>> defending the deal. >> i'm hearing a lot of talking points being repeated about this is a bad deal. this is a historically bad deal. >> president obama steps up his defense much the nuclear deal with iran as critics raise fears about the stability of the middle east. highly unsustainable. >> what it is suggesting is that the imf has had serious disagreements with the europeans. >> a bombshell from the imf threatening to withdraw its support for greece's bailout while alexis tsipras faces a

political revolt inside parliament as rights ramp up outside. ramping up the military. >> don't like the way they're forcefully passing the bills using words like peace and cooperation i feel like they're trying to deceive us. >> japan and its politicians. fruits of conflict. after two decades of war in somalia, hope, bananas. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. we begin tonight with the white house's strong defense of the nuclear deal with iran. in an hour-long news conference today the president argued in favor of the historic agreement saying it meets the national security interests of the u.s. and its allies. he also challenged critics to

present a better alternative. the agreement is facing bipartisan resistance on capitol hill. republicans contend it legitimizes iran's nuclear power. any kind of nuclear deal, to washington now and national security correspondent jamie mcintire who has more of the president's defense of the nuclear deal. jamie. >> antonio, president obama clearly was relishing his role as the debater in chief even though a helicopter was standing by to whisk him away, he seemed reluctant to give up the podium until he had delivered a counter argument to pretty much every criticism leveled at this deal. >> i'm going to look for -- i made some notes about any of the arguments. >> like the law professor he used to be president obama offered a point by point defense

of his historic iran agreement against members of congress who have vowed to kill the deal. >> i do expect the debate to be based on facts.and not speculation or misinformation. >> reporter: take this criticism. >> any time anywhere, is not any time anywhere. >> the president says declared sites can be inspected 24-7. only unknown suspect sites are subject to a review that could take more than three weeks. >> it may take 24 days to finally get access to the site. the nature of nuclear programs and facilities is such, this is not something you hide in a closet. this is not something you put on a dolly and kind of wheel off somewhere. >> reporter: and then there's concern about what is not in the deal. >> there is no addressing in this agreement that we've seen that addresses iran's role as a chief sponsor of terror

throughout the region. >> reporter: true says obama but the deal is designed to solve the much bigger problem making sure iran doesn't get the bomb. >> it will be a lot easier for us to check iran's nefarious activities, to push back against the other areas where they operate contrary to our interests or our allies' interests, if they don't have a bomb. >> what about the cash, the $150 billion or so iran gets from its unfrozeen revenue? >> this is the amount we can block. >> those moneys were not going to stay frozen forever, not with other countries eager to buy iranian oil. >> is the incremental additional money that they've got to try to destabilize the region or send to other proxies is that more

important than preventing iran from geneticking a nuclear weapon? no. >> why not just tighten sanctions to get an even better deal ss the senate republican leader. >> we knew what was working sanctions. imagine what we might have now if we spent the last two years ratcheting up the sanctions as opposed to this? >> president obama had an answer to that too but made it clear recalcitrant republicans are not his target audience. >> i'm not betting on the republican party rallying behind this agreement. >> it's why obama dispatched his vice president to huddle with house democrats on capitol hill to shore up any whose support might be wobbling. >> what's the alternative? one of the points the vice president made is if there's no agreement, we can be -- we can count on the fact that the international sanctions regime will unravel. >> among the criticisms the president left unanswered, republican provisions to a

provision granting sanctions relief to kasim solimani. >> i promise you i will address this again. i suspect this is not last we've heard of this debate. >> the president says the most compelling argument for this deal is whatever its shortcomings he says it's far superior to any alternative anyone else has advanced, and he says if iran sheets, this agreement will help catch them, make it easier to deal with them and that those snap-back sanctions will be right back in place. antonio. >> jamie one of the criticisms in negotiating this deal the united states forgot to talk about all the other issues the u.s. has with iran including american hostages who are being held there. >> well the president said that the united states bargaining strategy was very specific not to link any other issues.

