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coming up in the next 60 minutes, president trump says he called off strikes against iran spare to avoid iranian casualties. iran shows off debris allegedly drone it shot down, but says it chose not to target a u.s. spy plane nearby. as georgians protest over a in parliament, president putin temporarily bans flights country. and protesters surround hong kong's police headquarters and block major streets demanding the scrapping of an extradition bill. sri lanka have beaten host england by 20 runs ofrevive their hopes reaching the semifinals. >> welcome to the program, our top story, u.s. president donald

called offhe retaliatory strikes against iran 10 minutes before they were due ahead. attacks were ordered against three iranian targets after an american surveillance drone was the strait of hormuz on thursday. but trump says he changed his to avoid mass casualties. meanwhile, iran says it chose a manned u.s. spy plane which was traveling close behind the drone in iranian air space. several international airlines their flightuted paths in the gulf after the u.s. federal aviation administration ordered all u.s. operators to iranian air space. from washington, alan fisher tht paths in has report. >> this was the reason the u.s. was prepared to launch an anack, the downing of unmanned military drone by iran. these pictures are said to be missile launch which iranian television says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards. the u.s. said the drone was over international waters, a claim

by teheran. donald trump says while three identified for airstrikes, he canceled the operation. >> they came and they said sir we're ready to go, we would like a decision, i said i want to know something before you go. killed? people will be in this case iranians. i said how many people are going to be killed? sir i would like to get back to you on that. generals.le these came back and said sir, 150.ximately and i thought about it for a second and i said you know what unmanned down an drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are with 150 dead people that would have taken place a half-hourhin after i said go ahead. and i didn't like it. i didn't think it was -- i didn't think it was proportionate. put oneheran, the guard a display of what it said was wreckage from the u.s. drone headered in territory, the

of its division claims a manned dronepy plane near the was not targeted. [speaking foreign language] momenttor: at the same when the aircraft was being tracked another spy aircraft called p8 was flying close to this drone. that aircraft is manned and has around 35 crew members. targetedcould have that plane, it was our right to do so, and yes, it was american, didn't do it. aircraft. unmanned >> while secretary of state mike pompeo is he said to the region to talk to allies saudi arabia arab emirates the u.s. special representative in in rehad promising the u.s. would continue to exert diplomaticnomic and pressure on iran. >> our diplomacy does not give respond witht to military force. and iran needs to meet diplomacy diplomacy and not military force. >> iran's foreign minister

saying it meets diplomacy with diplomacy, with respect an. ofthere have been a number international airlines canceling or diverting flights away from area. america's federal aviation administration says in a heightenedecause of military activity, it is banning operatingarriers from in the gulf region, a situation keepingit's underreview. al jazeera, washington. more now from john, also in washington. and john, any further information on whether or not proceed might still with a response to the drone shooting? >> well, the president has said hurry, but there are reports he initially put those planes on standby for 24 hours.

has passed. theor now, we are out of dangerous stage, but it is really unclear, if there were provocative action what would happen, but by any account, the u.s. was very close to actually striking. the president says initially they were within 10 minutes and then 30 minutes. had to had to ask he potential casualties, having covered the pentagon for several years and having spoken to a general this afternoon. anyn tell you that contingency plan would have included the number of potential casualties. been looking for more granularity there or seeingy he didn't recall the numbers, but whatever the issue is there, normally, he have had those casualty numbers at hand, as you mentioned. there were three sites picked out, they would have known what was around those sites. that would have, of course, led

to retaliation on the iranian side, particularly if they had plane, whichther they say was a p3 spy plane with 35 people on board. happened, the pressure on president trump to retaliate been overwhelming and the support from the american people probably would have been there, had a u.s. plane been struck. so by any account that was a close call. >> it was a very close call and of wantinglanation to avoid mass casualties perhaps what wehold water from know about the conversations that go on. so then what is the word there about the hesitation? why the hesitation? >> well, it's unclear. with donald trump one never the storyws whether we're hearing publicly is actually what happened behind trump has always been non-intervention last.

