the tour de france. but 1st the president is called presidential and legislative elections for later this year. signed the decrees as he made his 1st public appearance since being discharged from hospital there were concerns the 92 year old leader wouldn't be well enough to authorize elections on time the subsea also took action to extend state of emergency but the u.n. security council has condemned the attack on a migrant detention center in libya and called on the warring sides to commit to a cease fire video has emerged showing the moment the air strikes at the camp near tripoli on tuesday 60 people were killed and more than 100 others injured the world health organization says almost 1000 people have been killed since have to began his offensive to take over the capital 3 months ago explains why it's taken the

u.n. security council 3 days to present a unified response to the migrants. 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 able 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 since 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 him 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 exacerbate it well there is growing concern over the safety of african migrants and refugees being held in the libyan city of tripoli more than 10000 migrants who tried to cross the mediterranean in the past year have been forcibly returned to detention centers inside war zones that's after the e.u. set up plans for some asylum requests to be processed on african soil many of those were sent to camps inside libya despite author already is being accused of severe human rights abuses and an estimated $6000.00 people are being held in detention center is run by libya's department for combating illegal migration with nearly half of those based in tripoli let's get some perspective and bring in france was a man he's a migration specialist and joining us live from me as in belgium by a skype thanks very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera this hour or so the

attached to that took place at that migrant detention center in tripoli really underscores what the u.n. has repeatedly said about libya that it's not a safe place for migrants to disembark but will this actually lead to any change in european countries migration policies. i don't think so to be honest at the moment seems to be turning a blind eye to what's happening in libya actually externalization yes island procedures in libya was the solution that they found that you can hide if i go there was no european asylum and therefore they've had an agreement with leave yeah for months no sort of the coast guards intercept the boats at sea and bring the migrants back to libya where they're being held in detention center in a bowling conditions and no facing the danger of being bumped. but i don't see it at the moment a new willingness from your ventilators to end this situation and yet why do you

think that is why is there another political will on the high flown on behalf of your leaders to find a safe 1st to loosen for the refugees and migrants well clearly one year ago on june 28th 2 dozen 18 european leaders agreed to set up you many tarion these embarkation platforms for individual renia and more than one year later this solution is not yet materialized and there is no willingness to make it happen so there is still this book by which approach leading to issues like the one we saw it was our days ago when a captain basically grouped into into the port and no destroy g d in libya where about half of the migrants are being detained hard for the migrants attempting to cross to me here in the end and since you work on migration. i know you speak to us from belgium but what have you found out about the conditions that

the migrants and refugees actually face and the tension centers in libya. heat and centers we should call them. dig did the migrants are being held in a pulling conditions they're facing massive human rights violations some of them are rigged starchier the. even being reports of some migrants being sold as slaves so clearly migrants cannot be should not be returned to libya this is hell for that right so we appreciate you speaking to us from belgium thank you very much a francoise woman thanks for having me. greece's ruling party facing a major battle and the general election on sunday after 4 and a half years in power the anti austerity promise to soften the eurozone strict standards on spending but ended up adopting them instead john saurabh of us reports . this charity shop in the center of athens has more and more pensioners as

customers under the city's a government they have had their benefits cut twice despite it promising it wouldn't follow the austerity policies of previous administrations after 49 years of work and that is going to received a pension of $1600.00 a month that is now down by a quarter of a 1000000. i used to buy a newspaper i stopped that i used to go out for coffee with friends i stopped it i used to buy a packet of cigarettes a week i cut that now i just sit locked in my home pensioners one of the most hard hit constituencies of the greek crisis and they helped elect cities in january 2015 to endorse territory in july that year in a referendum 62 percent of greeks voted against further austerity instead cities are capitulated to greece's 3rd emergency loan and harsher spending cuts we about

turn was unpopular but it balanced the budget and kept greece in the euro zone there are many people who voted series are in. because syriza had been promising them. unrealistic. achievements they're voting them out because. they did the right thing they did what was proud pragmatic and practically feasible. last year greece's eurozone partners who were its main creditors said it was no longer dependent on their emergency loans and was fit to return to the markets series a pronounces it a victory. we came to unite all greeks we combined our stream without this unity we would not have emerged from our stereotype austerity policies so unpopular opposition parties could not resist attacking them that's why a conservative government unseated

