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hello. the top stories on al jazeera - fighter jets thought to be from the yeds alliance bombed al nusra front rebels. the group linked to al qaeda earlier attacked the base of division 30, accusing them of being agents of american interest palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he'll ask the international criminal court to investigate the killing of an 18-month-old in an arson attack. two palestinians were killed in protest in occupied west bank on friday. his parents and brother from seriously burnt and are in hospital talks to secure a free trade deal for the pacific region

broke down. ministers from 12 countries had been negotiating the transpacific partnership in hawaii. it thousands rallied against the electricity cuts in iraq. the government declared a 4-day holiday. people say they faced the cuts for years and can't stay at home. >> people in iraq say they have had enough of power outages amid searing heat. thousands of protesters came out on friday in the capital baghdad, and the cities. >> reporter: it's been 13 years with no water, trifrty no services, low salaries. >> many accuse the government of systematic failures to provide basic services.

>> reporter: we are demanting against a filled public we have no service, have they no shame. for years we tell them they are failures thieves, corrupt. >> have they no shame. >> reporter: five years ago there were riots in basra. thousands demanding better services. the situation has worsened. temperatures crossed 50 degrees celsius, and the government declared a 4-day holiday after a heatwave was predicted between thursday and saturday. the prime minister held emergency meetings with electricity minister and ordered power cuts at state institutions and homes of government officials. people faced with electricity cuts come out four relief. and are calling for the minister of power to resign. >> we are outside because of heat, because there's no power, it comes for 10 minutes, and then goes off. >> iraq's ageing power plants

cannot keep up with a surge in demand. the government says it invested billions to increase capacity that was badly damaged during the 2003 invasion. there has been some agreements in china and rental plants were hired, but major gaps remain. last week iran announced the construction of a 2.5 billion power plant, but it will take two years to be operational. for now, demonstrations continue, and the protesters say they will not go home unless the power cuts stop. yemen vice president arrived in aden the most senior official to visit the city since local fighters drove out the houthis more than two weeks ago. he's the prime minister of the exiled government travelling with several cabinet members. >> reporter: the british and french government agreed to help each other tackle the crisis in the french city of calais sending in security teams and dismifer dog to -- sniffer dogs

to patrol the area around the channel tunnel. security teams are struggling to stop them as barnaby phillips reports. >> they got through, migrants cling to the top of a lorry as they drive away from a tunnel on the english side of the tunnel. the destructions cause the roads to clog up in south-eastern england. bad news for the british economy, and anyone hoping to cross to france for the holiday season, so the british prime minister is under pressure. >> we'll take action across the board, starting with helping the french on their side of the border, we'll put in more fencing, resources, sniffer dog teams, more assistance in any way we can in terms of resources. >> reporter: over in calais the situation is complicated by french ferry workers, on strike protesting over job cuts. they blocked roads into the port. more chaotic scenes as migrants

cin calais succeeded in getting around security men, dashing towards the channel tunnel terminal. these kinds of pictures alarmed people in britain, the numbers of migrants in calais tried to get into britain, a few thousands are small, given how many are going elsewhere in europe. >> what we are seeing is that a symptom of the fact that the world is in a grips, the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. the vast majority are hosted by the world's smallest countries. a small proportion are risking their lives in search of safety, in europe and a tiny proportion are trying to reach the u.k. >> europe's politicians are in a quandary, desperate people deserve compassion, but the politicians are not sure of -- ain to their own anxious electorates. they are shaping up to be a long

summer. . >> debris that investigators believe could be from missing flight mh370 arrived in france for testing. the debris will be sent to a military unit in toulouse to be analysed by investigators. a piece of the boeing 777 washed up on reunion oiled. it's a case that baffled aviation experts. tania page as more. >> reporter: this rocky beach is where the wreckage was found. police walk its length. and watch from the sky, perhaps there's more to find. the workers discovered the debris while cleaning the beach. now he thinks the bottle made in cindonesia could be another clue - he's taking it to police. >> i have 30 workers. every morning before we start, we will check the sea and if we find something, we'll call the police.

