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And the discovery of oil in congo has environmentalists concerned about what drilling will do to the rain forest. And in sports olympic organizers insist the cancellation of julys tokyo games isnt being considered the torch relay through also set to start this month despite the coronavirus so. We begin this news hour with the latest on the diplomatic tensions due to turkeys intervention in the syrian conflict and the European Union Foreign Policy chief joseph brellier is an honor to meet with tu...

The battles of south sudan, an exclusive report on the rebel forces fighting to bring down the government. An australian sport has been plunged into a racism controversy after comments by an olympic swimming legend. If they dont like it go back to where their fathers or their parents came from. We dont need them in this country if they act like that. Dawn frazier called a blatant racist by nick kurios. But first these are crucial hours for the future of greeces economy, but theres no sign of pro...

Economic crisis have to do with the price of fish . We will try to enlighten. Hello there. Israel says two of its citizens are being held in the gaza strip, at least one of them it claims by hamas. He is of ethiopian dissent and is believed to have crossed the border fence into the gaza strip last year. According to israeli sources he is being held against his will by hamas. But hamas says it knows nothing about this. Paul brennan reports. Reporter with a 10month news blackout now lifted there w...

Nuclear deal with iran. Tough issues stand in their way. Politicians plan to meet demands as demonstrators take to the streets. And a warm welcome for the pope in bolivia brings a thawing of relations with the president. And im lee wellings with the sports. Serena williams silences rival Maria Sharapova, and is through to the final. The United Nations broke an unconditional weeklong ceasefire in yemen. It will go until friday lasting until july 17th. The aim is to get more aid to civilians facin...

Kerry warns the u. S. Will not be rushed into a deal with iran. Tough issues stand in their way. Ut United Nations broke a ceasefire in yemen. A humanitarian truce will go into force on tuesday. The aim to get aid to civilians facing a growing humanitarian crisis. 80 of yemenis, 21 Million People are in need of emergency help. The u. N. Envoy hinted at the truce as he left the capital. Hes been holding talks in an attempt to end three months of fighting. More than 3,000 have been killed in the c...

Shabab. In the sport, governing body struggles to restore its image in the face of doping allegations. It is children who are bearing the brunt of yemens brutal armed conflict. That is a warning from unicef, which says 400 children have been killed since the saudiled airstrikes began back in march. There is a new report, which has found eight children are being killed or injured every day, and they are being used to fight, as well. Unicef has documented 377 cases of children recruited by armed f...

Attract tourists. Hello, we begin with the latest on the brewing tensions between north and south korea. It looks like theres a last minute attempt to mediate the dispute. Now large loudspeakers, ftc blare anticommunist propaganda. Harry fawcett is in jimgakkak. Harry, cease both sides are looking for a way out of this escalating tension. Reporter it does seem that way. Within the last hour or so we had a message from the south koreans president s office, announcing these talks for 6 00 p. M. Lo...

Questions a man who open fired on a train before being overcome by passengers who are called heroes. Either you sit down and you die or you get up and you die. Adeserted destinations, while holiday makers are staying away from scenic spots like this. Hello, thousands of people mostly refugees from the war in syria are continuing to police the border. The government declared a state of emergency on tuesday. More than 42 house people have crossed over in the past two months. Small numbers have bee...

With a difference. Hello, Macedonian Police have allowed thousands to pass through their fence, they spent the night in the border town, ready to board at the crack of down on route to serbia. The small macedonian town saw a number rise trying to cross over into europe. Jonah hull has more. Reporter 48 hours after macedonia shut its border to refugees the gathering crowd makes a break for it. They didnt come this far to be held back. Hundreds do get through sprinting across open fields as Armed ...

Tensions hello, Macedonian Police allowed hundreds of refugees to pass through the border from greece after failing to stop them from breaking through. The small balkan country of macedonia saw a rise in the number of people trying to cross its territory on their way to western europe. Many of them are refugees fleeing wars, in the middle east, and africa now, we have reporters on both sides of the Border Covering the story. Andrew simmonds is in macedonia and jonah hull in a border town. Andrew...