target is a four-inch square satellite. i'm stephanie sy. thanks for watching. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, and welcome to the news hour i'm martine dennis in doha, and these are our top stories. more boughts over a rescue deal for greece as euro zone ministers meet in brussels. the banks are down to their last reserves of cash time is running out to save them from collapse. also ahead, world powers give themselves more time to try to strike a deal over iran's nuclear program. plus . . .

the battles of south sudan, an exclusive report on the rebel forces fighting to bring down the government. >> an australian sport has been plunged into a racism controversy after comments by an olympic swimming legend. >> if they don't like it go back to where their fathers or their parents came from. we don't need them in this country if they act like that. >> dawn frazier called a blatant racist by nick kurios. but first these are crucial hours for the future of greece's economy, but there's no sign of progress towards a new bailout deal. euro zone finance ministers meeting in brussels are trying again to forge an agreement over what cuts greece will make in return for billions of euros in loans. the ministers have said they

want serious proposals from greece, but in the end, they have had nothing in writing so far, and it could hardly be more urgent. the banks are said to be on the verge of running out of cash. as the european central bank tightens access to these vital emergency funds. >> we listen to our new greek colleague after welcoming him to the euro group. his assessment of the situation, and what the results of the referendum would mean to the greek government. he has not yet presented new proposals, but he will first of all send us quite quickly a new letter requesting support. and following that he will present proposals from the greek side on what the substance would look like. >> we have got reporters in both athens and brussels. jonah hull is in the greek

capitol, and jacky rowland is in brussels. let's go first to jackie. jackie hearing from the leaders, it sounds as though the greeks still haven't presented their plan. >> reporter: no, and it sounds like it could be at least another 24 hours, one euro zone official has mentioned the idea that maybe the greeks will put forward those proposals on wednesday. so not even certainly on wednesday, but we're hearing that the greek prime minister is now due to appear at the european parliament on wednesday. he's due to take part in a debate in a mrener rare session of the european parliament along with the president of the european council, and the president of the commission, and one wonders really what all of

these debates are about, since in fact senior leaders of the euro zone including chancellor merkel and president hollande have said all we can do is wait for the greek proposals. everything they have offered so far has been rejected notably the latest package was rejected by the whole of the greek electorate on sunday and euro zone leaders are saying we now need the greeks to come forward with new proposals to get us out of this situation, and they really have underlined the urgency, because in less than three week's time $3.8 billion needs to be paid to e.u. institutions. so time is of the essence, and yet the days and hours are ticking by and still no new news on what the greeks may be putting forward.

>> is there a sense in athens today of the urgency of the situation as jacky has just outlined? >> reporter: among greeks martine, i think there is very much a sense of urgency, they may not understand all of the technical aspects of it but they are certainly well aware that things have really gone to the fire now. not in five years has anyone here seen such dramatic events of those of the last week not just the referendum, but the referendum taking place in the context of banks which have been shut by the government to avoid the possibility of a disastrous cash run. the greeks have been told the banks would open today, but because the european central bank on monday declined the request for additional emergency funding, the government has said the banks will be shut until thursday, but there's no reason to believe they can or will open on thursday. cash reserves are desperately

low as people take out those drip drip drip amounts of 60 euros at a time day and night. we're told that one of the four big banks could collapse all together in the coming days and in the meantime the economy is on its knees. businesses can't play suppliers, importers can't import raw materials. people are being laid off all over the place. so there is no doubt as to just how urgent the situation is. >> okay. thanks for that. jonah hull live in athens. from one critical situation, perhaps to another because talks between six world powers and iran over its nuclear program are now due to go beyond tuesday east deadline. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief says negotiations will continue over the next few days to try to reach a deal. the world powers want iran to prove it is not building a

nuclear weapon in return for the lifting of sanctions. >> we are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. it does not mean we are extending our deadline. i told you one week ago, more or less, we are interpreting in a flexible way our deadline, which means that we are taking the time, the days that we need to finalize the agreement, which is something that is still possible, even if now we're getting into the difficult time. james bayes is in vienna and has been covering this latest stage of talks. in fact you have been covering the whole process of talks, haven't you james? we were talking about the critical situation in brussels and athens. it is critical in vienna as well. >> i think it is. because this was, again, supposed to be the day of the final deadline. instead we have dead lock so they have had to extend things yet again. most of the foreign ministers,

