ern. only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera. >> i'm lauren taylor. coming up a new finance minister for greece, the banks will stay closed for the next two days. the engineer pan and french ministers say they respect the vote in greece. a bomb kills more than 40 people in nigeria. boko haram is expected. and the pope visits thousands of people on his tripp to trip to south

america. >> venus eclipse. >> fears that greek banks could be days away from collapse if a new package of emergency funding is not agreed on. meaning restriction, will continue until then. in the past hour the bailout's euclid also in the past hour, the leaders of germany and france finished a meeting in paris. >> we are going to have to live

with the decision. the question is now what is going to be the reaction of the other 18 countries and how they will react to this vote. i would like to thank you for inviting me here today so we can find a solution. we say that the door is going to stay open and this is the reason why the leaders of the members of the euro zone are going to meet again tomorrow. from. >> translator: time is running out and there is an emergence emergency for the people of greece. emergency credibility and would i say dignity as well. is europe is confronted by this responsibility, it is not just a monetary construction, europe is an he ensemble that are formulated on a construction of europe and the world on freedom openness but also respect. in this europe there is room for

solidarity solidarity's everywhere in europe. there is also responsibility. there's balance between responsibility and solidarity must be the leit motiff of our behavior today and tomorrow. >> first jonah hull reports from the greek capital on the aftermath of the referendum result. >> on this day there is one sentiment above others on the streets. >> i'm proud of my people. i feel proud of my people but also confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. we want a better proposal. >> but pride in greece's defiance of its international lenders isn't enough to avoid the fall. the banks are still shut and without more emergency assistance from the european central bank, they will likely remain so. the 60 euro per person per day

limit will have to be reduced as cash reserves dwindle. if there are signs that a wider duly can be done, to that end the greek finance minister yanis varoufakis who so antagonized the leaders in brussels resigned. but there is no guarantee that his head will be enough to secure a deal. the negotiations are going to be incredibly tough not least because of the ill feeling that's built up between greece and its creditors in recent months. they will be negotiating with wolfgang scheubler hated by many greeks as architect of their pain sucking their blood it says for the past five years. that's hardly the basis for getting along now. something i put to a greek minister. >> within the week, i will not predict it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow but there

is no reason why within the week we cannot exit these very, very dangerous moment not only for greece but for europe. what would that take? it will take mutual compromises. it will take putting at the heart of the negotiations the good of the people of europe and of the european union the stabilities of the european union, other kind of other kinds of priorities and interests that prevaimprevail now. >> reporter: meanwhile the drip drip drip of cash from the banks continues making a bank rescue harder at the minute. >> people want the banks to open and they want a peaceful life and that can only be achieved as part of europe. >> i wouldn't say i'm really positive. i hope they find the solution because i'm really terrified and i don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. >> reporter: greeks are proud and by saying no more, many will feel they've won their dignity

back. but they may not be allowed to enjoy the moment for long. jonah hull al jazeera athens. >> within the last few minutes we've heard from the european central bank that it's going to leave the level of emergency credit to greece unchanged. barnaby phillips in athens joins us live. what does this mean this decision by the ecb ? >> what it means lauren is that the ecb effectively is waiting to find out what happens at that euro summit tomorrow. but they will allow greek banks to carry on surviving on that drip drip drip if you like. however there are details of the ecb's announcement which we're still digesting which don't look so favorable. what they say that they are raising the haircut on the collateral that they will accept from greek banks. i'm sorry to speak so technically but effectively what that means is that they will be

asking for more assets in return from -- in return from greek banks in return for the money which they give them. it's a sign of lack of faith in the finances of greek banks because greek banks are so intricately linked with the greek state. and it means that some greek banks perhaps one maybe more, are even closer to collapse. fortunately, i have an expert with me to discuss all of this. i hope in some comprehensible language for our language. nicholas yorgi kokopolus. thank you for speaking with us. >> thank you for having me. we are living in a very interesting critical time, not only for the greek people but for the greek banking system. as you said before it is very important for the greek banks to first of all maintain their existing liquidity actually by

