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tackle hiking trails on their own. hello. the muslim brother hood in egypt is calling for an up rising against the government. security forces killed 13 muslim brother hood leaders in a cairo apartment on wednesday. >>reporter: as the dead were taken from this morgue in cairo, the families say their lived ones were killed. they said they had been taken into custody earlier in the day. >> they fingerprinted them when they were alive. they were arrested alive and were killed later. they were hit in the head chest, and side with multiple bullets. >>reporter: the egyptian government says the muslim brother hood leaders were killed during the raid because they were fugitives plotting

terrorist attacks. >> i blame the killing on sisi and everyone who supported him and authorized him. i hope they lose their loved ones. >>reporter: the muslim brotherhood became the state's main enemy two years ago and is a designated terrorist organization. thousands have been killed arrested jailed, and sentenced to death including mohammed morsi. the government's ill tolerance is getting ion harsher. the egyptian cap net approved new laws to approve what the president calls terrorism. there is -- blaming the president for the escalating violence. meeting in istanbul some figures

warn against pushing egypt toward civil war. >> we must keep at the scrapings revolution peaceful and drag egypt into -- not drag egypt into internal fighting. this is what they want and we should expose it. >>reporter: one of egypt's biggest security threats is in the sinai, a place the prime minister has said is in a state of war. they have sworn allegiance to isil. it carried out an attack on thursday and more than 100 people were reportedly killed. at the scrapings military has an ongoing security operation in sinai. it has demolished hundreds of homes on the border with gaza and israel to create a buffer zone and to end weapons smuggling. this adds to claims from many residents that they're treated as second class citizens. but it

appears policy is only getting tighter in sinai and across the country. the arab league has called for the quick establishment of a united arab armed forces to confront what it calls terrorism in the region. this suspected members of boko haram have killed dozens of people in northeast nigeria in borno state. the fighters attacked early wednesday evening but because the region is so remote the news has only just emerged. here's this update from the capital of nigeria. >>reporter: a member of the civilian joint task force, ordinary nigerians supporting the military in the fight against boko haram has told al jazeerana when this attack took place, soldiers were some 11 kilometers away but they did not respond to calls for help and rescue. now, we put this allegation to the military and are awaiting a

response. on other details, news agencies are reporting that this attack happened just at the breaking of fast period. it's the holy month of ramadan. many caught up and killed in the violence were literally worshipping when they were gunned down. we're also told that boko haram came with about seven vehicles and nine motorcycles. now, so far the security services have not commented on the details of these reports and the emergency services have been unable to say what they're doing to try and treat those caught up in the violence. this is a blow obviously to the new government that came to power on a campaign of trying to defeat boko haram. much diplomacy has gone into a strategy to defeat the group. the you president who's only been in power for the past month has traveled to neighboring countries to meet leaders there to talk about strategy.

he's also been to the g7 meeting in germany with the issue of boko haram and the african union summit and attend of july he'll go to the united states to meet barack obama around the 20th of july and it's believed the issue of security in the region will be on the table for discussion. there is a sense, however, the impact of all this is not being felt on the ground if the details of these reports are accurate and boko haram is still a forced to be reckoned with the united nations has revealed more evidence that children in syria are being sexually abused forced to fight. some images may be disturbing. >>reporter: this girl just lost her parents when a barrel bomb hit their house. he's among the 14 million children affected by the war in syria.

many more like her are not only facing death but also abused and exploited. out of the 38 children detained by syrian authorities, half of them were subjected to torture and the number could be much higher. it's also documented allegations of sexual violence against children by syrian government forces and pro government groups and some believe children are targeted on purpose. >> most of the times, they are targeted. on one hand of course because they're very vulnerable but also it's really too fragmented and destroyed a society that that has been the focus of the conflict. >>reporter: children are frequently arrested at checkpoint and schools like this boy who was picked up for a pro freedom song on his phone. he's questioned and beaten repeatedly. activists say this is a common practice in contested areas.

isil is believed to have child soldiers, some as young as 8 years old. it's imprisoned nearly 500 and uses them as suicide bombers and informants. there are three child training camps and hundreds of boys are indoctrine nated. rights groups say it's in violation of international humanitarian law. syrian children have also been forced to neighboring jordan turkey iraq. >> if the youngest grow up in this violence then the danger is that this violence will spread out to many different conflicts. if we don't act quickly, those children cannot have a healthy

life and they cannot become healthy psychologically and physically. so it's a really urgent matter. >>reporter: but there's nothing urgent about the syrian conflict now in its 5th year where thousands of children continue to bury their parents and lose their homes and schools. the world food program is warning that essential aid is not getting through to southern yemen because of a deteriorating security situation in aden. as many as 21 million people need help many of them children the search is continuing for survivors from a ferry that capsized in the philippines. 35 are confirmed dead. it overturned about one kilometers from land shortly after setting sail. the coast guard is looking for 20 more people from the 289 people on board. liberia has confirmed a new

