s war workers only on al jazeera america >> the u.s. and russia acure gulf nations about the iran nuclear deal are safe for the region. you are watching al jazeera. coming up in the next half hour, pro government forces in yemen retake the country's largest military base from houthi rebels. >>n juan peurto rico. >> is it a symbol of racism,

we'll tell you why this carving is at the center of a new debate in the united states. u.s. and russia have offered attending a summit. the nuclear deal with iran would create -- >> the mission for the u.s. secretary of state. john kerry convinced long standing allyies that iran's nuclear deal will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: we underline the

agreement. we understand line the importance of nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes. >> reporter: in a guide allay their fears the u.s. offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the region's defense capabilityies. >> today we discussed the steps we will take and how we intend to build an even stronger, more enduring and more strategic partnership with particular focus on our cooperative counter-terrorism, countedder-insurgencicy and also on our cooperation and countering the destabilizing activities taking place in the region. >> reporter: the sunni muslim gulf countries need more than reassurances. they accuse iran of interfering in the region. accusations dismissed by iran

which has recently called for more cooperation with its neighbors. russia could be a country to bridge differences between iran and its arab ministers. the foreign minister says russia is willing to help negotiate political deals in syria and yemen. >> translator: we have always been in favor of the bloodshed stopping in syria, we are not giving any kind of unconditional support to anybody except to the syrian people. the main threat in their country and the middle east is from isil. >> reporter: an agreements from all sides could put an end to the increased fighting in yemen. the u.s. says it's a good one. but arab leaders feel the opposite. their concern is building strong ties with the west and positioning itself as the most

powerful country in the area. david is a former secretary of state for near east affairs. he says the nuclear deal with iran will not affect america's relationship in the gulf. >> if the gcc leaves the vast scope of the relations with the united states, economic security military, educational exchange the relations that might develop in the future if the iranians make it clear to the world that they are no longer trying to get a nuclear weapon. the kind of relations that might eventually arrive between the united states and iran are going to be very, very small compared to the very healthy and robust relations with the gcc states.

you are going to get a lot of headlines, sales military cooperation. but a bigger story is the political cooperation the intelligence exchangeed to prevent subversion coming from either iranian sources or from this so-called islamic state that threaten the arab states. that's where the important cooperation will take place. it has a political dimension. anti-houthi forces in yemen regained control of the country's largest military base. dozens were killed in the operation in the southern province. >> reporter: a major victory. pro government fourses the biggest military base in yemen.

they advanced using tanks and armored vehicles. back to the loyalists the troops faced stiff resistance from houthi rebels supporting the former president. the operation resulted in multiple casualties on both sides. >> translator: the takeover will cut the supply lines to the provinces of aden. the control of the base is a great victory for the resistance and a big defeat for the houthi militia. >> 40 square kilometers, they were previously used as an intelligence gathering hub. rebels have control of the base since march. >> for the first time since the

saudi led operation began you see the houthis on the defensive rather than the offensive. there is this wide spread belief that the tide is turning even if this war the end to the war is nowhere in sight. >> reporter: it's not nearly a symbolic win. it lies on the road, the next target for the coalition after they recapture of aden. the military says controlling it will help to liberate the ties to the southern provinces. a plane crash claimed 50. a fighter jet went down in a busy market in the northwest and injured at least 50 people. that was one of the last government strong holds when it was captured by liberals in may. a man was executed.

he was hanged for killing a child in 2004. we have more from islamabad. >> reporter: despite opposition within the country as well as requests for amnesty international, pakistan went ahead with the execution. he was found guilty of the murder of a seven-year-old boy in 2004. his defense team argued he was a juvenile at the time. however, his petitions were reject in 2007 by the supreme court saying that that was a matter which would have been decided at the trial court level. pakistan had imposed a moratorium on the death penalty and no executions were carried off. however, the public school attack in december 2014 the government decided to bring back the death penalty.

since then his mercy petition has been rejected by the president of pakistan in 2012 and on four counts he was going to be hanged. however, a change of of heart. he was a juvenile back in 2004. therefore, that rule did not apply. now, pakistan has decided to carry out the executions after the deadly attack on army public school in 2014 after which the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted. so he was hanged in the central jail. for the first time in its history, peurto rico has defaulted on its debts. they missed a $58 million payment with creditors. that's a fraction of its

