>> >> hello welcome to another news hour from al jazeera in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes: >> syria's president admits his army is struggling after four years of war and may have to give up some regions to save others. >> two soldiers killed at turkey launches airstrikes against isil and the p.k.k. >> and of course, i'm the first we knowian american to be president of the united states. >> barack obama in tune with his audience on the last day of his

visit to his father says homeland. >> on patrol in el salvador, police say they're increasingly under attack as the country experiences a historic wave of violence. >> president bashar al assad has vowed to win the long running civil war bur and would hit his troops are struggling to hold on to territory in syria due to a lock of manpower. we have this report. >> since the war began, for the first time, the president admitted problems. >> we do have no recruits every dave. the military is carrying out its mission, but the syrian army is required to give up areas in order to hold on to more

important areas. we are in a fateful period and there are no compromise solutions. >> assad trying to put a brave face. >> in order to win, everybody gets tired. it is quite normal that the state, the army get tired, but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary or in the language of the syrian armed forces. >> for four years, he relied on the military backing of iran and fighters from the shia muslim group hezbollah in lebanon. he enjoys the backing of russia and china, but the syrian army is under huge pressure. it once had 300,000 members, but according to estimates, it has been roughly halved in size by deaths, defections, and the rise in draft dodging, a fact that assad publicly acknowledged. >> we have everything we need, but there's a lack of human resources.

>> isil fighters and rebel groups have seized more territory. they took control of idlib in the north and pushed toward the stronghold on the coast. various areas close to the capitol damascus are battle grounds. >> damascus is the center power, and he's trying, he wants to control the lattica and also to protect the main highway. they are very important to him. overall, he's losing ground. he lost sovereignty in the north and the south, even in the center of syria. he is in trouble, really. possibly no fly zone, buffer zone might bring him to negotiation table in the future. >> more fighting is reported in different parents of syria. barrel bombs were dropped in northwestern syria, killing a number of people. syria has turned into a proxy war for local, regional and international powers, which could prolong the war.

the u.n. says more than 230,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced. al jazeera. >> a syrian activist and member of the opposition syrian national council joins us litsch from istanbul. what do you make of president assad's comments? >> good evening for you and for audience, as well. as you mentioned in your introduction when you started assad regime is suffering, lack of people, lack of manpower, and there are losing big lands of syria, but i'd like to insist that he said that he would give up some regions in order to be able to gain some other regions but this is not the real fact. the real fact is he announced it very loudly, saying that syria

is not only for syrians or the syrian i.d. syria is all who are fighting for assad's regime, syria is for who would cope assad in power controlling the whole country even destroying the rest of the whole country but the only thing assad wants to is to stay in power to stay on, keep his own chair. >> does it indicate that he is on the back foot, that he's under pressure? >> yeah, he is under huge pressure, because as we all know, without this intervention by iranian militias and hezbollah militia and some other iraqi militia to support assad and back him up, assad's regime would have collapsed from the middle of 2012, but what we are seeing now with days recently on

the ground is that like assad's regime forceles are suffering to much, there is a lack of manpower to fight for him. that's why assad's regime lost the whole provision of idlib. they are losing other areas, as well. even so close to damascus, it's not that big area, they are losing, as well. they are unable to take control or overcome the tree syrian army at any point or any piece of land in syria on the syrian ground. >> it's quite arable, basically he's ceded control of parts of the country and he's concentrating only on the capitol, damascus and perhaps holmes. >> yeah, i think that's assad regime knows very well that as long as he keeping controlling damascus area, and even like the center of damascus, that means

for the international community that he is the president the syrian president, the president of syria and this is more than enough for him i think. the only thing that assad's regime would keep, would fight for is just to stay as the president of syria. he doesn't mind killing people. he doesn't mind killing civilians. he doesn't mind syria being occupied by militias. he doesn't mind. he doesn't care about the whole country. the only thing that means something to assad is just to stay in power. >> good to talk to up. so many thanks indeed. >> armed group al shabab claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel near mogadishu's airport. a bomb exploded nearby, 10 people have been killed. gunfire was heard at the gates of the hotel i have not an area

popular with diplomats and politicians, home to several embassies. >> two soldiers have been killed in a car bomb explosion in southern turkey. turkey's armed forces launch would more air stakes against the p.k.k. in northern iraq. turkish fighter jets have also targeted isil in syria. the syrian observatory for human rights said that villages north of aleppo have been targeted. the border town was also struck. in northern iraq, airstrikes hit the headquarters of the p.k.k. in the mountains. zeina hodor is following events for us from southern turkey. >> the people in southern towns are afraid of possible retaliation now that turkey has declared war on isil, as well as the kurdistan workers party the p.k.k. the town behind me is the syrian town isil controlled territory.

