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>> armenians are a people in morning. this weekend, snap elections on by the crisis. i will have more later on in the program. >> and england and scotland fire blank at the european championship. a night of frustration at wembley as the game finishes in a 0-0 draw. ♪ maryam: hello, welcome to the newshour, and of course our top story, the final polls starting to close in iran, an extension for latecomers to vote in a presidential election that is set to put the country on a more conservative footing. ebrahim raisi is projected to win, but many are frustrated with the problems, and apathy is

likely to weigh on voters. some called for a bailout after some were excluded. >> it is a tale of two elections, a part of society that is disappointed the peelers to have stayed away from the polls. >> i did not vote, because i feel it is useless. the previous government came and made a lot of messes, and i know that this host will do the same. >> i did not vote, because when i wanted to vote for was disqualified, which is why i did not vote. >> and then there is those that are the faithful. >> i have been voting for 40 years. look at my id document, there's no more space for election stamps. today, i voted for mr. raisi. i hope him to -- i voted for him

to help the youth. no one has helped us. >> from the day we became eligible voters at 18, we have attended the election. this is proof we have voted in all elections, no room left for stamps. i voted for mr. raisi. >> there have been calls for a boycott, but the main factions have urged people to come out, and the supreme leader led the call by casting the first vote. it is not clear that it works. some go see a candidate they can vote for. others do not see a candidate they can vote for. many do not feel that the economy has been mismanaged. donald trump pulled out of the u.k. deal. unemployment and inflation are at an all-time high. the currency severely devalued. here in the south of tehran, everyone we spoke to voted said they have chosen chief ebrahim

raisi. he faces two conservatives, but several others were excluded. he has been the head of the judiciary since 20 19, is close to the supreme leader, and has support from hardliners. maryam: tell us, what are you hearing in terms of whether polling stations have closed in someplaces. we know voting has extended, but where does it stand now? >> an hour ago, though we were in south tehran, that police station closed in -- at midnight. but this one has been extended for another two hours, so until 2:00 a.m., and we have half an hour left. the people are at the door, by the way. we understand a final push by some, at least a moderate, to get people out in support of

hemmati, but it is not clear what the vote will be. the capital has about 8 million people here. as a country, there are 59 million eligible voters. there's many differences here. it is still very difficult to tell, but there is a final push, at least here in north tehran at this polling station, to get people out to vote. we have been asking why they came, turned of late, why they are voting now, and who they are voting for, and even here, is thick between raisi and hemmati. maryam: what are people's top concerns? you were speaking earlier about the frustration with the guardian callan c, a very powerful body that had discounted a whole range of reformists and moderate candidates. why are people upset about that?

what effect does it have on this boat? -- vote? >> people are upset because they did not see some of the people that they wanted to stand in this election being able to stand. there were a number of performances by candidates that were disqualified by the body. many people saw that as an attempt to make it easier for the judiciary chief, ebrahim raisi, to make it easier for him, to not have any real, prominent opposition against him, so it makes it easier for him to become president. in fact, the reformist candidate from the 2009 election, who has previously voted in elections, even under house arrest, he came out and said he was boycotting the election and said that this was an engineered election, so that is one of the reasons people have been upset. one of the major concerns we have come across when we have been speaking to people across iran is the economy.

people are just not happy at the state of the economy. yes, it has been hit by sanctions, but many people believe that president rouhani and his government have mismanaged the economy. maryam: thanks very much. as mentioned, ebrahim raisi is considered the front runner, but it is not his first bid for power. he stood for the presidency in 2017 but lost out to romani -- rouhani. he would be the first president sanctioned by the united states for his alleged role 30 years ago against prisoners. while officially not counting sides, the backing of the guard and the supreme leader. victory in the selection could possibly strengthen his position as a possible successor to the supreme leader. teresa joins us now from washington.