people after the capital control you have in portion of the economy by 60 euros a day it's actually something that we can all say maintain. but let me tell you something. the greek banks at the moment they don't have more than 6 to 800 million euros left in their amounts. now, with the rhythm that the people are withdrawing moing fromfrom thegreek banking system, after that there are two ways to deal with this problem. as financial risk management i would do two things one i would limit more the limit of the deposits they can withdraw. >> even less than that? >> that's a way or ecb has to make a step i would say a generous step, in other words after the euro group and the summit of the european creditors

tomorrow, they have to increase the ela. if they do not increase the e lamplet that will be a problem for the deposits that the people that can withdraw from the account. >> but in plain english the european central bank is not going to rescue greek banks unless there is that political agreement tomorrow. >> absolutely that's correct. absolutely that's correct. but bear in mind we have had about the increase of the collateral, what does that marine on the television a few minutes ago it means that there's two ways to put more pressure on the greek banking system. ec bferltecb vie the worse case would be to ask back -- and the other thing is to increase the collateral. whether that is simple, you ought to get more money from the euro system, ecb the greek banks they have to give more and

more collateral. guarantees. in other words at the moment the greek banking system it doesn't have more than 20 billion euros left. >> another thing it doesn't have is much time. >> no, it is a limited time. they have to decide soon. actually they had to decide from yesterday if i want to be honest with you. there are two days left and i hope they have an agreement. i have to remind you something. the biggest crisis in the whole world start and ended from financial systems. we have to avoid in order the financial statement to actually collapse. i amount quite optimistic that the ela will be increased after hopefully the summit that they have in brussels, and i hope that the european partners they will allow greece to keep their banking system alive and officially will take some time.

the capital controls will remain for longer time but that's not problem if they increase the limit. >> all right nicholas gorgi cacapolous we have to life it there. a fast moving situation as it has been for several days. bake toback to you lauren. >> thank you. now german be finance minister met with his counterparts in brussels and said greece's finance ministers will have a lard job ahead. >> translator: it will not be easy to find a solution together with colleagues in the euro group. we respect the democratic decision paid in the greek referendum but it has not made greece's situation any easier. >> let's go to paris jacky

roland hasrolandrowland has the story. >> lower the temperature a bit because things had been getting quite heated with all sidespe and germany talk about the greeks burning their bridges and the greeks accusing the germans of strangling their economy. i think fact that the greek finance minister yanis varoufakis is gone. that is definitely an effort on the part of greek prime minister to try to lower the temperature a bit. now we're seeing a more conciliatory language out of ministers after that meeting in paris. they talked about the fact that there is still a channel open for communication. they're inviting the greek government to come forward with new proposals but they underline

those proposals have to be ones that indicate that greece is still serious to stay within the euro and they indicate that those proams would proposals would have to be held within clearly defined parameters. angela merkel talked about solidarity. that the leaders would show other european countries would show solidarity with greece but then she went on to say that she felt the previous proposals the ones rejected in that referendum in greece on sunday had in themselves been very generous. so on the one hand she's indicated that greece will stand -- that the rest of europe will not abandon grease, will notgreece willnot leave greece on its own. but there is no blank check. the meeting between euro group finance ministers and then between heads of state how to

stop the greek crisis from becoming an absolute catastrophe while at the same time not taking any steps that would create a dangerous precedent for other countries within the euro zone. >> and jacky we've heard about the impact that some of these banking controls and lack of money available from some of the cash points is having on ordinary greeks. we know that european central bank aside from that there is some talk of mechanism that they would get some kind of aid in some way. talk us through how that might work. >> well, a number of european officials are now talking if the possibility much humanitarian aid. the imf has said that if greece asks for help then the imf will listen. it's interesting that the language used, we're not talking about banking aid financial aid, economic aid anything that sounds like greece is being let off the hook or is being written