a socialist one and was in turn one seated by serious political parties failed to form a national front to face the national emergency for the past 4 and a half years it has seemed that caesar was immune to the political cost of will stir a tea because it was a new political force having never held power before it wasn't responsible for bankrupting the economy but now that greece has graduated from its state of emergency the greeks appear more willing to accept that they too are to blame for overspending their way into debt and ready to come to terms with the global economy again jobs are open al jazeera athens. well let's return to an earlier story we brought you in southern california has been shaken by its strongest earthquake in 20 years the day after another record breaking tremor and hundreds of aftershocks the quake ruptured gas lines causing fires in the city of ridgecrest it was close

to the epicenter of both the magnitude 7 point one quake on friday night and the 6.4 jolts on thursday let's get an update with stephanie stanton she's joining us from los angeles what are emergency crews saying about the extent of the damage stephanie. good morning to you during i am actually here near downtown los angeles we are about 150 miles from the epicenter but we still did feel these earthquakes pretty strongly in some parts of l.a. at this point the sun is just now starting to come up here on the west coast and so crews are getting in there and i think we're going to start seeing a better picture and get a better sense of of the damage and some of the damage that we've seen but as you said this quake has already caused some damage if struck at 8 19 pm pacific time friday night so last night it did do some pretty good shaking maybe 2030 seconds or

more we saw some video coming in already that showed items falling off store shelves broken glass we saw some cracked roadways and then of course that fire also scuse me that quake also set off some fires in the ridgecrest area the good news in all of this if there is any good news is that ridge crest is a fairly remote area it's a small town it is quite a distance away from los angeles so we did not see the degree of damage here in los angeles that they are seeing out there near the epicenter and that is a good thing because a 7 point one quake which is what we saw last night is a very powerful quake and if that were to happen right underneath los angeles i shudder to think of the damage that we might see but at this point we are still trying to survey crews are still trying to survey that damage and find out you know the extent of it and if in fact there are any injuries the good news is here in los angeles we have not seen any structural damage so that is the situation here from

los angeles and with that we'll send it back to you so we appreciate the update sufferance downtown thank you. time for the weather he has ever turned on how's it looking along the west coast of the u.s. i've written well i'm pleased to say there in at least the weather is quiet at the moment if anything it's actually on the cool side fall essentially is about 5 degrees below sea level but you can see at least the sum was out from the satellite picture you can see it is clear here as well a lively weather little further inland just rolling off the rockies pushing across the great plains some big thunderheads sharing up here and we have seen some to run chilled down falls in places some heat around that still there into the deep south pushing over towards the east coast at the moment with this weather system will make its way a little further south which at least which is be go on through the next couple of days is the boundary between that cold air and that very hot air still well up into the thirty's for southeastern parts but with the low to mid twenty's a little further north where we do have that boundary between the relatively cool

air and the hot air well it's undercutting the cold air on the cuts the hot air rises very quickly from season massive thunderstorms to thunderheads erupt and we see risk of flash flooding across so many of the central areas over the next couple of days as they going on into sunday it will continue to make its way a little further southwards and east was he still in place d.c. around 30 celsius not quite as hot as we go on into monday for d.c. temperatures here at around 28 celsius to plenty of showers in place the city should have a hive around 28 in l.a. as you can see those temperatures will struggle to reach 23 degrees during. thank you for that update still ahead on the al-jazeera news our camp heating rallies marked venezuela's independence day opposition protesters are countered by a military show of force led by president maduro. they made little contents but while life's not so last for more than just the buffalo and one of the world's

heritage sites. we'll tell you why this rugby coach was over to play. the chief at that story is coming up a little later in sports. land . july on al-jazeera will the conservative new democracy be victorious in the snap elections we bring you the latest as greece votes a new documentary examines the use of modern technology and policing its impact on individual rights and civil society on the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 lunar landing we look back at the 1st human steps on the moon and an ancient statue of apollo disappears in gaza a stunning archaeological mystery unfolding witnessed the 2nd round of democratic presidential candidate debates in the u.s.

will be in line in detroit july on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news this hour the un's nuclear watchdog has agreed to a u.s. request to arrange a special meeting next week on iran's nuclear program. that will gradually reduce its commitment to the pact unless europe does more to save

a. southern california has been shaken by its strongest earthquake for 25 years the day off another record breaking tremor and hundreds of aftershocks fire crews are dealing with gas leaks emergency teams are working through the night to assess the damage. they want security council has condemned the attack on a migrant detention center in that it's also calling on the warring sides to commit to a cease fire and deescalate fighting in the little. algerian national figures have met with opposition parties youth movements and non-governmental organizations to discuss the political situation in the country the talks had initially been called for by algeria's interim president to arrange a presidential election some are calling for the elections to be held as soon as possible while others are calling for a transitional period of one year. will be handed over to the presidency as a roadmap to resolve the unrest. also in algeria the anniversary of independence

