welcome to the journal. i'm sara hartman in berlin. here's is a list of our headlines this hour. south africa,s in but says he will not the ailing nelson mandela. sexifornia resumes same- weddings after a court in san francisco lifted the ban earlier than expected. in cycling's top race, the tour de france.

u.s. president barack obama is in south africa for a state visit, but his trip is being overshadowed by nelson mandela's poor health. the two met in 2005. obama has called the anti- apartheid icon a personal hero. the 94-year-old has been in the hospital for more than three weeks fighting a lung infection. >> the helicopter that brought president obama flew past the hospital. but obama has said he will not visit the former president out of for his comfort and tranquility. crowds gathered along the route of obama's motorcade, eager to catch a glimpse of him. zuma and his wife were waiting to greet the obamas.

werea and mandela bound by history, as the first black president of their hit -- countries. >> this country's historic transition to a free and democratic nation has been a personal inspiration to me. it continues to be. >> amid the sadness, opinion has been divided on whether obama should pay a visit to the country's more leader. >> obama should not visit nelson mandela. obama is the first black president in america and mandela was the first black president in south africa. he should come and visit because he will lift his spirit.

>> but obama won't be seeing mandela himself. he is scheduled to meet his family. >> for more on that, we crossed to our correspondent in johannesburg. obama is in a delicate position on this trip. is he able to talk business as usual? >> there are nothing but bad laying ahead of him if there is a delicate picture around nelson mandela. take intos to domestiction things in constituency.

he is basically expressed nothing but gratitude. >> what are some of the key issues that were discussed with jacob zuma? the economies of both countries are high on the agenda. understand that a great deal of time was spent on that, access to american products for south african products in america. the international criminal court. postmortem on the intervention in libya. it doesn't look like anything particularly momentous was discussed or decided. egyptians are preparing for the worst. supporters and opponents of morsi.d

an american student is dead who was interning. morsi'saccuse government of mismanagement. his supporters are determined to keep him in power. for more on that, we're going to go to our cairo correspondent. things seem to be calm today in cairo. is this the low before the storm? yesterday we had a peek after the friday prayer, then towards the evening. relatively quiet. everyone thinks it will pick up in the evening. tomorrow will be the big day that is announced since weeks of people come to the streets.

lots of people are expected tomorrow on the streets. it's very unpredictable if it will be peaceful demonstrations or if you will see clashes like the repeat of what we saw yesterday. >> morsi has been in office for a year now, but unrest continues. what options does he have? >> not many. the opposition has called for him to step down. they are not ready for any dialogue with them. there are not many options. we have two different universes here in the country, very polarized. on one side is the muslim brotherhood and morsi. they are saying that state institutions are sabotaging his initiatives and the protests are the problem that the country does not move forward. the other side says that we want to withdraw confidence from the

president because life conditions became unbearable with no petrol, electricity cuts, no work, rising prices. these two sides are living very much apart from each other right now and very likely to clash. .> thanks very much a decade-long battle has come to an end for gay couples in the u.s. state of california. a court lifted the ban on same- sex marriage -- with immediate effect. the supreme court handed down a ruling strengthening the rights of same-sex couples. observers thought it would be several weeks before marriages would resume. for those eager to tie the knot it was a race to the courthouse. >> put the ring on sandy's finger. veryris and sandy fought hard for the right to wed. they sued the state of california. the couple tied the knot just

one hour after the decision was announced. >> we wanted our love to last and to be dignified by the situation of marriage. we have tried to get married. finally we got to really get married today. it is a wonderful day for us. >> the pair were at the supreme court in washington on wednesday when it struck down a provision denying federal tax, health, and pension benefits to married gay couples. the court also upheld a lower court ruling that found california's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. it was a momentous decision for gay people in the states. gay marriage was legal in california until 2008, when it was banned after a referendum. now gay couples living in california are once again free to enjoy the same right to marry as heterosexuals. >> havnot had anything to eat for over a week and they

refuse to drink since tuesday. hunger strikers in munich. the refugees from nigeria and pakistan are protesting rules that force asylum seekers remain in refugee detention centers while they wait for a decision on their asylum applications. german authorities have refused to grant them asylum. >> ambulances are ready to spring into action when needed. some of the hunger strikers have already been taken to the hospital. 50 are continuing their extreme campaign for asylum on the .treets of munich they say they are prepared to die unless their applications are approved. >> in its way for century in the middle of europe, in munich, the most expensive city in germany, they have to take the decision that life are more important or some papers. >> members of state government have called the protest blackmail.

