has been killed. a debate rages on as to whether or not he is still alive. will hildebrandt takes a look at the man who has been called uncatchable. >> french security searches -- sources had called the man on catchable -- on catchable. his past the radicalism began in 19 when he traveled to afghanistan. where he lost an eye fighting with al qaeda. returning to algeria in the grip of civil war, he joins a militant armed islamic group the gia, and later the breakaway group for -- the gsp secret when the gsp seamers with al qaeda belmokhtar became known as mr. marlborough because of the lucrative trade he ran in running cigarettes. hostagetaking was a large source of financing his jihad. he was stripped of his status in 2012 when al qaeda leadership accused him of being too autonomous. in the next year a jihadist group known as the masked man brigade. it was in this world that he masterminded two suicide attacks. with an american bounty of $5 million on his head, belmokhtar left a year ago to hide out e

has sent military advisers to iraq but has ruled out deploying combat forces.ut there are a few soldiers who feel they should be on the ground fighting against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. but this time they're here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago they came to the north of the country as volunteers to help iraq's kurds fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. and they brought their experience with them. >> so you can guarantee that this field is laden with ideas. they utilize ghosts a lot what we call ghosts, hidden snipers. they could be in the trees or in the bushes. >> they are a small unit but the kurds here have welcomed any help they can get. and that is what these former soldiers say they want to do. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. i saw a lot of the atrocities happening villa the news, the beheadings and slave trade. i found a group that would help facilitate the travel that's the group that i used to get here. >> since t

has grease drawn that cash down or not? if there has there is no money for grease. if it hasn't perhaps there is some more money. of course, this is a drop in the ocean relative to the issue of grease grease's perhaps insolvency. we were, of course it has to make another repayment on tuesday, the 30th of june which if it feels to do will technically be in default. what's also emerged today is angela merkel the german chancellor is going to hold talks with the leaders of parliamentary counsel, her chance lori. and the reason that is important important. but there is an argument that says that if there is a binding, long-lasting resolution finally to greece's debt crisis t will have to be voted on also by the german parliament and other parliament, and it is questionable indeed whether there would be a majority in favor of such more money for greece from the german parliament. hence, the importance of the meeting tomorrow for mrs. mrs. mrs. merkel to try to see if there is any form of consensus. she has a could al list witness social democrats and with her own party w

goodwill has somewhat evaporated. amy: that is the european commission president jean-claude juncker. can you respond? costas: he wants to seem he is above the dispute and bring the sides together, but later in the speech he basically attacked the greek government, lying to the people on what the terms were. he claimed there was not a proposal to cut greek pensions. so, there is an element of hypocrisy there and we also have to keep in mind that he was the prime minister of luxembourg, which has been a tax haven that has undercut the finances of other european nations and might've contributed to the debt crisis he wants to resolve. amy: on monday greek prime minister alexis tsipras responded to critics who say greece could be pushed out of the euro zone. prime minister tsipras: the cost of default to the european central bank alone of 120 billion euros is enormous and this will not happen in my view. my personal view is their plan is not to push greece out of the eurozone, but the plan is to end hope there could be a

the mers outbreak has claimed 20 lives with 162 people infected. >>> protesters in hong kong has been debating it's reform plans. hundreds gathered outside of the parliament building, and object to the pre-scening and selection of candidates. two dates after omar al-bashir avoided arrest inside africa, he has yet to comment on the. we have a mixed reaction from the people there. >> on the streets of khartoum it is business as usual for the sudanese people. the president was nearly arrested in south africa. >> if he should be put on trial to aaccount for his deeds, it should be in sudan by the sudanese people. >> it's on fair. those calling for the rest of our president and want to destabilize our country. >> the >> he was allowed to leave the country despite an order calling for him to remain. a defiant bashir was greeted by supporters. they have called what happened in africa. >> we say that the international criminal court has been nearly completed in africa by the refusal of all african states to implement its decisions decisions. >> for the opposition it's a humiliation that could

the top seed left but he has now gone out the american has to fight back from a set down he has reached and in good form ahead of the slam on grass starting on monday, you h find out who he plays on friday, and marcus also thrown in as well. in golf, hahs year's runnerup in the bmw munich is in a tie for the lead german martin looks to be in a terrible position on the 9th but avoidedded getting wet and dropping the shot he ended the round 11 par. he still set up a birddy, and also carting a first round of 65 where jensen and daniel joined them at the top of the leader board with his perfectly waited pants. >> danny pedrosa set a lap record, in the netherlands. despite having a poor season but he put down a marker in free practice. world champion mark marcus was second quickest. tour de france organizers have changed the vote of one of the stages following a landslide in the french alps. the length of 110.5-kilometers remains uneffected, the tour starts july 4th, in the netherlands. finally, coast slow has won it's first medal in the european games with athletes unable to compete under t

