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closer cooperation to combat al shabaab. >> exploring how augmented reality is being used to help people face their darkest fears. >> i have your sport including the journey to the 2018 world cup. we will have reaction to that qualifying draw. the soughted i-led coalition is bauming houthi rebels in yemen says it will stop for five days to allow aid to be delivered to millions of people. the humanitarian pause was requested by the exiled yemeni president. the saudis say it will begin just before midnight local time on sunday. but they have warned the coalition will still respond to anyhow howe aggression during the cease-fire. oxfam in yemen says a cease-fire is good but what everyone really wants is lasting peace.

>> we need to have a better process in terms of all of the different stake holders sitting at the table. we are seeing different efforts. of course, in terms of bringing everyone together, but i think we are missing one where everyone is there and agree to go something. i think everyone on the ground is exhausted. the civilian population is as i said, in extremely dire situation. we are several -- we have several supporting health facilities all across the country as well as the u.n. colleagues but it is extremely difficult to work under the current circumstances. as i mentioned, the blockade makes aid delivery into the country extremely difficult. once you are in the country, there is very little fuel available for transportation. and then of course the most acutely hit areas like taiz like aden like sadr are off limits due to the heavy ground

combat and the airstrikes so we are looking at extremely difficult situation. there has been a lot of casualties in terms of collapseual damage infrastructure damage, water, electricity, utilityies have been damaged in most of the major cities. there are a lot of remote locations. we talk about the cities. we shouldn't forget all of the different villages across the country. these villages are difficult to reach even in the best of times. right now, some of these areas were not accessible easily and then on top of that like i mentioned, the fuel sortage in the country which makes it very difficult to reach, to reach these areas and we have to prioritize so we have to go for some areas over others. right now, it's impossible to envision a scenario where we reach the 20 million people. this is only possible if there is athere is a lasting cease fire and if the blockade is stopped.

we cannot emphasize this enough. >> now from oxfam's middle east media advisors from the jordaneian capitol. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. how confident are you that the cease-fire will hold? >> we hope this one at least could hold for the five days because that will be -- that will provide people with re spite from the crisis. a lot of people need to move to safer areas. some people need to go out and buy supplies that they need. so we hope that the five-day cease-fire can last, you know, the people that need to get out of the areas that they are stuck in can actually get out. >> what preparations are you currently making to make sure you reach as many people as you can in that five days? >> sure. well, i mean we have had operations running since the esc alation in a late march. we hope if the cease-fire can hold and last for five days, we

can possibly go into new areas and assess the situation. particularly in taiz and aden, which are really badly hit. we haven't been able to access them before. a proper assessment and then after that afterif the seats fire holds, if the situation gets better we will look at setting up programs in these areas. >> what are your priorities because on the widee scale we are talking about owned 20 million people, 80 percent of the population in yemen in need of aid specifically water and food. how do you prior toitize what you need to achieve in these

fuel equipment are stuck because of the lack of fuel to move them to the villages. some of the areas generally particularly difficult to get to. >> how important is it for the naval embargo that is preventing critical imports of food and fuel? how important office for that blockade to be lifted? >> absolutely. that's the main thing for us. >> needs to be lifted because supplies are needed. we need supplies for humanitarian organizations and people need assistance also need these supplies. once these restrictions on import did are lifted we need a permanent cease-fire so that's sort of the other side that we need to be looking at.

without a permanent cease-fire, without a halt in the ground fighting and the airstrikes we will find it difficult to move supplies around. it's these two things that are very importantly at the moment. as a result of the blockade and the fighting, it's what? 21 million people who need aid. that's the reason they need it. >> iman aoun, thank you very much for giving us a sense of what's happening on the ground there and the challenges that your organization is up against. best of luck with your efforts. >> thank you. >> moving on to our other top story this hour turkey has launched more air raids against the islamic state of iraq in the levant in syria and against kurdish fighters in iraq. the strikes against isil were the latest in a campaign that began early friday after a suicide bombing at a rally in southern turkey earlier in the week. campaign has expanded to target basis in northern iraq belonging to the kurdistan worker's party or pkk who's syrian alleys are fighting against isil.