he ran for election, we ran on a platform saying he was going to get the u.s. out of and afghanistan. this would definitely split his base and it would be potentially a third unpopular war as he's gearing up for an election and know how his politics really his election plans and splitting his base is not something he can afford. so narrow between 37 and 45% in most polls, if he were to split that, he definitely would not be able to is reelection and that likely a calculation for him, but what he does really depends is listening to. if he listens to the national advisor john bolton, he's been a long-time iraq war hawk. verypompeo also has been strong on that and strump has been getting criticism from cheney, ae lin congresswoman and daughter of the former vice president who says that weakness is

provocative. trump has a history of responding when that sort of thing happens. that he is being perceived as weak, that might influence, as well. so nevertheless he's got to consider that iran has proxy militias that could cause trouble for the united states in syria, in iraq, in lebanon. are all things that president trump does not want to be embroiled and in that may have to do with that hesitation you were asking about. >> thank you very much. with all the latest from washington, thank you, john. well, iranians in the capital teheran say they are hopeful conflict can be avoided and the situation with the u.s. will de-escalate. [speaking foreign language] translator: to me, the situation is already worrying because the economic state of the country is bad. but i don't think the americans because ready for a war we live in a strategic region. [speaking foreign language] is very worrying and stressful. for us it will be an experience we have already lived. are obliged to show our

resistance and perseverance, but i hope war doesn't happen. language]foreign translator: every country around the world experiencing war is devastatingany consequences. as in syria or iraq. they have suffered considerable losses. it's scary, but once war is declared, every person has to defend their homeland. duty. i myself will go to the front, but you never know phil come back. >> tensions between the u.s. and iran have pushed oil prices up to a new three week high meanwhile. analysts say price rises have been driven by fears of the u.s. military attack on iran which flows from the middle east. the region provides more than a fifth of the world's oil output a third of the world's oil exports pass through the strait of hormuz. >> i do think that if we saw a military engagement between the oil pricesan, that would spike, not only because this area is not only the source of a lot of barrels of oil, but it's also a very important

with militaryd action that could cause a halt to shipping in the region. an impactady seeing on air travel in that area where has issued warnings to u.s. carriers not to fly airplanes over that area. and if we did see a military attentive, it would impact shipping, which would impact the flow of oil. now, immediately, the areas that impacted by this would be asia because asia is getting -- is where most of this oil is actually going. >> amid the stand-off between teheran thend acting u.s. defense secretary has left the pentagon for the last time. shanahan stepped down earlier in the week following reports of family. violence in his his departure plunges the leadership of the u.s. military uncertainty just as tensions with iran are rising. tonahan's replacement is due travel to before u brussels nexr

of nato defense ministers. we can now speak to former u.s. secretary of state crowley who served for many years in the u.s. air force. us live from washington. first of all, how do you explain tosident trump's decision order strikes, and then to pull back? >> i see it as a process failure. are within the interagency process. ishink the president perfectly -- it's legitimate for him to make sure that the shooting down of the drone is proportional, but that calculation about casualties was something that he hised to make before making decision, not after making his decision. >> what does that reveal then about internal deliberations that might have taken place from your experience, what is your this?about would president trump have been withed then not to proceed

strikes or did he really just mind? his >> well just as you mentioned, you know, we have an unfortunate in pentagon leadership, certain to me whether the principals got together to discuss in the respond oroom how to whether this was something, you the principals met without the president, and then perhaps john bolton briefed him and as your reporting suggested perhaps he just didn't focus on was making hise deliberation. history, certainly the of the trump administration has so-calledhere the principals process has been haphazard at best. the turnover, well in general within the administration, but also the department of defense which would obviously be crucial at

like this, what is it that goingn glean now and forward in terms of clarity on u.s. objectives when it comes to iran? >> well, i think there's clarity of the u.s. objective. the president believes that be madea better deal to than the one that his predecessor barack obama made in jcpoa. is there age realistic path forward to achieve that? see it at the present time. the president has indicated that iran,ts negotiations with but he himself has undermined of diplomacy by withdrawing from the jcpoa, mike pompeo has said -- it's -- obviously, he say, believes -- this is based on the president's belief that there is be done, but to

