Theres a big fight going on right now at the open championship leader board. Stand by for the latest later in the program. There is hope that greek banks could reopen within days after euro zone ministers agreed to a 7 billion euro emergency loan. European commission is expected to confirm the extra money on friday. That comes after the Greek Parliament voted through a series of tax rises and spending cuts that were a condition for yet another bailout. In separate move, the European Central bank is making more money available to greek banks. The banks president explained the decision at a press conference. Things have changed now. We had a series of news with the approval of the bridge financing package with the votes the various votes in various parliaments to begin with in the Greek Parliament, which have now restored the conditions for a raise in e. L. A. Weve got reporters in greece and germany. John is in athens. First to dominic in berlin. That press conference is still going on in frankfort and some positive words coming out of europe for a change. Thats right. In fact, the e. L. A. , the tap is being switched back on, 900 Million Euros over the course of the next seven days. Not a particularly great sum of money, giving the hundreds of billions that the greek debt is, but certainly some money for those hard pushed lenders for greek banks that had limits on daily withdrawals from a. F. M. s of 60 youre rose. The bridging loans that the euro zone finance ministers have agreed, which i saw will take affect tomorrow for technical reasons is necessary because as we recall, the latest payment repayment, rather, the greek government must make to the e. C. B. Is a 3. 46 billion euros by the end of this month. There was an imperative on the ministers to find a way out of that problem. We recall that there is the matter of 1. 5 billion euros to the greek government failed to pay to the i. M. F. On the 30th 30th of june which obviously must be paid at some point, as well. Clearly these are large sums talked about but are the first step rather than the eventual outcome. Certainly that is the way its being perceived here in germany. Many thanks, that update there from germany. January, with a small built of good news for greece today. What happens next . They suffered almost a third of their m. P. s in defection. The interior minister said that the government came close to falling last night. However, there is now a plan to redouble their efforts in order to shape up the cabinets, theres going to be a reshuffle later on today. Thats very important in terms of the government credibility to get the bill that it passed last night implemented. Thats where all the focus is on now. Its all about implementation, because the government right now doesnt enjoy high credibility in europe or here. Theyve made the sort of statement such as the fact that we were black mailed into this agreement as the Prime Minister said which would lead one to believe that they dont really theyre not really behind it, so its going to be important to see whether he replaces two ministers who voted against these reforms, one of them is the energy and productive reconstruction minister, a key figure in the a net to get the economy going again, but he is a drachma man. He belongs to the far left of the party and he doesnt want to see reforms implemented. Another is the deputy minister. Thats what were waiting to hear today. Ok, john, we will bring that news to our audience when we get it. Thanks very much for joining me for the very latest from athens. Lets move over to yemens port city of aden now where some members of the countrys exiled government are returning. Rebel houthi forces have been pushed out of the city and the government enough wants to reassert control. We have the details. The sounds of cheering fireworks and gunshots in aden, as people celebrated the biggest defeat of the houthis in the city since the conflict began. Members of exiled president adou Rabbo Mansour hadis cabinet are returning to the southern port city for the First Time Since fighting forced them to leave. We will announce within the coming few days that we secured the entire city and will return home. Its the three ministers returning to aden is part of a plan for gradual return of all government to the city where the government will be based as we look toward liberating the country. Hadi and his cabinet had been attempting to run the government from aden after Houthi Rebels drove them out of the capital sanna last september. They were forced to three aden as the country slipped further into conflict. This week, Government Forces retook the International Airport in aden. Congratulations to the people of aden. In the city of taiz, people offered condolences. Hospitals were filled with the dead and injured after shelling in a residential area. Sources say eight civilians and at least 46 houthi and rebel militia fighters were killed. Yemenese were supposed to see a lull in fighting and get access to much needed aid. The u. N. Brokered a truce last friday to give humanitarian agencies safe passage to dangerous areas but it fell apart almost right after it began. It needs water health, food, nutrition and pretty much everything that you can imagine. We really have a humanitarian catastrophe at the moment. 