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>> this is al jazeera. >> hello there i'm felicity barr and this is newshour live from london. coming up. eurozone leaders meet in brussels as greece's rescue deal hangs in the balance. cautious optimism in vienna as all sides claim a nuclear deal with iran is within reach. jailbreak. a mexican drug leader escapes for a second time.
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and boosting the country's milk production. >> sport novak shines at wimbledon, djokovic wins his second title on center court. >> hello, european leaders are battling it out in brussels to find a way to keep near bankrupt greece within the eurozone. talks were temporarily suspended while bilateral discussions continued. at the heart of the problem a lack of trust between some countries whether the greek prime minister, alexis tsipras can deliver his wide ranging reforms. hard liven countries -- line countries are skeptical they say his measures don't go fur enough. a deal at a would allow the
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european central bank to intervene again. jacky rowland has the report. >> the leaders of the european countries need to decide by sunday whether the conditions exist for greece to remain in the european union. whether the reforms will be implemented. >> i'm here for another compromise. we owe that to the peoples of europe who want europe united and not divided. we can reach an disagreement tonight if all parties want it. >> reporter: a lot of factors are at lay. economic political. even emotional. germany is among the countries most skeptical about the greek greek proposals. >> we will have rigorous talks and there won't be an agreement
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at all costs. the future greece as well as for the whole eurozone. >> reporter: greece's most important supporter is france and the french have dismissed an idea floated by germany that greece could take time out from the euro. >> translator: there is no temporary grexit. there is a grexit or there is none or just to speak more clearly: there is a greece in the eurozone or no more greece in the eurozone. but that would mean that europe is going backwards and not going forwards anymore and i don't want that. >> reporter: the partnership between germany and france is absolutely essential to the eurozone and the european union as a whole. so the rift between them over greece could potentially have far-reaching consequences. there have already been marathon talks between eurozone finance ministers on saturday and on sunday. those negotiations were difficult, and at times ill-tim
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ill-tempered. and no reason why the talks between heads of government any easier. these are talks about starting more negotiations for a bailout for greece. there will be more difficult and painful decisions for the greeks before they see any new money. >> and jacky is joining us live from brussels. brussels has been leaking like a sieve. because journalists have been able to see exactly what is in it. >> reporter: yes exactly. i was just mentioning there in my report the difficult and painful decisions the greeks are faced with. that document gives you a list of some of the measures that greece am eurozone partners wanted to implement to the pension system, labor laws, weakening trade unions, how prices can be set when shops can be opened and of course
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privatization is something really key. many eurozone partners want greece to sell off the pireaus port, and the money received from those sales could be used to service the debt. because there is so much lack ever trust the other leaders are not willing to say okay, this is agreed, we'll go ahead now and start talking about a bailout. they actually want alexis tsipras to take this document to the greek parliament and get them to vote on changing the laws so actually put those laws onto the statute book by wednesday of this coming week before they can even start talking about a bailout. so really, a very tight schedule here. a lot of demands that alexis tsipras is being asked to sell to his party and to other members of the greek parliament. on a very short time scale. in which to actually put those
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new laws on the statute book. >> and interestingly jacky within this draft proposal doing the rounds in brussels, is the possible idea that gross could have a temporary exit -- that greece could have a temporary exit from the euro itself. that was something that was originally being discussed in germany. >> reporter: yes, that was an idea that was floated originally by the german finance minister. it's something again you saw in my report, you staw french president taking -- saw the french president taking a very hard line against that he's saying that's rubbish either you're in or you're out. it's interesting that that line currently is in that draft document although within brackets. so it is not a definite part of the text, it's there within brackets. so it shows that the idea of some kind of a fudge if you like a temporary exit from the
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euro where it sorts out its affairs, its debt, until a reentry is there if an agreement cannot be reached greece should be offered swift negotiations on a time out on possible debt restructuring. i said, only in square brackets, the fact that it is there at all does indicate that the germans have gone some way towards the argument over the idea that there should be at least some consideration of the idea that greece might leave. >> all right jacky rowland there with the latest on those talks continuing yet again in brussels. thank you. well in greece of course as can you imagine there is growing frustration over whether the country will indeed stay in the eurozone or go back to the drachma. mohammed jamjun sent this report. >> these pocket watches are more than just collectors items.
