announcer: this is al jazeera. welcome to the newshour these are the top stories - al jazeera calls for the release of its journalist arrested in germany, after they issued a warrant from egypt taliban contains control of a district in the north, live in kabul. a day after mali's

government signed a deal with the tuareg's - many say it's not enough enough. >> and in azerbaijan pressure on women to have sons could have consequences for the society an al jazeera journalist has been detained in berlin at the request of egyptian authorities, akmed mansour has been accused of several frames. al jazeera says mansour is one of our leading adjournmentist. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: mansour was detained at berlin airport, waiting to board a flight to doha. he'll stay in custody. german police say he's accused of several crimes. mansour says the arrest may have

been part of a secret deal made during abdul fatah al-sisi's visit to germany. >> unfortunately the german authorities are handling this case in a suspicious matter, and involvement and how they are cooperating with egypt. i'm sad to hear that there may have been a secret deal related to me, based on abdul fatah al-sisi's latest visit to germany. mansour's lawyer says his client's arrest is politically motivated. >> it's inconceivable to have an innocent man, all he was doing his job, in his two leading programs on al jazeera. >> reporter: abdul fatah al-sisi oppressed dissent in egypt. thousands of activists and oponents have been arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to death since the president was deposed two years ago. three al jazeera english journalists were wrongly accused of colluding with the muslim

brotherhood. peter greste was arrested and released without sentence. mohammed badr, and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. al jazeera asked germany to immediately release mansour, the acting general said in a >> in 2014, mansour was >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. in october 20 14 rks interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant.

mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending crackdown on dissent behind its boarders. akmed mansour's lawyer joins us from london. thank you for being with us. could you explain to us what exactly are the charges against mansour. they are merely lies put before the people of interpol who confirmed to us as lawyers in london on 21 october 2014, that the egyptian authorities sent a request for the arrest of mansour, and interpol rejected that request.

>> reporter: before we get into the details of the case we have not examined what the charges are. what exactly are they? >> they claim they are laughable, because they range from theft to rape to detaining people against their own will. in a cairo street - he was not there at the time of the allegations. they are fabricated allegations to make it easy and mislead the german authorities, this is a criminal. therefore he was arrested upon request earlier on you mentioned the interpol had reject a request to arrest - a request was made by egyptian authorities, now that request rejected by interpol. that being the case what legal grounds does germany have to

arrest ahmed mansour. >> well we don't see any reason why the germans don't check the identity of the person. the arrest came a few days after the visit of the most brutal dictator, working with the chancellor of germany, as if he was a well-recognised diplomat. they knew full well how the judicial it operating in egypt. passing sentence and within 16 minutes, and the oappreciation of journalists. our -- oppression of journalists. the conclusion is this. the egyptians of ahmed mansour, made a request, and the germans complied with that request, and it is shocking that ahmed mansour was detained at the

airport by the police as if he was a criminal. german authorities should have to account for this and the world will condemn them for such - such an irresponsible act. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much. speaking to us from london. moving on nine afghan children and 10 adult have been killed by a roadside bomb in helmand. all the children were under the age of five. police say the villages fled and were trying to get to safety. no one claimed responsibility for the attack. meanwhile, taliban fighters have taken control of a district in afghanistan. the armed group took control. jennifer glasse joins us from the capital in kabul.

how major is this advance, the taliban advance? a. well it is a significant advance for the taliban, it's the first time they've tape over and control the area and controlled the headquarters. it is a couple of kilometres outside of kuehned use city. the apprehend line, the river, the charter brim the afghan army sent courses up there. including a tank. they say they'll retake the territory, taking over 12 police check points and cap fewering police vehicles and weapons, the head of the army says three police have been killed and six wounded. that number could be as high as

