after the parliamentary elections. many are running from the islamic state of iraq and the levant north of aleppo. simultaneously the syrian government increased bombing in opposition controlled areas. as the newly elected government in neighboring turkey is about to take charge, many syrians on that border hoping their only way to reef final will reopen. >> yemen's president hadi won't be talking about reconciliation with houthi rebels at u.n.
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brokered meetings on sunday. instead, adou rabbo mansour hadi said they'll be discussing a u.n. resolution walking on houthis to stop violence. saudi-led coalitions forces are continuing to bomb houthi forces in yemen. these pictures show attacks in aden and sanna and these show the aftermath of fighting after taking cruel of houthi rebel bases. more saudi forces are on the yemen border. >> u.n. led talks between libya two rival governments set to get started again monday. three rounds of negotiations have taken place but so far have failed to form a unity government. two governments are at the center of the struggle. the country is racked with
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instability and violence. the tobruk government is recognized by the u.n. and arab league as the official government but was declared illegal by libya's highest court last november and forced from the capitol to tobruk. the tobruk based government is allied to general haftaa's forces. the director of a non-governmental think thank joins us live from london. these talks have been called the only hope that libya has of forming a unity government. is there much optimism that this time around they'll actually do that? >> there is a sense of cautious optimism in algeria where talks
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took place last week. many of the various representatives of different factions, there is a sense of fatigue amongst them that they feel they are gaining more ground and that they effectively will perhaps lose their grip on militias and the ground may change. they feel we are nearing a reconcileatory tone. can we in fact look for solutions going forward where they say it's not about representation, but establishing some rules of the game and the rules of the game have to be that you don't turn, you know, political opponents and parties into legitimate military opponents. once we've establish that had. a sense of optimism might increase. >> do you think there is a greater desire of stability in libya, greater than simple point
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scoring? the point scoring is there and you can't get away from the extreme factions that are still there unyielding in their positions. the middle ground is there. they seem to be making ground. i spoke to members inside the talks in algeria. it seems some of the positions have crumbled to a certain degree. these factions are broken. in fact, there's very little degree of control over the armed factors. what they do have is the ability to make sustainable growth in a way in which factions are armed and in a way which they have legitimacy at the international level. once we get those things off the table, we look at the real hard work and it will take years if not decades and we look at trying to repair a broken security apparatus. >> one country with two governments, two parliaments. how does that upset every day life in libya.
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>> over the last five years it's a country after a series of cardiac arrests almost in the way this war has taken place. people are fatigued and don't really see a reason for fighting across the country. they are calling for dialogue and for a peaceful end to this. it asks a question, what do we understand about pluralism, one leader falling and another taking place without wiping out the other one. how will libya come to terms with pluralism. >> tough talk indeed. still ahead we'll be asking whether president al sisi is
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still very long after one year in office. >> is she looking for us to play sexy cute basketball and win that's not us. >> lebron james defends his team's performance despite their win in the nba final. details later in sport. june the president of south korea has vowed to take all necessary action to contain the spread of mers. 23 new case have been detected, the biggest spike in cases there in a single day. six people have now died from the virus. >> the current preventative measures is working out clearly severing the link and blocking the current contact since the situation is continuously changing an immediate task
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force team should be made up with experts with full authority to counter act quickly in the future. >> to help contain the spread, schools have been closed. >> it's not a typical monday. home with mom following instructions from her school to stay indoors. no school means no after school cramming lessons, so a chance to relax against a background of national anxiety. >> it's a nationwide problem. i follow the decision, but i don't feel that it is that serious. a few days ago, my daughter got a fever and the school asked her to go home early and get tested, but she was fine. >> schools shut in two seoul districts monday despite the fact there's been no confirmed transmission of mers outside of a hospital or clinic. most middle and high schools remained open, special measures taken on a day the first student victim of the disease, a 16-year-old who caught the virus in hospital was confirmed.
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the government said so far, mers infections are at hospitals. public events have been canceled, schools closed and people staying away from crowded places. it reflects growing concern as the number of cases gross each day. >> the government announced new measures to toughen quarantine after some ignored instructions to isolate themselves. >> we used mobile phone tracking in a couple of cases. for those we need to find, we will request location tracking and get the data. >> authorities have decided on more transparency, revealing the names and locations of hospitals and clinics where suspected and confirmed mers patients may have sought treatment, including two hot spots. where the first patient was admitted and the center in seoul where he was later transferred. the next two days are critical.
