>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour i'm in doha with the world's top news stories, here is what is coming up, in the next 60 minutes eight killed and people injured at army base in kabul and a string of attacks in afghanistan. swollen rivers continue to rise in myanmar, we will report from one of the worst-hit regions. >> how are you support?

get a warrant. >> let me tell you something. >> get a judge to sign a warrant. >> governor make your point. >> reporter: things heat up at republican contenders for the u.s. presidency face off in the first debate. we will tell you about germany's green mission to help the bee population stay abuzz. ♪ a powerful truck bomb has killed at least eight people injured about 400 others in afghanistan. it happened near an army compound in the capitol kabul. this is the fourth attack in afghanistan in two days. jennifer glasse has the latest. >> reporter: the explosion was so big it could be heard all around the afghan capitol. windows shattered and buildings collapsed. >> translator: the ground was shaking when the explosion took place. i thought it was an earthquake. it was so horrible.

>> reporter: while the target may have been a military compound the dead and injured were mainly civilians, hospitals were inundated. >> translator: all residence sents in the area were shocked and concerned about security which is getting worse day by day and no guaranty how long we will live. >> reporter: civilian casualties are record high with 5,000 killed or injured in the first six months of this year. for afghan security forces the losses are even higher with more than 11,000 dead and injured in the first half of 2015. there has been renewed violence around afghanistan at a delicate political time. peace talks with taliban were derailed last week after the taliban announced the death of its leader and taliban commanders are divided over who should succeed him and whether peace talks can resume. in the meantime attacks like this remind afghans of the risks, even here in the heavily fortified capitol, jennifer

glasse al jazeera, kabul. myanmar's opposition leader suchi is warning the government not to use the recent floods to under mine up coming general elections and points to a controversial 2008 referendum which was over shadowed by cyclone nargus raising questions about its results and flood victims earlier this week appealed for international aid. meanwhile myanmar president urging people in low-lying areas to evacuate and the swollen areas are still rising and moon soon rain washed away villages and crops in the southwest region which is home to more than 6 million people at least 74 people have died. florence traveled to rakhine states one of four states that are disaster zones. >> reporter: one of the worst affected in the rakhine states and they say this place was submerged and the water was 4-6

feet high and had to leave their homes and take shelter in an monistary and the roads are filled with mud and the army made a point to help with relief efforts and heavy machinery brought in and this road which was only reopened recently after flood waters had receded, a troup of soldiers had to rely on shelves and some had to use only their bare hands to clear mud from the road and it's not only mud left behind but this area is covered with debris that the flood waters cross. villages have the difficult task of removing the debris piece by piece before they can start using their farmland again. all across the country the government estimates more than one million acres of control land have been inundated with flood waters, and that is the staple of this country. there are concerns that food security will be a problem in the near future.

the weather bureau has forecast more rain in the coming days and while the flood waters have mostly receded there are flood warnings in other parts of the country particularly in the southeast aord delta region and the concern is that flood waters from north and central myanmar will flow into majors that make their way south. the worry now is that new areas of myanmar could become flooded. let's find out the expected forecast for man maryann speak to everton about that. >> florence said there are more showers in the next few days and rain further north and look at the satellite picture and we see 107 millimeters of rain in only 24 hours and you can see how the cloud lines up in streets, it runs in across the warm moist waters and continue to feed those showers into a good part of myanmar. and there really is no sign of any significant let up as we go on through the next few days.

going through friday as you can see a fair amount of rain in the north and heaviest rain is always going to be across the southwest around the delta. we are going to continue seeing that rain feeding its way in. more heavy downpours coming through, that is sunday. the size of a little drier for part of the weekend but stays awfully wet and i think many areas will see 100-200 millimeters of rain as we go on through the next 24 hours so those problems really do remain in place. and they are really quite widespread and you can see showers too extending across northern bangladesh and a good part of nepal and pushing to pakistan with flooding concerns in place. central india will continue to see that rain and as you can see the southwest bringing rain in. thank you, the syrian says

