and in the grand a near the brazilian city of rio de janeiro have also been chosen they're recognized for both their natural as well as their a cultural significance iceland's joe cole national park has been picked for its stunning natural beauty and geothermal activity the area covers 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers and explosive craters and china also gained a listing its migratory bird sanctuaries in the eastern jan su province the interim title wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to 33 endangered species well 3 years ago another iraqi site was added to the world heritage lists but the people living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs say their new status has not improved their livelihoods charles stratford reports the government's negligence and climate change add to their daily struggle. the sun

rises over the marshes of southern iraq what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. to people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned and demolished the dams that have deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression to the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but what i fear is exceptionally hard. salema call their

bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years that i was able to hold that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off to our livestock the water is bad for the buffaloes we are very unhappy but what can we do. experts say dams on the tigris and euphrates rivers in turkey and iran combined with frequent drought stew to climate change have increased the salinity of the marsh water this effects the health of the water buffalo and the quality and quantity of milk they produce. has lived on the marshes most of his life he says many marsh arabs like him much hold between moving away hoping to find an easier life or staying and preserving their culture. during the summer it's especially hard fish die and the cattle eat less so

they produce less milk for us to sell in the winter they separate viruses we have no veterinary services no proper electricity no schools no health services either. the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches calderwood the. it's where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government linked. we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of political violence states climate change and broken

government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives chance travel al-jazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock. these sports and then if you can run out of this race in the bag about why did he stop with. the details coming up in a moment. in the article. well i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people

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a fairytale run continues into the last 16 where she'll face former world number one simona halep goff is also guaranteed at least $220000.00 in prize money and it meant she's having the time of her life. and people who are in the crowd are behind me every step of the way and that's something i really appreciated during the match and i don't know it's just crazy how like me i remember when i'm before i play mean this. as you know when you want to leave the practice courts there's a of people waiting in one little kid asked me for a picture and then after the next day after play venus everybody has changed my name so she is pretty surreal how life changes in a matter of seconds not to love or serina williams and andy murray are set to make their debut as a mixed doubles pair on saturday serena has to play her singles match with gervase before that. roger federer and rafael an adult are also in action defending men's

champion know about djokovic she was given a scare in his 3rd round match he dropped the 2nd set against world number 48. but the 4 time champion came back to win in 4 sets. but the man who joke of a beat in last year's final is out 4th seed kevin anderson saw an upset in the 3rd round he was knocked out in straight sets by argentina's guido that. the line up for the semifinals at the cricket world cup is being decided right now with india and australia vying for top spot in the final group table india need to be true long at hadley and leave to have a chance of finishing above australia sri lanka are struggling after batting 1st their 62 for 4 after 15 overs australia face south africa later in a date night match pakistan missed out on the city's as their victory over

bangladesh wasn't by a big enough margin. centuries of them to set a target of 316 shaheen afridi took 6 wickets as bangladesh were beaten by 94 runs the number one pick in last month's n.b.a. draft zion williamson had a shaky start to his debut for the new orleans pelicans on friday but it wasn't all his fault the 19 year old scored 11 points against the new york knicks before suffering a knee injury but that wasn't the only thing to rock the fans in las vegas they also felt the earthquake from neighboring california the main concern was the swinging overhead scoreboard foreseen the game to actually be abandoned over in los angeles the padres dodgers game was briefly interrupted too as t.v. cameras caught the 7 point one magnitude quake as it hit in the 4th inning but they played on 3rd anyway. this here store to france has just got underway with its opening stage held in belgium the leaders yellow jersey is one of the most prized

possessions in cycling as a mccain reports from brussels competition on day one is expected to be fierce. summer in brussels and yellow is the color everyone wants to wear. the tour de france is back in town which means the world's leading cyclists are here with last year's winner keenly aware he has a fight on his hands off and there's a lot of guys obviously yeah there were signs been strong they were a few for sure the. yangtze either of them really never know which one it is and i . think it was a there's a lot of good guys you know makes the top 3 just as your one man who want to be on the starting line is his teammate chris froome himself a 4 time tool winner a heavy crash in june left him with several broken bones and ended his season. leaving a gap in the field some other teams are hoping to exploit then let's see how gay

rights thomas and he can burn our response right and if they respond as they have done these past 2 years well for sure they will close the races they did so far but if they have doubts i think that the others will get more ambitious and maybe will get a more open race what i have that the prize this year has a particular significance for it is now 100 years since the my ozone or yellow jersey was 1st awarded. well dominic cain joins me live now from brussels dominic why do you think year after year this race has been so successful. for the thousands of people who'd be lining the route in brussels today and perhaps the millions watching on television or online it's a combination of factors it's the tradition the history the fact it's it's it's one of the perhaps the most prestigious bike race in the world but then also the challenges the riders face the fact that there are so many mountains that they have to climb there are so many sprint finishes that they have to endure and all in aid