you have been speaking about ebrahim raisi's position in this election. he has been seen as the front runner. do we have to apply some caution to assuming his victory is a foregone conclusion? would that be a surprise? >> it could be a surprise commander have always been surprises in iranian elections. the ship of support for rouhani and 2014, it was quite stunning, and as your reporter reported, there is a higher turnout because people who are coming out and giving a protest vote turnout, that could lead to a situation in which raisi does not win in the first round. then in the second round, particularly if hemmati is the second candidate, this whole situation can change dramatically, because elements in the society that have been apathetic and have stayed largely at home, if they realize that they actually have a chance on unseating raisi, show their

power in opposition to the engineering of the house that people face, i think there is a likelihood they would come out and much longer -- larger numbers, but sufficient numbers today to drive this to a second round. maryam: this is an important point that if we do not see a candidate commanding the majority of those in the first round, there will be a runoff vote come a second round in this election, and that creates more uncertainty. >> absolutely. i want to make one point in regard to sanctions. it is quite fascinating to see that the hardliners who have been in control of the iran state tv have gone out of their way to blame the economic rules of the country, that are tremendous, on the rouhani government rather than on sanctions, even though it is absolutely clear that had it not been for the trump administration, had it not been

for these sanctions come of economic situation would have been dramatically different. iran was growing 5.6% per year prior to trump withdrawn from the nuclear deal, after which the iranian economy started contracting. we are not just talking about it slowing down, it started contracting. the only big difference there were the sanctions, which of course were amplified by covid. but the hardliners have worked hard and apparently accessible to pin this on rouhani rather than on the dramatic impact sanctions have had on the economy. maryam: right. why do you suppose they have taken that approach, blaming president has on rouhani as opposed to the pressure from western policy? >> it is quite interesting, because otherwise it would be very quick to blame the western policy for almost everything. it is precisely because, for a very long time now, they have been preparing the ground, knowing quite well that this election may not just be an

election for whom the next president is, but as you reported, it may well end up being also the election that will pave the way for the next supreme leader. as a result, it is critical they want to make sure conservatives are in control of the judiciary, of the parliament, was there now is, and also having the presidency, they set the stage to make sure the next supreme leader is also a conservative. maryam: we will continue to keep and i on the situation of what is happening in iran, where some polling stations are starting to close. we will chat a little bit later, but for now, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. maryam: you are with the news hour, live from london. much more still ahead on the program. there are fears the coronavirus delta variance could dramatically set back european recovery. there have been confrontations at the compound, occupying east you jerusalem. violence could still be heading out of the tournament. ♪

the palestinian health ministry is canceling a vaccine exchange deal with israel. israel had agreed to provide one million doses of pfizer jabs in return for an equal amount when palestine's own shipment arrived later this year. the palestinians assayed the israelis had an expiration date sooner than agreed upon, so it canceled the deal. the decision followed health inspectors findings that the vaccines did not meet their standards. >> after the medical technical teams receive the first package of vaccines, they did not meet the technical specifications we had agreed on earlier, and the decision was made. the deal was cancer -- canceled, and we will provide the vaccine

as early as possible. maryam: earlier, i spoke to director abbas, director of gaza 's hospital, about this. dir. abbas: this expired shipment of vaccination was not going to help anybody, one million 400,000 vaccines to be finished at the end of this month. maryam: can i ask, what do you in gaza need in terms of vaccination? can you give me an idea of your need, and the people that have been vaccinated already and how much more you need, in terms of some lies -- supplies? dr. abbas: well, we are over one million of population, so those come of the medical subjects and the professionals, this is

50,000, which is the total number out of 2 million. the israelis are still limping back through political means, as usual. maryam: when you say 50,000 have been vaccinated out of 2 million, this is a mechanism that exists for vaccination doses potentially out of the west bank out of gaza? dr. abbas: that shipment was a disaster, it was not a shipment. a shipment which is about to expire is not something i can use as a doctor to get to my patients, when it is expiring in a few days. we have no time, if you have the vaccine, which will expire in a few days, you cannot use it for one million people. maryam: no, i am just saying,

what mechanism -- i know obviously there is a blockade in place -- dr. abbas: we have supplies for the israeli authorities, either way they get permission. maryam: government across europe scaling back plans to ease restrictions of the delta variant of the coronavirus spread. jonah hull has more. jonah: the delta variant, first discovered in india, is making its home in europe. in britain, it is responsible for new infection numbers soaring past 11,000 in a single day and doubling every 11 days. hospital admissions are rising, though deaths remain low because of the success of the vaccine rollout means the elderly and vulnerable are protected, meaning the older adults tend to get it. in countries where the rollout