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if the number of cases start to come down, the outbreak is likely to have been a limited hospital-based event. if not, it may mean the virus got out in the early days when the response was slow, making it a much more serious threat to public health. al jazeera, seoul. >> teachers in afghanistan threaten strike if the government doesn't increase pay. many schools have closed weeks ahead of exams. >> outside kabuls largest high school, 18,000 students go to school here but for the last eight days, all of the teachers here have been on strike. they're not the only ones. this industrial action is spreading. 200 schools are now on strike. the teachers say they don't earn enough to live on and that the government has failed to deliver on its promises. >> the president promised
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increased salaries and land, and to change the time table. if nothing changes the strike will get bigger and more schools will support us. >> teacher salaries are low and we can't afford rent, medicine for our children or proper food for the family. despite all the worry, we are still motivated to teach. >> these teachers say they are the poorest paid government employees in all of afghanistan. they earn around $120 a month. the government urges them to return to work and say they will look into their demands. >> the government is new. there are no funding from outside now. >> for now there's no agreement between the government and teachers union so the classrooms are empty and up to 200,000 students are sitting at home.
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>> politicians from italy's north are refusing to accommodate migrants. the number of people arriving in the country this year has passed 60,000. 6,000 have been rescued this week alone. leaders say they'll defy the government and not shelter anymore new rainfalls. we are live at catania on sicily where many are taken. it doesn't really matter what the politicians say the boats just keep coming. >> yes absolutely. we are actually here because we are waiting for a navy ship. it has carried out several rescue operations and sunday, the exactly number is still not clear, but it has onboard migrants due to arrive here and dock anytime. the ship is just outside of the
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port waiting for port authorities to tell it to come in. >> we know onboard there are quite a number of pregnant women, also minors. i'm hesitant to give you the exact figure, because they have been floating around over the past few hours. behind me, you have the red cross, the civil protection, everybody is setting up, because once this boat docks it will take hours or all these migrants to come off the boated to be given, for example here at the first tent, they will be given this treats for those with low blood pressure, then given shoes. most have lost they're shoes in these rubber dingy's where they were picked up. then they will have to be processed and authorities find a place for them to sleep. we've been speaking to italian authorities since yesterday and they have been saying that it is a logistical nightmare. last week we were talking about record numbers that number is
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broken this weekend with 6,000. >> if this hostile attitude of northern politicians, is that the general sentiment of the italian public? >> no, there is debate going on. a lot of people feel sorry for the polite of these migrants. they feel for them but say what are they are going to do when they come to our country or go to europe. we have a economic crisis. there is no place to house them and maybe they are dreaming a bit too much. i have to tell you that there are municipal elections going on in italy. the first round was last weekend and next round is next weekend. even though the northern league that spoken like this, at this particular time, it's also quite helpful to win more mayorships or more seats in all these local elections. i think over the next few days, we're going to hear more and more of this rhetoric and
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probably more inflammatories than we have so far. >> thanks for that from the italian island of sicily. >> thousands of people are fleeing fighting between government forces and forces in the north. many women and children endured weeks of walking to get to the safety of a u.n. protected camp. we have this report. it's been a long exhausting journey for these people. they avoided the main roads walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lilies. they'll spend the night here with no shelter and not enough food. they are heading to this camp for displaced people. it's already crowded and the living conditions tough. this woman with children and grandchildren is trying to cope
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here. she was raped by men. two of her grandchildren are also missing. both are under 10 years old. she asked us not to identify her. >> i can't compare move grandchildren's life to my own. life without knowing where they are is not a life. i'm afraid, but i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive and hiding somewhere. >> children here cope any way they can but it's not easy. >> most of those who are coming are women and very young children. some of them have been here at this u.n. registration area for days waiting to get registered so they can get humanitarian aid. there are no shelters, sometimes it rains sometimes it's too hot and the sanitation is also very bad. >> there are more than 60,000 people in this camp. about 60% of therm are children, but aid workers are worried that there are very few teenage boys and girls among the thousand us arriving.
