ected 200 passengers a year. al jazeera beneath central london. >> you can find out more about that and all the other stories we've been covering on our website. the address www.aljazeera.com. >> fire crews are working around the clock. but the weather is not helping put a stop to the flames. secretary of state john kerry travels to qatar trying to sell the iran nuclear deal, but gulf allies are skeptical. and rio prepares for the summer olympics one year away while many wonder if the city will be ready in time.

>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. thousands forced out of their homes as a series of wildfires have ravaged their state. in the bone dry landscape the flames are spreading quickly. the biggest the rocky fire than 90 square miles. >> day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington, and oregon. >> doomsday, a that's what it looked like. >> the flames were fueled by lightening winds and dry temperatures. >> those pretty much escalated and got pretty big. >> firefighting planes are making the rounds. including dc 10 tankers

releasing fire retardant. evacuation orders where 12,000 people have been issued in communities. one resident is camping in an rv with his pets. >> just keeping an eye and seeing when we can get back in. >> as they keep up the battle, crews are mourning the loss of one of their own. 38-year-old david ruell lost his life. >> they said that the drought has played a major factor in these fires. >> these fires are burning actively based on the terrain

and those dry conditions. because of the drought the brush and trees are tinder dry and burn at a rate that we would not see this early in the year, and especially without major wind factors like santa ana winds. >> governor jerry brown has ordered a state of emergency. and in just a few hours the white house is set to release a new strategy for combating global warming. the plan is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. states get to decide how to meet the cuts. the plan faces fear opposition from republicans. opponents plan to sue immediately asking courts to block the deal, and many states have threatened not to comply. president obama today hosted 500 young african leaders in washington. this is the second annual three-day summit for exceptional

young people taking part in a fellowship program honoring nelson mandela. the president said since the program has been so fruitful for african-americans,f up to 80 young american leaders will join-- [applause] >> 80 young americans will go to africa and learn from your countries. >> the mandela program is expected to expand to 1,000 students. planned parenthood has been defending itself against allegations that it has been selling fetal tissue to researchers. the group apologized for

comments seen in videos realized by an anti-abortion group but insists planned parenthood has not broken any laws. republican presidential candidate called for today's vote. >> a lot of people, a lot of pro-choice people are unset about these videos. they're manipulating the baby, selling the body parts selling the livers. doctorsale. i don't think americans want their tax dollars going to this. if you look at this we have 9,000 community health centers that do everything that planned parenthood does but they don't get into abortions. it will be much less emotional for everyone if we fund community health centers. >> abortions account for only 3% of its annual activities. texas attorney general ken paxton has been booked on fraud charges. paxton turned himself in at a jail near dallas where he was

fingerprinted and photographed. independent prosecutors allege paxton misled investors and did not disclose some money he made before becoming the state's top larry in january. two of the three charges against him carry the potential of 99 years in prison. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with officials from saudi arabia and russia right now in qatar. they're talking about syria's civil war. kerry rushed to meet with his russian counterpart after spending hours talking to arab foreign ministers. necessary qatar to reassure america's gulf allies that the iran nuclear agreement would not effect their relationship with the u.s. >> no one should doubt for a moment that the united states is only focused on the imminenttation of the nuclear implementation of the nuclear agreement. i think president obama made it

clear at the camp david summit where he discussed steps that the gcc and the united states would take together as we implement the vienna agreement. today my counterparts and i discussed the steps that we will take and how we intend to build an even stronger, more enduring and more strategic partnership. >> kerry said that the u.s. will continue working with the gcc to fight isil, al-qaeda and deal with other regional threats. kerry's meeting with russia and saudi arabia is expected to the iran deal. they were hoping to talk with iran, one of assad's major backers, regarding the syrian war. >> syria is at the top of the agenda for this meeting with the russian foreign minister and the saudi foreign minister, and certainly what the u.s. is

looking for is a renewed effort to try to find what it says is a political solution to t has been under way for more than four years. we've seen more than 200 thundershowers people killed in the conflict, and the u.s. is trying to find a way to basically use the iran nuclear deal as a way to try to spur more action on other critical issues and syria is perhaps one of the top two issues that needs to be dealt with. whether there is a grand bargain coming out of today's meeting between the three morning ministers, well, that is the big question but certainly there is renewed concern here in the united states that the civil war in syria is just not coming to the end that the u.s. would like to see one that would promote more stability in the region. what you see is john kerry