is less advanced, the effect is greater. 30% this week, prompting an extension of restrictions and a rebuke of public behavior from the kremlin. >> total nihilism and the low vaccination level are behind the surge. we cannot forget the cunning of the infection itself. only -- jonah: only 1/8 of the country has been vaccinated with russia's own sputnik v vaccine, retail, education, health care, and public transport to get the job first. elsewhere in the eu, where vaccines have escalated, restrictions are being used and holiday travel is back on in rojo -- in the hope of a post-covid summer. european football matches are drawing big crowds, but the delta variant may have other ideas come up with the leaders of france and germany warning

against complacency. >> we need to remain vigilant as far as the spread of mutations or variants are concerned. we can see this in great britain. i can only say we cannot behave as if the coronavirus pandemic is over. >> where people travel, so will the virus. the variant is present in 180 countries, and he could soon be the dominant global strain. many looking at the uk's experience as the perils of overconfidence. >> we are now asking 18-year-olds to come forward, so we are making huge, huge progress. jonah: the company that has trumpeted vaccine success loudest in europe is, for the moment, moving fastest in the wrong direction. jonah hull, al jazeera. maryam: with just weeks to go until the olympic games, top japanese medical experts say all

spectators should be banned. overseas fans of already been blocked from attending, but organizer hoping for a limited number of local spectators. one of the leading health advisors says having no fans is the least risky option. a final decision will be made next week. at least 11 palestinians have been injured in a confrontation with israeli forces in occupied east jerusalem. it happened after friday at the al-aqsa mosque compound. it is in opposition to the march that was held earlier this week. they were dim sitting against chance of "death to arabs" an insult made to israelis. a protest against an illegal settlement out post. his release -- israeli soldiers used tear gas. this marks a 40 year since the illegal occupation of east

jerusalem. >> protests had been called for, protests to the racist of chance by the israeli right wing nationalists on tuesday. a couple hundred did protest soon after friday's prayers in the mosque compound. there was a standoff with israeli forces. a couple of palestinians injured. the rest were then dispersed. we also had the usual friday protests in the occupied west nk. people in the village protesting against the expansion and the selloff of the illegal israeli outpost. this is an outpost that has really been expanded over the last month or so, early last month, palestinians protesting against it. they use olive groves they can

no longer access it. interestingly enough, this government, the israeli government is an eviction order against the outpost, or parts of it, at least, certainly today saying media reports is expanding faster than the government can keep up with it. it will be one of the main tests, early tests of this new government. of course, the president will encourage the settlers to leave willingly. and it will have to come down to the defense minister, benny gantz, to deal with it by force. maryam: al jazeera has seen a copy of the new u.n. report about children in armed conflict. syria's government, myanmar's military, and yemen to the rebels are among those named them about while israel is

criticized, it does not avoid the blacklist. >> this is always very controversial when it is published every year. it is a report on cesldren living in conflict zones. and as an annex for the list of those in countries in countries and armed groups responsible for maiming and killing children. in the report, there is certainly criticism of israel. talks about more than 1000 grave violations against children, and ace jerusalem, the west bank, and gaza. the report says, "the u.n. remains deeply concerned by the number of children killed and maimed and encourages israel to examine each case where live ammunition was used." that is the body of the report. you turn to the annex, which is supposed to be the blacklist provided every year to the security council, and israel is not listed on the blacklist. look to yemen, and their the feet rebels -- there the houthi

rebels are listed. the saudi led coalition reported for killing or maiming 194 children, but you will find that the houthis are in the annex on the blacklist, but the saudi-like coalition are not on that annex. the formal list, we believe, has now been circulated to the security council, is still private. it is published in the coming days, and the security council will discuss it in about 10 days' time. maryam: two children and five students -- to teachers and five students were rescued from ruggles. more than 80 students were taken and one female was found dead. this is the third mass kidnapping in three weeks. bandits often stage of duction's, seeking grandson -- ransom payments. we have more on police efforts to find the students.