it's put an end to the fragile cease-fire raising fears of renewed violence intie from southern turkey dana hodr reports. >> reporter: turksey at war on two fronts. jets are hitting target did across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil in syria, turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not fazed and tong talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease in or the vanishing of the threat then, of course we will make a re-assessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center

on monday. many here briefly turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their stronghold in alleppo province. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurd's. syria's kurds or the ypg linked to the pkk now controls more than half of the 800 kilometer border with turkey. turkey says it would be a red line in kurds create a state in northern syria. officials even blamed blamed u.s. air strikes for helping the kurds gain ground from isil. now, there are those who believe a deal with the united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> turkey doesn't want the ypg to take more territory. the u.s. supported the kurds. now, it withdrew its support but it will not last forever.

now, the u.s. and turkish are working together to clear alleppo from isil. >> turkey's fear is that syrian kurds or isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from alleppo and control the important border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close to the front lines with turkey-backed syrian rebels. it seems turkey is hoping the long time demand for humanitarian safe grown inside syria will emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the isil threat in syria and even in iraq. after that the safe zones will be formednally this may come at a price. the pizza process has suffered decades long conflict with the separatist movement seems to have officially ended. turkish police have recently conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and isil sympathizers t seems the government believes there could be attempts to destablize turk frey within. zeina khodr.

southern turkey. pictures are starting to emerge after the turkish attacks in syria and iraq in the northern area. strikes in the northern province of dehok show smokey craters in kurdish areas since the attacks began, turkish jets have hit sheltered and storage facilities belonging to the pkk in seven areas in northern iraq. mohammed jamjoon is near the turkey/syria border and files this update. >> reporter: a major shift in turkish military strategy now. turkey going after isil targets in syria and pkk target did in northern iraq. turkey today effectively lumping isil and the pkk together. officials here saying both of those groups comprise a huge terrorist threat to the domestic security of turkey. the prime minister gave a call to the president of iraqi

kurdistan n which the prime minister said that so long as pkk kept attacking turkey that turkey would take any measures necessary to protect itself from that threat. this is a huge shift in strategy. for a long time now turkey has resisted getting further involved in any conflict here in the region especially when it comes to syria. now, turkey finds itself involved in a two-pronged attack, in iraq against the pkk and in syria, against isil at a time when this region particularly is fraught with so much tension between the kurdish community and the turkish government. the kurdish community continues to say that they believe that turkey's government is a more insistent upon countering the advances of kurdish fighters in this region than they are in countering the advantages of isil fighters. turkey has adamantly denied that called those claims nefarious lies. they said they believe the un lateral actions of turkey in

bombing those pkk encampment meant the truce was over. turkey not nearly as did he have finttive. turkey said they have suggested that peace process could perhaps continue. now, people that we are speaking with especially members of the kurdish community in this region on the border with syria, very worried about what lies ahead in the days to come. >> in other developments turk tissue police have clashed in ankara. tear gas and water can options were used to try to disperse the crowds of about 1,000 people. they had said they would not allow a planned march to be held on sunday. why the growing influence of the kurds is making it iraq noefshings military activity has been increased along the border with syria. that's not the only reason the

ypg has been gaining territory from isil. and that skooir words the tur tissue government. >> all of the coalition bombings helped the kurds. the ypg is a threat to all people arabs, turkmen, they are trying to create a state. >> kurds are an ethnic group with a distinct culture and language. they are roughly 30 million living in a region straddling the regions of turkey iraq syria and from iran to armenia. turkey has had a difficult relationship with its kurdish population who want greater autonomy. >> 1978, the founder of the kurdish party known as the pkk to advance the struggle. it began to employ guerilla tactics. at least 35,000 people were killed in this conflict before a cease-fire was finally put in place two years ago.