as you can see it's a pour rouse border. the turkish army sent reinforcements, stepped up controls, but that is doing little to ease people's concerns. the territory is important to many players first of all isil. isil has lost control of all border crossings. this is the last stretch of territory it controls. to my right the kurds are issue control, syrian kurds. they control territory all the way up to the iraqi border. to my left is the syrian opposition groups. turkey has two main objectives. it wants to degrade and defeat isil but also wants to contain syria's kurds and it doesn't want isil to threaten syrian opposition groups, which it supports. the airstrikes, the turkish airstrikes which are now taking place inside syria against isil are concentrating in the region behind me. we've heard turkish officials talk about a safe zone emerging

after this military campaign. that safe zone will be in the area behind me. this is why this stretch of territory is very strategic. now, it's not only a war against isil. turkey has declared war on the p.k.k. it is causing tensions with its own kurdish community. it causes tensions edge specially after they rounded up hundred was p.k.k. ashiesers in the country. now we're hearing are the united states saying that turkey does have the right to respond to the p.k.k. but urges restraight. maybe the most important statement by the u.s. is that the turkish airstrikes against the p.k.k. are in no way connected to the increased cooperation between turkey and united states. the u.s. wants to make clear to the coalition is not going after the p.k.k. the coalition is relying on the kurds on the ground. they have proven to be reliable partners in syria and iraq. the u.s. is in a very difficult

position turkey now at war people are afraid of retaliation. >> turkey's renewed airstrikes against p.k.k. targets in northern rack are the first since a truce in 2013. turkey has long had a strained relationship with the kurds and is concerned about the expansion of kurdish territory in syria. we explain. >> turkey shares a 900-kilometer long border with syria stretching from iraq to the mediterranean sea. a kurdish administration is largely overseeing the kurdish province since the civil war started in syria four years ago. in january, syrian kurdish fighters took control of the border town of kobane from isil, then last month captured a town in raqqa province with the support of u.s. airstrikes at that that victim was significant, cutting off the

main supply route of isil fighters from turkey to isil stronghold of raqqa city. more than that, it opened a land corridor between two kurdish administered areas. the kurds have uninterrupted control of more than half the border with turkey and are pushing to the last border crossing under isil's grip. >> the y.p.g. is now at the doorstep. if they capture that crossing, they will push south. >> now on the edge of aleppo province, the turkish government is nervous of any further kurdish expansion. it considers the y.p.g. a terrorist organization and does want it to control anymore of the border with syria. >> villages in northern iraq caught up with turkish bombings are demanding government help to save their homes.

these pictures show oil drums marking out a p.k.k. camp that was targeted by turkish planes in the northwest of the city. the villagers fear further bombing. >> the strikes targeted the headquarters of p.k.k. and there were only a few hundred meters between us and the p.k.k. positions. a fire broke out and our water supply damaged. we are afraid. soon this region will be exposed to a constant bombardment. >> 33 fighters from the combined iraqi forces have been killed in rimadi, part of the ongoing on bar offensive that aims to retake ramadi and fallujah. >> the leader of yemen's houthis is rejecting a humanitarian ceasefire.