$72 billion debt burden. >> peurto rico's economic downfall is a documented decline. the economy has failed to grow. thousands continue to leave for better opportunities elsewhere. but to compound that, peurto rico is in debt to the tune of $72 billion. nigh for the first time in its history it's in default. the business is already struggling with higher taxes and spiraling energy costs, things are tough. this business owner is dealing with that and a drought blamed on mismanagement of resources. >> we don't have the water. we have to buy water that increase our cost and we can pass those costs to the customers. at the end of the road you suffer from this crisis as the same we suffer from the crisis of energy and the crisis of

freight. >> 57,000 people have already left and it's only half the year. >> the young people are living. >> the young and professionals. >> reporter: this economist says that the island has been heading in the wrong direction for years. things will change when it veers away from reliance on the government. >> we need to go back. we can't be sustaining a welfare population that maybe the states can afford it, but we can't. >> reporter: the economy has been in sharp decline. to many, this is a marker of national shame. there is little doubt the worst is yet to come. there are some here who see opportunity in crisis. >> i see things differently. the real estate market feels the changes. >> he returned to peurto rico after 17 years. he sees an opening for private

companies to change the island's economy and future. >> i want to bring people here and help be part of the change of peurto rico, be part of the people that need to change peurto rico. i'm puerto rican and i'm here and i see the opportunity. why not do it. >> leaders are scrambling to restructure the debt. jobs will be lost. the island's population will pay the highest price. still ahead on al jazeera it's nicknamed the jungle. find out why migrantsality this camp in france are so desperate to make it to the united states kingdom. >> reporter: i'm in the nerve center in rio degentleman marrow. we'll be watching over security at next year's olympics games.

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>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera, the foreign minister says the nuclear deal with iran and six world powers has made the middle east safer. he talked with john kerry during meeting in doha. pakistan has executed a man for murder despite human rights groups saying he was a juvenile when he was arrested. he was happeninged in the central jail for killing a child in 2004. a government investigation found that hussein was 23 years old at the time of the offense. peurto rico has defaulted on its

debt for the first time in its history. it missed a $58 million repayment that was due on monday. the island's economy is in recession and many people left to look for work abroad. the u.s. says it will call for an end to aggressive actions by china in the disputed south china sea. but china has said it doesn't want the subject discussed. foreign ministers are there for the association of southeast asian nations forum. they are set to discuss human trafficking and ways to boost trade and economic relations. >> reporter: there is a lot on the agenda, but little of it will be discuss in public. most of these meetings between the foreign ministers and invited foreign ministers such as the chinese foreign minister and john kerry from the united states will happen behind closed

doors. the agenda will be trade agreements such as the trans-pacific agreement that stall in hawai'i. also relations with the united states will be important. malaysia was upgraded on the traffic in people report which allowed it to avoid sanctions from the united states and allowed unilateral agreements to be discussed between itself and malaysia. trade could increase by an extra $40 billion. but countries like thailand are on the bottom tear but will avoid sanctions. they have shown improvement in the way they are trying to tackle people trafficking. also issues such as the south china sea dispute continues. the chinese foreign minister does not want this discussed here. but with so many foreign ministers gathered under one

roof, this will be a subject discussed not only about the tensions it's creating but the influentials ofthethetensions it's creating. >> president obama has a plan to cut greenhouse gasses. it's not clear when the changes will actually take place. >> no challenge pose as greater threat to our future. >> reporter: an impassioned speech. barack obama trying to convince the skeptical climate change is real while trying to rally the country they can change it. >> we can solve this thing but we have to get going. >> reporter: his warning the drought, floods and wildfire season is going to get worse. the plan calls for coal fire

plants to reduce emissions by a third in 15 years. critics say that will mean many more plants will be like this one, shut down. republicanssay there will be problems for the economy. >> they make it harder to maintain reliable sources of energy. >> reporter: they are hoping the plan will take similar steps. >> if we don't do it, nobody will. only reason that china is looking at getting serious about its emissions they saw we were going to do it, too when the world faces its toughest challenges america leads the way forward. that's what this plan is about. >> reporter: but experts say could take years before the new rules are implemented if at all. >> there is some people who believe another supreme court case is in the offing here because there are fundamental disagreements about the way that

the underlying law was written that may need to get tested at the highest level of the court system. >> reporter: most cases take four or five years to reach the supreme court.. five people have been found dead on a migrant boat. the bodies were found and are believed to have died from dehydration. the united kingdom announced new methods to crack down landlords who rent to migrants.