but it's been a strained truce. the turkish government still considers the pkk and its offshoot in syria, the ypg, terrorist organizations. >> there is a piece process going, asking for greater rights restrictions to the language. if turkey needwanted to be a model in the region original, it needed to practice democracy at home. >> generations of underlying distrust reserviced this week after a suicide attack in the town of saruj killed dozens. the kurdish community said the government is not doing enough to protect them but turkey said isil and the pkk are the only ones to blame for the attack. in response, it has embarked on a two-pronged bombing operation hitting isil target did in syria and pkk in northern iraq which

is a significant shift in the stance against isil in particular, but some say the strikes could further strain turkey's relationship with the kurds. gerald tan, al jazeera. elsewhere, isil fighters say they set off two bombs in strategic syrian town. research shows smoke after the attack. the uk-based observe tory for human rights says people were killed but has not said how many. earlier this year kurdish forces recaptured parts of it to funnel supplies to its territory. there is much more still ahead for you on the al jazeera newshour. on the attack in anbar province the iraqi army says dozens of soldiers are killed fighting isil for control of two key cities. we will bring you that story, also three months on, how tens of thousands of nepalese people are living in desperate conditions after the devastating earthquake. k4578 pin in waiting, chris

frooem is on the verge of tour de france success. raoul will have all of the details for you in sport . in iraq the death toll from the suicide bombing at a swimming pool northeast of tikrit has reached 12. another 45 people were wounded in the attack. most of the victims were from the turkman minority group. many are said to be in critical condition. when the suicide bomber blew himself up his motor bike was parked outside of the pool. >>, too, was also detonated after the initial explosion. the iraqi army says at least 77 soldiers and shia militiamen have been killed in anbar province fighting isil for control of ramadi and fall uja. four civilians were killed by army airstrikes and shelling. caroline malone has the latest.

>> reporter: the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting alongside shia militia did known as the popular mobileization force to push isil out. soldiers on the outskirts of the city have suffered significant furualties in the last few days. isil fighters are using suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in 2ka bombs that hit the northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said the army killed a number of isil fighters and evacuated houses safely detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil emerged in the region the armed group controls most of anbar province and iraq's second biggest city of mosul. a few days ago 3 ,000,000 soldiers joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army says coalition airstrikes in maluj a deliberately hit cars to deton ate explosives they had inside.

>> and that they will continue to target isil forces and resources to help the iraqi security forces operation and to protect civilians. caroline malone al jazeera. >> tunisia's parliament local impose the death penalty for people convicted of terrorist crimes. part of the security clamp down after last week's beach resort killed 38 tourists that followed an attack on the national museum. human rights groups have condemned the bill describing it as flawed. the u.s. president and his kenyan counter part racked up a day signing agreements with a show of unity. standing side by state, barack obama commended kenyatta for rooting out corruption. from nairobi, catherine sawyer reports. >> the summit is about young

entrepreneurial business startups and how to make it easier for american companies to invest in kenya. >> in order to create successful entrepreneurs, the government has a role in creating the transparency and the rule of law and the ease of doing business and the anti-corruption agenda. it creates a platform for people to succeed. >> the u.s.-driven initiative comes at a time when china heavily is investing in africa. trade between china and the continents have been rising swiftly and is now said to be three times the amount of trade between the u.s. and africa. >> in this newparadigm we can not afford the luxury of the old language of east versus west. in kenya, we are aligned to neither. we are firmly and irreversebly

aligned to progress. >> here is all about the presence of the obama is an endorsement of kenya to the business world and all is not lost on ordinary kenyans. >> many kenyans outside the bids summit are proud that he is here, and they too, have expectations. >> there is a recognition. >> thisere is hope for economic growth. >> the u.s. is with our country. and, therefore, they will help us in solving our country's problems so we can prosper. tauingz were held on corruption and fighting armed groups. obama had a word of caution to the government which has been excused of indiscriminately targeting muslim communities in its efforts to fight terrorism. >> if you paint any particular community with too broad a