>> the discovery of wreckage made the small island in the indian ocean an important place in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370. a flight that disappeared from radar while en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. na in march last year. aviation experts saw the footage, saying the codes show it's from the wing of a 777. the same as mh370. the man who found it is relieved. if it's from the plane, i'm happy for the families, now they know for sure. they perished. the wreckage is wrapped for transportation to france. for investigators to examine it the deep sea search continues. it may not be revealed while the plane changed course, or anything about what happened on board. it confirmed they are looking in the right place. thousands of kilometres to the east of reunion island. looking out of the vast indian ocean, it's a miracle any debris made to this far.

if that piece of wreckage is proven to come from mh370, it could be the only part found. now the beach is attracting curious locals, watching and speculate. the wreckage may reveal some answers, but the mystery is far from solved. the brirn government apoll -- british government apologised to a chinese artist of rejecting his visa over a criminal conviction. he was accused of tax evasion in china. his lawyer said it was administrative, not criminal. >> students are protesting in taiwan over changes to the curriculum favouring the chinese version of history, there's anger after an activist killed himself in the week. the students are outside taiwan's education ministry

they don't want the changes to the curriculum including china's version of history. it was given to china, and japan occupied rather than governed it before. around 700 people mainly students stromed the compound on friday. protesters joined them. >> more flocked here in the evening. many stayed. there has been protests over the issue for weeks. people gathered on thursday after learning of the death of a student leader an apparent suicide. he was one of 24 facing charges for breaking into the education minister's office last week. >> translation: he has given his listen. such a dangerous situation, what kind of country will change history at any time. >> reporter: the students are

from a generation expecting transparency. there has been a series of protests over policy changes, over the ruling party. including a trade pact with china. it called for the government to attract changes. >> i don't lict the democratic party. i hate to be labelled because i support the demonstration. pt education minister came out to meet the demonstrators. protesters want the charges against him dropped and called for him to resign. >> 93 have been rescued after a ferry caught fire off the coast of japan. a member of the crew is missing after staying on board to deal with the fire japanese police arrested the head of a collapsed bitcoin

company after $400 million currency disappeared. he is suspected of accessing the exchange's computer system and falselying data on the outstanding balance. in 2004 the system froze withdrawals because of what was said to be a bug in the software. >> cooking is a chore. now a team of robotic experts came up with a solution the world's first robotic kitchen. >> it's time for dinner and the world's robotic chef is hard hat work. every movement prerecorded as he made his spashty, crab basic. graceful way seems to represent the way a normal chef would cook dinner, this is a prototype installation, going on the market in 2018 priced at

$75,000. the designer of the unit suggests it could come down substantially if the idea catches on. >> the company imagines one day all kitchens will be fitted with robotic arms, and the instructions how to make each dish will be bought online. >> you have access to the library of recipes which is intellectual properties of 100,000 different. in this case, you can enjoy many of the dishes if you have the csame ingredients that they use for the cooking process. >> much of the robot chef's skills come from its hand, produced by a leading u.k. robotics company. we said let's replicate the capability in the machine. where we need to copy the human hand down. we have done. in other areas we have taken engineering compromises giving us the same performance, without

the complication of things like knuckles. >> the company is looking at how robot arms can be used at the food preparation stage. beyond serving the meals to those that can afford it, it can be put to other uses. >> this could have social impacts, if you thought about it, as assistance for elderly or infirmed people in their own areas. we have a crisis of not having enough carers in the country. and having a system like this, that could prepare fresh and high quality meals for people in their own homes would be fantastic. goes without a hitch. an achievement. what the robot serves up, we are told, is almost the same as chef's real dish. years of development are needed, but if widely adopted, the kitchen has a potential to change the way millions prepare their dinner the prove of any dish is in the tasting. very nice.

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