and a half years it's bristling with different experiments that only humans can operate in space but it costs billions of dollars a year to maintain the international space station and so we're confronted with unfortunate financial reality we either need to find another funding source for the space station if we want to continue it or we need to shut it down and there's a lot of resistance to shut it down given just all the amazing things we can do with it right so there is a financial rationale in order to keep the activities in the space station going how would this potentially work because it's not as though you will buy these trips directly from nasa or is it yes that's right so i think of this is nasa is dipping a toe in the waters so after many years of not getting involved in purely commercial activities like this they've invited several companies to explore different options they've allowed for a limited amount of kilograms of material a number of passengers to come onboard the space station and they're going to see

what happens so you know what see exactly how much demand there is there are there going to be 3 people that show up or are we going to find people lining up or outside the door with amazing ideas and lining up one in the right on the space station and so from that we'll learn whether we can proceed with either additional people on the space station or i think the ultimate goal is find other enterprises and companies that want to set up their own presence in space. you know is oppose this some this is something new isn't it we don't quite know how it's going to pan out but it is obviously very expensive to do this i certainly won't be making this round trip but the kind of revenues that it generates that it's predicted to generate is it going to actually cover the costs of the international space station . now the wonderful thing is the costs are pretty fixed now that the space station construction is complete so we have a pretty good sense of what it costs to bring food and water and rations and were humans up to the space station very exciting thing these days is the cost per

kilogram to get something in orbit is dropping rapidly is different companies stand up new cheaper rockets that are able to deliver material at a much lower cost so it would not be surprising if we see those per person cost even come down with time. that have been some private citizens going into space but of course we know that it's you know it's incredibly competitive to become a nasa astronaut the sort of training and expertise that they undergo is incredibly rigorous what are the risks of sending you know any ordinary person out there. oh they're definitely risks you know one thing is you need to be healthy enough to survive both the launch and the landing that can involve much greater than x. accelerations an experience on say a roller coaster ride so it's not for the faint of heart operating in 0 gravity is

also a real challenge our bodies were not designed to do this so it can be uncomfortable you need a lot of physical training and of course you can get sort of sea sick and space so that's something you have to train for in order in order to avoid it and i do really hope though that this is an opportune that's available for equitably for many different people in that it's not just those with the money to buy a ticket the ribble to take advantage of this my goodness but it is a price you take isn't it thank you very much justin see casper professor of sciences and engineering appreciate your thoughts thank you. so i had for you on the news hour after more than 180 years athens finally gets an official mosque in the middle of a naval base and french open up against a child a wind and the paris clay andy has more on the sound and showdown in sports.

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business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. athens has integrated its 1st official mosque the quake capital hasn't had a recognized place of worship for muslims for more than 180 is more than 200000 muslims live and afghans many of them refugees from syria and afghanistan. the education minister's arrival to open the athens mosque is a moment a quarter of a century in the making and we are trying to have our soul named many years some in about 25 years yet many dangle misted even try to love me and we

saw much meeting so much trying pretty hard and you tried to convince kind men can win and 10 god we are now in. mission is complete muslim immigrants have gradually acquired official community organizations green cards and even citizenship but their religion has been kept quiet by opening this mosque weeks before a general election the city's a government is actively courting the muslim vote yet the plan and. athens now has a dignified place of worship for muslims whether they are citizens or migrants refugees or visitors the right to pray to the god you believe in like the right of a child to go to school does not depend on the circumstances under which someone arrived here everyone has these rights they are non-negotiable human rights. the dignity of the athens mosque is a far cry from what muslims have been used to makeshift places of worship in basements like this one which filled the overcrowding. is careful to maintain that

low profile here there are no loudspeakers to call the faithful to prayer and no minarets to form landmarks the building barely resembles a religious structure and the compound itself is part of a navy facility surrounded by a high wall and barbed wire and with a round the clock police good citizen understands that although greeks agree to a mosque in principle there are also sensitivities greeks remember that the ottoman empire ruled greece for 4 centuries until the early 18th hundreds the saudi government offered to build a huge cultural center and mosque in 2001 and libya's moammar gadhafi made a similar offer a few years later but both sank under popular disapprove. will and pressure from the church and local government then in 2006 parliament decided that the athens mosque would be built at public expense and 13 years later it is ready the mosque isn't big enough to absorb all of these underground worshippers and such unofficial