jcpoa, fromrom the the nuclear deal has gone from a situation from relative stability in the region to this sort of tit for tat escalation a broader conflict. does that affect calculations or decision making in washington? >> it certainly affects decision teheran. the iranian government has been clear that it's not going to trumpate with the administration, unless and until administration comes back into the jcpoa, but i want that mike pompeo said he wants negotiations without preconditions and yet he himself has put forward at least a dozen conditions in terms of what he ants iran to do to become quote/unquote normal country that would transform iranian policy. so you know, the united states a legitimate objective

dealing with things like missiles, dealing with iran's the region, but to me, the better course of action would have been to negotiate with iran inside the jcpoa rather than now, trying to a negotiationinto jcpoa.the >> thank you very much. with the newshour live from london. more still ahead. the democratic republic of congo to the far northeast of the states, we tell you about the families who journeyed more than 10,000 kilometers in search new life. china's president departs pyongyang after after a lavish day state visit. >> the new york pelicans select from dukeamson university. >> and in sports, big decisions have been made by basketball's leading teams. we will have that story and more.

♪ ♪ >> russian president vladimir putin has ordered a temporary flights from russia to georgia after violent protests broke out in the georgian a visiting russian politician. a a second day of demonstrations is under way outside the building in the capital after russia's surrogate there in russian. he has already resigned, but want the interior minister to go and ever calling for an early election. remain high between the city and moscow 11 years after fought a war over the region. more now from the georgian capital. >> the tensions are running high of thoseular because injuries that were sustained yesterday. so the protesters have two be out on the streets capital tonight.

one, of course, is the way in the authority allows these georgiamp's to come to when there are no diplomatic relations and for them to come and the parliament and talk the kind of language they used, as well. it's something that i wanted to touch on is how georgians, particularly european leaning liberal minded georgians useshe way in which russia orthodoxy, conservative values them.ay of going against so whenever we have these kinds of speeches made by politicians, particularly russian politicians, it riles georgians because they see that as an their own values, their more freedom-loving or let's say liberal values. and these are concerns that they've had for a very long time here,'ve seen movements organize themselves to say what is their government doing to

counter this kind of russian disinformation and propaganda to way they try to erode or take inroads into their european values? >> protesters in hong kong have police headquarters they keep up their calls for a bill to be scrapped. demonstrating for almost three weeks and the crowds are not showing any signs of backing down. mcbride reports from hong kong. therter: protesters back on streets. gathering friday morning around the government's main offices, spreads on social media to get moving. main, one of the city's roads is brought to a standstill by the crowds. destination, the police headquarters and an angry stand-off. [yelling] demonstrates accuse them of using excessive

breaking up their peaceful protest, a claim the police deny. >> i don't think at all, they're professional and they are armed have fear and we have nothing. we have umbrellas. translator: the police are still refusing to hold an independent investigation into the way they dealt with the demonstrations. back of the the building, some protesters try to block the security cameras filming them. and a van is trapped by the protests. officers inside not able to make their last few meters to the gate. whole emotion was against the police. they exercised brutality on june 12th. the people are very angry about that. reporter: other officers come to help their colleagues and there's chaos. seeing a chance to get inside, the demonstrators surge forward.