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they are symbols of engineering and when things made sense. >> translator: it is a fairy tale, the yes or no vote. there was nothing substantial in this vote, the no vote became a yes vote. like many other pensioners struggling to survive on far less money. the 63-year-old is struggling. >> i will not allow them to take my dignity away. the grave they are trying to dig for us we should throw them into it. he finds the situation contemptible and wants out of the eurozone for good. >> translator: ever since we joined the european union he says, only bad things have been happening to us. greece has everything. it has mineral wealth. it can take care of it's itself.
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>> reporter: some rituals continue like clockwork. marching to parliament as they do every sunday greece's presidential guard reflects stability and tradition santa time of great -- at a time of great uncertainty but things could hardly be more different oops. typically there are thousands of people here pouring over antiques and buying goods. but not today today it's far less busy and there's a palpable sense ever frustration and age are, drama of whether greece will stay in the eurozone or go back to the drachma they want this to finally come to an end. vendors here are tired of standing over near-empty stalls. there is rage in the people, auctioneer tells me. and at some point the rage of the people becomes the voice of god. age are mayanger may indeed be rising but despair and desperation are in
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ample supply here at a time when people's patients ispeople's patience is clearly running out. mohammed jamjun, al jazeera athens. >> and simon mcgregor wood is on hand also. simon. >> far demonstration from the people of the far left, the fringes of the far left here, couple hundred in front of the parliament are protesting what we're hearing in dribs and drabs coming from brussels. only seven days ago felicity when this square was full of greeks saying no, on the referendum to the whole notion of austerity. he said no and i'll get you a better deal. what they're hearing is no, they
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will not get a better deal. if there is a deal, it's going to be much worse than one rejected by the government one week ago. there is confusion simmering anger and the overall sense dawning on greeks that if they want to stay in the euro, it's austerity or nothing at all. >> the reality is that any zeal that is actually done in brussels, alexis tsipras has to get it through the people at home. it's not going to be that easy is it? >> no not at all. the list of requirements that jacky was detailing, if there is a zeal, big if, you got come back storm or late tonight deal with these rebels within his own party, perhaps broaden the coalition and then in wednesday in the parliament behind me, push through all these extremely controversial conditions forced on him by the eurogroup financiers and ministers this evening. this is a man from the left wing
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of the political spectrum and these things are neoliberal pro-market reforms not what he believes ideologically at all. is he going to ask the 149 members of his party in parliament to change their political colors? who is he going to draw in to perhaps a government of international unity if there is a deal, let's stress, if there is a zeal, there's going to be days of frantic milking here and there is no guarantee -- of publicking here and there is no guarantee he will succeed. >> simon, thank you. negotiations over iran's nuclear program appear to be on the cusp of an historic agreement that will place limits on iran's atomic work that will release sanctions. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and other leaders are
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trying to get an agreement by monday. he remains hopeful of a break through. diplomatic editor james bays sent this update from vienna. >> there have been some pretty optimistic comments from key members of the group. other members have been arriving including the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and french minister, laurent fabreuse. >> it is a position of constructive firmness and i hope it will allow us to reach the end quickly towards a satisfying result. >> despite the optimistic tone, there are still details to work out. this is not a done-deal.
