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a nasa space path makes an horace it can fly by of pluto after a journey lasting nine years. ♪ ♪ well, a landmark nuclear deal between iran and six world powers has been widely welcomed, but not everyone is happy. u.s. president barack obama is trying to reassure israel and his gulf allies, the agreement will see iran limit its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions. the pact will see iran destroy 98% of its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium. also remove 2/3 of its stored centrifuges used to enrich the our rain i can't. iran will allow the u.n. watchdog to inspect military sites when and where necessary f iran breaches the deal, sanctions will be reinstated within 65 days. our diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna.

>> reporter: the moment an agreement was finally reached. after hours after intense negotiations in to the night. the key players here say that it was had i aiyegbeni historic deal. it'sits opponents believe it's a dangerous historic mistake evening one of the main negotiators admitted it was very much a compromise agreement. >> we are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody. but it is what we could accomplish. and it is an important achievement for all of us. >> reporter: within minutes reaction in washington d.c., president obama making it clear if congress tries to block the deal, he'll act. >> so i will veto any legislation that prevents the successful implementation of this deal. >> reporter: it's not clear if it was coordinated in advance but immediately after the u.s. president spoke his iranian counterpart followed suit. >> translator: today is a new beginning. the beginning of a new trend. the beginning of happiness the

beginning of hope, the beginning of a better future for young people. and the beginning for our beloved iran to accelerate its development. >> reporter: the e.u. foreign policy chief told al jazerra the deal could go well beyond the nuclear file and contribute to positive change in the middle east. >> i am convinced that the political will of the iranian leadership is there to try to use this window of opportunity we have to build trust in a constructive way. iran now has an historic opportunity to show constructive engagement and readiness to play positive role in the region. >> reporter: the last sticking points resolved in this luxury hotel in the early hours of the morning, were about lifting u.n. sanctions. the most controversial comprises were the decision that the arm says embargo on iran could be lifted within five years and the restriction on the country's

ballistic missiles in eight years. with the u.s. congress starting its 60 day review, you can expect these will once again be the most scrutinize the parts of this deal. james ways, al jazerra vienna. the people in the try rain vinnie capital have been celebrating the historic agreement. supporters of the deal garth in other words the streets of teheran after the ramadan fast ended. many welcome the lifting of sanctions but others see the agreement as giving in to western sanctions. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned the agreement calling it a mistake. he says iran would now embark on a sure path to nuclear weapons. >> the world say much more dangerous place today than it was yesterday. the leading international powers have bet our collective future on a deal with the foremost sponsor of international terrorism. they have gambled that in 10 year's time iran's terrorist

regime will change while removing any incentive for it to do so. >> the u.s. defense secretary ash carter is set to travel to the middle east to reassure israel and other allies who are nervous about the deal. former u.s. diplomat hillary manolev it's said the deal woo be used to solve other crisis in the region. >> if it were used as a springboard to launch really constructive conflict resolution in syria iraq, yemen many of the different places in the middle east where we see wars raging if it could be used is a real springboard for conflict resolution, it would be very constructive. if it's used instead as a way to have as we say in the united states have our cake and eat it too, where we can appease everybody by giving them or selling them billions of dollars more weapons, then i think we are likely looking at a much less stable middle east, much more highly militarized. the case needs to be made, the

strategic case needs to be made that iran is a power that is here to stay. it's not going anywhere. and an attempt to try to contain it and continue to demonize it, and therefore justify the increasing billions of dollars in military sales is just going to lead to more conflict. instead the strategic case needs to be made that iran is a power not going anywhere and we can figure out how to deal with it constructive and involve it in real conflict resolution in syria, iraq and elsewhere we need to greening iran to the table across the board. other you all the issue you of concerns to united states and our allies in the region. in the next couple of hours greece's parliament will debate the bailout deal. prime minute officer alexis tsipras that is defended the deal. many within his own party are

angry. >> reporter: tuesday night alexis tsipras chose a television interview to try to build consensus for his controversy shall deal. he argued despite the intolerable pressure greece which was the best deal he could achieve. >> translator: i take full responsibility for all of my mistakes. sign document that i don't believe. but i am not going to she can my responds. i want to assure the country people are not in dangerrer of danger of a cot trough i can collapse of the banks. >> reporter: he tried to spends the day telling them to tow the line and support the park pass i'm of make or break legislation. first stop to persuade members of the ruling party, they were elected to reject austerity but on wednesday their m.m.s will be asked to support more of it. ? & not all will. mr. tsipras' immediate challenge

looks achievable getting these laws through by wednesday night think he will imagine with the help of the opposition party but with his own party he has a bigger party. left test factions are in open revolt the fact that he made a comprehensive u-turn in accepting more austerity will damage his credibility. outside are lament. loyalists repeat this line this is the best bad option. >> translator: i repeat the government gives an answer from the coup and saves it from an attempt to bankrupt it economically. >> reporter: economically things have never been worse. businesses close every day. this brother and sister running their furniture business are clinging on. but customer confidence has disappeared. >> now they are afraid to spend some money to purchase a new chair or a new desk.