that is the first time it has down sized since 1970, mcdonalds currently has more than 14,000 stores across the country. the vatican has published pope francis' letters on the environment. now the head of the church is taking the view that humans are behind climate change and government should do more. reports from the value can on how the prayers of environmentalists have been answered. pope francis called for dramatic changes in lifestyle, and consumption to prevent what he called the urn precedenteddy traction of the ecosystem. and accusing governments of not doing enough to tackle the problem. the pope's unprecedented stance is announced as prayers to environmentalists. >> it is important that the pope says climate change carries an ethical and moral burden. we agree, it is an ethical issue because it effects the poor, who are also those that bear less responsibility, the pope's call for action will have an impact on the 1.2 billion catholics around the world, but we also hope that it will push politician to act while pope francis based the conclusions by the finding of the inter

a city it has -- that has earned billions over the years. >> europe's largest bank is undergoing massive restructuring. hsbc says it plans to cut up to 50,000 jobs worldwide. the job cuts are part of an a stare drive it has been going on for years. in 2010, the work force numbered 295,000. the work will be down to 200-8000 after this latest bloodletting. the first step is cutting to 5000 jobs by selling off the turkish units. 20,000 more jobs are to be asked -- axed in i.t. the restructuring was implemented by stuart gulliver. he said due to the 2008 financial crisis, major banks like hsbc have to it here to greater regulatory control. hsbc is forced to pay huge fines to settle various scandals and litigation. sarah: apple is looking to strengthen its grip on the music industry. it is called "apple music." brent: jimmy ivey announced the product at the software development conference in san francisco. it will allow subscribers to stream live radio station. it is about time. it the market has been expecting apple to get into the music streaming business for a long time. >> apple is hardly

>> it has been -- richard: it has been a really intense supreme court term. on the death penalty, there is a case centered on a particular cocktail used in the lethal injection method of execution. there were a couple of botched executions where it took an hour and 40 minutes to execute a prisoner. there is a case looking at that to see if it is legal or not. and the flagship case of the whole term, gay marriage is really attracting the greatest level of attention. now legal in 37 states across the country, whether or not that should become the law of the land. sarah: you will be a busy man in the coming days. thanks a lot, richard. again, the chilly stream of winning on american soil is still alive. the victory has been overshadowed by the red carding of the uruguay star striker sent off for reacting. his provocation was decidedly below the belt. >> fans poured out to celebrate the win. the festive mood contrasted with a bad tempered match itself. it was after the hour mark when he appeared to strike him. but he was reacting to him putting his hand where the

the consumption has gone down, consumer demand has gone down, investment has simply disappeared. all sorts of investment that were planned for this year have now been put on hold both domestically and foreign investors. the result has been that what could have been a 2.3% growth this year has turned into a recession. greeks aren't willing to face that again after a quarter of the economy has disappeared. they have come here in order to tell the government to start communicating with creditors and give them hope that there is really going to be a deal before next tuesday which as my colleague phil lavelle pointed out really is the ultimate deadline when the bond to the international monetary fund expires. >> john siropolous, thank you very much indeed. still ahead on al jazeera the taliban launches a brazen attack on the afghan government. plus. >> one of the most dangerous countries in the world. losing the battle against crime. right now. >> unlivable wages... >> you can work very hard and you will remain poor. >> what's the cost of harvesting america's food? >> do you see how i

the language long awaited peace deal has been find. it hopes to end decades of unrest but fails to give the autonomy that was wanted and persuading people to accept the deal has not been easy. >> they have repeat lid said their goal is an independent state. now they're here to convince their people to accept much less than that. it's leaders between and taureg rebels have a tough time ahead. >> these are the leaders who announced the independent republic three years ago. several months later in burkina faso they signeded deal waiving their claim of independence. but mali's government failed to even discuss the self-rule demand. it would only allow local leadership. most we talk to in this meeting are dissatisfied. >> it's clear that we've been forced to sign this agreement. but i don't see a single point in it that serves our interest. it is not good for the people. it's not good for our leaders either. the year-long negotiations involving ten rounds of talks have been watched closely in that camp. however, of its estimated 50,000 popu

inknow he has -- i know he has expertise around housing.sing but his expertise seem to expand beyond affordable housing. i would love to see him continue his work on the committee. >> thank you supervisor yee. supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. thank you for your nice remarks about peter cohen. i'm in agreement with you. he is a smart and dedicated person. i think he will continue to be dedicated whether he's on this body or not. i think it was supervisor avalos said that the body has been politicized. which is why i'm proposing that we support the alternative candidate clinton. largely looking to interrupt the politicalization of this body and i do believe that peter will continue to serve the community. he is not the only game in town. mr.loftman has demonstrated a deep knowledge of community as well as economic development. he worked with many low income communities and has a broad experience of hud consolidated planning process. that's a really important point that hasn't been my experience with peter. that is also a requirement

it has to go to congress.he july 9 when a new understanding is reached in washington, this deal has to pass with their houses in the united states in order for barack obama to say that it is a done deal. some say that is the real deadline. they may not need seven days, or five days, or three days, but they want to give it enough time so that the deal goes to the respective capitals, every fine detail is gone over, then it goes back to the capitals in front of the u.s. senate. laura: thank you. the u.s. and cuba will announce tomorrow their reopening embassies in washington and have anna. -- and havana. it is a step of reviving diplomatic ties. still to come, 15 years later we go to bangladesh to see if the anti-poverty targets are being met. two people have died after oil was used to set a person on fire in japan. >> this is the scene inside the bullet train after a man set himself on fire the passengers are struggling to escape. almost overcome by the thick smoke. >> i saw the flames coming up from the front.