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i'm told even if they are able to do a deal right now there's still a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on. and it would take some time. so the guidance i'm being given the earliest a deal is possible, if they reach an agreement and it can be announced is sometime later on monday. 25 people have been killed on a bomb blast on a u.s. military base, near the border of pakistan, the base is still used by u.s. personnel despite the draw down of personnel. what more do you know about this attack? >> we know it happened about 7:10 just as the end of the day ramadan fast was supposed to be broken. outside of the camp in 2009 where 7 cia workers were killed. we do know there are still international people living on that base. it was a very, very large car
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bomb attack and we understand that the ambulances have been working to get people to the hospital in the province. that base is not far from the pakistan border, maybe 15 kilometers from the pakistan border and was in 2009 the site of the deadliest attack of cio agents. the dead here are all afghan civilians. >> jennifer, i know you'll have an update in just a few moments. still to come on the program. a palestinian held by the israelis for more than a year returns home. the haitian migrants deported from the dominican republic will they ever be allowed to return? as well, we will hear from the goal keeper finding it rather hard to say good-bye to real madrid. hope for much needed
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relative humidity pause in yemen have faded. saudi forces have bombed houthi positions in sanaa and rebel forces have attacked in the southern port city of aden. humanitarian aid was supposed to come in on friday to allow distribution to millions of people. >> there is no ceasefire about yemen. after the u.n. announcement of humanitarian pause in fighting, there have been two days of straight fighting, air strikes and battles. continued shelling of several towns and statistician. residential areas were under siege, rebels in support of abd rabbu mansour hadi have not put down their weapons either. the saudi led coalition which
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has been bombing yemen for more than two months now said it didn't receive any request by yemen's legitimate government to halt its air strikes. coalition aircraft bombed areas of the capital sanaa. these pictures show the aftermath. many are questioning on what grounds did the u.n. announce the ceasefire? with neither side demonstrating any willingness to stop the fighting. but the need for a ceasefire is more apparent now than ever. the relative humidity situation humanitarian situation is more needed than ever. the essential things such as water becoming harder to find. each yemeni is fighting their own battle just to survive. yemenis are tigging holes in the road, to reach water any which way they can. neither side appears to be
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weakened into submission. all the while though it's the suffering of the average yemeni that continues to increase. jamal el shael, al jazeera. >> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have launched dozens of rockets at a police station in fallujah, located in anbar province between the capital of baghdad and fallujah. one of the last places in eastern anbar still held by available to and security forces. 11 people are understood to have been killed. shia militia say they are advancing on i.s.i.l already recaptured nearby villages held by the armed group. in neighboring syria activists say heavy fighting is taking place on the outcirts of outskirts of the i.s.i.l. held city of palmyra. government forces launched an
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offensive to take the city on friday. united nations says some of libya's warring factions have agreed on a peace deal after months of talks in plok coaz. morocco. but the tripoli leadership refuses to take part and under pressure to sign up and build a unity government. osama ben javid reports. >> in a much celebrated ceremony a sixth agreement in the moroccan city of scarab. >> the door is open for those who are not present. they have also played a critical role in this text. as i have said many times there is no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties. and that responds to all the
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demands. i'm confident in the weeks ahead a clear decision will be made and will address all sides and issues. >> reporter: representatives of municipal counties and tobruk based government were there but the general conference and the militia were not there. one group calls it a one sided agreement aimed at pressuring them to drop their demands. >> translator: we were a name-play in the dialogue. we have tried our best and have agreed to compromise on many issues. however the other party decided to certain conditions and have not tried to meet us halfway. it insisted on these points because it has support from the international community and this is why we have not reached an agreement. the u.n. envoy and other parties tried to drag us into the agreement that did not fill least of our demands. >> there is disagreement on rival governments calling for a national unity dwoft government based
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in tripoli and also a part in tobruk. it also creates a national army, calls for the disarming of militias, implementation of a ceasefire and the drafting of a constitution. there is hope that a gnc delegation might return for final points after the muslim holiday of ed. general hafta has been declared the leader by the opposition parliament. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> israel has released a palestinian prisoner who went on a 55-day hunger strike after having been held without charge for nearly a year. a member of the islam jihad movements. imtiaz tyab reports from the occupied west bank.