21 of yemens 24 Million People need help. Aid agencies are ready to deliver, but they cant continue to wait. Spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross Joins us now on the line from yemens capital sanna. We are seeing some lawmakers feeling aden secure enough to return. What are you hearing about the situation on the ground. Actually, good morning. You have fighting and people are still finding their way to their home or to the food. One of the key issues here is saudi blocking of ate in ports to try to stop weapons from reaching Houthi Rebels. Thats also of course hindered aid deliveries. Are you hoping that that blockade will now be lifted . Actually, i dont exactly know about the blockade. I can tell you for the time being, the situation is quite tricky and we are striving to collect bodies and get them so this time being we also have a lot of we can see the situation was expect to be maybe calmer as the aid comes in and people are thank you for joining us. Apologize, the line wasnt particularly clear but it is still a volatile situation in aden. An Egyptian Navy vessel caught fire off the coast of sinai after the exchange of gunshots with an armed group from. The authorities are looking into possibility that it was hit by a rocket. Armed men werecoast of raff at a. Japans Prime Minister pushed through a controversial legislation that could seduce sent abroad for the First Time Since world war ii. Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside. We have this report. Protestors descended on Japans Parliament to voice opposition to what was happening inside. Voters are against the security legislation which will loosen the restrictions on how the country can use its military but which legal experts called unconstitutional. Im a teacher and i dont want to send my students or my own child to war. Im here to oppose the bill. The government is not listening to the voice of the public, not even to the academics. They only listen to whats convenient to them. For a second day running, the Ruling Coalition with its two thirds majority was demonstrating its power. The controversial bills had been forced through to a full vote in the lower house. Their passage such a formality as the opposition walked out before the vote. For the Prime Minister, this is another step towards normalizing post war status in a neighborhood changed by chinas rise. The security situation surrounding japan is increasingly severe. These bills are necessary to protect japanese peoples lives and prevent a war before it breaks out. Japans cabinet reinterpreted the constitution a year ago, allowing for socalled collective self defense. Coming to the aid of an ally under attack. This legislation is needed before that can happen. Its also designed to make it easier for japanese troops to coordinate with u. S. Counter parts in asia and to enable their employment to a conflict far from home. There is going to be a large political hit in terms of these bills. Its not so much the role that the Japanese Forces will play. Theres a broad agreement that the Current Situation of an asymmetric relationship is not really in japans interest. Its the method by which hes gone through this, which has been by subverting the Constitutional Order and subverting the way that the japanese governments in the past have interpreted the constitution. For him, this is making good on a commitment given to japans main ally, the United States and also about fulfilling his long held position to give japan a more muscular presence in the world. Hes already paying a political price. Al jazeera. Much more still to come here on al jazeera news hour, including hong kong being the hub for illegal ivory an unchecked market pushes elephants towards extinction. A looming climate catastrophe in africa after almost a year without a drop of rain, farmers rely on climate insurance. For a Third Straight year, a familiar name on top of the most valuable sport team list. Robin will have all the details later. Ukraines parliament approved a draft law to give more out to know knee to two eastern regions, a First Step Towards meeting the demands of prorussian separatists in a deal. People are still facing daily bombardment. They are also struggling with a blockade. The line of cars stretches for kilometers. Ukrainian authorities have tightened the blockade around the declared donetsk peoples republic. Crossing can take hours these days. Every time they make a new law, you feel humiliated. Its easier to travel to a foreign country than in your own land. All ukrainian banks closed a year ago. The a. T. M. s dont work anymore. The authorities opened their own bank where people can pay utility bills and tax. The elderly wait to collection their pensions in russian automobiles, the equivalent of around 50 a month. Of course its a small