places of prayer may will continue but it's a 1st step towards religious acceptance in this overwhelmingly orthodox christian society jobs are open to us al-jazeera athens. time after this fall with andy. thank you so much mime of the biggest event in the history of women's sport is kicks off in france close to a 1000000 sick it's have already been sold for the 8 women's football world cup the host speeching south career in the top tournament open a full meal at a sold out stadium in paris $24.00 teams that are taking part in the event for the final coming up in leon on july the 7th our correspondent lee welling saw the hosts making a winning stocks. while this was a comfortable in they didn't think we're in for france and i think it's really important that the host nation start for the most well because it gets the public on side not just the people who are going to watch the matches or many of them are sold out but the people who are watching on television that we're talking about

that talk about one exciting french team. by heart through the start of the film and really have a chance of lifting the trophy on hard thought of costo a big challenge from the united states the other trophy holders that very strong. they will find through their chances but that's the strength that we're going to one of the reasons this is going to be the biggest women's sports event i like pulling well 3 more games on 3 on sunday it could injure michael the right guy goes we've covered now we've lined up a special world cup match against brazil from many stories around this time when so much excitement. off to the best possible stalls roma driv signed from chelsea on a 5 year contract to transfer 28 year old in excess of $100000000.00 royal coach xina doing sit down rebuilding his squad after a disappointing season saw the club finishing 3rd in the league and champions

league at the last 16 stage. rafael nadal is inside her record 12 the french open the defending champion basing roger federer in straight sets on the paris clay in the semi final halting reports. to have sports fiercest rivals refound the doll and roger federer went head to head in a fight for a spot in the french open final. the last time the 2 play here at roland garros was in 2011 the 1st 2 sets were tight but nidal won both of them. the 33 year old has won this title on his favorite clay surface 11 times at $3720.00 time grand slam winner federer has won here only once. the duo weren't just fighting against each other but against the elements as well it was windy with dust flying into their eyes. a clay storm but nidal used the wind

to his advantage building a more convincing lead in the final set was not had been planned wasn't a while away. the conditions out there today have been so hot so so difficult to manage. was a day to be just folklores accept all the advice and this. is me. to focus on positive all the time and i knew what that i had to do after 2 hours and 25 minutes of play nidal came out on top 2636462 he makes you feel uncomfortable the way he. defends the court plays on clay there's nobody who even plays remotely close to him minnows so i don't even know who i need to go search for to go practice with somebody who plays like him reaching his 12th french open final doll proving once again why he's the king of clay we're hardly in al-jazeera . the other man's semifinal will be completed on saturday with bad weather bringing

an early end to the match between of a joke of a dominant scene team that reached last year's final and he has a slight advantage over the world number one in this concept it's one set saltine everyone in this. market under a sofa has become the 1st teenager to reach the women's french open final in more than a decade a 19 year old czech player base in britain's you had a concert in 2 sets and seeded underside yet to drop a set at this tournament and will be making her 1st grand slam final appearance. and should be taking on australia's ashley barty in that final the 8th seed recovering from being a sit down to beat 17 year old american amanda anisim over. i feel like of i've played some really good tennis inconsistent tennis and although that level wasn't there today the whole match necessarily it was it was there when i needed it and yeah i mean i'm just so proud of myself the way that we were able to to go out there and handle it today in all things considered we're in

a pretty pretty amazing place now. where they are washed out friday's game of the cricket world cup between pakistan and sri lanka hosts england will be hoping the rain relents in sign for their going against bangladesh in cardiff on saturday bangladesh have won their last 2 world cup matches against england follow us again out of the years we have been beating them last 2 world cup is doesn't mean that will make it happen again there were did so yes obviously those are the chances that we have to play a good rest on the slowest close a one win away from lifting hockey's stanley cup for the 1st time in franchise history they clinched it on the road win against the boston bruins winning this one see one salutes lead the best of 7 series 3 games to its. running for the one world champion lewis hamilton crashed out in practice the head of sunday's a canadian grown pray the mercedes driver unable to return to the track after eclipse

a concrete wall here during the 2nd session in montreal ferrari's charla clare recorded the quickest laps on. ok let's get back in loves of me thank you very much andy that's in the news hour but i have a full bus in for you in just a couple of minutes time i'll see you very shortly. she was black gay i'm from rio de janeiro's her vallas which she was also an elected outspoken council woman. until she was assassinated.