but just keep focused on the nuclear question. he also argued that had they made a pitch to release those americans, three of whom are being held, one whose whereabouts are unknown that would simply give the iranians more bargaining power to be able to use those in the negotiations. the president also said that does not mean the u.s. isn't working very hard to secure the release of those americans and still doing that as well. >> jamie mcintire in washington thanks. former israeli prime minister ehud barak told al jazeera it was a bad deal. >> there was opening for a much tougher negotiation with the however soft-speaking will being accompanied by a big stick in the background. that will convince the iranians somehow that they have to basically dismantle the installation and stop their

nuclear military program. basically we are in a totally new page in the history of the middle east. starting from yesterday. disregard it's historic as well. basically the world led by america, including russia china europe and so on, all agreed to recognize iran as a major legitimate regional power. >> the former israeli prime minister also said the deal does nothing to stop iran from continuing to sponsor terrorism. joining us now from beirut is rami curry. professor very good to have you with us. you were quoted in the new york times as saying one legacy of this deal is it could demonstrate to the entire region that diplomacy works. the prevailing narrative in the u.s. is that diplomacy has not worked and this is a far worse deal than the obama

administration promised. >> i wouldn't say it is the prevailing narrative in the u.s. i would say it's the prevailing narrative of the republicans in the congress. the prevailing narrative in the u.s. is way off base from the reality and the actual facts of the situation. i think any objective reading of this agreement shows that the iranians and the americans both made courageous concessions and cheefd their bottomachieved their bottom line. public opinion is for this agreement because the american people are sensible and they act rationally rather than ideologically. >> polls in the u.s. have seen the majority of the american people support this deal at least before it was reached. but some democrats have allied

themselves with republicans in criticizing the deal today. you have also written it would be stupid to the point of criminality, if the deal did not lead to better relations between the united states and iran. whether it's good or not would not party much if it leads to better relations between iran and the u.s. pfn do u.s. and iran. do you feel that is likely. >> there is no doubt the majority of iranians under the age of 45 know the islamic revolution of khomeini know the revolution of their child hoods. should not be played around with like the toy of a colonial empire. they got the negotiations started, they got the americans and the powers of the world to sell that iran can enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

they gave huge concessions about inspections and limitations on armments and things like that and came one a win win deal. i tip my hat to the american government and the iranian government. just finished negotiating a very sophisticated deal i think they would find that the iranians would reciprocate. >> one would argue if it's a normal country on the list of state sponsored terrorism. supporting assad in syria the houthis in yemen hezbollah where you are. isn't that a valid concern? >> i don't think so. i think it's an unfair assumption.

first of all, every country in the world has the right to have relations with other people. the united states has spent the last 20 years fighting wars in the middle east, supporting all kinds of militant groups, toppling governments creating new militias like they're doing in syria to fight against assad. the saudis have done it the egyptians have done it. this is a normal thing to do, you have relations with other people. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> voted yes to the europe bailout but thousands showed their opposition to the deal clark outside parliament. they threw fire bombs and police responded with tear gas. patricia sabga even though vote ended up being a landslide the

debate got heated outside and inside. >> it was a very heated debate antonio. in fact when staples basically told parliament he does not support this agreement but the choice was either this agreement or a disorderly default or a temporary grexit. a very unpalatable choice. there were also mps who were very serious owned to this. passions were running high inside parliament but earlier outside parliament passions boiled over. molotov come tails hurled at the parliament more punishing than the voters rejected just a week and a half ago. european creditors demanded greece adopt tax pension and other reforms to move forward with negotiations on a bailout

worth up to $95 billion. before the vote, syriza mp effie caracosa told al jazeera what she svelte. >> this vote is not from our hearts to allow greece to remain standing we have to do this vote today. >> the greek pensioner says in his sign, "i'm afraid of starvation." a lose lose proposition that has generated sympathy for tsipras and loathing for creditors who they feel blackmailed him. >> they won't do what he wants but if he's given a chance to stay in office free to do what he thinks is right he will change the country. >> a chance europe's leaders have been so far unwilling to grant and which the greek people may run out of patience to give.