from french rule 57 years ago was accompanied by yet more protests demanding freedom and democracy demonstrators on the streets for the 20th successive friday urged an end to what they call the ruling elite pro-democracy protests began in february which led to the resignation of longtime president optimize these beautifully 2 months later i'm a backer 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 elites. actually have to understand that your army is not a willing to negotiate what the army is willing act. people and you ask that the president have a shaman actions then and having a new president not just the back and he'll behind the back doors and that's something that people are not really expect that as it happens marilee all the

people in just the yes the and. if you react. that they want to clear and transparent elections so all the initiatives that have been taken in are that you are going to have new elections you have in we in elite current nation with the army having we just begun. in malawi thousands of protesters of march for a 2nd day to express their anger over the reelection of president peter with a rica opposition leaders say the result of the vote in may was rigged and they're demanding election organizers be sacked from either miller has more. a 2nd successive day of protests in the capital than long with this week demanding the resignation of president putin. demonstrators say the result of his reelection in may was rigged with a rico who narrowly beat his rival lazarus chopra denies forward to clara is leader of the opposition malawi congress party he joined malawi's former president solace

to lima of the united transformational event in a protest march on thursday they want the result an out and the election rerun that was much protest as looted and vandalize shops earlier this week the opposition's blame supporters of the governing democratic progressive party for attacking their protesters and damaging property in blantyre police fired tear gas at opposition protesters who threw stones and trying to storm the governing party headquarters. government buildings was said to light him sousa district weeks of anti-government protests have targeted the electoral commission demonstrators want its offices sacked straightening what they're calling a sham election it's there is a little. commitment out of every malawian who wants to see justice roll in this country in the offices in the streets in the corridors of power i

join the same allowing. i am one of them i mean. a government spokesman agreed to speak to al-jazeera but later pulled off the interview saying it hadn't been authorized by president which arika local media is quoted with erika as describing the protests as illegal and his own. opposition parties to accept the election result malawi's constitutional court is due to rule whether the result stands or not by the end of the month until then demonstrators say their grievances can't be swept away and they'll continue to voice their anger from al-jazeera. independence day celebrations in venezuela have been overshadowed by the struggle for power president nicolas maduro an opposition leader why don't denounce to each other during rival rallies terrorism reports. on the streets once again opposition leader one way they will ask people to join him in a march towards the military counterintelligence directorate in that i guess

a state security body accused of torturing a navy captain who it said was plotting against nicole a mother with the opposition says he was tortured to death. by the same way i dictate or ship is what we have it's a dictatorship that we are fighting and when they ask how long why haven't you been able to succeed it's because it's a dictatorship it's not an excuse i'm not excusing myself it's you my responsibility of the actions we have taken and of the actions we will take and what we try to accomplish accompanying our people. the united nations human rights body this week released a report denouncing the serious abuses committed by my daughter's government and lawful deaths in so-called anti-crime operations persecution and torture of the opposition and the roshan of democracy in this oil rich nation excess of a little force has repeatedly been used against protesters my office has also

documented excessive use of force in the context of security operations by the special action forces with multiple killings mainly of young men many could constitute extra judicial killings and should be fully investigated with accountability of perpetrators and guarantees of non recurrence. at the traditional independence day celebrations. presided over a parade of tanks and jets surrounded by those in the military still loyal to him can obviously nobody should ever be mistaken the empires of the world should know venezuela is and will irrevocably remain independent and sovereign now and always by should know this and those who don't should be aware. the u.n. report despite being described as one sided and biased may have struck a chord with some venezuelan officials since 22 prisoners were released on friday among them a judge and

a journalist human rights groups say there are over 700 political prisoners in venezuela whose rights have been violated over and over again and we've documented that abuses by innocent and security forces are systematic and are part of a systematic pattern of abuse this report does not clearly state so and what is necessary is to determine clearly the government's responsibility for the humanitarian crisis this is not the consequence of an actress disaster and the motor government has to be held accountable for venezuelans are struggling with a crisis that has forced the millions to leave the country u.s. sanctions have added more pain leaving many of those who have stayed to believe that only a change at the very top will help them improve the lives. of. african leaders are meeting in these areas to move forward with a joint free trade pact aimed at creating the world's largest trading bloc the

african continent or free trade area agreements aims to unite all $55.00 members of the african union into a single market of 1200000000 people the agreements designed to boost trade between african countries by removing tariffs taxes and other barriers and allow african businesses to grow by giving them access to new markets in neighboring countries the pact was 1st proposed in 2002 and was given a boost this month when nigeria which is africa's biggest economy committed to signing up these summits in. let's bring in. from the capital and me in a just sounds like the continent is trying to form its own type of european union. but african style. absolutely they're trying to imitate the litter of the union to form a free trade agreement where this is perhaps the world's largest free trade block

