on "inside story". . >> we don't yet have a complete strategy president obama admits that the u.s. has no comprehensive strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. in iraq hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha, also ahead: controversy on a u.n. report on countries that harm children after israel is removed from the list. schools are closed.

south korea records more cases of the deadly m.e.r.s. virus, plus... >> i'm home to some of the most intact marine environments including spectacular coral reefs. president obama has admitted that the u.s. has no complete strategy for helping iraq deal with islamic state of iraq and levant. the u.s. president made the comments after meeting with haider al-abadi on the sidelines of the summit in germany. i.s.i.l. conditions to gain ground in iraq and syria despite months of u.s. led air strikes. >> when a finalised plan is presented to me from the pentagon i'll share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete

strategy. because it requires commitments on the part of the iraqis as well. >> louis jordon has more from br -- rosalind jordan has more. >> the president said the administration doesn't have a complete strategy for dealing with i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria, officials are telling reporters that the situation is this - the fight against i.s.i.l. in iraq is led by the iraqi government, not the obama administration so it would be inappropriate for the administration to try to tick date how the i.s.i.l. fighters should be taken on particularly right now in anbar province one thing that is stressed by u.s. official is that the u.s. is basically trying to look at how to train fighters. it's trined more than 89 fighters in the iraqi military. however, they say that one of the big problems is that prime minister haider al-abadi has not

provided enough recruits for additional training saying as long as he is providing enough proof from the sunni majority population, it will be difficult to take on i.s.i.l. in any xreps iway. that said it was committed to coming up with a strategy, and is doing so as quickly as possible. they are stressing it comes down to the government to make the fight against i.s.i.l. a success. while the united states ponders a strategy iraq is torn apart, struggling to provide. zeina khodr reports from northern iraq. >> reporter: she greaves for her husband and eldest son. it's been a year since being killed. time has done little to ease her pain. she is one of millions of

iraqis. she said she is tired. >> like others here, they have been displaced from mosul. and many think the government is not serious about recapturing the city. >> there's a confer si against the sunnis. the government is not helping them. they will not give us arms to fight. iraq's sunnis say they are unfairly treated. looked upon which i.s.i.l. and here by many kurds in the north. >> this is a checkpoint leading into erbil, the capital. sunni arabs require a local guarantee to enter. and face the same restrictions when entering the iraqi capital baghdad. authorities here and the capital feel the measures are justified for security. the people feel that they are

being singled out as a community there are meant front lines in iraq the divide is not sectarian. in northern iraq it's ethnic. arabs one side kurds the other. kurdish peshmerga forces share a 1,000km front line. the former speaker of the kurdish parliament says iraq no longer exists and should be divided into sunni, shia and kurdish states and believes the border should be permanent. speaking to him we hear evidence of mistrust. >> the majority are i.s.i.s. fighters. i.s.i.s. not came from the sky. >> iraq has been at war with

itself for many years. now there's a de facto partition on the ground one separating communities, and one that threatens this country's unity. >> the u.n. envoy on sexual violence said teenage girls abducted by boko haram are sold in slavery markets. it's been alleged the girls are sold for as little as a pack of secrets. we spoke to women and girls would escaped from captivity. to other news and a new report that proved controversial. israel was removed from the report even after killing over 5,000 children in gaza last year. >> the evidence is overwhelming. the aftermath of destruction and deaths of children in suler in

gaza was recorded on video. the u.n. said 540 children were killed. in his report to the misty upham, ban ki-moon -- to the u.n. ban ki-moon did not include israel. al jazeera understands israel and armed groups from on the list in the original group drown up by the -- drawn up by the u.n. special representative. >> the report had israel and others when it wept upstairs when it came down it wasn't on, is that true. >> yes the decision of the secretary general we prepare it. >> al jazeera learnt there was high level lobbying by israel,

and the u.s. persuaded ban ki-moon to keep them off the list. >> there's no explanation. the overwhelming documentation should trigger a listing. >> should ban ki-moon bow to pressure. >> member states have never been shy to express their opinion, what should be in or out. whether it's this horp or previous years. it's the secretary-general's report. he stands by it. >> you need to read the full report to see the obvious contradictions. the report says the numbers of schoolchildren was the third highest anywhere in the world. the number of schools damaged or destroyed was the highest in 2014. you look at the annex. the list na summarises it all listing parties and states killing main children or engaging in attacks on schools,

and israel's name is not there the u.s. supreme court ruled that an american citizen born in jerusalem can't have israel as a place of birth on their passports. under international law east jerusalem is occupied territory. we have more from washington d.c. >> the supreme court justices voted 6-3 to uphold executive authority, presidential authority over the u.s.'s foreign policy and the need to speak with one voice. >> in 2002 congress passed a law allowing american citizens born in jerusalem to list israel as a country of birth. president george w. bush protested that it impinged on foreign policy, and he refused to enforce that law.