a blank check but the use of humanitarian aid language that would normally refer to the countries of the european union helping a country far away, maybe a country in the developing part of the world or a country that's been hit by either a natural disaster or the consequences of war. but we're actually talking about member-countries within the european union offering humanitarian aid to another country. so very much in tune with this theme of solidarity, that angela merkel mentioned during that news conference and maybe a neat way for the european leaders to side step the idea of breaking the rules making grease an exception which other struggling occurrence haven't had to follow, yet at the same time not creating a situation whereby vital services in greece break down schools shut, hospitals shut power cuts water cuts anything that could further

endanger lives in greece and lead to further social unrest. >> jacky rowland thank you very much indeed. coming up in the next hour, can iran and six world powers agree on a final nuclear deal? also battle on many fronts. are syrian force he launch more air strikes. and the number 1 player. at least 44 people have been killed and 67 wounded in a double bomb attack in central nigeria. the bomb exploded in a crowded muslim restaurant in the center of jos. armed group boko haram.

and just hours before the attacks in jos more than 6 people killed, in be yobe state. people killed poarn 200 in the last week. yvonne ndege has more. >> one of the targets of the attacks in jos was a popular cleric who preached peaceful co-existence between muslims and christians in the area which last been a flash point of religious violence for many years. it is not clear whether he was killed or injured in the attack. we're still trying to establish that. the other blast which happened at a restaurant we're told it was frequented by local politician he and well to do businessmen. now it is unclear what this all means for authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. it comes at the end of days of violence in the region which has seen more than 200 people killed by boko haram.

when the new where president muhammadu buhari was sworn in, he traveled to the g-7 summit and the african union summit in south africa and to the united states to meet u.s. president barack obama where it's expected that nonecy and insurgency insurgency in the north will be discussed. it is not filtering down to communities, communities are not being protected and these attacks for many are just evidence that boko haram is still a force to be recognize on with.

reckoned with. >> in order to reach a zeal on iran's nuclear program finance ministers and leaders are in vienna. our diplomatic deirdre james baysjamesbays is in vienna . >> we've had intense negotiation going on days and days, very often into early in the morning. they are all going to be here, they are all here having meetings. the p-5 plus one is the grouping that's negotiating with iran, that's the five permanent members of the u.n. security council, plus germany. earlier on they had a meeting

among themselves, i'm sure to look at the remaining stick points, their strategy on those sticking points and their negotiating tactics and after that we have the first meeting between p-5 plus one and iran everyone in the same room at this what's supposed to be the final session of these talks. that meeting broke up after just over an hour. we believe it's highly likely that all of them are going to meet again already 8:00 in the evening here in vienna but we're expecting talks to go on until pretty late. >> if they do agree with a deal, there will be push back when they try tell deals at home. >> even if they get a deal you're right a very, very hard sell, there are all sorts of forces that are opposed to this deal. we certainly know what the israeli view is. we know that they are very nervous about this deal in the gulf countries. but i think the biggest problem

and the initial problem will be congress. because as soon as they have done a deal if they manage to get a deal here and that's still not certain then the next phase is it going to capitol hill. now it's interesting that the way congress will look at this depends on the date that they do a deal if they do one. if they do one before the 9th congress gets 30 days to look at it. if they go past the 9th then it's actually two months a longer period double the period 60 days that congress gets to look at this deal and only after that will the u.n. security council get involved. we know that a resolution is up from the u.n. security council is going to be key to ratifying everything in this deal. and we know that actually here be negotiating they are not only looking at a deal they are also pouring over the words of a draft u.n. security council resolution. that work will be done in the coming hours.

