A state of emergency has been declared meanwhile beachgoers were forced to flee in eastern italy after they were battered with hell stones the size of oranges 18 people were injured on the city of persist garra was flooded in the storm. The u. S. State of louisiana is bracing for more Severe Weather after a huge storm hit the area on wednesday widespread flooding is making it difficult to get around the city of new orleans roadways and Office Buildings are filled with water force casters say a Tropical Cyclone forming in the gulf of mexico could become hurrican that hits the coast by the weekend. Brazils congress has taken a major step towards pension reform a priority for president. The bill passed to the lower house with a clear majority support a safe and reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy but there are many who still oppose it as Priyanka Gupta reports. The vote that brazils president says will lead to prosperity but for some jay both scenarios pension reform plan falls far short staring me why i am very ashamed why is happening here tonight on wednesday the lower house approved both scenarios plan with huge numbers in an initial vote yes there is here for homeowners these reforms are aimed at reducing inequality im sure that is the goal of all parliamentarians here those who voted for and also against the bill. Was but these protesters think the poor will have to work longer why politicians maintain their privileges at last. The working class is living in misery heads of families living on the street because they cant pay the rent its tough for the mess of the pockets of the poor they have to reach inside their own pockets because there are so many people that are in the congress retiring at 4050 years and we have to die to retire brazil doesnt currently have a minimum age for retirement and its constitution guarantees Retirement Benefits for all bold sonera wants to change that his measures include a minimum retirement age of 65. 00 for men and 62. 00 for women also an increase in Workers Pension contributions and cuts to some benefits. Some say the reforms are important in a country which spend 45 percent of its budget on pensions a rapidly aging population means there could be bor boden for Young Workers but. The government things it would save around 266000000000. 00 over 10 years money that south americas biggest economy can use to put itself back from the brink of recession made a woman with a machine you know what its going 1st the government doesnt have any more money and this is why the reform is so urgent that this reform doesnt happen then we have to cut into more important areas secondly because of social justice i am in favor of pension reform. The lower house is expected to vote for the 2nd time in the coming days before the bill goes to the senate my own was protest as one day will bring brazil to a standstill if the bill is passed and the demands are ignored. Or. So ahead on the news hour. New york city throws a parade for the u. S. Womens Football Team as they return home as world cup champions again. Book about how the last volt dog and beetle cars rolled out of an Assembly Plant in mexico it might mean the end of the popular bug but ill just travel to one mexican town where the v. W. Beetle lives on an repellent. There it is fresh off the Assembly Line the last beetle to be produced by the german Automaker Volkswagen its the end of an era and to mark this notable moment in the automotive history workers at the bulk spike and plant in pueblo mexico are throwing a Goodbye Party its one of the oss it was a good buy them to last forever but its also a party a big party for everyone. Maybe it was the combination of a funky design a reliable engine and an affordable price tag that ultimately made the beatles an International Hit by the 1960 s. And seventys the bug had become both a pop culture icon and a symbol of the counterculture movement. While the beetle has gone through several iterations over the last 80 years its cult following has carried well into the 21st century with so much history under the hood could this really be the end of the love bug. In quote that big a small town just outside mexico city youd be forgiven for thinking v. W. Beetles outnumber people. Here at the by the has been fixing up beetles for almost 30 years he tells us they can try to phase out the bugs or as they are loving the called in mexico but the cars themselves arent going anywhere. But as it will never go away its the best car ever made it was the color of the century whoever designed this call hit the nail on the. Had it can handle and you think you throws it its all terrain it was the best of them a. Big sits on a steep hillside no match for the vultures heavy duty engine this is probably why theyre so ubiquitous the yellow ones purple ones other ones waiting to be repaired all of them will get into the cultural fabric of the country and all production of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle may have ended for now here in mexico there are still thousands of very proud drivers who are committed to keeping the new style july. Melinda up a little. Mexico city. Well the end of the year a full city the beetle and the sort of i did an era for the Indian Cricket Team for the moment the indian public as i well know a very unforgiving when we dont do well in the world cup theyve actually been quite a halo and who else will be gutted one of crickets biggest rivalries is being played out right now on the pitch as in the battle straight if for a place at the cricket World Cup Final now these 2 are known for their ashes showdowns but this time of the one day format it is england who have the upper hand they managed to get some early wickets including that its an hour