also in 2002 they were born. he's 12 years old. his parents wanted israel as the country of birth. this is the case, it made its way to the supreme court, and we heard the in the monday morning. justices said only the president has the exclusive power to grant recognition to a foreign sovereign. it's been the u.s. policy for some 60 years now not to recognise any country as having sovereignty over jerusalem. that is something that can only be sorted out through negotiations with israeli and politicians. >> to south korea, where several decide from middle eastern respiratory system or m.e.r.s. schools have been closed. it's the largest outside saudi arabia where m.e.r.s. was discovered. harry fawcett has more from

sole. >> the latest death follows a pattern established, the type of people worst affected by this virus. another elderly person with the pre-existing condition. in this case a 68-year-old woman. she presented herself on the hospital inside of seoul which is the site of more than a third of the confirmed cases of m.e.r.s. she was there on the 27th 28th. she came into contact. they contracted the disease, patient number 14. she has the disease. she has died. as well as on tuesday, we are seeing the w.h.o. team that arrived in south korea on monday, start to get to work. they had a meeting with the vice health minister and will meet with the officials at the center

for disease control as they establish why this outbreaks appears to have spread further than it has in other parts of the world. this is the second biggest outbreak with m.e.r.s. it's confined to the middle east. talking about the outbreak being confined, it's an outbreak. the latest cases said to have been contracted by patients. so the government is saying as long as that is the case it may be that monday is the peak and the number of cases, new cases will decline from now on. they admitted they didn't act quickly in the initial stages. still ahead - a u.s. journalist back in an iranian court facing espionage charges.

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it's good to have you with us, i'm elizabeth puranam in doha. these are the top stories on al jazeera. president obama admits that the u.s. has not complete strategy in iraq. the u.s. president made the comments after a meeting with the iraqi prime minister on the side lines of the kn. 7 summit -- g7 summit a u.n. report on countries

that harm children is controversial. al jazeera learnt that israel was removed from the report despite killing over 500 in gaza in the bombardment last summer. a number of people that died from middle eastern respiratory system in south korea reached 7. 2,000 have been quarantined. it's an out brake of the largest since saudi arabia where it was discovered turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan called on all parties to behave responsibly after the polls. the a.k. party has 35 days to build a coalition. all three parties said they will not join forces with them. we have more from istanbul. >> i think turkey is said to face political uncertainty for days to come. a senior member of the a.k. party says the party is attempting to form a coalition. they need 18 seats in

parliament. however, giving the speeches made by all the opposition parties, they are not willing to join the a.k. party or coalition. the interesting point by the main opposition party is that it was open to a wide coalition. from the other party m.h.p. and hd perform, now the prop of that is trying to bring together different ideologies they are considered to be conservative ultra nationalists trying to reach out to some secular leftist liberal democrat c.h.p. all of them needs to agree with the kurds. it will be difficult. some say it will bring turkey back to the days of squabbling coalition government in the 1990s, bringing turkey to the verge of bankruptcy. it's going to be a tough few days for the country there has been a hearing for

american iranian journalists in iran. they are charged with crimes and spying that could land 20 years in gaol. his mother says he's guilty of nothing more than reporting on a country that he loves. we have this report. mary doesn't know what will happen to her sop. he's been in gaol for a year. jason reseigh, a bureau chief for the corey washington post. he was -- for "the washington post." >> he is very tired, very distressed because he doesn't understand why he is being held. as you know as journalists, you have very very little access to sensitive things. >> jason has been in court twice in the last month. closed-door hearings on charges including espionage and

propaganda against iran. mary doesn't know how the trials are progressing. jason is a duel citizens spending most of his life in the u.s. he moved to iran to learn more about the country. >> he is accused of being a master spy. all he was doing is reporting on a country he loves. it's hard for him. "the washington post" criticized his detention, speculation that he was used as leverage between negotiations with the u.s. and iran nearly 6,000 asylum seekers have been rescued from the sea. among them 50 children and