some are saying including the u.s. secretary of state and the iranian foreign minister, more of the others are now returning to their capitols while experts and negotiators continue their work here. just before he left the french foreign minister described the atmosphere in these negotiations. >> translator: the iranian nuclear talks are as we have predicted, not easy. there have been periods of tension, but the negotiation continue. we are insists especially on necessary limitations on nuclear research and developments sanctions and the reestablishment and the possible military dimensions of past iranian nuclear work. >> so it sounds as if they still have a huge amount of work to do, james. >> reporter: quite a bit of work to do. there are according to the russian foreign minister who briefed russian press at a special news conference just for them eight specific items that

need to be dealt with. considering this is massive agreement that is -- most of it already written, the fact that there are only eight clauses that need to be sorted shows they have done a great deal of work, but when you come to the end, you leave the most contentious parts to the end. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has said he is prepared to walk away from these negotiations, but he is clearly knot ready to walk away now. and that's why they are extending. they are not giving a new deadline, but the interim deal with iran would have run out on tuesday, right now, so they have extended the interim deal until friday, and i'm sure some will seize on that as a new deadline. >> right. for now, james, thank you very much. i'm sure we'll be talking to you frequently over the coming days. there's a lot more to come

including any fight against isil what progress has the u.s.-lead coalition actually made against the group in syria. i'm in gaza where children's charities say young people are still traumatized by last year's war, and live in constant fear of another conflict with israel. and in sport, while the victory party is only just getting underway for these world cup-winning footballers. ♪ now four years after south sudan was created the world's newest country remains in the grip of civil war. there's no apparent progress on peace talks but al jazeera has been inside rebel-held territory. south sudan gained independence in july 2011 following a peace deal tend to what was then africa's longest running civil

war, but a new war broke out in 2013 after a power struggle between the president and his deputy. since then more than 1.5 million people are internally displaced. last month rebels captured the capitol of the upper nile state, an important oil center. the town has been retaken by the army but much of the town remains in rebel hands. here is our exclusive report. >> reporter: these are south sudan's rebel fighters. the sudan people's liberation army in opposition. they just came from the trenches in the east. it has taken them four days through the swampy jungle to get here. we saw young boys among them. unicef says there are around 12,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict, but army

commanders here say some of the children we saw had been separated from their families. >> that doesn't mean that they are soldiers. they are just coming with the soldiers together to join their parents. yeah. but all in all, we do not accept that. and we abide with all of the convention of geneva on the child soldiers. >> reporter: the fighters are tired but upbeat. they sing songs of battle and victory. ♪ >> reporter: they have been fighting forces from the government in juba for about 18 months now, and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields. the rebels have joined forces with the local militia there, which was allied to the government until recently. ♪

>> translator: we are not fighting for control of world or oil of south sudan. we are fighting the bad rule. he wants to rule the country with an iron fist. >> reporter: they are eager to display some of their weapons. they showed us some of their heavy weapons like this and the light weapons as well and lot tsz of ammunition. sudan has often been accused of providing weapons to the rebels but they deny that and so have the rebels who say most supplies come from the south sudanese government. >> translator: we're not getting support from sudan or anywhere. if we were we would have won this war a long time ago. we use what we capture. it's the other side getting support from uganda and militias from susan. these fighters are heading to another front line position. they say they are fighting for a cause they leave?

. catherine soi, al jazeera, in rebel-held south sudan. the leader of the rebel forces is a former vice president of south sudan, and he has been speaking us to here at al jazeera and he told us the opposition wants a power sharing deal with the president. >> translator: we don't recognize the extension, because [ inaudible ] the president who extend his life span was already expired. so we do not recognize the extension. we believe that there shall be constitutional crisis in south sudan. as for the peace talks, we have laid down our position. we want a federal system installed in the country. we want reforms, we wanted a quit security agreement. we would want compensation. we would want also fair power

sharing in the agreement. >> we have also been hearing from the government. the foreign minister of south sudan says even though the rebels have taken over some towns, the government remains in control. >> we have got ten states in the republic of south sudan. seven states are under complete quiet. in the towns -- the states of upper nile the government controls all of the major towns and areas, the rebels only are in some few counties not more than three or four counties out of those three states. so the country is completely under government control the system is running. the structures and everything are running in south sudan today. so i can tell you, yes, the government is in control, controlling the insurgency. that's what is going on. it's true that in those areas where rebels have violated thesis thesis thesis -- the cessation of host