and antonio, it is interesting to note that the former finance minister yanis varoufakis, said he would wear the creditors' loathing with pride he did vote no tonight antonio. >> that is obig protest vote on his part. will these measures be enough to save greece? certainly the imf doesn't seem to think so. >> no, the imf doesn't think so. in fact in a leaked memo it basically said european leaders have to get real about how unsustainable greece's debt really is. it said that european leaders have to start considering some very serious measures such as a big deep haircut up front for giving a portion of greece's accident or perhaps other measures other measures such as pushing out the time horizon when greece has to start paying back greece's interest, all the

way to 2053. greece answer debt the imf feels is unsustain annal. but european leaders have been unwilling to discuss that. they basically told greece, told tsipras that these austerity measures had to be enacted into law first. by the way, this is not the agreement, this is the basis to move forward on talks of this agreement. >> we'll have more analysis in about 15 minutes. patricia sabga outside the greek parliament in theens, thanks. capitalizing on the iranian nuclear deal, why russia could be a key beneficiary of that agreement. and life in ukraine how those who have stayed behind endure the constantly shelling.

>> opposition to the iranian nuclear deal remains intense in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu attacked the agreement today, in the knesset he said israel would not be a party to its terms. he says the country deserves the right to defend itself against its enemies. before leaving london he offered a harsh assessment on iran. hamed says it appears no agreement would be good enough for netanyahu. >> what kind of a deal would have been welcomed in tel aviv? the answer is that israel doesn't want any deal with iran. israel wants a permanent state of standoff. i don't believe that's in the interest of the region or in our interest. >> hamed says it hopes to reopen its embassy by the end of the year. it was closed in 2011.

meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry is expected to testify in congress next week about the iranian deal. israel's jackyisrael's rosalyn jordan has more. >> street demonstrations from tehran as u.s. and the other p-5 plus one countries deal with the issue. the iranian foreign minister seem to indicate perhaps. >> it shows that in our globalized world diplomacy has a much better chance of achieving results than coercion and pressure. and i hope this will be a lesson for other situations as well. >> reporter: the building behind me is the old iranian embassy in washington, it's been closed since 1980 and that of course is when the u.s. and iran

broke off diplomatic relations. under the geneva convention, the u.s. is expected to maintain the building but don't expect it to be opened soon. accused of sending aid to the houthis in yemen. but there's now talk that the u.s. might be able to use the moment to help end syria's civil war. >> we need to see whether or not the iranians are willing to play ball. to correct this situation. to date, we've not done that. we've placed our emphasis entirely on the nuclear issue. we've set aside all of these other things. now it's time to pivot and to pivot very rapidly. >> reporter: and removing assad could deprive i.s.i.l. a mutuallymutual enemy of a recruiting tool.

could increase tensions between iran and its sunni-dominated saudi arabia, u.s.'s ally. it could be years before iran is instinctively considered a friend in the middle east rather than a foe. rosalyn jordan, state department. iran and u.s., u.s. russia have had a trading partnership. only a handful of those sales came after the arms embargo came in 2007. $800 million contract to sell missiles to iran. russia agreed to move forward with that sale. while selling arms to iran could

benefit russia's economy that economy could suffer in the oil markets. the u.s. energy information administration estimates oil prices could fall as much as $15 a barrel once iran is allowed to freely export oil. >> joins us tonight from washington d.c paul very good to have you with us. you recently wrote a report on what the deal means for russia, saying that it's the key beneficiary of the deal and that the biggest benefit is that it assures the continuation of the lawkislamic republic. >> riz is key to emerge because it will before benefit a newly empowered iran to exploit its oil and gas reserves to generate revenue. and will generate a windfall as