the saudi-led coalition said it would stop aerial strikes and shelling on sunday. according to a posting of what appears to be the houthi's twitter account, it says the battle goes on and the war is not over. reinforcements, he said, are on the way. he accuses what he calls the saudi aggressors of wanting to buy time to mobile lies with al-qaeda in aden. saudi-led airstrikes continue this hit targets in aden following earlier bombings close to sanna. >> an earlier bombs happened class to sap in a. a pro houthi activist said the timing of the ceasefire is significant. >> the saudi want to use this

ceasefire to position their troops and will use the ceasefire to bring more troops in the name of humanitarian aid to aden. at the end of ramadan there was a ceasefire that has been that the u.n. has been working for two months to have it and the saudis reviewed that and used it for to start the operation aden. the u.n. must watch and bring aid. they should she the ones that coordinate the ceasefire not only one side, which the aggression, the ones that started the war i think they will be studied by parties inside yemen because they do want this ceasefire to end in the advantage of the saudi troops, because all the them knee parties welcome any ceasefire, but the saudis always have violated. >> still plenty more to come on the news hour. >> my desire to own a home is

just like anybody else. it's among the basic things in life. >> making it easier to own property in nigeria new reforms encourage banks to lend more money. >> i'm in gaza where palestinians wounded during last year's war with israel are still struggling to find proper health care. >> formula one drivers pay a silent tribute to fellow competitor and friend in their first race since his death. jo will be here a little later with the details. >> u.s. president obama has arrived in ethiopia. looking back at his trip to his father's homeland. he called on kenyans to get tough on corruption, to tackle

regionle insecurity and empower women and girls. >> president obama received arousing welcome when invited to speak in this arena. the u.s. president said kenya is a success story with a vibrant economy and good democracy but is also well aware of economic inequalities and endemic corruption. >> across the country, one study shows corruption costs kenyans 250,000 jobs every year, because every shilling that's paid as a bribe could be put into the pocket of somebody whose actually doing an honest day's work. [ cheers and applause ] >> outside the arena thousands of kenyans line the streets. they see this as a homecoming and so they went all out to

welcome him. his posters read welcome kenya. most people have been here since very early in the morning just to see the motorcade of president barack obama. they've been following keenly what he's been saying. they too have the expectations. >> this man from where obama's father was born was hoping to catch the president's attention. unemployment is his biggest concern. >> i'm a graduate with a master's degree. i don't have a job in kenya. i cannot get a job in this country. >> president obama he be focused on the threat of al shabab, counter terrorism empowering young people, and trade matter that is resonate with people here. >> his presence alone is enough.

june god bless you, thank you. >> he left the arena on a high. out here, though they didn't get close to him they just hope his visit will mean prosperity. al jazeera nairobi. >> live now to the ethiopian capitol addis ababa, he had something of a rock star's welcome in nairobi. what sort of welcome will he get there? >> well, it was low key the welcome he got here compared to the euphoric scene that we witnessed in nairobi. obviously, this is because of the link, the relationship that

obama has to kenya his father came from there but in ethiopia, they are not only used to hosting dignitaries, but do not have the connection kenya has with him. president barack obama while he is here is going to hold bilateral talks with ethiopian government and address the african union. top on the agenda of things that he is going to skulls with the ethiopian government are trade and security. ethiopia is not only an influential regional actor but also is a rising economy and is soon expected to be the biggest economy in east and central africa, and trade between the united states and ethiopia has been growing over the years however, the president wants to see an increase and also to see that there is more happening in terms of trade between his country and ethiopia, and in

terms of security, ethiopia is a leading partner in the so-called war on terrorism. it has forces in somalia tackling al shabab and this week alone have recaptured two main towns from al shabab militia in southwestern somalia. this is definitely a development that the prime minister of ethiopia is going to present to barack obama at some sort of coalition, a gift and also ask for more funding for african union peace for somalia especially at this time when the european union have been funding to cut back funding up to 20%. >> many thanks. >> israeli police stormed one of the most sensitive holy sites in

jerusalem following scuffles. police used stun grenades to clear palestinians who were trying to stop jews from entering the mosque. the worshipers went to mark the holiday. >> aid agencies say israel's 50 day bombardment last year has been catastrophic for the strip's health care system. many thousands who were seriously injured are losing hope that they'll ever fully recover. we have this report. >> spending time with his 2-year-old daughter i also the happiest part of his day. he struggles with depression after he lost his legs in an israeli strike on the united nations school he and his family were sheltering in during last year's war. his brother and father were killed in that strike and she has bits of shrapnel in her skull.

