the russian threat. >> this prepositioned europe activity set includes tanks infantry fighting vehicles bs and artillery the u.s. and n.a.t.o. shifts strategy if europe as tensions heat up with russia. paying ransom. >> the resources of the united states government are not going to be used to make concessions to terrorists a new white house hostage policy is expected to give americans the right to make deals to ransom kidnapped loved

one, but the administration is standing firm on negotiating with parents crime in venezuela. >> these men are holding several hand grenades semiautomatic and automatic weapons. criminal gangs versus the police - the war that escalated into a national nightmare in a nation with the second-highest murder rate in the world. electrical spark - hundreds of protesters detained when thousands take to the streets in ar meania to protest the hikes in the price of electricity good evening i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin tonight with a shifting strategy by the u.s. and n.a.t.o. to confront an assertive russia. in europe the defense secretary ash carter said the u.s. is sending dozens of tanks and

heavily artillery to the baltics and eastern europe. it's a show of support for newest and n.a.t.o. allies. >> the united states and the evidence of the n.a.t.o. alliance are committed to defending the territorial integrity of estonia, lat via and lithuania, just as we are committed to defending all n.a.t.o. allies. the move is the first since the cold war, that the united nations has put assets in these nations. they have been on edge since russia and crimea. the baltic leader said the move eases their fears that russia could stir unrest in their countries. we have reasons to believe that the baltic region is viewed by russia as a vulnerable area a place where resolve and commitment could be tested and, therefore, it's twooutly

intuitive that we both build up military capability to respond to the new challenges. >> the announcement coming as n.a.t.o. officials prepare to meet tomorrow to address the nuclear threat from moscow. last week russian president vladimir putin announced plans to add 40 intercontinental missiles to its arsenal. foreign ministers from russia ukraine, france and germany met in paris to discuss efforts to end the fighting in eastern ukraine. more than 6400 people have been killed there since violence broke out last april. >> robert hunter is a former u.s. ambassador to n.a.t.o. and joins us. good to have you with us, ambassador. let's start with the basic question, should n.a.t.o. make the move now. i don't think we should take this move yes, the exercises,

air policing showing, a show of force that see all of this but once you start putting heavy military equipment on the ground, it makes it look as though you're preparing for something much larger. worse, you play into the hands of mr putin, who can go to his people and say you got all the suffering from sanctions. he's lying, but we played into his hands. >> he played into the ongoing message that it's the west that wants the new cold war. >> what should the n.a.t.o. strategy be otherwise. we have nervous allies some of whom have borders with russia and who has seen what russia does with ukraine. >> what we have been doing in terms of creating a rapid reaction which was miniscule and symbolic. air policing. the exercise that took place

last week visits by american and other officials, particularly american officials. this can all help. the important thing is to do what the president is doing, which is patience and the sanctions so that in time the average russian will say vladimir vladimir putin, this is not worth it to us. by doing what we are doing, we merely reinforce his propaganda and, frankly, the troops are putting in now the military equipment would be of no value whatsoever if it's escalating. >> now, i heard a former fellow u.s. ambassador to n.a.t.o. saying the remilitarization of the move to russia and the rhetoric surrounding the moves, they increase the danger of an asset, threatening to make the new version of a cold war a hot war. how big a concern should that

be. >> i don't think we'll have a hot war. but if you remilitarize the relationship beyond what russia has done you increase the chances of a make getting out of control, and make it difficult for vladimir putin to climb in off what he cotton to. you make it more difficult to get back into the diplomacy, which has to be used to resolve this. this has to include an end to what the russians are doing in ukraine. the more you militarize it on either side the harder you make that. it's stupid - not just on the russian side but frankly on our side as well. >> there are other consequences to the escalation. n.a.t.o. can't pay as much attention to issues beyond its european borders, including china, the rise of i.s.i.l. and

what appears to be a resurgence of the taliban in afghanistan. >> what the united states is trying to do is to show the allies yes, we care about europe, and, therefore, you have to care about things we are interested in elsewhere. particularly in the middle east. that's for the east europeans. the rest of the europeans really don't want to get into more of a spat with the russians than there already is. we should be leaning on the french the british, the germans to get involved against i.s.i.l. not worrying about reassuring poland. you can never reassure the polls. and frankly, they are not on the russian border. they are not going to get attacked. i can see doing a lot more as we've been doing, reassuring the baltic states but we have done enough, i think, and frankly, if

