>> this is al jazeera. hello i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour live from london. coming up turkey's ruling party suffers a set back at the ballot box and now faces the difficult task of building a coalition. live in southern italy after a weekend that saw more than 5,000 migrants rescued at sea. >> we don't yet have a complete strategy. >> barack obama says he needs more commitments before he can fine tune the strategy against

i.s.i.l. plus. >> i'm nick clark. cuba's spectacular corl coral reefs. >> fifa needs people but necessary reform to clean up its image. is >> the political party of turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, could face weeks of negotiation with rivals. parliament has a total of 550 seats meaning the ak party needed 256 to govern on their own. they earned the largest share but that has only given them 258 seats, the next party will get 232 seats while the mpped muhammadu

buharimhp willhave 50 seats. let's go to omar saleh. bearing in mind this result how difficult with it it be to form any government there? >> reporter: i think it's going to be a tough and i think turkey is set to face political uncertainty for days to come now. a senior member of the ak party is saying his party is attempting to form a coalition. they need at least 18 seats in parliament. however, giving the speeches paid by all the opposition parties of not willing to join the ak party in any coalition i think it will thwart those plans. now the interesting point made by the main opposition party the chp says it was open to a wide coalition from the other opposition party mainly the mhp

and the hdp. for instance, mhp is considered to be conservative muslim ultranationalist. leftist and all of them need to agrees with the ak, some say it will perhaps bring turkey back to the days of squabbling, which brought turkey almost to the verge of bankruptcy. so it's going to be very stuff few days for this country. >> okay omar saleh thank you very much indeed. one of the biggest electoral surprises was the success of the pro kurdish people's democratic party. how they reached out to broaden their appeal. >> reporter: in turkey's lardest kurdish city, there are hopes that people's democratic party into parliament will berry

new momentum into a stalled peace process. 40 years of fighting between turkish state and kurds kurdish separatists have been the fact. >> peace and fraternity is what turkey needs. >> they should keep their promises for freedom of thought and religion and establishing justice in turkey. when people get more powerful sometimes they do not keep their promises and the akp disappointed us. >> reporter: though the image of hdp leader is hanging along other kurdish heroes is hope of how much faith they have in him. >> we have to bring peace to turkey. the second thing is we have

economic problems now in turkey. and we have to solve the problem. because if you don't solve the problem people will go into the street again. >> reporter: minority groups and ethnic turks were also persuaded to throw their support behind the hdp. that's how it won 80 parliamentary seats. to get 30% of the vote at the first attempt is remarkable. but if there's no government formed then there will be fresh elections and the hdp will have to try to pull off the same feat all against. working hard to make sure kurdish representation in turkey's parliament isn't short livid. we're joined by an assist professor in the department of political science at istanbul's university. what is your impression why that kurdish party did do so well?

>> the main success after this election is the kurdish party because they increased their -- they basically doubled their watch. and basically conservative kurds who traditionally voted for adp now voted for the kurds. significant part of the chp voters voted for hdp in order to have the hdp to pass the threshold and to cross the hdp majority in the parliament. >> what caw caused the ak to lose ground unexpectedly? >> it was not unexpected. s akp has been losing watch for one year, just 43 persons that was just on the threshold

perform majorities government. there are large scale corruption allegations, the economy is not doing very well and there is a significant shift towards authoritarianism and that increased the question marks and these are the basic problems akp faced. >> what is your version of what happens if no coalition can be created? >> well, akp has been ruling for last 13 years as a majority parliamentary part of the government. from now on akp should talk to other parties and establish coalitions. however, the akp needs three candidates and all of them say they have huge question marks to form coalition government with

akp because of corruption allegations, there are other questions about the kurdish issue, about the rule of law press freedom and they think be akp is going to be a very difficult partner with them. and there is another possibility that three opposition parties may form a transition of coalition governments to go to an earlier election. but in the meantime, they can pass needed reforms and they can pass a new election law. definitely we are going to see lots of talks during next weeks. >> okay, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. thank you. international observers say the campaign leading up to the election was unacceptable. the organization for safety and cooperation in europe has taken particular issue with the president recep tayyip erdogan for his role and the lack of needed freedom.

