had a countenance introduces up in the known about the water, use the beloved game to help himself and others survive the horrors of a natural concentration. i football rebels on al jazeera ah, ah, with thousands march through the streets in havana and all the cubans, cities in red protest against the government handling of the pandemic. ah, hello there, i'm still here. this is al jazeera life and also coming up heartbreak, england, off a nail biting penalty. she's out italy when the european championship for the 1st time since 968 wildfires for people to flee their homes in the western united

states as a heat wave. bring near record temperatures, rich bronze rock, power plane reaches the edge of space in a step towards commercial space. ah, anti government protest happening right across cuba demonstrates as they are demanding more action from the government around poverty, the economy, and the corona virus pandemic. there are reports for the government has mobilized its special forces, known as the black berries to crack down on these demonstrations earlier president miguel diaz canal hughes. the united states of being responsible for the sunrise and augustine has been monitoring development for some of them right now and to

live on on because the internet has been all day and hasn't been working for the last hour or so. possibly some exclusions does the process with hundreds and hundreds of people of various points throughout the city. so it's one of the learning. this is the biggest political protest and i can pick up the last 3 decades since 19 ninety's. all my husband just took away from, from where i can see young and i'm a good income child is getting, getting all my bills and mobilize, popping up for this nearby. that pos, if i can meet with you here in the background with other people who say that the government living here in cuba. i know that some of those people with forced to participate because this is the way politics works in cuba. but we're still living

here and people, i know that some of the people, right, well, that's the further information. so what we're seeing now is, is, is a face. so in some parts of the van uh, between the people, the government and the 3 and the people who do not become well, we can now speak to john flores, he's the executive director, as at the center for a free cuba. and he joins us from outside the cuban embassy in washington, d. c. john, i'll start by asking you what's actually brought you out to the embassy today? what message you want to send about your country? well, today we, we plan to have a vigil which we are going to have for the victims of the dresser that marshall tugboat massacre, which 27 years ago this tuesday, 37 cuban refugees were murdered by the cuban government. and every year we gather to remember them and to remember other victims of repression. now, because of the protest, this is a much larger gathering than normal. and we're, we're here to send our messages to follow already with the people in cuba standing up for freedom. and to call the international community to back the people,

not the dictatorship don't is clearly a lot of discontent, but these are the largest protests and decades. i know cube has been dealing with challenges though, that a lot of other countries have also had to deal with during the pandemic. can you give us a sense of what it's actually taken to have this level of frustration spillover like this? i think it's the cuban government made a decision back in january to shut down travel from the dominican republic, panama, the united states for cuban nationals, and prioritized russian tourist. many of them with coded 19 and that's blaming the cuban government for the outbreaks have been taking place. and at the same time, there's a lack of assistance that normally would be provided by mules people. cubans are able to travel to central america, the u. s. the dominican republic and bring back food and medicine which they're no longer able to do. so that's creating a hostile environment for the cubans. and that's why they're so outraged and why

they're demanding change. john, i know president canal has been saying these demonstrations, these demonstrations are actually being instigated by external powers, including the united states, in an effort to destabilize the country. what would you say to him? i'd say that's ridiculous, i think what's been destabilizing the country. the policy is a biscuit which has been shutting off avenues for me to be able to operate within the informal economy in cuba, which keeps many of them alive. there are suffering. there's a lack of food, lots of medicine, and that's what's driving these people out into the streets because they see that it's government policy. by havana, it's making the situation worse. and there's been a collapsing followed by cubans in the region. at the same time, there's been explosion of russians coming in and they've been linked to outbreaks of cobit 19. so that's also driving the outrage. john, we've been keeping an eye on these protests primarily through social media, but we did see some of these feeds go dead rather abruptly today. and there have been reported the been these arrests and as i reported they were saying and he