or even starting a new business to take some furniture to purchase office furniture sofas and everything. >> reporter: how much have you sold in the last month? >> nothing. >> reporter: wednesday's laws will pass and the detailed negotiations for the third bailout will almost certainly proceed. but the government here is creaking under the strain. alexis tsipras urged a skeptical nation to get behind this deem but maintaining the support through the pain of implementation will be a herculean task. simon mcgregor-wood athens. to mexico where new pictures have a merges of the tunnel used by joaquin guzman to escape from prison. it was full of oxygen tanks batteries and a motorcycle. the mexican government is offering nearly $4 million for his arrest. john hulman reports on the

ongoing investigation. >> reporter: the morning mist envelopes the prison. a reflection of the mystery surround the escape of the jail's most prized inmate. joaquin guzman, the world's most wanted drug lord slipped out of the it up in his cell's bathroom on saturday evening. only 16 months after the government had paraded him as their biggest capture in the war against drugs. the interior minister left no doubt this was an inside job. >> translator: he had to have had help from the staff or bosses of the prison. if that's confirmed it will be an act of corruption and the betrayal of the mexican people. >> reporter: heads are already rolling. among them that of the prison director. for a jail break reminiscent of a hollywood movie. behind me is the building where el chapo emerged after walking through a 1.5-kilometer tunnel that began just under these prison cell. now, he escaped in some style.

that tunnel was equipped with ventilation, tall enough for him to walk standing up in and even had electric lighting. it was meticulously planned operation. neighbors told us the work started on the building that would hide the tunnel a year ago. soon after el chapo was locked up. >> translator: they had a generator which you could hear from the road. and you could see the lights from the window. >> reporter: it's the second time guzman has escaped prison. legend has it the first time, 14 years ago was in a laundry basket. this time around, the u.s. were desperate to ex-extradition him. the mexican government refused now their biggest prize has become their biggest embarrassment. >> what chapo's escaping does shatters the illusion of pouch the government does not seem as strong a force which can make demands on traffickers which can lay down the rules.

it's seen as weak. and the that could have serious implications on the ground. >> reporter: the government has launched an all-out manhunt. no clues so far as to where el champion owe is enjoying his newly-found freedom. john hulman, al jazerra mexico. time for all short break here. when we come back. >> translator: i would feel like i am betraying my home if i go. i will sit here until they got me. >> risking their lives to keep their homes in the ukraine conflict zone. plus. >> reporter: i will tell you why some undocumented haitians are still planning to cross in to the dominican republic to live and work even though they face the threat of deportation.

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open your eyes to a world in motion. welcome black a reminder of top stories here on al jazerra. people in the iranian capital fa ran have been celebrating an historic agreement on the country's nuclear program. iran will limit its nuclear activities in the return for the lifting of sanctions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned saying it was a mistake and iran will be on a short path to nuclear weapons. within in the effect couple of hours greece's par limb will debate the bailout deal. later on wednesday m.p.s of set to vote on the new our stair at this deal. china has released data how much its economy has grown in the last no months g.d.p. figures

are steady at 7%. better than expected retail sales gone up a little over 10% but a slower rate of growth than in the last quarter. it's industrial output has improved but investment in the property market has been below expectationsal chinese premiera nouns aid growth target of 7% for the year. that's the weakest growth target in 25 years. what chinese share prizes have fallen dramatically since june, dropping about 30%. scott heidler sent us this report from the financial district. one of china's many ghost town that his suffered from the economic slow down. >> reporter: china's economic growth numbers out on wednesday slightly better than analysts expected but not by that much. 7% growth in the second quarter and the first half of 2015. now, this is on track with what premier, who is in charge of the economy my here in china. this is what he expected the growth rate to be. he wants the growth rate to be