>> the action he of the president whereas the constitution obliges him to be nonpartisan and perform his duties without bias. and the increasing pressure and intimidation on media and journalists chill to the until now rouge parties ruling parties and political actors. >> northern your, activates activists say the town is being closed. all entry and be exit points, but a new turkish government may prevent this. osama ben javid reports. >> a bomb last just been dropped, the dense smoke made the search for dead even harder. dozens were injured and are more killed. activists say most of those

killed have been civilians they say the town has a large number of people who escaped from the nearby city. the injured were taken to hospitals in turkey. but that's been difficult to do since march when the turkish government closed all entrance and exit points from syria. for thousands displaced in northern syria the only way out of the conflict remains shut. out of the remaining crossings they remain shut, they are considered vital transportation points. >> our border crossing has been closed by the turkish authorities who only told us one day before the closure. the passengers can't travel or go anywhere. >> it is hard to return to the border.

syria's group says they are hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to open the border crossings after the parliamentary elections. >> besides security there are also concerns about people joining islamic state of iraq and the levant, and i.s.i.l. fighters returning through the turkish border. but closing crossings mean civilians are stranded. opposition held areas of aleppo and idlib. across syria only shells remain of what once were busy towns. out of the hundreds of thousands of people here just a few dozen families are left and they haven't left because they have nowhere left to go. >> this building was targeted not just this building all of jabar has been targeted.

>> reporter: similar stories are repeated all across syria. president assad's government has shrunk but remains. what is governed last been turned mostly into ruins. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> in the mediterranean 9 pregnant women were among the migrants. 60 children were traveling without a parent and there have been similar scenes at other italian ports as rescue ships come to shore. al jazeera's hoda abdel hamid has been covering the story she's in the italian city of catania. hoda what's the latest from there? >> the ship hms bullwark has arrived about four hours from

now. we have been watching people landing. the sick leave in ambulances. they were taken to hospitals for treatment. then we saw children, women families and now this just basically mainly single males traveling alone. all this in the four hours less than half of the migrants have actually made it on land. so this operation will continue well into the early hours of the night i would say. now what's happening what we also saw is three young men being taken away by italian police. we do think that those were men who were maybe steering some of the boats. the migrants were following seven different rescue operations between these rubber dinghies and these very fragile fisher-boats. it is one of the primary concerns of any ship that saves

migrants is to find out who was actually at the engine, and through him which is usually a migrant who's getting that in exchange of free passage try to get more information of the smuggle networking network back in libya. for first time, every single one of them is getting printed fingerprinted, and we have seen them go into buses and into reception centers in italy. but they are overfilled. and maybe 500 or 600, it is a huge challenge for the italian authorities, it comes at a time of other political wrangling around the issue of immigration. the exact thing is happening at a smaller scale not only around

sicily but mainland italy. >> okay, hoda abdel hamid, thank you very much indeed. coming up this hour, china gives itself a glowing human rights report. (a) we'll look at the challenges facing egypt under president sisi. and find out how the fifa movie fared at the box office. yes, ma'am's president hadi says he won't be talking about reconciliation with houthi rebels at u.n. brokered meetings on sunday. instead discussing a u.n. resolution which calls on houthis to stop violence. senior houthis have confirmed they will be attending. the president of the houthi revolution council mohamed al

houthi insisted that no foreign sides should influence the decisions that would result in building the new yemen. we want the yemen people the decide for themselves what they want. meanwhile, saudi led coalition forces are continuing to bomb houthi rebel forces in yemen. these pictures are said to show coalition planes carrying out attacks in aden and sanaa. this video shows the aftermath of fighting, after progovernment fighters took control of houthi rebel base he. meanwhile more saudi soldiers have taken up apologies on the yemen border. earlier, saudi soldiers, two were killed because of houthi rockets from yemen. list of violators of children's rights, our

diplomatic editor james bays is at u.n. headquarters in new york. >> behind the scenes there has been a very serious controversy at the united nations about the annual report that comes out about children if conflict. at the end of the report there is an a list a list of shame. now i'm told that the draft version of the report included israel and palestinian groups in that annex. the report was then submitted to the u.n. secretary-general's office, ban ki-moon and now the final report does not have israel and palestinian groups in it. the original report was produced by the office of the special representative for this issue leila zarugi. >> this is not my report, this is secretary-general report on children in conflict. >> but your recommendations have been overturned by the secretary-general, was there political pressure? >> no. where did you see that?