and think she went north steve smith studied australias innings as they finished up until june 23 from 49 assist in reply in the currently 6 without loss to. Well whoever wins that match will face new zealand who rocks favorites india in the semi final the much had to be carried over from tuesday because of rain india who was chasing 242 when had the 3 big hits is calle rahul right and captain for all dismissed for just survive on each new zealand went on to win by 18 runs advancing to sundays final at lords. Another humdinger trafford not quite as close as west indies but you know we all we all knew in ourselves that we deserved to be here and we want to you know much. About proving it on wrong but just protests have said you know were going to last to get across a lot. Yeah look all over always feels disappointed when you played such good cricket and then you know 45 minutes of bad cricket but youre out of the tournament so its difficult to accept its difficult to come to terms with but look the zealand deserve it because they put enough pressure on us and they were they were far more shopping when it came to the came to the crunch moment well as you heard say ill mention that the result has not gone down well in india these were the scenes in the Northern City of are fans burn pictures of kohli and his team Prime MinisterNarendra Modi also tweeted his commiserations. Is lady semifinals day wimbledon form a well the once made a hell of breezed into the final she dropped just 4 games against the 8th seed alina. Sense a code it is the 1st time he has reached the final at wimbledon and Serena Williams will aim to reach her 11th wimbledon final shortly shes up against. In the other semi williams in pursuit of a 7th wimbledon crown and she gets it on saturday serena well much Margaret Court record of 24 grand slam singles titles. The womens well cup champions have swapped their football fields that the espys an annual awards ceremony in the us the top sports before. All those in favor of equal pay say i the Womens National guard. Days after clinching this years trophy the usa won best team and forward alex morgan was named best female athlete the team started that day at upright a york city reynolds was that. Tens of thousands of fans lined up early to join in the grand tradition in celebration that new york city offers its heroes a raucous confetti strewn procession up broadway. The crowds roared and chanted as the team triumphantly paraded through the canyon of heroes at a ceremony outside City Hall Team members danced joyfully before each one was presented with the key to the city mayor bill de blasio star player meghan rypien praised her teammates this. Is so resilient its so tough. Has such a sense of humor this is so bad many parents brought their children both girls and boys to cheer the Team Football or soccer as it is more commonly known here is one of the most popular youth sports in the us its such a good team and the fact that there is like the boy scene of the mens world cup is like its like the moment are so much better several of the best known players on the Team Including rapinoe are gay that was a special point of pride parade spectator Colleen Doyle who is a lesbian i think it means a lot of shows that when they cant be open and proud to be me they are especially in this or another issue highlighted by the victorious women was the disparity in pay between male and female athletes. At a time when the u. S. Is divided politically and in many other ways many people here were happy to come out and show simple pride and patriotism honoring a group of true american champions actually feels like a relief to just celebrate something that. Is just good for our country needs to make certain kids feel good about our country amid the confetti and the cheers americans at least most of them seem at last to have found something to agree on rob reynolds aljazeera new york. Now wall street is criticise a state challenge to keep a mood at bay it may not be quite as steep as this some of the toughest athletes in the world have been running all up a ski jump and its only on a 35 degree incline this race is one of 4 like it across the alps the athlete who gets the most points in the series wins this one in italy was particularly brutal held in 30 degree heat. Are that as a school for now half will feel like you say heels off well do it later for you thanks a lot if you want to sing the aljazeera news hour back with more news on the other side of the break until it from jay myself and all of the news out in front of you time to come. Im going to be like everywhere connectivity this hour. For infrastructure in the pen and some Foreign Corporation speech tonight offline now a politician and tech activists are building a home grown solution connect one of you and secure the nations technological sovereignty. Rebel geeks the Citizens Network on a jersey or. Across the United States indigenous families are searching for their loved ones for relatives of people who go missing finding closure is often impossible people are meeting here to raise money for the search efforts of a young woman advocates and family members have started to raise awareness about the high rates of violence the disproportionately impact indigenous communities most Tribal Police departments are understaffed and underresourced another factor is that tribes dont have jurisdiction over nonnative americans for all crimes there but a lot of concerns that the federal agencies dont respond that they dont describe seriously a lack of evidence is the main reason. Federal officials for declining to prosecute crimes on reservations that shouldnt be the end of the discussion. There should be then a ok lets see well im wrong in this case why theres