brush, if in reaction to terrorism you are restricting legitimate organizations, then that can have the inadvertent effect of actually increasing the pool of recruits for terrorism. >> the two leaders talked of strengthening ties between their country. it's more about rebuilding a strained relationship after president kenyatta and his deputy were indicted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. these followed the post election violence where about 1,000 people were killed. kenyatta's charges have since been dropped. catherine soi, nairobi. >> during the two nation tour, obama will be hoping to improve trade relations with the continent. since 2009, the has been trailing behind china as africa's biggest trading

partner. andrew simmons reports now from mumbasa. >> reporter: kenya's old decriped rail line dating back to british col on yoel y'all rule. there is a new track being built that should lead to better fortunate. it's kenya's biggest investment in infrastructure since index from britain and it's being built by the chinese. the old railway is so slow 90% go by road. high speed electric brake lines will use a new line cutting costs by more than half. >> one way of making sure that as a continent we improve trades within africa is to remove these barriers logistics and transportation corridors is one of the major problems. >> for it all to work the main gateway for east african trade, kenya's port also needs transportation. that's happening as well. >> this vast indian ocean port has always had big potential but

not the investment. now, that's all changing. it isn't just good news for kenya but, also land-locked economies such as uganda burundi, eastern congo, southern sudan. they are all set to benefit. >> right now more than a million containers a year pass through this terminal. it was expanded by chinaedes contractors two years ago in a deal costing nearly $67 million. but once this swath of land that's been reclaimed from the ocean is turned into a second terminal by japanese contractors, another one 234568 million containers a year can be handled. >> will more than double mumbasa portsmouth's capacity and alongside it a chinese company will reclaim more land from the sea to build a rail terminal. it will all help manufacturing industry. this is an american chewing gum company in nirobi expanding with a $63 million reequipped new factory. production is being increased

with a focus on exports. >> i think thisese investments are going to make a big difference in terms of making kenya competitive compared to other markets. >> that's something i look forward to one day. >> so long-term, there is huge optimism for this region. but like every aspect of life here economic growth depends upon political stability and security. andrew simmons, al jazeera, mumbasa the u.s. president says burundi's recently presidential election wasn't credible. president obama is calling on the president and the opposition to come together to end the political prices. the opposition says the connellstitution does not allow him to serve a third term in. the funnel recall of a woman who died in police custody in texas has taken place in illinois. 28-year-old sandra bland was jailed after an altercation with

police who pulled her over for a traffic offense. police say she hanged hertz with a plastic bag three days after arrest but her family say that she wouldn't have committed suicide and she was not on suicide watch. well, across the country, marches have been held in protest over the latest death in police custody. our correspond i want andy gal gallagher around the crowd of a thousand, there are three mothers, all of whom lost sons to police brutality. but the people here today are for the death of sandra bland, a young woman pulled over for a minor traffic violation and found dead in her cell. people here say she is one in a long line of victims. you can see on the posters, the names of other people who have been killed at the hands of police. this is a growing momentum. these protesters are going nowhere soon. it's happening across the entire country. civil rights act visits say they want real and lasting change in

police policy. they want to see police officers jailed if they are found to have killed these people wrongly. this is not going away any time soon. events like this planned throughout the summer. until these people see some kind of long-term, lasting change and ultimately justice, they are not going anywhere soon. >> still ahead for you on the al jazeera newshour, a report on the press in hong kong as we look at the state of civil liberties in the asia pacific region. also the slow pace of research is helping to create a breeding ground for drug resistant super bugs. >> fifa president sepp blatter meets with one of his greatest alleys. all that and more on sport.

sglrnling welcome back. you are watching al jazeera newshour. saudi-led coalition forces announced a military campaign to allow aid deliveries. turkey has launched a new wave of airstrikes against isil fightners syria and kurdish pkk

positions in northern iraq. the pkk said the government has ended the two--year-old cease-fire. after talks in nairobi, president obama and hez kenyan counterpart say they are united against terrorism as they promise better cooperation. now, it's been three months since nepal's earthquake disaster and the country is struggling to emerge from the rubble. almost 9,000 people were killed and well over 22,000 others were injured. homes and businesses were flattened while more than 4,000 schools were damaged or destroyed, leaving children without access to education. so far, about $38,000,000,000 has been pledged to help the nepalese people rebuild their country. another major challenge is providing medicines and care to earthquake survivors, particularly in rural areas. faz jamil reports now.