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>> reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. in the past hours be top leaders have wrapped up a meeting on the greek debt crisis. and the greek government has sworn in a new finance minister, euclid tsakalotos. replace ugh yanis varoufakis who resigned earlier. let's get more on the top story.

don nickdominic cane. talk about what is significant today and what they're going to do for the greek banks. >> well, lauren i was speaking to someone from the ecb not long ago, they are capping the ela what it stood for the emergency liquidity assistance the cash life line, is capped at the level of a few fridays ago. we understand that is around the region of 90 billion euros. that had been made over a series of occasions. there is physically no more cash. what's slightly worse is the ecb has decided to establish haircuts on the be banks.

thrall that the be slightly harder for banks to draw down money and to lend. it is basically the ecb saying no more money than we agreed earlier and by the way it's a little bit hard are for you now. you could consider that as an admonishment. they're not making it that much harder they are making it slightly hard he for greek lenders because their fear would be if they imposed swinging cuts, they don't want to be responsible for plunging them close to the wall. looking at the decision they have made they are not making any more money available. it does seem a little bit more like an admonishment as it were. >> some of the other countries within the euro zone that are vulnerable, if there is not like a ton contagion or other countries

not being able to pay their debt. >> that's right. clearly they want to make a statement. they want to be very clear that the euro zone is protected, that the euro is a strong currency and something that has been echoed by other leaders. you recall gervelg angela merkel praised the other countries saying they effectively had taken their medicine they had received their bailouts from the ecb and started to get on the right track. even cypress angela merkel said had taken the right medicine and called upon greece to do like wise. the ecb is the next large creditor that requires repayment of 3.46 billion euros on july

the 20th. given fact that the greek government failed to make a payment of around 1.6 billion euros to the imf on july the 2nd, there is considerable doubt whether it will have enough or do it on july the 20th. so in essence the ecb wants on the one hand, people in the ecb have talked about solidarity and helping wherever possible but by the same token they want to be a good afternoon or the of the safety and sol dairlt of the solidarity of the euro. >> dominic kane thank you very much indeed. >> demonstrators had blocked central avenue for two weeks in protest against rising electricity prices. deadline of monday evening to cancel the price rises. in iraq there's increasing concern over civilian casualties

caused by government counteroffensive in anbar province. iraqi faces are trying to push the islamic state of iraq and the levant out of ramadi and fallujah but launching air strikes and be artillery attacks on increasingly populate evidence areas. jane arraf has the story. >> fallujah was one of the first cities to fall to i.s.i.l. and one of the most difficult to recapture. i.s.i.l. is believed to have launched dozens of suicide bomb attacks in the past two weeks across anbar province. iraqi security forces are using air strikes and artillery. killing civilians as well as fighters. the government says it is only targeting i.s.i.l. but some of the victims are clearly women and children. the details are difficult to confirm. hospital he in fallujah and ramadi are controlled by i.s.i.l. iraqi government doctors here

have been pulled out. this i.s.i.l. video appears to show young men said to have been killed when government air strikes hit a gathering on a football pitch on saturday. the defense ministry denies they were civilians playing football saying i.s.i.l. bans the game. medical sources and political leaders say some civilians are being killed by barrel bombs dropped by iraqi security forces. they are band under international law. military leaders here dissent that. >> translator: we are using air force jets and army jets and artillery and other repair size methods. these are our people. they are iraqis. i hear about the use of barrel bombs in the media but there is no such thing i assure you. >> reporter: iraqi commanders say among i.s.i.l.'s tactics are hiding in civilian areas. even if leaders want to leave fallujah and ramadi there are not a lot of places they can go.