16 police wounded, and it's unclear. the army officials can't get in it's under taliban control. we wouldn't have seen this a year ago when n.a.t.o. was helping out the forces. this year was the first year that the afghan forces were on their own, we are saying established lines. this closed to couldn't us. >> explain what will happen if it falls into taliban hands? >> well there are thousands of people there, tens of thousands in the capital. the fact that the distribute has fallen is a moral blow for afghan forces. kunduz has been the center of fighting at the end of april. tens of thousands fled their homes in surrounding villages

and in many places some have taken up arms to protect their own homes. and the taliban were able to get into couldn't use city. a serious blow for afghan force, and a sign that the taliban can fight. the forces are up there. they have a heavy weaponry and one tanguay long the front line the couldn't use river halting the advance. >> thank you. >> speaking to us from kabul since the gun shooting and killed nine people a church in south carolina will reopen. a website has been discovered

with pictures of dylann roof posing and spitting and burning a u.s. flag. fbi is investigating whether the racist manifesto was published by the shooter meanwhile mourners marched in honour of the victims outside the church in south carolina. gabriel elizonda has more. >> reporter: people continue to mourn this massacre that took the lives of many people. people marched in front of the church, showing solidarity. people asking to have the confederate flag taken down, a flag many associate with a racist period in the country, harkening back to the civil war

recently it's been associate with the ku klux klan. sunday, this church is planning to reopen for the first time since the shooting, promising to be an emotional moment. you drive around the state and you see signs or symbols harkening back to a different

>> strachan firmeman was known for a battle trying to block the civil rights act. there's the issue of current laws. the u.s. attorney-general is investigating the shooting as a hate crime. here in america most states have

additional statutes calling for tougher sentencing and penalties sentencing and penalties for crimes motivated by hate. not in south carolina, this is one of five states with no local hate crime legislations. many say it's a symbol of a racially segregated past that lives on. >> people who hate, people that have no real tie into humanity. they believe that freedom of speech gives them the right to say anything, and not account for it. we have to change that. >> other residents say race relations here have improved. >> i can't speak for black people, but we deal in our store for generations with blacks and whites together, and have never seen anything but kindness. >> back at the scene of the crime, it's hoped out of tragedy can come healing, racial understanding and an end to symbols that might prevent that

still ahead on the newshour - we look at how the war in syria affects a small muslim community living in the israeli occupied golan heights first, yoga enthusiasts bend and stretch their bodies jb homes things one of the best shots in the third round open. is he in contention heading into the final day. we tell you a little later in sports. police say a palestinian stubbed a police officer. who shot the attacker. both are in serious condition in hospital. we have more from west jerusalem. according to the police a

palestinian man stabbed an israeli police officer, wounding him. police sources say the border policeman was stabbed in the net and managed to fire at the attacker after he was stabbed critically wounding him too. the israeli team described the incident as a terror attack and they'd say the perpetrator is an 18-year-old palestinian from the west bank. this happened two days after an israeli settler was shot dead in the west bank and near the illegal settlement. according to the police sources the perpetrator shot the settler at point blank range. violence has risen in israel and the oud west bank.

following the incident and the palestinian teenager. in what was described as a revenge attack. that violence continues the lebanese army has crashed in the mountainous area. an explosion in the mainly unpopulated area caused a jet to crash. there has been a syrian rebel presence, and air strikes operating from there. al-shabab gunmen attacked a security training case in the somali capital before trying to storm them. the forces took back control of the face and all four attackers

were killed. no security forces died the u.n. has mediated a peace deal between mali and the tuareg rebels. the deal has been accepted. the agreement doesn't address the demands. it was signed on saturday. rebels in the contested areas. the deal will be monitored by the international community, including france. >> the spokesman of the tuareg movement, and joins us from london. thank you for being with us. we have seen deals with the north that have not held at all. how confident are you that this will be suitable in the long

