with machines. these machines and techniques are years from being roltd rolled out but engineers believe they will form a generation of softer robots. tarek bazley, al jazeera london. >> why not look at our own high tech website aljazeera.com. he. >> we don't have a lot of time to wait. the conditions on the ground are getting much much worse. >> president obama calls for humanitarian aid. nato calls for an emergency meeting for a safe zone along

the syrian border. >> i'm a victim of revenge for pornography. >> another major corporation takes a stand against posting explicit images online without everyone's permission. this is al jazeera america live from new york city i'm tony harris. ethiopian leaders are hosting a state dinner for president obama. he is the first sitting american president to visit the nation. he also met with other regional leaders to discuss the crisis in south sudan. >> the situation's deteriorating. humanitarian situation is worsening. possibilities of reanied renewed conflict in a region that has been torn by conflict for so

long and has resulted in so many deaths is something that requires urgent attention from all of us. >> mohammad adow has more on the president's visit. >> the u.s. president has praised african american peace keeping coalition. the president is referring to the retaking of the towns in southeastern somalia and also barring southwestern somalia from al shabaab by the thousands of ethiopian troops who are part of the peace keeping mission. the losing of this territory however, does not mean that al shabaab, militarily, when they carried out an attack on a hotel in mogadishu.. deep within government held territory this is one of the reasons why the president has called for more pressure to be

kept on al shabaab. now while on his tour of ethiopia the president is on monday afternoon meeting delegates from the south sudan peace process. these are the negotiators from both sides in the conflict as well as mediators from the region. the president is hoping to add more impetus to the talks and also add to the groups to come to a quick agreement. diplomats say if they do not agree bithe 17th of august then there are sanctions on the table. these include travel sanctions as well as assets freezing of some of the leadership of both sides of the government side and also the rebels. however, diplomats are saying they do not expect a quick break through. intransigence that has been witnessed and done by both sides in the conflict. >> mohammad adow for us in ethiopia. the lathest humanitarian

ceasefire in yemen has fallen apart. the saudi led coalition there has launched air strikes this after houthi rebels and their opponents have resumed fire. the tshedthe turkish government has been conducting raids on i.s.i.l. gripes night turkey. meanwhile some turks living on the border with syria are fleeing their homes. there are reports i.s.i.l. is planning to attack the town of karkamus. witnesses saw bulldozers digging trenches on thursday. 560 mile border with turkey and there are reports turkey and the u.s. have agreed with a safe zone there. away does that mean? more from bernard split in

istanbul. >> it seems this safe zone is panning out to be effectively a protected zone or even a no-supply zone without it being officially designated as such. the u.s. has long been reluctant to fight assad's forces, so it doesn't want the job of protecting a no-fly zone. effectively this safe zone it seems will go 40 miles deep into syria and run 60 miles along the border with syria. the idea is to push the i.s.i.l. forces 40 miles away from the border with turkey. what turkey's foreign minister is saying effectively that strip of land will become a protected zone because of the amount of flights that will be going on ahead targeting i.s.i.l. forces beyond that area. so therefore that will relieve some of the pressure on turkey. the 2 million refugees that are here at the moment it is hoped that some of them could go back

into that protected zone. only last week, authorities said the turks drive a hard bargain and we understand a couple of things have changed really inside syria. a lot of area around aleppo was fallen under the control of what would be considered noni.s.i.l. forces. that area becomes more approachable. also at the same time there was an attempt about six weeks or so by i.s.i.l. to take control of a very important border crossing between turkey and syria that is used by noni.s.i.l. forces. turkey had to call in air strikes to stop retaking that border crossing. it would have been quicker and easier to do had they been able to use the base at incirlik. that seems to be one of the things that helped per sway the turks to open you incirlik and also the suicide bombing in suruc also brought home to turkey how risky it is on its

border with juniors at the moment. >> bernard smith for us. mike lyons joins us. safe zone what is that? >> i'm not sure. no fly zone, i'm sure they're going to be keeping out some aircraft that is bottoming that bombing that area. that's why turkey wants land back inside of syria they want to keep it safe. they've got to put people on the ground to do that. >> a safe zone begets a no-fly zone. who polices that, who pays for that? >> in the old days it was blue helmeted u.n. people. >> absolutely. >> that's not going to happen. programs why turkey wants the u.n. to get involved, i calculated about 2500 square miles if it's 60 miles across 40

miles deep they want a large area. >> straight across, whose troops go in? >> probably turkey's first if you want a default perspective. those rebels fighting against assad government, look to be a safe haven there will create space and time for them. the people we've trained they're going to have zero impact there's not a lot of them. we're talking about fighting i.s.i.l. but 3,000 there. >> turkey's interest is most concerned about what? >> the kurds, this is all about the kurds from their perspective. they waited until i.s.i.s. was both weak at that point to open up the second front and when kurdistan, the pkk were strong, were starting to gain momentum for this potential region that they want to have for their people, and so this is going back to putting them back down. >> so what's the horse trading that's been going on here, incirlik in exchange for land.