amount, but its better than nothing. They just want peace she says as she walks away. Ukraines economic blockade doubled the price of basic foods. Many rely on goods from russia. They have provided 30 aid con voice into the region since the conflict began. People cue every day outside Distribution Centers like this one. The aid we get is everything for us. I live alone. I couldnt survive without it. Businesses are closing down, too. The Sweet Factory used to employ thousands of people, but was forced to stop production, because it cant get the raw terse it needs. Both sides blame each other for the daily violations of a ceasefire agreement signed in february. This neighborhood has suffered some of the worst damage since fighting started. Ukraines blockade is blamed for the increasing Economic Hardship that people are facing here. Meanwhile, the struggle to find a lasting political solution to end this conflict goes on, a conflict that has already claimed 6,500 lives. Donetsk, eastern ukraine. Barack obama has been defending the Historic Deal with iran over its Nuclear Program saying the agreement makes his country and the world more secure. This deal prevents the most serious threat, iran obtaining a Nuclear Weapon, which would only make the other problems that iran may cause even worse. Its why the alternative no limits on irans Nuclear Program, no inspections and iran thats closer to a Nuclear Weapon the risk of Regional Nuclear arms race and greater risk of war all that would endanger our security. Paving the way for iran and washington to reestablish diplomatic ties, but getting the two sides to agree on other issues could prove difficult. Street celebrations in tehran as the u. S. And other p5 plus one countries hammer out a deal with iran on its Nuclear Program. Does that mean the u. S. Is going to work with the iranian leadership on issues such as isil and the syrian civil war. The Iranian Foreign minister seem to indicate perhaps. It shows that in our globalized world diplomacy has a much better chance of achieving results than coerce and pressure. I hope this will be a lesson for other situations, as well. The building behind me is the old Iranian Embassy here in washington. Its been closed since 1980, that of course is when the u. S. And iran broke off diplomatic relations. Now under the vienna conventions, washington is prohibited to maintain the building, but dont expect it to be open for business anytime soon. The u. S. Has long accused iran of stirring trouble across the middle east. It sports hezbollah and hamas and is accused of sending aid to the houthis in yemen. There is talk the u. S. Might use the moment to help end serious civil war. We need to see whether or not the iranians are willing to play ball to correct this situation. To date, we have not done that. Weve placed our emphasis entirely on the nuclear issue. Now its time to pivot and to pivot very rapidly. Removing assad could provide isil a mutual enemy of a recruiting tool, but such cooperation runs the risk of increasing tensions between the u. S. And its traditional ally, soon dominated saudi arabia, which views iran as a rival. However, time is running out for the obama administration. With just 17 months before it leaves office, it has a landmark deal with iran, but its likely to be years before the country is instinctively rewarded by the u. S. As a friend and not as a potential foe. Al jazeera, the state department. While most of the world celebrates the deal, it is also marking the anniversary of the atomic age. Its 70 years since the United States detonated the first ever nuclear bomb. We look at the evolution of atomic weapons. This is the first ever nuclear bomb detonated in the desert of new mexico. The explosion was equal to 19,000 tons of t. N. T. , about 2,000 times more powerful than any previous bomb. We knew the world would not be the same. Few people laughed. Few people cried. Most people were silent. Robert oppenheimer was the man who charged the test. The fear was Nuclear Weapons were being developed. It was hoped the weapon could end the Second World War. The u. S. Dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima, three days later nagasaki. It brought the Second World War to an abrupt end. It started an arms race. Within a few years the u. S. And soviet union would have Nuclear Arsenals totals thousands of bombs. Fire. These were often done in remote areas but released vast amounts of radioactivity. The global arsenal of Nuclear Weapons peaked at over 65,000 warheads, but fears of an accident or mistake along with the breakup of the soviet union led to a ban on testing in 1996. The u. S. And russia have since reduced their arsenals, but both still have over 7,000 nuclear warheads. France china and britain have over 200 followed by small but not insignificant numbers of warheads in pakistan, india and israel. The war may not be at war but 70 years after the dawn of the atomic age they remain an important port of each countrys military capability. Al jazeera. Now time for the weather with richard. Iraq