kind of thing but these handouts are very small in both the number of people who receive them and the amount that's given and i think greeks are looking for an opportunity to create wealth again and isn't it interesting though john that you know the party new democracy at least partly held responsible for the problems that led greece to requiring a bailout could be back as soon as greece is on its way to rehabilitation. that's a very good question the new democracy party actually was largely responsible for creating the enormous deficit that got greece in trouble in 2009 to begin with greece raises about 90000000000 euros a year in tax revenue it was spending $36000000000.00 over that it took greece 4 years to cut that deficit and balance the budget and the process of doing that created an enormous depression that cost greece a quarter of its economy the political fallout of that entire process however was

more expensive for the socialists than for new democracy new democracy for. approval ratings of somewhere in the twenty's during these 8 years of recession or depression really but from 44 percent of the popular vote down to roughly 6 or 7 percent today and that is because people largely blames herself for doing a lot of the damage of the spending in previous decades before new democracy held that. spendthrift didn't in power between 20042009 also because they realized that cities was going off to socialist voters and there was no an equivalent doing that to new democracies conservative voters the far right golden dawn was simply too far removed ideologically to steal away. insert mainstream conservatives so interesting

john just lastly how much do you think the result will come down to turnout the map and nixon is being held in july when a lot of greeks are on holiday or the brains. look there is no question that turnout has formed to historic lows. voting is mandatory under great law but during these years of crisis we've seen it fall from traditional levels of about 80 or more percent to 60 percent and i think the parties are resigned to that if you looked at the turnout at the 2 final rallies held here in athens by both new democracy and c.d.'s. they were both small new democracy had about 2000 people cities or maybe double that very small numbers when we saw thank you so far that was elected to office in 1990 there were a 1000000 people standing on these streets around me here the podium was set up in

this square and the the crowd stretched back for more than a kilometer just through the main avenues of athens those sorts of politics that go on people have lost faith in the political elite that sort of enthusiasm for politics will take a very long time to return but somebody still has to get elected and i think the 2 main parties are banking on getting what we can from that 60 percent who will show up and john looking forward to the great connections on sunday for now that's not correspondent john psaropoulos live and athens thank you. now african leaders amazing in asia and to move forward with a joint free trade pact aimed at creating the world's largest trading bloc the african continental free trade area agreement aims to unite all $55.00 members off the african union into a single market of 1200000000 people the agreement designed to boost trade between

nations 5 a move in paris texas and all the barriers and allow african businesses to grow by giving them access to new markets and neighboring countries while the pact was 1st proposed in 2002 given a boost this month when nigeria the continent's biggest economy committed to signing up at the summit in makeshift but address has been following that summit in the army. trying to imitate the leader of the union. to form a free trade agreement what this is the world's largest trade free trade block if it goes if it takes some of us out because they want to want to do it in 2020 so basically all the protocols are in place for the heads of state and government in this building right behind me tomorrow to ratify already their ministers of trade ministers according to close friends 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 itself 2020 will be sucked in time trees are asking for concessions before they fully join in nigeria was dragging it treats its seat until last week when the president announced that yes they're going to sign 2 more countries actually absent from the agreement and eritrea officers 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's talking about every 3 hours right now because there is no direction good direction as to where it's going right now how. exports and other producers on the continent are afraid in fact that when this agreement comes it is hard considering the wheat production values in africa africa will be one big warehouse for hoarding goods well let's get more on this we're joined by david over euro and dependent economic analyst and he's joining us live from nairobi very good to have you with us on al jazeera so as

we've been reporting if all 5455 countries sign on it will be the largest free trade zone in the world what would that mean for the continent and that economy. well thank you for having me this of course would be quite good news because as you know africa in a large sense of way under this start this is do sure that much of what is traded within africa is actually africa's value hard and saw this coming into force actually spell a very good fortune for the one functioning sector within africa because that's where most of our value add comes is treated secondly the traditional trade barriers and one trade barriers of you know very many customs foresee does a lot of checkpoints and you know police checks and so forth would get sort of reduced and there would be some conformity in terms of the regional or continent