illties that's how the civilians get caught in the cross fires. there has been an explosion in nigeria. at least 20 people are thought to have been killed. on monday 44 people died after a bombing. alshab has claim claim -- al-shabab has claimed responsible for an attack that killed at least 14 people. the attack happened close to a military base. now the u.s. defense secretary, ash carter is facing a senate committee to defend the coalition's campaign against isil and its $2.9 billion price tag. on monday president obama said the effort against isil was being stepped up and insisted it was make progress. we can go live now to rosiland

jordan, our correspondent in washington, d.c. so what kind of questions is ash carter likely to get? >> reporter: well martine the secretary of defense has already been getting some pretty tough questions, particularly from republicans on the senate armed services committee. they are very concerned that the u.s. military and its coalition partners have not done enough militarily to try to stop the spread of isil across the middle east. they say that they see evidence that isil is trying to retake as many communities, both in syria and iraq as possible as well as trying to extend its influence to other places notably to egypt and libya. however, the defense secretary stressed as well as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, that it's not a matter of the u.s. military trying to resolve the problem or the threat of isil that it really comes down to what the iraqi military is

willing to do and what moderate syrian opposition fighters inside that country are willing to do as well. >> that's interesting, because we have learned a little more detail about what the u.s. is doing with regard to the situation in syria. because of course there has been a huge amount of ambivalence, hasn't there, as to how to approach the difficulty of syria. >> reporter: that's right. because one the u.s. has said time and again that it's not going to deploy any u.s. ground forces inside syria, because it does not have a working relationship with the syrian government. there are diplomatic relations, but all for intents and purposes the u.s. and syria aren't talking to other. so the problem is the u.s. is trying to train members of the moderate syria opposition. they had hoped for upwards of 7,000 fighters trained at this point. but as of right now they have

only trained about 60, 6-0, that's far less than what the u.s. military had anticipated. but ash carter told the members of the panel that they are trying to do extremely rigorous screening of these potential fighter fighters, because they don't want to make the mistake of providing weapons and training to members of isil who are undercover or others who might try to take advantage of the situation inside syria. so they are hoping to get more trained, but when the secretary of defense said 60, that certainly raised a lot of eyebrows here on capitol hill. >> okay. thank you very much. now legal sources say the egyptian military has launched new air strikes in north sinai. the military is targeting sinai province fighters who are linked to isil. these are pictures that

purportedly show that attack. saudi arabia has arrested three brothers on charges of being linked to a suicide bombing on a shia moss income kuwait last month. dozens were killed at the moss income kuwait city shortly after friday prayers. the brothers haven't been named. a spokesman said there is a fourth brother who is with isil in syria. now to yemen where there has been more fighting in the southern city of aden. 19 houthi fighters and 5 local resistance fighters were killed. there have been clashes since sunday to recapture an area in the city which fell to the houthis earlier. and doctors in aden are saying that at least 260 people have died in mosquito born infectious diseases in recent

weeks. these diseases are spreading because of the sanitary conditions. civic services have come to a hult because of the fighting. and elsewhere the rebels are stopping food and medicine from being delivered to the cities. hospitals are running out of medicine, fuel is also in short supply. the afghan government says it sent a peace delegation to pakistan for talks with the taliban. the armed group, though says it is not aware of any talks taking place in pakistan. earlier in the day the taliban struck twice in the afghan capitol. arm men attracted in the eastern part of kabul, while a suicide bomber targeted a nato convoy. nato says none of its soldiers were killed. children in the gaza strip are still struggling to cope with the trauma of last year's

50-day bombardment by israel. tens of thousands were left homeless. from gaza our correspondent reports. >> reporter: it was a moment during last year's war in gaza that few have forgotten, a group of palestinian children playing football on the beach targeted by israel missiles. israel says it mistook them for hamas fighters instead four children were killed all from the same family. this 12 year old survived the strike that day but suffered serious injuries. he never plays football on the beach anymore. saying it is just not the same without his brother and three cousins who died. his mother tells uls he hasn't been the same since that day and he has even tried to take his own life. >> translator: he suffers from constant seizures now. he is always fighting with

everyone. and sometimes breaks the furniture. it has become so hard for us to control him. we have had to take him out of school. >> reporter: across gaza there are drop-in centers like this where children can come in and share what they feel. according to save the children around 90% of parents here report that their children suffer from constant fear and that around two-thirds say they are worried about another war with israel. this 12 year old draws a picture of when israeli missiles hit her family's home. they now live in a tent in the ruins of what was once their house. >> translator: i am sad because there is no safety here. co don't get to live like children in other countries. they feel safe but we never feel safe in gaza. >> reporter: the effects of last year's war is clearly still taking its toll but the trauma has a wider impact. most children over the age of nine have now lived through