because islamic state of iraq and the levant controls so much territory there is only one route out through baghdad where access is title controlled. that leaves tens of thousands of families still in those cities caught between i.s.i.l. and the coming offensive. jane arraf, al jazeera baghdad. launching against opposition fighters near the lebanese border. one of many skirmishes. being mohammed jamjun reports. >> in syria the conflict continues. an unending barrage as fierce as this fire, as suffocating as this smoke. as the violence escalates, a regional threat of spillover from syria has never been so real. on the move still is i.s.i.l. fighting to keep control of

raqqa its main stronghold and to take over hasaka on the border with turkey. on another of syria's borders this one with lebron enron the government is fighting to repel rebels, with hezbollah having entered the fray once more, the fighting has grown fiercer on the ground as syrians drop barrel bombs. running low on weapons rebels in aleppo use what they can. here transforming a gas canister into a bomb. complicating the problem even further the presence of kurdish fighters, until now the most effective fighting force against i.s.i.l. driving deeper towards raqqa kurdish ypg forces are attempting to stop the islamic state of iraq and the levant. more battle lines are drawn and

more fighting fronts are open. as the war in syria gets far more complicated and dangerous every day. mohammed jamjun, al jazeera. >> u.s. defense secretary ash carter says, air strikes on saturday are said to have destroyed 16 bridges around raqqa to help syrian kurdish forces north in their victory. let's speak to patty culhane. how significant are these air strikes patty? >> it was a pretty heavy bombardment in total. u.s. defense department says in one day they conducted 26 air strikes in syria as you engs abouted 18 of those focused on raqqa. 16 bridges and a unit. and the military's describing the campaign this way saying that they need to go after raqqa because it is i.s.i.l.'s in their words self proclaimed capital. they are trying to cut off

basically their ability to move not only around syria but into iraq. it is an uptick in numbers secretary of state issecretary of defense ash carter was asked. and here is his response. >> the opportunity to do that effectively is provided in the case of the last few days by the effective action ton ground. you kurdish forces which gives us the opportunity to support them tactically. and that's what we were doing over the weekend. north of raqqa which is conducting air strikes that limit i.s.i.l.'s freedom of movement and ability to counter those capable kurdish forces. and as it's very important that's the manner in which is

effective and lasting defeat of i.s.i.l. will occur. when there are local forces on the ground that we can support and enable so that they can take territory, hold territory and make sure that good governance comes in behind it. >> is i think there is a lot of speculation especially in the media because of the upi tick in the bombing but also because of what the u.s. president barack obama is doing today. he is actually on his way to the pentagon right now going to be meeting with his joint chiefs to get an update. the white house was asked is he going to come out and make a big announcement, they are indicating no, this is just an update. we do think he is going to come out and make brief comments to the waiting media. we don't thy it will be huge news but we'll monitor it and keep you posted. >> patty culhane thank you very

much. an attack on a niche marketplace, predominantly agricultural area north of the port city of aden. almost half of the individuals killed during the yemen conflict are civilians. >> be the rebels in farc guerillas, government also wants the armed group to agree to legal cases against those involved in the conflict. >> we are open to a serious bilateral and definitive ceasefire even before the peace accords and when we have the peace guarantees the taking of responsibilities on judicial masses and national verification mass he so this doesn't become something of a drudge.

>> agricultural industry is taking a huge financial hit because of the state's ongoing drought. cost the state nearly $three billion this year alone much higher than last year's losses. melissa chafn chan reports. >> our team has been covering the drought ever since governor jerry brown's declares of state of emergency in 2014. the result is a lot worse than the drought last year. university of california davis put out a report that economic loss he are expected to be 2.8 billion and half a billion acres will lie fallow, almost 20,000 jobs will be lost. we talked to a farmer around this is what he had to say. >> other than what is planted in

permanent crops, a lot of research went into what wouldn't take a lot of water in full employment we would be employing 25 to 30 people, presently we have seven people under employment. >> celebrating mass with the pope in the ecuadorian city of guaya coquille. a message about caring for poor and the environment during his service. i'm joined by our latin american editor lucia newman. presumably we were expecting this kind of message from him. >> reporter: lauren he has had several messages. the overall one is reconciliation. but at this first mass which was attended by more than a million people his main message was reconciliation in the family

