the world. announcer: this is al jazeera. welcome to the newshour. these are the top stories - egypt's army under attack in north sinai. at least 10 of its soldiers have been killed. bracing for uncertainty - people queue up at banks in greeks as eurozone ministers discuss a new proposal on the debt 3 structuring. china passes a new law giving the state tighter control over cyber space

plus. >> i'm andrew thomas diving on australia great barrier reef. what is down there is spectacular. it's at risk. i'll explain why it's what farmers are doing on land that is largely to blame. let's begun with breaking news coming out of egypt, where fighter jets are used in a major battle in north sinai. there has been coordinated attacks. hospital sources are telling us they received 35 bodies. this is what the military says. the army says at least 10 soldiers and 22 fighters have been kill. while two large explosions have been heard and a group calling itself the sinai province is claiming responsibility. the government says the unrest in northern sinai is one of its most pressing concerns. the army launched operation

sinai in 2012, violence has not been contained. 700 people are thought to have been killed this year alone. the state of emergency was extended after attacks in october and january. the start of the strategy thousands of homes have been demolished along the gaz aboarder. joining me on the line from cairo is a journalist and blogger. this is turning out, it seems to be a coordinate series of attacks. >> yes, what they call themselves from the islamic state, they have issued statement a few minutes ago, i think, and they claim that they have attacked check point belonging to the egyptian army at the same time. sox of its members on twitter

are saying before the al sharpton army's appearance is in sinai. what does it say about the success of the military strategy. i looked up statistics that shows violence actually increased as the so-called counterterrorism operations increased. >> you can tell easily there's a failure, and the checkpoints attacked have been attacked before, and they will not stop which means that no precaution or action has been taken to avoid these attacks again. now the upper hand it seems that it's for the islamist some witnesses in sinai claim that

they are putting lines on the roads to prevent any more forces from coming to support the army that's already there. >> in the last year it seems violence increased. why. what is the goal of these groups? >> i think what we claim is we want to elect sinai to the islamic state in syria and iraq. that is the - what the name indicates an area where the sinai or the government or something like that. all right. thank you so much the attack comes a day after egypt's president vowed to push through new security laws which would speed up death sentences. speaking at the funeral of the

public prosecutor killed in a bomb attack on monday. gerald tan has more. >> reporter: june 30th, initially a national holiday and europe signalling the removal of mohamed mursi. instead a day of mourning for the prosecutor barakat assassinated on monday. at his funeral the current president abdul fatah al-sisi followed legal reforms enforcing death sentences swiftly. >> translation: the hands of justice are chained by laws. we will not wait. we will change laws to allow us to implement law and justice as soon as possible. within days laws against terrorism should be presented. >> those developments could be a direct reference to monday's assassination. the car bomb bore the hallmarks of a group based in the sinai

peninsula waging attacks on security forces. police are investigating how the group was behind another explosion on tuesday, in the cairo suburb of 6 object. three people were killed. some opposition leaders were worried that president abdul fatah al-sisi will use the new laws to crackdown on the outlawed brotherhood group. >> this will lead to noing but a catastrophe. it will undermine and shake the foundation of justice in egypt. it will find the judiciary system in egypt. >> reporter: hundreds of muslim brotherhood members have been sentenced to death, including the ousted president mohamed mursi. he still has many supporters like these demonstrators calling for reinstatement and return of democracy. they say the government is out to crush dissent, replacing mass

protests with mass arrests to the crisis in greece. the eurozone ministers will discuss a new proposal on debt restructuring after greece became the first country to miss an i.m.f. payment. the e.c.b. has been keeping greece's bank afloat in the last few months. dominik kane joins us. take us through some of the policy options which the e.c.b. will be looking at today. >> well sammy, it's a hot day in frankfurt. to people feeling the heat. they are in the building behind me. the european central bank it's not a meeting of the monetary policy committee, but it's an important meeting. the possible solutions policies - there aren't many frankly. the obvious one is the emergency liquidity assistance the el