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>> we are deeply concerned about the adolescents. there are nowhere they're the amount that should be here. they maybe hiding in the bush. a lot of them have also been killed. >> those trying to escape the violence accuse government troops of murder, looting and burning their homes. others deny human rights violations by soldiers belonging to the sudan people's liberation army. >> it would be the crossfire. you see? even they are not protecting the lives of civilians. >> almost all the children here have been through so much. for now this camp is the safest place they've managed to find. al jazeera in south sudan. >> one year ago abal sisi became egypt's president leading the
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military coup against mohamed morsi. sisi promised to improve supreme court and boost the economy but egypt still has many challenges ahead. let's take a look at just some of those now for you. the world bank said unemployment stands at a record high of 40%. the same proportion of people are living below the poverty line. for the purpose investment has dried up, leaving industry and infrastructure without funds. egypt is the worlds largest importer of food so vulnerable to global price fluctuations. grocery prices rose by 18% in 2013. despite having the region's largest natural gas reserves, there are energy shortages. gas and petrol jumped by 70%
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after subsidies were removed. there are numerous attacks particularly on the sinai peninsula. >> muhammed joins us via skype from cairo. he's a director of the n.g.o. egyptian commission for rights and freedom. thanks for taking the time to be with us. just reading that list of challenges, they are huge. they are numerous. how many of them are actually sisi's making and do egyptians blame him for them? >> well, it's fair to say that the challenges are difficult and they have been difficult through the last decade. low level of development high rates of poverty and of course issues that have to do with that the capacity for the police to deal with enforcing the law within the framework of the law. of course, anybody who would
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have to deal with this situation is going to find it difficult and obviously one needs to rely on the forces that exist in the society, whether they have trade unions a government with people who can come with ideas out of the box to solve those pressing issues. >> of course, you can't talk sisi without addressing this issue of human rights, massive crockdown on dissent. you yourself have just been subjected to a travel ban. can you tell us why? >> indeed, i was traveling to berlin on the two of june to speak at a round table organized by the green party of the german parliament. that was during the visit of sisi for germany. at the airport, i was prevented from crossing the possible control and when i asked the
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security person in plain clothes the reason for this, he said for security reasons. of course, i couldn't get more information on now and my passport is still confiscated. >> do you see any signs of sisi lifting the lid on his option to allow some sort of level at least of dissent in the country? >> unfortunately, so far we haven't seen any sign of a strong political will to reform the security sector or to reform the judiciary and its capacity to deal with complaints and violations by the police or else. we have not seen those signs and we hope we could see this in the second year of president sisi. of course not resolving those issues and not showing a will to resolve those issues is
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backfiring on people's expectations. peel have high expectations. >> we appear to have lost the connection. thanks very much for taking the time to join us. >> let's cross over to rob with all the weather. finally, we are seeing abend to hurricane blanca. >> as it ran up toward cabo san lucas, it disappeared. the shape disappeared interacting with the peninsula so you had no more than this. preparations did take place. of course last year, it was hit by a very bad hurricane but got away lightly this time. it's still a tropical storm with
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winds 100 kilometers per hour less than this time yesterday. the potential for rain is still great, falling all the time, moving quickly north. i think we're tracking virtually no more. >> crossing the border to canada portland oregon hits 32 degrees. they like their daily records but little a hot spell. still in the low 20s correct this time of the year. storms in the u.s., it was illinois yesterday and there's a line which clouds pushing right across the southern states which is traveling southeastward into the appalachians. that's where they're heading next. >> thanks very much. still to come here on al jazeera, chain's government said it's made tremendous that achievements in human rights. we met chinese people who claim otherwise. >> celebrating its street food,
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health scares are causing people to watch what they eat. >> at the women's world cup in canada. it isn't just rival fans and hosting teams. join us.
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>> a quick reminder of our top stories. in turkey, senior ak party members are holding emergency meetings after voters decimated their domination over parliament. no single party controls turkish
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politics. >> the president of south korea vowed to take necessary action to contain the spread of mers. 23 new cases have been detected, the biggest spike in cases there in a single day. six people have now died from the virus. >> the chinese government has made significant progress in human rights. last year, rights to an impartial tree and in a increase in disposable income as they reject the report. >> global security and the threat of armed groups is dominating talks. nations from outside the g7 have been meeting on the sidelines of the summit over the rise of boko haram and isil. german chancellor angela merkel said both nations face an extreme level of terrorism. they have offered support to the u.n. which is facilitating
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talks. dominic cain has just been to a press conference held by the german chancellor angela merkel. what did she have to say? >> it's still come on. i left the conference to come here to be on the program. she had strong words with russia and its role in ukraine and annexation in crimea and talking about climbs change and finding goals for g7 countries and others to add mere to in order to keep the increasing global temperature below two degrees centigrade. that's somethingle both the german government and french government were very keen to push at this g7 principally from the french side. at the end of this year, there be a conference in paris and they were keen to get treatment wherever possible, something they could point to as a meaningful objective they believe is achievable.