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>> a hero's welcome for a person who is no stranger to israeli prisons. over six months in bars over what israel has called administrative tee tension. a loophole that louse israelis to detain palestinians without trial sometimes for several years. adnan protested by going on a 55-day hunger strike when israel promised to free him. it's not the first time he was on a hunger strike. he refused food for 66 days, a protest which drew international detention to israel's policy of holding palestinians without charge or trial. >> translator: i see the happiness among palestinians flowing and the hope of freedom of all prisoners. the occupation made a mistake in arresting me the first time and the second time and all previous arrests. >> reporter: we immediate
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adnan at his home shortly after his release. he believes he was only set free because israel's leaders faced major protest if he died of starvation in an israeli jail. his release is no do you believe very significant and a huge victory but the fact of the matter is that more than 400 palestinians still remain in administrative detention and israel's policy is very unlikely to change. salem badi works for the public library just outside of ram rah ma ramalla. while in detention last year, he was one of several prisoners who started a 160 day hunger strike. >> in prison you have no other weapon. your military has an arsenal
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your only weapon is an empty stomach. >> reviewing the law to legalize the force-feeding of palestinian prisoners who go on hunger strike. if passed the new law would close the door to the only way prisoners jailed without charge can protest against their arrest. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera occupied west bank. >> escape from a maximum security prison. he got out from a one and a half kilometer tunnel. also known as el chapo guz guzman is head of a cartel which smugs smuggles drugs into the united states. >> hunting for one of the
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world's most wanted men. mexican security officials say he got out through a sophisticated 1.5 kilometer longs tunnel dug from a building outside the prison to his cell. >> the tunnel has pvc pipes presumably for ventilation and lights and traction mechanism. >> the last time guzman escaped it took the mexican authorities 13 years to find him. held as one of the biggest blows to the drug trade in decades. el chapo translated as shorties in glirch is english is is small in stature. trafficking heroin, cocaine methamphetamine and marijuana. >> his expertise is being a specialist in logistics.
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the organization is able to move cocaine from south america to america, meth from russia to mexico from southeast asia to mexico delivered worldwide. >> guzman was arrested in 1993 but bribed his way out of mexico's highest security prison. he escaped in a laundry basket. this he be web of tunnels linking seven homes allowed him to be undetected for a decade. built popular support by providing people with money jobs and security. when he was recaptured in 2014, thousands of people took to the streets to show support for a man they saw as their savior. guzman's escape for a second time is a major set back for mexican government which is often accused of corruption by
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>> can archeologists stop the clock? >> this is rescue archaeologic - we are trying to excavate as fast as possible. >> welcome back to the newshour. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. still no deal. european leaders are meeting in brussels to discuss the future of the greek economy. the final phase of talks in vienna as all sides say a nuclear agreement with iran is close to completion. and on the run again. joaquin guzman, mexico's most infamous drug lord has escaped from a maximum security prison let's stay on the greek eurozone
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talks. as can you see she is with us now from athens. thank you so much for being with us on the program. is your party prepared to support any zeal that prime minister tsipras agrees in brussels, as long as it keeps greece in the eurozone? >> yes, our party is willing to support any effort the prime minister makes at this point to keep us in the eurozone. that's why 251 of us in the parliament just two days ago voted to give him a mandate to bring home a deal and that's what we're expecting tonight and that's what we're hoping for. >> but any zeal even the fact that greece is -- but any deal even the fact that grease is putting in really punishing reforms you would agree and go on with that? >> i'll tell you what i think: i understand that trust is a delicate thing. it is hard to build and easy to shatter and this is what's happened now in our
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relationship. chancellor merkel said tonight is part of europe is also trust. part of europe is also solidarity. so i'm hoping that this will be recognized by our partners and certainly, humiliation or punishment or retribution even when somebody has hard things to do or has made mistakes is not part of european solidarity. so i hope our partners will recognize that. >> it does sound like the meetings have become increasingly bitter. and interestingly we have all seen the four page proposal that was leaked in brussels. one of the things that's on that four page proposal admittedly in brackets is the idea that greece if it doesn't come to some agreement with its creditors could actually be offered a temporary exit from the eurozone. what do you think of that? >> it sounded to me like when the european leaders were coming to the meeting that that wasn't the majored view. and i hope it's not. this is clearly not what we want. this is clearly not what the