wide trade policy which would. be beauty and stability for our economic environment mr nigeria has now said that it's going to participate which is of course a boost for the block and as. it was mentioning many in eritrea are resisting but do the benefits for africa outweigh the risks to any one nation. certainly as you know a lot of times when you have you know change and you and you have such landmark. frameworks coming into force it comes with a lot of uncertainty and so the nigeria dragging its feet you know is a very much understood because you know nigeria is the biggest economy in west africa and the trade that happens you know sort of 2 thirds buy in nigeria and

you'd also it's very natural for. to understand the misgivings that nigeria perhaps had initially but of course very. small economies perhaps fear that they might be dominated by the big economies in the region and then saw. that is like the risk but what we know from competitive advantage standpoint when it comes to international trade it really doesn't matter you know this side of the economy there is actually. a case for win win for all parties involved because traders we know it's not a 0 sum game when you have competitive advantage in certain things it allows you to achieve specialisation and actually be able to grow and achieve economic development musto either way thank you very much for your time on those that economic analyst david over there live in nairobi thank you. well we have plenty more ahead on the news al and corroding assessing the damage to southern california

as told by the biggest earthquake in the early 20 years why more and more women are joining the workforce in gaza. and will tell you why this right because it wasn't a bed of the has teams latest achievement that is coming up in school. emergency workers in the southern california assessing the damage from the strongest earthquake and nearly 20 years as the epicenter of a magnitude 7 point one quake caused injuries and cracks and buildings and roads the 2nd major quake and successive days in the u.s. state followed hundreds of off the shocks john hendren has. the biggest earthquake in 2 decades struck california's mojave desert it rattled chandelier is here and was filmed by news presenters 250 miles away in los angeles

to get under the desk all right we're going to get a break go we'll be right back after a while it came a day after a magnitude $6.00 quake along the same fault line shaking buildings and shutting down a highway strewn with rocks so the fault is growing we brought here to piece in the 1st earthquake ruptured a bit more on the 5.4 this morning and we're rupturing more now it is moving towards the northwest away from the metropolitan area as far as we can tell the u.s. geological survey says there's a 5 percent chance a bigger quake will follow this is another earthquake everyone has a chance i'm trying to think if we've ever seen a situation with the 6.47 and then something even bigger and i can't think of one the epicenter of the southern california quake was in the city of ridgecrest halfway between los vegas and los angeles were gathering intelligence and. we're taking action on multiple structure fires we're gathering information we better

helicopter in the air on a sense of the city of ridgecrest and the surrounding areas. we got. reports of tremors came from as far away as sacramento 8 hour drive to the north and several hours to the south in mexico leaving 1st responders in the desert community scouring the area for damage and anyone injured by the quake john hendren 0. rescue workers are looking for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in colombia at least 3 people were killed after the 4 story building came crashing down in the northwestern city of 3 others have been pulled out alive. afghan political figures and stakeholders are set to hold talks with a 2 day meeting and the interim afghan dialogue follows a pause in talks between the taliban and the u.s. peace envoy. also taking place in the heart the taliban has refused to talk with

the afghan government but the u.s. has expressed its hope that they will do so before september. well let's talk to our correspondent charlotte dallas who has been covering those talks so charlotte why is the taliban talking to the afghan government yes or up until this point the taliban has refused to talk with the f government because they don't believe it's legitimate they call it a puppet of the americans how with in these 2 day talks this is the start because this is the 1st time that there is actually representatives of the afghan government here in doha preparing tomorrow morning to sit down with the taliban there's also civil society people opposition leaders group of about 60 but this is the 1st time you'll see people from the afghan government sitting down they have both sides have been very careful to say look we're not here in a government capacity we're here it's just afghan citizens and the taliban are saying the same we're not here it's the taliban we're here it's afghan citizens and