three wars with israel and it's continuing economic siege. this is the head of the united nations children's charity unicef in gaza. she says the challenges facing young people here are enormous. >> children need to feel a sense of stability and security within their families and at home. that requires a roof over their heads, and that they have true options for their future to look forward to. >> reporter: but the future of gaza's children remains uncertain, which is why so many year feel the only thing they can be sure of is yet another war with israel. all right. that's the situation particularly pertaining to the children of gaza. now let's look at some other aspects. karl is of the norwegian refugee council and joins us live from gaza. you have undertaken a review of

conditions in gaza one year on from the bombardment from israel for 50 days. so many people lost their homes. what is the situation now? what did you find? >> well the situation is that you have more than 12,600 homes that are -- that were completely destroyed and none of them has been rebuilt over the last year. 100,000 people are still homeless. many have run out of savings. they are not being reached by aid funding because the funding is drying up one year after the war, and they are either living in tents, in makeshift shelter, in the scorching heat of summer and the brutal winter we had last january, so it's really a deteriorating situation for these people more than 85,000 houses were quite heavily damaged and are also still waiting for basic construction

materials to come in. there's only a trickle of cement coming in -- >> why -- >> from our calculations it would take a good 60 years to rebuild. >> why aren't those construction materials coming into gaza? >> well there is a huge bottleneck. let's remember even before the war of a year ago, there was a huge demand for housing in gaza but because of the blockade eight years of blockade which restricts every aspect of life anything that comes in and goes out of gaza there has been a huge backlog for housing. so the actual materials coming in are extremely rare. the -- israel has allowed very small amount of cement and iran and steel that are going to projects funded by international

aid agencies, but you also have businesses and families waited for that material to come in to be able to repair. a lot of families who's houses weren't completely destroys are still living in houses with gaping holes in their walls, and they can't rebuild. >> and the israelis say they monitor very closely what goes into gaza for fear that those kinds of materials that could be used falling into the wrong hands as they would see it and then being used in weapons against them. >> absolutely. that's the mechanism that israel has agreed to with also the palestinian side. and that's an example of where there is a will there is a way. the blockade is part of the underlying route causes of this conflict including the occupation of palestine, and unless the route causes are taken care of we are likely to

see this constant cycle of violence. three wars in six years. a 7 year old, today has been through three wars already. that's something nobody could be going through. >> karl thank you very much indeed for talking to us. still to come here on the al jazeera news hour we us visit cuba's crumbling coastline as pressure grows for more to be done on climate change. plus thousands gather in the ecuadorian capitol where pope francis is about to celebrate mass. we'll be live there. and in sport find out if pakistan's cricketers can produce a record-breaking effort to win their series with sri lanka.

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ministers had ended without a proposal from the greek side. greece is expected to ask for loans. talks between six world powers and iran over its nuclear power he go beyond tuesday's deadline. negotiations will continue over the next few days to reach possible break through. the interim nuclear deal which was set to expire has now been extended until friday. rebels in south sudan has told al jazeera they will fight until the president is overthrown. the u.n. says the number of people displaced by the civil war has risen above 150,000. let's go back to our top story, and that is the situation affects greece. it's a debt crisis primarily, isn't it? and the banks are still closed. we have seen all of the queues outside the cash machines as people try to get whatever cash they can. but the bank closures are also

causing real damage to the wider economy. as barnaby phillips reports businesses are struggling to cope. >> reporter: at the foot of this mountain, christos worries about the coming weeks. his grapes are ripening fast under the sun. if they are not picked in september, they will be ruined and so will he and right now, he can't get money from the banks to pay his suppliers. >> translator: time is precious. we need to make payments quickly. soon the harvest starts and then everything needs to happen. all our hope is that a solution be found very soon. >> reporter: wine is one of greece's oldest industries. he inherited his vineyard from his father but needs more than generations of expertise to save it now. almost everything here apart from the grapes themselves is