for this year. that is because he wants a more sustainable economy china. i am standing in front of an example of unsustainable economy of the past years. massive growth, massive expenditure on infrastructure that sits vacant. he's trying to orchestrate a more sustainable economy. even though it is slowing and that could have a knock on effect to other economies reliant on china's china's economy. one other thing the premier is trying do that policies that have been implemented so far this year and then also going forward in the balance of the year and that is keeping the money inside china. lowering the effect port numbers increasing consumer confidence and increasing consumer spendsing in china will help this economy be more sustainable and will be less scenes like what i am standing in front of. the slow down in the chinese economy is having a spill-over affect in hong kong, as sarah clark now reports. >> reporter: it's one of the business-yest shopping districts in hopping congress. it's also one of the biggest

attractions for chinese tourists. >> translator: hong kong is heaven for shoppers because there are so many things we can buy from here. the prices are good and there are so many choices. >> translator: this is the top city in asia where you have the latest luxury and electronic goods. >> reporter: no luxury sales tax here means items like watches jewelry and cosmetics are cheaper. but this year, high end retail sales on these items have fallen by up to 15%. >> translator: i have seen business go up and down in the past, but it's been very bad this year. business has gone down severely. >> reporter: he has been running pharmacies for 43 years. and is a chairman of hong kong's pharmacy chamber. he says recent visa restriction on his mainland tourists, is partially to blame for a drop in sales on items like milk powder and medicines. but with revenue across the sector falling by up to 60% this

year, the problem is more widespread and stores are now being forced to close. >> translator: a good portion of our chamber have his decided to close their stores think i expect at least 30 to 40 stores will close soon. up to almost 10% of the total number of pharmacies will close by the end of year. >> reporter: economists blame a combination of the economic slow down in china and the government-led austerity campaign for a downturn across a number of key sectors with the stock market whoas in china the city is preparing for another pull back in consumer spending. for a city with tight links to world market, in particular the united states, analysts believe the city's economy is inning increasingly being he he is supposed to china's financial troubles. >> it's i don't understand any one individual's control. it's the instruction tal issue. i think people are not ready to play along the same.

[ inaudible ] hong kong in the regular chinese market. >> reporter: as china continues its conviction to a consumer-he had economy. experts are warning neighboring markets to buck until to what continues to be a bill they ride. sarah clark, al jazerra, hong kong. in yemen houthi fighters have been pushed out of the international airport in the southern city of aden. fighters loyal to the exiled yemeni president aided by the saudi-led coalition have also taken over the city's police headquarters. the battle for yemen's second largest city has been going on for four months. the you were says nearly 1.4 million people have been displaced in ukraine since the conflict began last year. a ceasefire agreement signed five months ago seems longer for gotten. fighting is forcing people to leave their homes on a daily basis but for some residents that's not an option, charles stratford reports from the eastern city of donetsk.

>> reporter: 76-year-old valentina has got used to the gunfire and shelling close by. she built her house with her mother and has lived here more than 50 years. >> translator: the house will cry for me if i leave. i would feel like i am betraying my home if i go. i will sit here until they bomb me. the house looks at me and sees that i am still alive. and so it lives on too. >> reporter: value edge tina talks to her friend who brings her bread every day. there has been no electricity for months, she has no cell tore hide in when the shelling starts starts. >> reporter: is that firing coming in this direction or going out she nervously asks. she says when her neighbors house was hit that rap net shot through the wall narrowly missing her sister who was lying on her bed.

>> translator: sometimes the shrapnel is flying and i think where do i hide? do i stand in the corner? or do i stands in the street? they are bombing. sometimes they shell for four to five hours nonstop. >> reporter: virtually every house in valentina's neighborhood has been damage million dollars the fighting. thousands of families once lived here now only stray dogs roam these streets. a ceasefire was signed in february. valentina is the only person still living on this street. everybody else has either been evacuated or left on their own accord. now it's been five months since that ceasefire was signed. and the fighting in this neighborhood and the surrounding area continues almost every day. the fighting may be lessons tense than before the february ceasefire was signed, but people are still forced to leave their homes in areas where the violence continues. she, her daughter anna and granddaughter sasha fled the shelling where at the live. they show us the room they will move in to at this shelter.

her other doubter and 7-month old babe will join them in the coming days. >> translator: it's terrible and innocent and never hurt anyone, we are peace. , we are now homeless i had a simple home and it was mine, now i'm old and i have nothing. the pro-russian separatists are increase big nervous about talking to journalists. a fighter at this check point said tell the world there are no russian soldiers here, but we wish they would come. the united nations says more than a million people have been forced to flee their homes since the fighting in ukraine started. there are only a few people like valentina, prepared to die rather than abandon the little they own. charles stratford, al jazerra donetsk, eastern ukraine. demonstrators in the hungarian capital are protesting the building of a fence along the hungary-serbia border.