because the church believes that the family is at risk of disintegrating. this poem has taken more liberal stance towards divorce and towards homosexuality but it does not disagree with for example same sex marriage which has been legalized in many countries in the americas, most recently in the united states. he was focusing on this on the needs of families ostick together to love each other and especially for people to care for each other the old the the infirm and particularly the poor. >> and we understand that he's been involved in politics. has he weighed in on the current political conflict? >> well, this is a jesuit pope and the jesuits since they first began thousands of years ago have been particularly political. and this pope took overy key role for example in the negotiations, the secret negotiations between the united states and cuba. he has also offered to mediate within the colombian conflict so

this pope here is going to talk about in fact he has already mentioned the need for reconciliation amongst men. he called on the ecuadorian government for example to have a dialogue to open a dialogue and to accept a diversity. this at a time when there's a great deal of opposition to the government and there have been many protests in recent weeks. in fact the pope overflew venezuela on hi ways here which as you know is a country that is undergoing tremendous political polarization. he sent a message to venezuela's president asking him to pray for peaceful reconciliation for peaceful co-existence with his people. so he will be focusing on politics. >> why has he decided to go to ecuador rather than his home country argentina? >> he is not going to argentina because there is a an election in the next few months and it is a politically polarized country.

he doesn't want his trip to be focused on by one side or the other. and his countries he is sending the message he wants to acknowledge countries that he has said are considered to be ton periphery of power. >> lucia newman, thank you very much indeed. still to come on the newshour. the confederate controversy continues in the u.s. as politician he in south carolina debate whether to remove the flag from capital grounds. and in sport. who are the winners and losers on a pivotal day in wimbledon? jo has all the news.

>> politician he in the u.s. state of south carolina in the coming hours are expected to debate whether or not to bring down the confederate flag. a symbol of racism. 150 year old controversy. tom ackerman has more. >> you'll find the confederate states insignia flying proudly. you don't have to go far from washington d.c. waves the flag of mississippi in its upper left corner the same crossed bars and stars pattern that aroused so much controversy in south carolina. there the legislature will decide whether to remove the rebel battle standard from the capital grounds. in 2001, mississippi citizens decided by a landslide to leave

their flag unchanged. >> that's going to be talked about again and the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. >> as flimed in the racially insendary silent movie birth of a nation in 1915 the flag stood for the aggrieved southern states as then some southerners still insist their fight against the union was for state sovereignty honor and chivalry not slavery. hollywood flew same flag later in the 1939 blockbuster gone with the wind. while that film romanticized the lost plantation life, it also addressed the folly of america's most lethal war. >> all we've got is cotton and slaves and arrogance. >> reporter: the stars and bars flag was also part of the decor in 1948 that's when southern democrats owned to racial integration, broke away from their party and nominated

their own presidential candidate on a white supremacy platform. today, sons of confederate veterans argue that removing the flag is an inappropriate teem. >> it will dishonor black confederate soldiers. >> most call that a distorted view. offered their freedom but only when their army was close to surrender. today confederate soldiers reenact, reimagine the first battle of bull run in virginia looks different that's because it's the original design, flown during the first stages of the war. before the confederates went on to defeat . in this battlefield where hundreds died from both sides the general who commanded the

victorious confederate troops, but only the banner of the ultimate victor flies. tom ackerman, al jazeera manassas virginia. of the almost 1.4 billion that live in china as few as 1% are foreigners. strategy encourages chinese ex patriots to return. from beijing marga ortigas reports. the first to deliver on the state's english channel one of only 8,000 people who has what's called a green card. this gives foreigners permanent residency with similar rights and access to social services as a chinese national. >> it gives you a feeling of being part of the community. and not having the hasless that ihassles thati used to have where's