russian military has long denied it has been helping separatessist fighters there but al jazeera has found evidence of a russian troop build up and military maneuvers in the area. charles stratford send this report from close to the russia-ukraine border. >> russian military equipment on a train close to the ukrainian border. al jazeera has no way of verifying with these vehicles are being moved to or from. the equipment includes armored personnel carriers, medical supply vehicles and tanks. the russian military insignia and number plates have been removed or seemingly printed over. we'll drive out of town to where we heard there was a makeshift military camp. we noticed clouds of dust over an area that looked like a farm. large military vehicles were moving in convoy along the traps. around ten kilometers behind me is the border of russian ukraine. the reason why there are so many troops in the area is because it's conducting military exercises and categorically denies that it's troops have been fighting along side separatist fighters along the border. there have been bases in this

one, it has to show visibly that it has taken this very seriously.this is very important and it has to be done immediately. secondly the result to losses like this is to let employees go and to lay people off. this is something that the government has to do all it can to ensure that this does not happen. tunisia has enough of a problem with unemployment, so it's really important that it not let this happen, not create more hungry mouths that might turn to some terrible alternatives to address the situation. and then the situation was once towards them, in the social economic situation is addressed immediately, then tunisia can embark on a marketing campaign to help the world see tunisia is like 99% of the year, which is it's a safe place and very enjoyable place. >> we're going to have to leave it now thank you so much for joining us. and we're going to go straight to brussels where the president of the euro group is holding a news conference, let's listen in. >> the strengths and the preservation that have strength called the monetary union coming u

sweatshirt that has markings. i would point out that the vehicle that you'll see has a very distinctive front license plate. >> officials left no doubt they consider this a hate crime. >> the only reason someone could walk into church and shoot people operating is out of hate. the only reason. >> overnight officers blocked streets and warned people to stay indoors or away from the downtown area as the search for the shooter went on by ground and by air. >> these people were in church. they were in church! and they violated the sanctity of that. >> they had no doubt race played a role in this tragedy. >> well, it's obvious. >> it's obvious that it's race. what else could it be? you got a white guy going into an african-american church. that's choice. >> despite their beliefs of a racial motivation in this shooting, those same pastors urged you are calm today. the area is still raw after the shooting by a police officer of unarmed arthur scott. there will be a prayer vigil held. >> hard morning, thank you so much, w

the european commission has confirmed it has received a new proposal on fiscal targets and debt reliefm essence -- from athens. alexis tsipras said a deal would be possible if creditors dropped demands linked to pension cuts. on monday, youngest verify case -- yanez very fact this said it is time to stop when the finger and called on the german chancellor to visit its country -- to visit the country and bring it some hope. >> hope does not have to be technical. it would something mark a sea change, a break with a fast -- with the past five years, new loans on unsustainable debt, punitive austerity that diminishes our incomes. who should deliver the speech of hope? i think it should be the german chancellor. [applause] >> let's look at some of the other stories making headlines. the french government has launched its latest efforts to combat high unemployment. the prime minister says small enterprises will receive a cash incentive of 4000 euros for hiring their first worker. company's will be allowed to renew short-term contractors -- short-term contracts more than once. first, -- the a

so may be brussels but a lot has to happen. one side has to give.ing to be a banking side to the story. and i mean banking lines in athens in greece. gy? guy: hans nichols in luxembourg ahead of the euro area finance minister starting around 2:00. i'll expect there will be commentary. you will start to see headlines. to be honest we have a strong sense of how that meeting is going to go. we are joined by a chief economist and ed robinson, the author on a piece detailing the relationship between greek finance minister and his german counterpart. not exactly the greatest of relationships. these two have butted heads. you've hung out with varoufakis. you get a sense they are not going to change that. ed: they each represent polar opposites in the way they look at the economics, the fiscal policies of the euro area. and neither side will bunch. with scheaeuble it is all about the rules. this was an agreement that the prior government signed on to. you need to stick to those rules, and they are working in other countries. spain, ireland, they worked in g

has not tried before?they were not able to achieve what they wanted to, which is to turn back isil. they will increase the coordination among the forces fighting isil, and also as your report mentioned get more sunnies in the fight because there have not been that many sunnies on to date. you mentioned the sons of iraq program back in 2007-'08. there were sunnies armed and fighting at that time against al-qaeda in iraq. i don't know that you'll get numbers like that, but this latest move is really aimed at those two things. >> and since those days, of course there have been complaints from some of the ethic groups of ethnic groups of exclusion. there are complaints for things like the anti-terror laws still being used as an instrument for persecution. little accountability for shia militia abuse state institutions remaining infiltrated by shale shahs which have committed atrocityies. should the u.s. be focusing on pushing the iraqi government in being more inclusive and dealing with kurds and sunnies rathe