run. >> well unfortunately, the community international, the movement. this is the agreement of the deal will not be succeeded. it's coming from the outside, outside. it's not addressing the problems with the tuareg people. they have been in the revolution since 1960. they want their own area in the north. the communities are trying to curl the wells of the tuareg people, and not to give them in their own country, and they think this will not be succeeded because it's not addressing the simplest requirements of the demands of the tuareg people. >> that being the case why did they sign the accord? as i've said the community

international, and the original countries around the region algeria, libya - they want their own state. and also international putting the pressure and throatening the leaders and the movement of people to be categorized. going ahead and signing the agreement. >> may i interrupt you. the tuareg's are being given political representation according to the accord. surely political representation is a step. >> yes, it's a step it's addressing the problems they are asking for independent state. the problem is occurring each year. racing up the malian government

and they sign of the agreement. the international community, and countries in the region - mali itself, to address the problem has to be solved from its routes the problem, the main court. the problem is not to sign a peace agreement, and after 10 years, or two years, you have a similar problem. the main problem is to have their own independent state in the north. in the 1960s, the tuareg are forced to join mali and since then they have been in the revolution, aged two years this is not the solution for the problem. the solution is to give the tuareg their own state, claiming and many many died many people actually have been turned into refugees we have almost 1,000, 40,000 and the tuareg is outside, suffering from all kinds of

marginalization, and all sorts of that - that kind. so in solution it is to solve the problem, is to give the tuareg their own state. >> thank you for joining us there. now, many of those affected by the conflict in mali live in drought-stricken areas and are at risk of starvation. we have this report from mauritania on nomads unable to reach grazing land because of fighting. >> reporter: a cow that can't stand up any more doesn't have long to live. this man knows well the chances of survival for his remaining cows. this man can't afford to buy fodder, there's no hay or grass for the cows much he watched helplessly as they have died one by one. two years without rain in this part of northern mali killed his only source of living. a younger nomad is facing the

challenge differently. he roams the land, along with his family, in search of less drought stricken areas. >> we go back and forth between mali and mauritania. for deprazing lands. we know there's no grass, but we look for green trees. after trips in the scorching heat of june, mumhammed's wife puts up the tent. the children are hungry and thirsty, so are the cows. they have to wait for the return of an expedition to try to find water. it's fetched by donkeys from far away. far down a well water is found. a camel has to walk hundreds of meters to draw one bucket. nearly half of the people of northern mali live as livestock herders. they've been facing drought for years, and three years of fighting compounded the process. many say they have born the

brunt between rebels seeking autonomy and the army maintaining control. >> there are better areas for grazing inside mali. the army kills our people. there's no grass in mauritania, our animals are dying here. >> reporter: not far from here, inside the border, livestock live in a similar condition, also affected by drought. >> the tropical region of north-western mallee is a last resort for these mauritanians. it receives more rain. they can't go there any more for another reason, which is the lack of security. instead the elders cross to mauritania, knowing they won't be able to find grass, but at least they can find security south korea reported three new cases of middle eastern

respiratory syndrome, other known as m.e.r.s. the number of cases climbed to 169, 25 people died so far. it's the biggest outbreak of m.e.r.s. since discovered in saudi arabia years ago. the numbers of death from tainted alcohol has hit 94. funerals have been taking place. police have made several rests arrests. millions of people around the world are celebrating the first international yoga day. the event was proposed by india's prime minister who joined tens of thousands of camps that have been set off across india for people to take

part. >> reporter: it was a sea of people, a record for a yoga demonstration. joined by millions across the country and around the world as nearly all u.n. member countries are expected to host yoga day event. >> not only is it the beginning of a generation but to train the human mind. >> yoga help and feels. >> there was a lot of clar itity. i feel it works subtling. >> reporter: the government hopes the international day of yoga makes it nor popular.