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greek people want. and like i said, i think that we're doing what we can at the moment to support the prime minister's staying in the eurozone and bringing home a deal and i'm hoping that our partners will step up to the bat and show some solidarity in connection with that. >> your party of course was in power what, from 2004 until 2009 and many of your critics are accusing new address of bad economics at the time leading to greece being in this debt crisis today. >> i don't think this is a night for finger-pointing in general. this is why we're not doing it to our political opponents at the moment. i'll just tell that you in the past two and a half years that i was in parliament under mr. samaras, we managed to turn the economy around, have some moderate growth have a primary surplus and certainly we were not in this kind of situation where we're one foot off the
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cliff into the abyss. so criticism is welcome. and like i said at this point my party which is the party that put greece in europe, is willing to shoulder even more responsibility than we feel is justly due because it is a matter of national emergency. and what we need now is unity. what we need now is to show our commitment to implementing these reforms and what we also need is solidarity not towards the political system which has clearly failed the greek people in many ways but towards the people of greece who will suffer if there is no deal. and who will suffer anyway but at least it won't be a catastrophe. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. joining us from athens appreciate your time. criminals are hijacking traditional south african initiation schools to extort money from governments according to the government. thousands of teenage boys attend
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them every year to commit long standing rituals including being circumcised. reporting. >> 22 boys were taken by force or lured by the promise of gifts. the mother of one of the boys says days later she received a call from the men who had taken him. >> translator: they told me they want money for a ritual they would perform on my child and i don't even know what that ritual was. they they told me we should buy groceries so the boys would be protected. >> the boys were kept at a mine dump where they were to undergo the circumcision. >> this is the door they were using to go in and out. as you can see even a ten-year-old cannot go in
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properly, you need to crawl on your knees and then this, you -- as can you see it looks like a pigsty. and you know, not any normal human being can live you know under these conditions. >> reporter: beaten, cold, and having not eaten for days, several of the boys would go in search of food and water in the nearby township. >> translator: we tried to offer them clothes but they refused and said they would be killed so they just had some food and water and left. >> reporter: the boys were finally rescued after community leaders alerted police. one of the township's residents shows us the weapons he says he found at the camp during the rescue. >> a report from the affairs department says abductions are increasing at an alarming rate. police have rescued more than 100 boys from such schools
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across the province. initiation schools should register with government. the deputy minister of traditional affairs says illegal schools could lead to a national crisis. >> criminals are unfortunately now hijacking a noble pride of our nation, where people still love this practice, love their culture and love their tradition. >> this mother says not enough people are speaking about out about the horrors of the tradition. she wants hers to be the last. al jazeera be south africa. on their way to thailand, 30 of them had fled china after being implicated in attacks. the muslim wieger speak a be different language.
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critics say the government is denying them best fundamental right of freedom of speech. sahil raman reports. >> a fundamental human right according to the united nations. the freedom to voice your opinion peacefully. but according to new laws in thailand rallies like this one by students in bangkok are illegal. all these students say they wanted to do in late june was openly disagree with the government's policies. with security forces in sizable numbers ready to move in it wasn't long before the group of 14 were arrested and charged with sedition. they have now been released and are waiting for a trial date in a military court. those in charge are very clear about the government's position. >> translator: we have followed the international standards of a judiciary system. they have ever right to fight the charges in military court. we do everything openly.
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festopenly.openly . >> they are normal people therefore they should not be tried no military court. they believe it's wrong to be bailed out from that court. >> reporter: messages of support continue to gather pace at the university where some of the students study. it's been a year since a new military-backed civilian government came to power in thailand. martial law was lifted but new legislation was goesed to limit freedom of association. these laws aren't just affecting the people of thailand. a recent gathering of international journalists in bangkok met to watch a human rights campaign.