>> reporter: this man considers himself lucky. he was treated in the capitol. he only returned to his village two weeks ago. but then his leg became infected. >> i was having problems with my leg. this mobile health team came and said to go to the district headquarters immediately for treatment. >> they said there were foreign doctors there. it was closer than going all the way to kathmandu. but >> reporter: getting there wasn't easy. his family had to carry him for hours until they managed to get a vehicle to bring him the rest of the way. with the district hospital still damaged, these tents operated by the red cross provide basic and even surgical medical care for people near and far. >> we had one woman, she walked for two full days from sunrise to sunset. >> the team leader here says they are still seeing some earthquake-related cases but the number of patients who come from distant areas depends upon the weather. >> when it rains heavily, we

experience here less people coming. on sunny days like this, it's quite a huge peak in patients coming. two days ago, we had a peak of almost 160 patients coming in one day. >> reporter: beyond the district headquarters, proper medical care is hard to come by and harder to travel to. these winding and uneven roads are difficult to navigate. mudslides caused by the monsoon rains have added to the obviousstacle obstacles to get to the treatment or for medical aid to get to them. >> roads here aren't well-maintained. the mud only as to the travel time it takes getting to and from hundreds of remote villages. hours later, we came to this picturesque village. the damage from april's quake still visible. this local medical post still stands. but a close look inside shows why it's not usable forcing

patients and the only doctor here to use donated tents. but medical care is still limited. >> it's not safe in the hospital. so we just use these tents. we refer more serious cases to the district headquarters. the upside says the earthquake has more medicine being sent to us. >> reporter: the goal is to rebuilt 60 of the 80 health posts damaged by the earthquake. many of the rural districts are in a similar state. and like here, healthcare is just one of many things that need rebuilding. faiz jamil, nepal. a second suicide bomb in less than a week in kamaroon has killed at least 14 people. military forces say it was a female bomber and included her among the number of dead. it happened in the northern town of maroua and comes three days after the same city was truck by a double suicide attack by two girls thought to be from nigh

year i can't's boko haram. n boko haram attacks have spread into neighboring countries like chad and camaroon despite a coalition to try to stop them. meanwhile, inside nigeria, yeah people have died in a gas explosion at a water treatment plant. they were overcome by toxic fume as a chlorine cylinder exploded in central nigeria. more than 100 others have been hospitalized. the circumstances of the blast are unclear although it is thought to have been accidental. a government spokesman said the contamination has been contained and has not impacted the water supply. >> during the past five years, civil liberties have been slowly expanding in the asia pacific region. it still has a long way to go. monitoring organizations say the asian pacific area has about 4 billion people. 5% have what's considered to be a free press.

those countries include japan, taiwan australia and new zealand while china, afghanistan, thailand and vietnam are among the countryies with the tightest restrictions. a report now from hong kong about how the media operates there. >> pele simulates attack on poland. absolutely. >> the agenda the daily editorial meeting for hong kong's youngest online newspaper. they say they are trying to provide an alternative voice in june. it gained traction after the proceed democracy. it broke records in online fundraising campaign reflecting immense public interest but already it's facing hurdles. there wasn't any direct call for the government. we have been hindered somewhat in that we have not been allowed access to the government information system. >> according to the hong kong journalist association, it's a problem that's becoming more