so monday there was 110 attempts to storm the tunnel. as many as 70% of migrants hope to make it to britain. we report from the tunnel's french entrance. >> reporter: he insists we hide his identity. he has seven children and a wife in afghanistan. >> we want asylum in the u.k. to make our life easily, to bring our family. if the situation is good, for example, if the situation is better. so we are want to go back. >> reporter: many of the people living in this camp are genuine asylum seekers fleeing political persecution. they say the reason why they want to live in the u.k. is

because they want to be in an english language country. britain and france have been criticized for not doing enough. >> the u.k. needs to look closely at who it wants to ask for asigh recommend take those people in england look at their request, if they don't fit the bill then, yes send them back to wherever. and france needs to do the same thing. if today you decide to ask for asylum in france because you are tired of trying and not succeeding your first appointment is in november. >> there are many people wanting a better job and better life in the u.k. called economic migrants. they say it's easy to find work in the u.k. than in france. the u.k. government offered france help with security, but

all europe should help find a solution. local officials totally disagree disagree. >> translator: this is totally a british problem. what they don't understand is everyone in europe sees it as their problem. they can't keep sending security to france. we are not england we never will be. >> reporter: the fence is being repaired yet again. it had been cut by men trying to grab on to a passing train prepared to risk their lives for a life in britain. kosovo plans to set up a special court to prosecute people accused of war crimes. kosovo's parliament voted in favor of changing the

constitution to establish the court. an activist in burundi has been killed. he had been an outspoken critic of the president. he opposed the decision to run for a third term. the corruption trial for south african opposition leader is set to resume on tuesday. that's a day after it was adjourned. he faces charges of racketeering. they are accused of lying to win a government contract worth over $4 million. there is just over a year to go before the start of the olympics in rio de janeiro. human rights campaigners say measures to control shanty towns have come at a cost. >> reporter: rio de janeiro has promised 85,000 soldiers will be on hand to assure safety

and security for the olympic and paraolympic games. they will be controlledded from this nerve center which receives images from cameras and in hundreds of police cars. >> translator: more than planning and preventing situations, we need to be ready. that's whatter doing here. >> there is a passfication programs. amnesty international accuses them of carrying out killings of hundreds of black men. >> police brutality here have been naturalized in police operations and has been accepted as something natural by raising

up society as a whole. >> the human rights organization says rio is two cities, with glitz and glamour on one side, the other side is marked by repressive interventions. >> the olympic athletes will not come to neighborhoods like this one. what goes on here is invisible while the focus of the world is on rio for the duration of the games. >> they live here. their two-year-old son was killed two years ago. the authorities say they were defending themselves against him. no one has been charged. >> the case is almost closed. i have to live the rest of my life with my son accused of being a gangster. >> the pain never goes away. i'm leaving my country the country i grew up in, because i'm ashamed of it. >> hardly anyone is ever

prosecuted. the security secretary criticized the report as unfair, it was substantially lowering crime rates. as the games approach, the city's view on security remains divided. a funeral has been held for a mexican journalist found shot dead on friday. before his death he said he felt threatened by the governor of mexico's eastern state. he fled to mexico city for fear of his life. in the u.s. a mountain carving of three confederate leaders has renewed debate on racism. they are flown on saturday at stone mountain in georgia. it's>> it's a green night monument.

it was the site of the rebirth of the ku klux klan, they gathered ignited a flaming cross. many have seen the mountain as a symbol of racial hatred. >> the history is only related to white supremacy. >> the carves which took 50 years to complete, deexpects depicts leaders of the confederacy. >> georgia is over 280 years old. yet, the confederacy was only four years of that. so the confederacy seems to dominate the perception of what is historic georgia, that's

really far from the case. >> the naacp has a different approach. the group wants the monument completely removed. >> people who claim this art, that art is not worth another black life. >> over the weekend hundreds rallied peacefully at what they call the pro confederate gathering at the base of stone mountain. >> you are not offended? >> not at all. >> but others like the self-proclaims head of the georgia ku klux klan with other intentions? >> are you with the kkk? >> i am with the kkk and i'm proud to stay up for my heritage. people would know that it was started by six confederate soldiers. >> let him go. >> rally is this way.

>> this clan member would not give allovers his name. it's scenes like this that add fuel to the debate over symbols of the confederacy. more on our website at www.aljazeera.com. night. distrust and animosity between israel and iran are nothing new. and the pending nuclear deal with iran stoked the flames, as the obama administration tries to sell the deal do congress and the world, israeli fears have not subsided. is the deal a threat to israel's existence, or could it make israel safer in the long run. nuclear pressure