>> i am completely destroyed i've lost my legs, i've lost my job. i can't leave gaza. we are under siege on all sides. i want an artificial limb to feel like a normal person again. >> once a week, he travels to this clinic in gaza city. it's where he receives physio therapy and is taught ways to manage his pain, but like many of the thousands of palestinians who were wounded during last year's war, he either can't afford to buy medicine he needs or the treatments are not available. >> aid agencies say the continuing impact of last year's war on gaza's wounded is nothing short of catastrophic. 17 hospitals, 56 primary health care facilities and 45 ambulances were either damaged or completely destroyed, costing the health care system here an estimated $50 million. >> according to the united nations, 2,251 palestinians were killed in the fighting, mostly civilians. of the more than 11,000 wounded,

at least 10% now have permanent disabilities, but there could have been many more survivors. an investigation by gaza's ministry of health found 500 killed during the conflict should have lived, but obstacles including military zones israeli checkpoints and lack of coordination mean these individuals reported alive by ambulance services either died before the paramedics got to them or before they reached hospital. a physio therapist at a rehabilitation center for amputees in gaza says the health care system was already stretched after the two previous conflicts with israel. >> because, you know, there is a siege from israel or a closed border from egypt, because of that, we can't bring medication or bring the medical teams from abroad to make a treatment here in the gaza strip. >> which means the thousands of

palestinians like this man who have been seriously wounded will continue to suffer. al jazeera, gaza. >> a blast in northern nigeria killed 18, 16 others wounded. no one's yet claimed responsibility, but there are reports that the explosion bears all the hallmarks of boko haram. >> nigeria's president plans to divide the state owned oil company into two. buhari wants and independent monitoring body set up and a separate one to focus on investment. the oil industry provides the government with 70% of its revenue. >> very few banks in nigeria offer mortgages so many people don't own their own homes. government reforms are trying to change that.

>> youssef wants to buy this four bedroom house. it's on sale for $250,000, but he can't afford or meet the terms of a bank loan to pay for it. the developer here is allowing installments and if he can't afford to finish paying, he can get his money back. this kind of deal is rare. most people in nigeria who want to by property have to have the money in cash and in full. >> my desire to own a home is just like anybody else. it's among the basic things of life. you need to have a roof over your head, and it's a natural thing to own a home, to own a shelter, it gives you that security. >> in nigeria, there is no culture of long-term lending. banks want borrowers to pay back home loans within two to three years where borrowers in other nations get 20 to 30 years. there are only 13,000 existing home loans in a country of over 170 million people. >> property developers say banks think there's a high chance

borrowers will default and there are other factors. >> at this fair, government and housing finance executives recently met to discuss reforms needed to increase homeownership. they include making landownership easier, improving the quality of construction, and creating the policies of foreclosure, which will make banks feel they are taking less risk. >> land is way too expensive because of the long-winded process of getting the assurances for land. construction is the other key challenge, where there's numbers and politics, and part of the drive for the villages is the house price itself. >> banks also charge up to 28% interest on home loans, which makes homes even more expensive.

many nigerians will spend their lives renting their place. youssef has a deal. soon he and his family will move into their new house. for most people, the dream of owning a home is likely to remain elusive. al jazeera, nigeria. >> we're approaching the midway point of this news hour. still to come: >> i'm in the rice paddies of hong kong with the townies being farmers for a day. >> the struggle to weed out a controversial chemical used all over the way from france's farming and gardening industry. >> we'll also tell you how this former champion's return to mothers cycling proved to be spectacular in the worst possible way, as you can see. that's in sport in around 20 minutes.

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our top stories, for the first time sings the civil war began syria's president admitted that government forces are tired and lacking in manpower. bashar al assad also says the government troops have been forced to abandon some areas but that the word defeat doesn't exist in his language. >> barack obama has landed in ethiopia, where egg address the african union following his three day kenyan trip. the u.s. penalty urged kenyans to root out corruption, address regional security and empower women and girls. >> two soldiers have been killed by a car bomb in southeastern turkey. turkish airstrikes have again targeted the cud stan workers party or p.k.k. in northern iraq. fighter jets targeted isil fighters in syria. >> el salvador is one of the worlds deadliest countries its murder rate has risen this year. 600 people were murdered in june

alone. police blame powerful street gangs that returning nailed in the u.s. we have this report. >> a common sight in el salvador, a police funeral. at least 33 officers were killed this year, some on the job, most targeted while off duty, just some of the victims in a wave of killings unseen since the civil war ended in 1992. june saw nearly 700 murders in a nation of 6 million. the vast majority blamed on criminal gangs. the government's response, more guns, more police, more patrols. for so long, police were the hunters in this violent gang-infested country. now they're the prey. this female officer buried a close relative on the force. she was 27, the first police woman ever to be killed in the nation's history.