it's very much an ice breaker if you will as they try to push forward into real negotiations legitimately between the taliban and the government and the u.s. peace envoy that. he's been are very optimistic about these talks and what might come out of them very optimistic going this week that had been since round of talks between the taliban and the u.s. here in doha now they were only meant to last 3 days but they were extended and i was down there every day they would start at 10 o'clock in the morning sometimes they finished at midnight they would break into small groups they would gather again into big groups they would go back to the leadership in washington with the taliban leadership in afghanistan trying to push through every day they were optimistic and every day they say when you leave year on an agreement in the 2 things that we're really pushing for is a troop withdrawal they say we nearly beer on the how that would play our numbers and what kind of timeframe and the other thing is that the taliban want. to use afghan soil to stage for an attack so those are the 2 things that been negotiating

israel's they're very optimistic as is the taliban but still they won't be drawn i just spoke to a few minutes ago and he said that that he wouldn't be drawn on a number as to how or for how close they are to or an agreement but very positive and they going to meet again after these 2 day thank you very much for that. now more women than ever before a making up part of gaza's workforce unemployment is at record levels yet what are setting up their own businesses to raise money for their families but they have to deal with cultural as well as economic barriers as problematic reports 17 year old mina simoun studies computer programming at school she's also learning from her brother how to make coffee in her mother's cafe because she says she doesn't have much chance of getting a job in gaza. i think women should work because in gaza out there are no job

opportunities when i work it means i can provide for my family my husband and my son when his mother is supreme started selling her food through a facebook page 2 years ago business became so good customers had to order 2 days in advance after her kitchen down supreme decided to open her café. it's my life it's security for my children it's the sweetest thing and it has a lot of meaning for me i want to expand and open more shops there are 2000000 people in gaza and it's estimated that in 2852 percent of them didn't have a job 2 out of every 3 young people including graduates were unemployed for the same period the number of women who were in the work went up by 26 percent even though that's just a small part of the workforce according to the world bank up to 80 percent of gaza's economy has been propped up for several years by money from the palestinian

authority and foreign aid donations but that funding is dropping gaza's economy shrank by 8 percent in $2800.00. well started selling her t. shirt designs online in 2014 business expanded she became a mentor for other female entrepreneurs here. the biggest problem i face is that i'm a woman and being a woman is a big deal in gaza society especially because my profession isn't printing people say how come a woman is invading a man's profession the dalai association project is one of several there which supports women who want to start their own businesses. because the society has traditional views it allows a woman to become part of a project but just as a worker the woman cannot be a leader in the society people know she can do it but according to traditions they don't accept it gaza's business woman may be creating jobs they may also be helping to shape the attitudes of gaza's new generation rob matheson al-jazeera gaza

still ahead on the news our prayers for the dead. 3 pro-democracy protesters. and. the best of the action. we got a few showers just around the black sea around the caspian sea but across the middle east this hot dry and sunny for the most part just noticed more cloud just trying to push its way into the far north of pakistan looking for the rains to stop pushing in here will be a little time before they do that $36.00 celsius $34.00 celsius there for karate much just see the around almaty there we go with the showers around the coaxes

george you're armenia as a by john will see want to see showers over the next couple of days as far to drive meanwhile around that eastern side of the med by richard 30 degrees celsius similar temperature as we go on through monday and set the conditions right across the region come further south we've got the mid forty's there for baghdad and also for kuwait city this is similar temperature across the reagan peninsula we'll see highs around 45 celsius in doha still quite a keen breeze as we go on through sunday on into monday possibility of the southern end of the red sea just over towards the gulf of aden but otherwise it really is normal service hot sunshine pretty much all the way all sunshine present sunshine across much of southern africa we've got temperatures into homs around 17 degrees celsius so a little on the cools. every