common. the 79 day occupied protests last year exposed the government's reluctance to engage the media and proved to be a risky time for journalists. >> not only that journalists are blocked from new sources, cannot get information, but they were physically affect a life life-threatening attacks. >> clem ensou helps the press freedom index. it monitors. freedom of expression is protected by law. >> hasn't stopped the press freedom from deteriorating, particularly over the past few years. international watchdog reporters without borders says hong kong has hit a new low, ranking 70th out of 180 countries surveyed. when the index launched 13 years ago, hong kong was among the world's top 20 countries for press freedom. hong kong's media is in turmoil. this month, three publications

are shutting down due to online competition and funding issues. hong kong's oldest television station will stop broadcasting next year and the only open outlet is closing publication after losing advertising areas weary of angering beijing. >> the internet is eating everybody's lunch, but nobody knows how to get the internet to make lunch. >> the editors of hong kong free press say they are finding their voice but to survive, it will have to resonate with the public and soon. it only has enough funding to operate until the end of next year. al jazeera hong kong. >> pakistan's disaster management says flooding has killed 36 people and more than a quarter of a million others have been affected. more than 800 villages were

damaged. continued severe weather is forecast for some regions with warnings that flooding might worsen. >> more than 1,000 migrants have been rescued from boats in the mediterranean. most of the 1200 people were from africa and syria. picture picked up by a norwegian cargo ship, taken to palermo. others were taken by an irish ship. croatia has been fighting raging wildfires at the height of its tourist systems. hundreds of fire fighters have struggled to contain the fires on the adriatic coast. two have swept through this week, forcing the evacuation of villages and destroying large areas of oliv groves and vineyards. roads and power supplies have been affected. strong change in winds havindered efforts to contain the fire. phobias and mental health problems aren't always easy to treat. therapy can be expensei and not

readily available for everyone. but now computer scientists game developers and doctors are creating new virtual treatments. n neve barker tried it out. >> a research lab, soontists are exploring the relationship between the break and the body and for this experiment, i am the guinea pig. >> look at yourself in the mirror. say hello. >> hi. >> standing in front of a virtual mirror. see my own reflex or at least the virtual version of me. >> i am then confronted by a crying child. >> what's wrong? are you feeling sad? and asked to do my best to console them. the roles are then reversed. i become the child and a virtual grown up towers above me. >> seeing an adult version of myself my own voice consoling me from the viewpoint of being the actual child. that was a very unique experience. >> the experiment is designed to help people suffering with high levels of self criticism, a

major cause of anxiety and depression. >> virtual reality has come a long way since it first hit the scene in the 1990s. now, finally the technology is starting to match up with expectation. it's being used to help us learn more about ourselves and the real world that we live in. one in every four people in the u.k. experiences a mental health problem each year ranging from depression to phobias. hospitals have long waiting lists. private care is expensive. many sufferers never consider treatment for problems still widely seen as taboo. consultant psychiatrist russell green is hoping to change things. things. he has come bind psychiatry and computer gaming to help people deal with stress of situations like public speaking in front of a hostile audience. >> there are some hard to reach groups who don't tend to seem health like young men. it may be they are more comfortable with using software than actually going to an. i think, also people with

mobility problems, there is a lot of scenarios where it's much easier to do the therapy on a device or your laptop. >> some of the technologies now available as downloadable aps allowing people to access hope at home like itsy a spied their becomes more and more realistic. >> despite knowing it's not there, quite a lot of people report the sense of actually being able to feel it. >> that's weird. >> crawling on your hand. >> as phobias and social anxieties become increasingly common, new virtual technology could revolutionize the way we treat very real problems. neve barca, al jazeera, london. aid agencies from five countries are banding together to promote ways of saving the lives of mothers and their newborn children in the developing world calling for new products and techniques decide to reduce the number of maternal deaths and those of their infants and they are getting an eager response from research groups as tom ackerman