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sensitive issues raised by the rights group could damage thailand's relationship with vietnam. >> asean talks about democracy rule of law tree dom of expression and clearly these are all violations that thailand has signed up to. >> while thailand tries to bring a sense of normality sahil raman, al jazeera bangkok. aung san suu kyi says her party will run for election. first legitimate election in 25 years and will be crucial for political reform. the nlv won elections in 1990. the military regime has ignored
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the result. haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, with 59% living under the poverty line. last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion compared to $64 billion in the dominican republic. haiti's already weak economy was devastated by an earthquake in 2010 and it's struggled to recover ever since. latest figures show 41% of haitians don't have jobs, compared to 15% in the dominican republic. $850 income compared to $5950. so no surprise then that many haitians have crossed the border in search of a better life but some have been deported from the dominican republic after an
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immigration crack down. adam rainey reports. >> reporter: weary and worried and unsure who will help them. dozens are taking refuge at this school just inside haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration program to stay there legally. despite that they say they were deported anyway. they claim the dominican government and also the haitian government for failing to provide documents which would have allowed them to stay. >> translator: i went three times to apply for my haitian passport so i could register my children. they don't have any documents. >> reporter: and now they don't have their mother. she can't go back to the dominican republic and without immigration documents they can't come here. there is no privacy no sense if they will have a home of their own any time soon. there's unity in hardship and
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prayer. many look at god not at politicians as many do in haiti. frank moved to the dominican republic as a boy. he was a construction worker for 20 years. >> translator: i need help to get somewhere to live and i need help looking for work. >> reporter: people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the school, another reminder of an as-yet unfulfilled promise. haiti's prime minister said they would be receiving people with zig tonight a month ago they promised to be building reception centers for people. but so far the only thing they've put up is a sign. in the government's absence and with a presidential election looming, opposition is on attack. >> the haitian government should come in and help these people,
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empower and put them in houses help them get food because the way they are living now this is not way human beings are supposed to live. >> reporter: al jazeera asked several haitian officials for an interview but they didn't respond. time is running out for those living here temporarily. >> a few weeks from now school will start again and i will need this space. i received these people thinking the government would take responsibility for them. if the government doesn't come i'll have to ask them to leave. >> reporter: people here know that they will come. what they don't know is where they'll go next. adam rainey, al jazeera haiti. pope francis is in paraguay on the last day of his latin america tour. before heading back to rome the head of the catholic church held an open air mass in the capital asencion.
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lucia newman reports. >> this is by far the largest mass that pope francis has given during his latin american tour. 90% say they are roman catholics. they spent the night ankle deep in the mud to get the blessing of the pope and they were not disappointed. many here have also told me that what they want was for the pope to speak directly to their leaders to quote open up their hearts to the poor and the dispossessed. very much in line with the pope's social gospel. applauding his very progressive message particularly here in paraguay which has a conservative church hierarchy. the pope said earlier corruption was the gangrene of society, as a message that the people here say they hope their leaders will hear. the question is how much of this message will really, really have
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an impact or how much of an impact will the have once the pope has left? >> there is plenty more still to come on this newshour including: >> i'm fez jamil in india one of the largest milk producers in the world. coming up we'll look at how officials are trying to increase milk production with the use of chemicals. >> and novak djokovic wins at wimbledon. >> i
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>> now, although india is one of the world's largest milk
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producers it has a poor yield per animal. but it is now planning to increase that using the mura buffalo. the animals can produce up to 32 liters of milk a day more than any other animal or cow. as fez jamil reports. >> this is the proud father of thousands of calves. weighing in at 1500 kilograms this breed of buffalo is being prized for its longevity and toughness. >> he's made a lot of difference. i make more than $2,000 selling one of his calves where a regular one would sell for less than $200. people keep asking me is there any more of his calves. >> reporter: aside from selling calves singh also makes money selling semen.