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. good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour and these are our top stories the un's nuclear watchdog has agreed to a u.s. request to arrange a special meeting next week on iran's nuclear program says it will gradually reduce its commitment to the 2015 deal unless europe does more to save it. greek's prime minister has told him to support a last minute upset the still a possible despite opinion polls predicting he will lose sunday's election alexis tsipras call the snap poll off to his left wing syriza party was heavily defeated in the european parliament elections in may the conservative new democracy party is

predicted to replace after 4 and a half years in power and afghan political figures and stakeholders are set to hold talks with the college for a 2 day meeting and cut to the interim afghan dialogue follows a pause and talks between the taliban and the u.s. peace envoy zalmay khalilzad also taking place in the. now far right activists are gathering in washington d.c. for a valley to contest a social media band placed on some of the movement's leaders high profile right wing figures and former trump advisor raja stone are expected to address the gathering while anti fascist protesters are also rallying nearby they say they fight to the rise of white nationalism and the far right let's go to our correspondent see he is live for us in washington d.c. to talk us through what's happening there she have. religious rallies all the way.

at the other end of freedom laws of downtown d.c. the police are doing the best to corral the enemy and separates the the fall right way for justice from the demonstrations happening over here which is the counter-protests of the bounty fascist nazi fascist activists as you look out there shoot out your races black lives matter social. groups for immigrant groups and so on that's the scene that we have it's interesting though because he's quite a few of these white supremacist rallies not always. build something huge that's going to happen but if you tend to fizzle out i think what they were hoping this time around was because of donald trump's salute to america on the 4th of july that many of those who had come into town for that would stick around for this rally and it is true and the people who do research on the rise of the out rights and white supremacy have diverted that it wants all these disparate groups the racists and homophobes. people beyond the immigrant people to the saltiness you know that

disturbance of the internet all that disparate groups but since the election of donald trump they also come together in something resembling a movement this is something that they will have a problem that they will very probably trump we've seen if you trump banners on that side on that side of the fence and i just see it might have to be more people there than usual maybe about 100 maybe maybe more actions that will tell from overhead but let's talk to one of the organizers of the counter protest. over here . is here to tell us why did they go so important to come out and protest against the rally over there. our intent was to you know their definition of a free speech free speech is she will incite violence against last latino dizziness . in washington d.c. in the united states they're looking to our voice that solves. some platform with the advantage of silencing much easier here to drown them out and out of place in a historically black city how they're feeling unwittingly we're being drowned out

too by for. the rally over here but it is a serious point but because the a.c.l.u. other disability it also says look we can't leave it up to facebook and twitter to decide what is acceptable speech on best it's actively inciting but it's not up to facebook or twitter to just decide what's acceptable and in fact progressive groups . police bottom spot fires about sound you're a sound you hear of this county israeli occupation if you have been taken off facebook and twitter as well that is a serious issue that is moving you right is a serious issue but again free speech you need speech are not the same thing your crowd voice warble march out to so because everyone else isn't speaking they're trying to tell their definition of speech as something that is ok and yes facebook wouldn't and shouldn't have the opportunity to apply his speech as free speech but they were supposed to have guidelines of being able to isolate and identify what is being considered harmful targeting people cite they have to say in the last into

a sort of reform around that you know for falls to people like us to come out here and tell them that their stage just has no place what about today what are we expecting i mean clearly we you know that's been bought a box from the white supremacist groups over there in the polls what are we expecting what might happen well today you should be expecting an uplift of our voices and a general celebration of the people here in d.c. we've got black and latino speakers set for today we've got go go music that's going to be happening later today just celebrate d.c. culture our i have a plan here is to uplift and celebrate and she around now kay anything else that would happen is something that they are instigating which we are aware of a lot of area thank you very much and i mean there is a bit of concern because over the weekend on saturday there was a similar white supremacist march in portland that did and in some scuffles and i was talking to the right wing communication people the communication channels a truck of them trying to get some revenge against the on the fascist we'll keep an