>> the military made a statement in abuja, said that troops were chased outside the doctors, and during that process, they were able to force them to move the abducted to a site, and within that, the teachers and some of the students were on one side, and the large majority of the other students were on another side, so during that period they were also able to close in on them, and they let go some of the students, which is the five students and two teachers, and they are hoping that they will be able to close in and be able to rescue more of them. maryam: dozens of his followers have been arrested. tensions are high as he returned

10 years after being extradited for war crimes. in 2010, that then-president was charged over his referred -- refusal to concede defeat in the president or reluctance, sparking months of violence that left more than 3000 people dead. thousands of supporters lined the streets to celebrate the man who they call a hero, while others recalled the turmoil and bloodshed. we have more from abu jean. >> for fear of violence, but again, business activity is not as picked up as it used to be, because there are people who are current supporters of the situation, and they want to see how things progress. on the streets, there is relative calm, there's no reports on both sides. so many supporters of the

president, with the members of the ruling party said, incendiary remarks that kept causing friction. and the victims of the postelection violence are making remarks capable of stirring things up, so that is what is happening currently in abidjan and neighboring communities we were able to reach out to. maryam: you are watching newshour. more still ahead. >> i am tony chang. the fighting has forced more than 40,000 people to the border. maryam: later in sports, the french grand prix. we will be here with that story. ♪

>> hello there. the heat is on across the u.s., and those sweltering conditions are expected to last the weekend, particularly in central areas. this is the scene in berlin, germany, where temperatures rose 10 degrees above the average. sunshine and clear skies are expected to last through the weekend. you can see temperatures hitting 35 degrees in berlin, but the heat is also fueling those storms come and you can see them brewing across northwestern areas of spain into the west of france. here comes the rain for paris. storms felt across southeastern areas of the british isles, already seeing plenty of wet and windy weather this weekend for for austria, germany, and poland, the heat is certainly on. it is a similar story for belarus and the rest of russia, temperatures climbing, moscow at 30 degrees celsius.

we have the storms continuing. flood alerts remain for romania, and some of the showers touching into greece and turkey. but there is a change coming on sunday. we have got wetter weather moving into central areas. some of those showers will be felt across areas of germany. ♪ >> the goalkeeper from buenos aires, a home world cup was what dreams were made of. it turned into a nightmare of arrest and torture. footballing legend eric care to introduces one of the special few who stood up for their beliefs, whatever the cost. full bowl records, on al jazeera -- football records on al jazeera. >> i will be exploring the

contributions made by scholars during the spash period in the field of chemistry. >> they transformed alchemy into the fires of chemistry. >> many of them made it what it is today. >> wow. >> science and a golden age on al jazeera. ♪ maryam: welcome back. polls in iran's residential election are closing after an extension, both with the high line the judiciary ebrahim raisi

tipped to win it opposition parties calling for a boycott of the pole after several candidates were excluded. the palestinian health ministry is canceling a vaccine exchange deal with israel. palestinian authority saying the israeli vaccines had an expiration date sooner than had been agreed. and a new u.n. report, not yet been made public, names and shames countries and groups that have committed grave violation on children in war zones. it is syria's government whose rebels were on that list, but others were off. 3 million people forced from their homes in the last year, and that means more than 82 million people are now displaced worldwide. the un's as it is twice as many as a decade ago, and more than t 2000 of them come from just five unstable countries. syria, venezuela, south sudan, and myanmar.

it is the violence in africa that is causing the number to swell. new conflicts in a field we have -- in ethiopia and northern mozambique, 300 64,000 children have been forced to flee. many of them have become targets as attacks continue. earlier, i spoke to save the children's program manager where fighters have beheaded 215-year-old boy's. >> =-- two 15-year-old boys. >> we hear of stories of a lot of families that have fled the conflict. over 364,000 children have fled along with their families, so that totals over 700,000 individuals, and it is quite heartbreaking on the ground. the families don't have access to basic services. the situation of the conflict

have been traded from last years. you heard about the attacks. i can tell you that the families that have fled, especially particularly parents, are worried, they are scared over their children's well-being. they are worried that if they get kidnapped, they will never be able to get reunited with their children. this is deeply concerning for save the children, because no child should be subjected to such traumas, and no children -- no parent should ever constantly feel like they are in fear for the ones they love. maryam: and there's widespread displacement of hundreds of ousands of people, including many children, destruction, people have lost their homes, their livelihoods, then there has been this rise in violence, beheadings, abductions, and now we learn of the beheading of two young boys in the town of palma.