>> she still walks the beat, caring now for two families on her one salary. in an exclusive interview, a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spike in killings or that members have been ordered to target police. >> police say there are no death squads, but in a change of policy, the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. both gangs and police say they're under attack.

>> there have been far fewer killings this month than last month, a sign some say that the gangs are sending a message that they really have the power to control the violence and now want to negotiate. >> a new truce could prove as controversial as the last one agreed in 2012. >> no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. >> well let's take you live to el salvador. you said there in that report that last month saw the highest number of killings in more than 20 years nearly 700 people, you said. how is that having an effect on

ordinary people there? >> well, people here are fearful, fearful for their lives, for their safety. they don't like to walk around here after the sun goes down. here at central plaza taxi cars line the plaza. there are certain routes they cannot follow anymore they're afraid for their lives. they have to pay protection to street gangs. this is taking on the sense of what the analysts say are a low intensity war. this murder level is extremely high even by central american standards. el salvador, to many of our viewers sounds violent. it has been racked with violence and civil wars for decades but it's a darker time now and people are calling out for help. even the gang leader said the country is unprepared to address this issue on its own. he's calling for the u.n., calling for the united states and other international groups

to help this country help the police and the president perhaps come to terms to negotiate with these gangs. right now there's a very hard stance from the government, although it's led by a leftest government that was opposed to the truce they signed on to the truce under the former president from the same party but this penalty is not wavering. he doesn't want to sit down with gangs and gangs say that is an impediment to peace. 677 murders in one month in a country of 6 million people, that's roughly the population of madrid and the surrounding area. imagine the headlines if last month, nearly a person every hour was killed in the streets of madrid. we would have major action taking operation but for many, it's business as usual in el salvador and they're calling out for help and need help now. >> you say that they're talking about a truce. that sounds like they're at war with one another the government

and these gangs and they might be willing to negotiate. what is it they want? what would they negotiate over? >> the gang leaders say that the government just doesn't really understand the culture that cradled these gangs that there is no social services, there's no hope here. there's no work. actually in that interview this gaining leader said in these neighborhoods there's no football teams there's gangs. there's no doctors there's gangs. there's schools that's bit. there's only the gangs who can spread work and jobs and increasingly spread fear. >> many thanks indeed. >> the world health organization says that a popular weed killer could cause cancer. monsanto which makes round up said it needs more evidence that it's not just a killer of weeds. the french government is stopping most people from buying it.

>> farmers and gardeners face similar challenges from weeds and insects. many products are on the market promising help in the struggle against nature. one of the most widely used weedkillers is roundup. the key ingredient was discovered by the multi-national corporation monsanto in the 1970's. a recent report from the w.h.o. says this chemical probably causes cancer, a finding that monsanto rejects. >> we at monsanto consider that opinion to be absolutely invalid. there is no new information to say that the product is carcinogenic. this man owns a farm where he gross wheat rape seed and other crops. he said he could not run his farm without round up, because it kills certain stubborn weeds. he said tomorrowers trained to

us the product responsible. >> the farmer has a toolbox at its disposal. it will use the right product at the right time in the correct quantity. the amount you you use depends on season, the crop and. the weed you want to destroy. >> the w.h.o. reports the french government is introducing new rules on the sale of roundup. as of january, garden centers will have to remove the product from display. people will still be able to buy it, but it will be kept behind the counter. the restrictions won't affect farmers. environmental activists say the government measures don't go far enough. >> we want them to completely take it off the market and stop selling to amateur gardeners and farmers. these products that are dangerous to the health or the environment, the government shouldn't take half measures like this. >> consumers in the west expect their food to be high quality and cheap. industrial chemicals enable farmers to deliver that.