>> some people are asking how this can be allowed. munich and the state of bavaria have established that it is illegal -- a legal form of demonstration. anthe city has set up emergency committee. it is ordered that doctors must have access to the hunger strikers at all times. >> the world's most famous cycling race, the tour de france, began two hours ago. in 21ts are competing stages, and in paris on july 21. millions of fans are expected to line the route and watch on tv. many say the sport is tarnished in the wake of massive buildings candles. in motorsports -- >> viva let tour?

a celebrity show is planned for the centennial race. 22 teams are taking part in this year cause competition -- year's competition. >> the tour is part of our national heritage the joints people from all classes and ages. -- that joins people from all classes and ages. >> but organizers are finding it hard to shake off the doubts over the systematic doping that took place in past tors. few winners are thought to be completely innocent. wasctober, lance armstrong stripped of his victory. race officials insist that safeguards now exist to prevent cheating. >> we have an improved control system in place. our rules are tougher than those of the world cycling federation. >> the race's top writers will

be subject to extra scrutiny. that includes the race favorite. last year the briton came in second overall. >> i feel like i'm in super condition. i feel ready. i've got a strong team around me. >> germany's tony martin from the belgian team is one of the top time trial candidates. the world champion could end up in the race leader's yellow jersey. are atula one drivers the british grand prix this weekend following a three-week break. on friday, wet weather made it difficult. sebastian can afford to be relaxed. the driver already has a 36 point lead over his rivals. the reigning three-time champion finished third in the practice session in horrible weather but remains the favorite going into

qualifying. the pouring rain cause the most trouble for fully famous for, who skated into the wall but ,scaped unscathed -- philippe who skidded into the wall but escaped unscathed. weber won the british grand prix twice in the last three years. >> sunday night sees the federation cup final dutch confederation cup final -- confederation cup final. a company by huge demonstrations against social inequality. >> brazil fans mob hotel where

their team is staying. the last time brazil won a trophy on home soil was the 1989 confetti cup -- confed cup. have good plans. we play good soccer. we trust each other a lot. you will be a great game on sunday. i think we will win. the brazilian striker was recently signed by barcelona in a transfer deal worth almost 60 million euros. beating spain will not be easy. the team are unbeaten in all competitions for the last three years. stadium, spain's record will be sorely tested. demonstrations continue on the streets aren't expected to continue -- and are expected to continue. >> we support the

demonstrations, knowing they are peaceful and nonviolent. to help brazil and make people smile, they're playing soccer. >> in training, result proving they have what it takes to give spain -- brazil proving they have what it takes to give spain a run for their money. >> thanks for watching. .> minesweeping in croatia the tiny south eastern european state is about to become a member of the european union. much of the country still looks like this. croatia will be the first eu country to have experienced a war in the lifetime of the you -- eu. ♪

my journey begins in the croatian capital. it looks much like other european cities. in the 1990's i often reported from here during the croatian struggle for in the patient -- independence. i want to find out how it has changed. a postwar generation has grown up. they are all around 19 years old and they're all musicians. their hard rock band is called, we create. by which, they mean their own reality. he thinks it is a good thing that croatia is joining the eu. it is great. we're going to tour in december. we won't have a border. >> i'm not for croatia to enter the european union.

the price will go up. the paycheck will stay the same. >> for sale, a group of activists has put up posters like this. they fear their country is about to be sold off, mainly to investors from the eu. a gig in the countryside, far away from the glamour of the capital. we take the motorway. we are heading south to a place -- place.lo that's regulardence came under serbian artillery fire. a lot of the damage is still not repaired. the young musicians were only just born nine -- then.