>> i am told the draft report had israel and palestinian armed groups on it. >> yes. >> the report you sent upstairs. when it came back downstairs it didn't have them on anymore is that true? >> yes but this mean that the decision of the secretary-general, we are supposed to prepare the decision of the secretary-general. we are not the one who decide, and i think that we discussed thoroughly this issue and i would advise that you read the report. >> so no listing for either israel or palestinian groups despite the fact that 540 children died during the gaza conflict. i'm told that although it is not in the listing it is mentioned in the body of the report. one u.n. official telling me that israel may have scored a victory not getting it listed but there's still going to be very damning words in that report about the action he of

the israeli military. >> china has made tremendous progress in human affairs that's according to china. the government also highlights falling poverty reporting an 8% rise in disposable income. and annual economic growth of 7.4%. but at adrian brown reports from beijing, there is still many allegations of corruption of power. >> on the outskirts of luyang city the road to modernity is blocked. the occupants of the house are refusing to move so this motor way around them. they want more compensation. beneath the chinese flag, it warns of citizens to act within the law but the owner is taking no chances. >> to be honest i'm scared.

came to my home many times. at least 30 of them. mostly at night. last time they came and 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. this man is 84, former soldier in the people's liberation army beaten up he says when he too resisted eviction. >> translator: local government at worst people, i fought the government in the korean war. they are worse than americans. they treat me like this, they demolish my home. >> reporter: these protesters say they have faith in china's presidential but all attempts to get a hearing with officials below him have so far failed. we asked how many had presented

petitions in the capital almost all raised their arm not that it mean much now. the new law says petitioners should resolve their conflicts locally. it was the same feeling of hopelessness in the city. this woman says she too was forced from her home. we were covering the aftermath of a fire at a care home in which 38 people had died a day earlier. but that wasn't what many in the crowd wanted to talk about. thrust into our hands more petitions on issues again raging from corruption to land seizures. they knew foreign journalists would be here and so seized the chance. country people. angry people. >> all officials are corrupt big ones, small ones. officials from the county, from

the village they are so corrupt. >> reporter: it is extraordinary. we have only been here a short time but we have been surrounded by people who have given us their petitions dozens of people with dozens of be issues. wethey hope we will make a difference. >> translator: 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. >> reporter: they feel powerless and ignored. china's president wants to end corruption, these people do but feel their voice is not being layered. adrian brown, al jazeera china. >> when be abdel fatah al-sisi

became president he promised to return egypt to economic growth. has he succeeded in that. there is a lack of foreign investment coming in for industry and infrastructure. while tourism is down a third. the cost of living is increasing basic food items up about 18% while gas and petrol prices shooting up 17%. to examine sisi's first year in power, i'm joined, thanks for being with us. now on sunday for the anniversary of him being in power he said i apologize to every egyptian citizen who's been subjected to any abuse on the account of anything that happens on behalf of jnt egyptian citizens. is this window dressing do you

think? >> we have to think of what this anniversary really marked. just a few days ago five year anniversary of the death of halid salid the young internet cafe owner that was beaten, the trigger for 2011 revolution. see see camesisi came into power promising the political and economic reform. what we have seen in the past year is increase of abuse of citizens by the police and security apparatus. so for him to apologize is really interesting on the anniversary of also halid salid. politically we have seen crushing of voices of dissent an elimination offully real political alternative voices. and since april you have seen almost 160 activists disappeared yet on the economics front

[simultaneous speech] >> sorry to interrupt, the institutions and what role they play one of his supporters say what the president says and what happens on the ground two different things, ibrahim isahu saying that the state institution he are quote the most powerful and dangerous opposition to us. indicating that the institutions are out of control, do you think? >> no, the state institutions are not out of control of the president because the president has concentrated the powers of the state and himself and becoming supreme executive. if you look at what happened in the judiciary and the police apparatus they have been responding to what the president has been saying. so for him to strategically disassociate himself from the anniversary where he has not met