vutin gets it wrong -- vladimir putin gets it wrong, and doesn't under our will power, there'll be problems and i don't think he's crazy. >> thank you for more on the u.s.-russia tensions, you can tune in 11:30 eastern, for "inside story", which will take an indepth look which looks at whether we are really heading into another cold war n.a.t.o. troops could announce a plan to train iraqi security forces. the programme would start next month. n.a.t.o. trained iraqi soldiers from 2004 to 2011. today diplomats went out of that way to stress that the niment would be limited to training in syria, kurdish forces seized control of territory from i.s.i.l. it retook the area near the turkish border. that's south of a supply line that they took from the rebels

last week. tuesday's victory comes on the heels of kurds taking over a military base. kurdish forces are making strides, sunni groups are accusing them of ethnic violence. >> reporter: this kurdish fighter says they discovered a tunnel used by islamic state of iraq and levant on the turkish-syrian border. it's not clear whether it smuggled in people or vehicles. the people's protection unit. y.p.g., have been making gains on the border and took back territory from i.s.i.l. the latest discovery as after taking the border post in a nearby town. now that the fighting is over hundreds of family returned. turkish authorities reopened the boarder. despite kurdish forces pushing back i.s.i.l. there's concerns over advances. the main opposition group and fighters accused the kurds of

abusing and driving out sunni tribes me. the sunni coalition says it made a fact-finding mission with activists and officials. they were blocked from entering. >> reporter: we were asked to communicate with the y.p.g. forces, but refused to allow members of the fact-finding group to enter. saying there was a political position and the committee was bias. >> reporter: y.p.g. disclaimed stories of abuse. >> translation: this country is for all. y.p.g. is for arabs, before it is for the kurds. >> reporter: y.p.g. gains are alarming turkey which is accusing ethnic forces of ethnic cleansing. they consider the establishment of a kurdish held area on the border a red line. >> if the kurdish forces make a gain you'll find europe and the

americans investing more resources, in particular the president saying the americans and western powers are helping the kurd at the expense of the arabs in syria, this is a major security concern inside turkey kurdish forces advanced to the outskirts of aleppo. the y.p.g. took villages in raqqa from i.s.i.l. control. opposition fighters are consolidateing gains in the nearby province. >> in the areas where i.s.i.l. carried out public executions, there's lingering concerns of ethnic bias. they go home hoping the worst is over u.n. investigators blame both sides in the syrian war for putting civilians at rick. the fighting has killed more

than 200,000 people. the study accused the syrian government of war crimes dropping barrel bombs on aleppo almost daily, deliberately targetting civilians. the ambassador to the u.n. rejected the fighting. >> australia is considering stripping dual nationals of citizenship if charged with terrorism offenses. australian prime minister tony abbott plans to introduce the law tomorrow. convicted australians could not re-enter the country, including the 120, abbott says are in the middle east fighting along side i.s.i.l. peter greste is among the bill. he was falsely convicted of terrorism in egypt, and could have had his australian citizenship revoked under the proposed new law. >> the white house is expected to announce a policy concerning american hostages. the presidential directive would allow family members to communicate and negotiate are terror groups. it would no longer threaten

families with prosecution, if they attempt to pay ransom for the loved one. >> a special envoy would be named to deal with the issue. >> also wanted to improve the process of communicating with families of loved ones going through this terrible situation. and there is a hope in inspection that by implementing many of the recommendations that we can better integrate the resources of the federal government devoted to the effort president obama is expected to make a statement about this at the white house tomorrow. the administration had strong words for china. the two countries are in the second day of talks in washington. jamie mcintyre reports. >> reporter: this is becoming a yearly event in washington. both the talks aimed at finding common ground and the annual assessment of china's continued