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>> who is will we hear from at the end of this summit today? >> the last of the g7 leaders to speak about be barack obama. he has been holding bilateral meetings today, one with the iraqi prime minister. he said he's confident this is mr. obama, has already said at the summit that he is confident that the islamic state of iraq and the levant will be defeated. we can expect more detail in the news conference in 20 to 30 minutes. isil made spectacular advances across iraq where the iraqi army seemed to melt away. it certainly has been an issue that has galvanized opinion amongst the world leaders and when the communique emerges there is reference very be likely to be in it as far as
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isil is concerned. they were hearing resolutions about what they call global fighting terrorists. they have tried to come to some sort of agreement about that, as well. we can certainly expect barack obama to tell us more about that in the next 20 minutes to half an hour. >> thanks very much. >> meanwhile word leaders have agreed that sanctions against russia should be toughened if necessary. moscow's role in the conflict in ukraine has been high on the agenda. russia has been excused from g7 talks singles it annexed crimea last year. live for us in moscow, we are still seeing moscow brush off this tough talk from the g7. >> the response from moscow to all this has essentially been to say that it's not surprised. it was expecting the g7 to keep up the sanctions against moscow, but also, russia is saying that
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it sees what it would call the dark handled of kiev in all this. the reason it's saying that is because mid last week, fighting in eastern ukraine flared up again. there was a fairly heavy exchange of artillery fire leading to a number of deaths. now following that flare up, there was the usual round of blaming and finger pointing. kiev said that it was the rebels that had launched the attack. that was actually backed up by international monitors who said they had seen the rebels moving heavy artillery toward the contact line and lots and lots of outgoing fire. of course, russia's interpretation of this was very different. it says that it was kiev and the ukrainian military that had started this particular exchange of fire and that this was a cynical ploy by kiev with an eye on the upcoming g7 meeting. that was a narrative that came
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out after the fighting flared up. it was reiterated by sergey lavrov again on monday. let's hear what he had to say about it. >> summit of the so-called g7 is taking place. kiev probably wants to escalate the situation to an extreme ahead of the summit hoping the sanctions against russia will stay enforce. we cranes will disrupt the implementation of the minsk agreements, but it will be russia who will suffer because of it, because no one will lift sanctions against russia. >> as to how russia feels about the g7 group in general, of course it was kicked out of the group after annexation of crimea. the germ foreign minister suggested last week to russia might at some point be readmitted to the group
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russia's response was to say we're not really that will bothered to be honest, actually, we're much more concentrating on a group like the bricks with brazil and india and chain and africa emerging economies. that's where russia publicly is saying that it has more interest in where it wants to target its foreign dope loments in the moment. >> thanks very much, rory. >> the united nations inquiry say eritrea may have committed crimes against humanity with sexual slavery and forced labor. it may have operated a shoot to kill policy at border areas to stop people from leaving. hundreds of thousands ofar tray i can'tens have left the country.
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>> the occupants of this house are refusing to move, so this motor way is being built around they will. they want more compensation. beneath the chinese flag banners warn local officials to act within the law. following months of threats and intimidation, the owner is taking no chances. >> to be honest, i'm scared. thugs came to my home many times. at least 30 of them, mostly at
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night. last time they smashed our windows. >> her story is not unusual and neither is this. documents containing what they say is more evidence of local government corruption and abuse of power. he is 84, a former soldier in the people's liberation army beaten up when he, too, resisted eviction. >> the local government, i fought the americans in the korean war, they are worst than americans. they treat me like this, they demolished my home. >> these protestors say they have faith in the chinese president. all attempts to get a hearing with officials below him have so far failed. we asked how many have tried to present their petitions in the capital.