what testimony did you gather about this? >> welcome at the moment, what we had gathered is these two boys, who are just about 15, they had only been seeking one of their basic needs, and they have actually been killed for it, which is something that has completely traumatized us and deeply put us in a situation where we are not happy about what is going on. save the children is calling on all of the parties of the conflict to immediately cease this attack targeting in these locations across the area. >> obviously you speak to families, mothers, fathers, parents who are in overcrowded displacement camps where their basic needs are not being met. what do they say about the way in which their children have been affected, particularly those who might have their

children abducted? is there any effort to try and reunite families? >> absolutely. so save the children, among others, our first and foremost priority is to make sure that we identify how we can help, how we can support them in the best way possible. just yesterday, actually, and this is something that would be quite interesting for you, yesterday, while reuniting a mother with her long lost child, i had a privilege of witnessing a moment where a mother could not believe her eyes, seeing her sun right before her. was i,nd no one should ever goso through such situations. we are calling all of the parts of the conflict, immediately, stop targeting children. maryam: i am wondering if you can lastly give us an example or a case that stands out to you,

anyone that you might have spoken to at the camps. >> um, so one particular case was actually me walking through one of the camps, that a lot of humanitarian actors were coordinating to try to serve. it's a lot of people there and not enough resources among ourselves to try to accommodate that very basic needs. one of the situations where i was walking in this camp, and this is a camp very close to one of these schools that we are supporting at the moment, i was walking through the camp and a little girl ran to me and held my hand and said, "i want you to meet my brother, because he is the only one that is here that plays with me." and this is due to several situations where we find the children are not able to attend the schools, because they do not have enough access to these access to a basic needs thatough could impact these kinds of

services. so we call on everyone to be able to help us support the families on the ground and to help us reach the children, the basic education and programming services. maryam: communities of people in thailand are now banding together to help victims of myanmar's conflict. they are smuggling food and medicine to people who have been displaced, and many of those who escape the fighting are hiding in the jungle. al jazeera's tony chan is reporting now from the thai- myanmar border. tony: a single bird purchase, and oh man that means bad luck. but there's no time for superstition. they have to operate with no guarantees that aid will get

through. >> it is very difficult to get access to the displaced people. some of the eight workers were arrested, and some were destroyed and burned by the myanmar army. tony: the supplies are loaded onto a truck. this will be driven across the border. elsewhere, it must be carried by hand. one of the ethnic armed groups signed up for to a cease-fire in myanmar until the military coup in february. the a's aide is unloaded from the truck and taken to a makeshift jungle camp. it is the monsoon season, and conditions are tough. nonetheless, a steady flow of new arrivals. these people who have tracked through the jungle for three days from a township that has seen the fiercest fighting. but here, as elsewhere, covid protocols prevail. temperatures taken and masks worn. they must remain isolated for 14 days.

despite the conditions, however, everyone is grateful to be away from the fighting. >> we were sleeping in our house when the myanmar soldiers came near our village. we were very scared. we are not staying in the village anymore. >> the artillery hit our village late at night. we ran to the jungle to hide from the shells. tony: fighting has been fierce. myanmar's army has released the full might of the military machine. firing into civilian neighborhoods. troops have left a trail of destruction in the towns, and bodies littering the streets, many decompose beyond recognition in the tropical heat. some believe this is a deliberate policy to force them from their homeland. >> everything has very specific purposes, that is to drive people away from their homes, to

make it impossible for them to return. >> some people are daring to go back, but with so many homes burned or destroyed, there's a real concern the army's intention is to push people back into the jungle for long period s of time, or worse, to push them over the border here into thailand. they have taken in tens of thousands of refugees, as they did in the 1990's, with a forced a similar policy. that means these children could remain in the makeshift camps for months or even years, forced from their homes by a military coup, and they also have rob them of their future. tony, al jazeera, on the thai -myanmar border. maryam: a resolution to stop selling weapons to myanmar. it is also asked to release military prisoners. for months ago, the army