they kidnapped dozens from a church and taken in homs after they captured their town from syrian government forces and as many as 230 people may have been abducted. syrian fore minister visited a gulf country for the first time since the war began in 2011 and his counterpart finding ways to end the war in syria and oman a mediator in the conflict and history of relations with syria's close ally, iran. the u.n. security council expected to adopt a draft resolution on friday to investigate chlorine gas attacks in syria and u.s. secretary of state john kerry reached a resolution with his counterpart sergei fedorov and met on malaysia on the sidelines of the summit. and in the u.s. the pentagon has defended its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria even

after the program had a major setback and kimberly explains. >> reporter: syrian fighters trained by the united states now refusing to fight. this video released on social media appears to show some of the fighters in captivity after an attack last week north of aleppo. five of the u.s.-backed recruits have been detained by al-qaeda affiliate al-nusra a sixth recruit has reportedly been killed. the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure of the operation. >> would you say the white house is disappointed, the president is disappointed with the mission? >> we have been forthright and department of defense has been forthright about the significant challenges that operation has faced but it has not significantly encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> reporter: the syrian fighters known as division 30 accuse the pentagon of misrepresenting its mission. the u.s.-backed group says it signed up to battle i.s.i.l. not al-nusra and opposed to u.s.

air strikes carried out in resent days and the pentagon denies it distorted the plan. >> there are challenges but the idea that we were could totally flat footed by the idea we were sending people into a dynamic and rapidly changing war zone is not accurate. >> reporter: still, the united states spent money and months training the fighters supplying them with sophisticated night vision equipment but success the pentagon argues is not contingent on one battle. even if the first foray into combat for the u.s.-backed group is a failure. kimberly al jazeera, washington. there were several protests planned across iraq in the coming hours as anger mounts against the government and demanding action over a lack of basic services including clean water. many say the country's salty tap water is undrinkable, protesters

also demanding electricity, power shortages have plagued for years and the resent heat wave has made the situation worse and blame the government for poor public services and say the oil wealth is miss spent through corruption and concerned about falling fuel prices and job creation and they are struggling to attract investment and did verse -- diversify with oil. and thanks for being with us. the prime minister abadi is warning without quick fixes he is saying the government will face revolutionary sentiments. is he feeling the pressure? >> well obviously he is feeling the pressure and they are feeling the pressure and these demonstrations are very

justifiable and there are demands for the power shortages, for the clean water for the basic services which are lacking in so many parts in iraq but the concern is that these demonstrations may be hijacked by some politicians and political parties. and to politicized the demand of power shortages and clean water. >> and iraq is blaming one another, what is the government actually going to do about this? a lot of people wanting to know where the $37 billion went that was supposedly pumped into iraq since 2004 into the power production system specifically. >> this is true. if you compare the production of

power of electricity before 2003 and now, now it's more than twice the amount of what is produced. but the demand the number of electrical appliances entering in the country, the air conditioning system which is consuming a huge amount of power and also the leaking of the power for bad distribution and lack of at night to people and a bad distribution system that is what this is. and i think it has to be addressed. >> what is the government supposed to do right now? yourself as former national security advisor and someone of the iraqi government and works in the iraqi government, what do you advise the government to do? >> i think number one is to buy

electricity immediately from kuwait, iran anywhere, whoever can give us power immediately to relieve this pressure from people during this. this is number one. number two we need to allocate more resources to electricity and, number three, to impose the system and nine out of ten of iraqis for the power supply in their homes. that is why they are using their electricity like freely free of charge. >> thank you very much for joining us from baghdad in iraq. >> thank you for having me. still ahead on the al jazeera nurses hour as night closes in a conflict comes to light, we will report from the turkish town of the conflict between the government and kurdish fighters.