build-up of the size and capability of the military. as officials in the united states and china sat for talks in washington amid tension over cyber attacks and island building in the south china sea. the vice president sought to sound a conciliatory note. >> let me be clear. we do not fear china's rise. we want to see china rise. to continue to rise in a responsible way to benefit you most china because you have an important role to play. >> the fact that secretary of state john kerry, was joined by jack lew signals economic and security issues. while the u.s. has not formally accused china of the hack that compromised personal financial and medical records. for its part the pentagon is more focused on china's rapid build up of conventional forces. in a speech a day before the china talks, the number two

civilian deputy defense secretary bob worksaid: work could have been reading from the pent gone's latest report to congress which says china's officially disclosed military spending averaged 9.5% growth, white the pentagon has been hamstrung by sequestration cuts imposed by congress. the rising china threat card is one played by the military services as they plead for money from congress arguing while china's air force is growing, the u.s. air force is just as quickly shrinking. >> when we deployed operation desert storm in 1990, we had 188

fighter squad rons. this will take us to 49. the bottom line is there's no bench left. >> while america's technological advantage may be dwindling, the u.s. insists it will never allow china to gipddwindle. >> china's assets are increasing in new ways. they are increasing demand in the asia pacific. we'll meet it. we'll remain the principal security power in the asia pacific for decades to come. >> the pentagon's latest effort in relation to china's intentions is beijing is taking the long view - including the economy, modernizing security and minimising the communist party's grip on pour. while it wants to be seen as a great power, china wants a relationship with the united states based on equality mutual

respect and benefit. >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. thank you image is said to be everything. china is spending billions to improve how it is viewed around the world. coming up, despite tensions with the urks a look at how beijing is expanding its reach also the road to nowhere, why the busy tunnel between england and france was shut

down. as mentioned earlier vice president joe biden issued a blunt warning to china saying the relationship with the u.s. would suffer if beijing used cyber space for criminal activity last year the two countries did some 590 billion in trade. officials believe the u.s. and beijing can manage differences between them. meantime china is expanding its

reach around the world. in context, patricia sabga looks at how china is finding ways to soften its image. >> reporter: china tv on american airlines a new bank to finance development in emerging companies. soft powerplays beijing hopes will win over those wary of china's growing influence. >> u.s. being overparanoid about everything about china. and china examined under the microscope. that's why you hear the nasty rhetorics over the years. >> reporter: beijing is spending millions to change the conversation pushing into overseas media market with state-run news outlets, xinhua

global times and china daily. >> international media is dominated by western organization, and china's voice cannot be heard clearly and loudly. >> the soft power message can get big reviews. the government funded institute teaches mandarin and culture to 300,000 students in the u.s. alone. the programme has been clouded by controversy. >> many host at the universities, where they are established in the united states for example, learnt to be weary of the fact that they are poll it sized, at least in certain times and places. china's arguably had soft power success, tapping in foreign change to fund development banks. pouring $40 billion into the new development bank with brcs partners 41 billion in the new

silk road and 50 billion into the newly created investment bank, which u.s. allies rushed to join dispute discouraging signals from washington. >> it's a brilliant move on china's part attracting a great, positive response from most of the countries of the world. >> reporter: the launch. asian infrastructure investment bank was a p.r. coup. for all the billions spending china's soft-powered investment is tempered by old perceptions of repress, and concerns about muscle flexing over disputed territories in the east and south china seas. gordon chang is the author of "the coming collapse of china", and a contributed to forbes. good to see you. let's start with the concept of soft power, china spending billions on development banks,

international television network, language and cultural exchanges and programs around the world. is it that the chinese are finally figuring out the importance of international image building or are there more nefarious reasons. >> with the spending on the one belt one road initiative to create the trade routes to europe and africa it's giving a lot of influence. that's not soft power. the guy that developed the concept said it doesn't include economics. with the tv it doesn't really have - it spends a lot of money media outreach and is not getting much. it doesn't have anything to sell. the authoritarian model doesn't go down well in most countries. >> we have the u.n. china, annual strategic meetings, it's been described as going on under a cloud of suspicion. do you think that with everything we have seen china getting the personal information