dozens of pregnant women. we have this report from the port of catania. 6,000 migrants were rescued. 30 were rescued. a huge challenge. most were here in it'sly about 500 to 600 will have to be flown to mainland italy, and around any place where there is some space for them to spend at least the first few nights on european soil. all this comes in the middle of a huge row. we heard today that they were warning against posting and receiving more of the migrants. one of the leaders said that there would be repercussions, but did not explain what was

meant. we are at the beginning of the summer. italy is racing for a continued influx of migrants. when politics come it will be complicated for the authorities to act as swiftly as they need to. >> hundreds in texas are calling for a police officer to be fired after being filmed throwing a black teenage girl to the ground. dozens marched saying "let's go swimming", and he is seep waving a pistol. the incident raised questions about racial violence and u.s. policing mexico's ruling party is close to retaining a slim majority in elections. preliminary results show that peno nieto's party won more than

40% of the vote. that's despite anger. corruption and economic reforms. adam raney has more from mexico city the biggest winner is an independent candidate who won the governorship of the state that borders the u.s. that has many places that export goods to the u.s. he won the governorship as an independent candidate, something never accomplished in mexico. it sends a reform allowing unaffiliated parties to run in major races. they are allowed to run. they don't get money from the government. others get millions in funds. he was able to wage a campaign through social media and personal contributions. people are seeing this as a political quake that someone

outside the system was able to beat the ruling party's candidate. meanwhile the president and his institutional party was able to cobble football enough. and there's a working majority in congress. they'll have a lot of trouble. first of all. pena nieto is an unpopular president. people are disgusted and upset the way his government hanled a few massacres, and corruption. so people were looking for change in the state. we have a candidate that can offer the change elsewhere in the country. we see this pressure. from the south of the country with protests to the treat and to the north

to nigeria where tij tall libraries and schools from helping to learn. what is special is they don't require an internet to collect them. our correspondent reports. >> the internet connection at the university is down. but this person is not bothered. >> he's a law student coming to do research it's a digital library that doesn't require an internet connection. >> they raised documents and books on subscribers. everyone within the institution can have access even when there is no internet. >> it gives me an up to date show unlike the normal library. wherever you go, sometimes we have textbooks that are updated. >> this time there's an opportunity to assess libraries

in nigeria. >> the idea behind the library began in nigeria. a nonprofit organization gathers the stores. and other materials that can be accessed offline, and at little or no cost. >> resources are helping institutions with no access to the internet. it's providing up to date material especially for developing countries. funding for education is falling behind. students like these can look at millions of books and other research materials offline. >> access to the resources is improving learning, for students and teachers. teachers conduct research and writing journals. sometimes we read on the screen. sometimes we save the payments and print them for later use.

traditional library is relevant. this is not changing soon. there are scholars that really - the technology for the scholars they'd rather flick through the pages, and they feel much more. this was developed with poor nations in mind where internet access can be a challenge. the library wants to expand services. but it can be plugged into a computer. something that is bound to only increase the popularity now, n.a.s.a. has launched a flying saucer into space. a helium balloon carrying an experimental saucer made a test flight from a u.s. navy base in

hawaii it's to test landing systems for future missions to mars. now, cuba might be famous for its sunshine and cigars. there's another attraction with people travelling to the caribbean island. tough conservation measures has people travelling to the coral reef. >> you'll probably have heard that wherever you go in the extraordinary island nation to see things that resonate from a long time gone travelling 2.5 hour and you come to an historic stretch of coast. it's a scope of victory over u.s. of backed mercenaries. here too another lowing assy of cuba's history, pristine coral reefs. >> more than 50% of coral reefs

disappeared. it's a different story in cuba the marine echo systems had the opportunity to drive. >> cuba has engaged in an enormous programme of environmental protection. world leading. here in cuba they are protecting 25% of their waters in marine protected areas. and that compares to 9% in the united states and only 2% worldwide. >> the lack of chemical fertilisers in agriculture meant there's little toxic run off into the ocean. >> it's almost like a time machine, going back in time to see what the systems used to look luke. and that give me hope for the future. >> further out to see, the abundance of marine life grows. i see that as a great opportunity at an opportune

moment moment history to leapfrog over mistakes made. right here is another system clean and unpolluted. it's one of the most extensive areas of biodiversity that remains. there's lag joons and vast areas of swamps. shallow waters act as a nursery of marine life. >> it's huge. here we are, in this area you go there, you have kilometres of the same environment. we see shallow waters. we see plenty of solar energy and this is an area. >> the beauty of the environment is staggering. it's a huge source. especially from eco tourism. the trick is it attacking its

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