john holman, al jazeera. appas. >> we'll bring in john now who is joining us from chappas, john, the message the pope wants to send out, and what is expected from him next? >> well, the pope is about to rise. you can see behind me we've got the open space where he's about to give mass. and in that space we saw queuing up lots and lots of indigenous people who have come to be part of this celebration. this visit really is all about them. chappas is the poorest state in mexico. they live i

john holman, al jazeera, san salvador. >> outbreak ultimately killed more than 11,000 people. our science editor tre tarek bay has the story. >> half of those who catch it die whereas the rashes and fever with zika is generally mild. in fact, 80% of patients with zika don't even know they have it. deaths are rare. the greatest threat for life appears to be its effect on unborn babies whose mothers catch the virus during pregnancy. zika is strongly felt to have caused a brain abnormality. two and 12 cases of those for every 10,000 newborns. in brazil, doctors are reporting dramatically higher rates, 1 in 10 born with the defect. the potential link between zika and the birth defects haven't been noticed before because in areas where zika has been active for decades, central africa and asia, most are infected early in life. the risk is small. the population in the americas have not been exposed to the virus at least not until now. which is why so many women are being exposed during pregnancy, that's why the authorities are warning women not to become pregnant and get the virus. >

john holman, al jazeera, chiapas. >> coming up this news hour, we'll look at what happened to thousands of children who disappeared in the last two years after coming to europe. also ahead, why a baby is at the center of a protest over australia's slum seeker policy. plus. >> i'm pall reese in norway where kenya's first professional skier is setting her sights on olympic glory. c glory. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. >> welcome back. a quick reminder now of the top stories here on al jazeera. united nations says close to 50 civilians have been killed on missile attacks on medical facilities and sc

message that these priests have been preaching for years, now they have the top man on their side, john holmanra, chapas. >>> the former head of haiti's parliament is being sworn in as interim president and his main task will be to quickly organize the elections, the threat of more violent protests is not far away and we report now from the capitol port au prince. >> reporter: weeks of tension and protest in haiti and many hope he is the man to take the country out of the current political crisis. >> translator: these are extraordinary circumstances and need to learn from this, the political crisis shows us the necessity to take advantage of this moment and we can show the world that we can do it. >> reporter: he is a man close to former president and has the support of the party of farmer president which enjoys widespread support among the po poo poor. >> we can make something to help the situation of the people living now. >> reporter: he was officially sworn in sunday at haiti's national palace where he vowed to reenforce democracy in the western hemisphere's worst country. to stay in offic

john holman >>> providing medical services to foreign countries is a big money maker for the cuban government. the ireland is looking to its northern neighbor in the next step to expand what's called a health tourism industry. a report from the capital city havana. >> reporter: riding a horse is strengthening the muscles in this boy's back. he has cerebral palsy and he is getting long-term treatment at this havana hospital. two strokes brought this man here all the way from ghana. he says in almost three months he has made great strides regaining his mobility. so far he has paid $10,000 for day in and day out physical speech and occupational therapy. >> we found that cuba had the best value for money. they have maximised their usage. >> reporter: it sits on 17 hectares. the staff like to think of it as a hospital and a hotel. in its almost 20 years of operation, 52,000 people have come here to heal, primarily from canada, china and europe. people are not coming here for state-of-the-art treatment. the u.n. imposed embargo on cube has made it difficult for them to obtain sort types of equipmen

islam and has the lowest percent in mexico and those are struggling in this poverty-stricken state, john holmanistobol. >>> meanwhile in another part of mexico it appears that some inmates in a prison where a riot claimed at least 49 lives last week were living a rather luxury life and they went in the prison and this is what they found, big betz, much bigger than normally allowed, air conditioners, televisions, paintings and even an aquarium and adam rainy sent more from mexico city. >> reporter: authorities have been clearing out literally tons of luxury items from a prison in northern mexico that was the scene of a deadly prison riot last thursday and 49 people were killed in the prison of monteray during a bloody battle from the cartel and clearly a lot of luxury items at stake in the battle and removing televisions, digital cable, acnumbers and betz larger than standard issue and found many, many statutes of the death saint or santa and say many in the drug trade-in mexico worship and many also with millions of down troden people in mexico worship as well, all luxury items and literally to

mosquitos and the program in el salvador is simple but could prove just to be as effective and john holmants how a fish may be a crucial tool. >> reporter: you could be looking at at least part of the answer to the zika epidemic, here they are called sambo fish and they love eating the larvae of mosquitos who transmit the virus and health worker found out about them three years ago while desperately searching for a way to stop dengae feverer in the coastal village of san diego and then she started the first breeding program and the fish are eating the mosquitos. >> translator: we have had great success and zero cases of dengue thank god because the fish is in control in the community. >> reporter: as mosquitos disappeared the skeptical villages have been won over and now they deliver the fish to houses and restaurants all over town, even the village school gets a regular supply. >> translator: there were loads of mosquitos in the school but now we have the fish and the tanks so they don't come out any more. before the children used to wear pants because they got bitten so often but not now