chaos ats absolute this gate now with protesters jamming themselves inside the gateway, not allowing the police to close the gate. the protesters -- the umbrellas have gone up, fearing that be using pepper spray. [yelling] reporter: it seems that police, willul that use of force make the situation worse are restraint, but this also shows the anger on the kong isn't going away. and many thousands of hong keep upare ready to this struggle with their government. mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >> and the protesters stayed out thehe streets late into night. this was the scene outside the until just aarters couple of hours ago and the demonstrators started to disperse. bracing itself for a third weekend of mass rallies

that extradition bill. north korean state media says jong-un andim china's leader have gleed to strengthen ties between their country. after ated friday, lavish two day state visit, the first by a chinese leader in 14 years. his trip confirmed china's support for its ally as north korea faces u.s. led sanctions its nuclear and missile programs. both countries have dead locked witheir negotiations president trump. adrian brown has more now from beijing. when people talk about a cult of personality, this is what they mean, and it's the streets out on of the north korean capital, pyongyang. this is regimented, seamless north korean pageantry with thousands of children and many others pressed into service for the occasion. i think it probably would have exceeded what president xi experiences in his own country. banquet on thursday evening the north korean leader kim jong-un said that socialism was

the unbreakable core of friendship between china and north korea, the leaders of both countries endorsing each other's systems. xilier in the day, president alluded to the nuclear diplomacy which remains stalled. do all itina would can as well as the international community to push that diplomacy forward. has its ownurse, concerns about those talks remaining stalled because it's north koreanshe might resume testing of ballistic missiles. and, of course, while the world's attention has been looking one way, china has on trial the man, the chinese official who once led interpol. has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, but, of forse, the dominant images now on state tv remain president and visit to north korea chinese people are being left in no doubt that he's been feted by the people of north korea. >> around 30 people including

several children have been killed in a fire at a match stick factory in indonesia. fire broke out in a private operates as a factory in the north town. reported hearing an explosion, but police say the cause isn't known. ines of this type are common indonesia. two years ago, at least 46 killed at a fireworks factory near jakarta. delegates will remain in venezuela to monitor the country's deepening humanitarian crisis. u.n. human rights chief bachelet is on an official visit to the country. talks with opposition leader on friday and is due to meet president maduro. hundreds of mostly venezuelan migrants are stranded on the border. to chile refused entry earlier this week. many are traveled by land for at least eight days to reach the border. the authorities have set up a makeshift camp to provide basic and tents.vices u.s. immigration agents are

work out why there's been a surge in the number of asylum seekers from africa borderg the southern with mexico. some have been sent thousands of kilometers north to a new the state ofr in maine. as we report, from portland. choice,: it was not a but rather a matter of survival democratic native republic of congo. he tells me police officers back him in the stomach, mistakenly thinking he was taking part in anti-government protests. he decided the danger was too much for him and his family. earlier this year they left the drc boarding a boat for south america in search of a better life in the u.s. at one point they walked through the jungles of colombia for food.days with no [speaking foreign language] translator: we were very hungry our food ran out. so i would grab a banana off a

fire, cook the banana so we were able to sleep. that's all we had. reporter: his 8-year-old daughter jessica witnessed something along the journey that no child should have to see. [speaking foreign language] translator: one night people were trying to cross the river, but the water was strong. some people died. this. reporter: nearly five months later, this is home. a few cots in a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium in portland, maine, 3,700 southerns from the border. at last count this emergency home to 223lso other asylum seekers all from africa, most from the drc and angola. they've all arrived in the last requested to come to portland while their asylum reviewed.being >> this gymnasium is now completely full. there are beds everywhere.

day, the migrants usually leave here, go out into find work.nd try to >> outside the shelter, we find taximan, a 31-year-old driver also from the drc, who has been in portland for 11 months, but still is not legally work.ted to [speaking foreign language] translator: i'm still waiting for my documents to be able to life better. my without work it's a little hard so right now, i am volunteering at a place in exchange for a place to stay with children and some food. reporter: he says his dream is for his daughter to be able to someday.lege a human drama playing out in realtime, far from the southern border, but with families from seeking peace. al jazeera, portland, maine. office in uganda says it's struggling with an drc.x of refugees from the

at least 4,000 people have escaped fighting between rival and lendu militias. resettled.ing been two days since her family arrived at the refugee settlement. children, aged four and seven didn't survive the journey from the northeast drc to western uganda. translator: when the fighting we ran to the boats. in the panic one child fell into the water and drowned. died because we had no food or medicine. that's when i said if i stay in congo the whole family will die. are basic,onditions but the refugees are grateful. beenlese forces have deployed to fight militias. center ofce at the the current interethnic conflict. facingllenge the army is