axe, which has been given to -- e l.a. which has been given to greece many times. we under something around 90 billion euros has been made available. rations as referred to buy the french prime minister given to the greek economy, but we know the decision made on sunday is that the e las would be capped at the friday levels. no possibility of them given again unless there's a change in policy. the other thing to point out is yes, indeed the greek government did not repay 1.5 euros, but the next is around 20 july to the e.c.b. something in the ord of $3.46 your billion -- 3.46 billion euros. whether they'll do that is open to question. it's words pointing out that there are several meetings going

on. the eurozone finance minister will hold a meeting, a teleconference, and the german parliament will be holding a meeting where the members of the parliament ask questions of the government and it's likely that greece will come up in the situation. perhaps the vice-chancellor from the social democrats, and the finance minister may speak, and then there is a meeting between a mrs. merkel and the italian prime minister renzi, and i understand he said that the voters in greece have a stark choice - voting for the euro or the drachma. those are the things we expect to happen today. >> dominique kane there. meanwhile in greece there's panic. pensioners have been cueing outside banks to withdraw cash. the yoction is on a referendum on -- focus will be on a

referendum on sunday where the greeks will vote to accept or reject the deals of a package. the latest from john psaropoulos in athens. any hope that the last-minute proposal put forward by greece may be accepted by the finance minister? >> i think there is hope on the substance, because the exceptions to what the greek prime minister alexis tsipras is asking for is not great. it amounts to footnotery on essentially what is the creditor's fan. greyed tors had, when they -- creditors had, when they submitted the plan approached the greek measure. this was largely inspired what the greeks proposed last month. it is not unpalatable, but it contains spending cuts and is a

red line that has been crossed now that alexis tsipras accepted it. he will agree to fewer - less money spent on pensions this year. i think this document gives the greeks hopes. particularly pensioners. some are allowed into the country. a lot of older people do not have atm cards. all of those people supermarkets queues at the cashiers going back into the market from the early morning hours, an unusual level of stocking up people going through days of anxiety over what will happen tomorrow turning cash into groceries and stocking up into everything they can think of particularly pulse, rice and pasta. they'll be relieved to hear there's something on the table creditors may, in the

coming hours accept dean pointed out. there's -- dominik kane pointed out there's a euro group telephone conversation. because the letter was dated 30 june yesterday, tuesday, there's a technical basis for greece to be considered as having qut the extension within the countries of the xoisting programme. we'll see how the europeans reactment the ball is in their court now. >> they fear their country could slide out of the eurozone and call themselves the pro europeans, and want a yes vote in the referendum. there's talk of negotiations, but perhaps the most important player in europe the german chancellor angela merkel is giving nothing away.

>> it's clear that we will not close the channels of communication, otherwise we wouldn't be the european union, the doors remain open to talks. i can't say more than this. >> reporter: despite the outcome many in athens sees many problems ahead. this man lives with his parents and dismayed. . >> i see a lot of people fighting over "do we vote yes, do we vote no? are we supposed to make a deal with creditors?" i don't feel optimistic. if people turn against each other, they are not going to get out of this. >> in this office a psychologist counsels the long-term unemployed. a joint government e.u. project, she has had 100 new client this month alone. >> we have seen a lot of anger. why. there's a big why. why this happen to the country, to me, to my family, because

many times the - the mother and father are unemployed at this moment. and depression. >> in this crowd many put the blame for greece's predicament on the prime minister alexis tsipras. they say that he's playing a dangerous game, putting his party's interest above that of his country. there are wildly different predictions on how greeks will vote. -- vote in a referendum. all we know is the divisions in this society are growing deeper and deeper. civilians have been killed in aden in a houthi mortar attack. 17 were killed when six shells hit the distribute. this is after a call by human rights watch. attacks against civilians and

the houthi stronghold appear to violate international law. kristen saloomey has more from the u.n. in new york. >> translation: my wife and four daughters died. all of them. >> waleed lost a total of 27 members of his family, most of them children, when their home was hit by a bomb. >> on that night someone came to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage. i did not have time to be happy for my daughter before the strike happened. >> reporter: he was interviewed by human rights watch as part of their investigation that found at least six homes were struck by the saudi-led coalition, and they found no evidence the homes were housing fighters. . >> there is proportionality in each strike. the military target would have

to be of a high value with a number like 27 killed. it's very hard to see how that would be justified. >> reporter: five markets, an empty school and a crowded petrol station were hit. the coalition is attempting to prevent the houthi rebel group taking over the yemen government. if there was a reason to strike the civilian targets, saudi arabia is yet to reveal it. they nor the united states, a country support supports the 9-nation coalition is yet to respond to human rights watch request for an investigation. have they responded to al jazeera. with no functioning government in place, and worsening humanitarian crisis, the united nations says the focus is on finding a political solution to the conflict. >> from the perspective the united nations all the violence all the destruction we have seen is serious.