the battle for bio diverse si technology turns to the world for inspiration to create an army of citizen scientists and japanese tennis sensation continues to impress at the washington open. all the details coming up a little later in the program. ♪ but first two people have been killed in clashes between police and kurdish fighters and southeast turkey, ten others were wounded. bernard smith reports in one of the towns at the center of fighting between p.k.k. and turkish security forces. evening is usually the busyist time of the day here as the scorching summer sun sets the streets would fill with shoppers cafes come alive with gossip. but this kurdish town close to the border with iraq is in the

middle of a new outbreak of fighting between turkish security forces and the separatist kurdistan workers the pkk and from the pro-kurdish democratic party there is a return to the early 1990s when the turkish military launched a major crack down on p.k.k. havens here and in iraq. >> translator: it's like a ghost town and people would be out until midnight drinking tea, having fun with friends and now the shops have started closing early, people are anxious about what is happening and do not go out. there is not a soul around at night. >> reporter: they battle the p.k.k. affiliated youth groups. these are young men and women who might go to the mountains as p.k.k. fighters turkish fighters are burning p.k.k. positions in the forest in the southeastern turkey as well as iraq and part of what the government says is a broad offensive against all threats to its security that includes

i.s.i.l. and the p.k.k. dotted across these mountains you can see areas where smoke is rising that is where there has been fighting between the turkish military and the p.k.k. a spokesman for erreddewan says they are in self-defense and says despite promises made the peace process the p.k.k. has failed to disarm. the mayor told us knock on almost any door here and you will find someone connected to the p.k.k. a group listed as a terrorist organization in the u.s. and europe as well as in turkey. and he has one son in jail and a second in the mountains. >> translator: it's better not to fight. look, in the p.k.k. sometimes they say it's better to make politics and want to find a solution with a pen not by using guns. but if you keep killing i also have to show my fists. >> reporter: in the past three weeks attacks on p.k.k. killed

at least 16 members of turkish security forces and here a roadside bomb killed three soldiers. the increase in violence is raising fears of a return to a conflict that claimed 40,000 lives over 30 years. bernard smith, al jazeera, southeast turkey. a boat carrying 350 migrants has just arrived on the italian islands of sicily and picked up from the mediterranean on 30 and 350 migraines were brought ashore after the rescue after their over crowded fishing boat capsized and 3,000 died making that crossing this year. a summer camp in norway has reopened for the first time since a gunman killed 69 people there four years ago. >> picture that says hi how are you? >> reporter: family and friends of the victims gathered at the island to remember the dead. a record number of participants are expected to attend the camp

this summer. right wing nationalists carried out that attack in 2011. the leading republican contenders vying for the u.s. presidential nomination held their first debate and donald trump reenforced his reputation for bold talk about saying he will run independent and tom ackerman from cleveland. >> reporter: 5,000 republicans expected sparks as the top ten polling contenders took the stage, donald trump did not disappoint, the only one refusing to rule out an independent campaign if he loses the republican race. >> you can't say tonight that you can make that pledge. >> i cannot say. >> when donald trump started off he would not pledge to support the republican nominee you heard the crowd reaction. a lot of people will be asking do you get to play in our party if you don't agree to play by the rules. >> reporter: trump went on to repeat his charges that mexico

deliberately sent its criminals across the border as unauthorized immigrants. >> border patrol people that i deal with that i talk to they say this is what is happening because our leaders are stupid. >> reporter: trump's combative tone had rebuke from florida governor jeb bush. >> we're not going to windowing what barack obama and hillary clinton do each and every day, dividing the country. >> i tell you. >> get a warrant. >> reporter: there were a few flashes of raised tempers as when new jersey governor chris christie clashed with rand paul over the senator's fight against secret government surveillance of america's phone records. and retired surgeon ben carson challenged president obama's ban on water boarding interrogations of detainees. >> you know what we do in order to get the information that we need is our business and i wouldn't necessarily be broadcasting to everybody what we are going to do. >> reporter: between now and the next debate in september at

least one of the weakest performing candidates here will have dropped out and by then we will have a much better sense of whether donald trump was just a flash in the pan or the man to beat for the nomination. tom ackerman al jazeera, cleveland. the french military has started a new search for more debris from the missing malaysia flight mh 370, the mission off the island was prompted by at least one part of the plane that washed ashore. the jet vanished last year with 239 people on board and the transport minister defended the government decision to announce the brief found on reunion island was from the missing flight top french prosecutor was slightly less definite when he announced the fightings and prompted prompted prompted