is that some militia min are armed with more sophisticated too.ns, remembery commanders are appealing for help to restore calm. translator: we can't survive without the presence of soldiers. this is why we've been deployed here. on all communities to support this army so that we can security.ace and reporter: the conflict between about access to farmland as well as gold, oil and gas resources. translator: the problem today is that the number of people who have been displaced is between to 400,000. they left areas in and around bunya because of attacks. heavilyy, the army is deployed and is now trying to areas.those reporter: back in uganda, some of the 4,000 congolese who fled alone try to settle into a new country piece by piece. a temporary home takes about a to build. the shelter is basic and meant to be temporary. canvas from the

united nations, but everything else is sourced locally. in some cases an entire family sleeps in here. reporter: the shelters near the older people for to have easier access. thousands survived the long getney across the border to here where at least for now, they are safe. refugee settlement, uganda. >> more still ahead. this chechen human rights activist won't be returning home his campaign. spain's supreme court sentences five men who called themselves wolf pack to 15 years for rape in a case that sparked mass protests. and then later in sport, the newsri team get some bad ahead of the french grand prix. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> welcome back to your forecast.nal weather we are going to be seeing thunderstorms across europe as we go through the rest of the weekend. the temperatures are fairly high. we have plenty of moisture across the region and this is what we are looking at particularly here across the central area. we're talking about switzerland, austria as well as into northern italy. also, here towards east belarus ukraine.s the you could be seeing the potential of thunderstorms, as well. and northwestern russia into moscow, we could be seeing some very active weather with some winds as well as very heavy rain. about 31res there at degrees. out here towards the west, though it is going to be on the rise, as well. about thoseg temperatures, paris at 25 degrees on saturday. to sunday, we get winds are going to be shifting from the east and that means temperatures are going to b between three to four degrees across much of the area. plenty of sun across the region down towards madrid. it's going to be a hot day as well with a temperature of 34

there. here across the northern coast of africa not much in terms of area, butrain in any we are going to be seeing very hot temperatures as well along the coast and it is going to be of 33 degrees. tripoli at 31 and over towards benghazi, sun at 29. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> back. a look at the headlines this hour. the u.s. president says he strikesff retaliatory on iran just 10 minutes before they were due to go ahead. forcestrump says u.s. were ready to launch attacks on three targets, but he wanted to avoid mass casualties. and teheran has shown off what it says is debris from the american surveillance drone which was shot down over the strait of hormuz on thursday.

story, thousands of people have demonstrated outside georgia's parliament for over a russianw politician who was allowed to give a speech there on thursday. in response, the russian president vladimir putin has toporarily banned flights georgia. chechen human rights activist prisonn freed from earlier after a court gave him patrol. he was arrested last year and to four years on drug possession charges, which his supporters say were punishment rights work. he had reported on disappearances and torture in arrest butbefore his says he will not return to work riskschnya because the are too high. [speaking foreign language] translator: the memorial human will not work in chechnya, at least not for some time. work. will keep doing our right now, i have work to do at home. i need to sort things out. my house, touild finish construction. after that, we will see.

>> the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has singled out russia, iran, myanmar and china as he presented the u.s. annual report018 on international religious freedoms. the report outlines the issues people around the world encounter when practicing their faith. that runl those roughshod over religious freedom i'll say this: the united states is watching and you will be held to account. crackdownhe regime's on the christians, and others continues to shock the conscience. russia, jehovah's witnesses were abhorrently branded as terrorists as authorities confiscated their property, and their families. in burma, muslims continue to face violence at the hands of the military. hundreds of thousands have fled or been forced to live in overcrowded refugee camps and in china the government's intense many faiths,f

christians, and tibetan norm.sts is the the chinese party exhibits extreme hostility to all religious faiths since its founding. the party demands it alone be god.d >> author of the book religious in islam, he joins us live from notre dame, indiana. had, first of all, what is the purpose of a report like this? outell, the report comes every year. it's produced by the state department and reflects the commitment of the united states to bring attention to one of the most widely violated human rights in the world, freedom. and so it details virtually every country in the world what the religious freedom situation how it has gotten better or gotten worse. >> is anything likely to change? any sort of action ?eyond condemnation >> well, we have a u.s.