eye on things but they have thank you very much for that and we hope to see you live from that pleasure shihab rattansi live in washington d.c. . so don now where they have been celebrations and skepticism to the announcement of a political transition agreement opposition leaders have held a series of public meetings to explain why they signed the day of it's due to be finalized by the military leaders by monday brian reports. from early morning until late at night in main squares mosques and on street corners. and 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 jump to news of the deal spread mostly by word of mouth and in public meetings held by opposition leaders. the agreement will be signed off to its final laws and some heads of state from different countries will be attending the signing it we are expecting this to take place within the upcoming week before says of the freedom and change have already picked up 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 will remain changed whereas in a no win position they either have to take a green as presented by the african union the opium or the transitional military

council is going to say they won't go we're withdrawing. there are mixed feelings in sudan for some the deal's a victory for others it's a surrender. would still have demands and these demands have not yet been met we have the blood of the martyrs in the main street 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 killed. 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 testament to the resilience of ordinary people who chose to stand up for they rights alexia brian al jazeera. the un security council has condemned the attack on

a migrant attention center in libya and called on the warring sides to commit to a cease fire video has emerged showing the moment the airstrikes hit the cab near tripoli on tuesday 60 people were killed and more than 100 injured the world health organization says almost a 1000 people have been killed since war began his offensive to take over the capital 3 months ago what robin also 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 he 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 call 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. to me on mon now with thousands of protesters have marched and yang gone after a 2 year old girl was raped and may a campaign calling for justice around top this week after the girl's father spoke to local media angry about the inquiries lack of progress one man has been charged with the attack but there is public doubt over whether authorities have the right person child rights experts say child rape is very common in myanmar but most cases

under ported. police in hong kong are preparing for another weekend of demonstrations over the proposed extradition build now the suicide deaths of protesters are being linked to the ongoing demonstrations 2 of them former and current students from the same university has held a memorial service the bride has more. you young 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 our side how. 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 happy. it's around. happened in hong kong today 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 or martyrdom status that might encourage others to follow which would add to the tragedy. still ahead on the news hour the raptors star man is on the move the whole has the details of a change in the n.b.a. . over drug use in 1999 a boeing 767 took off from new york to cairo and. everything no one survived the journey 20 years on al-jazeera world to revisit the case of the fatal egypt crash flight 990 what really happened on al-jazeera in the 7188 on the telly and set out on an extraordinary

journey marco polo followed the silk road to santa to the heart of the cards and. retracing his steps our modern day explorer discovers the descent distance to make those last words and the reminder of what and who survives history. market. on al-jazeera. right it is time for sports now has a hole that's a key very much of the wimbledon in the last few moments rafa nadal and screws into the last 16 by bill beating joe wilfried summer meanwhile ahead of

a mixed doubles match with new partner andy murray serena williams has also secured her place in the last 16 of the singles the 7 time champion was up against germany julia george in her 3rd round match on center court a routine win for serenus 6364 the score. well number one and top seed actually both see even more dominance against britain's harriet darted her 3rd round encounter the current french open champion losing just 2 games and her straight sets victory. to time for champion patrick of a total of $33.00 to round for all the czech sweeping aside the net 636. 0 at the end stage of the tour de france has been won in a photo finish by mark janus and he becomes the 1st ride in this year's race to wear the leaders yellow jersey 100 years since it was 1st handed out let's go live to dominic kerry and he was at the finish in brussels dublin news of some drama just before the finish i'm told. yes in the last 3

kilometers of today's stage there was a pretty spectacular crash amongst the main bunch the puts on as it's called in french which brought down many of the fancied riders not just for today's stage but for the whole race notably the defending champion the welshman given to thomas from team in a us and the man who some people believe would win today's stage dylan clone of even the dutch cyclists but because both of them and the others who came down came down within 3 kilometers of the finish line because of the rules of the tour they will be awarded the same time as the winner as you say that was mike innocent the dutch rider who out sprinted the man who many think will win the sprinters overall jersey this year peter sagal it's worth saying that tennis and becomes the 1st dutchman to wear their race leader's yellow jersey for 30 years for a fantastic start dominating our so what can we expect to see over the next 3 weeks