and the hacking scandal - do you think the talks will be productive. >> i think they'll achieve anything there are zero some conflict involved with china. they'll not stop the hacking of american institutions. they are not going to modify the south china sea claims you have to confront the reality of what is going on. unfortunately, we talk, but the chinese do things that are unacceptable. we are not imposing costs. >> you don't think they'll be conciliatory. >> i think they'll try to avoid conflict. they'll say nice things as they have in the one-week run up to this. that will not change behaviour. it's important in the long run. >> the main thing it allowed the chinese to do what it's been doing, the economy has been growing explosively. it's slowed down and last week the stock indexes had horrible, you know plunged and today the

shanghai index was a roller-coaster. what are the consequences of that. do you see the economy slowing down more? >> beijing has no way to rescue the economy. it's like one or two if it's growing at all. they can't have structural reform. the way to rescue themselves is to blow up the stock market in an incredible bubble. which is unsustainable. >> what happens if the bubble bursts. >> it will. it'll take down the chinese bubble with it. they are incurring debt. they'll have to face the adjustment like japan and the united states faced. >> they'll have to face it with a communicatist totalitarian regime.

how the regime handles that. the reason they hold on to power. it's because things have been getting benefit. it's because they are more insecure. after 35 years, the primary basis is continual prosperity. they will not be able to do that. they'll fall back on nationalism, the reason why they are lashing out. it's not just because it's the united states, east china sea and india. it's serious. they've incurred a lot of adversaries. this is talking about china and russia on the same day. good to see you turning to the greek debt crisis of prime minister alexis tsipras, is set to resume talks with the eurozone ministers. besides getting close to to a deal to avoid greece defaulting. the new terms are angering lawmakers in athens saying

they'll rejected deals including pension cuts. greece has less than a week before a $2 billion cut is due. the pensions are subject of more protests in athens. several pensioners and protesters held protests. they marked separately to the square outside the parliament, but police blocked them from entering. recently proposed cuts will only add further strain on the country's worker afghan forces battle back a day after a taliban attack. it is not calming fears about the stability of the government hundreds of protesters rally against the rising cost of electricity, armed with water canons.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news rwanda is outraged over the arrest of its intelligence chief in britain over the request of spain first, headlines across the u.s. - hundreds gathered outside the state carolina state house to call on the confederate flag to be removed. lawmakers agreed on a measure to debate moving the flag. it became a tart of criticism after nine were shot and killed at a charleston church legislators had tough questions from officials from the federal agency in charge of autosafety and takata. they want to know why the discoveries didn't occur and acted upon sooner.

they were responsible for at least 8 deaths, 34 million vehicles affected the senate votes on fast-fram laws for president obama, if passed. it allows the president to send bills to congress helping to push through the trans-pacific partnership, a key element of the president's gapd e. the fast-grabbing bill has support from congressional republicans afghan forces are battling taliban outside kunduz. a district has been retaken in an attempt to keep the taliban from taking over the city. jennifer glasse has more. >> reporter: taliban fighter are at the foot of kunduz city. this bustling city of 300,000 is largely deserted. people are worried taliban fighters could attack here. meaning business is bad. >> these days we have to pay the

rent from savings. no one bys anything from us. there's no one in the market or town. everyone has left gone somewhere else. in a nearly field they are harvest of vesting the egg plants early. the taliban came after us destroyed everything we had there. i was injured. they hit be we came here to live life in the city. we are farming here all we want is peace. >> the government sent thousands of soldiers and police to fight the taliban. >> currently afghan forces are starting cleaning operations there, and the fighters are chased house to house by our forces. we have found 85 dead bodies including foreign fighters so far. >> reporter: the military's progress is no consolation for

the kunduz people. tens of thousands have been displaced. many are now leaving the city carrying what they can rwanda's foreign minister said the arrest of the spy chief is an outrage. british police arrested the germ at the request of spain. he is accused of engaging in reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide in rwanda. barnaby phillips has more from london, where he is scheduled to appear in court this week. >> the allegations date back to the years immediately after the rwandan genocide of 1994. he was a center rpf commander at that stage, and is accused of having taken part organised, indeed, a series of retaliatory massacres against the majority houthi population and is accused of a specific crime, dating to early 1997 when three

spanish aid workers were murdered in northern rwanda. it is alds they knew too much if you -- alleged they knew too much, if you like about the involvement in the massacre. said to be involved in the decision. >> it's a charge which the rwandan government denies furiously, and it is to give a different version of events. around 1994 and it's aftermath. it puts the british government in london in an awkward position. it has close allies and it may have misgivings about human rights abuses in rwanda it gives a lot of aid and has been impressed by social and economic progress since the chaos of the mid '90s. it will be an interesting hearing due to take place in a london court. this coming thursday.