prompted criticism. >> it's the choice of words we use and it's important that this piece of wreckage we are satisfied that it belongs to ms 370. families of chinese passengers on board the missing flight scuffled with police outside the malaysia embassy in beijing and demanding answers after a meeting with malaysia airlines was cancelled. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: the day began with a protest outside an anonymous building close to beijing international airport where they were do to be given a briefing by a senior manager of malaysia airlines. the families have demanded the media be allowed in to watch proceedings and officials said no so then the families decided to take their protest to the malaysia embassy in downtown beijing and that is where they remain. the police have allowed them to

protest outside as they have done on many other occasions. the reason for that is these demonstrations are not directed against the government here in china, they are aimed squarely at malaysia airlines and also the malaysia government. what is fueling their anger at the moment is this: it is the mixed messages emerging from the inquiry. on thursday malaysia's prime minister said that the wing part found on reunion island was conclue sif evidence that it came from mh 370 but french prosecutors within a day were saying, well they weren't so sure about that. their judgment was not so categorical, the language was much more reserved and the families are saying that in their mind is proof of an attempt of the airline of a cover up. they accused the airline of lying really from day one and simply do not believe a word they are being told by malaysia airlines.

there is simply a break down in trust and because of that they are really hostage to all the various theories swirling on the internet about what really happened to mh 370. taiwan is preparing for the strongest typhoon in three years to hit the island and tie food soudelor has winds of 220 miles per hour and expecting landfall saturday, flights are cancelled and schools shut and the storm already killed two people and one person is missing. veronica has more from taipei. >> reporter: this is a city on the red alert in the remaining hours before typhoon soudelor makes landfall. this market is busy with people stocking up before it hits. they are saying that the prices for vegetables, particularly green ones have risen considerably and that they are not satisfied with the level of preparation. >> translator: everyone is now watching the government's work. they should do their best this

time. >> translator: people are rushing to buy food but prices have gone up. i don't want to buy too much. >> reporter: forecasters are saying this could be the strongest storm to make landfall in taiwan in three years. at least it is weaker than on tuesday when it was given super typhoon status. nevertheless it will be packing winds as strong as 220 kilometers an hour according to a weather expert and the risk on the eastern coast where it's expected to make land fall is landslides and flash floods and nobody knows if and where that will happen. campaigning is underway for sri-lanka and could see a political come back and we report from columbo. >> reporter: the president defeated at the last election a prime minister with a dismal election record former youth fighters and even a mrs. world.

just a few of the candidates vying for a seat in sri-lanka 225 parliament and he is promising to build a new country. >> translator: if we could create just and fair rules in 100 days we can build a new country with everyone's support in 60 months. >> reporter: looking to replace the president is the former president and remains popular for ending a decade's long civil war but an authoritarian government and human rights abusers and he says he has changed. >> translator: today we have a new approach. we have time to think during the last six months and now we have the ability to think afresh. >> reporter: some don't believe that. they say he could have brought important changes using his immense popularity but failed to do so. >> translator: we asked him to use two thirds majority to

abolish the presidency and change the system and set aside the 18th amendment to the constitution but he didn't do it. >> reporter: the candidates' personalities are getting all the attentions and issues including governance the economy and forced conflict recovery seem to get lost in the process. voters here must decide whether to reelect former president this time to parliament. or they could extend the mandate given to the president and his allies who defeated the loyalists in january to bring change to sri-lanka. that change according to some observers is seen in how the election campaign is unfolding. >> the guidelines are being followed by officials and specialist police department. we never have seen this kind of situation earlier. >> reporter: sri-lanka will have two more weeks of

campaigning before making their choices, al jazeera, columbo. much more to come on the al jazeera news hour including the obama administration gets into trouble over its human trafficking report. we will tell you why critics say it has been watered down. plus it was one of the world's largest ever art thefts but they may have the key to unlock a 25-year-old cold case and breaking down footballing barriers and gaza welcomes a west bank team for the first time in more than a decade. ♪