reports. >> this suitcase size machine is called pharma czech to give healthcare workers in the remotest areas a quick, on the spot test to assure mothers and their their newborn don't die from contaminated or bogus drugs. >> because people are dying, because bad drugs are there, because hospitals are inundated with these kinds of situations they want a solution that stops the problem in its tracks. >> it is one of 80 approaches aimed at preventing the deaths of mothers and babies in the most dangerous period the first 48 hours after birth. >> actually in those rural hardest to reach parts of communities, it's really the last mile and so that is where we need to make sure some of the best innovations and ideas can actually reach them and save the lives. >> for the 5th year aid agencies from the u.s. u.k. canada norway and south korea are sponsoring competitions to fund more innovations that

promise the greatest improvement in health outcomes. this year 53 finalists were chosen out of more than 750 applications to pitch their wears to investors, both private and non-profit. some of these products have already profen to be effective in the field, but their true test is how easily and cheaply they are applied on a large scale. >> this machine provides oxygen to babies struggling with a leading cause of child mortality, acute respiratory infections. once manufactured in a small volume it costs $160 compared to the standard 6,000 dollar model. >> so we have made them much less expensive that problems the same therapeutic flow and pressure as devices that are used in high resource settings and we have been able to disseminate it countrywide throughout malau. >> infant and mother mortality rates have fallen sharply in

recent years. with 287 mothers dying and more than 5 million neonatal deaths and still births each year the demand for more solutions is still pressing. tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >> super bugs are drug resistant bacteria blamed for 250,000 deaths in the u.s. each year. it's estimated this number could rise to 10 million by 2050 without action. one solution could be new drugs but there have been no new anti-by on theics on the market for almost 30 years. jacob ward explains why. >> i am going to grab your temperature. >> the united states has a bug problem. multi-drug resistant bacteria super bugs that have learned to shrug off the antibiotics we normally use to kill them playing the health system. >> these organisms can live on the skin and live on the surfaces of a desk or a bed or a

stethoscope. >> reporter: the trouble is that it takes days to identify specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee riley has just received a multi-million dollar grant to develop a process that would identify the right drugs to fight bacteria in minutes. >> if we can determine what the drug susceptibility is before the patient leaves your office you can give the right drug and you don't have to worry about creating drug resistance. >> here in the u.s. and around the world, companies simply are not making new antibiotics. it's just too expensive and too hard. in part, that's because they have pretty much tapped out the micro organisms that can be easily cultivated in a lab setting. the truth is that there are enough micro organisms in this handful of dirt to pursue countless lines of new possible antibiotics but it's only out here in nature that those micro organisms will thrive. as a result researchers are limited to the tiny number of microorganisms that grow in a

petri dish. >> that gap is hugh mungous, which means it's very large amount is not accessible. so this is how much of that we have cultivated. >> epstein developed the i championship that can isolate cells in dirt to let them grow the way they do in nature. >> it let's nature provide the necessary components for growth and form a colony. once it forms a colony we can explore this colony and it'sability to produce. >> the hope is that a new crop of antibiotics used to bacteria that have been quickly and specifically identified could slow deadly infections around the world, infections that our food and our hospitals seem to have helped create. jacob ward al jazeera, berkeley, california. >> still ahead for you on the al jazeera newshour we will

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welcome back. now sport? >> maryam three years ago before the start of the 2018 world cup in russia the qualification time for the 32 team tournament. the draw took place at one of the host cities saint petersburg with 52 teams

competing for 12 spots. russia automatically take one spot by virtue of being the host. the qualitification is among the six fifa confederations. it breaks down like this. european zone has 13 qualifiers including the host russia. africa's confederation known as cap has five spots. asia's confederation will have four qualifiers, the same number as south america, north and central america's con of theration, they get three qualifiers and the remaining two places will be filled by two playoffs between oceana's and the 5th of best sides from aysia and south america as well as a fourth side. it will thru 851 matches played over the six confedrations. 20 situation countries will take place in the qualifiers. 141 countries, not the asian countries because their qualification process has already begun.