>> yes exchange for land. turkey is going to get this space inside syria that eventually maybe could get annexed. it's about making sure this region of kurdistan doesn't exist. time on target in raqqa. >> from the u.s. perspective it's about time incirlik comes on from the beginning. >> as a nato ally it should have been. places inside turkey were supporting i.s.i.l because they still don't control some of those areas across that border. 500 mile wide border that exists between syria and turkey, wide open in certain areas. >> do you envision a more stepped up more aggressive u.s. role in this fight against i.s.i.l, i.s.i.s beyond the training of the 100 or so, i don't know how many are fit to fight now, do you see a more stepped up role for u.s? >> i don't. only because this president is

not committed one bit -- >> he's not? >> not committed to -- this possibly opens the door for a syrian strategy which he readily admits he doesn't have. this goes to the next administration making sure the united states -- >> because this president doesn't see a real end game in it? he ran to get united states out of conflicts in that region and doesn't want to invest in another conflict in this region? >> could be, could be making sure we don't upset our new nuclear power friend iran. the iranians are on the side of assad inside syria. we passively aggressivelily stay aggressively stay out of the fray. >> the kurds will once again end up on the short end of the stick. without the support of the united states they could be massacred. the kurds these countries don't

envision the separate kurdistan as much as they have mass they have natural resources it could be a country but they just -- it would take too much out of four different countries. iraq around owners-iraq iran, syria and turkey. >> mike lyons thank you. prom incidents nations had their positions changed on the list of state sponsoring terrorism. the rankings could have tangible consequences for those with bad records. >> not only is this a fight that we have to attempt not only do we have a responsibility to bring every aspect of our institutions of our government together, in order to push back and to jeaft and to educate and to make people aware of this but it's a fight we absolutely have to win. it is a modern day human rights challenge of enormous proportions. >> but critics say the report 98

havemay have been swayed by politics. rosalyn jordan has the report from the state department. >> to recognize that three of those rankings indicate that a certain country isn't doing enough to stop the problem. people at the very bottom of the list both have a serious human trafficking problem and aren't doing anything to try to change the situation. the next step up known as tier 2 watch means that countries have serious problems but are making some sort of toque.effort perhapstoken effortperhaps to change the situation. that's where malaysia and cuba happen to be in the latest report. they're both trying to make changes, both trying to prosecute those involved in human trafficking but three haven't done enough to actually preecialproosh annualappreciable differences

in the problem. while these countries are escaping the potential financial sanctions that come with being at the bottom of the black list there is considerable room for improvement for these countries and certainly in the tier above them there is a lot of room for improvement as well. it's known tier 1 where you're considered to be meeting the minimum standard and the u.s. government said that should be even tougher than that but that's a matter for congress. >> rosalyn jordan at the state department for us. the last victim of the chattanooga shootings was laid to rest today. marine gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan was buried. skip wells was buryied yesterday. they were shot dead by mohammed oobdz.

abdulazeez. 21-year-old maycy breaux was studying, and both were killed when the gunman john russell houser opened fire during the airing of "strain wreck." hundreds of people gathered in lyle, illinois on saturday to remember san sandra bland. she died in a texas jail after being arrested from a traffic stop. sandra bland's sister sharon cooper and the bland family attorney says the facts doesn't add up. >> all we have to do is look at the video. it is very easy to see she was completely unfairly treated. there was an ask that the officer issued. he asked her to put out a

cigarette and because she said well i don't see why i have to put my cigarette out he responded by way of opening her door and then forcing her out. requiring her to get out. and i think that the reality of it is that that was not appropriate. i think that everyone can clearly see that's the case. the other part of it is, is that i frankly speaking do disagree that you know when you've got local and state and even national leaders are able to speak to the fact thats this just an example of a long history of instances where african americans have targeted and mistreated by police. i think that it's very clear that there are some concerns that we as a nation have to address. >> i think it's because she didn't signal properly, i think it was because she was unapologetically assertive in terms of asserting her rights. i think that the time linsliness i

will be frank in poor taste with respect to her homecoming services and a large diversion method to avoid the true issues here which is there is a high level of inconsistency in the information that received to sedate regarding this case which in turn impacts our strong desire to want to have the department of justice involved. we are clearly and unfortunately not receiving unbiased information. and so to have state senators be at her home going services say we do have strong cause for concern. senator dick durbin sent a letter to the department of justice saying you need to get involved here. there are too many inconsistencies to make the family feel we are getting a full and fair and thorough investigation. >> be she thinks bland would have been streeted differently

if she weren't an african american. the use of the internet revenge porn. >> i started suffering from night terrors. >> images on, hoping to get even but first. >> a seattle scout troop practicing their howl. they were kicked out because their scout master was gay. what's ahead for them?