we are trying to push efforts to get the parties to have a ceasefire or at the very least a humanitarian policy. >> in the meantime, human rights watch says all sides in a complex and long-running conflict must follow the rules of war. 1200 inmates fled a prison in yemen. guards fled their posts after heavy fighting. suspected al qaeda members are thought to be among those that escaped. it's the third major gaol break since the saudi-led campaign in march. still to come - thousands march in hong kong on the anniversary of the city's rourn on chinese rule. india is accused of allowing the

army to commit human rights abuses. argentina puts six past paraguay to reach the copa america final. robin has that and the sport coming up later. china passed a law giving the state tighter control over cyber space. because of growing security threats to networks. the national security law was adopted on monday. the wide-ranging law coughs control over territorial waters and air space. adrian brown is in beijing for us. first of all what does this law legalize that the government was not doing in the past?

>> china's government is obsessed with security. the fact that this passed is surprising. it proved a legal fig leaf for vast security apparatus to police the internet in any way it sees fit. this is a far-reaching law but the wording is very very vague, indeed. it makes no mention of what happens to violators, and it's not clear exactly what it means or how this law can be broken, how do people know when they have broken the law. it's that vagueness worrying human right groups. someone that criticizes the government can be charged subversion. the bigger question is this - is this the response of a government that feels comfortable and secure or the

opposite. today, sammy, thousands of taxi drivers in beijing have been protesting over the threat from online competitors like uber. these sorts of protests really do worry the chinese government when you get spontaneous gatherings like this and that is the reason laws like the one we have seen today have been passed how will it practically speaking, impact people going forward, and how they use the internet? >> sorry, i... >> yes, just asking how will it practically impact the way people use the internet going forward? >> well, i think it is going to worry a lot of people because, you know this country has some of the strictest internet rules in the world. i mean it's virtually impossible for many ordinary chinese to reach certain websites, and after today it's

going to be harder for them. i think businesses are going to be worried, as well as journalists operating in this country, as i say china's vast security apparatus can police the internet any way they see fit. >> thank you so much. adrian brown. meanwhile, hong kong is marking the 18th anniversary of a handover to china. thousands joined the pro-democracy rally. the first large rally since voting against reforms, and how the city should be chops. >> let's go life to rob mcbride. how are the protests shaping up there. >> there's a certain disappointment about the numbers turned out. we are at the finish of this protest rally, the government headquarters. they began marching a few hours ago. a sizeable crowd, it has to be

said nothing compared to the crowds last year. over half a million people took part. organizers would tell you this year the numbers are in the tens of thousand. the reasons many came out last year is reforms that pro-democracy said was nothing like democracy, the city rented them. there is a deadlock here and many question what is the reason to come out on to the streets. it's combined with a find of protest fatigue. that had been a time-out use year of protests on the treat. there's a sense of disillusionment amongst many about what the protests achieve. it's dissolutionment, but despite lower numbers, residual anger about the divisive issue.

people have been calling for teme okay rahsy, and there has been -- democracy, and there is has been groups singing the national anthem, and anning rer between the two groups and instalments hurled between each other is real indeed. >> thank you rob mcbride. >> we'll catch up with some weather. everton is here. it's not only qatar in the depth of a heatwave right now, i guess. >> that's right. i'm resisting the word to say the words. i checked the temperature in doha. it was at 38 degrees. london same time heathrow this is, 33 degrees. >> not far away. >> not far off. 95 degrees off. we'll get hotter. the high temperature across the western side. not much on the satellite. i'll clear out of the way. high pressure in charge keeping the crowd out of the way. suppresses the cloud. stopping it rising.