you mentioned earlier $150 billion has been held in escrow. russia is poised to benefit both economically and politically. economically russia's been working very hard even before the signing of this deal to position itself to make a large number of sales in the commercial space, as well as in the military space. in the commercial space it's hoping to exploit iranians' appetite for rebuilding the economy by transferring nuclear generate being equipment construction equipment telecommunications and energy development resources as well. >> right, already made a couple of deals on nuclear playouts and geopolitically it will indirectly increase the influence of russia and the middle east. so that can't be good for the u.s. because russia and u.s. disagree about virtually everything in that region. >> that is not entirely clear. i do believe that iran

constitutes a natural partner for russia given the current geopolitical circumstances. given their interests are mostly aligned in the middle east, they both support bashar al-assad, and significant hostility towards gulf states, i think a newly empowered iran able to exert greater influence in the middle east could be a support for russia. >> does that put pressure on the u.s. to improve relations with iran? >> absolutely. i've said in my report that russia is poised to emerge as a key beneficiary unless the u.s. is able to move beyond the nuclear accord that's been formed to transform its relationship with iran, to improve its trade relationship, to invest heavily to generate

student exchanges, like used to happen frequently back in the '70s. and also to act as an honest broker to help mitigate some of the areas between iran and some of the middle eastern partners. >> as some have argued if this leads to a booming economy in iran and a growing middle class couldn't that put pressure on the iranian hard liners and not make iran such a great ally for russia? >> i agree with that. the trick will be though, for west to do its part by working very closely to try oshow iran that it can -- to show iran that it can really benefit from closer relations with the u.s. but that's going to be a hard lift because over the short term there's all these tension spots in the middle east that are going to drive the u.s. and iran more towards conflict. so it can take a good deal of statesmanship on both sides to make that happen. >> quick final question for you. any chance having john kerry and

russian minister sergey lavrov sitting across the table? >> if john kerry and sergey lavrov were the ministers involved it would solve many problems. they have had a good relationship for quite some time now and it is a good faith measure to find had russia can still contribute positively in the relationship. >> paul schwartz for the center for strategic and international studies. good to have you, thank you. the showdown on the greek bailout, while the greek parliament votes things get ugly on the streets. and a 90-year-old prison guard at u.s.a. auschwitz gets a prison sentence today.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news trying to battle boko haram by restricting what people can wear. but first taking a look at stories making headlines across the united states in our american minute. shows gardena california officers stopping one man opened fire, killing him. the officers involved in the shooting were not charged and the city paid more than $4 million to settle a lawsuit. former president bill clinton spoke at the naacp convention today clinton says some of his own policies have contributed to some of the issues in the prison system and regrets signing the violent crime control act in 1994 which

lengthened some federal sentences. america announced connect home aimed at bringing high speed low cost internet to all american homes. private companies including google will take part in the program offering free internet access in housing. white house says fewer than half of the be homes have high speed internet at home. 229 members of the sweeping austerity measures in the greek economy. the vote might have been a landslide but the direction there was anything but. mohammed jamjun reports. >> prime minister alexis tsipras says he doesn't believe in the measures he urged the parliament to pass. at the end of the day, they passed but it was a day of volume estimate inside and

outside parliament. inside you had lawmakers hurling insults. passion for hours and in fact vote happened at least an hour after it was supposed to have happened. so they even passed the deadline they had imposed by themselves and imposed by the eurozone. also outside parliament you had clashes going on several hours ak. demonstrators outside syntagma square. a group of them hurmd hrld hurled molotov cocktails. a car that was set ablaze, it really did get quite volatile, the crowds dispersed, then vote was held and as now everybody

knows these austerity measures teen prime minister didn't believe in they have passed. essentially the mood was if they don't pass, greece will go bankrupt. even though majorities of greeks felt greece was backed into a corner many people we talked to felt this was the only way forward. >> the international monetary fund has threatened to withdraw the support of the bailout proposal. greece owes 320 billion euros the greek debt is currently at 177% of the country's gross domestic product that's also expected to climb to 200% within the next two years. essentially greece will owe twice as much as its overall economic output. because that is impossible to pay back, one dramatically