his guarantees and promises for the past year is quite telling. this is the difference between politics and politicking that we have seen today. >> some be demonstrators boycotted the hearing you say. do you think that's the approach to dealing with the egyptian government? >> in the past year and a half foreign governments the united states germany and most recently hungary we saw just a couple of days ago have been reneging on the reliances they made earlier on. there are no longer any democratic preconditions to a road map for democracy that the sisi regime has to meet. if we look at what he be angela what angela merkel said last week, we also saw many

economic agreements being packed. so what we're seeing is international double speak where there are these agreements being made but at the expense of democracy, civil society in egypt which were the initial claire i don't know calls of the revolution. >> all right delia fahmi thank you very much indeed. coming up we'll tell you about the women who walked for weeks for south sudan. more later. > more later.

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sea over the weekend. yemen's president abd rabbu mansour hadi abd rabbu mansour hadi won't be talking about reconciliation with houthi rebels. recommitment against i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq. nato has been forced with more sanctions if the situation doesn't improve. dominic kane reports. >> monday morning at the g7 and sometime to get down to business. the group was joined by leaders from eight outreach countries. the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant was at the forefront of the talks. speaking after a meeting with the iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi u.s. president barack obama said training more iraqi forces was a big part of the solution. >> if we can cut off some of that foreign fighter flow then we're able to isolate and wear

out i.s.i.l. forces that are already there because we're taking a lot of them off the battlefield. but if they're being replenished then it doesn't solve the problem over the long term. >> one of the key issues the german chancellor wanted agreement on was climate change. both germany and france have pushed for tougher targets on global warming. angela merkel said she believed real progress had been made. >> the g7 has clearly stated that we need binding rules at the heart of the agreement. the world doesn't have binding rules. that is why this has to be the aim of the u.n. conference in paris. we want to make sure that all countries are in the position to take development paths so the global temperature remains under a rise of 2° celsius. >> the situation dominated the first two days of talks and it remained as the conference came

to a close. >> translator: it was shown first of all that russia has continue to arm and had a military presence in the eastern part of ukraine, that the eastern region doesn't take the steps to respect the minsk disagreement, then we could justify increasing sanctions. but the question is, will vladimir putin heed that message? this is the second summit that he has been secluded from. this will not ease the situation ton ground. dominic cain, al jazeera, at the g7 summit. iraq is suffering to stay together as a unified country. zeina khodr reports.she grieves for her husband and eldest son.

it has been a year since they were killed by the i.s.i.l. seel in mosul yet time has done little to ease her pain. she is one of the millions of iraqis who have been displaced over the years. she says she is tired. like others here have been displaced from mosul and many feel the government is not serious about recapturing their city from i.s.i.l. >> translator: there is a conspiracy against mosul and the citizens. they won't give us any arms to fight. >> the iraqis say they are unfairly looked upon, not only by the government but by many here in the north. this is one of the many checkpoints reading into erbil. they require a local guarantor to be able to enter they face

the same restrictions when entering the iraqi capital baghdad. authorities here and in the iraqi capital argue that these measures are justified for security reasons but many people feel they are being singled out the divide is not only sectarian. in northern iraq it is ethnic. airbus on one side, kurds tond other. kurdish peshmerga share a 1,000 mile border. he says iraq no longer exists and should be formally subdivided into sunni shia and kurdish states. he believes the border should become permanent speaking to him we see evidence of the mistrust. >> they are from the atakook region.

they are i.s.i.s. fighters, we have to say the reality. they are i.s.i.s. not came from sky. >> reporter: iraq has been at war with itself for many years. now there is a defacto partition on the ground, one that threatens this country's unity. zeina khodr, al jazeera northern iraq. >> and in the u.s. a grand jury has now indicted a former south carolina police officer on a murder charge for shooting dead an unarmed man as he ran away. michael slater was charged facing a sentence ranging from 30 years to life in prison if convicted. mexico's rulings party is close to retaining a slim

margin, be winning over 40% of the vote, after corruption gang violence and economic reforms. let's go live to dpoorm what is adam rainey. >> despite the perry prie pri winning the story is the independent candidate jamie rodriguez a he bellwether state this man who is known as el bronco, known for tough straight talk and profanity in his speeches, is considered an outsider insider mayor of a town outside monterey this business hub in