>> barnaby phillips reporting from london. north korea sentenced two south koreans to hard labour for life. they were accused of spying for soul. north korea says the punishment should be a lesson for anyone who conspires with the u.s. and south korea. seoul denied the charges and called for their release. some analysts say the sentencing is retaliation for the opening of a u.n. office in seoul that will monitor the north's human rite record. pyongyang calls it a grave provocation, activists say it's a step forward stopping human rights abuses in north korea now to armenia, where hundreds of protesters took to the streets some to be beaten back with water canons their concerns rapidly rising prices. andrew potter has more. >> reporter: riot police move in on hundreds of protesters in the armenian capital.

backed by water canon, plain clothed officers arrested many on tuesday. the crowd had been part of a larger protest on monday that attracted 5,000 people. they are angry at the government decision to raise the tariff on electricity prices by 17 and 22%. >> after the protesters were stopped from reaching the presidential palace, they blocked the central avenue refusing to disperse. armenia's electricity network is owned by a russian firm saying the increased tariffs are in response to a fall in the dram. the country's border with turkey and azerbaijan are blocked because of a territorial dispute. it's largely dependent on exports to russia. and the money armenians send

home. with the downturn in the russian economy, so the pressure is increasing on it government in france riot police drove away hundreds of striking ferry workers, blocking the port of calais, the workers forcibly shut down the undersea eurotunnel for the day that links france and u.k. protesting threatened lay offs. it brought traffic to a halt and dozens of undocumented migrants raced to the slowed vehicles trying to smuggle themselves into england. the boat is full. the government suspended an e.u. rule forcing it to process asylum applications. undocumented migrants used hungry as a gate way to the rest of the european union. jonah hull travelled to the border seeing the conditions that migrants face as they prepared to cross over. >> reporter: they've been on the road for weeks, crossed several

countries. and protested violence. >> hi good morning. we are at the borders. >> reporter: the charity visits twice a week. at the far end of the camp a medic finds a woman who suffered a miscarriage. many pressed not to be identified. where do you all come from? >> afghanistan. >> reporter: everyone from afghanistan. >> afghanistan. >> we had problem if afghanistan, all of us these guys, from taliban, you know. everywhere we are going. >> reporter: police were asking for money. >> yes, they ask about money. >> they beat you up. >> yes strongly bet. in my whole body i feel pain. >> where are you going? >> i'm going to austria. >> i go to belgium. >> reporter: belgium. >> london. >> reporter: they seldom stay more than a night or two in

these little encampments, in the long grass. desperate people courageous resting weary legs and aching bones before substantial a long long journey, leaving countries like afghanistan, syria, yemen or iraq and not far ahead of them now, along a well-worn path, the hungarian border and the european union. the people are often in bad shape when they reach this point in their journey, are they. >> yes, of course they've been coming here exhausting and tired. and like they really need help and medical care. akmed is a prosecutor who fled afghanistan with his wife and two children. she needs medical attention, the children ask for swedes and chocolate. >> what do you tell them about the future. what do you them about the life they can expect in europe. >> i would like - they have a

good future. because if you leave a country for them because they should get an education. >> another frequent visitor is a hung airian priest the van filled with donations like bread and without. and basics like socks and shoes. >> i have seen many thousands. this is a fraction of the people crossing the border. many are not coming here just going directly they have money, their ways and the smuggler, you know, system working within hours, most will have left on the roos to what they hope is a better life. the only certainty is that more will follow libya's internationally recognised government has issued a warning to europe's navies attacking any ships entering the

territorial orders. the commander is prepared to launch air strikes. the e.u. announced plans for a naval mission off the coast. it's designed to stop smugglers trafficking migrants. they need permission from the u.n. security council and libya to go forward. lawlessness in venezuela, why gang members blame police for rising violence what has become the world's second deadliest country. >> the death toll in pakistan's heatwave climbs to 700 how some sit the government is responsible for the crisis.