ambassador for international religious freedom who travels and brings attention to religious freedom violations in and also brings attention -- brings out the information so that activists of many kinds can shine the spotlight on countries so even if the united states is likely to put military or economic sanctions or some kind power, there's a kind of soft power of bringing attention terribleure to violations. >> it's very difficult isn't it andhis sort of polarized somewhat confused political climate we have at the moment because, of course, as you say in foreign policy the united states and many other western very strongve strategic economic political relationships with countries nothing to promote religious freedom and actually people'sviolate ability to live in peace and to practice their religion.

true, and it's inevitable that concerns for religious freedom and other human rights are going to come with strategic interests and interests in fighting the war on terrorism and thatmic interests just can't be avoided, but nevertheless we can give more attention to this violation than we have. we can bring it up in diplomatic other governments and a wide variety of activists can shine the spotlight. hope that that kind of exposure and accountability in accountability will hopefully bring some change. we just have to do the best we have.th the tools that we >> does it sort of backfire in given thatcause clearly, this concern for religious freedom and the way iss report is presented clearly so isolated and divorced from the way international policy isand foreign conducted. in some ways it sort of -- i highlights a type

of well hypocrisy on the part of other countries. >> well, it reflects a the-standing commitment of united states to promote human rights which is consonant with the international community and the international law that strongly embeds human rights. thatht also point out there are many -- some 16 or so countries and the united states and used to be canada who have now adopted into theirreedom foreign policies as well as the european union so it is a multilateral and international cause. much, daniel,ery science.rofessor of political seven people are dead and more than 20 with being treated in after a bomb blast in the iraqi capital. police say a suicide belt with explosive devices were used in the attack which happened in the baghdad.

many of the injured are in serious condition. no immediate claim of responsibility. head of the world food program has appealed to yem toon more aid.delivery of the agency has partially its operations. the decision will affect around living in the capital sana. >> the suspension started last and we're hopeful that the authorities and the authorities what's right do for the people. we're hopeful we can put our system back in place. can get this worked out and we don't see any reason why back ondn't, we'll be the streets within hours. >> syria's government has been siege and using starve tactics to force refugees to leave a camp in the desert. smuggling routes that used to be life liens have been closed. aid agencies say conditions in

the camp are deteriorating fast. beirut.more from reporter: the camp was home to 40,000 syrians for more than years. in the past three months, it started to empty. thisthan 14,000 have left remote desert region along a syrianr opened by government forces. it's the only way out. language]foreign translator: it's because of the tight siege by russian and syrian government forces. in rukban had no choice because they were hungry. areasecided to leave to under regime control. at least 60% of the camp's remained and many preferred to stay instead of being killed by the security men. forcesr: for months now, have besieged the camp, closing smuggling routes that used to be goods stillome reach the city, but the trade is controlled by businessmen who the to be profiting from situation. [speaking foreign language] translator: a sack of eight

costs 500 syrian liras, or $1. is this possible? people don't have money. few shop owners here are controlling the prices and they do not fear god. us, butno one to help god. >> the evacuations are organized by the syrian government, which the refugees one choice: return to government rule or stay in what aid agencies have described as extremely challenging conditions. language]foreign translator: people are leaving because of poverty but then the sends them to the frontlines to fight and they don't come back. the are either killed by opposition or the assad regime. we hope they open a road to the or to anyebel areas other country. we don't want to go back living under the regime. syrian government is refusing to open an internationally guaranteed safe to opposition controlled territories. it has also been preventing the deliveringons from