overthrew the government, triggering conflict with armed ethnic groups. they are not legally binding, though. the country's u.n. ambassador, who has distanced himself from the move, welcomed the move. >> we believe it will contribute to put pressure to stop their inhumane acts in myanmar and to @ farther consolidate the people's support of reconciliation in myanmar. maryam: more refugees at a bazaar in bangladesh, the world's largest refugee agency saying 880,000 rohan got, half of them children, lived there after being displaced from myanmar. since i fire in march, many people have been struggling to rebuild their homes, and others their lives. >> in seconds, a fire on a march

afternoon turned homes made of plastic sheeting and bamboo poles into ash. at least 15 people were killed and 500 injured. it was another trauma in a life full of them. the refugees living inside this camp in bangladesh. >> i was praying inside the mosque. i rushed toward my home, and i did not see my father and mother. they both died in the fire. >> the last few months have brought renewed misery. but it has also been tinged with relief. >> we suffered a lot, as my husband died in the fire. so much suffering. we are seeing in a plastic temporary shelter, where we faced hot water and rain. the whole family was staying in a small room. now, by the grace of god, we have a home, and i am very happy. >> an estimated 45,000 homes

were damaged or destroyed. now the monsoon season is here, and people are still trying to rebuild on land that is unstable. the fire burned sandbags and bamboo poles that were used to fortify the hilly terrain of what has become the largest refugee settlement in the world. most of these rohingya muslims fled myanmar at the beginning of 2017, hoping this would be a temporary refuge. >> i always think, how can i go back to my modern life? we are already helpless people. we do not understand what the myanmar government's plans are cared we do not have the strength to fight. we are asking the big heads of states of big countries to help us get back to our country. >> but with a military coup in myanmar in february, that displaced thousands more of their people, a return to their homeland seems a distant hope.

natosha deneng, al jazeera. maryam: people are heading to the polls and a snap election on sunday, but those are deeply wounded by war by y by azerbaijan. lori challenger reports from the area. >> the fighting may have completely stopped, but the war is not over. their 19-year-old sun is not home yet, and this, they are sure, is him being captured. since then, they are denied. >> these months need to much painted we have lost our faith in the government and the election. i will not participate. i will not vote.

we are far from politics, and all we want as our children. >> >> last week, azerbaijan released prisoners. in return, a map of landmines they won back last year. even though the land is disputed, azerbaijan still holds 62 perhaps 200 armenians it calls terrorists. prisoners of war's are one of the consequences of our manias -- armenia's defeat. >> losing war puts our society in a deep situation, but society feels more stressed when eminent humanitarian problems are not being resolved for the society. >> officially, 84 thousand armenians were killed or disappeared when azerbaijan took back territory lost to armenia during the first war over the

disputed area in 1994 p you get a sense of what armenia has lost. soldiers fell in last year's war. armenia is mourning its sons, fathers, brothers but also a sense of itself as a country. on the new borderlines, russian troops keep an uneasy truce, and armenians have been displaced from their homes, like azerbaijanis were three decades ago. >> i miss my house. every day i come here together time. i look at my house and i cry. >> the crisis has triggered early elections, two this weekend. candidates are blaming each other for the defeat. but this analyst says the real problems -- years of military overconfidence and squandered

international peace negotiations -- are being ignored. >> the absence of a diplomatic strategy, the failure of military lessons learned, none of these are being addressed by any candidate, neither from the opposition nor the government. no one has been able to articulate even what they would have done differently or what they will do differently if elected. >> armenia will soon have a new parliament, but how and if it can bring this country out of its torment is far from clear. maryam: police in hong kong have charged both the editor-in-chief and others of the "apple daily" with collusion. they were rounded up by police along with three other countries on thursday. reports of the arrest led to cues at newsstands to buy the latest edition of the paper.

the pandemic has severely impacted those who rely on tourism. in argentina, some of the women in these communities have spoken about how they have been coping. >> a town in the middle of the andes mountains in northern argentina. its famous hills of the seven colors formed by sea, lake, and river sediment. the town attracts thousands of tourists every year, but the pandemic changed at all. women here are used to sending their textiles to make a living. now, they are struggling to pay rent and are fighting eviction. >> for now, i am working here, but i have been asked to leave from this shop. i came to this town several years ago, and i am trying to sell my textiles and sustain my