orleons state. independent nonaffiliated candidate and that's important mainly because we're just three years out there a presidential election in which people who are operatives in these political parties are going to look at this man's victory and be a worried that an independent could register and have a strong showing and b that he's also going to be this model that whether you're inside or outside, the party's where instead of cronyistic way of doing politics in mexico he has breathe fresh air into the party. >> is it a sign that mexican democracy is healthy? >> well, it's kind of a sign that there is positive evolution happening in mexican democracy. but at the same time he created

this political earthquake that we called in the center of the country, protests that were extremely violent and full of leftist teachers burning ballots, yet thrrs there's still people frustrated with the status quo in mexico. is it a healthy democracy? it's a changing one still riddled with back room details changing bit by bit 17 years after the first open elections here. >> adam rainey thank you for bringing that to us. eritrea's government has denied allegations that it is guilty of crimes against humanity. allegation he contained in a u.n. report. they isn't the government is using human torture.

>> we rarely see conditions of the scope that we see in eritrea today. a large proportion of those crossing the mediterranean and using other irregular means to reach europe, fleeing a country not ruled by law but by fear. >> thousands of south sudan are fleeing, many of them women and children. who had to endure weeks of walking to reach u.n. protected camp. from ventu camp, catherine soy reports. >> it's been a long journey. they avoided the main routes, walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lilies. not enough food. they are heading for this camp

for displaced people. it is already crowded and the leading conditions are tough. this woman chirnlg and grangd children are trying ocope here. she says before her house was banned she was raped by military men, her grandchildren are both missing both under ten years old. she asked us not to identify her. >> i can't compare my grandchildren's life to my own. life living without knowing where they are not a life. i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive and hiding somewhere. >> life is not easy here. most of people coming are women and very young children. some have been in this u.n. registered area, for days, are waiting until they can get humanitarian aid. sometimes it rains sometimes it's too hot and the sanitation

also is very bad. there are more than 60,000 people in the camp and about 60% are children. but worried that there are few boys and girls. >> we are seeing a round of many many yurchg young children. we don't know why. it could have been that many of them are hiding in the bush. or that they could have been killed. >> oafortsothers have denied any human rights violations of soldiers, belonging to the spla. >> it would be the cross fire actually you see? because it post office the national army you see? not protecting the rights of civilians. >> almost all the children here have been through so much but

now, this is the safest place they have been able to see. catherine soy, al jazeera ventu, south sudan. >> anniversary clark >> sarah clark reports on what's called literate for 20th century. >> this class is still in session and the lesson today is computer coding. >> coding is like building stuff stuff. different games and designing electronics. >> joshua lane is one of 700 students who are part of this coding academy. learning to create apps and computer games from scratch. some are as young as four but all have the same goal: to become digital pie fleers.

pioneers. >> i think the earlier the better. >> john neung is the nguyen is the founder of the academy. won a scholarship to oxford university after a career in computer gaming he turned to computer education and believes that digital universe university is now a core life skill. >> i think this is a very meaningful mission for me, to teach young children computer coding. >> with digital technology so much a part of our daily lives now, it is no surprise that here in hong kong there is a campaign to make computer coagd coding part of the criteria. >> the thumb is clear there.

you this year a group of 1,000 students from hong kong broat the word report, for the most people coding statement and now coders wants the government to commit. >> i believe be that coding if kids could use at the early stages so hong kong schools are far from having something like that in the curriculum. >> right now i'm telling computer what to do. >> reporter: for those parents who aren't waiting around, there are now more options than ever of teaching code literacy. al jazeera, hong kong. coming up, how cuba is bucking the trend and creating a pristine environments. and. >> rising teams have e-players have to contend with over their