. >> reporter: well as you may know, europe has a cultural capitol every year now south asia has decidedve one as well. so it's a real queue that they have decided that this should be the first one. in many ways this is a largely symbolic naming as a cultural capitol, because there is major security concerns. this weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration. we're also expecting some south asian high officials and ministers to come here to sell operate it as well but we have just heard from local officials that they won't be coming because of those security concerns, and that's the real issue and challenge for afghanistan, and the issue is how can they secure the country to be able to receive foreign tourists here to create a tourism industry. >>> all 500 national congressional seats are up for grabs in mexico. and independents are being allowed to run for the first time. >> reporter: question what will a footballer a clown, a reality tv star and a vigilante have in common? answer they are all candidates in mexico's midterm

the ruling party has won every election since it came to power in 2002. the chp has a problem.ed to win enough votes to form a government for the last 65 years. and at the last general election the parties won only -- around 26% of the vote. people are not sure about the party's positions. some analysts believe the party still needs to address some of its core beliefs such as secularism. >> it only appeals strongly to a segment of the voters and the chp has to become a mass party that can appeal to -- that can get votes from all segments of turkish voters. >> reporter: the other main opposition, the nationalist movement is stelazine by many as ultra nationalist and opposes a peace process with the kurds. they are unlikely to win the election but hope their popularity will increase and they'll have more seats in parliament. >>> robin will be here with all of the latest fifa developments shortly. do stay with us after the break here on the al jazeera news hour. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. time for all of the sport now, here is robin. >> shiulie thank you very much. south africa have denie

has this crack down on extravagance there has played out when it comes to this?n't seem to have. our sales abroad -- our sales abroad gaining? reporter: we are not seeing that. across technology, manufacturing services, new millionaires being added to the wealthiest every year. they are looking to diversify and grow overseas. and australia particularly, its proximity to china is very good. it's still relatively cheap, the exchange rate is favorable. by avery new home built foreign investor, for new homes are added to the supply chain. has the slowdown in the property market in china itself right now also affected what is going on with your business as people don't want to get invested in a country which they may lose money and? reporter: we don't see that. people are risk-averse. buy international property, they already own properties in china. they want to invest in properties overseas and they want to make sure they are risk-averse locations. they could do so in the qualified investor program. there is a plan to extend that in cities. the proposal is in draft f

it has been a tool, but it has not worked.: i would tell your viewers to take a look at the paper out of the san francisco fed where they look at the experience and switzerland and they highlight the increase in excess reserves and the extent to which that lowered yields and how that helped the economy. look, q.e., all these programs they did not work as well as we thought. but we can see the results on both sides of the atlantic. in the u.s. we presumed -- purser -- pursued an aggressive policy. europe had the same amount of fiscal tiling. our unemployment is declining. brendan: we are going to take a look at next at whether the fed should watch the markets or the people. this is bloomberg "surveillance ." ♪ tom:tom: good morning, everyone. i going on in the markets if you look at greece, greece. greece spread in 56 basis points. that is a big two day move a celebration on greece. vonnie: greece's two year yield, 21%. eurozone leaders agreeing that greece is finally getting serious. alexis tsipras can he finish the job? he ha

been in solitary confine men for 43 years has had his release delayed.was supposed to walk free a few hours ago a federal court said it was wrong to put him on trial for a third time, and the attorney general wants a retrial and has convinced a appeals court, to keep them in court until friday. >>> now, more from new orleans. >>> albert wood fox is 60-years-old and, he was convicted of killing a police guard, and he was a part of the black panther party that was formed inside the prison, they formed that black panther party to protest and be vocal about some inhumane conditions inside the prison, and for that reason he and many supporters believed he was kept in solitary confine men, he was convicted twice and, they were overturned, and just yesterday a federal judge, decided that he should be released. and he could not get a fair third trial if they were to try him again, and he just felt it was time for the court to just be done with this case and, let him be free. and we know, that the court of appeals came back, and said that there should be a stay i

the stock has doubled this year. jack ma has his eyes set on hollywood.y: hollywood has an eye on china as well. interesting. let's check in on a trading. let's head over to sydney where this is a live look at the opera house and we see some losses from earlier in the day. still a half of a percent down. .5%. there is a battle against -- right now. many infected with mers right now. in hong kong, it was disappointment, over the weekend we do not see cuts and that is weighing down on chinese shares today. s h i also down. some fluctuations in the market the latest on the opening after this short break. ♪ sherry: asian shares and itthe euro falling out the latest rounds of greece and negotiations collapse after 45 minutes. the european commission says there is no change between what creditors are demanding and what greece is prepared to do. the focus now turns to a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers on thursday. everyone from chinese firms to hong kong tycoons are scrambling to get a piece of the next major ipo in hong kong. conglomerate legend holdings