14-year-old daughter. it has become very difficult. >> most of the women producing textiles come from indigenous communities in the province. marisela says she learned the art from her grandmother. it takes about six days from a batch for a weaver like marisel . there's no tourism these days because of the pandemic, and that is why weaver's are trying to find alternative ways to sell their crafts. that is how the market website was born, to sell handicrafts from around the world. the website is having an impact. >> the pandemic is very difficult, with a full lockdown in place. we did a meeting a few weeks ago, and people tell us exporting things will make a difference, from france and switzerland, and hope we we will be able to sell a lot more. >> women from indigenous

communities take their time to handcraft each item. the colors come from cabbage and dried insects. >> here we have our llamas and we have time to share the wall and work on it. we did not have to dye it. it is all natural and made by us. >> for people like victor ina, she is getting used to the new technology. >> we have been afraid of the new technology because we are not ready. they want to tell us they will deposit the money in the bank. i do not know if they will do it. we are also afraid of hacking and all those things. >> the pandemic is having an impact all across the country, but in remote regions, it is forcing people to adapt and use technology to survive. maryam: still ahead on the

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in scotland, fired a blank at europeans football championship. key chance ends at london's wimbley st stadium. andy richardson reports. andy: official requests for fans not to travel to the scanned have had minimal impact. thousands were in the capital for a match against historic rivals. >> why shouldn't i come down? >> i think we should, you know. >> i'm looking for another 1870 chevy, restored. >andy: wimbley stadium, the oldest international fixture. looking to build on a 1-0 win

are croatia, to an early opening gold. scotland looking to hit back after defeat against the czech republic, their best chance in the first half. england improved marginally after the break. chelsea's mason mounds one of the few players to leave a lasting impression. his colleague, reese james, also working. england are looking good in a place in the last scene, and scotland had a chance to reach the knockout rounds, going into the final group them against croatia. andy richardson, croatia. maryam: the other big game was between the czech republic and croatia. the check stryker patrick shake gave him his third goal of the

game, and they equalized at 1-1, and they were in danger of going out having just taken one point from the first two games. sweden all but fields a place in the last 15, 1-0, spain and poland are the other teams in this group, and they play each other on saturday. denmark midfielder christian eriksen has been discharged from hospital. it follows a successful operation just days after suffering a cardiac arrest. the 29-year-old labs on the pitch during denmark's opening game against finland on saturday. eriksen life was saved by cpr. he had a heart starter implanted.

uefa is set to host the final on july 11, but they say they have a contingency in place to switch venues. they will allow 40,000 spectators in for the knockout round. uefa is confident that will happen but do have some demand. they want traveling supporters from exempt of quarantine. the impact is being considered as a replacement. a change could happen. >> i think it is a possibility. uefa was hoping the stadium could pass, that it would be increased, if it went on, and the hope is that the semifinals and finals would be at 50% capacity, with more people in the group stages, so that was always the hope, but i think that from the virus and the spread of the pandemic being under control in june and july, and of course there has been a change in the circumstances with

u.k. with the restrictions is still in place for another month. it won't guarantee -- it wants guarantees from the english government, british government that the vip's, the heads of the football associations can attd games and wl not have to quarantine. this is uefa putting the british government on the spot and hoping to force the issue. maryam: brazil -- a perfect start to the coppola america. two wins. as a result, that keeps them top of group b. closing in on pele's national team record, which stands at 77, according to official fifa records. a match with venezuela was a fiery affair. while there were no goals, seven yellow cards and a red one. despite the 0-0 draw, the game is colombia's keep in.

the bucks head back and dominate six, chris middleton, giannis, adding 30 with milwaukee winning it 104-89. head of the french grand prix, the world championship leader setting pace despite this incident, which resulted in various parts of his car falling off. he won by four points. that is all your sports for now. it is now back to maryam in london. maryam: thank you, farrar. sold at an auction for more than 3.4 million dollars, this is a piece of artwork, that went on

10 times its estimate. the artwork is thought to have been painted in the early 17th century by an anonymous italian artist, but hacking spent decades trying to convince the world a version of mona lisa he owned was real and the one in the louvre was a forgery. >> a conviction. [laughs] we made our job, but definitely, for all suspicions worldwide now, it is not. the main thing for me is the image itself. it is the quality. we feel that the forgery is in the louvre. maryam: nice try. that is it for newshour. i will see you in a couple of minutes. ♪

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