justs as there's more to yoga there's more than setting a record, hoping it will boost the industry, and the image abroad. not every india does yoga. for those spending the day behind a day behind a desk it's meant to provide relief. others leave it is imposing hint u relief. >> i'm for the tax payer. my money is for the entire world. there'll be a lot the

saluations in the northern hemisphere. richard is here with information about the summer solesities. >> it reaches the tropic of cancer for many parts of northern europe it is the longest in effect. across the u.k. there was great interest in this event because of the antiquity sites to what clears through in time. it sort of did and didn't. it's what happens to weather-related events. the crowds were at stonehenge and it looked like they got enough of the event to justify that time there. the sunrise sets at 21.26. if we think about the u.k. muslims are fasting, if you

think of those with the 21 hours with the sun above the horizons it's an issue there. the caution in the southern hemisphere is the solstice. if it was tomorrows we see a lot of cloud and not much in the way of the sun. unsettled conditions. heavy rain into the atmoss tear thank you. still ahead - we find out why nigeria is trading. - a pros pect of shutting up shots anger on the british streets over cuts to public services. going from bad to worse. why brazilians are losing faith that their own national football.

you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of the top stories, al jazeera calls for the release of its journalist ahmed mansour, detained in berlin on the request of egyptian authorities. it may have been a secret deal to secure the arrest during a visit to germany. >> nine african children and 10 adults have been killed. fight jers have been taking ceiling. the armed group is getting

closer to the provincial capital. the federal bureau of investigation is investigating an online manifesto apparently written by a man accused of a mass shooting in a u.s. church. it shows pictures of 21-year-old dylann roof. the church in south carolina will open for the first time sunday, since the attack the jews and muslim community in the israeli occupied area of golan heights stay on the syrian side for safety. the al nusra front is in control of hadder. the jews say only one entrance is open. al nusra front killed 20 jew from the northern province of idlib. who are they why are they in danger. there's about a million jews. most syrian and israelis. their religion is an offshoot of

islam, and they are viewed as heretics by al qaeda and i.s.i.l. many are fighting against the rebels. they are waiting for the army to intervene in syria. a chair of contempty middle east studies joins us live. this situation is one the ethnic yazidi targeted by i.s.i.l. in iraq. explain why would al qaeda view the jews as heretics? >> well aric almirdu views any of them, the jews and the sunnis who do not accept the dream, as an infidel, as an upstate. a big point is to realise that the predicament of the jews is

basically reflecting the predicament of the people particularly minorities that are in front and so-called, and would like to convert the syrian society into their own slum. and what happened after nusra took over or a massacre was committed, you have major battles taking place on the israeli border and in an area a sizeable community. and the community in israel is concerned about massacres taking place. that is why the upheaval. it's regional powers and the al

nusra front basically stopped from carrying out massacres against the community. >> what is the likelihood that the israeli army may dom their rescue? >> you know one point must be clear - israel is manipulating this particular - i mean the structure of the jews in syria, leading only to its own community, how it's influential, basically they measure their role in government in the army to say they are the protectors of the community inside syria, and the establishment in israel. they would not do that against the jerusalem community on the syrian side. they made clear that they are welcome to israel even though basically they aggravate the predicament of the community.

the reality is the drews community in syria is caught between al nusra front on the one hand which has an extreme interpretation of islam, and they do not want to come across as supporting the government. the jews community - they take sides. now they find themselves in the eye of the storm, because the syrian opposition particularly by al nusra front are pushing hard. they are taking over idlib, they are attacking wider, where a community exists and hoda, as you said on the syrian, israeli side. this is where the jews find themselves, they want to be left alone, and be a community. but they have engulfed the country, and all segments including the jew's community,

and that is why israel is trying to say we will not allow the jews on the border to be massacred. we'd like the welcome to come to israel and be protected certainly a complex situation for a minority community. thank you for joining us. >> the group links to islamic state diagrammed the responsibility in the yemeni capital. two were killed outside a mosque used by houthi rebels on saturday. this is the scan attack in a week on sanaa. street battles continue between forces forces loyal to president in exile abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and houthi rebels. many families have been displaced. u.n. sponsored talks in geneva

between the warring factions collapsed on friday. in austria a man rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians killing a 4-year-old and two adults. six of 34 injured are in serious condition. the driver has been arrested. he was distraught due to personal problems. tens of thousands in the u.k. protested against government plans against government spending. roads are blocked for those opposing austerity measure. >> tens of thousands protested in the u.k. against the plans for public spending cuts. road were blocked as protesters marched through london to voice their concerns about austerity measures. russia is officially a secular state.