erik: what has been easier in what has been harder? >> when we got involved with the company, we realized quickly -- every board member worked inside a restaurant. every single board member took a restaurant. how undercover boss of you. manager,ing with a walking around, i was waiting on tables, greeting guests, serving food in the kitchen. all of us did that. it was amazing. we felt how are we going to be able to make good decisions in the board room without really knowing what is happening inside the restaurants? one of the great things we learned is that the restaurants are doing a great job. the employees are doing a great job. caring a lot. it's making sure we give them the best tools to succeed for everyone. what we wanted to do, on the upside you say the restaurants are great, the employees are working great, how can we make sure that we are providing the best opportunity for success inside the company? that means improving the menu, coming up with better items that are focused on our core guest, improving the marketing. stuff?h

and computer code has made absent -- has made appearances in movies and television.ll look at how code has portrayed throughout the years. tension is rising in the drama over greece. a meeting of euro area finance ministers stopped without no agreement. chief managing director, christine lagarde, says there will be no grace time if greece fails to make a payment by the end of the month and the nation will immediately be considered in default. the german chancellor today said there is still time to reach a deal. chancellor merkel: i'm still convinced that where there is a will, there's a way. if local leaders in greece show the will, and agreement is possible. let's get more insight on what these latest developments mean for the future grace. joining me now is the managing director of sovereign risk at moody's. and from santa monica, california, the former degrees -2000 sevenfrom 2004 and is currently vice president international at the rand corporation. we talk a lot about what is going on with greece, but how the movement began to roll back some of these austerity m

what has that been like for you as a couple? >> it has been a rough-fought battle. we have been condemned for it. we have faced a lot of ridicule but, you know, we succeeded and we won. >> how much do you think this court decision -- how much of a role will it play in changing attitudes in places that still don't accept, you know gay rights or gay marriage? >> well i think since it's the law of the land now, i think things will change. for the better i think things will look up for everybody. >> what does in mean as far as your future? what will you do differently? how will this effect you on a practical level day-to-day? >> i now can go ahead and give john what he needs in the future if something happens to me and we can have a better life together. >> all right. jim and john thank you for joining us with your perspective. again, you are looking live at the white house. we are expecting president obama any moment to give his reaction to this supreme court. let's go back to adam may outside of the high court. he is taking in reaction. greg and michael are the plaint

he has died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack in prison.e became the foreign minister in 1983 during the iraq iran war. when saadam invaded kuwait in 1990 he was supported by his deputy. al jazeera's kim vinnell looks back at his life. >> reporter: for many he was the best-known face of saddam hussein's regime. traveling the globe, meeting world leaders, he defended his boss's policies at every turn even after the gassing which killed some 5,000 kurds, he deflected the blame. >> reporter: according to the information i have it was the iranians, it wasn't iraq. >> reporter: he is a christian and came to the party in the 1950s. by the time they came to power in iraq in 1968, the former english teacher was already a prominent figure. in 1970 he was named inform minister. in the '80s he became foreign minister tasked with strengthening diplomatic relations between baghdad and washington. [ explosion ] >> reporter: but when saadam ordered the invasion of kuwait in 1990 he had to face the world and condemned arab leaders for not standing up to th

has said something that has come out of the events that has caused him to resign, he is gone, and at long last we can sort out fifa, we can go back to luking at those two world cups. we will talk about which ones he was referring to. the amount of money that was said to have been paid and then suddenly we have blatter bowing to pressure, or simply saying wow, it is not for me. >> very dark days about since months ago. where mr. garcia, the investigator into the awarding of the 2022 world cups the american lawyer said i can't do this, my report is not as it should be. i am going, there was a lot of pressure on sepp blatter and a lot of people calling for him to stand down like never before. he came through and reclaimed himself reenergized. it starts with a rate, and the fbi the external pressure we have always wonder willing ex-personally they would get to fifa, because internally, he had all that support. you talk about a situation where they were shown over this alleged bribe in enter 20/10/10. secretary general said i had nothing to do with it, and it was shown that a letter was s

it has economy. for the secretary-general and his team to be investigating these abuses, to be sending people home and calling these member states, to investigate and build on some of the internal studies. nobody likes studies for their own sake, when you find a country has not prosecuted a person who has violated a child who has relied on that individual for protection, you call that country out. mr. yoho: outcome back to that, because that is where want to go. now to a ran, -- now to iran what was the purpose of that whole negotiation? what were we trying to prevent? ambassador power: the negotiation or the sanction? mr. mr. yoho: in your mind, what are you trying to accomplish -- what are we trying to accomplish? -- iran has enough the temple -- has enough material for its own clear bomb. henry kissinger said that. we are beyond that. i do not see how we can support this agreement. i would think sections should be back in place. he said president obama has snapped back with his pen. do you have ex