♪ the top stories on the al jazeera news hour, eight people have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capitol kabul and more than 400 injured. police say the bomb was hidden in a truck and detonated near an army compound. myanmar's president urging people to evacuate the low-lying southern delta regions where swollen rivers are still rising and widespread flood already killed 74 people. the top ten contenders faced off in the first television debate and donald trump reenforced his reputation for tough talk as they argued over foreign policy immigration and the nuclear deal with iran. i.s.i.l. says it's responsible for thursday's suicide bombing inside a mosque in saudi arabia used by security forces. 15 people were killed in one of the biggest attacks in years. it happened in the town close to

the border with yemen. i.s.i.l. is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia which is part of the u.s. led coalition fighting the armed group and we report. >> reporter: this is where the attack took place. suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the southern city blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor of the province visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the la vaned claimed responsibility for this attack after three others recently. they included the targeting of two shia and muslim mosques in may in the eastern province where 25 worshippers were killed in the heart land of saudi arabia's shia minority. last month police arrested hundreds of suspected i.s.i.l. members and displayed some of

the weapons which were confiscated confiscated. the saudi interior said it stopped i.s.i.l. attacks on mosques, security forces and western diplomates the kingdom has seen a surge in violence in the last two decades when al-qaeda launched nationwide attacks and security forces led a crack down al-qaeda's top leaders were either killed arrested or fled to yemen where they formed al-qaeda in the arab yanukovich peninsula six years ago. now saudi arabia faces new challenges a fight at home against i.s.i.l. and a military campaign in neighboring yemen against houthi malitias, al jazeera. well pro-government forces in yemen are gaining ground in the southern provinces after taking back the country's largest military base and fighters are calling it a significant blow to the houthis and those fighting for the former president saleh securing

the base has given the popular resistance control of roads linking three key southern states. >> translator: we have cleared out with the help of the coalition our fighters are now in control and we are still pushing back houthi fighters and saleh malitias. a french woman kidnapped in february has been freed and isabelle prime will return to france on friday according to a statement released by the french president office and aid leader and translator were abducted in sanaa in february. now the obama administration is under fire over its annual report on human trafficking. the u.s. congress has accused the state department of watering down the figures for political reasons and roslyn jordan reports. >> thank you for having me today. >> reporter: the state department official oversees the preparation of the annual trafficking persons or t.i.p. report for 15 years the report has been called the u.s.'s

signature effort at highlighting countries who are not doing enough to prevent forced labor, sex trafficking and other human rights abuses but now legislators suspect the reports' rankings for the white house's political agenda. >> several months ago we began to hear reports from the press and sources close to this process that this year's report was under exceptional pressure to shape the rankings to meet political demands and not the facts on the ground. >> reporter: tried to address the senator's concerns. >> with a state department deliberations there are a multiplicity of views and the secretary takes them into account when making his final decisions. >> but it didn't work and never denied the political influence charges in so many words and the senators who called the hearing said they think there is too much evidence suggesting otherwise. their main argument the ranking of malaysia which was among the worst offenders for tier 3 in

the 2013 report and say they moved it up in the rankings so the u.s. could continue to negotiate with it in the trans atlanta talks and if they stayed in tier three the u.s. could not continue to negotiate with it and kuala, lumpur secretary of state rejected to change the ranking to keep the trade talks on track. >> i'm confident it was the right decision and guaranty you made in regard without any other issue. >> reporter: they were unpersuaded and taking a closer look at how the report was put together. >> i'm putting you on notice that any destruction of e-mails, phone records or letters from 11 11:19 a.m. could have significant consequences. >> if there was a consequence they said they didn't blame her

and promised they are going to find out who is responsible for undermining, a report once considered above her approach. questioning a man arrested over the murders of five people including photo journalist espinoza and suspect admitted being in the apartment where he was killed and tom has more. >> reporter: a crime provoked fear and anger through mexico and especially among journalists and espinizo fled cruz after threats and intimidation of what he considered a safe haven in mexico city but instead last friday he was tortured and shot along with four other women, one of them a social activist. on wednesday the mexico city authorities announced they arrested a man in connection with the murders. >> translator: detectives found the fingerprints that matched