increase grace period, so greece doesn't have to pay back for 30 years, and reduce the debt. but european officials have ruled that out. consulting for the european central bank and the international monetary fund. ted good to have you with us. so greece passes the austerity bill if the bill goes forward as was planned will it just be a band eighth and we'll see a repeat of this crisis in the not-too-distant future? >> good to be with you. yes birth sweet bittersweet victory for prime minister tsipras. a vote he wouldn't have gotten without the opposition. in fact his own party made it very clear through central committee that they disapproved of the measures which they

considered fiscal water boarding. whether this will be a long term solution, is unlikely. greece may need yet another bailout somewhere in the future. for now the step is to inject, get this deal approved by other parliaments. there's one coming up on friday by the german parliament, the netherlands. and others. finance ministers are hard at work to create short term liquidity for the greek banks and this will involve countries from outside the monetary union such as the united kingdom. >> going back to the opposition in greece, the greek energy minister said the people will never accept it, united in their fight against it. we saw the rioting in the streets of athens. without the support of the greek

people can this work? >> this is interesting. because it goes both ways. on the one hand, the greek people disapprove of these measures. they made it absolutely clear they rejected them. they feel very strongly in the referendum and now what they see is the government bringing them back. and imposing them on the people. they are not happy about that. the demonstrations are a common part of greek life and actually they are not -- these ones weren't that bad in comparison to what was going on in the past. what makes it interesting is that it's the first time that we see this with the syriza government in power. >> wait, can -- >> and people are disappointed but you know -- >> can the syriza government survive because even though parliament voted overwhelmingly for austerity others voted against it including the former finance minister. >> that's exactly right.

his position within the party is certainly threatened and i think whether he can survive is yet to be determined. i think what we're going to see more and more regarding whether tsipras is in power or not is decisions made by consensus including other parties in opposition. what i wanted to say that while the greeks rejected the measures the vast majority of them want to stay in the eurozone. they do know they have to go along in order to stay in the eurozone so i believe they will make it happen. >> what about the imf threatening to withdraw its support of the bailout if there is no accident restructuring? if there is any hope of greece surviving in the eurozone, is there any hope, i should say unless some of its debt is forgiven? >> i think there is hope but greeks have to make some very painful decision best reform. and i think reform is the critical word, not austerity.

reform. greece has lived beyond its means for decades and they have to work hard for to make the economy more competitive. when it comes to the imf it's a bit like a catch 22. germany wants the imf to be part of the bailout deal. the imf doesn't want to be part of any bailout deal that doesn't involve some sort of debt forgiveness, as you call it, which germany objects to. how is this going to happen? you can give periods to the loans and such favorable interest rates that down the road they do imply effectively debt forgiveness. i suspect that is what we're going to see. it's hard to see debt forgiveness explicitly, because as a result of referendum greek debt is forgiven, i suspect other countries will have debt

forgivenessforgiveness referendums that germany doesn't want to see. >> professor it is very good to have you with us, thank you. the fighting intensified in yemen today especially in the port city of aden. government forces say they are close to taking full control of the country's main port and second largest city. a day earlier they took back aden's international airport from houthi fighters. jamal el shael reports. >> with no movement on the diplomatic front in yemen fighters loyal to abd rabbu mansour hadi have taifn taken control of aden's international airport or what's left of it. they call this operation golden arrow. it's the first time fighters have engaged in a joint

operation, with a saudi led coalition which has been conducting air strikes for almost three months from now. these exclusive pictures show reenforcements including armored personnel carriers. home to several security compounds including the coast guard and the special forces military base. >> translator: we're now going to focus our attention on other areas of the city and by the bravery of these young fighters we will recapture all of aden. >> reporter: aden is yemen's second city. taking categorical of it would allow for president hadi and the government to recapture the capital sanaa from houthis and their allies who are loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh. fears fighting in ta'izz,