the fence is intended to keep out the wave of migrants entering the country research cop instruction of the four-meter high border fence began on monday. so far this year, hungary has registered 70,000 migrants, mainly from the middle east and africa. undocumented haitians are still trying to cross in to the dominican republic to live and work, even though they face death or deportation. adam raney reports now from the haitian border. >> reporter: the one thing he knows that he can provide for his family in haiti is water. this well sits a few meters outside his home. a one-room shack he shares with five others. a place he never wanted to return to. earlier this year, he was deported he says, a steady job on a farm in the dominican republic and regular pay gone. >> translator: life is better in the dominican republic. there is work over there. here there is nothing. there is no work here. people go hungry. kids don't have anything and are

always crying, just nothing is here. >> reporter: his plan now is to return to the dominican republic anyway he can. over the border, there is a constant demands for cheap haitian labor. an economic opportunity haiti has no chance of matching. and which continues to drive haitians to leave. >> it will continue, first of all because our economy is not up to par. we can not give them jobs. they need the haitians, they need the skilled haitian workers to further their economy. >> reporter: what work there is, offers little pay and little chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. >> translator: life is too hard here. it's too difficult to make it here. that's why people will try to go to the dominican republic. >> reporter: haiti was once one of the richest colonies, days long gone.

disasters, coups and corruption have driven the country in to poverty. a poor country with porous borders. easy to cross, even ato visual checkpoints. haitians cross borders like this one in to the dominican republic every day if they don't have the right papers they tell us they can easily bribe a border guard sometimes paying as little as $20. he knows well what it takes to make the journey. >> translator: we went without papers at night, there were 50 of us, we walked for four days. >> reporter: for the most, he's treasuring time with his children. he'll leave them behind again if it means he can give them what they need. adam raney, al jazerra haiti. a volcanic-y rips volcanic eruption in western mexico forced people to leave their homes it has been spewing lava and ash since last week but become more active. many evacuated have moved to shall teres. now more than nine years

after it began its journey an unmanned nasa space craft has flown the closest ever to the planet pluto. the new horizons probe came within 13,000-kilometers of pluto on tuesday tariq basically has more on the mission. >> reporter: about the size a grants piano nasa's new horizons probe was launch ed in 2006. it's has taken since then, over nine years and a journey of more than 5 billion-kilometer to his reach eights goal. the dwarf planet pluto. >> this space craft a few years back went past through jupiter to get a little bit of gravity pull to increase the speed and that was a good opportunity to test the equipment and the cameras and we got very nice images from jupiter. so this cameras will resolve details about 50 meters only inside on the surface of pluto. which it has complete vision. we will see craters mountains

we don't know. whatever the images will show will be an amazing discovery. >> reporter: traveling at a thousand kilometers a minute, the craft's cameras and scientific instruments have already sent back surprising images. instead of being gray, as previously thought pluto appears to be a red and orange surface. >> we are seeing these crazy black and white patterns, we have no idea what those mean and we are seeing a the of circular things that we are wondering are they craters or something else, we saw circular features on neptune's moon that are not craters. so we should know in a few days, but right now we are having a lot of fun just really speculating. >> reporter: after flying past pluto, new or highs uns will continues its journal any to a region known as the kuiper belt. >> it's going to the very, very edges of the solar system, of the proper solar system where the materials of the planets change from rock and gas to ice.

pluto is the first of the objects that have been discovered and we know very little about it. in these objects we expect to find a little bit more evidence of the pristine material out of which the solar system and the earth, of course, was formed 4 1/2 -- more than 4 1/2 thousand years ago. >> reporter: radio signals from new or rise uns already take more than four hours to reach earth. making communication slow and difficult. it's an ongoing challenge for the scientists as the probe travels deeper in to one of the last unexpected unexplored path of our solar system. finally france has paid tribute to the special force that his helped end two hostage swainings in january in their an ill bastille day parade. on the charlie hebdo magazine and soup are mark the

festivities ended with fire walks t at the eiffel tower mark marking the day which led to the french revolution in 1789. quick reminder you can keep up-to-date with all the news on your website. there it, aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. i'm "ali velshi on target". a history of hostility, can america and iran trust each other now that a nuclear deal is done. unfinished business - an american held hostage in america looking for a deal of his own. now it gets interesting. after months of often dry diplomatic talk about nuclear physics inspections and sanctions, the united states and its five partners have a deal with iran.