of the 2 i mean they're calling it the most open race in years is that true. well yes with the with the absence of chris froome from team in ales you had that bad crash back in june which broke several bones ended his season with him out of the race it's much more open certainly the defending champion getting thomas and his team mate the colombian climber again better now well they are both fancied to do well but better now people say some people say well out shine given thomas in this race and then of course there are the other big teams the team or the star from spain which has races like me kelly land and the world champion currently alexandrov in them which they you can count on them to do well in the mountain stages in so far as where it goes right now well the race will stay in brussels for tomorrow for sunday the team time trial and given the nature of the team time trial it's quite possible that mike turner similarly wear the yellow jersey for one day because the teams that are vying to win the the yellow jersey overall in paris at

the end of this race well they're likely to do very well and his team maybe not quite so well so perhaps it's the dutch eyes smiling tonight but maybe not so tomorrow ok dominic great stuff thank you. if you are our star will know the exact semi final line up at the cricket world cup with india i will strive for top spots in a foreign a group title india company chosing a victory target of 2 $165.00 to be at headingley. under mathieu scoring a century for the sri lankans india currently one 7th 4th another loss after 27 may well australia up against south africa at old trafford south africa currently to $97.00 for $45.00 to proceed scoring a century whoever seditious top of the table will play new zealand in the semifinals while the 2nd place team will meet the heart of england's. women's world cup play off the 3rd place as well on the way the game near inhofe target slade and

32 are up against in a fantastic game that was on sunday the u.s. women's football team will go up against the netherlands in the world cup final but once the tournament is either their all star gets a call to continue farting against gender discrimination and as heidi reports the team is getting plenty of support both on and off the field. their moves emulate those of their heroes on the field at a summer sports camp in washington are 9 year old sophia mariska and 8 year old he learned in goda future u.s. women's team hopefully is there really. like how they ask for a nervous for the next game because i really just want them to that next game is all that stands between the u.s. women's team and a 4th world cup title they've also won 4 olympic gold medals draw on record t.v. audiences in the u.s. and have the best selling football jersey ever on nike dot com but for all that the

women's players earn less than half of what players on the men's team make they're not. tell me more about that wife. they should be treated equally because they're both in this they're both doing the same thing they're both playing soccer and the lawsuit filed by 28 women's players accuses their employer the u.s. soccer federation of institutionalized gender discrimination after the world cup finals the 2 sides will begin mediation with consequences that may as well beyond the stadium we understand that the eyes are kind of on us and it's kind of in a magnify situation the fight for equal pay for american women have all hmong history off the field in fact equal pay has been required by law for more than 50 years but still today an american woman on average makes $0.80

on the dollar compared to men in the case of this team which wins everything which droz more viewers and fans of she makes more money just sort of puts the lie to all the typical justifications about why it's ok to pay women less than men the situation is worse in some other parts of the globe with a reported half of all professional women football players earning no salary at all but at least here in the u.s. there are signs of change just ask these boys. raise your hand for me if you think women should be paid the same as many. going toe to toe these girls and boys are both taking inspiration from the u.s. whom they see it's not just that they win it's that they persevered heidegger castro al-jazeera washington. exact him be

a champion choir leonard is on the move he'll leave this run a rap just ahead harlem to los angeles but the finals m.v.p. has reportedly chosen the clippers rather than the lakers lead he's a free agent to set aside a 4 year deal worth $142000000.00 the clippers i've already. agreed a deal with the city thunder poll. you see an encounter because site is the champions of sudden hemispheric club rugby for the 3rd season in a row they beat argentina jagger's 19 points to 3 in a super rugby farmall in christ church the crusaders extend their record as the most successful side in the competition's history with their 10th title and coach scott robinson celebrated in his traditional fashion what a break dancing around the trophy. now an ethiopian writer will be remembered for well all the wrong reasons after a rather costly mistake. made in switzerland. where it's had the