your passport, show your passport, that sort of thing. >> only those who made what the government calls exceptional contributions were even considered. it's now easing those qualifications. of the 1.4 billion in china less than 4% are foreigners. they are issued special visas only allowing them to work in a specific job in a specific company for a specific time. the chinese government wants to increase the number of foreigners to at least 10% of the population and the main target is getting chinese immigrants to come home. >> the government realizes they have not just top skills in their profession. but also, they have dges knowledge of chinese language chinese culture chinese business practices to

make them ideal candidates to attract back to china. >> marvin mao came back frommen be the befrom newzealand. >> some say there's so much more it has yet to do to keep all foreigners happy to reside in china. marga ortigas. al jazeera beijing. >> now to jo. >> it's the biggest day from wimbledon, all the big stars remaining in the championships.

novak djokovic andy murray and roger federer were all playing. >> after a sunday rest day wimbledon back with a bang, all 16 found matches in the men's and women's since. and none bigger than serena against venus the clash of the williams sisters leading off in center court. it's the first time they've met in a grand slam since the final here in 2009. serena won that one and her sister slipped to 16 in the seedings 6-4 6-3 was the final score. >> such a great vibe, when we were both so young to dream of coming to wimbledon and not only

did we fulfill our dreams we both won it five times. and that's pretty amazing. i just had an opportunity to reflect on that. >> serena holds three of the four grand slams. it's increasingly likely that she will complete the full set here. maria sharapova 2004 champion took out the defending champion 6-4, 6-4. with djokovic and federer playing later in the day the main draw was andy murray. the home favorite ftc played against ivo karl ovic.ovic. also french open champion, stan

wa wherein iswawhereinwawrinka. >> roger federer last eight straight win over roberto augusta. >> rory mcilroy is in serious doubt. for the brich british open. mbltionmcilroy has nine days since the start of st. andrews. 2018 and 2022 hosting

candidates for break ethics rules, has been banned from taking part in any football related activity for seven years. it's believed to be related to his efforts in trying to secure workplacements for family members at a sporting academy in qatar. he was critical of the country's choice as world cup hosts in his final reports to fifa. well this year's women's world cup is already being seen as a success in raising the profile of women's football and now they've got the numbers to prove it. a record 22 million viewers across the united states tuned in to watch their team beat japan to win this year's trophy. that's more than twice the number of viewers that watched the u.s. win two years ago. carli lloyd had a hat-trick including this stunning goal. a huge crash involving up to

20 riders in the tour de france. temporarily halt the race while the injured retreated. organizers are normally very reluctant to stop racing because of a crash. in this case it meant the first two stages of the race effectively counted for nothing. the 2013 chris froom taking the leader's yellow jersey. huge impact at this year's you're the deyear'syou're the deyear'syear'stour de france. finally has ang african an african team. as its heart the first two

eritreans, presented 50 south african owned team in a's amsterdam. multiple african champion daniel is already a star in eritrea where at the front of a campaign by the team to get more people from all over africa onto a bike. >> more riders, from africa and so many riders in the working hard. i think we can make it for the future. >> why not? if you look at the endurance

running success that this continent has had over the last 30 years. why not cycling. >> it's been a long journey for eritreans to compete to the tour tour de france. one who made that journey in the opposite direction is allen who has kept eritrean traditions alive. >> i'm very proud to see eritreans on the tour. they're the same age as my daughter. it's very different from the races i used to watch at home. >> already made an impact in europe having won a king of the mountains jersey last month. he'll get another chance when the tour reaches the pyrenees. >> third and deciding test match in sri lanka.

his first in test matches and he was joined by former captain unis khan. day 4 in pelekele. on the final day to win the match and the series. some incredible pictures coming up from the final lap of sunday's nascar race in daytona florida.the car you're about to see taking off belongs to american driver awrch austin dillon. the permanent safety fence doing its job. dillon also managed to walk away from the wreckage unharmed. absolutely incredible. that is all the sport for now lauren. >> thank you very much indeed, jo. see you soon. and that's it for me lauren taylor but we'll be back for a full bulletin of influences.

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