we have the clear skies and the sun is strong at this time of the year. we can't help but notices a few showers, bringing lily downpours. you know the days in the u.k. lovely warm day, and you leave the office going out in the park and chill out there and number the sunshine and there's plenty of it as we go on through the day and hot sun shine. looking at temperatures in london easily up to 34, 35 degrees is certainly going to be on the cards somewhere across the south-east of england, it's hotter for paris at 38 celsius. we got that worm southerly push on the winds across the southern side. we have the showers rolling in from the west. this time of year showers come in with the heat in place, you get big and thundering downpours, a few more than thursday. by friday we are -- up.

close to 30 degrees. >> growing concern about the health of australia great barrier reef. the world heritage site is under threat from pool use and change and may be lifted as being in danger. andrew thomas took a dive. >> reporter: when you dive on it most threats are not obvious. half of it disappeared over the last 30 years, choose your spot. you don't notice subtle changes in water temperature due to climate change. the coal port build along the coast is from here, far out of site. one threat pointed out is too obvious. the spiky crown of thorn starfish. there's a plague of them down here, feeding on coral and can be toxic to fish. scott firth is one of a team of

people fighting back, injecting the starfish with poison. it works. it is a huge effort. >> the damage they can do to the coral, i have seen it first hand, is amazing. it is facing enough threats. the crown of thorns starfish is something we can do something about. the starfish are thriving because there's an increase in the sea of micro plankton that their lavae feed on. one starfish can produce as many as 60 million eggs a year, far more are surviving than should. there has been outbreaks of crown of thorn starfish in the past. the latest is the worst, and it's human activities on land that are to largely to blame. >> growing sugar cane is big business along the australian east coast. farmers use fertilisers. when the excess washes off the land into rivers and to the sea, the fertilisers feed the plankton. tony changes his practices, applying fertilisers more

precisely than he did. >> we are only applying chemicals on 40% of the area. >> once you would have put it everywhere. >> yes. run-off from the properties goes straight into the salt water. who we do on the land affects the reef. >> reporter: but bujega is a relatively young farmer around here. getting his older neighbours to change their practices is not easy. when president obama came to the islands in november, he told students he was worried about the great barrier reef, and wanted it to be there for his yet to be born grandchildren. his concern echos the united nations, action globally and locally is needed for the reef to survive louise math e son is a reef campaigner with the worldwide fund for natures and wants to

see the reef improve. >> the great barrier reef is a world treasure, almost the size of italy or japan. it faces a range of threats, climate change port development are some of the biggest threats that they are facing at the moment. we need to see a rapid cut in water pollution from sugar cane forming and agriculture along the coast. we need it cut by 80%. it is a difficult exercise. we need more investment by the australian government in reducing run off, and that will stop the crown of thorns outbreaks. the other thing we need is tighter controls on port development. because of pressure and the outcry of ordinarily people we are seeing action. and the australian and queensland governments are bringing in a ban on the dumping of dredge soil.

we expect it to come in effect soon. port developments have impacts on wetlands and the coast line leading to an increase in shipping, we are concerned about the impacts of some port developments that are proposed coming up on the show... >> i'm laurence lee in calais where thousands of migrants and refugees are fed emergency rations by french charities. it's the first time it happened on french soil cuba and the united states prepare to make a major announce on their next step to restore diplomatic relations we have one confirmed finalist at the women's world cup in canada. all those details coming up later in sport.

welcome back to the al jazeera newshour and a look at the headlines - the egyptian military fighting a battle in north sinai. 10 soldiers have been kill. >> 35 people are reported to have been killed. fighter jets have been used in the area greece send an amend the proposal to its creditors for a new bailout programme. the prime minister wrote requesting ta restructure its debt. china passed a new law giving the state tighter control over cyber space. the government says it's because of growing security threats to chinese networks. indonesia's president

promised a review of the ageing air force fleet. people have been confirmed bed after a transport plane crashed. the president joko widodo ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. stephanie dekker reports. >> reporter: the military updated the number of passengers on the hercules c130 that went down in medan. 130 people were on born. the number over 120, all presumed to have died. the rescue operation is ongoing. they are trying to get the bodies out of the wreckage. horen douse stories, we are hearing body bartz, and this will be a lengthy process to identify them and get the bodies back to the families. it's concerning. this is the sixth fatal military crash in the last 10 years, raising questions of concern as to how this could have happened. there has been political action -- reaction in parliament. politicians question whether the military were flying planes that were too old.

