only on al jazeera america. >> back from exile three government ministers return to yemen as rebels are pushed back. you are watching al jazeera. also on the program protests in japan, controversial changes to expand the role of the military are pushed through parliament. protests erupt into violence in athens while greek mps clash in parliament over more austerity measures. and a glimpse of an icy world

nasa releases the first images from its pluto fly-by. yemen's exiled government is coming home. after more than three months in saudi arabia. it follows significant gains for forces loyal to the government. they have driven the rebel out of the airport and port. it's still not safe enough for the president. >> translator: we'll announce within the coming few days we secured the entire city and we will return home. the three ministers returning this is part of a plan to ensure more security. >> the city suffered more setbacks during heavy fighting with popular resistance committees at least 46 fighters and forces loyal to the former

president have been killed. hospitals are crowded with the dead and wounded after the heavy fighting and shelling in residential areas. japan's prime minister has pushed through legislation that could see troops sent abroad for the first time since world war ii. opposition mps walked out in protest and thousands of demonstrators gathered outside. this is our senior analyst and joins me live from beijing. go to have you on the show. i know many people in japan are unhappy about this. what's the feeling in china? >> of course, china views the change with suspicion. i have to say that china had processed and digest the changes last year because when the

japanese cabinet approved the measures. around the same time, beijing realized its hard line approach to japan has helped abe win subsupport. so china has softened its aprotest and it's continuing response to the security measures. so far the response in beijing has been relatively restrained. the foreign ministry, for example, has questioned the intention and warned japan to preserve regional peace and stability but avoided the traditional language such as accusing abe or japan of being militarist. >> it might be smaller but it is sophisticated, it has a strong ally in the u.s.? >> i think china's calculation is that china realizes that the

majority of the japanese public is passivist. if it comes back with hard measures japan will help abe win support for his security agenda gradually loosening self-constraints and return japan to a normal country which means having a military like any other country. so beijing is adopting a more restrained and nuance approach approaches. it criticizes abe, but most of the japanese public are passivist and they oppose the security changes and acknowledge that japan is largely a peaceful and non-aggressive country. >> so you believe and are investing heavily in its own military, there is not going to be much change there. but what impact is it likely to have regionally considering the largelarger tensions?

>> it has several impacts. it an take gonizes the opponents. and the mistrust between china and japan. it also can serve as a detourist. it also assures regional allies and friends. so beijing does not like the security changes but probably southeast asian countries welcome it. if we look at, we zoom back and look at the overall region, the region has become more militarized, the change to the security build are only a either ofpieceof it. china's rise has helped japanese conservative to win support for their security agenda. other regional countries also have uncertainty about beijing's intention both coming from the

lack of transparency about the military spending in beijing as well as china some of the more assertive actions in maritime disputes. so they are hedging the uncertainty by doing certain things. one, they enhance their own security defense postures like japan is doing. they enhance military exchanges and cooperation among themselves. and they seek security protection from the united states. overall, we are seeing a more militarized asia pacific and that's putting a strain on regional peace and security. israel launched an air strike on the gaza strip. it says it was targeting hamas facilities. a rocket was fired into southern israel. no casualties have been reported on either side. there were clashes between police and protesters as

parliament backed more austerity tearty pressures. the tax rises and cuts wouldn't help the economy but they were demanded by its creditors. signs of an angry split in the party. 38 government mps failed to support the measures. >> translator: this government's commitment is that we will do everything in our power with the same passion with which we fought this battle abroad for six months now to put this country in order and make the necessary structural reforms. >> the greek government says its priority is to complete the bailout. later on thursday the finance ministers begin negotiations for an emergency bridging loan worth 7 billion euros to help keep greece afloat. the focus shifts to the german parliament. the 86 billion euro bailout deal must be ratified there before it can proceed.

greece needs to secure funds by next monday when a 3.5 billion euro payment is due to the european central bank. we are joined from athens. what is the feeling at the moment? many greeks feel they have done all they can and we are hearing from germany that there is still a push or desire to get them out of the euro. >> that's right. i think first of all the greek feeling is one of relief that greece now stands prepared to return to a period of norm alty or relative normality. people aren't thrilled with the austerity measures, but they don't have to deal with them today. they will deal with them in the autumn. the comments made are useful to the greek political system which now has very little to unite it other than a common desire to remain within the eurozone and a

common dislike for him. the fact he's still there like the big bad wolf, waiting to pull greece out of the eurozone at the first possible opportunity in a way is a useful unifying force. it does help to strengthen the votes in favor of doing what has to be done to keep greece in the eurozone. we saw how difficult that can be last night during the parliamentary debate when almost a third of the mps, as you pointed out defected from the government and there was a lot of criticism from the opposition blasting the government for telling people in effect what they said were lies, what opposition lawmakers said were lies to the greek people about being able to keep greece in the eurozone on terms that wouldn't reduce them to poverty. it turns out they said that