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movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. ceo. >> hello again. monday is world oceans day and al jazeera is taking a closer look at some of the most pristine ocean environments in the world. scientists are worried about coral reefs be disappearing. nick clark has more. >> things resonate from a long time gone. travel two and a half hours

south of havana and you'll come to a pristine stretch of beach bay of pigs. here too another legacy of cuba's history and years of isolation, pristine coral reef. around the world 50% of the coral reefs have disappeared but here coral reefs have had the opportunity osurvive. >> here, cuba has engaged had a enormous bit of conservation, word-leading. that compares to maybe about 9% currently if the united states and only 2% worldwide. the lack of chemical fertilizers in agriculture has also meant there's very 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. that really gifts me hope for the future. >> the further out to sea you go so does the abundance of marine life growing. >> i see this as an opportune moment in history to help cuba leapfrog all of those mistakes that the rest of us have made. >> right here is another pristine ecosystem intact clean and totally unpolluted. the zabata wetlands are is most pristine areas. acting as a incubator of marine life. >> you go there you have clom sisters and kilometers of the same environment. we see very shallow water so it

means the seaweed receive plenty of solar energy versus an immense area, it is well protected in general. >> the wealth and butte of cuba's environment is astounding. the trim will be tapping its wealth without destroying its integrity. nick clark, al jazeera bay of pigs cuba. >> now here is summer with sport. >> thank you very much, lauren, fifa pressing ahead with reforms after last week's resignation of fifa president sepp blatter. after the crucht bidding process for the salt lake city winter games was exposed their current president thomas blatt says fifa

has to do the same to restore its believability. >> so i think we can only encourage fifa to don't way of reforms which obviously have been initiated. we also know from our experience, that the other part of the job that means putting everything on the desk can be a painful experience. but that it is absolutely necessary to do this as we have seen from our own history. because there i'm still quifnsed that only by doing this at the time, the ioc could restore its credibility. >> thomas batt was speaking on the first day of a two day meeting in lausanne,

switzerland. they've agreed on bringing in two more events, the two bids to hold the 2022 games and the comiens dispam bay jean. >> up to number 4 in the new world rankings. a jump of five places, showing off his trophy in paris day after shocking world number 1 novak djokovic in the final. swiss player's second grand opening. he's only behind djokovic, nadal and andy murray in the world rankings. >> it's a whole new level. all the players win grand slam titles. so to tell yourself, yes, when you look at the names evere

nawmentz account and a half daft ofnames, nald is nadal is there many times. last year's tour de france and chris broom are amongst the competitors. both men got through stage 2 despite many is crashes won the vint finish at the end of the 173 kilometer phase. group c and groupd are about to get underway in the women's world cup with 20 groups

competing this is like the largest tournament so far. andy murray reports all transitions still disease hard. >> reporter: the road to taking part in a world cup is never likely to be an easy one but for female footballers rival teams can be the smallest problem. discrimination is still an issue at all levels of the game. globally just 7% of coaches are women. that figure is high are than, male trainer at a recent course may help explain why. >> you have to think on goal keepers as women and the penalty area is the kitchen. and women and goal keepers know exactly where they belong. and that was the start of my course. >> the turf war that preceded

this tournament is also revealing. a group of top players threatened to sue governing body fifa citing gender discrimination. men would never be asked to play world cup competition on artificial turf pitches. this is nothing new for women. the football association took the decision in 1921 to ban women from usingfully of their facilities saying the game was quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged, that ban was lifted 50 years later in 1971. the country has a highly respected national league. sexism is still pushing female players away. >> still no players who are at school. and want to quit the game because they've been abused at

school because they're better players than the boirs they boys, they must be gay. that threatens some. >> one issue came at 2015, when fifa banned the playing in head scarves. >> sporting role models we see out there the more likely younger girls are to take this up, not just playing but the coaches the referees and those within the administration of the game as well. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of fans at this world cup are now getting a chance to watch the players who cannot be stopped, setting an example for the next generation to follow. andy richardson, al jazeera. gls record crowds and hope record tv ratings which is more than you can say about a new film on the history and origination of governing body

fifa. >> fifa. >> united passion he opened up in be theaters over the weekend. sam neil, tim roth and gerard de pa rfertiondieu. it took just $607 on the box office on its opening day. >> that's pretty bad thanks very much. there is a flying saucer in the skies over hawaii but a close encounter of the nasa kind. u.s. space agency is using a helium balloon to launch the test flight of its saucer shaped craft from hawaii, its missions to test landing systems for future flights to mars. that's it for me but barbara

will be here in a minute. minute.

>> turkey faces weeks of instability after opposition parties say they won't help the akp back into power.hello there i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. turkey reopen its border crossing now that the election is over. >> we've seen successes but some set backs. >> barack obama dismiss the u.s. does not have a complete strategy to