of trying to get that prized yellow jersey which is being awarded for what's the 100th anniversary of the 1st award of the yellow jersey this year remember also this tour has known its fair share of scandal with cheating and doping allegations which are really dominated the last few decades of the tour being staged but all in all for the people watching as i say here in brussels and around the world it's the combination of those factors that makes the tour de france a cocktail that they really can't resist and dominick who do you think we should be looking out for this year. will this year it's definitely going to be a fight between the team that was team sky that's now team in nails with karen thomas the defending champion who we heard in my report there but also his young team mate the colombian a gone again better not he is seen by many as somebody who's been waiting in the wings maybe this is his chance to shine but then also don't forget people like me

from the spanish team team movie star they that team and make a line to have real ambitions and then there are a few wild cards as well they throw in a vague and the dutch cyclist one of a can he has a chance and then so far as today's stage is concerned the 1st stage it's a sprinter's stage many people saying they expect the man who's won the green jersey the sprinters jersey 6 times peter saigon many people say that he might well wind today stage. and we'll know in the course of the next 3 or 4 hours thank you dominic enjoy the start of the race. will host egypt go for a place in the quarter finals at the africa cup of nations on saturday when they take on south africa before that it's the standout tie of the last 16 between one theory and cameroon guinea and produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of the competition they knocked out the highly fancied morocco on penalties to reach the last 8 their reward is quarterfinal match against senegal liverpool's scoring the only goal of the match as they beat uganda. new zealand canterbury

crusaders are the champions of southern hemisphere club rugby for the 3rd season in a row maybe argentina's jaguars 19 points to 3 in the super rugby final in christchurch the crusaders extend their record as the most successful side in the competition's history with their 10th title organizers of the tokyo alum pics are preparing to sell more tickets to japan residents after millions were left out during the 1st wave of sales the build up schedule to the games is on track with the canoe slalom center officially open with the start of the olympics still more than a year away this is the 3rd purpose built venue to be completed new stadiums and arenas are being constructed including the main one. ethiopian runner how goes that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons at the diamond league's 5000 meter race in switzerland he had the race in the bag really a full 60 metres ahead of the 2nd place man as he crossed the line he started

celebrating he thought he won until you know with ran past him there was one more lap to go given what ended up coming in 10th his teammate took the title. hard way to lose back to you. thanks very much thanks for watching the news hour romany's with you in just a moment right here on al-jazeera with more of the day's news coming up. they watch us. they gather evidence but so can we. an american cyber activist develops and perhaps used in brazil to monitor police.

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the u.s. asked for a special meeting on iran's nuclear program and the un's nuclear watchdog agrees. the woman you're watching al-jazeera live with headquarters here and also coming up the u.n. calls for a cease fire in libya that condemns an attack on

a micro detention center. also a 2nd powerful earthquake in days triggers fires in southern california. and as greeks prepare to go to the polls we'll tell you why rescuing the economy has made the ruling party far less popular. welcome to the program the un's nuclear watchdog has agreed to a u.s. request to arrange a special meeting on iran's nuclear program next week a senior aide of iran's supreme leader says commitment to the 2050 nuclear deal will be reduced unless european leaders do more to save it and more he's real definitely not initiate anything to withdraw from the nuclear deal unless the other party does the other party has step by step americans directly and europeans in directly violated the deal we'll show reaction exponentially as much as they pilot we reduce our commitments as much as they reduce it if they go back to fulfilling

their commitments we will do as well this will happen at a rational and gradual pace weld of the debris has more. iran's diplomatic mission in vienna has called the latest move by the united states government ironic because this meeting that they have called with the u.n. nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. in vienna will take place on wednesday the iranians say that the americans really don't have the position to call this meeting because they withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal last year they are no longer part of this agreement so they really have no right to interfere in what is happening with this agreement and with iran's nuclear program in the meantime the supreme leader a senior international. said that iran will certainly increase its enrichment levels on sunday as part of the 2nd phase of scaling back its commitment to the nuclear deal because they feel that the europeans are not upholding their end of

the bargain now the other developing story has been about iran's oil. tankers that the the one that was seized in the strait of gibraltar on thursday morning the decision that the government there says they made that to hold this for the forseeable future the iranians say is something they don't understand or recognize because the e.u. sanctions that have been imposed on the syrian government where this ship was heading with crude oil this series of sanctions that have not been indorsed by the united nations therefore the rains don't recognize now at the same time we have been hearing from a number of m.p.'s in the capital today about another iranian oil tanker that is currently docked at the seaport of jeddah saudi arabia that vessel is called happiness one and apparently on april 30th it was making its way to the su is

cannot where it experienced some engine problems and the saudi officials. the red sea port of jeddah apparently brought this vessel in and helped the iranians fix it now it's been sitting there for. months now and the iranians are saying that the saudi government is asking for $200000.00 per day as payment for keeping this farce on the iranians according to the all minister there saying that they're trying their best to get this back but it's about $12000000.00 that will cost them to get it back but they are certainly pursuing all venues to see what they can do to return this ship to iran celebrations all while skepticism has been the reaction so far to the announcement of a political transition agreement in sudan opposition leaders have held a series of public meetings to explain why they signed the agreement to be fine lines of military leaders by monday alexey o'brien explains. from early morning until late at night and main squares mosques and on street corners.