case of ebola. hundreds of school students scuffled with police during protests not to keep schools open over the summer so they could catch up on school time last during the owe -- lost during the ebola crisis bp has agreed to pay $18 billion to settle legal actions over the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010. 4.2 million barrels of oil spewed into the gulf for three months after the explosion on the oil rig. it was the first environmental disaster in the history of the u.s. and claimed the lives of 11 workers. on the thursday settlement louisiana will receive the largest share of the money, $6.8 billion. the payments will be made over the next 18 years. >>reporter: remember the time president barack obama called

this the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history when the deep water horizon rig exploded in april, 2010, 11 workers were killed and for -- sidelines watch as engineers tried to figure this out. it really decimated communities along the gulf coast, fishing, restaurants, and terrorist hot spots were deeply affected. -- tourist hot spots. the fine will be divided between those states and paid out over 18 years. take louisiana, the worst affected state during that crisis. it will get about half a billion dollar for year for 18 years and spend that money on various projects. louisiana has already launched a huge project on coastal erosion so it will make a big difference. the louisiana attorney general saying this is a defining moment

for the families and communities affected. bp themselves say these fines are manageable over the next 20 years or so. you only have to look at the share price on the market today, up by 5% and still rising. environmental groups reacting saying this sends a strong message to oil companies to explore oil deep water oil in the gulf of mexico that this kind of behavior will simply not be tolerated. >> warnings that greece will need another 50 billion euros over the next three years to stabilize its finances. the prime minister has been trying to reassure the public and says he expects there to be a new bailout deal with international creditors within 48 hours of the referendum. that's unlikely to bring as much relief for those struggling with a cash crunch. >>reporter: gasping for air, greece is being strangled by a standoff with international

lenders that's forced banks to close leaving people struggling to meet their daily needs. in this economy, no one's giving credit. cash is king. and it's never been so scarce. there are lots of people here the fish seller explains but few are buying. they cannot afford to. >> why have they closed the banks? we're in euro. without greece there is no euro. europe is one. >>reporter: the news is not good from bad to worse to terrifying. the headline here talking about the possibility of depositor haircuts losing between 27 and 55% of the money you hold in the bank. in a diminishing economy, perhaps even a diminishing country, even the newspaper is getting smaller. there's an apology on the editorial page here that they're running out of paper to print it on. could this be the answer to greece's problems? it's the country's first bitcoin

machine. with some 150 new registrations each day this week the virtual currency is being seen by some as a safe haven for their money out of the banks and beyond the reach of creditors. >> it's something very new in greece but i believe that because it exists in transactions are made around the world that it's something stable and i believe it may catch on here. >>reporter: there may be less paper for newspapers but there's paper enough for posters ahead of this weekend's referendum. no to more austerity, yes to a future free of bank queues inside the european union. the choice seems clear but the politics are not. at a bus stop there are angry words. politiciansal are all corrupt says this man. facist shouts another. >> they're all dirty, all of them. >>reporter: particularly anger

is aimed at the architects of austerity. he's drunk your blood for five years says this poster. the message for germany could well be no more. still ahead on the program, targeted for speaking out, disturbing new levels of political violence in brundi. >> and new opportunities or risky business? athe challenges facing investors in cuba.

egypt's muslim brotherhood is calling for an up rising against the government after security forces killed 13 of the group's leaders in cairo. >> fighters from boko haram have killed at least 80 people in northeastern nigeria. and bp has agreed to pay $18.7 billion in damages to the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010 >> results are still coming in from brundi's election as violence in the country continues to escalate. opposition members boycotted the election and now police are cracking down violently on critics of the president. this report contains disturbing images. >>reporter: bereceive bereaved family members are mourning after the death of a family member. in the chaos, other people were killed and the police say the

suspect got away. witnesses don't want to be seen talking to journalists. they say the police are lying. >> the police were firing from outside the gate. one of them jumped over the gate and opened it for the others to get in. then they started firing at everyone. >> there has been so much death and misery since the president announced he is running for an unconstitutional third term two months ago. >>reporter: you can see the bullet holes. we're told when the shooting started, a man and two children ran inside and they closed the door. grenades were thrown inside and they exploded. everyone was killed. human rights officials from the u.n. promise to investigate what happen here. the police say some militant police supporters are armed. >> we have civilians with smuggled weapons. so far we have eight

kalishnakovs and bullets and grenades. >>reporter: opposition leaders deny this. protests against the president has died down because of a heavy security crackdown but number of those killed is rising. a deal still has not been reached at the iran nuclear talks but parties agree there's been some progress. iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week on tuesday to reach an agreement. >>reporter: in a break in the intense negotiations the iranian foreign minister appeared on the balcony of the luxury hotel, once an austrian palace where the talks are being held. >> are you confident you can get