basically trying to push the issue, and certainly give that moscow has influence in damascus it is worthwhile that these two men would actually have this discussion. >> the policy of the united states with respect to syria is clear. we believe that assad and the assad regime long ago lost legitimacy in part because his regimes continued brutality against the syrian people themselves. that has been a magnate for foreign fighters, drawing them to syria and fueling the groups like daesh and other extremist groups. there has to be a political solution. >> now we don't know whether there is going to be any sort of public read out of what happens in this meeting between the saudi, russian and u.s. foreign ministers, but certainly we do

expect to find out exactly how the three countries are supposed to marshal their resources in order to bring an end to the syrian silver war. >> annuitantwar. >> an independent group said that bomb are meant to attack isil fighters and stronghold, 450 civilians have been killed in airstrikes across syria and iraq. the group said that there is a lack of transparency and accountability from the coalition. at least 20 people were killed in market in idlib province. some 50 others were injured. the plane was carrying out airstrikes on rebel forces in the area when it crashed. idlib had been a government stronghold until the opposition took control in may. reported divide is growing

inside the taliban. the family of the late mullah omar is refuse to go back the new leader. monsour has been a proponent for peace talks but now the talks are on hold. >> the announcement of omar's death came two days just before peace talks were to be held on friday. they have been put on held indefinitely. the afghan government said that they're committed to peace talks, they want taliban to come to the negotiating table to speak with one voice. the division makes it difficult for the afghan government to know who they're negotiating with. president ashraf ghani had a video conversation speaking with the pakistani leadership as well that he's committed to bringing together the two countries, that the two countries should have peace and

stability. of course, the taliban leadership of died in pakistan. the new leader is also in pakistan. it's not just about the afghan government and the taliban the pakistani government is also involved as well. it's a very complicated situation here, the afghan government hoping that peace talks will move forward. much more complicated now that the taliban seems to be divided over whether to accept its new leader. >> jennifer glasse in kabul. the demands for justice after a teenage girl died from wounds she suffered at a gay pride parade. a villain took praise--a vigil took place in tel aviv. stephanie decker has more from jerusalem. >> where the attack took place

people gathered in tel aviv to remember the 16-year-old girl. her family issued a statement saying that she was killed basically because she supported people's rights to live as they please. she was there supporting her friends when they were stabbed in the back. they said that they would donate her organs to save another life. her friends family and supporters lit candles they played her favorite somethings. really pressure coming out on the ground, on the israeli government to do more with those who cause these types of axe. attacks. also, of course, less than 24 hours later we had the separate attack arson attack on a palestinian home in the occupied west bank. so very strong language coming out from the israeli government calling these terrorist--acts of

terrorism and they'll do everything to bring them to justice. the israeli cabinet convened and said they would call detention for israeli suspects. it's in line coming out from the israeli government since these attacks happened. what does it mean? we spoke with a human rights lawyer. she told us that it's always been the case. it's never really been implement implemented. the israeli parliament convening in a special session. they'll con screen on tuesday to discuss jewish extremism and how they're going to tackle it. >> police looking for a suspect connected with the killing of a police officer. .

>> the police are looking for a man who fatally shot a man. the police in tennessee are offering a $10,000 reward to find the man who killed a police officer. shawn bolton was gunned down during a routine traffic spot on saturday. >> a memphis police officer shot and killed saturday after pulling a car over. the officer shawn bolton is a former marine who served in iraq. he was shot multiple times on the treat. >> the driver of the vehicle turned himself in to police and since has been released out charge. the passenger of the vehicle who is believed to be the shooter, has been identified as

29-year-old tremaine wilburn. he's still at large and. >> officer bolton's officer released a statement. >> the mayor of memphis asking for prayers saying that it speaks volumes to the dangers of police work. >> this again evidences the fact that there are so many guns on the streets in the wrong hands and in any given minute in a 4 hour day they're dealing with folks who have no rules of engagement. >> the third memphis police officer killed in the line of duty in less than five years. he was just 33. >> 70 years ago this week modern warfare was changed forever.