sudanese people came together. facing the drums of change and chanting civilian revolution. hailing what some say as the 1st step towards ending decades of dictatorship. but i think that i am telling the youth that the revolution is not over the revolution has just started with the internet shut down by the military john to news that the deal spread mostly by word of mouth and in public meetings held by opposition leaders. the agreement will be signed off to its finalized and some heads of state from different countries will be attending the signing we are expecting this to take place within the upcoming week before says of the freedom and change have already picked their candidates for the announcement of the sovereign council and the prime minister the sovereign council will include 5 military and 5 civilians plus an additional civilian agreed

by both sides the council will 1st be led by the military will hand over to civilians in just under 2 years they'll lead it until elections june and 2022. the civilian opposition reman change was in a no win position they either had to take a green as presented by the african union the opium or the transitional military council is going to say they won't negotiate we're withdrawing there are mixed feelings and saddam to some the deals a victory for others it's a so we had to sort of unknown tonight we're still have demands and these demands have not yet been met we have the blood of the martyrs in the main city inside we still want rights that haven't happened yet. part of the deal includes an investigation into a violent crackdown by security forces which saw more than $100.00 protesters code

. amnesty international says this agreement must be judged by how those in power now live up to their responsibilities to respect people's fundamental rights something the sudanese people have been deprived of for well over 3 decades amnesty called the deal a taste amends to the resilience of ordinary people they chose to stand up for the rights alexia brian al-jazeera. more government airstrikes in syria have killed a mother and injured her son rebel help develop province was heavily bombed only on saturday rescue teams are searching for survivors at least 12 civilians were killed during similar strikes on friday. you know gerri at the anniversary of independence from french rule 57 years ago it was accompanied by yet more protests demanding freedom and democracy demonstrators on the streets for the 20th successive friday the end to what they call the ruling elite pro-democracy protests began in february which led to the resignation of longtime president of the lizzie's beautifully 2

months later i mean it is a specialist on algeria she says protesters are likely to keep rejecting any prospect of elections if they've been organized by the ruling elite. misting to actually have to understand that yardley is not really a willing to negotiate what the army is willing that's act and that goal and you ask that the president having a guest family actually then and having a new president not just that and he'll be high on the back doors and that's something that if you are not really that as you have told people in just yet the end when you react. that they will all clear and strong and selections so old initiatives that have been you know that you are going to have new elections we in elite conversation with the army have been with you. to this is president has called presidential and legislative elections for later this year veggies she had

as a v.c. signed the decrees as he made his 1st public appearance since being discharged from hospital that were concerns the 92 year old leader wouldn't be well enough to authorize elections on time s.p.c. also took action to extend to seize ongoing state of emergency. the u.n. security council has condemned the attack on a micro detention center in the bia cold on the warring sides to commit to a cease fire deal video has emerged showing the moment the strikes hit the company of tripoli on choose day 60 people were killed and more the $100.00 others injured tripoli's un recognized government says will hold clique to have to forces are responsible but they say they are talking in a buy weapons and didn't give orders to hit the shelter well hopeful causations says almost 1000 people have been killed since have to began this offensive to take over the capital 3 months ago. well rob rebels explains why it's taken the u.n. security council 3 days to present

a unified response to the migrant center attack you could put this in the category of better late than never on wednesday the u.n. security council met for more than 3 hours behind closed doors but was unable to come up with a statement on the airstrike against the migrant detention center in tripoli now they have done so and in addition to condemning the air raid the security council urges all sides in libya to commit to a cease fire it says lasting peace tense the civility in libya will only come through political solutions and the also the council gave something of an admonition to other countries without naming any of them but telling them not to interfere in libyan affairs it said that the council called for full respect for the arms embargo by all member states and called on all countries not to intervene

in the conflict or take any measures that exacerbated. libya's been torn by conflict since long time ruler was overthrown in 2011 it's divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized ministration led by prime minister fires also raj is based in tripoli it's supported by turkey most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting there tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east the book based government to the center of power for warlord khalifa haftar the he's backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support to his forces with the lawrence is a professor at george washington university's school of international affairs he says governments are ignoring a u.n. zimbardo on weapons. their american weapons on both sides chinese drones on both sides russian weapons on both sides and

a number of the both the p 5 at the security council and our number of the other nations that you mentioned and some others are doing things that violate the u.n. embargo and impact what's going on on the ground and so again this u.n. resolution doesn't solve anything but it may put the brakes on the most egregious actions so take for example france france was supporting have to or so with some robustness until early april but they've stepped back their support significantly and maybe down to almost 0 except for certain counterterrorism operations a lot going on on the ground right now and it's clear that nations are looking to be opportunistic but not be to agree just in their violations of these international agreements but right now have to or isn't singing the right notes and isn't conducting himself in a way that indicates that he's ready to make peace sometimes you need more.