writes gloves in the street. how worried are you about a crack down? i'm very worried. i want to go reports of catholic priests being badly bidding up and disappeared by the name of that it got stored. so repression is what this regime understands. but i think the problem is that they've created conditions on the ground that are so horrible that people, despite the the credible fears, they have the regime. i've overcome those serious because of the dire situation. they find themselves in johns far as their the executive director of a center for a free cuba speaking to us from outside the cuban embassy in washington, d. c. thank you so much for joining us, john. the who's now moving on and italy has biesen england to win football's european championships for the 1st time since 1968th. the final in london finished in

a $11.00 draw even off the extra time. it was if lee, who then held onto the enough to triumph and the penalty shoes out. and you richardson report on an england team. thanks. bye, impassioned home support at london's wendy stadium. and italian side on a mission to take the european championship trophy back to rome. ah, england couldn't have dreamt of making a better start from new york, putting his country ahead in just the 2nd minutes, went to talk to him to school his 1st international go the fastest ever, and the euro final unbeaten in the last 33 games italy wrestle by way back into contention. federico keep going close to me. tell you the 2nd know,

began with rahim sterling, taking it's humble in the italian books, the referee deciding to wave england away rather than point to the penalty spots too. if accused of don't you know very tonight italy then began to take control of the game. leonardo knew she converting the pressure into a deserved equalizer, but no candidate today with england struggling to escape the rest of their opponents, the match headed into extra time. the impact of an energy stopping night and tournament was becoming evidence. his final would be decided in a penalty shootout. neither t looked assured from the spot. yeah. but it was english teenagers. okay. second miss. the decisive kick. it means italy could celebrate their 1st european title since 1968 i had seen that didn't qualify for the last will will soon be turning

their focus to a similar success. next year, finals incatel ah. andy richardson, al jazeera, all adam rainy has worn out from the streets of the italian capital. i tell you, here in the center room celebrating this victory the 1st time italy as one european tucked in 1968. italy has posted 343 matches on the beaded incredible run, especially considering that they weren't even able to qualify for the 2018 world cup final people here been following the agreement in turn him in, in a way that showed you about much more than football, italy was the 1st western country to be so hard hit by the hand and want to turn a got away the how it's how and other supporters from other countries rallied around the team because it was, it was an outlet there,

joy coming back together now that the worst day, the theme of the panoramic behind they were coming out here to watch on screen like sharon is unbridled joy. and they'll be watching to see what the team under the leadership media and what it might mean for the next world. well, you may have heard earlier that england fans repeat that the road tournament is coming home, but some fear that with crowds about size and not many mosques don't show that the only thing actually going home is the corona virus. the delta variance is now behind a rise infections with more than 30000 cases recorded over the past 4 days. spectators were to get covered 1900 tests or vaccines. and on monday, pregnant bars, johnson is set to confirm whether most of england lockdown rules will end on july. 19th to go to sunny is a clinical epidemiologist and

a senior electro queen mary university of london. she says, plans to ease restrictions could undo hauled, one progress, opening up in the middle of a raging pandemic with exponential rises, where cases a doubling every 9 days is completely negligent. i own how the secretary has said that we are going to see more than 100000 daily cases over the summer and less and something like that ripped through the population when only 51 percent of our population fully vaccinated is completely reckless and will have long term impact on people's health, our health care services moving forward, giving that the major groups that are being impacted. now, young adults and children where cases are literally skyrocketing and we know that this isn't an acute enough for many people. it's a chronic unless i need to chronic disability in many and we are creating a generation possibly of children and young adults with chronic illness and disabilities for the future. actually,

studies from the university of cambridge showed her the best conditions for creating variance that escaped vaccines is essentially to allow transmission among young people in a partially vaccinated population where only now she was rebel, an older group that vaccinated. and that create the perfect conditions for escape. and if we were going to spawn radiance, that escapes vaccines even more than the current one. do that could undo all the games we've made in the last 6 to 7 months, not just in the u. k. but in many other parts of the globe, and it's completely rec, has to be taking that gamble at this point in time. still ahead here on algebra, i found out of us 3 involves. nan has got another 19 victims of the separate needs and massacre varies as the country 26 years agenda and warning for the world's largest tropical rain forests. in brazil is shrinking. ah,

ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored like cattle airways. hello there, let start in east asia and torrential rain has caused severe studying in china's south west. people have been forced from their homes in such one province and the authorities. they are saying that there is more wet weather to come. but from now the east and the south china looking a lot dryer, it's up in the north. we are seeing that wet weather. if we take a closer look at basing, they're expecting the heaviest rainfall in 3 years. we could see flash, flooding and land slides. we're expecting up to a 100 millimeters of rain to fall between sunday evening and choose day morning. and as we go into to say that system is going to edge its way up to the north east . taking with it the wet and windy weather, we could see some flash flooding in areas there. but for now the korean peninsula remaining largely fine and dry of peppering and showers here and there were much of

the wet weather affecting japan. torrential rain, continuing across much of hon shoe and there's more wet weather as well coming up to the south on choose day, hong kong, staying hot and humid through monday. but that wet weather kicks in as we go into tuesday. and as we move to south asia, it is looking very wet in india, that's one soon rains, inundating that west coast, bringing heavy showers, come on by sponsor, cut on airways, an extra judicial killing, and a north african capital. i heard someone breaking into our house. i heard people shouting so full masked men for not only the eyes and hair was showing al jazeera willed, his red eye, witness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p l. o. figure kelly was here in

a secret israeli operations assassination in tunis on al jazeera. oh, the ah. hello again, i'm this tells you take home that's remind you of on top stories here. the south thousands have joined red anti government protests in cuban demonstrations on demanding more action from the government around poverty. the economy and the current of ours pandemic presents. miguel diaz has named the united states to be italy has won the euro 2020 football championship. these in england and a nail biting penalty in europe and championship trophy in 53 in

mama told them and come to the time the british government has concerned over the rising number of cases of the 1900 very round. 60000 fans were at wembley stadium for the final well, a 2 week lockdown has begun in thailand to stop a surgeon cove in 1900 cases. they're now under the new measures. gatherings of more than 5 people are banned in all non essential businesses and schools are closed in bangkok and other high risk areas. a nighttime coffee was also in place. thailand is now recording more than 9000 new infections a day or thousands of people have gathered in bosnia and herzegovina to commemorate the 199572 in africa and also to bury 19 newly identified victims of the genocide 26 years after they were mad at 16 men, 2 teenage boys and one woman were laid to rest. joining more than 6600 other victims. more than $8000.00 mostly muslim men and boys were killed around several

needs during the bosnian war. hard to me, savage has more from that memorial in 7026 years later, 19 victims of the 7th genocide have found there it is. the youngest, among them, was just 16 years old when he was killed and the oldest had 63 years. after the memorial, there is still a community that lives in evidence and some of the challenges they face. one of the challenges they face and they emphasize on is the genocide denial. and that was the theme of the collaboration. the genocide, denial has the stab. the genocide, denial is the lay of the latest or the last stage of genocide. and it can indicate on other future suffering. that is why this issue is really important for the victims. bosnia and herzegovina doesn't have a law that forbids genocide denial. because the bosnian serbs have the power of you

know, in the parliament and they are using that power to block block, bringing that law into power. on the other hand, the international community has tools in the office of the high representative to bring that law into power regardless of the parliament and veto in the parliament. there are some indications that the current high representative, valentin in school who is leaving office at the end of this month might in the next days or weeks bring that flow into power. and in a way to bring a legacy to his tenure as the as the high representative of international community in bosnia. now moving on and wildfires are raging in the west of the united states . with record breaking temperatures, forecasts for california and nevada. this all comes just weeks after another dangerous heat wave hit north america, and which hundreds of sudden death recorded. many of them suspected of being heat related and next year brian, for me this is the largest wild fire of the year in california,