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almost everyone raised an arm. not that it matters much now. a new law says petitioners should resolve their disputes locally. officials here wouldn't talk to us. it was the same mood of hopelessness in the city. she pleads with us to take her petition, saying she was forced from her home. we were covering the aftermath of a fire at a care home in which 38 people have died a day earlier. that wasn't what many in the crowd wanted to talk about. thrust into our hands, more petitions raging from corruption to land seizures. they knew foreign journalists would be here, so seized the chance. country people, angry people. >> all officials are corrupt big ones, small ones. officials from the county, from
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the village, they are so corrupt. >> it's extraordinary. we've only been here a short time but surrounded by people who have given us their petitions, dozens of people with dozens of grievances. they don't trust the local government. they don't trust their judiciary and they don't trust the local media and somehow they feel that we could perhaps make a difference. >> the local government doesn't listen to the people. all my requests are ignored. i want justice. officials are corrupt. judges are bribed. we ordinary people are treated so unfairly. >> they feel powerless and ignored. china's president wants to end official corruption. these people want the same thing, but say their voice is simply not being heard. al jazeera, central china. >> greenhouse gas emissions are expected to peak in 2025 in china. emissions are set to decline after that. the biggest carbon emitter is on
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course to emit billions of tons of carbon dioxide. >> monday is world oceans day. human activity is continuing to affect marine life. one concern is coral reefs disappearing because of the of over dement and fishing. in cuba, there are positive results. nick clark has more from the bay of pigs. >> you probably have heard wherever you go in this extraordinary island nation, you see things that resonate from a long time gone. south of havana you come to a historic stretch of coast. the bay of pigs rooted in cuban identity as seen in 1961. here, another legacy of cuba's history and years of isolation pristine coral reefs. >> around the world, more than
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50% of coral reefs have disappeared. it is a different story here in cuban waters where marine ecosystems have thrived. >> cuba has engaged in an enormous program of environmental protection. world leading. here in cuba, they're protecting 25% of their waters in marine protected areas, and that compares to maybe about 9% currently in the united states and only 2% worldwide. >> the lack of chemical fertilizers in agriculture has meant little toxic runoff into the ocean. >> it's almost like a time machine, going back in time to see what these coral reef ecosystems used to look like and that really gives me hope for the future. >> further out to sea, you see the abundance of marine life growing.
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>> i see this as a very opportune moment in history to help cuba leapfrog over all the mistakes the rest of us have made. >> right here is another pristine ecosystem, pristine and totally unpolluted. it's one of the most extensive areas that remain. there are lagoons and vast areas of mangrove swamp, shallow waters act as a nursery for marine life. >> it's huge. here we are in this small area you go there, you have kilometers and kilometers of the same environment. we see plenty of solar energy. this is a very inaccessible area, well protected in general. >> the wealth and beauty of cuba's natural environment is
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staggering. it is a huge source of potential revenue from eco tourism. the trick will be tapping its wealth without trying its integrity. bay of pigs, cuba. >> extra reasons to celebrate robin will be here to bring you all of that.
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a symbol of love between me and my husband to be associated with such atrocities only on al jazeera america >> in india the fallout from maggie noodles continues. they'll test products made by other big companies.
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the product was found unsafe to eat. consumers rights group welcomes the move. >> for 10 years preparing food at this street stall the setup is basic. a few you tense simms and his bare hands. he says he pays special attention to cleaning his ingredients, sourcing water locally. >> first i wash the rebels bells, then boil them. i wash them again. i cook only once all of this is done. he admits he's had little training on spotting the dangers of preparing food in this environment. >> i am not very well educate. i don't know much about hygiene. >> the food is legendary for being cheap and delicious and many depend on it for daily meals. food safety is a concern. >> people should not fall sick because they eat here. that would be wrong.
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it is the vendors responsibility to make sure the food is not harmful to consume. >> reports of dangerous levels of lead in maggie noodles has prompted questions about what they are eating. >> one of the india's most well known brands shows that india is finally getting serious about food safety. >> all food producers in india are governed by a standard set of food safety regulations. street stall vendors are required to register businesses with state health departments. many operate without clearances. consumers rights activist said it's impossible and unfair to compare street food vendors to big brands like nestle, india. >> it has the best technical grades, manufacturing brains, the marketing brains, the
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packaging brains, the labeling brains the branding names advertising brains. this street food vendor is one guy with his wife trying to make out a living. >> people do get sick. street food from new delhi tested positive for he coaly bacteria. >> common infections related to the food with patients having diarrhea deheight duration, going on to renal failure. >> those campaigning for higher safety standards are hoping the indian government's actions against nettle india will drive wider change across the food industry. al jazeera, new delhi. >> time for all the sport here's robin.