if you want to be sure your food hasn't come in contact with chemicals, you can buy organic, but of course that's more expensive. it's a dilemma that affects governments, big corporations and ordinary people, how to balance the advantages of today against possible risks for the future. there are no easy answers. jacky rowland, al jazeera, in normandy. >> fast food workers in new york are one step closer to winning a pay raise. other workers across the united states are aiming for a minimum of $15 an hour. >> i move to we recommend that the minimum wage be raised to $15 for fast food employees, all in favor. >> in new york and across the country in los angeles. >> a higher wage in this county,

in unincorporated areas like in the city will attract the best workers in, the hardest workers, the best cost saving for our businesses. >> cities are upping the minimum wage beyond the national minimum of $7.25. in california, where the state minimum is $9, los angeles joins san francisco in raising the minimum to $15. this past week, the university of california school system, the third largest employer in the state, will match that number. $15 an hour has suddenly become that magic target, jump started in the seattle tacoma suburb that set a new national high more than a year ago. many rallies over the past year have been led by fast food workers. in addition to minimum wage, many of them also want to unionize. >> sometimes i can't make it to work, because i don't have enough money to travel.

>> it's important that they get a raise. there's not enough money to live on the current wage. it's expensive to live here, especially with a family to support. >> the u.s. is heading into unfamiliar waters and the opinions of economists divided or paint a very mixed picture. >> the best research suggests that they do increase earnings for workers in the jobs, they decrease turnover for those employees, and they may damp down the number of those kind of jobs that are there, because it becomes more expensive to employers. >> critics have been looking at recent numbers out of seattle that might suggest that employers have opted to hire fewer workers in order to save money, but proponents of increasing the minimum wage say it's too early to tell. it looks as though the momentum is building for that minimum wage across the country. al jazeera, san francisco. >> producing the fees charged

agents aren't happy in nepal. >> nepal's department of foreign employment is back in business again. all these workers are waiting for the permits to go and work in the gulf countries and in malaysia. now, for the past two weeks, there was a massive strike called by recruiting agents and its office was forced to close as none of the officials could walk in. they were saying that the government's decision to charge only $100 per worker was not enough. the government had also made a decision that all workers would not have to pay for their tickets and visas, a decision that would impact the lives of millions of workers, around

500,000 nepalese go to work in the gulf countries and malaysia, and 2 million working other countries. >> the free visa and ticket is good. i've paid 1,000 u.s. dollars before. >> the recruiting agents were saying that the government's decision was made in haste and that it has to be revised. >> every unemployed person to go for foreign employment and is willing to pay for visa and ticket, shouldn't he be allowed to go? we have a free border with india. we have 20% of workers going on free visa and ticket. the 80% can go to india and apply from there. >> these are the risks the government is willing to take. late saturday night, the government and the protesting recruiting agents struck a deal. now all workers for the next three months won't have to pay for their visas and tickets and the maximum they'll have to pay is $100.

the other part of the deal is that the government and the agents will also form a delegation and that delegation is going to the destination countries in the gulf and malaysia and deal with companies recruiting these people and ensure that they also agree with the free visa and free tickets. for the workers here, this decision of the government could be the best government decision ever. >> most of thieves villages are run down and neglected. this is a man on a mission to restore his boyhood home. >> leaving behind the high rises of hong kong, these volunteers are bound for one of its forgotten corners. the day of work in a rice paddy,

issued a gear and a lesson in how to, then straight to work. overseeing the harvest, this villager last saw rice cultivation as a boy. >> the village schools, long since closed, he was part of the exodus during the 1970's and 1980's. now he's moved back and trying to reverse the fortunes of his village. >> i was the first to remodel my house after 30 to 40 years. now everybody sees my house and they want to come back and make their house livable. >> in his restored home, an aerial photo from the 1960's shows the extent of the rice terraces. now, as then, rice could hold the key to the village's future, if this pilot project succeeds. >> of course, we can provide for it, but at the same time, it's a very good education materials. kids nowadays don't know where their food comes from.

they think it all comes from supermarkets. >> more terraces are being cleared. >> villages like this one could be found throughout the more remote parts of hong kong. although there are a few elderly individuals remaining, it is hoped lessons learned here could breathe new life into them. >> for the volunteers, this trip has been a lesson in a by gone way of life. >> it's fantastic, because you have to learn where the rice come from. >> the hong kong people learn more and go more to the countryside. >> experiences and memories to savor at the end of a weary day. al jazeera, hong kong. >> all the day's sport straight ahead, closing in on par requires and a second tour title. we'll have the latest with jo.