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>> the buffalo produced by this semen are very large they are of good quality and sell well. >> and the potential of the mo rfertiona buffalo to make farming more productive especially when it comes to milk has a state government promoting sale of the animal. >> there are very few of his quality in the entire state. and because of more milk, ten times more than a typical cow the government is using the different types of buffalo and cows being studied. semen is being sold. more robust than other buffalo
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and cows and producing more milk. >> more protein more calcium more phosphorous, resistant to most of the diseases. buffalo is having more adaptability to the climate change. >> reporter: despite the research most states still haven't adopted the mora buffalo as a source of milk. moras also being exported to several different states, europe asia and south america with a goal to increase milk production in india and abroad. fez jamil, al jazeera india. >> jo. >> novak djokovic has successfully defended his title.
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zoe cummings reports. >> greatest the game has seen. after fed err's sublime semi final, a record breaking 8 wimbledon challenges but djokovic wasn't bb about to relinquish this time. novak needed all his skill matching his pinpoint precision to take first set. as the iron man tightened his grip in the second set federer fought back to force an iconic tie break the longest in wimbledon history for 15 years. djokovic's disappointment clear and the skies darkened, hoped the feisty finale would douse the drizzle. djokovic returned to court determined and devastating.
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federer's dreams of a fairy tale finish faded fast. oldest winner of the wimbledon title passed, as djokovic neared his title. the champion finally crumbled. delight in the ninth. now 48 wins in just three defeats for djokovic in 2015. for federer it's now three years without a grand slam win. zoe cummings. al jazeera. >> djokovic may be five years fed err's junior but emulates his history. joko vach and feddjokovic and federer retaining win world number 1 is lag well
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behind with 9 compared to federer's 17. india's prime minister narendra modi has praised the first indian woman to win a wimbledon title. she paired with martina hingis. making history was the last thing on her mind. >> it was great to be this ambassador for sport. and as women for doing all these things but that's not something i'm obviously thinking of. i'm trying to win because we want to win. that's what we play for really. i hope you know sure, i hope it inspires a lot of girls you know and makes them believe that we can be grand slam champions too. >> it has brought to the nation, all the children of the country will get motivated. a lot of girm athletes will come
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up and pick up the racquet and will start playing. they work hard and the situation is absolutely unparalleled. tour did de france, retained the yellow jersey after the 9th stage. 28 kilometer team trial with frume's system sky just a kilometer behind. 12 seconds ahead of monday's rest day. the 2013 champion will all be keen but wrap up the race as it heads into the mountains. there is a dramatic finish to el salvador finish, against costa rica at the time gold cub. won the championship three times went ahead thanks to brian ruiz. looked like that would be enough to put them joint top of group b but two minutes later into
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injury time dustin correa grabbed a chance. jamaica sat top of group b they left at late to beat canada, rudolph austin as the only goal of the game. stephen gerard made a winning start with his new club. the captain played for 45 minutes as the galaxy beat mexico's club america 2-1. he couldn't quite manage a goal. it's the first time 35-year-old has played a club game for a team other than liverpool. son has been forced out of real ma drid after 25 years of service. looking to buy manchester united goal keeper.
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final appearance with really after joining one portuguese team porto. >> translator: beyond remembering me as the good or bad goal keeper, i hope people will remember me as being a good person despite my defects. so thank you, thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you. >> defending champion mark markef continued his extraordinary record. sixth win at the event in six years. only his second victory of the season though. after a run of poor performances which have left him fourth in the race for the title. championship leader be valentine ross iferg. gls. >> i feel good and then whether i have the distance then i tried to manage the distance. happy because during this weekend we make completely it was a long time ago that he
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didn't make that. >> india's cricketers have beated zimbabwe to claim a series victory with a game ospare. both made half-centuries in their opening stand as india posted 271 for 8. in reply zimbabwe never recovered losing seven wickets. captain elson chimabura was one of those to fall. he was run out for 72. kumar claimed the final wicket. all out for 209. and that's all the sport for now. felicity. >> that's just about it for us and the newshour team.
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