know aboutg men only the war between serbia and their own country from history books. it is easy to see everything that happened 18 years ago, but what can i say? now everything is ok. i think and it is going to be ok forever. >> they have quite different concerns, such as whether they will be able to learn -- earn a living from their music. about theirink future after graduation, it doesn't look too good. more than 40% of young croatians are unemployed, something they have in common with many other young europeans. without work experience, he can't even get an entry-level job. >> when we finish college, know

what he wants us -- nobody wants us. people keep on working for less money. the companies exploit them and we are completely forgotten about. at least they've got their music. but even during the sound check there's trouble. a neighbor comes to complain about the noise. ♪ it seems to me that conflict between the more generation in the postwar generation are routine in croatia. to see how many traces of the war in the 1990's are left, i take a drive along the former frontline between croatia and serbia. , desolatevillages landscapes in eastern croatia.

before the war there was mostly serbs the live here. thousands of serbs fled. there are lots of houses for sale. >> economically, this region has yet to recover from the war. there is very little work available. butr jobs are safe, dangerous. >> we drive to a small town. serbian troops were stationed nearby during the war and they mined the nearby woods. marco and his team are here to clear the mines, a laborious task. >> you can see here what we've done already. the square meters we did yesterday. today will move onto this area. everyone has to sign for the area they have checked for mines . our signature guarantees that an area disposed to be safe.

that is 20 square meters per person, per day. >> this armored minesweeper is only available to help sometimes . step-by-step, margo covers the designated area -- marco covers the designated area. false alarm, just a piece of metal. >> fear? of course. i'm nervous when i'm standing in the minefield. >> he says apart from minesweeping, he has few other options. >> i was a soldier myself during the war, and afterwards there was no work for me. this was the only chance i had for work. it's been like this for 10 years . at this stage, i don't even

think about doing anything else. >> he plans to continue for s until hefor mine retires and hopes he doesn't get blown up. the team leader was also in the croatian army. they planted mines just like their survey enemies and occasionally has had to -- serbi an enemies and occasionally has had to clear his own mines. the plan was to clear the whole country in 2010. in 2010 they said it would take until 2015. now the government says it will be 2019. but no one here believes that. it could take 20 or 30 years, they say, because croatia doesn't have the money to .inance the work >> we are on a monthly minimum

of 385 euros. that goes up to 1200 euros if the company has an actual contract. the government doesn't allocate enough money to mineclearing. the budget is too small and there is certainly enough work for us to do. only two female minesweepers and croatia. she'd rather do the dangerous work than be without a job. the minesweepers hope that when croatia joins that you, more money will be made available -- , more money will be made available. marco's shift lasts for five hours. it's not safe to concentrate for longer than that. you can't guarantee 100%

safety. 95% or 90%, yes. it's the 4th street workers and who face the remaining risk -- farmers and forest tree -- forestry workers who face the remaining risk. meet an forest, i official representative for the minority rights of the remaining serbs still living in the region. most of his relatives did not return after the war. >> my uncle bill that old yellow house. -- built that old yellow house. this is where my father was born . it all belongs to the family. >> he's the only family members still living here. he wants to sell the other properties, but there's a problem.

>> it's here somewhere. the pipe leads into the septic tank. .t's being covered over under here is a sewage pit. a neighbor built illegally on my lan. the well is right here -- it i llegally on my land. the well is right here. his croatian neighbor didn't care. i've reported it to the. there was no reaction. .hat was a few years ago maybe the time wasn't right back .hen >> he points to another croatian neighbor with whom he is on unfriendly terms. he would like to buy the property, but without the sewage pit under the grass. a neighbor urges him to go to court over the issue.

well.two at least get on >> i have no money for a court case, he says. if i go to court, i would need several thousand euros and it would take a long time. only people with a lot of money .an afford to sue these days legal costs in croatia are more expensive than in germany. has been calling for improvements to the justice system for years, also as a way of dealing more effectively with interethnic hatred. there hasn't been much progress in rural areas. croatia is about to join the eu. my journey has shown me that the country is still suffering from the effects of the war.

even if things look differently capital isreb, a equal as other european

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