there is only one path for staying in the eurozone, that's austerity and you should have told people the truth. >> what happens now john? will greece be able to survive? how will they survive? >> well, first of all the government has to survive because if the government falls apart, then greece is in for another political adventure another election. that's not something that two-thirds of greeks want right now according to recent polls. they want a period of stability. they are likely to get it. what tends to happen at this time of the year is that greece's parliament goes into an estimation, into a sort of summer slumber where only a skeleton crew remains to pass a certain limited range of bills. what parliament has to do is stay open for another week in order for a couple of additional measures to be passed which greece has promised to do. but after that, i think it will

taper off and we'll have more political developments in the autumn. i think we might see a reshuffling of the government, there are two government ministers who consistently refused to sign on to austerity measures. we might see them replaced as early as today. other than that, the greek people want to get on with their lives, they want to go on holiday in the coming weeks and come back with deal with what they know will be a difficult year ahead financially. >> all right. thank you john. human rights group amnesty international held a silent protest as part of its campaign for justice for three al jazeera journalists. we have more from sydney. >> this event is to raise awareness ahead of the verdict due on the 30th of july. members of the group amnesty delivered a petition to officials inside the egyptian

consolate with more than 40,000 signatures of people calling for charges against them to be dropped. this is about more than just the al jazeera three. 18 other journalists are currently behind bars in egypt. they are speaking out against what they call draconian new laws which would further have protests. this is one of five groups that has written to the australia prime minister asking her to speak out against the most serious human rights. it's the most high profile example. still to come, we go inside the maximum security prison in mexico where a notorious drug

lord made a jail break. plus -- >> i'm jennifer glass in kabul. where one man is hoping to bring solar cars to afghanistan.

>> thanks again for watching. here is a reminder, the top stories on al jazeera. in yemen three government ministers have returned. it's not yet safe enough for the president to return.

japan's prime minister pushed through legislation that could see troops sent abroad for the first time since world war ii. thousands of demonstrators gathered outside parliament and opposition m ps walked out in protest. there were clashes in athens as the greek parliament backed austerity measures. the tax rises and cuts wouldn't help the economy but they were demanded by its creditors. a historic opportunity that the united states shouldn't pass up, those were president barack obama's words as he defended the deal with iran. he says it makes the country and the world more secure. >> the bottom line is this. this deal meets the national security interests of the united states and our allies. it prevent its iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

it's why the alternative no limits on iran's nuclear program, no inspects, an iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the arms race and greater risk of war all that would endanger our security. >> talks of tehran and washington reestablishing diplomatic ties. but reconciliation won't come quickly. >> street celebrations in tehran as the u.s. and other countries hammer out a deal with iran on its nuclear program. but does that mean the u.s. is going to work with the iranian leadership on issues such as isil and the syrian civil war. the foreign minister seemed to indicate perhaps. >> it shows that in our globalized world diplomacy has a much better chance of achieving results than coercion and pressure. i hope this will be a lesson for other situations as well.

>> the building behind me is the old embassy in washington. it's been closed since 1980 when the u.s. and iran broke off diplomatic relations. now, under the vienna conventions, washington is obligated to maintain the building, but don't expect it to be open for business any time soon. the u.s. has long accused iran of stirring up trouble across the middle east. it supports hezbollah and hamas and accused of sending aid to yemen. the u.s. might be able to use the moment to end syria's civil war. >> we need to see whether or not the iranians are willing to play ball to correct the situation. to date we have not done that. we have placed our emphasis entirely on the nuclear issue. we have set aside all of these other things. now it's time to pivot and to pivot very rapidly. >> removing assad could deprive

isil, a mutual enemy of iran and the u.s., of a recruiting tool. but such cooperation runs the risk of increasing tensions between the u.s. and its traditional ally, saudi arabia, which views iran as a rival. however, time is running out for the obama administration with 17 months before it leaves office. it has a landmark deal with iran, but it's likely to be years before the country is regarded as a friend and not as a potential foe. >> the world celebrates a deal to stop iran getting the bomb, it's also marking the anniversary of the atomic age. 70 years since the united states detonated the first ever nuclear bomb. technology editor takes a look at the evolution of atomic weapons. >> reporter: this is the first ever nuclear bomb detonated in

the desert of new mexico. the explosion was equal to 19,000 tons of tnt about 2,000 times more powerful than any previous bomb. >> the world would not be the same a few people laughed, a few cried most were silent. >> robert oppenheimer was the man in charge of the test. germany was developing the weapons. they developed a weapon it hoped to end the second world war. three weeks after the first test, the u.s. dropped an atomic bottom on hiroshima. it dropped another over nagasaki. it killed around 135,000 people. it showed the world the

unprecedented destructive power of atomic weapons and brought the second world war to an abrupt end. it started an arms race. the u.s. and soviet union would have thousands of bombs. to develop them, atmospheric tests like this were carried out. these were done in remote areas but still released vast amounts of radioactivity. fears of an accident or mistake along with the breakup of the soviet union led to a ban on testing in 1996. the u.s. and russia have reduced their arsenals, but both have over 7,000 nuclear warheads. britain has over 200.