much-needed aid for the past four months. the united nations says these need of food, medicine and water, but it can't without consent from government leaders in damascus. syrian red and crescent are working on a plan of further departures from rukban as well as humanitarian assistance. what's being discussed at the and all parties need to agree on is both delivering as transport well from rukban. opposition accuses the government of using a tactic of and starving into submission. succeeding ande the international community is failing to act. beirut.ra, >> hundreds of algerians have rallied for an 18th straight week. they're calling for the removal of figures from the government. dozens of protesters were

algiers.in massive demonstrations have taken place there since the toing president was forced step down in april. several prominent politicians to himinessmen linked have been detained or questioned over corruption allegations. spain's supreme court has sentenced five men who called themselves the wolf pack to 15 for raping ann 18-year-old girl. lower overruled two courts which convicted the men of a lesser offense of sexual sparking mass protests and calls for the law to be changed. spanish] translator: spain's highest court in madrid have delivered its verdict. men, previously convicted of the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman are now guilty the more serious charge of rape. the men called themselves the wolf pack. all the acts took place in an terror, ofof absolute subjection. the only thing the victim was, id to the court

closed my eyes and waited for everything to end as soon as possible. ahead of the decision, some of the men arrived at the where they must check in three times a week. rulingreme court overturned two previous court regulation in a case that's brought thousands of people onto in protest. [chanting] reporter: the attack happened here, when the city was holding running festival. the woman was dragged into a residential hallway in the early morning.the the court heard how the men theed jokes and videos of rape. footage was used as evidence in the trial. the defendants' lawyers said the sex was concensionual. a rape charge in spain requires evidence of violence or intimidation. the woman's lawyer says she didn't fight back because she shock.aid and in both the five men and the victim appealed the earlier verdicts to

the supreme court. during the appeal process, the men were freed from jail because spanish law no one can be held for more than two years without a definitive sentence. theirf the men have had sentences increased from nine to 15 years. one of them was given an extra theyears for stealing victim's phone. [speaking spanish] the wolfr: i think pack has led us to consider a change in the law. thepe parliament takes legal reform seriously. society demands it. [chanting] reporter: it's one of the most controversial cases in modern spain, a case that campaigns hope will change the way the thetry judges rape in future. al jazeera. parliamentember of has been suspended from his government role as a foreign office minister after grabbing a

change activist by the neck. narc field intercepted the protester at a speech by the finance minister on thursday. field who has since apologized greene was worried that peace activist janet barker was armed. she will not report him to the has suggested he attend anger management classes. meanwhile, police have been the home of the man widely expected to become the next british prime minister from hiscerns neighbors. police visited the home of boris and his partner early on friday morning. neighbors have reported a loud altercation involving screaming shouting and banging as well as smashing.of plates police say the pair was spoken to, but there was no need for any further action. more still ahead. there's been a shock result at cricket world cup. we will have all the action in sports. and then -- hay reporting from

northeastern thailand where we'll tell you why the people way ofe rockets as a saying thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> time for sport with andy. >> thank you so much. well, host england have suffered surprise defeat against sri lanka at the cricket world cup. result that put sri lanka back in contention for a semifinal spot. we have the report. reporter: there have been few surprises so far and it didn't look like this game would any.de england had sri lanka two down the third over. recoverlankans did somewhat. they put on somewhat. they put on a third wicket stand of 59. after he fell, mendez continued matthewslding job with but mendez got out with sri

with 20 overseas left. the loss of wickets slowed their progress. to 200 for seven. matthews offered some from 115, but sri lanka looked well short, ending 232. four wickets on the day, bailed them out. duck, and then got out james vin. get morgan attempted to things back on duck, and then g. however, they were thwarted when 21.an fell for just in realand looked trouble at 127 for four. to 186 for nine. were eventually bowled out for 212. by 20 runsinning it in what's been the biggest upset cup so far.