two of the last three world cups face each other in spain. we will hear from the coach but roy hodgson reacting to his team's group which includes scotland. england versus scotland, the world's oldest international fixture played way back in 1876. >> many a fierce encounter over the years. that's the one for the british press going to cap tufr the imagination. but slovenia is a good team. lithuania they are experienced at this level. i think it will be a very competitive group. >> it's a tough group but i think it will be stimulating because if you have to face spain, the strongest team in the world, it can be exciting and motivating for the players. >> fifa president sepp blatter and vladimir putin, putin has

been one of blatter's staunchest supporter saying it was a u.s.-led blot while blatter has been unequivocal for 2018 despite allegations of bribe re and. >> yesterday fifa's executive committee expressed again its trust and confidence in russia. for the organization of this competition. trust in russian authorities organizing committee and in russia's people. >> that qualifying goal means an end to the speculation of the future of the 2018 tournament following the aforementioned corruption scandal that has rocked world football's governing body but it has not captured the imagination of the people. >> it's clear from the comments made by putin and blatter after

the meeting they had prior to this world cup draw that the two men consider each other to be key alleys. vladimir putin said to sepp blatter he was massive lufshingly appreciateative of blatter's concentration on sporting matters despite the fact as he put it there is so much going on around football at the moment. by that he meant, of course, the current stand-off between east and west. sepp blatter said that fifa fully endorsed russia's hosting of the 2018 world cup. obviously, he is referencing there the two investigations that are going on at the moment: one american one, one swiss one into potential corruption around the awarding of those two world cups, 2018 and 2022 in qatar. those are investigations that russia considers to be western orchestrated attempts to discredited russia to strip it

of the world cup and to embaras it on the world stage. now, how do russians, themselves feel about all of this? russian football is not particularly healthy at the moment. recent polls suggest some 73% are indifferent to football. 8% said they watched it regularly. so there isn't really a mass hysteria, world cup fever at the moment that's detectible on russian streets but we are still some two years away at least from the world cup, and i would suggest that maybe as those years tick by and the world cup gets closer and closer, it's got to be a little bit of an uptick in the view here. >> at the moment t seems to be slightly lacking. >> occur supports news now britain's chris froome will be crowned for the second time on sunday. froome finished besides hi nearest arrival on this year's

with an overall lead of more than a minute he will be this year's winner the final stage finishing in paris, it's traditionally not contested. the spanish winner. >> it was always a dream for me to be able to ride for general transportation. i knew i could climb well. i could time trial well. so for me it was when i grew up i wanted to be able to write the gc. but i didn't quite think that was going to come so early. >> formula one lewis hamilton is nearer to a 5th win. the merits mercy driver was quickest in practice and couldn't be beaten in qualifying on saturday. he claims his 5th successive pole position. his teammate will start from second on the grid with sebastian in the ferrari. there was trouble for mcclairen. fernando alonzo broke down on the track. he had to be stopped while he pushed his car back to the pit.

that was afoul. >> means it must remain on its own. it puts him on 15th plates on sunday. >> i think i am here i have always had generally good experiences here, but loving the weather, loving the city. definitely one of my favorite cities, but, also i love the track. it feels a bit like a go cart site we used to race on and we had super special soft tires and super grippy and with the temperatures, it gives us a lot of grip here. >> olympic champion and world record holder has been beaten three weeks before the athletics world championships in beijing here in london returning to the stadium when he claimed his world record and olympic gold medal three years ago. he looked way short of that form on this occasion going in to the final few meters, he coined hold off a challenge at the

commonwealth games. >> new zealand extended their lead at the top of the rugby championship with a win over south africa at ellis park in zoe hanesburg. the springboks looked to bounce back to a last minute defeat. willie laroux giving them a lead. upped the pressure in the second half. richie mccall after this year's world cup in england celebrated south africa. final score, 27 to 20. >> that's sport. robin will have more for you in a few hours. >> you can find much more on everything we are covering in this bullet and much more on our website. the address for that is aljazeera.com. there, you will find the latest comment, analysis and video on demand. you can see our top story there at condemnation from the kurds in turkey to those airstrikes inside iraq. more on that story and everything else at the top of the hour. i will be back with a full bullet of news with you. stay with us.

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