marched in france ahead of the greece eurozone. they have so far failed to agree. the summit is seen as one of the last chances for athens to take on its loans. thousands of anti-austerity marchers took to the streets in berlin to demonstrate solidarity with the greek government. greece had to replay 1.8 million. a deal was credited by then to

get bailout funds to repay the i.m.f. nigeria's fulling currency is having a major impact. the decline has been triggered. the central bank is unable to stem that. we have this report. >> reporter: another quite day at a textile market. a few months ago that map was rarely out of his shop during the working day. these days he comes and leaves early. the business of the market dropped by more than a third, he says. >> translation: many traders have closed shop. i'm about to follow if things don't improve. supply lines are drying up as distributors insist on paying up front. it's useless coming to the market. i'm afraid many are destroyed.

>> reporter: and the problem is compounded because local manufacturers can produce enough. despite the option to revive textile industries. this is a benefit of government textiles the production line has been brought in. cheap imported goods, a rise in power makes it difficult to compete. monetary intervention is not enough. >> it's not only finances that we need. supply is below 20%. secondly the environment. the business is not sufficient enough for those in nigeria, for them to compete with the chinese, you can't compete with the chinese without protection.

most traders must rely on imports. much of which is smuggled and the importers tightened the supply chain using an upfront payment, since the currency was devalued. >> in the face of stiff competition, manufacturers are asking for the government intervention. traders want a quick propping up of the local currency to make imports affordable. until such happens, more traders and manufacturers will be at the mercy of asian suppliers. myanmar's opposition leader aung san suy kyi warns that delays in the parliamentary election could be delayed. the noble peace prize winner did not lab rate. it's thought she was referring to a surge in violence.

it will be myanmar's first free and fair vote in 25 years. >> thailand has anti-trafficking laws to clear illegal trade. they could cut down on progress. we have this report from bangkok. >> reporter: huge tasks. thousands across thailand registered their ivory. the weight and shape documented - 150 tonnes of it. it was part of a month-long amnesty programme. the new ivory act that started in january. african african ivory is illegal in thailand. if people registered their goods, they will not be charged. >> thai's see elephants as sacred. that's why we couldn't go to the extreme now, but we started with

pressistration. a trade of eight people. but it passion an expert to determine the definition. elephants and their ivory play a large role. african elephant tusks are large. the demand is larger. this is a nonprofit organization working to expose and combat the trafficking. they feel there should be a ban on ivory trading in thailand. it's a trade. >> there's a growing demand and luxury its that are wildlife products, and products from endangered species. because they are in danger

therefore they have. >> reporter: some buyers feel the registration will reduce the slaughter of elephants, but side slep blame. -- sidestep blame. >> if someone wants to sell it we buy it. you can't blame the buyers. >> thailand is a county for regional trade. in the last three months seven tonnes of ivory was seized. activists feel it was a step down the path to comply. some is not reduced through awareness, and supplies will find its way to those that believe prestige can be purchased pope francis has viewed the shroud of turin, many believe the shroud is a wrapping of

jesus. the head of the catholic church is set to meet imimprisoned inmates in tour jip ahead in sport - the aust austrian grand prix.

azerbaijan is boasting its wath wealth as a developing country. it has one of the highest

abortion rates in the world. we hear that parents can terminate a pregnancy bathe on gender. >> reporter: this woman has been abandoned by her husband. the child she is expecting is a girl. you are kicked to the streets if you don't have an abortion. i said "i don't care i'll keeping the baby", her case is extreme, but not unique. many are pressured into an abortion. if they are having a girl. azerbaijan has one of the highest abortion rates. ratio of girls to boys was 100:115. there's a lot of reasons why in azerbaijan abortion is a common. this region is male dominated.