al jazeera. >> all the teams play each other the group stage, the top four both gat semifinals. tablenka fifth in the now, south africa. next up for them a win would have made progress to the semis certain for england. they have matches coming up against australia, india and new zealand. time,it's coming up full the africa cup of nations this s year's tournament being played in the northern hemisphere for leadingt time, egypt zimbabwe 1-0. time, the africa cup of he's unconcerned about the french investigation into the bidding process surrounding the 2022 tournament. brazil's two time world cup winner has been named as an tournament.or the on tuesday, former european football president patini was questioned by french police investigating alleged corruption. >> i think i would like to

clarify. from what i understood, he was not arrested. he was asked for questioning and there's a very big difference between the two. he was asked for questioning in relation to many different in relation tost the cup. of 2016,18, the year many different issues, and then he was freed, as well. go.as let >> roger federer is back playing on his preferred grass surface he builds up to the wimbledon championships. drop a set against agut, but did make it through to the semifinals. the 37-year-old aiming to win this title for a 10th time. >> i got off, played great in half.rst i broke him first game and last tough. in between it was i think the result doesn't lie. , especiallychances species the third set, too. one bad game at the end that

cost him dearly, but i'm happy with my level. >> french open champion ashley in on the world number one ranking. the australian beating venus sets to reacho the semifinals at the birmingham classic in england. barty will overtake the top of the standings if she wins this sunday. one of the most talked about young players in college basketball has found out where he'll be playing in his first season as a professional. >> with the first pick in the nba draft, the new orleans zion williamson from duke university. >> college player of the year zion williamson on his way to the pelicans, choosing the best available college and international players. >> you know, as a little kid you go to the nba, you know. people basically say you've got to like have a plan b. because it is just of doing little to none.

number me to be selected 1, i mean, i can't dream it no better than that. >> formula one officials have rejected ferrari's attempts to overturn a time penalty which the victory at the canadian grand prix two weeks ago. he was found guilty of rejoining the track in an unsafe manner. ferrari made their case during for sunday's french prix, but it means ferrari are still looking for their first victory of the season, third in the championship. prixi are still looking for their first victory of the season, third in the championship. and a leading rider in the world super bike series is facing surgery after a prix, but it mei horror crashking for during practice at the circuit in italy. he had just set the fastest lap happened.this the dutchman suffered several injuries, including concussion, a fractured and right wrist. okay that is how sport is looking. back to london. >> thank you very much andy.

back.well that's the advice at buddhist in thailand.er way lie flying aircraft and birds have been advised to keep clear too, well, if you're confused, we explain why. reporter: each rocket sent to the skies is a message to the gods. they're not meant as aggressive symbols, but explosive gestures gratitude. some festivals in this region are about wishing for good luck what they hope will be a bountiful wet season for farmers. in northeast thailand is about saying thank you to the madefor answering prayers at a nearby buddhist temple. [speaking foreign language] translator: my prayers and wishes were answered. that's why i launched the rocket today. if you get what you want you launch a rocket to honor the gods and spirits. reporter: people pay almost $500

for someone to build them a rocket, but there are no qualified rocket scientists just secrets and techniques passed from generation to generation. for example, he is an electrician for most of the year. [speaking foreign language] like my familys business. askedle was the one who me to help him out and it's been eight years building rockets. once the festival is over, i go to my full-time job in bangkok. sizes of there are two rockets as well as the religious theme, there's a sporting side to it. prizes for the longest flight time with the winning larger rocket spending around area befores in the crashing back to earth, hopefully, in an uninhabited field. increasingly it's also become about gambling with money whether the rockets are launched smoothly or spiral out of control. smoke is choking, and it's dangerous. but people come in the

thousands. >> it's a frenetic scene here. there are hundreds of rockets launched over the course of the day. the largest of which are packed propellant ograms of propellant. [rocket roaring] reporter: safety doesn't appear to be a main priority, but everyone has a good time. take part say they are determined to preserve a festival where once a year an expert onmes flight and some really do become rocket scientists. hay, al jazeera, thailand. >> well, that concludes the news hour, but i'll be back with bulletin for you very shortly in just couple of minutes. stay with us. ♪ ♪