there prohadi fighters, managed to repel a raid on the main prison compound. most of those fighting for president hadi have never fought a war before but they have advantage of air cover from saudi led coalition. who are adamant in this fight against the houthis coordinating their efforts with the air strikes and in the absence of any real peace talks this could be a decisive battle for yemen. jamal el shaed, al jazeera. >> mulla omar says he supports not to fight fellow muslims. last week taliban leaders began

initial peace talks with afghan officials. in nigeria at least 30 people were killed, in the northeastern part of the country on tuesday attacks were coordinated, in one town more than 20 died when gunmen opened fire on cars passing on a highway. fighters set fire to houses in another town. emergency personnel were searching for bodies in the burned out homes. on the other side of the border cameroon's government is trying olimit boko haram's threat by restricting what people can wear. bu rurvetionkas are banned in the extreme northern part of the the -- burkas are banned in the extreme northern part of the country. authorities suspect boko haram staged an attack. changes cobd coming soon to japan's military.

exchange by the prime minister caused parliament members to go on the defense. and caught on defense cameras showing the moment when el chapo escaped from prison. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering

>> the state department is praising the passage of a defense measure in japan aimed at strengthening ties with the u.s. military. could send its troops to fight overseas for the first time since world war ii. japanese are not happy with the move. >> it's a year since the japanese government reinterpreted the pass passifist approach to defense. allowing the governmental to

deploy them. the controversy isn't limited to the politicians in parliament. a majority of japanese voters oppose the bills. >> i don't like the way they're trying to forcefully pass the bills. they're using words such as peace and cooperation but i feel they're trying to deseef us with them. deseefdeceive uswith them. >> new interpretation of the constitution changes one government scenario sees the mine sweeping in the gulf, if a hypothetical oil blockade threatened japan and its main lie the u.s. but a bigger goal is closer to japan's shores, a need to project a greater sense of unity and deterrence in a sense of rising china. shinzo abe promised that it would be able to put its new

constitutional principles into action later this year. whatever the political cost at home. harry fawcett al jazeera. british prime minister david cameron met with its ukrainian counterpart he thanked britain for standing by the ukrainian people in their fight against procedures rebels. britain has sent military advisors to ukraine to help train their troops. including at least 174,000 children overall the humanitarian crisis has affected more than 5 million people, many live in the battle worn city of

donetsk. charles stratford reports. >> 76-year-old valentina has got used to the shelling and firing close by. she built her house with her mother and lived hereby 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 silt here until they bomb me. the house looks at me and sees that i'm still alive so it lives on too. >> valentina speaks to her friend who brings her bread every day. there's been no electricity for months. she has a cell to hide in when the shelling starts. is that firing coming in this direction or going out? she nervously asks. she says when her neighbor's house was hit shrapnel from the blast shot through is wall,

narrowly missing her sister who was lying on her bed. >> translator: sometimes the slap nelz was flying and i think where do i hide, do i hide in the corner or in the street. sometimes they shell for four or five hours nonstop. >> thousands of families once lived here now only stray dogs roam these streets. a ceasefire was signed in february. valentina is the only living on this street. everybody else has evacuated or left on their own accord. five months since the ceasefire was signed. fighting continues almost every day. the fighting may be less intense than before the february ceasefire was signed but people are still forced to leave their homes in the areas where the violence continues. somara her daughter anna and granddaughter sasha show us the

room they will move into somara's seven month old daughter will join them in the coming days. >> it's terrible we are innocent and have never hurt anyone. we live peacefully, i have a simple house now i'm old and i have nothing. >> the prowrgs separatists are increasingly the pro-russian spraforts areseparatists are increasingly uneasy about speaking to journalists. 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 be valentina, rather than abandon the little they own. charles stratford, al jazeera ukraine.

vainlts video shows joaquin el chapo guzman in his cell, disappearing behind a shower cell last night. then he disappeared. there is now a $4 million bounty on his head. police have been deployed to the town where el chapo was born hoping he would return there at some point. they have also set up checkpoints. el chapo is mexico's most notorious drug kingpin and responsible for most of the violence in the country. former nazi guard has been convictof being an accessory to the auschwitz concentration camp. responsible for tallying the monetary value of the belongings taken from prisoners making him known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz. dominic cain reports.