a deal? >>reporter: i have to be hopeful were his words. there was a succession of motorcades as foreign ministers from post of the p5 plus 1 of the six countries negotiating with iran headed back to vienna all with a similar message. >> we're not at a break through moment yet but the work is continuing and we'll do whatever we need to do to keep the momentum. >> we're moving forward. not there yet but we're moving forward. it's going well. >>reporter: but with the interim agreement with iran extended and now due to expire at the end of tuesday, the foreign minister gave a comment. >> i think there is high possibility but still i need to consult with my colleagues. >>reporter: western diplomats say they're hopeful they can still get a deal before the seventh of july however, one

senior iranian official says such deadlines are artificial and they'll continue to negotiate until they have a good deal. a court in france has rejected the suspension of the national founder from his own party. he had been suspended by his daughter and current party leader. she was unhappy when he described the holocaust as just a detail of history. >>reporter: the feud within the family reads a bit like the plot of a greek tragedy. an ambitious daughter eliminating her father in order to gain absolute power. well, of course, here in france no one is actually being killed although it's been a political fascination at least with attempted assassination since she's taken over the national front she's been trying to make

the party respectable and main stream at least in appearance. and she found that her father and some of the remarks he made were in fact a liability most recently he sought to minimize the holocaust describing it as a detail in history. her attempt to strip him of the title as honor rare president has backfired. that suspension has been reversed. so a victim for the father but probably only short lived. at the moment the national front is organizing a postal vote by its members with proposals to reform the party making a number of changes including abolishing this position of honorary president. despite better relations between the u.s. and cuba washington says it will draw the

line at handing back guantanamo bay. he's been leased by the united states since 1903 for use as a military base. cuba says relations cannot be completely normalize until the united states gives up that lease. business leaders are heading to cuba like never before. >>reporter: it's still called the hershey train, the train that goes to and from the town named in 1916 after its founder, the american chocolate magnate, milton hershey. he built the town for his workers and built a sugar refinery. >> this man remembers as a child he only spoke english. his family had come to hershey

from jamaica to put cane when sugar was king. >> now it's all over. there is no more sugar production. they closed the refinery and when they did that the town was finished. >>reporter: hershey is indeed a shadow of its former self. the refinery once cuba's largest, is now being dismantled. but all that could change with the imminent renewal of diplomatic ties between cuba and washington and cuba is suddenly a magnet for visiting foreign dignitaries and foreign investors interested in possibly making all this come back to life. ♪♪ >>reporter: in the last month, it's been a nonstop pilgrimage from the french president and the head of the russian parliament to european and asian foreign ministers all accompanied by business executives eager to position themselves in cuba before the

americans move in. it's as though a curtain has been lifted. >> because the empire has blessed us in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, when the united states announced in december that it wanted good relations with cuba it took away the fear that so many people and leaders had about doing business with cuba. >>reporter: but while the level of interest is unprecedented, moving towards normal diplomatic ties and taking cuba off the list of state sponsors of terror, is not enough >> it's still a country subject to an embargo that's legislated elevating the level of compliance and risk. so cuba is not there yet in a cost benefit analysis. >>reporter: it's not just american companies that are cautious as the french president complained that foreign companies are still sanctioning

companies that do business with cuba and the u.s. like so many other things in cuba, become a thing of the past. and eventually melt away. new technology is opening up the country side to visually impaired people. a revolutionary phone app is using gps to act as the eyes for blind hikers. successful tests have already taken place in the mountains of northeastern france. >>reporter: an innovative phone app is helping these hikers navigate mountain trails on their own. the app gives them specific directions so they can walk up and downhills, a new and exciting experience. >> i've never done anything like that. it's a completely different experience than just hill walking and it's really the

sensations are amazing. >>reporter: five people tested out the app named after the french word for hiking it will it's one of a number of phone apps on the market to help hikers follow trails or record routes. they use global positioning system or gps which bounces signals off satellites in space to navigate on earth. it's the same technology many drivers use in their cars to work out where they're going. but it also uses something called an -- calculate position and considering things such as air pressure which dictates at attitude. all while the phone is moving with the hiker walking along a trail in all different directions. volunteers from the french hiking federation mapped obstacles on this route beforehand. some of the blind walkers needed help from those who have partial sight.

the technology is going some way to giving them autonomy. >> ultimately the goal is for them to decipher their own environment. >>reporter: 26 kilometers trail run along side athletes who can see normally. researchers say the next step is to work out how to make the system work even without gps and to help more blind or partially sighted people realize there's a whole new hiking world out there. a shock upset at wimbledon with rafael nadel getting knocked out of the tournament by dusten brown in round two. he has spent the past year

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