has something i think we need here, a National Holiday because of the heatwave. Ive come from the u. K. , but of course, the temperature in iraq has been blistering. Weve had temperatures reported to be up to 52 degrees in basra International Airport. We are seeing changes taking place, looking at 47 for friday, and as we head into saturday, temperatures coming out to 46 is still hot but theres a difference between being impossible to move and being just about what you expect in that country at this time of the year. Hot conditions continue, but the trend is for it to get somewhat better. Elsewhere, weve got some particularly nasty weather across parts of asia. Weve got dry conditions affecting much of Inner Mongolia and northeastern china. They could do with some of the rain heading towards japan moving from the south and so the southern arm is going to produce phenomenal amounts of rain. We are looking at rainfall to get. About 100 millimeters in tokyo during the course of july. Elsewhere, 800 to 900 millimeters, one or two places could see a millimeter of rain. That could produce landslides across japan. Thanks very much. The ivory trade in hong kong poses a major threat to elephants, pushing them fast towards extinction. A new report released by the Organization Save the elephants says demand for ivory is soaring across asia. Tanzania sold their elephant populations drop 60 between 20092014. Campaigners say not enough is being done to stop the illegal trade. A loophole in legal trade is part of the problem. A ban was imposed to stop the trafficking of ivory but the sale of older tusks is legal. Fresh ivory is passed off as old. Investigators found over 30,000 items on sale in hong kong. Why is it that hong kong is such a hotbed of illegal ivory trading . Actually in hong kong, the legal trade continues domestically for ivory. The make that buyers are the mainland chinese who buy over 90 of the items and they have to smuggle it abroad. Back into Mainland China, its illegal to take this ivory out of hong kong. This is the problem there are too many chinese coming in every day to monitor. The sources are not at wet at the border. They can easily smuggle items in their suitcases out and bring them back. They are about half the price of the items in Mainland China so luxury items in hong kong are much more south after, because of no v. A. T. And fewer taxes. We hear time and time again that this massive demand for ivory from china is to blame for this push towards extinction of the elephants. Why does it continue to be so big when the rest of the world has moved away from buying ivory . I think china has suddenly become a very rich country with people who want to show their status and its quite prestigious to own luxury items and ivory is one of those. If they have a chance to buy it, they do like it. Its actually only a fraction of the population that do buy it, but it being such a huge population, it makes the biggest impact on the trade and one of our biggest problems from flaca i also these large confinements of arrivery are coming through the hong kong ports. Seizures are being made, but one wonders how much is getting through into Mainland China. Its important to try to sox the problem which adding more resources to Law Enforcement more detection dogs to sniff out ivory and other techniques need to be seriously increased to reduce the smuggling of this illegal ivory out of the country. What can be done to reduce the poaching . Thats a big problem weve had heavy heavy poaching. It requires Law Enforcement. We have the problem of corruption. We need money and resources put in, and manpower to improve anti poaching techniques that can be managed and to prevent these large gangs forming of governments involvement, as well allowing these ivory consignment to say leave africa and come through mostly to maintain china. Hong kong is probably the major hub for this ivory coming into Mainland China because much of it is being confiscated in customs, but obviously they cant catch it all. Its a huge challenge indeed. Thank you for joining us. Do stay with us on this news hour. Still ahead, we go inside the maximum security prison in mexico where a notorious drug lord made a brazen jail break. Plus. Im in rural maine experimenting with a different form of criminal justice. In just locking people up, isnt it better for society to have offenders meet and talk to their victims to understand why what they did was wrong. One of the most controversial figures in the world of cycling makes a return to the tour de france. Details in a moment. Hello again. Euro zone finance ministers have thrown a financial lifeline to greece, agreeing to an emergency loan to keep the country afloat until a new bailout deal is signed. Three exiles returned to saudi arabia, an important gain against Houthi Rebels, but its not safe enough yet for president adou Rabbo Mansour hadi to return. Japans Prime Minister pushed through controversial legislation that could see troops send abrought for the First Time Since world war ii. Opposition