this particular aircraft from 1964. the hercules c130 has a strong safety record. it needs to be addressed. why did it go down. they had a statement. they said they'll stop flying the c130 until investigations, a lot of questions have been asked. indonesia a fewer safety record when it comes to civilian aircraft as well. now, we have had six aircrafts going down in the last 10 years, serious questions will need to be increased to figure out how this will happen again amnesty international accused india of allowing their security forces to commit grave human rights violations in kashmir, a report by the rights group says the indian army dismissed more than 96% of allegations as false or

baseless. and the controversial law is used to child soldiers granting them virtual immunity the armed forces special powers act was introduced 25 years ago. records showing police have been reluctant to regser legs -- register 100 cases. in a move court-martial sentenced five soldiers to life in prison for shooting and killing three men. let's get more from security in the in new delhi. reading the report it payments a bleak picture of the human rights situation in kashmir. >> well i think this report is slightly exaggerated. and to say that only in 2012, personnel were punished in the army is far from truth. because according to the reports, that are available

between 1994 and 2014, 61 indian army personnel have been punished by an indian army act, which gives out, regards to imprisonment to people who have gone as stray or committed some atrocities. therefore to say that it gis immunity to the armed forces is a slight exaggeration, and i think we need to look at the overall record of the indian army, which has a stirling record in comparison to any other armies in the world. >> you are telling me - with all due respect you are telling viewers that amnesty international have the numbers wrong and they fail to track the numbers of cases punished. >> that's right. >> i can give you better numbers overall, including in the north-east. >> overall, 100 plus passed in the last 20 years.

the amnesty international international needs to get the numbers right, and say that this log of immunity to the soldiers against - from the law. in itself it's wrong. there are in-built safeguards by the indian supreme court, which have to be for those operations carried out in the kashmir or the north-east. >> you said the indian army has a sterling record. how does that vit in with what amnesty recorded more than 800 cases of torture and death of people in army and security forces custody in the 1990s. that doesn't sound like a stirling record does? >> i'm talking about sterling record in comparison to any

army. look at the u.s. the indian army - they don't use air power against insurgence... >> sorry, do you consider 800 cases of torture and it goes on to say hundreds of cases of extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearance, is that stirling regardless of what else anyone else might be doing? >> it is. those are not proof these are amnesty international reports which need to be proved in a court of law. my submission here is that we must look at the overall record of the indian army fighting... >> they say they dispo can't do that -- they can't do that because the army dismisses 96% of cases against it and they never make it to a court of law. >> no, but because there's a law and any country fighting insurgency would have the law. i'm talking about human rights records. these are exaggerated numbers.

as far as i'm concerned and operated and reported from the areas for the last 30-32 years and i don't agree with the numbers. >> thank you now, protesting ferry workers forced the closure of the channel tunnel linking france and england for a second time. the workers are striking over job cuts blocking the entrance and setting fire to tyres. and are threatening to continue their protest since wednesday. calais is a magnet for migrants using it as a jumping off point. laurence lee reports on a french charity stepping in to help those stranded. >> reporter: what do you say about the sight of line of men and women from countries like eritrea and sudan gip food parseless, not in -- given food parcels not in africa, but calla. they cued in the heat for bag. inside, fruit, biscuits and

milk. this ethiopian was going to make it last. >> four days. >> reporter: four days? >> four or five days. >> reporter: this was courtesy of the catholic charity cary tas, islamic belief, more used to emergency work in africa. this is the first time they ever had to do this in france. that is the first time in 35 yeras in existence. they are working on the french territory. for us, it's a failure. to have to work on our own territory. >> much of this is unnecessary if the u.k. allowed some of these people to seek asylum. that's the reason they are stuck in calais after all. there's no chance of that. if people suffering like this in other parts of the world, then the french or british government express concern or offer money.

not here not in calais. the reason why charities are having to do this is the neither the french nor the british government lift a finger. >> many of the men have foot injuries, this man is at risk of losing his foot from infection. without treatment he'd get gangrene this his foot. she's saving your foot. there's something almost religious about this, the hem help some are prepared to give to the dispossessed. the injured man didn't want to show his face. listen to his thoughts. >> human rights, how you say human rights, mean human. either you are black, white, aeroplane, whatever. you are human. you are equal. you are not equal here. >> actually.