followed by pakistan and israel. the world may not be at war. but 70 years after the dawn of the atomic age they remain an important part of each country's military capability. the family of a man killed by police in los angeles are seeking an investigation into the 2013 shooting. video footage was released on tuesday under orders from a federal judge. [gunshots] >> officer said they shot him because they feared he was reaching for a gun. police tried to keep the video from the public. a manhunt is under way for guzman. we got firsthand access to his room. >> this is the maximum security

prison where more dangerous high profile criminals are locked up. el chapo was locked up here in 2014. cell number 20 was home to the world's most wanted drug lord for 16 months until last saturday evening if which he sat down on the bed of his cell and put on his shoes. he then got up and went into this area which is one of the only areas in the cell where the cameras can't see him and he then net down and kept going lower and lower until he actually disappeared into this hole which goes down into a tunnel which extends to 1.5 kilometers. it's worth noting that this prison is a huge mate. we passed through so many security doors just to get to this cell, it's impossible to know where exactly you are inside. that makes it more amazing and

suspicious that el chapo's rescue team knew exactly where the tunnel had to come up. behind me is the building where guzman el chapo emerged after going 1.5 kilometers in his underground tunnel, a sort of luxury tunnel that had ventilation, electric lighting and even a motorbike that brought him to freedom. there is a manhunt to try to catch him. it's anyone's guess where guzman is now. nasa's fastest unmanned spacecraft is sending back the clearest pictures of pluto ever. >> reporter: this is pluto as never seen before. nasa's new horizon spacecraft sailed past the planet capturing a reconnaissance of the solar

system that began years ago. the probe was watched by scientists at the johns hopkins university as it passed between the orbits of pluto and its primary moon, sharon. >> fasten your seatbelts, new horizons arrived at the pluto system. >> yesterday america's space program took another historic leap for humankind. today the new horizon's team is bringing what was previously a blurred point of light into focus. >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar system. already it learned something new. >> we discovered that pluto is larger than we anticipated. we have good measurements of its diameter and radius. its radius is 1185 kilometers plus or minus 10. that settles the debate about

the largest object. >> new horizons spent more than eight hours looking back at pluto, sending back images took another four and a half hours the time it takes radio signals to travel the nearly 5 billion kilometers back to earth. once considered an icy dead world, the new images show that it contains massive mountains and water a main building block of life. >> the bedrock that makes those mountains must be made of water ice. >> it will take 16 months for new horizons to transmit back all the images taken. pluto was demoted to the status of a dwarf planet. those objects are believed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. the solar powered plane which is attempting to circle the earth has been grounded for

nine months. the solar impulse suffered battery damage during its 118 hour flight from japan to hawai'i. the teams say they do intend to complete the journey once repairs are carried out. an engineer in afghanistan is harnessing the power of the sun. he's built the country's first solar powered car. he's done it in his own backyard. >> while he had a dream to use something kabul has something plenty of, sunshine. he started building his country's first solar car. >> two problem in afghanistan one problem is environment another problem is we haven't oil mine -- >> gasoline. >> yes yes. >> a professional engineer, he knew what he wanted to build. but the materials and the money weren't always available. >> fiberglass, very expensive.

i haven't money. >> reporter: to finance the project, he sold his own car. when that money ran out he looked for donations. a friend on-line gave him a thousand dollars to finish it. it took a year and a half and $5,000 to produce his dream car. this is the only one in afghanistan? >> yes. first solar energy car. this uses electricity from the solar. when it's cloudy or night, we can use electricity and we charge. >> reporter: he used what parts he could find at the local market like motorcycle wheels. he welded the car together as best he could. this is a basic model, there is no room for storage no air bags, not a lot of maneuverability. it's not the ideal car for

public traffic. driving in kabul is chaotic and aggressive. cars challenge each other to get ahead. he only takes his car on the road on weekends. armed with the phone number of the traffic police in case he's stopped. summer driving brought a new problem, the brake fluid gets too hot and he has his first accident. despite the difficulties, he's hoping some day to produce the cars here. so far there have been no interested investors. he got a free education in afghanistan and he would like to give something back to his country. a two meter long great white shark has been rescued after getting stuck on the beach in the u.s. they kept it alive with buckets of water. they dragged the great white out to deeper water where it swam

away on its own. it is thought it got caught on the shore when the tide went out. conflicting emotions. you can keep up to date with all of the news by logging on to our website, the address i'm sure you haven't though, is aljazerra.com. women around the world. >> two friends are reading a manual on how to give yourself an abortion. >> and then i asked you for sure like how pregnant you are. >> for sure right now, i'm seven weeks. >> that's good because once you get to 12 weeks, it's like riskier. >> they wouldn't let us film their faces because here, like in most states, what they are about to do could be considered illegal. >> and ultimately, it has to b