m. P. s walked out in protest and thousands of protestors gathered outside parliament. Developing nations have dropped demands for a global Tax Authority after pressure from the United States and britain. The plans were discussed in ethiopia. Poorer countries are estimated to loose 100 billion every year because Multinational Companies dont pay their fair share. Offenders include google, and apple. Lets bring in martin, the tax Campaign Manager at aid international. Tell us more about these companies. Who is dodging their taxes . We have looked into a few companies and its hard to say who is dodging the other way around, who is not dodging. We have looked into the affairs of the zambia sugar the largest sugar mill in zambia. It belongs to british foods, one of the large multinationals operating in the food industry. Over the five years between 2009, 2007 and 2012, they deprived the tax revenue in zambia of 17. 7 million. If you look at it, its the amount of money that could have put 38,000 girls in school or that is 14 times bigger than the aid for u. K. For malnutrition and Food Security during the same period. If you compare it with Something Else like example of caroline, a small businessman having stole close to the sugar mill, she is actually over this period was paying a bigger amount of Corporate Tax than the massive multinational just behind her back. What about these bigger names as well that were hearing google apple . These are for developing countries, the telecommunication goods, apple yes, they are massively avoiding taxes but its mostly developed countries where the consumer purchases the products, so these are the big brand names, but this is a massive widespread problem that it impacting on a mitch bigger scale the developing countries because they have much lesser revenue. If these companies avoiding taxes also affect the developed countries, why did this plan for global Tax Authority fail . Why was it blocked . Well thats about power. We have a system thats been in place for more than 50 years that is in effect controlled byo. C. D. , a group of rich countries. This group wants to keep control. The developing countries would like to bring this to the u. N. , where the democratic principle of reputation is there where each country has a say on how the global tax roles are designed. Suddenly after pressure from the rich countries the developing countries have caved in. A lot of disappointment there today. Thanks very much for filling us in on the details. Last month word leaders pledged to provide insurance for 400 million more people in developing countries against risks associated with climate change. Senegal along with mauritania are the first to receive some of that money because of a severe drought. We have this report. A bad omen, a sign that the worst is yet to come. The animal died starving, collapsing in the heat before it could reach the shade. Almost a year without a drop of rain young hasnt experienced a drought like this in his lifetime. There isnt enough food or water. Dying of starvation is a violent death no one should experience this, not even our animals. Now at least they are spared from hunger. The United Nations believes more than 20 Million People, mostly children, dont have enough to eat and are currently going hungry president area. With temperatures as high as 47 degrees celsius pastures have turned to desert. It is three degrees high are than last year. Villagers and their animals on the move are searching for better climates. This intense drought with a slight rise in temperature is causing this desert to expand. People are having to travel even further to feed their animals. To the Senegalese Authority this is triggered by mankind caused by our collective pollution into the atmosphere. In 2014, humans released 32 gig gay tons of carbon dioxide. They have taken up cloyment change n protection offered against climate changes natural disasters. It calculates claims based on rainfalls, satellite imagery for cattle loss and drought. They they are redistributing money to the most valuable. Insurance money distributes cash for food and feed the weakest animals, because their milk provides the revenue and is their only asset. There is not enough to feed all of the weak animals. Tonight, once more, theyre only meal is a few potatoes, tea and bread, so the day ends like it started, hungry, uncertain and wondering which one of these animals will survive tomorrow. Al jazeera northern senegal. Burundis rival political factions are meeting to bring an end to the unrest. The president is running for a third term, which defies the two term limit. His decision triggered months of violent protests and more than 150,000 people have fled to the border. Jonah hull reports. With less than a week to go before controversial president ial elections in burundi, the u. N. Refugee agency says more than 700 people are fleeing the country each day. This is the border entry point into neighboring tanzania. A family waits to be registered by u. N. Workers. The scenes in burundi today have brought