no evidence or why the evidence isnt but nothing and make sure that doesnt happen get. Recruited to win a war exploited to on the battlefield to call the new regime 1st and different value on african life from you then your peers and then abandoned for a lifetime we should be ashamed. Tremendously for for our country on this for you offer to people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops in jail you know the forgotten heroes of empire on aljazeera. And other disputes in the strait of hormuz britains government says iran tried to block a British Oil Tanker. Hello again im so robin you want your observer life by headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes more than 20 countries have signed a letter to the u. N. Condemning wants to be chinas mass detention of weaker muslims. Also francis out of the u. S. Threatening it passes a law to tax internet giants and warnings that just a small daily glass of sugary soft drink all fruit juice could raise your risk of cancer. Welcome to aljazeera u. K. Government says that the iranian boats the tried to obstruct a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz it says the 3 iranian vessels turned away after a british navy warship intervened. And gave a verbal warning iran has denied any confrontation with the british vessel to has been threatening to retaliate since british marines seized a radiant oil tank in waters near gibraltar last week lets cross over to. Their forces in london just to follow exactly what the u. K. Government has actually been saying rurally. Hopefully you can hear me yes hello there. Just for a moment i thought you could be the question please yeah of course i thought it just for a moment you couldnt hear do apologize or that the british certainly response has been a measured one while theyve tried to play down the incident in comparison to what the u. S. Is saying. The british are not making this out to be an emergency there is no meeting of cobra which is the governments kind of talking shop where ministers and security chiefs get to get around a table and discuss National Emergencies thats not happening this is something that the British Government is trying to play down at the moment the ministry of defense is doing something similar what they say is is that there were 3 iranian vessels that tried to get in the way trying to impede the passage of an oil tanker operated by b. P. And that the h. M. S. Montrose a Royal Navy Frigates had to get in the way between these 3 iranian vessels and the oil tanker and essentially warn them off we have heard in the last hour or so some comments from the British Foreign secretary jeremy hunt and we can listen to exactly what he said now. Well were very concerned this is a very serious escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we dont want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down. So as we heard there from jeremy hunt him saying we want to play the way we want to deescalate this we dont want to raise tensions now this is interesting because of course the context there is going on at the moment is that the u. S. Department of defense the pentagon is coming up with plans it wants to create a an International Task force of naval forces in the gulf to protect civilian shipping using that passage and the british at the moment are not swinging wholeheartedly on board with this they are not saying theyre not going to do it but they as we heard from jeremy hunt there are looking at all possibilities for increasing security in the gulf i think the americans are going to be looking at this instance just happened and thinking that it does bolster their case though for increased naval presence in the gulf well well see what does happen certainly in the coming days for the moment thank you well whatever did or didnt happen its clear that tensions do remain high the strait of hormuz is one of the worlds most important waterways every year thousands of vessels pass through the shipping lane which is just over 3 kilometers wide at its narrowest point almost a 5th of the worlds oil around 20000000. 00 barrels a day is shipped through the strait well ships have to navigate the territorial waters of both amman and iran but are protected by the Un Convention on the law of the sea we should allow them to pass without problem same as monitoring events for us from tehran and weve been following this story since it broke within the last 18 hours. One might describe it as smoke and mirrors were not really quite sure what happened everybody has a different version of what may have happened in that very narrow waterway. Well the certainly is another case of competing narratives here in the middle east here in the conflict between iran and the u. S. And u. K. On the other side this is all about competing narratives when when you look at what is actually being said into one government officials are flatly denying that anything happened we had a statement from the Public Affairs office of the Islamic RevolutionaryGuard Corps Naval office that said there has been no encounter with any foreign vessel and Iranian Naval vessels in the last 24 hours president the Foreign Ministry spokesman jim raef also issued a complete denial saying that this was simply the u. S. And the u. K. Trying to elevate tensions in the region we also have to point out that when tankers were attacked in may and june oil tankers came under attack washington blame to her on to her own denied it it was a Foreign Ministry as well as other government officials that said it was a u. S. Run a false flag operation for the United States be able to pursue its agendas in the region this is in reference to the oil tanker attacks in may and june so certainly a great deal of competing narratives happening