imported, the glass these barrels come from france even these corks come from portugal and this shows why greece would face such a difficult time if it was kicked out of the euro zone because even a successful business like this one is heavily reliant on imports that would suddenly become much more expensive if greece left the single currency. a factory on the edge of athens the machinery dates from the 1950s. it has been lovingly maintained and still works just fine. this is also a family inheritance. this man makes socks. but he too is dangerously reliant on banks that have been closed for a week half now. >> translator: last week i tried to send money abroad to buy raw materials but it was not possible. the raw materials has never arrived. we have not received a single order, and we can't pay back any

of our debts or loans. >> reporter: the last five years have been difficult enough. he had already laid off 25 workers, and cut production right back but now he and all of greece's struggling industries are in a new and dangerous situation. barnaby phillips al jazeera, athens. a former member of the governing council of the european central bank joins us now from london. are you seeing many similarities between the situation in greece now and that which affected your country, cyprus just a couple of years ago? >> clearly there are some similarities, but there are also important differences, and the differences, i think are greater than the similarities. the situation in greece is a little more severe than it was in cyprus. when they closed the banks down in cyprus people were still able to withdraw 300 euros per

day from atm's, and the atm's never ran out of cash. in greece it's 60 euros per day, and there are reports that atm's are running out of cash. we never had as severe of liquidity problem, and there was strong movement towards an agreement with euro group early on, and in fact we closed the banks down because the euro group and the cyprus government asked us to do that at the time they wanted to post a levy on deposits at the time then that levy didn't go through parliament, and we kept the banks closed until there was an agreement, and also to take the resolution measures involved as a result of that agreement. >> i remember -- >> of course we then were able to reopen the banics. >> i remember the height of the crisis for cyprus even the orthodox church offered to sell off its assets to help the

national cause, didn't it? do you think the greeks have done enough in terms of selling off their state assets, which has been demanded of them for several years now. >> well i don't think today is the time for the blame game. i think they should all try to reach a compromise because i think everyone -- everywhere in the world really not just in greece or the euro area stands to lose if there is no such agreement. exit of greece from the euro is easier said than done. the economy is already paralyzed from the banks being closed. and the banks really will not reopen unless there is an agreement or a new currency and that as i said is easier said than done. so i think we should all hope and encourage leaders to come to

an agreement that is so necessary for greece to recover and be able to repay it's debts. >> gen it wasn't that long ago, that leaders were openly talking about the possibility of cyprus your country leaving the euro zone, and that is exactly what is being discussed now with greece. so much pressure on the greek finance minister and the prime minister who is in brussels. what does he need to lay on the table, which would satisfy the euro zone? which would be considered a good deal? what does he need to do? >> well clearly, you are quite right that in tsipras, we did face -- we were very close to a euro exit. if there was no agreement we would have had euro exit in

march. but the greek government has its own idea about what it wants to do in terms of reforms and austerity measures, but they obviously don't want to have more of it. they have been having a lot of austerity in the last five years and they feel they cannot take more. but they should come up with a plan for very deep structural reforms that would help the greek economy to grow and -- and so that they are able to repay their -- their debts. so that's what is required of them, plus of course they have to have sound public finances and to be honest with you, it looks like they were focusing mostly on additional taxation their measures -- their fiscal measures were focusing on additional taxation europe wants to see more done on the expenditure side so a balance needs to be found there, between expenditure cuts and additional

taxation that would allow the economy to grow so that is really what is required here growth. >> thank you very much indeed for talking to us here at al jazeera. the united nations is voting on a resolution which condemns the killing of 8,000 muslim men and boys 20 years ago. the resolution was drafted by the united kingdom and describes the deaths as a genocide. meeting comes days after the bosnian serb leader called the genocide a lie. a minute of silence has been held across britain ten years on from the july 7th terrorist attacks in london. people gathered at the tube stations which were attacked to remember those who died. 52 people were killed as well as the four bombers on three tube trains and one bus. the prime minister david cameron, and the major of london

lay wreaths at the 7-7 memorial. leading environmentalists from around the world are meeting in paris to prepare a new push for a deal on climate change. last week the u.s. china, and brazil raised hopes by committing themselves to new climate change goals, but as our environment editor nick clark reports from cuba, the warning signs continue to accumulate. >> reporter: there are those who doubt the reality of climate change, this isn't one of them. he tells me he has lived here most of his life on the north coast of cuba the town's coastal strip has been eaten away by the advancing ocean. and every time there is a storm, a little more is lost. this -- community has been consumed. >> translator: buildings like this one has been affected.