>> major changes expected today for the boy scouts of america. the group's executive board is said to lift the long standing ban on openly gay scout leaders. as allen shawx reports it is shaifl shawx reports. allen schauffler reports. >> basic outdoor skills, the importance of citizenship and sports mawfnshipman ship and much more from scouting.

their charter was revoked because their scout leader is openly gay. jeffrey mcgrath said, he wasn't sure if his troop would ever be welcomed back into the national organization. >> some of the kids were hoping to earn the eagle badge which would qualify them in the military for advantageous promotes upon enlistment. not knowing and not hearing anything back is naturally of concern. >> the boy scouts of america is set to rat certify some major changes in the way they do business allowing local councils to make decisions about who the scout leaders are who the scout masters are. how is that going to affect this troop which is still scouting for another organization and what does it mean for scouting across americas we're going to find out much more tonight. allen schauffler, al jazeera seattle. randall pinkston the vote

shows how much the organization has evolved. >> our position from day 1 has always been that discrimination sends a destructive message to kids gay and straight and discrimination has no place in scouting. however, looking at the proposed policy change i want to stress that the board hasn't yet approved this change, we're still on pins and needles waiting for this decision, less discrimination taking place in the boy scouts and insofar as that's the case we are very proud of the boy scouts for taking this step. >> reporter: can you tell us how many people have been secluded, do you have any idea the numbers there and what kind of leadership have you seen changed in the boy scouts? >> unfortunately we don't have fill polling on the number of gays participating in scouting or kept out because of the ban. we do know from anecdotal experience that there are a lot of closet gay involved in

scouting. at least 600,000 kids are being kept out of the organization by their parents because of the ban on gay members in the boy scouts. these are straight parents who are allies of the lgbt community and want to show solidarity of their gay friends and hopefully this decision will bring kids back into scouting or into scouting for the first time. what you referenced earlier in 2000 has been a slow and steady decline in membership in the scouts. i don't know if this decision will change the relationship overnight. and hoping that the organization is looking forward not back. >> despite the overall decline in boy scout membership, the number connected with churches has grown by 70%. church based groups those troops will be free to choose adult leaders, consistent with their beliefs. up next, a crack down, enough is

enough. plus go for liftoff at the smithsonian. spacecraft artifacts from america's first moon landing. ding. is >> so microsoft is now cracking

down on what's called revenge porn. that's the posting of intimate material without the consent of those depicketted. inines ferre has the story. >> stirring the fight against what's described as revenge pornography. >> revenge, i started suffering constantly from nightmares and night terrors. >> reporter: now internet giant microsoft is taking shot, the company says it would remove links to revengs porn from its search engine bing. microsoft created a page for viments tovictims of revenge porn.

victims an activists want congress to step in with a federal law to criminalize revenge pornography gathering over 100,000 signatures online. but some attorneys warn scriptural laws could have unintended consequences. >> the picture was of me and i sent it. >> like what to do with the woman who released private photos of this form he congressman or teenagers who share pictures of friends on social media. >> the way these kids are sharing images with each other back and forth a picture from a boyfriend and girlfriend and turns to their best friend and says, oh look, that is a violation of the law. >> almost half of the states in the u.s. already have laws, 14 others have pending legislation ines ferra, al jazeera. >> former fifa vice president

jack warren is wanted in the u.s. in corruption and money laundering charges. it is connected to a growing scandal in world soccer. four new names are now officially enshrined in the lineup at the baseball hall of fame. three pitchers, randy johnson pedro martinez how good was he and yom john smoltz. craig bigio, more than 3,000 hits. bigi offerings is the only player in history to make the ham of fame in two positions. >> the space suit neil armstrong wore while he was on the moon. mike viqueria reports.

somewhere. >> metal rings at the neck and forearms to connect to gloves and the fish bowl helmet. steel and teflon patches helped protect the suit. underneath the suit astronauts wore a jump suit with plastic tubing filled with cold water to protect them from sweating. .when suited up the astronaut could spend six hours on the moon. the suit weighed about 200 pounds but because of the moon's gravity it only felt like 33 pounds on the moon. later, versions increased the time the astronaut could spend on surface. >> it's beautiful it really is. >> three were required for each astronaut. one for primary one for training and one for backup. museum quality replicas could be found on ebay going for eight to $10,000.

mike viqueria, al jazeera washington. >> the be smithsonian hopes to raise another rps is amount for an additional suit. an australian, who survived a rare close encounter with a shark mick fanning managed to escape unharmed, this weekend fanning returned to the water a little closer to home along australia's gold coast. fanning is calling his return to the ocean a miracle. gotta go. that's all the time we have. i'm tony harris, the news continues life live from london.

>> this is al jazeera. >> and you're watching the al jazeera newshour. i'm david foster, welcome to the program. coming to you live from london. this is some of what we're looking at in detail in the next 60 minutes. the united states and turkey talk about the creation of an i.s.i.l. free buffer zone along turkey answer southern border with syria. 10 people have been shot debt in india near the pakistan