yet again from this latest incident and the other pushback were likely to see from iran in coming days is its role in these waterways its role in this part of the middle east iranian officials have told us in the past that as far as theyre concerned they fought a war with portugal with the Portuguese Navy the persian empire fought the Portuguese Navy in the 1500s ever since then iran 1st is the persian empire now the iranian government is the country in charge of safety and security of not just its own borders but as well as other ships passing through these waterways thats been the case for centuries and that is going to remain the case Going Forward and theyve said that they would never intentionally harm any vessels in the region as being the they are the ones that are the hosts of this waterway so theyll definitely be pushing back on this narrative by the United States that there needs to be an International Coalition to protect against an iranian threat the iranians say that the americans are the true threat in this part of the world before them and they will leave it there thank you save us rafi in teheran but lets get the latest from jordan in washington d. C. So far theres been no comment from the u. S. Government about the incident between the british and the iranians in the strait of hormuz however this would play very neatly into the trumpet ministrations narrative that iran poses an existential National Security threat not just to countries in the middle east but to the United States and its allies and partners around the world the us has been trying to put pressure on terror by sending in thousands of additional u. S. Forces as well as an Aircraft Carrier and additional military vessels to was send a message that it will not allow any iranian interference with what the u. S. Says is an internationally guaranteed free flow of sailing through the strait of hormuz the u. S. Is also trying to convince countries in europe in particular to contribute their own military aircraft and vessels to this effort called the Sentinel Program in essence providing an Escort Service to commercial vessels entering and leaving the gulf via the strait of hormuz so far other countries have not signed up but its certainly something that the u. S. Would be keen to use as evidence for expanding its military presence in the gulf. Well in the middle east at least 8 people are being killed in a car bombing in northwestern syria another 35. 00 including children were injured the explosion happened near the city of our friend so the holder has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon. Its not the 1st time an explosion rocks the syrian city of africa and which lies along turkeys border is the city is under the control of turkey backed Syrian Rebels it used to be under the control of the Syrian Kurdish armed group the right peachey now according to the opposition and the turkish government the i. P. G. Is a terrorist organization and they blame the wife p. G. For carrying out these attacks like i mentioned it wasnt its not the 1st attack of its kind in fact Turkish Security sources describe the situation in our free and as one witnessing a low level insurgency its not the only area that has been witnessing attacks turkey backed rebels control many villages across Northern Aleppo for example back in june there was a car bombing so there are many wars within syrias wars and Different Actors on the ground which are backed by foreign players in gauged in different conflicts on the ground a car bomb attack in libya targeting the funeral of a former high ranking military official has killed 2 people the suicide to turn up and in the city of benghazi local sources say another high ranking official was attending but survived the blast a further 17 people were injured in the a turk. Police of fired tear gas to break up a demonstration by a shia group in the jurys capital hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement of nigeria gathered outside parliament in the future demanding the release of their leader at least 2 people were killed on tuesday and 40 others arrested in violence between police and protesters. From 22 countries have condemned chinas treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they issued a letter calling for the detention of week of muslims to stop cutting low person i am reports. This 1st started building is called a Vocational Center in china critics say its more like a prison one of many detention camps run by the government. The target they say are ethnic and religious minorities mostly wigger muslims in the Northwest Region of chink young activists say at least 1000000 people are detained in similar camps where extreme surveillance force assimilation and abuse are common the camps have long sparked International Criticism in an unprecedented move 22 nations signed a letter to the Un Human Rights Council condemning disturbing reports australia canada and japan are among the signatories on long with britain france and germany they call on china to stop the mass detentions respect religious freedom and grant independent experts meaningful access to the region. Countries that did not sign the document raised just as much interest out of the 22 nations assigned as none of them were muslim majority nations which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well. China defends the practice the government says its not about eliminating peoples identity but about teaching employment skills and pushing out what it calls extremism year far surely by seizing up locational education and Training Centers in accordance with the law we aim to education save those who were influenced by religious extremism and committed to mine it legal or fix it. The latter is not tied to