an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. another bomb was dropped on nagasaki. the exact numbers are debated but approximately 80,000 people were killed instantly when the bomb fell on hiroshima. and radiation poisoning killed 200,000 people there over the next five years. it's estimated 70,000 people were killed when the second bomb was dropped on nagasaki. u.s.mb because u.s. president harry truman wanted to end the war as soon as possible and wanted to keep american casualties low. >> operation olympic was code name for the u.s. to invade japan. it was scheduled to begin in october of 1945 and would have been the largest amphibious invasion ever. more than 1 million allied soldiers would die was

estimated. the japanese casualties would run far higher. they would fight to defend their homeland and hoped to make the cost of capturing japan so high that the ally was settle with an armistice. all that came to an end. u.s. bombers dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima on august 6th and nagasaki three days later. how many died remains in dispute. the estimate is 100,000 died instantly in the two bombings. another 340,000 may have died of the effects over the next five years. >> and now after three years japanese war is at an end. >> japan surrendered on august august 15th. al jazeera. >> well, just one more year to go before the summer olympics in rio but there are big questions over whether rio will be ready and if some of the venues are

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we make note of the progress we have made on the millennium development goals as laid out by the united nations. we spoke to the director of the millennium project and has unintended consequence of the technology boom. >> as a generalization what can be automated will be automated. anything that is duplicateable can be. if there are reasoning patterns that can be duplicated, is a lot of work can be obsolete soon. the conservative estimate, if we don't--assuming that things stay the same, the most conservative estimate is 20% but more likely 50%. we have time to make this transition but artificial intelligence also has the warnings that you've seen from

other people about how it could leave humanity in the dust. if we can integrate and understand how it evolves then i think we're okay. that's why we write these books and why other people give these warnings. >> the u.n. millennium goals aims to end poverty in half and stop the spread of hive in every every--hiv in every country by the end of this year. in one year people will gather for the 2016 olympics, but there are questions whether the city is ready for the game. there are hopes that rio can do it under intense international scrutiny. >> the triathlon event has come to the beach. we have the athletes coming out of the water after swimming

1.5 kilometers. they're now getting on their bicycles and they'll run 10 kilometers through the streets of rio de janeiro. we have some of the best athletes in the world. alastair brownlee and this is also a top-level event to test the ground before the olympics start next year. to iron out the difficulties and the complications for the control of pollution where some of the aquatic events are taking place. but it has to be said that the copacabana beach is one of the most pleasant, beautiful places you can hold an event like this. we have the sugar loaf mountain in the background. we have the lights over look the city.

the people of rio de janeiro letting the event get in the --not letting the event get in 9 way of their sun bathing. we have this coming ahead of of 2016 summer olympic games. >> the opinion polls in brazil have tended to be very negative in terms of the public's support for anything having to do with carbon action in brazil, the president of brazil is highly unpopular. there are on this month the 16th a massive protest called throughout brazil, so the mood is quite sour. they'll continue to--the economy will continue to dip in this current year until the olympics,

so you could have a series of growth. it is not the ideal time to have an olympic game in brazil, but the olympics, you know, will also be--will provide some relief to work for today at a sad moment in brazil. >> despite the economic and political issues in brazil, he believes that the games will benefit the country. well the journey is over for now for a robot that was hitchhiking across the u.s. the robot was vandalized beyond repair and abandoned in the city of brotherly love, philadelphia, over the weekend. it only traveled 300 miles in the u.s. before it was destroyed. it was a social experiment to see if the robot could trust humans. up to this point he had relied on the kindness of strangers hopping across europe and 3600 miles in canada. it went to a wedding saw a red

sox game and checked out radio city music hall before it was fay daly damaged. but it's creators insist the experiment is not over. look for another hitch-bot. well even more cuba restore restored diplomatic relations the cuban government has been working with farm tours grow more crops. that means taking a very capital cappistic approach. >> you're looking at the first and only wholesale market in cuba. where farmers sale their goods on the open market, where buyers haggle over prices. you might call it capitalism with a cuban touch. this time of the year you've got main goes, pineapples and plantains. they tell that's farmers, groups of farmers and different organizations have registered to sell at this market here.

when raul castro rolled out his reforms a few years ago he targeted agriculture as a top priority. we spend time with susanna cordero who worked in the cuban economy. >> farmers used to lose a lot of money, thousands of pesos and products because we did not have a praise to sell them. analysts estimate that half a million farmers in cuba now own or least private land for personal profit. cuba still imports 80% of the food which means that the can country has a long way to go before it's experiment sees better results. >> you can see melissa's full report tonight at 9:00 eastern. thank you for joining us. i'm randall pinkston. the news continues next live in london. you can keep up at

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