john holman, al jazeera, chiapas. >> stern warn about syria. secretary osenator john mccain o punches. >> mr. putin is not interested in being our partner. he wants to establish russia as a major power in the middle east. he wants to exacerbate the refugee crisis and use it as a weapon. >> mccain predicted that a ceasefire brokered by secretary of state john kerry is likely to fail. talking to putin with the ceasefire plan and the bigger picture. the two leaders spoke about the involvement in the country. the white house says obama urged putin to focus on extremists and blockades be removed. moving towards mosul the threat of an i.s.i.l. attack is a constant in oil rich regions like tikrit. suicide bombings are common there. imran khan reports from baghdad. >> in april, to much fanfare, predominantly shia militias announced they had retain tikrit. today just outside that city, there is the scene. i.s.i.l. which still controls the country side mounts attacks on the oil fields there. the battle over tikrit is crucial in advance towards mosul, the

john holman, al jazeera, mexico. >>> travel bans have been removed by president alexander sanctioned because of election irregularities and human rights abuses. eu bans were lifted because of the release of political prisoners and the lack ever violence in elections in objection. >>> presidenunemployment rate or 40% and thousands of citizens, between ages 25 and toart have left the country. the administration ever president could no longer ignore constant call for economic reform. >> translator: this will be a year of significant reforms for bobosnia and hercegovina. believe me we want to catch up with our neighbors. >> a warning from the european union the council's president says the strain of the refugee crisis and britain's membership demands may bring an end to the organization. among britain's demands the u.k. wants to reduce immigration from the rest of the eu and wants protection for its banking industry. >> this is a critical moment. it is high time we started living this argument more than to our own. it is natural in negotiations that positions harden as we get closer to c

the pope has been calling on the church to fight violence and drug trafficking and as al jazeera john holman another focus of his trip has been making amends with mexico's indigenous people. >> reporter: pope francis to the south mexican state was all about the indigenous community that makeup most of the population in mexico's poorest state and the pontiff used the visit to side with them and denounce hundreds of years of exploitation. >> translator: on many occasions in a systematic and organized way your people have been misunderstood and excluded from society, some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior, others intoxicated by power, money and market trends have stolen your lands or contaminated them. >> reporter: few expect his visit alone to change things but for mandez survivor of a massacre where they killed 45 people and six of his family the fact that pope francis has come means something. >> translator: i feel like this is the real pope in favor of the indigenous communities the marginalized and survivors because i lost six of my family in the massacre,

john holman reports. >> reporter: soon to be mothers in a hospital in el salvador, worrying about thee thing - the zika virus. it's spreading fast here, transmitted by mosquitos. scientists think if the mother is infected, it could cause brain damage to the unborn child. the link is yet to be proved and the el salvador government took the extraordinary step to warn women not to get pregnant for at least of the next year. that is too late for this woman, who is suffering from fever and rash coming with zika. eight months into the pregnancy the risk is lower. she is still sick with worry. >> i wouldn't have got pregnant, i would have waited for the outbreak to have finished. >> reporter: the vice minister of health says it's the tip of the iceberg. authorities only recently detected the virus here, but they are getting ready for the brain damaged children that could be born in around 7 months time. >> we started to discuss this to look at the special resources the system needs to give support to the children, looking at other countries that have the problem, to strengthen our institutio

john holman, peru. >> still ahead on al jazeera, a sharp exit for this nascar driver.y will be here with that story in sports. >> welcome back. let's catch up with all the sports. fifa is trying to put all the attention back on what they're supposed to be all about. >> yes, new man. new job and first day at the office. jianni infantino said that his decision to put football at the center of the sports world governing body. he was elected to replace the president of fifa on friday. blaster has bee >> i was elected on friday to be the president of fifa, to be the leader of fifa. the leader setting the tone. the leader will have to do some convincing work. of course it's not a dictatorship. it's a democracy. i was to convince those to do the right thing and develop football the right way. >> government, leadership, that happens now. so i'm really happy with that. >> being released from prison early after serving time of tax evasion accused of hiding $30 million of assets. the 1974 world cup winner served half of his 3.5 year sentence and is back working with bayern youth

john holman has that report. >> reporter: pope francis's visit to the south mexican state was all about indigenous community. they make up most of the population in mexico's poor estate. and the pope denounced hundreds of years of exploitation. >> translator: on many occasions in a systematic and organized way, your people have been m misunderstood and excluded from society. >> reporter: few expect his visit alone to change things, but for manuel, one of the survivors of a massacre in which paramilitaries killed 45 people, including six of his family, the fact that pope francis has come means something. >> translator: i feel like this is the real pope in favor of the indigenous communities, the marginalized and survivors, particularly because i lost six of my family in the massacre. i'm very happy that he came. >> reporter: mexico's government may feel differently. it has long been a problem area for them, especially famous for an army of farmers who rose up against authorities in 1994 and are still active. pope francis is more conservative predecessors preferred to visit more prosperou