our records for the male criminal we were looking for and we found him and brought him in. >> reporter: many journalists worry this could be pawned off as a robbery gone wrong or a case of a simple homicide, without getting to the bottom of what really happened. many also hold the governor of the state of vera cruz ultimately directly or indirectly responsible, after all 14 journalists including espinoza have now been killed on his watch. >> translator: looking for scapegoats to reflect attention in the case and it's obvious to many people following this that the state carries out these murders and disappearances and we know it was vera cruz. >> reporter: could have big ramifications for journalists in mexico, already one of the most dangerous countries in the world for reportserreporters but thought it was a safe haven to escape the threats and persecution they experienced in many other parts of the country and now that

sense of security has been shaken and journalists will be asking themselves if anywhere is safe for them. argentina's former president failed to turn up to court for the start of his trial and he and several other officials are accused of trying to obstruct the investigation into the 1994 bombing of a jewish center in buenos aires. lawyers for the 85-year-old cited poor health as a reason for his absence, no one has been convicted of the attack which killed 85 people. an eu ban on pesticides linked to honey bee deaths is set to expire at the end of the year and pesticide manufacture are not to blame for bees dealing but environmentalists disagree and they are crucial for the polination of food crops but the numbers have been dropping in the decades and a group of pesticides were ban in the eu two years ago after studies

linked their use to honey bees deaths but they blame other factors such as parasites and loss of natural habitat and also applying for it saying they are destroying the crops because they cannot use the right chemicals to get rid of them and we went to find out just how farmers are protecting their crops and also trying to protect the bee population. >> reporter: he works on his farm in western germany. the summer months are an important time for him, soon he will have to sow in the fields. if he could he would prefer to use powerful pesticides containing what are called neo-nicatinoids to protect the crop but in recent years a ban has been put on certain types of these and others that have been

examined closely in long-term studies meaning he must do without them. >> translator: this is the best option. you put the pesticide where you really need it and we sow at the end of august or the beginning of september and then it sprouts and it's from the beginning protected against pests. >> reporter: german farmers talk about using neo-nicatinoids in the perfect way getting the product in the seedeling to protect the plant and deal with pests but scientific studies say the effect it has on the bees is devastating. >> translator: the bees forget where they come from or have to go they are social insects and have to ensure they can return to their population to the hive to be accurate. they unlearn that under certain circumstances. so in the first instance we see changes of behavior that you see when there are small doses and if it's too much they die. >> reporter: the aco chemical

firm bia has manufactured pesticides and fungicides for years and rejects the suggestion that neo is to blame for the bee numbers and they are labeling products as being safe for bees. and he believes declining bee populations may be caused by a mixture of factors, notably the vero-mite. >> some findings made on individual bees or in the lab under artificial conditions suggested some thing like that but they never found under realistic conditions to effect whole bee colonies in the field. >> reporter: some scientists suggest the honey bees polinating effect is worth more than 12 billion euros to the german economy every year which explains why a long-term decline in the bee population could have

a devastating effect. dominick cane al jazeera. let's talk about this and speak to may who is a bio researcher at the university in sweden and joining us by skype and thanks for joining us and what will be the ban of the pesticides expiring at the end of the year? >> we don't know if it will expire. the authorities will take a new look at new collected information at the end of this year and then make a decision to prolong the moratorium or to make a firm decision. >> there is really a debate, may, over what is triggering the decline in bees. in your opinion what is causing it? >> i agree that it's multifactorial and several different factors influence bees and it's important to talk about different bees and the honey bees have been so much in focus

and our research is mostly focusing on wild bees. there are over 20,000 species of bees in the world. >> so how concerning is it to you as well as to us how concerned should we be when we see this decline in the bee population and what needs to be done? >> well i think that it's good to focus on all of these different factors that have been in focus, pesticides being one of them and pesticides in general and it's also important to think about how we manage agricultural landscapes and it's not just pesticides but it's also the removal of beneficial habitats important for bees and other bio diversity and it's the disease is the way we take care of honey bees is also important but talking about specifically the neo-nicationids it's important how we use them because bees are insects and if we target one insect we have to