burning along the border with nevada. a combination of 2 fires, sparked by lightning, doubled in size between friday and saturday, fires rolling down here. it's one of several fires, straightening homes across the wasted united states, blamed on so called heat dome, pockets of high pressure which push warm air down, forcing temperatures up this job. those are the effects of climate change. here it's real human induced impacts. acute impacts are happening decades before even the scientists are predicted with scorching temperatures across 10 states. 30000000 americans are facing extreme heat. this wildfire and oregon doubled in size on saturday, pushed by strong winds. officials with cold, ablaze, unpredictable and erratic. some areas have been evacuated or others have been told to pack up and be ready to leave at any moment. the heat and the fires,

putting pressure on the power grid, people are being urged to conserve water and electricity, old system. then they just tend to break on hot day. they can take the heat, they over heat, they're wanting so dangerous conditions could cause heat related illnesses. this latest surge follows the hottest june on record for the us and historic heat wave estimated to have killed nearly 200 people. the searing temperatures baking visitors at california, joshua tree, national park, thought as vice hires like this is a hot, it's never been hotter. it feels like we're in and out in the nearby death valley. also in the mojave desert reached 53 degrees celsius on saturday. 54 on friday. if confirmed it would be the highest recorded and more than a century and close to the highest ever measured on earth. the conditions of so extreme and the air so dry that some of the water dropped by aircraft to fight the

fires, evaporates before it reaches the ground. forecast say even if temperature is don't continue to break records. the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains a threat elixir brian al jazeera while. meanwhile, canada has imposed restrictions on rail transports in areas that are at high risk of wildfires. there have also been days of record breaking here. bear with temperatures just under 50 degrees celsius. wildfires have been threatening towns in the west of the country and investigate is now looking into where the freight trains partly to blame. well, that's now bringing simon donna. he is a professor of criminology at the university of british columbia. he joins us now from vancouver. professor, the climate change conversation has become so politicized in north america. i want to stop by trying to put some speculation to rest. how connected is the heat that we're seeing here to climate change and how much more of this should we expect? well this, this event,

these he waves are clearly due to climate change. we've already had kind of forensic analysis, sort of like the csr team coming in after the crime scene looking for fingerprints . and then, and that analysis shows that the heat waves that we experienced in canada last week, we're more than 99 percent attributable to climate change. or another way to think about that, is there a $150.00 times or more, more likely to happen because of the human impact on the climate system. these are rare events that are becoming and incredibly more common because of climate change . and so there's really, there's really no doubt in the scientific community about that professor, you say these are going to become more common. we've seen existing infrastructure collapse when it comes to unpredicted, extreme weather events, for instance in texas during those winter storms back in february, enough roads, i believe roles are melting and canada do do think governments and everyday people have the resources they need to adapt and, and keep themselves safe. you know, we're really getting to the key question. i mean we,

what we're learning is that we cannot live with easily with climate change. the core of the problem is that the climate is changing faster than we can adapt right in the climate is changing because of human activity. so means we need to reduce emissions to start to reduce the warming and reduce the suffering. but it also means because we've delayed action for so long that we need to take measures to adapt to the changes that have happened already. professor there are also wildfires right now in siberia and you mentioned that the urgency needed for action. i mean, yesterday i was talking to one of the experts who writes the i p c. c reports about how we're heading towards triggering some feedback loops and tipping points. it feels like before this pandemic, people were feeling the urgency, now much lesser do you think people actually understand what's potentially on the horizon? i think, i think they do. i think one of the things that really changed over the years, particularly here in north america, people in north america used to imagine it to see climate change into experience

that you had to go somewhere else. there was this assumption that because we're relatively wealthy in north america that were somewhat insulated. but i think the events of the past years have really changed that and shown people that if you want to see climate change, you just have to look outside. it's right here at home is right outside our doors. professor simon donna, professor climate ology at the university of british columbia. thanks so much for sharing your thoughts here on out there. thanks everyone in the program. meanwhile, the race of deforestation and brazil's amazon rain forest rose the 4th consecutive month in june. and they're off as it will only get west with more droughts and forest fires expected higher. it has this report new, dangerous, showing the world's largest tropical rain forest is shrinking fast scientists for years been warning that the amazon is disappearing. it's an alarming rates, especially in brazil. its last refuge for many endangered wildlife and home to millions of species. some of them still on identified and now that shows that the