third rail and you can find it on al jazeera america in venezuela gaoled opposition leader leopoldo lopez ended his hunger strike after a month of trying to pressure the government. yesterday the date for legislative elections were set for november. leopoldo lopez accuses the government of sensorship and urges prisoners to free political prisoners much the venezuela government says the political opposition caused lawlessness in the street.

criminals killed 100 police officers. our correspondent met canning members who arg -- gang members who argue the blame is with corrupt officials. >> reporter: the war against crime in venezuela is at best gridlocked. with more than 20,000 killed each year they have the second-highest murder rate in the world. illegal weapons suited to the military are found here. to the criminal gangs, the culprit is a corrupt police force. >> translation: this crime is generated by the police it's a pathetic situation. they appear to terrorize you, extort you. we had to create alternatives, that's when the war begins. >> what was, until now, a problem of street crime seems to have morphed into an unres dented escalation of violence where police forces and armed bands are engaged in confrontation - one with no

clear winner. >> you only know who wins when the war is over. we are armed, organised but tired. we are prepared to do whatever it is to stop them massacring us. >> reporter: the weapons they claim to have would cause alarm in any country. the men are holding several hand green aids semiautomatic and automatic weapons. with the fire power they could hold off the place for hours. they want a country where their children can live in peace. >> translation: with the future of our chip with them studying is the -- children with them studying is the only way to secure the future. the only future is that they drive the country forward, making it a good country. >> reporter: for crime experts the solution is a mixture of

robust transparent policing, combined with policies an crime prevention. >> translation: the national government has a huge problem. 16 years they've had 15 national security directors, and 21 security plans for the nation. none of which stopped crime from ballooning. every year is worse than the previous one. with the ability to fight back it's hard to predict the future methods. >> an assistant professor of latin american studies joins us now. good to have you with us. talking about the making of modern venezuela. to a greater extent over the last 20 years, it's been made by hugo chavez and his revolution one the biggest failures has been crime.

as we said. second largest country in the world. >> three factors comes into play. the first is the vision that chavez brings to fighting crime. he moves away from the iron fist heavy hand approach that characterised previous governments. >> few homicides are sold. >> that's the first factor in terms of moving away. they'd fight poverty and crime. the second factor is mentioning in the package, is the corruption. that it's not just the police but the criminal justice system. it's trust that motivates you not to trust the government. the third factor is during the period of 2002, 2003 there's a huge bonanza, and this made cash

available in the streets. there's a lot of people with easier access. and few efforts on the part of the government to stymie crime, and they combine into a deadly force. >> do you think poverty is a cause of increased crime. but the reality was, as you said there was a major oil bonanza. poverty declined. so you'd think that crime would have declined. but is it mostly because there is as you say, a lack of desire to police. >> in part. it's one of the major parts. the other part is the lack of infrastructure in terms of deal with crime. >> what about the armed groups is that part of the problem, that support the nicolas maduro government. >> yes, and know. they are a much later history in terms of participation. they have a longer history of fighting creams a measure that

they have. which the government did not take is leading some of the crime fighting. in some ways acknowledging that the police forces can't take on crime. >> they have been responsible for a certain amount of violence as well. last time i was there, three years ago. the fear was palpable. people afraid to go out. people fearful of kidnappings. how did a country fall with such enormous resources as one of america's main oil produces. >> it's a long-stepping factor. crime has been rising when the first oil bust happened. in the '90s you see larger numbers of these kinds of things. what you are referring to is the type of crime, the wanton

violence. >> it seems anybody can be a victim. before we go i want to ask about the legislative that is set. the government seems unpopular. do you think, assuming the polls are right, that the government will allow the opposition to take control of congress. >> it has to. the only card that the government has to play is hear for the results. when it's not won elections in the past. it has adhered to those. if it does it's basically going to expose itself not to his partners but so they have to recognise the results good to have you with us. thanks in mexico, the calema volcano blasted steam and cash into the area sh dubbed the fire volcano, the renewed activity has not affected towns. the killer heatwave in pakistan