>> he entered the trial a frail man. how as a young man he worked for the ss as a clerk at auschwitz. earlier in the trial he told the court that he did acknowledge moral guilt. but that it was for the judges to establish legal guilt. now, they have. sentencing him to four years in prison. >> translator: presiding judge explained that the defendant's service in auschwitz should be taken as a whole supporting the main crime measured murder in 300,000 cases and should be found guilty as such. >> auschwitz was the single most murder oust camp the nazis ran in course of their final solution of the jewish question. it's felt that 1 million jews were killed at the capital 100,000 soviet sol years roma and political prisoners were

also murdered. oscar gruenig was at the camp from 1942 and 1994. his role was to sort the belongings of the persons imprisoned he had responsibility for the jewels and gold found among the possession leon survived auschwitz, 30 of his family did not. he spoke to reporters when the grueling sentence was pronounced. >> unfortunately i cannot forgive him for what he has done. maybe he took the ring off my mother's finger and my father's too. >> oscar chose to speak about his time at auschwitz as they put it then to oppose those who deny the exterminations ever happened there. he is likely to be one of the last surviving members of the ss

who served in auschwitz to stand trial. although he was given a jail sentence his frailty may mean he doesn't actually go to prison. dominic cain, al jazeera per lin. >> the resergence of somalia's banana business, what the spike in production marines for a country ravaged for fighting. and ohigh def look at pluto as nasa beams back pictures of the dwarf planet.

>> ali veslshi brings you a rare firsthand glimpse inside iran. >> i'm trying to get a sense of what iranians are feeling. >> the effects of international sanctions. >> rampant inflation. this is workth $100. three years ago this was worth $250. >> what the nuclear deal means for the country, the region and the world. >> iran doesn't want the agreement to be blown apart by the next u.s. president. >> a real look at life in iran.

>> the galleries and the art and the parties... everything, it's getting better. >> now our global view segment a look at how news outlets are looking at the latest events. alexis tsipras says he had a choice and made the wrong one by not aligning with proeuropean forces. political suicide, he has managed to take every wrong turn since his election. pakistan's the nation uses its

editorial page. creating a new balance of power in the middle east, it also says there is an economic benefit to pakistan on the easing of sanctions on iran, specifically the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries. blas the the plan, obama's nuke deal let's trust iran. one in which u.n. inspectors would given full access to nuclear sites and that iran's ability to delay inspections is suspect. somalia was once the largest banana exporter in the past years. now the industry is making a come back. in today's off the radar segment, hamza mohammed reports on how farms are turning things around. >> getting fresh about a that thats to mogadishu's dining

tables. >> i cut bananas for one to three vehicles every morning and we send them to the city. we are very busy. >> at its peak, the industry employed tens of thousands of people but the start of the civil war in 1991 destroyed it all. no one had worked the land on this farm for almost 25 years but that's changing. >> translator: the place was a bush a year and a half ago. we cleared the bush and now more than 100 people work here every day. >> the demand for bananas has never been higher. trade has exported to countries in the middle east. within somalia demand for bananas has always been high. it is perhaps the most popular fruit here, in fact no meal is complete without a banana or two. they are cheaper than they used

to be but not all are happy. they say things are so bad now they have stopped keeping track of their losses. >> translator: when we buy i.t. in the farmer they sell owners it from the farmer they sell it to us, they cover the weight not the number of banana. we sell it to the customers because of competition and large supply. >> as peace slowly returns to the country they pray that the good times continue. hamza mohammed, al jazeera somalia. nasa revealed high definition pictures of pluto today. they reveal ice mountains 11,000 feet, canyons that appear six times deeper than the grand canyon. scientists say pluto and its moon do not expert tidal influence on one -- exert hidal

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