the entire coastline has changed. in the 70s, this was a school until the sea eroded its foundation and it collapsed. >> reporter: scenes like this are becoming more evident across the world, and they are responsible for an increasing momentum in the effort to deal with global warming. the pope will visit cuba in september and has recently warned of the dangers of inaction. he wrote: also in june at the g-7 summit in germany, the concept of a carbon-free world went from fantasy to reality. and promised that they will produce results. >> translator: we need we need deep cuts of global greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore have committed ourselves to the need to decarbonize the global

economy in the course of this century. >> reporter: and the use of renewable energy is soaring just as fast as its cost is plummeting. cities are listening, taking their queues from their citizens. but that is not the whole picture. we're seeing more extreme weather and scientists say the clock is ticking. the world's nations are supposed to outline what they will do to reduce emissions to keep temperatures from rising above 2 degrees. and as the poor suffer the most what about the promised billions of dollars the rich will provide, we still don't know how the finances are going to work. and there's people on the front line like humberto will tell you, things are more urgent than the pal -- politicians will appear to recognize.

nick clark, al jazeera, cuba. 3,000 kilograms of ivory and rhino horn have been destroyed in mozambique after being confiscated from poachers. police seized 340 elephant tusks and 65 rhino horns. it was the largest discovery of illegally killed wildlife. poachers are recruited in mozambique and operate across the boarder in south africa. >> translator: it's a message to all of those who fight on a daily basis against the evil that is poaching. it is symbolic and allows us to have a more calm management of the situation. thousands of people have gathered in spain to witness the annual running of the bulls in pamplona. nearly a dozen runners were injured on the first day of the

week-long festival. three people were hospitalized in the serious condition after being gored. it takes about three minutes for the bulls to make their way through the streets of this northern spanish city. still to come on the program, building bridges through baseball. we'll tell you about a unique community project in chicago. and continuing with the sporting theme, we find out with a defending wimbledon champion could stay alive in this year's tournament.

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an accuse water shortage in california's central valley is affecting not only farmers, but also the entire state economy. a fourth year of drought is expected to cost the u.s. state almost $3 billion. melissa chan has met residents in the valley who are feeling the effects. >> reporter: the wood family has farmed this land for four generations. first growing cotton, these days garlic alfalfa andal and almonds. >> you wonder how long you can continue to expengd that kind of energy and not get what you can consider to be an appropriate

return. >> reporter: for farms across the state the fourth year of drought has become a make or break year. one report estimates that more than half a million acres will be left unplanted this year up 25% from last year resulting in a loss of some 18,000 jobs, and $2.7 billion for the state. mendoda, california. this time last year unemployment hit 40% an already depressed town devastated by the impact. we spoke to one man who did not wish to be identified. >> translator: yes there are a lot of people. one week they go to work and the next week they don't. it isn't the same as before when there was more work and it is because of the water situation. >> reporter: on the outskirts a shany town of former farm hands.

he did not want to speak on camera, but this man let us film him, and told us that he makes tools to resell to get by. vince dimaggio was tasked with turning things ash as the new city manager. he celebrates the fact unemployment has dropped to 27%. 20% or more is still a tremendous number. >> yeah, it is. it is one out of five people and -- but you have to realize that i think in almost every small city and town in this country that's isolated from a major urban center they are never going to have unemployment of 5.5%. >> this whole area depends about 90% on agriculture -- about 90%, i think so. and i mean if there's no ag there's no life here pretty much. i have seen people i used to see getting up every day for work in food lines, so you know it's

rough. >> reporter: part of this state's emergency drought relief includes more food assistance. the food bank used to take place once a month. now it happens almost every week. so here is what is really interesting about what is being handed out here. you have tomato sauce, green beans. these are things that are grown in california and you have farm workers who pick them fresh, but now farm hands are in line because they need food and they are getting this canned. rosa picked cantaloupes for decades until the worst drought in a century took away the only thing she really knows how to do. >> no water, no job. no job no food. no water, no money. >> reporter: the irony of california's central valley the bread basket of the nation and where some of the state's hungriest residents live. hand in hand one has served the other for years, so much more painfully pronounced by this

endless brought. melissa chan al jazeera, california. okay. time for the sports news how. >> thank you. nick kyrgios, has described one of his oun country's legends a blatant racist. draun fraser was reacting to the show of dissent during his defeat at wimbledon. >> reporter: this could have been just any other loss. but australia's nick kyrgios walked off of this court and into a controversy. during the match, the 20 year old has a series of verbal exchanges with the umpire and was eventually warned for using bad language. he reacted, briefly appearing not to try and return his