we need with other organizations to implepment response to migrants. in terms of food, sanitation as well. >> police keep watch on this, around the camp the diggers move hills to create more and bigger fences to keep the migrants in. dignity is in short supply here. they need to cope with a life without answers. no doubt many on both sides of the english channel will say with bandaged feet and false stomachs makes it easier for them, but such is life in this small hell. the liberian government is taking emergency measures to fight a new ebola outbreak. it had been three months since the last known case in the west african country, nout the government says more cases are

likely. >> reporter: ebola returned to liberia. two months after it was declared teenage boy tide. -- died. >> this sample was taken from a 17-year-old dead body from lower councily. >> reporter: it's devastating news for a country suffering tragic losses. >> 4,800 died there from the virus. that's nearly half. all those set to cross west africa last year. no one knows how the young boy contracted the illness, or who he's been in contact with. there's another mystery, how the virus got there. it's a rural part of the country, over 100km from sierra leone and guinea both saw says of ebola rise. borders are rising. we have borders protected, we

have something going on there. we have not established whether or not this case came from whether or not the country came from across the borders. >> i feel disappointed. if you look at the fraj ilties they make no effort. >> liberia's poorest people have been hit hardest by the outbreak. not only did they suffer the pain of losing family members, they lost vital sources of income. liberians hoped the worst were behind them. their pain may not be over next. >> the united states and cuba plan to seal the renewal of diplomatic ties last year. they announce the reopen of embassies in washington. it will be the first time in 50 years the countries will have diplomatic in additions.

they share a long and complex history. a standoff almost led to a nuclear war. mike viqueira looks back. this was a moment 56 years in the making. the aime handshake between -- april handshake between president obama and his cuban counterpart, raul castro a guest oar of hope. the castros were not always the enemy. in april 1959, three months after completing his revolutionary march from cuba's mountains to the seat of power, fidel castro came to washington hoping for a fresh start and economic help. he met with senators and laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown solder. president eisenhower snubbed him, going on a golfing holiday instead of sitting with castro. things went downhill from there. they took hold and raised taxes

on american goods. the u.s. retaliated slashing trade to cuba. >> and amid-cold war tensions and fear of communism bordering on hysteria they strepingenned. ties. before that, in 1960, president eisenhower already asked the c.i.a. so plant operations to overthrow. fidel castro a debacle followed. the bay of pigs invasion launched about kennedy. >> basically said thank you for the bay of pigs. you transformed us from an aggrieved little country into an equal in the eyes of the world and allowed us to consolidate the revolution. havana and moscow grew closer hatching a plan to build

a missile base on the island. >> this government, as promised maintained the closest surveillance of the soviet military build up on the island of cuba. >> a discovery touched off the cuban missile crisis. two weeks on the brink of nuclear annihilation ending with a deal - the missile sites would be dismantled if united states did not invade cuba. cuban exiles pureed into california, halting castro and moves to take their assets. no american president dared cross the hard line they drew on cuban policy - until now. in secret talks brokered by pope francis, president obama secured the release of american growth imprisoned in cuba for five years. >> welcome home we are glad you are here. >> in change president obama agreed to return the three remaining members of the cuban

five, a band of convicted spies. suddenly, after 56 years the time was right for change. now we have arrived at the moment, that will be president obama's legacy the restore nation of normal diplomatic nations. there's a long road towards normal overall relations, but we have arrived at a milestone today still to come all the latest from wimbledon, with the biggest names in

robin is here we know what that means let's catch up on the football. >> there's plenty to go. argentina are a win away from lifting the copa america for the first time since 1993. lionel messi and company were ruthless in the semifinal with paraguay. we have this report on a 7-goal thriller argentina and their big-named stars new they'd need something special against paraguay and their quest for a title. lionel messi's free kick in the 15th minute got argentina off to an ideal start, setting up roholt for the opening goal. this was the start of lionel messi's night to remember. paraguay managed to pull one

back with lucas barios scoring in the 43rd minute. the finalist from the last tournament very much in contention at the break. but things were about to get worse for paraguay. much worse. manchester united man di maria started a second half of misery. lionel messi once again making a mockery of its defense. argentina in again. a brilliant header by sergio aguero heaped more pain on paraguay. before gone zala finished off the scoring route. 6-1 at full time setting up a showdown with chile. >> translation: hopefully we will win it.