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jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and a texture and some that calum ari. and innovative production techniques i've seen a vertical farm before i would never in a restaurant have to say this is great earthrise feeding the 1000000000 on a jersey you know. he ended his own country's war with eritrea now ethiopia's leader abby ahmed is trying to end the crisis in sudan after monday's brutal crackdown. hello i'm maryanne demasi and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the

program the u.n. says 4000000 venezuelans have now left their country is the economic and political situation deteriorates the u.s. is planning to push ahead with trade tariffs on mexico despite 2 way talks taking place in washington. and turkey is given 8 weeks to change its mind on a controversial new style deal. welcome to the program sudan's opposition has accepted if you have his prime minister as a mediator to end the political crisis there they've also been preconditions including an international investigation into the military crackdown which killed more than 100 people. met a coalition of political groups and parties representing the protesters earlier in khartoum soon afterwards mohamed s. not one of the opposition leaders he met was arrested amid also sat down with the

ruling military genter but notably the head of the rapid support forces and deputy leader of the transitional military council mohamed hamdan the galo was not there the u.n. human rights chief is calling for the urgent deployment of a monitoring team now and the world health organization says it is gravely concerned that security forces are targeting medical staff treating the injured stephanie deca reports the picture is slowly emerging of what happened in sudan on monday the 3rd of june the. grief fills this hospital room the bodies lined the floor the internet blackout imposed by the military council means mobile food footage has been slow to make it out. the. but everything points to a gruesome bloody day a peaceful sit in that ended in this. with reports of rapes beatings and killings

at the hands of the paramilitary rapid support forces were told many people are still missing. in an effort to resolve the crisis in prime minister abu ahmed arrived in khartoum on friday for meetings with the military council and protest groups the african union suspended sudan on thursday until the military hands over power to civilians the military council would have a stake in what happens in sudan in the future. many of these people who are now leading the transitional military council are people who have been leading the sudanese military for a very long period of time this is a military that has been involved in vii's atrocities various abuse particularly in darfur back in 20032004 there are questions of accountability therefore you are one of the strongest and loudest voices in this process of transition and there are course already for accountability and for justice but for now there appears to be

no accountability and no justice a general strike is planned for sunday the opposition wants change they don't want military rule an era of oppression hangs over the streets of khartoum that's how it's been described to us there is a sense of unease and fear but there is also resilience and little certainty about how things are going to move forward stephanie decker al-jazeera. well saddam's opposition has laid out a list of conditions that must be met before protesters return to the negotiating table with the military council. year at the 1st we want the military council to recognize the crime was committed secondly forming an international committee to investigate the crimes during the dispersing of the city and thirdly to release all political detainees and all the sentenced who are opposing the former regime we want to public freedom and freedom of the media we want the military to be pulled out of the streets and finally lift the ban on the internet.

united nations says at least 4000000 people have left venezuela because of its western economic and political situation described the figure is alarming and says urgent help is still needed to host them in other countries latin america and it certainly see a new man brings us the story from santiago chile. i know what the numbers are staggering and unprecedented every day thousands of more than is wayland's join the exodus the vast majority by 1st crossing over into neighboring colombia which has already received more than 1300000 economic refugees and cattlemen is one of the newcomers and this un refugee camp with. my children went 3 days without eating anything it's very difficult as a mother my mom isn't here she's over there suffering from hunger that's why i was

eager to leave and work to send her something. the u.n. predicts that before the end of the year the venezuelan exodus will surpass $6000000.00 the vast majority of whom are coming here to latin america. from colombia millions of impoverished venezuelans are moving further south especially to ecuador who rule and chile these countries social services are already strained to the limit this week bruce president announced he was following neighboring chiles lead by requiring the news whalen's to enter the country with humanitarian visa. starting in june the 15th and even as well into the possible and the corresponding visa into the country. it will be a requirement to enter peru with a humanitarian visa which will be processed over there in the peruvian consulate. this may slow down but not stop the stampede fueled by been as well as increasingly