make sure that the beneficial insects like bees don't get unacceptably harmed. >> you keep mentioning the pesticides and i suppose it's important we highlight how exactly pesticides are harmful to bees may. >> reporter: in our field study we have conducted now two years ago, we saw that if you treat seeds with these neo-nicationids and you sow the seeds and let the crop grow and this is a grape and flowering and very attractive to bees they come to find pollen and nectar and pesticide that way, it can reduce their reproductive output so they can't reproduce and it can slow their work so they can't perform polination increasing the yields and it can

have a deadly effect and little effect making them less able to reproduce. >> may thank you very much for speaking to us on al jazeera. >> thank you. would you like to know what wildlife is lurking outside your front door then as the saying goes there is an app for that. the map of life is a free application for smartphones and an international collaboration that took four years to build. jessica baldwin takes a closer look. >> reporter: looking for newts and other pond dwellers but researchers are relying on more than just a net. a smartphone app identifies the bugs and 35,000 creatures and it's an international field guide for birds, bugs mammals on the globe and enter a location and the app gives you lists of the natural life around

you and it's not just your phone in the park it's pure science and founders are yale and nasa and users are encouraged to be scientists reporting what they have seen especially in remote areas where there are gaps in wildlife data. >> we are able to paint an increasingly detailed picture of where is the species now how is its range being lost and how may its range fair in the future. >> reporter: the app comes at a critical time scientists say. >> here look at the map. >> reporter: because many species are changing fast some becoming dominant in a region others moving to different areas. >> it actually tells you what you will see around where you are. >> reporter: armed with constantly expanding mountain of data policy makers can then decide if a project will affect bio diversity. there are more than 35,000 different species on the app which is available in six

languages. they are going to add more languages. they are constantly adding images and sounds to make it easier to identify the different wildlife. people all over the world from brazil to indonesia have downloaded the app, 20,000 so far. scientists are hoping the ranks will grow, creating a global army of citizen scientists battling to save bio diversity, jessica baldwin, england. still to come on the program the french champions hope a new recruit can fire them as the new season kicks off and we will have details coming up in sport. ♪

♪ the approval rating for brazil's president has slipped to a new low of 8% and there is anger over a scandal and the economy and a year to go with the start of the olympics in rio she is hoping the feel-good factor of the games will rub off on her leadership and daniel has more. >> reporter: president has spoken on national television after latest figures released showed her popularity rating has slumped to an all-time low. 8% of brazilians support her government and growing numbers say they are dissatisfied with the way she is governing the country. in the midst of an economic downturn and the corruption scandal which seems to renew revolutions almost everyday. >> translator: she is breaking

a lot of promises and she promised things and she is not doing it. >> translator: it's about all the corruption that is what is causing this crisis. it's her fault. >> reporter: brazilians react which is customary in rio and across the country by going to their windows and bashing their pots and pans for the duration of her speech. [banging pots and pans] she responded saying her party had filled those pots and pans with food and will continue to fill them. she urged the brazilian people to have faith in her government. she said that she was strong. she is the person that is right to lead this country forward. we will have to see now in the next few days whether brazilians have taken heed of her words and they will be revitalized by her

urging the country to stand behind her and behind her government. time for the sports news. >> thank you very much. well in the past half hour the world's basketball governing body granted china the privilege to host the 2019 world cup, basketball. >> china. >> reporter: the announcement was made in tokyo with china edging out the philippines for the passion for the sport and reached on social media on bid for hosting and 15 time asia champion will host the event for the first time ever. cricket play is underway on day two of the full test between host england and australia, having involved australia out for 60 in their first innings england has scored 324 for 7 and helped by a century by joe and bersto scored 74 and england