5000 metres in the bag a full 60 metres ahead of his nearest rival when he stopped. short because he thought the race was finished its. run past. can get through it ended up coming in 10th with this country winning the race. do you think it's any consolation that his countrymen won the race and you are about oregon is that over there brasil thank you very much although that was keeper on the plug. now finally this bulletin tibetans around the world are celebrating the dalai lama's birthday the tibetan spiritual leader lives and self-imposed exile though and dia and as he turns 84 the question of who will succeed him has become more pressing. reports. the dalai lama turns 84 environment 50 in northern india where he lives in self-imposed exile. hundreds of

tibetan exiles and refugees helped him celebrate. today's a very a species day for us has a long life and stays with us always. the birthday party included children who have never set foot in their country tibet remote and mainly buddhist territory in the himalayan mountain range is an autonomous region of china parts of a region known as the roof of the world. first day celebrations to india's capital thousands of tibetans live in new delhi after escaping what they say is chinese oppression in march tibetans mark 60 years since the uprising against chinese rule the dalai lama's birthday message this year is of compassion religious harmony and the import. spreading tibet and knowledge he's not just seen by buddhists as a living god but also a symbol of tibetan freedom for many tibetans are worried for their future because

choosing his successor is my it's impolite sickle friction like i'm just afraid because now to venture going everywhere is i'm afraid we're going to lose our culture and everything so we're trying to really preserve our culture to teach the tibetans to the young youngsters and so i hope. that means the same china says it's held sovereignty over tibet for centuries and describes the dalai lama as a separatist using religion as a front for political influence but a spiritual leaders supporters argue he doesn't want independence just more autonomy from china china has such a large economic impact or economic weight and that's enough to scare people off the idea of supporting several governments have a growing attrition of that island governments that have extended innovations have suffered economic because of economic sanctions on the chinese tibetans living in nepal have been banned from celebrating the nepali government doesn't want to offend neighboring china while china's influence goes beyond its borders tibetans

say they'll continue to fight for their culture heritage traditions and human rights both time and would sort of hide out. and that does it for the news hour but i'm back in just a couple of minutes when another news bulletin. july on al-jazeera will the conservative new democracy be victorious in the snap elections we bring you the latest as greece votes

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ahead as iran prepares to step up you're a new human richmond the un's nuclear watchdog special meeting nuclear program. celebration and skepticism and we'll have reaction to the opposition's power sharing deal with the military junta and. prepares the sunday snap election as the country emerges from a deep financial crisis. 2 days of talks aimed at ending the war and gonna stop due to start here and cut the sunday dozens of afghan down the gets arriving following a pause in discussions which will also taking place and we'll talk about negotiators have been meeting the u.s. special envoy. we have made substantial progress on all 4 elements that make the framework that we have agreed to for

a peace agreement which is as you know assurances on counterterrorism that's important for the united states and the worth. would draw all of foreign troops which is important for the taleban interact can negotiations including a dialogue and an agreement on a road map for the political future of afghanistan and a complete comprehensive permanent cease fire. for the 1st time i can say we have had substantial progress on all 4. our correspondent covering those talks for hours of the 4 issues that he mentions of huge issues challenge that they have not been able to resolve for a very long time one of the sticking points now the 2 things that they have been focused on this week have been the u.s. troop withdrawal foreign troop withdrawal and also that the taliban. guarantee not to allow afghan soil to be used to stage foreign attacks groups like al qaeda it's

been very difficult so they were meant to conclude and come to some type of agreement within 3 days and that's now been extended its run into this and talks that begins here to more and then they will reconvene after that but they're always optimists optimistic you talk to the taliban you talk to the americans they say we are making good progress substantial we're right on the cusp of this but they're just going back and forth and they have to go to the leadership and all the details that go into this draft agreement i mean it's been 18 years of troops in there and the decay of the taliban. having close relationships with groups like al qaeda that they now have to on rival and we're talking about the taliban we're talking about the u.s. where is the afghan government in all of that all of this the u.s. is saying that they are hopeful that the taliban will eventually talk to the afghan government that it will happen by september 1st is that likely so that's what happens next and today a delegation of more than 60 people arrived in doha this is the start this is the