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>> jumping five places to set at four in the world champions showing off his tree fee in paris. that dale was beaten, up to 10th his lowest position for a decade. a lot is made over the choice of shorts. >> everybody talks about that shorts. i quite like it. enenjoy is, those shorts. apparently i'm the only one but it was just like that, because i know a lot of people talk about it and it's quite funny that he won the french open. >> the nba final is all square between cleveland and golden state. lebron james in top form in game
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two. one of his 11 sass on the night. sent to overtime, the first time the first two final games have gone to an extra period. hanging on for the win. game three takes place in cleaved on tuesday. >> it's the grit squad that we have. it's not cute at all. if you're looking for us to play sexy cute basketball and win that's not us. that's not us right now. everything is tough. we don't come in with an aggressive mindset defensively and offensively. >> tough game, both teams defended aggressively out there. it's an old school type game.
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that's the style that it's going to be. when you get this deep in the playoffs it's rarely a track meet. >> hamilton's lead after his victory at the canadian grand prix starting at pole, is his fourth win in montreal. >> world cup qualifier this week palestinians were scheduled to play their first home qualifier in the west banks since 2011. saudi arabia had requested the switch citing exceptional circumstances mean they couldn't visit palestine at this time. pal type tried to have israeli suspended from world football for restricted movement of its players. >> the team crowned european
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champions, and celebrated. the team paraded through the streets, followed by a gathering of 98,000 fans at the camp to celebrate the 3-1 victory in berlin. the win added a final piece of silverware needed to complete a treble having won the domestic league and cope practice delray. this is the coach says first season in charge. well done. >> one of the tournament, presouth favorites of the u.s.a. begin their campaign later monday at women's world cup. the women ranked second with the americans facing a tough challenge to take on two time quarter finalist australia in winnipeg. >> germ newspaper posted the second biggest win on record,
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world championship, 10-0 in ottawa. monday japan begin their title defense against switzerland. the tournament in canada is giving women's football a profile like never before. it is a sport which discrimination can be the fiercest opponent to be fought. >> the road to taking part in a world cup is never likely to be an easy one but for female footballers, rival fans and opposing teams can be among the smallest problems. discrimination is still an issue at all levels of the game. globally just 17% of coaches is women. that figure is higher in host country, canada, but women are still unrepresented. the first words this coach heard from a male trainer may explain
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why. >> we have to think of goalkeepers as women and the penalty area is the kitchen. women and goalkeeper know exactly where they belong. that was the start of my course. >> the turf war that preceded this tournament is revealing. a group of top players threatening to sue fifa, citing gender jim that is. men would never be asked to play a world cup on artificial purposes which it claims increases the risk of injury. women seeking to play on an equal setting at men continues. >> in 1921, women were banned from using any of of the male facilities saying the game was unsuitable for my males. this ban was lifted 50 years later in 1971.
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>> the country has a high rated domestic league and national team. paul mortimer who has coached the women's game said sexism is still pushing female players away. >> i know some players at school and want to quit the game. they've been abused at school, because they're better player's that that the boys. >> one big step forward came in 2014 when fifa lifted its ban in playing on headscarves opening up new opportunities for previously excluded players. >> the more diverse range of sporting we see out there the more likely younger girls are to take this up as a potential career not just playing but even the coaches the ref reefs and those within the administration of the game, as well. >> hundredles of thousands of fans at this world's cup are now getting a chance to watch the players who couldn't be stopped
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who were setting the example for the next generation to follow. al jazeera edmonton. >> read more on aljazeera.com/sport. that is where we leave it for now. >> do stay with us. an american rower on the pacific ocean en route from japan to the united states. it's her bid to become the first woman to row singlehandedly across the ocean. she's just 29 years old and set off east of tokyo on her that seven-meter boat and plans to arrive in san francisco late september. she'll be rowing 14-16 hours a day, hopefully taking advantage of favorable current. good luck to her.
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>> turkey's ruling party suffers a stunning set back at the ballot box and now faces the grueling task of building a coalition. welcome to the headquarters here in doha, south korea with more cases of the deadly mers virus. and migrants keep coming. >> i always wanted