has been blamed for the death of 700 people across the sindh province. most are in the port city of karachi, the largest city. there, temperatures reached 113 degrees farenheit. the government arrived the military to help with the crisis. a state of emergency has been declared in some areas. gerald tan reports. >> southern pakistan is sheltering. three days of high temperatures causing wide-spread heat stroke. in the largest city karachi, hundreds of patients are being treated for dehydration and exhaustion. >> translation: her blood pressure shot up because of heat. the stroke affected her hand and leg. >> most of the victims have been the elderly. many people in pakistan ab stain from food and water during the daylight hours. to complicate matters, the local

electricity grid collapsed because of increased demand. in the city used to power cuts many are criticizing the government. >> i'm really worried that i have no wart or power in the home. i have been wandering here and there for an hour to find ice. i finely got little ice. >> the government is responsible for this whole crisis. the houses are deprived of power. there's no ice. the heat is unbearable. people are dying in the heat. >> reporter: the army and paramilitary rangers set up heat stroke treatment centers around karachi, schools and public offices are closed. many are hoping for relief from the clouds with rain predicted in the coming days. a world war ii commemoration turned ugly for japan's prime minister. coming up why some japanese told them to go home. and the growing investment in

women's soccer across the middle east. chief justice

protesters greeted japanese prime minister shinzo abe during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of okinawa. they told him to go home and stop lying. many resent the 40,000 u.s. troops stationed long after world war ii ended. they complain about the troops behaviour, noise from the bases and the threat of air crashes on the densely populated island. our global news segment the a look at how news outlets are reacting. in lebanon "the daily star", you can't defeat i.s.i.s. with facebook. it takes aim at social media recruiting and says the world's most powerful countries should

snap out of analytical silliness and realise that the dark dynamic cannot be fought with facebook likes. "the moss coe times." if russia is to believe reports on state television the west is constantly threatening peace-loving russia an editorial cartoon in "telegraph," listing the break death tries as as a trojan horse. one e.u. minister tell another about having a bad feeling concerning a reform plan. in "off the radar" we look at women's soccer in the middle east. none qualified for the women's world cup. jordan narrowly missed out. but next year the country hopes they'll have a home-court advantage. nisrene reports. >> reporter: jordan's women's

football team may be a decade old, but has become the strongest team. jordan is a socially religious which conservative country and believes football is not an appropriate sport for females. >> there's always a group of people that have a negative side of not encouraging women. there's not 100% people. what keeps us going is parents, friends, passion for the game. >> it credits the result of football, the president of the football association, and the former f.i.f.a. vice president. >> this woman who has been playing for eight years, had to stop before f.i.f.a. lefted a ban on head scarves. >> his royal highness prince ali, interfered at f.i.f.a. when several players refused to wear a cap instead of the head scarf, because that is against our

religious practices. so we stopped playing the country is making big strides in women's football and is getting exposure and is hosting an event the first world cup to be held in the middle east for female footballers will kick off in jordan next year. the women hope the award of such tournaments will win the game acceptance and recognition. >> the football's association goal is to make the sport more widespread for women. there's 30 million in every province across the country, as well as junior girl's teams. >> translation: we competed in the asian cup and almost qualified for f.i.f.a. world cup. the success made other countries interested in developing their own football team.

>> advertising campaigns aim to put the women under the spotlight and garner respect and admiration for the team and aim to encourage football-loving females who are shy and fearful of society to join a football center police in australia released footage of a dramatic motorcycle crash. four brisbane schoolchildren narrowly avoided a high speed collision with a motorcycle last thursday. the cc tv footage shows the motorcycle hitting a carat a cross-walk missing the four children. the 23-year-old driver was tape to the hospital with serious leg injuries. >> tomorrow night the anniversary of the berlin blockade when communist troops closed off supply routes to berlin. 67 years later we speak to a pilot, part of the the airlift, that helped to save the closed off city. >> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america news. i'll see you in an hour but

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