1st time that some members of the afghan government will actually sit down with the taliban this hasn't happened before however they are saying that we are here in a personal capacity so we're not here as minister to members of high peace council what have you and the taliban saying the same thing we're not here is the taliban we're just here as afghans and we want the best and that is how they were approaching these talks start to more so good that the afghan. government people here but they're not here in that capacity and that should and is expected to happen in the coming weeks that should this kind of icebreaker if you will go well . then they get to sit down and formally talk about how do we do this how do we know taliban and afghan government and you've been in afghanistan to tell us what's at stake here for the afghan people after 18 years of this conflict so some of the people that i talked to that arrived here from kabul this morning a chartered flight the germans are involved involved and they got off the plane and they were elated to be here and some of them said this is the best day of my life

to be involved in these talks after something you know 41 years that i've never known pieces of generations of people who haven't known anything other than war so lace it to be a part of this process and hopefully that motivation that you see now carries through to something productive intentional for the afghan peace so really everything at stake thank you very much for that let's move on to other news now 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. we'll 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 will show reaction exponentially as much as they pilot we reduce our

commitments as much as they reduce that if they go back to fulfilling their commitments we will do as well this will happen at a rational and gradual pace a correspondent has more from. 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 one that was seized in the strait of gibraltar on thursday morning the decision that the government there says they've 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 in saudi arabia that vessel is called happiness one and apparently on april 30th it was making its way to the suez canal

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 work. 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. to saddam now where they have been celebrations and skepticism to the l. spent of a political transition agreement opposition leaders have held a series of public meetings to explain why they signed the deal as you should be finalized with military leaders by monday alexey o'brien reports. from early morning until late at night in main squares mosques and on street corners.

sudanese people came together. facing the drums of change and chanting civilian revolution. hailing what some see 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 jump to news of the deal spread mostly by word of mouth and in public meetings held by opposition leaders. the agreement will be signed off to its final laws 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 in 2022. i think the civilian opposition alliance for freedom and change was in a no win position they either had to take egremont as presented by the african union ethiopians or the transitional military council was going to say they won't negotiate we're withdrawing. there are mixed feelings in sudan for some the deal's a victory for others it's a surrender. would 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

killed. 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 testament to the resilience of ordinary people who chose to stand up for the rights alexia brian al jazeera. thousands of yemenis are protesting against the presence of saudi forces in their country demonstrators and other problems of accusing riyadh and the u.a.e. of economic occupation they have been several protests in the area in the past against saudi involvement in the conflict tens of thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced. now african leaders are meeting in the share to move forward with a joint free trade pact aimed at creating the world's largest trading bloc the african continental free trade area agreement aims to unite all 55 members off the

african union and to a single market of 1200000000 people the agreements designed to boost trade between nations by removing tariffs taxes and are the barriers and allow african businesses to grow by giving them access to new markets and neighboring countries the pact was 1st proposed in 2002 and was given a boost this month when nigeria the country's biggest economy committed to signing up at the summit in an age where with interest has more from the army. it trying to imitate the leader of the union. to form a free trade agreement what this is the world's largest trade free trade bloc if it goes if it takes office i'll be sure to be i want to watch it too in 2020 so basically all the protocols are in place for the heads of state and government to i'm meeting in this building right behind me tomorrow to rectify already they have ministers of trade ministers.