if it goes if it takes off assad officiously i want to watch it too in 2020 so basically all the protocols are in place for the heads of state and government who are meeting in this building right behind me tomorrow to write to 5 already their ministers of trade ministers according to present security and all of us have been discussing the various protocols and various aspects of the negotiations but what we probably will see before these agreement tito and 2020 will be something countries are asking for concessions before they fully join in nigeria was dragging its feet each seat until last week when the president announced that yes they're going to sign 2 more countries are actually absent from the agreement dineen and every trio of seizures of the african union commission are telling us that everything had been indicated its intention to be part of the process and join to sign the agreement nobody is talking about it which we are right now because there

is no direction to direction of where it's going right now however experts and other producers on the continent are afraid in fact that when this agreement comes into effect considering the wheat production values in africa africa will be one big white house for hoarding goods ok i respect you for that update. thousands of protesters are marched and me and maurice yang on after a true year old girl was raped in may a campaign calling for justice ramped up this week after the girl's father spoke to local media angry about the inquiry's progress one man has been charged with the attack but there's public doubt over whether all thorough these have the right person child rights acts. it's a child rape is very common in me and maher but most cases go unreported. police in hong kong are preparing for another weekend of demonstrations over the proposed extradition bill the suicide deaths of several protest stars are being

linked to the ongoing struggle 2 of them were former and current students from the same university which has held a memorial service robin wright has what. you yand was 21 years old and the 1st year student in creative arts at this campus this time last week she took her own life jumping from the 24th floor of a building just before doing so door being on the wall that she was taking her life because of the over the extradition bill and saying that the sacrifice of what she called her little life was being made in the hope of fulfilling the dreams of 2000000 people that a reference of course to the numbers of people who've been out on the streets because of this issue people who have gathered here for a memorial service to hear messages in her memory to seeing him not only the people she knew her fellow students and staff here at the college but also

fellow protesters who didn't know her but certainly knew what she was fighting for . with we want to encourage people this is more than a memorial service we want people to carry on with a struggle to actually youngsters something frighten them selves just for the future i don't want people to die any more because of the had plans around. happening on country days psychologists and counselors are reporting an increase in the incidence of depression here in hong kong as this political deadlock and social unrest continues at least 2 other suicides have been linked to the protests for whom memorial services will also be held the organizers of these events have to be extremely careful that they get the right balance between giving people the chance to pay their respects without giving the person the hero martyrdom status that might encourage others to follow which would add to the tragedy. the ancient city

of babylon in iraq has been made a world heritage sites described as the cradle of civilization it was the center of the babylonian empire 4000 years ago iraq's been lobbying the un's cultural and scientific agency unesco for 3 decades for babylon to be added to the lists but 3 years ago another iraqi site was added to the world heritage site lists but the people living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs say their new status has not improved their livelihoods. reports government negligence and climate change to their daily struggle. the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq the what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the samarian this 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 to demolish the dams that had 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 i fear is exceptionally hard. to bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo. she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years and was able to hold that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off town livestock 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 reach is called the. here is where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government elect the woman that had that often i don't we have seen no improvement since the marches were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for embargo mental 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 that al-jazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock donald trump is blaming a technology breakdown on the rain for a glaring historical error during his independence day speech while reciting highlights of america's war victories the president said george washington's

revolutionary forces seized the airports and 775 1st plane didn't fly until 1903. in june of 1775 the continental congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around boston and new york and named after the great york washington commander in chief the continental army suffered a bitter winter of valley forge found glory across the waters of the delaware and seized victory from cornwallis of yorktown our army manned the air it rained the ramparts it took over the airport it did everything it had to do. so after being ridiculed on social media and elsewhere trump had this to say to reporters. i stood in the rain the teleprompter went out. yes the teleprompter went out it kept going up and then as the as it just went out

what the put so i could have said and actually right in the middle of that says one out. that's not exist still it was standing in front of millions of millions of people on television sports news this coming up in just a moment right here on the news hour and an ethiopian runner had this race in the bag why did he stop with one last left to go into the details coming up in a moment. since my privilege to name al-jazeera english the broadcaster of the year the cartels are fighting each other and we've been told that we can still hear these is the largest demonstration that's been held by will direct you g.'s since over $700.00 making online here some of the emergence rules of the planet earth be appalling to think of it could be plus the to. 08.