ukraine has agreed on. and only next week, and seven or eight days, there are payments to pressure which is crucial. this is a message from the prime minister and the message to moscow. anchor: financial and military pressures for kiev. thanks very would -- much for now. anchor: a stadium in pristina has become the site of the next ordinary art installation commemorating the anniversary of the end of the kosovo war in 1999. anchor: it is called thinking of you and it is a poignant tribute to the thousands of albanian women who were rounded up and raved by the serbia militia during the conflict. reporter: world -- row up oon row of dresses. some feature better messages. i have a bitter story. this was a fraction of the number raped. >> maybe 4000 or 5000 skirts which is the reality of how many women were raped basically. the reality is 20,000 but this is how much the stadium can take. and being hit by the real number of the skirts of these women. reporter: there are no official statistics on the number of vi

and iraq has been strained of late. the u.s. has accused iraqi army of not has the will to fight.raqis say that is not fair. >> iraq needs more support and needs the g 7 to support iraq financially and to bridge the debt gap. >> the meeting between the prime minister and u.s. president barack obama and germany is supposed to be a review of what is happening in iraq. here in the call in the capital this side line meeting means very little. what people are worried about here rising food prices, energy and electricity. iraq's deficit and it's budget influenced every single decision it makes from fighting isil to paying government salaries, all of which have a big impact. the real question, however s how much can the g 7 help? al jazeera baghdad. >> politicians from country borderering libya are trying to come up with a plan. they say stability in libya would reduce illegal migration to europe. they also said that libya must form an unity government. >>> well, n the last hour migrants have been arriving in italy after being picked up from make-sift boats while trying to cross from afr

listen to what he has to say.fink: a more divergent world that is going to create more instability worldwide, and that is the next five years. we are going to have action by the federal reserve. i think it will be september. i think it will be the beginning of a long, slow normalization, and then i think by january or february, we will see the bank of england following up. fink has notin, wavered from that september. a lot have been changing expectations based on the data. all of that said, just like the other headlines here, he says he does like stocks. he likes european equities for the past month. he says do not fall in love with them, because he also likes chinese and japanese equities. he is, quote, not frightened. inhibited, the fed he says, by the value of the u.s. dollar. the author says he thinks the and reserve should ask why the consumer is not to me right now. we definitely have seen them consumption numbers, most particularly the spending numbers yesterday for the month of april showing no change. bas

he has done that effectively but he has not had that connection, he has never been a terrific campaignerthis is a real test to show he could get that energy and excitement back. host: when he announces tomorrow, what changes for his campaign? guest: most important way, he cannot coordinate with his super pac. the amount of money you will be able to raise, a lot of it has been through the super pac that has the ability to raise unlimited amount of donations from supporters. once his campaign begins, his campaign cannot coordinate with the super pac. mike murphy will be the head of the super pac and it will be an ahead -- a separate sphere. the super pac will play a big role getting his message out there. mike murphy is close with jeb bush but ultimately, that will hamper activities taking place at this point. host: what are the money totals right now? how much will he announced he has versus hillary clinton? guest: when you add up all the committees you will likely get close to an hundred million dollars. a sizable sum of money, more than hillary clinton at this point in the game. there h

that has the upper hand it's i.s.i.l.t is expanding, the central government is on defensive and on defense of baghdad and that for survival is pushing them to say down what for now we will side with that which is basically winning or that side which is really clear or that side that is stead fast. >> so you will have a situation where shia malitias go to areas to retake control and coming up against sunni tribes who pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. and it will make tensions explode in iraq. >> we saw it in tikrit and when it took tikrit from i.s.i.l. what have they don't? revenge killings started. cleansing of sunnis from parts and destroying others and killings started. so these people feel that if the central government comes supported by iran supported shia malitias they are going to be punished if you will for being sunni anti-government and so on and so forth so i think in the end of the day what we are having and happens with all civil wars that reach this stage, the humanzation begins and dehumanization continues and

this is a message that she has sent to this group of supporters one that has been received. >> i guess it's obvious why she would choose to give that speech in new york. she was in the senate representing the. >> hillary clinton has long looked to the presidency of eleanor roosevelt for many of the policies that she and her husband has championed for many years. it's that imagery in mind, the fact that this is a president who has lifted americans out of the great depression is something she hopes to repeat if she becomes president. she'll remind many working class americans that the economic recovery of recent days that these are the things important to her. >> hillary clinton is still speaking we'll check in with you over the next few hours to know what she said. kimberly halkett live for us in new york. thank you. >> u.s. officials say hackers linked to china appear to have accessed sensitive information on intelligence and military personnel in a second breach of government. last week it was revealed that the data of 4 million people may have been compromised. john terrett reports.