dire economic and political crisis which is why latin american governments are raising the alarm and asking the rest of the international community to share the burden of the biggest refugee crisis ever seen in the americas to see in human i just see that santiago. talks between the united states and mexico to stave off tariffs and dragging on is a battle over a u.s. demands on migration president trump says as a good chance they will reach a deal but the white house is pushing ahead with a plan to impose a 5 percent tariff on all mexican goods come monday and it says that could increase if mexico doesn't stem the flow of migrants over the border mexico has promised to deploy thousands of national guard troops along the border but u.s. negotiators say the 2 sides still have not reached an agreement talks are due to resume on saturday while president trump is certain to raise mexico's tariff by an additional 5 percent each month until it hits 25 percent in october if mexico

doesn't act to halt the migrants crossing into the u.s. the move would have major implications for consumers on both sides mexico is the world's biggest exporter of be upsetting $3600000000.00 worth to the u.s. last year. a 5 percent tariff would cost it's been destroyed almost $200000000.00 a year last year the u.s. imported almost $30000000000.00 of agricultural products like avocados and tomatoes from mexico a 5 percent levy would cost mexican agriculture an estimated $1400000000.00 a year rising to almost $7000000000.00 if the 25 percent tariff is applied and in the united states shop price increases are expected on new cars and trucks as mexico is the largest source of american auto parts well let's talk to john homa now who's in next to mexico southern border with latin mahler and so clearly this will be damaging to both sides though it will have a much more detrimental impact on mexico you've been spending some time there in

tampa to tell us what you've been seeing. we just been spending the last hour or 2 checkpoints right one that you can see behind me so long much closer to the border as you say with what the mother migration officials for people from the navy here the federal police the old fear this isn't something that just started over the last week this is something that's been around and they've been upping really these checkpoints and their presence on the southern border because this is the 1st time the president trump sort of threatened to take action if mexico doesn't count cut down the number of people from central america from duracell salvador guatemala that are getting through this country and heading up north vicious to over the last week or so obviously the situations got a lot more urgent to sit tell you what we've been seeing as well we just see 3 groups of people that have been hauled off the buses by migration law who have

taken off the buses by migration and then been taken to the tension center one of from durham and his wife and his 3 small children and i asked him why he was leaving and he just said this guy owns and there's poverty it's a combination i can't live there anymore you just see. another combi come up now that's what they call the small buses but obviously he's going to be going back to the same situation when he is deported from mexico so there is also a mistral this high politics has taken part place in washington where they're trying to work out this so there's not terrorists in mexico there is a human cost here for the many people from honduras el salvador guatemala a fleeing gangs that are fleeing poverty that see themselves as out of options really in their homelands yeah that's right people obviously very legitimate reasons causing people to leave and i suppose there's sort of latest trade integration spat between the u.s. and mexico might be

a catalyst for even more movement if people think that tighter border controls could make it much more difficult for them to pass through to. get votes been the situation really because mexico has said just since this administration has come in that they've been detaining and the poor thing 800000 people which has been a marked increase from the year before but then the united states customs a border patrol figures for the 1st 5 months of this year they've been almost more than 5 times that number which basically means the screw stopping people a lot more are coming and a lot more are getting through to the united states so this isn't something the president trumps all mexico and it's term sort of propelled by president trump and his threats towards a. choking down on migration a managing to stop at this point hence the frustration from president trump and

hence the sort of the blunt way to instrument of terrorists which is going to you. thank you very much from tampa to let john heilemann bring us all the latest on that story and there is much more to come for you on the program and looking at why even posting a blank sheet of paper is getting act. davis into trouble and of kazakhstan's election on sunday dr 180 years of waiting greece's muslims finally get somewhere to pray in the middle of a naval base. hello there things are pretty wet and windy for us in australia at the moment all thanks to this weather system here that will do some strong winds and some heavy rain including force in perth where we saw around 30 millimeters of rain more than we saw in the entirety of may that system is working its way eastwards it is

disintegrating as it does say but there is yet more wet weather following it so the looking rather unsettled here as we head through the next few days i think for sunday some of the wettest of the weather will be around the south coast of western australia but we'll also see some of that make it through south australia as well so it took temperature in adelaide just of 16 degrees further east it should be brought a force here brisbane up at $22.00 and townsville at $24.00 over towards new zealand certainly being stormy here over the past few days we've got a south westerly flow with us at the moment so that means it's pretty windy and we're also seeing plenty of showers in the windy weather as well say more showery weather is likely as we head through the day on saturday but it does try to calm down as we head into sunday because that little area of high pressure begins to build so it looks like the showers will become a distant memory further towards the north we've seen some heavy rain over japan but that clearing away the worst of it at least just a few showers behind.