currently leads by 264 runs. over the next two days eight sports will be presenting their case to be included at the 2020 olympics in tokyo, organizing committee will then announce in september which of these events they will propose to the ioc and here are the eight sports softball is trying to return after appearing between 1996-2008 and the demonstrations were this 1988 and there never has been an olympic sport. the world karate federation has over 10 million members but yet to be seen at the summer games and this is a main event to the world roller sports federation and pushing for climbing and proposing full day events for men and women and squash has

been in five continents but yet to be in the olympics and includes sports using artificial wave technology and the marshal art is looking to be included after they had a test event in the 2008 games in beijing. second seed advanced to quarter finals of the washington open in dc with straight sets victory, the japanese is the highest ranked player in the field in the opening match. the world number five had no problems against his opponent beating 6-4 6-4. football on the french top flight gets underway later with champions aiming for a fourth straight title and go in the season opener having depleted the signing of manchester united and it cost them $69 million and the champion's hope their new recruit can give them even more

success. palestinian soccer team from the gaza strip has hosted a team from the west bank after israel granted permission for the visitors to cross the territory. it was the first leg of a cup match between them and zoey has more. >> reporter: a simple handshake, feeling a significant step to unity, a moment 15 years in the making for the thousands of fans at the stadium. and welcomes west bank opposition to gaza for the first time since 2000. >> translator: this is a step forward but no matter who wins this match palestine is the winner. >> translator: we hope such a match helps in achieving unity and came north of the gaza strip to watch and wish we could go to the west bank to watch those matches. >> reporter: arrival in gaza brings those hopes much closer and the meeting between the two cup holders more than a match a

memorable move towards a single palestinian league. and while both sides have their chances the game ended nil-nil and for once the results have little relevance. >> translator: it was a great experience. it is so important for our teams to move between gaza and the west bank. >> translator: this is an important experience to break the post on gaza. we want to come to the west bank to play. it is an indescribable feeling. >> reporter: accused them of restricting movements of players and firms between territories and even calling for israel suspension and emotion dropped to the last-minute in congress in may. despite the delayed arrival due to travel permit problems israel has given the green light to the return leg. as both teams travel back to the west bank on friday fans have been given hope for the future. zoey cummings, al jazeera.

that is it for me. >> all right, thank you very much for that update. it was one of the world's largest ever art thefts 25 years ago two men stole 13 master pieces worth a half a billion from a boston museum and released security video and hoping to unlock the multi million mystery and gabrielle alexander reports from new york. >> reporter: it is dark and flickers and poor quality and hard to make out much of anything but f.b.i. agents in america are hoping this just released decades old surveillance video could bring in new leads on the largest art theft ever in u.s. history. 25 years ago to men posing as police officers walked into the stewart gardner museum in boston and walked out with 13 master pieces and stolen were three rembrands and two oil paintings, one being the only sea scape ever painted and took a concert

and one of 36 in existence as well as from an napoleanic flag and degoa. >> and that is a fair estimate. however, i like to point out the pieces that were stolen from the gardner are the true definition of pricelessness because they can never be sold they can never be replaced. >> reporter: since the theft the museum has left the walls where the art was located empty, a long reminder that the museum will never be complete again until the pieces find their way back to the rightful home. in the past 25 years the f.b.i. says they have investigated thousands of leads all over the world but they have all led to a dead end. investigators now say they are less concerned about finding who were the perpetrators of this crime and more concern with just finding the art even for the people who have it now don't realize that it was stolen. >> we understand that someone who comes forward with

information about thebouts of this artwork were with any of the pieces themselves is not necessarily involved in the theft and not engaged in illegal activity. >> as for the newly-released video it shows a shadow of an unidentified man the night before the theft existing a car that matches the general description of the vehicle parked outside the music prior to the theft. he then is allowed to enter the museum after midnight who is the man, what was he doing, what does he know could he be the person that unlocks the mystery into the stolen art? lots of questions the f.b.i. and art lovers around the world want answers to, hoping the mystery doesn't go unanswered for another 25 years. gabrielle with al jazeera, new york. thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera, we will have a full bulletin of news coming your way in just a couple of moments, the day's top stories and everything you need to know and do stay with al jazeera. ♪

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