deforestation of the brazilian amazon rose for the 4th consecutive month in june, hitting a record high. in the 1st 6 months of this year alone. it went up by 17 percent. more than 3500 square kilometers of amazon have been cleared already. that's almost 3 times the size of the city of rio de janeiro. many blame the government. phil is committed to smiling. this continues to happen because of the government's environmental policy. encouraged by the national congress, i think for climate change summit hosted by us president joe biden, brazil's present able scenario pledged to eliminate the illegal logging of the amazon in the next few years that they make. you know, i'm determined that we will achieve our climate neutrality by 205010 years ahead of our previous target. but satellite imagery suggests otherwise, an environmental is say, simple scenario took office in 2019. the destruction has been happening at

a rapid rate as institutions and legislations to protect the rain forest and its indigenous people are increasingly marginalized. earlier this month and after weeks of protest, brazil supreme court sustained a ruling bikes by the farming sector. the would limit recognition of indigenous land. he didn't approve our lease is an attempt to pass laws in the national congress with both for 19 that takes away the territorial rights of indigenous people. it's a signal to log of an illegal farmers on the rain forest grounds that are willing to commit crimes from the invasion of indigenous territories. deforestation, and setting fires. scientists say the protection of the amazon is vital to curbing climate change because of the vast amounts of greenhouse gas is that the forest absorbs june. however, had the biggest number of forest fires since 2007, and that's only a fraction of those seen annually during the peak of drought season in august and

september. and now there are phase, the worst is yet to come. so the height of al jazeera, now, civilians appears have overwhelmingly rejected changes to the countries water laws in sundays referendum. the government says the amendments would secure more funds to protect bodies of water while improving flood defenses and construction regulations. but environmentally say the legal changes threaten the country's famous lakes and rivers, making it easier to build in coastal and lakeside areas. civil society groups collect more than $50000.00 signatures to take the law to a referendum. now billionaire richard branson has flown to the edge of space fulfilling a lifelong dream and making space tourism reality. the flight reached 80 kilometers above the surface of the air where they then experienced a few minutes of weightlessness for benefit is at the spaceport in new mexico with millionaire richard branson has earned his astronaut wing lifetime.

ah, the flight went off without a hitch. the space plane unity was lifted skyward, attached to a double lodge, mothership called after branson's mother released release, really at high altitude unity, separate from eve, then fired its powerful rockets blasting branson, 3 virgin galactic executives and a pair of pilots to a height of 88 kilometers above earth, incomplete that is not exactly outer space. the international scientific body that decides such thing says space begins at 100 kilometers. but that hardly seem to matter. as the passengers and crew enjoyed the incredible views of the earth below . with the darkness of space above, they also experienced several minutes of micro gravity allowing them to float nearly waitlist. you can see him now. the 70 year old british entrepreneur,

one the billionaire space race beating amazons, jeff bezos and space ex founder you on must to the haven't you base those plans to lift off in his blue origin space companies rocket on july 20th mosques, plans for space travel. haven't been announced. after maneuvering for reentry. unity glided to a flawless landing at the virgin galactic spaceport in a remote section of the new mexico desert. as onlookers cheered, the entire flight lasted about an hour back on earth. branson held a news conference. honestly, nothing could prepare you for the view from space. and if the whole thing has magical then it was time to celebrate. frances plan is to make space tourism possible earthlings. following today's successful flight, there will be several more tests the branson spacecraft. the goal is to send

tourists into space beginning next year, the price sag $250000.00 each. rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. i remember you can always find much, much more on our website, including today more on those memorials taking place. victims of separate that algebra dot org i know that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. thousands have joined red anti government protests and cuba demonstrates a devante more action from the government around poverty, the economy, and the current of iris pandemic. president miguel diaz canal has claimed the united states for the rest and augustine is in havana with the process with hundreds.