we are very happy. we arrived very well and will play against a good team chile, which has been showing since the first game that it's one of the best. they are playing at home. it will be a difficult match. >> the most important things is to keep good feelings although we did a brave copenhagen people remember the last match. at least we have this opportunity to leave with better feelings a new continental champion will be crowned on saturday. at the women's world cup, the u.s.a. sealed their place in the final sweeping aside 2-time champions. lloyd opening their act with a penalty in the -- account with a penalty in the second. a 2-0 win for the champions facing japan or england for a place in the final. >> we started the tournament saying it would take 23 players,

and, you know coming in scoring the first goal was tremendous. and, you know everybody has contributed, and it's been a collective team performance, but we didn't come here to make the final. we came here to win it. we have to go after it next game. >> translation: i think it was a great semifinal, two strong teams playing against each other. it was at a high level, unfortunately we did not follow through and were not dangerous enough when it came to the goal area. congratulations to the united states last available spot for the world cup fine will be decided later on wednesday. england are the surprise packets at the tournament. aiming to reach the final of this competition for the first time. england against the tournament defending champions japans. they can find comfort in the fact that they are unbeaten in the last three matches against japan. tennis, and more sweltering textures expected at --

temperatures expected at wimbledon. novak djokovic and the other world number one serena williams in action. roger federer, rafael nadal, andy murray and petra kvitova the women's defending champion are through. >> reporter: blue skies over south-west london and last year's women champion back on court. petra kvitova has been overlooked in the run-up to wimbledon. illness keeping her out of the grass court warm up there were signs she wouldn't by. she showed no signs of ill effect. dropping one game winning in 35 minutes. >> it was nice. a little bit quicker. my parents came. 35 minutes - sore to them. i think they were happy anyway that brought roger federer

on to center court earlier than expected. the 7-time champion's he's here to win. he is seeded number two, and can't meet novak djokovic until the final. his opponent damir dzumhur was number 88. he didn't cause problems. in court number one roger federer's sparring partner rafael nadal cruised to a bin over b, luchi. rafael nadal's poor season means he's seated at 10. he could face andy murray in the finals. the first round of the tournament claimed big named casualties simona halep among the highest seeded player to lose in the first round. world number 3 beaten by 106th ranked jana cepelova. making 7 double faupt, 5-7, 6-4,

and 6-3 devote. >> to be honest, i have no rehabilitation. at my first conference, i have no inspection for the tournament. here i am. i knew it would be a difficult tournament. i didn't expect to lose in the first round. they were fighting till the end and aggressive when they could. >> last year's finalists eugenie bouchard were knocked out, losing in straight sets to the chinese qualifier saisal zheng. we'll keep you up to date and on the website, aljazeera.com/sports for the latest. thank you for watch, mo later. >> thank you for that. well you may not have noticed the last minute of june had

61 seconds in it so-called leap second occurring for the first time in three years, adding to comment for the speed of the earth's rotation. charlie angela reports from greenwich in the u.k. >> translation: time, we are losing it, running out of it. now we are gaining an extra second elite second. to keep us in sync with the either's own sense of climb. time to be measured by the rotation. then atomic clocks were invented. vibrations, atoms used to measure time. atomic time is constant. the earth's rotation is slowing down. the two move out of sync by a fractionh day. we add a leap second every now and again. there's consequences of tinkering with crime. computer systems are not programmed to deal with the second, and glips can happen.

satellites and g.p.s. struggle the to cope with the adjustment. at the royal observatory, the home of time keeping, pretigs time is key to society. it's important to any civilisation if you look back to the greeks. measuring time was important for rubbing an urban or agricultural civilisation. it is today. more so. that's why this is an issue, to know how they are keeping track of time. >> reporter: most years the earth runs on time. in an i can't remember the scientist -- year the scientists are vote whether it should stop. it will have no effect. but over many millenia clocks may say it's day when it's dark outside. >> stay with us here on al jazeera, we have a sexual bulletin of news in a couple

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