power has been u.s. ambassador to the u.n. since 2013. in that time she has faced some of the biggest crises, from the fight in syria to ukraine's civil war. what people need to do to face major threats and protect the world's most vulnerable people. >> before you served in the obama administration, you were a well-known journalist, you wrote books of wars in places like bosnia and rwanda and iraq, never again can this happen, we have a responsibility to protects the people. but i put it to you in syria it is happening again 220,000 people dead and that's a conservative estimate because no one's even counting the dead. what do you say to that? >> well, every policy maker has to look at the tools they have and make a judgment about what can you do about the horrors we're seeing in iraq and syria. in syria where the assad regime has terrorized its people, gas attacks, barrel bombs horrors that are unprecedented at least the combination of those crimes. the judgment that president obama has to make is, okay

has there. -- training capacity the u.s. has there.david. >> jamie putting forward air controllers on the ground in iraq to try to help, essentially try to show the iraqi military that there's more the u.s. can do. last that thought or plan changed at all given concerns so many in congress about iraq not having confidence itself? >> no, it hasn't changed. and it's because of one thing: the risk of u.s. casualties. because it's not just those spotters ton ground but the u.s. troops that would have to protect them and that would shift the u.s. into a combat role. the u.s. is not ready to do that although i've talked to a wide array of air power experts they all agree that if you put forward air controllers spotters on the ground you could greatly increase the effectiveness of those air strikes. right now not something the pentagon is considering. >> jamie mcintire, rorkt from reporting from the pentagon thank you. >> james vogel what can be done to tbich the iraqis more confidencegive the iraqis moreconfidence in their own military, neve

the african union has done something it normally doesn't do. it says it won't recognize these elections. it didn't evenly send election observers. it may mean that african officials are trying to distance themselves from president pierre nkurunziza. despite a constitutional limit of two presidential terms and weeks of violent protest over his intention to run for a third term in office. bracing for a potentially contentious contentious battle. haru mutasa, al jazeera beuj arebujumbura. >> uber car service in paris protests and puerto rico says it cannot pay its debt. >>> lee will have more later in sport. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et

that fire has caused $5 million in damage.efighters are also working to control a smaller fire burning in southern california and two near lake tahoe and the see area nevadas. >>> coming out in cuba. gay rights activists get support from an unexpected ally. >>> plus genetically modified mosquitos, is it a way to get rid of the insects. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >>> an al jazeera journalist is now out at custody in germany. he walked out of the justice center in berlin after being held for two days. he was arrested while on his way to qatar. he was convicted and sentenced in absentia on charges he allegedly tortured a lawyer, but they decided there was no validity in the extradition request. >> i extend my thanks and appreciation to the honest honorable judges of germany. and i appreciate your support. >> well, demonstrators have been gathering outside of the building where he was being held, demanding his release. al jazeera rejects all charges against him, and says it is pleased this mistak

all of this has hit south korea's tourism industry. >> translator: there has been a big drop in the numberf tourists coming in. this would hit more than 50% of our business. if it goes on i might have to consider shutting down. >> reporter: south korea is far from a nation in panic, but this deadly little underdisease is playing on the mind. for now south koreans are hoping that after a slow start, the government has caught up enough to slow and stop the spread of mers. >>> we learned today that a pilot who crashed a germanwings plane into a mountain apparently reached out to dozens of doctors before the crash. investigators say he intentionally downed the plane in march killing all on board. >>> the search for possible serial killer. there has been another murder in colorado. >>> plus one year later, and one texas town is still dealing with a migrant problem. >>> you can see some of the damage in colorado as seven tornados swept into different parts of the state last night. destroying or damaging dozens of homes. more severe weather is expected today, including possible flash floods. so f

but each party has pre-conditions, and there has been little or no progress. the houthis and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh say that the saudi-led strikes must stop. they insist they must stop shelling the cities. the saudi-led coalition said they'll stop bombing the houthis and allies once they pull out of the cities they control. in the meantime, the united nations envoy is on the offensive. he has only a few days left to salvage a deal. if yemen's rivals fail to make progress fighting will continue, and the humanitarian crisis will get worse with every passing day. the sanaa bombings might put more pressure on the parties gathering in geneva to solve yemen's crisis to face more instability that might play into the hands of al-qaeda or the islamic state. hashem ahelbarra al jazeera, geneva. >> members of the u.s. congress have challenged the obama administration to say where there are no grounds troops policy is the correct approach in the fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. rossroslind jordan explains. >> small victo

this has also become a major source of fruits. these organic dates are exported abroad creating jobs and money for the community. >> we need to stop this irrational exploitation. chopping down trees in the desert. if there is no common consciousness and vision then the solutions we have won't be enough. >> the people of this town have then that it's possible to survive this harsh environment. their dream is other communities follow their example before the expanding desert destroys more land. al jazeera houzua southern tunisia. >> still to come this hour. no comment australia's prime minister refused to answer question about paying people smugglers. a tiger that escaped from a zoo in georgia is shot dead after killing a man. we're on the pacific coast a little later in the news hour. >> they're shocked to build a high wall to keep migrants out. government ministers in australia are still refuseing to comment on allegations that officials. >> australia's prime minister still isn't answering questions. >> what is your reaction? >> t