jam clinching his career win with red bull, he is joined on the podium. >> despite the drama and hamilton's failure to get on the podium, he extended his lead, going into summer break leading by 21 points. >> he dedicated his victimly to bianchi. his family joined them in paying tribute to the frenchman who died last week from injuries sustained in a head-on crash at the japanese grand prix last

october. the drivers put hiss initials and race number on their cars. >> two time moto g.p. champion has been injured in his first proper motorcycle race since retiring at the end of 2012. he was riding in japan when his throttle stuck sending him off his bike over a barrier and throwing his honda into the path of other riders. it left him with a broken leg and shoulder blade. >> chris froome and fellow com tell the tories are closinging on paris where he will be awarded his second title. the 2013 champion leads by more than a minute over cantana. the final stage is condition ally not contested.

>> returning to the pitch for the first time since criticizing russian football chiefs over racism in the game, he pulled out of taking part in saturday's world one equal tying draw saying he encounters racism in almost every game he plays in. he scored twice for his team, then in st. petersburg in their 4-1 victory unthe russian premier league. >> manager said his club is close to agreeing to a deal. the argentine i can'ten was missing on their preseason tour have the united states. united 2-0 up in their international champions cup match in california, barca pulled a goal in the last few minutes. a 3-1 victory for united. >> preseason action, with one of

the best goals you'll see this year in the match in china an acrobatic voluntarily from 25 meters out giving milan a 1-01 over their neighbors. >> panama football team claimed corruption along that go their extra time loss to mexico was fixed as punishment to vote for seth blatter in recent fifa presidential elections. they did pick up third place in the concacaf tournament that's held every two years. panama beat the u.s.a. in a penalty shootout after the match finished 1-1. jamaica and mexico will contest the final later on sunday, jamaica bidding for their first ever gold cup title. >> indigenous communities form a sizeable number of the overall population in many countries. in bolivia, for example they

account for up to 70% have the nation. few are involved in sport on a national level until now that is. richard parr reports on the first cope in a americana held in chile. >> it's been party time in santiago, ever since chile own the copa america for the first time later this month. these people are celebrating a different football tournament, the first indigenous people's cup of the americas, eight national teams from multiple indigenous groups, including players from remote tribal areas have been competing in the week long tournament. >> we as indigenous people have something to contribute to in this world. for us, sport and particularly football is an excuse to unify native countries. this is a call for indigenous people to achieve our dreams. this is the first indigenous cup. why not dream to have a cup of native countries? >> the event was funded by the

chilean governments but the home team wasn't able to lift the trophy. they came third by beating bolivia in a penalty shootout. >> thanks to indigenous countries, chile exists as a country. this is a good opportunity to share our culture and learn from others. >> the final was between paraguay and colombia. scoring the only goal of the game he sales the 1-0 win for paraguay. >> we worked for this triumph and humility. >> this i also a party a gift to all the paraguayens. our team made a good effort as discipline and humility. we have little resources but achieved this title. >> the players celebrating their success in latin american

diversity. al jazeera. >> there's more sport on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. that's the sport for now. >> many thanks indeed. >> lebanon has a built of a chilly problem rushish overflowing on became reality's streets for the past week, because collectors say that landfills are full. garbage collection have restarted but it's not clear where it's going to be dumped. we have this report. >> the the streets of beirut are lined with rubbish and lebanese people are angry they're having to endure such unhygienic and smelly conditions. the government has not resolved the issue. >> i don't know how people are remaining silent over the problem and things happening. we can't drive walk or breathe fresh air. >> the company which normally

collects the trash said they have nowhere to put it. >> we have a certain capacity that we can absorb. we started trash on friday and saturday, but didn't have more space on sunday, because we were keeping a volume was what was supposed to go to the landfill. >> residents blocked access to the landfill. there's already surplus garbage there. others complain on social media on the state of their government, which hasn't had a president in a year, because politicians can't agree on who should take on the role. one says that moment when you realize that these people within meaning the rubbish collectors are more important than these referring to the government. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> standing by in london, we will update you on the top stories next. thank you for watching. bye for now.

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