there are other pressures, families are smaller, fewer boys and as the prenatal techniques are widely accessible demand for selective abortion grose. lawmakers are doing what they can to tackle the problem. >> translation: all women have the right for abortion. to stop gender selection we wanted to stop abortion after three months. that causes the problem. >> reporter: it runs deep. >> i think society has a position of women. they understand that a girl brings evil, and the perception of a woman's role in society has to change the united nations warns of this dangerous population and women in society could lead to

prostitution human trafficking and gender violence. those may be the challenges facing the next generation. for sports, here is sanaa. >> thank you very much. >> tied for the lead heading into the final day of the us open. and as richard power reports, doubts that one of those players may not finish. >> reporter: four hours after collapsing, jason day recovered to take a shared lead in the third round of the us open. the australian par 68, moving to 4-under. and day has been a runner up twice at this major. this is one of the three other players sharing the lead. over 71 on saturday.

>> by the time we tee off, if i can convince the doctors that i'm free-rolling, i've got one of these, and the others are chasing the first. i know how hard it is to chase the first. if we can use the formula we had in april, mentally, then all it comes down to is can i pull it. >> they'll play alongside brandon. he went around in parr to earn his place at the top of the leader board. dustin johnson is on 4-under thanks to an even par round and will be in the final group with jason day. >> it's very difficult, you know, they are golf courses, it is playing really firm: players trail the leaders by

three strokes, including jb holmes getting an eagle on the 16th hole. football in argentina, and they have finished top of group b with a 1-0 over jamaica. a goal near the end. turned out to be the winner. uruguay and paraguay are into the quarterfinals after a 1-1 draw. the 29th minute uruguay had a header. the side levelled paraguay finishing second yooururuguay going through as one of the best 3rd

placed team. >> brazil play on sunday. their dominance of latin american football took a blow. determined fans hope for a comeback. >> on a rainy pitch in rio, these 10 years are proud of a top standing. since brazil's drubbing from the world cup. we are suffering a hangover. neymar was given a red card. seconds after the game ended he tried to head-butt. the kids have faith in neymar.

>> only neymar gets the goals or shoots. like their idol who is the star of barcelona. they take play away. fortunately we have good brazilian players in europe they idolise those players than those in the brazilian game. this is a bar that was crowded when mexico and ecuador was crowded. when barcelona was playing, the bar filled to the streets. if it was brazil, we would only fill a few tables. >> if brazil advances it may do wonder for the team at the women world cup in

canada germany are through, thrashing sweden 2-1. the winner of sunday's match will play south korea, next friday. >> china also through to the women's world cup after they beat volleying the ball into the net. the austyan grand prix starts m an hour's time with lewis hamilton in poll. championship leader was third fastest in qualifying nico rosberg joins him on the front row. sebastien vettel, the only other man to win this season was third. lewis hamilton or ros burg is now in poll for every race for the grand prix. they didn't quite have it all their own way in qualifying.

both men spurped the rainy trag on their final track. >> germany was a difficult qualifier for everywhere because of track conditions. i was grateful i had the third. always pushing for that bit extra in the next one, and win the race. >> wimbledon is not far away. tournaments are coming to an end. roger federer is through to the final of a tournament in germany. he has won it seven times, beating carlovic. broking a record with 45 aces. the straight-set victory means he's in a fine. that's it from me. >> thank you. stay with us here on al jazeera we have another full bulletin for you at the top of the hour. a reminder go to the website

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al jazeera calls for the release of its journalist arrested in germany, on a warrant issued by egypt. i'm here in doha also on the programme, a roadside bomb kills 19 people as the taliban gains control of the northern district mali government signs a peace deal with tuareg rebels but the accord may be a challenge.