eu and says the eu doesn't deserve criticism for not being able to reach a solution and says greece hasattitude not worthy of the great greek nation and the nation is not being given the true picture and we will speak to john in athens and john many greeks worried about the facts that banks have closed, the stock exchange has closed and they have restrictions on the amount of money they can actually withdraw from atms. >> that is right, the withdrawal is 60 euros per kurd per day and of course as you said those banks will be closed for a week so you can't make physical withdraws going inside to the teller. there will be normal web banking and phone banking in the country but not internationally and credit cards will operate as normal. we don't know what the restrictions are set at for companies and is the key because consumers can probably get by a week for the basis they have been withdrewing in weeks in anticipation of a bank crisis like this one and knew there would be a confrontation with creditors and don't know if businesses will be able to transact and remain open and trade norma

palmieri: the idea has merit. host: the idea has merit? ms. palmieri: yes. [applause] host: is this something that you plan to do? ms. palmieri: it is their show. i would just note that idea has merit. "snl" is a great platform. it was great for president obama. host: it is noted in every profile that you lost your twitter password. i want to tell you about something called password recovery. you can get your password back. ms. palmieri: i lost mine to and -- mine too and got it back. mr. mook: our folks call twitter i got it back for me, and then i lost that again. it is gone again. host: why don't you tweet? mr. mook: honestly, i have a lot going on every day. i try to stay focused on my work. e-mail is enough for me. another stream of information would make my head explode. i'm very happy with e-mail telephone. >> we are going to break away from this and go live to new york city where hillary clinton is holding a rally for the official launch of her campaign. this comes two months after the former secretary of state declared her can see for the nomination

has. you look at syria, for example it cannot deal with possible crimes there, because syria is not a signatory. in fact, almost all arab countries have chosen to the not to be. the united states, india russia china all global powers remain outside, as well. >> very interesting. thanks for joining us there from the hague. >> now at least 20 people have been killed in a series of blasts in chad. witnesses say suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings in the capital. one bomb went off at a police academy. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. >> world leaders stand accused of a shameful failure. amnesty international says millions face misery in the worst refugee crisis of our era. more desperate people are trying to reach safety in turkey. 13,000 have crossed the border in the past week, fleeing fighting between isil and kurdish forces. amnesty's report says that 4 million syrian refugees are struggling to survive in turkey, lebanon, jordan, iraq an

phil torres has more. >> over the last decade central africa has lost two-thirds of its elephant pollalationillegal poaching. with daunting numbers like this, scientists have had to get creative in this fight. they've turned to an unusual resource to create a way to track down poaching rings to its source. >> singapore 2002, 6.5 tons of ivory seized. the largest in the country's history. where did ivoryiage from. authorities send samples to the lab for analysis. >> right now from anywhere in africa we can assign a sue sure of ivory closer than 300 kilometers from where it came from. >> they get to work. the first step is to prepare the samples of seized ivory. >> we cut off a piece of ivory and then we stick that piece inside inside the plastic tube. we drop that in liquid nitrogen, which cools it, so extremely cold, within three minutes it comes out like baby powder. >> it's pulverized. >> it preserves the dna at the same time. that was one of the biggest breakthroughs from our lab. >> the ivory seized in singapore is extracted and treated in singapore this map has been generate bid dna tak

it has had a stomach block. kate: a key vote has been postponed on the free trade deal, known as ttip. instead of allowing an ongoing vote, lawmakers are debating the proposals after the hundred -- after 200 complaints. >> a proposal as divisive inside the european parliament as it is on the streets outside. pressure from ngo's and members of the socialist and democrats group in strasbourg has led to a vote on the transit -- on a trade plan to be postponed. parliamentary leaders had hoped to agree on a resolution to back the european commission, dated by hundreds of amendments. a sign of how controversial ttip has become. >> i'm scared when i see the two extremes here in a semicircle, the far right and the far left together, and also the greeks are going with them. that really, really does worry me. >> the pact would encompass a third of all world trade. among the criticisms worries u.s. multinationals will be able to challenge eu laws restricting commerce. europe's who standards could end up hurting them. >> ta

he has come so far.ncerning that that it is not, he is not going to some place that is going to be -- supportive and meet his need and allow him to move ahead. i feel worried about him. so -- that makes it harder to see him go. >> time to go home. >> everybody should give these kids and these adults a chance because what they bring to the table -- is really amazing. they have so much to add. >> bye. >> >> bye. >> good-bye. >> all right. bye. >> i'll see you. you ready? >> eric get on the school bus for the very last time. headed towards an uncertain future. >> while eric's transition was deliberately unceremonious, nick's is much more of a celebration. >> graduation. >> although nick hasn't been in a regular classroom for most of his life, he is participating in the school district's graduation ceremony at his parents' request. his teacher, holly stovall and sister tasha support him as he receives his diploma. just a few years ago, a crowd like this would have been overwhelming and stressful for nick. >>