opponent's serve. >> so you are not denying that you stopped for that game? >> denying what? >> you are denying you stopped playing for that game. >> i kept playing. >> huh? >> i kept playing. >> you kept playing but from that moment you weren't -- you weren't returning -- you weren't looking like you were returning. >> and that's coming from you? that's your opinion. >> okay. >> reporter: back home in australia, four time olympic champion, dawn fraser was asked about this performance, and she had this to say. >> they should be setting a better example for the younger generation of this great country of ours. if they don't like it go back to where their fathers of their parents came from. you know we don't need them here in this country to act like that. >> reporter: kyrgios is of greek and malaysian decent. >> i was born here. i feel i'm more australian -- i'm just as much australian as anybody else is

here. so, you know, it's just disgusting that someone of that call bar and that has that sort of exposure in the media can say something like that. i'm embarrassed for australia as a whole, i can't imagine what people world wide is saying about that. >> kyrgios used his facebook page to respond, calling her an australian legend and a blatant racist. fraser has since apologized for her comments. sarah coates al jazeera. defending womenable dna champion has dur vooifed a bit of a scare. this match was level at two sets all, and in this decisive fifth set, djokovic making the all-important break in game 11. he will now play u.s. open champion in wednesday's quarter finals. pakistan's cricketers won

their test series with sri lanka. 171, helping pakistan chase down a victory target of 377 and win the series 2-1. the captain hitting the winning runs. it's the first series run in sri lanka since 2006 and they are up to third in the world's rankings. >> great feeling, first round in 3.5 days, great win, and the last one choosing a big target and the fourth and fifth, i think it's a great achievement. >> second are australia. they are getting ready to start the series against their oldest rival england. building up to the first test on wednesday. england looking to hit back after losing the last series 5-0

in australia. >> you cannot keep harping on about that. you know if you went back five more months before that we won 3-0 in our own conditions. so you have got to be very careful as players not to read too much into that kind of stuff. it's all a brand new challenge, a fresh start. >> i think this team has faced plenty of challenges we haven't won here since 2001, beating england in their own backyard is extremely tough. we're excited by the challenge, but we know it will be tough. and the u.s. women's world cup champions are set for a day of celebration. the team are in los angeles after their 5-2 final win over japan. the u.s. becoming the first country to win this title for a third time. but it was their first win since 1999. a victory parade through the streets is coming up for them in a few hour's time.

okay that is all your sport for now. aljazeera.com/sport if you want to get more on the latest from wimbledon and all of the rest of the sporting news. more from me later on. >> thank you very much indeed. now police in the u.s. city of chicago have long grappled with high crime rates and now a handful of officers are reaches out to children in some of the most violent neighborhoods. they are aiming to break down barriers through sport. ashar qureshi has the story. >> just throw strikes, all right? get them out. >> reporter: for chicago police officer eric olson, coaching baseball is one way he can step away from the street violence. >> i'm always a policeman, but i'm here -- i want to coach this baseball team today. >> reporter: he is a lieutenant in engelwood on chicago's south side, and one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. >> okay. let's play ball guys

>> reporter: but on this day he has traded in his weapon for a whistle. >> it's based upon your different boundaries or gang lines or where someone may live and this gives kids a chance to interact with kids from all over the community. >> reporter: about 100 kids both boys and girls ages 8 to 12 are taking part in the league. but it's also about mentoring kids who need it the most. >> you did good. hey, you did good. hey, don't cry. there's no crying in baseball. >> reporter: while teaching them life skills like conflict resolution problem solving, and team work. along with teaching these youngsters about the basics of catching throwing batting, and fielding organizers are hoping to build stronger relationships in the community. janet signed up her two grandsons to play in the league. he thinks this can help build

trust between communities of color and the police. >> i think the interaction is really good for the kids because you are getting mixed vibes about the police. some are good some are bad, but they are here to serve and protect, and we want our kids to understand that. >> reporter: for herr 7 year old grandson it's a bit less complicated. >> it's fun. they give me -- they give me how to play and it give me how to learn new things. >> reporter: for many of the kids this is the first time playing the game. organizers say they want it to be fun and hope it will help redefine the community police relationship. >> it's good for them to interact with them. and they are having a ball out here. >> reporter: in a city where homicide statistics all too often dominate the headlines, league organizers say they hope efforts like this can be a game changer. well that's all from me

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