back terrible memories. Life in burundi is really very bad. There is no future there. No one has peace. I dont have peace. On one side, relatives are being killed. When i looked at the other side, neighbors are being killed. There are being burnt in their houses. When i heard of what is happening, i thought back to what happened in the war of 1993 when i lost seven children and my husband. I said we should flee fast the before it comes to claim the lives of the rest of my children. Thats why we decided to come. Ness distance hinted them lie the hills. More than 160,000 people have fled months of violence and intimidation, as the president prepares to stand for on unconstitutional 30 consecutive term. It has set rival political factions against one another in a dreadful echo of past civil war. They arrested me and asked me who are you going to vote for. I said i couldnt vote, because i cant walk. They started beating me. One started asking wheres a hammer, so we can beat him with it . One of them said lets just get rid of him. The refugees here will look at the camp. Mass shelters house up to 200 people taillight. The large in flux means theyll likely stay in these conditions for longer than the one or two days for which her designed, but they will be fed the children schooled, as more and more arrive. It is a kind of normal, a long way from home. The family of a man killed by police in los angeles are seeking an investigation into the 2013 shooting. Video foot only was released under orders from a federal judge. Officers say they shot him because he feared they said he was reaching for a gun. Police tried to keep the video from the public. A massive manhunt is underway in mexico for escaped drug king panel chop poe guzman. Officials released prison video showing him leaving through a hole in the shower floor of his cell. We got firsthand access to his room. Climbing out of a maximum security prison, many high profile criminals are locked up and none more notorious than el chapo, captured and taken here in february, 2014. This is home to the worlds most wanted drug lord until last saturday evening, in which he sat down on the bed of his cell and put on his shoes. He then got up, and went into this area, which is one of the only areas in this cell where the cameras cant see him. He then knelt down and kept going lower and lower until he actually disappeared into this hole, which then goes down into a tunnel, which extends 1. 5 kilometers. Its worth knowing this prison is a huge maze. We passed through so many corridors and security doors to get to this cell, its impossible to know where you are inside. That makes it more amazing and suspicious that el chapos rescue team knew exactly where their tunnel had to come up. Behind me is the building where he eventually emerged after going 1. 5 kilometers in his underground tunnel, luxury tunnel with ventilation, electric lighting, and a motor bike that could have whisked him out to freedom. Theres a manhunt to try to catch him. Its anyones guess where Joaquin Guzman is now. Barack obama will be the first sitting president to visit a federal prison, touring an Oklahoma Jail thursday as part of a push for a fairer criminal Justice System in a country with the Worlds Largest prison population. We report from maine on how some states are looking toward alternative models of justice. The second whitest state in the u. S. , maine is not renowned for ethnic diversity. Here among the capital buildings, a program is underway rooted in Global Indigenous cultures. It asks fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of criminal justice in the u. S. Prisoners are being released early so that they can learn from their crimes. The key is talking within a circle. There are kind of five key stone questions that we think about, what happened, what were folks thinking at the time or feeling at the time of that incident, what have they been thinking or feeling related to it since its taken place, who has been affected and in what ways have they be affected and what needs to be done to make things as right as possible. Juvenile offenders in maine can escape incarceration if their victim is prepared to seek redress through Restorative Justice instead of prison. Theyre too young. Charlotte chose to confront the two boys who robbed her to make them understand why they did was wrong instead of having their lives ruined by jail time. I just had the feeling that they that the kids who had done that had never really felt connected with the community. Restorative justice began to catch on in the u. S. As incarceration levels reached record numbers and the damage to communities was recognized. In some states, modern u. S. Law enforcement is looking to aboriginal tradition. Its in their best interest to bring them to the center and say you have really erred here messed up and weve got to figure out a way for you to learn to make it up to the people you harmed and you return to the community. He worked for the homeowners and paid them restitutional. The first meeting was emotional, he told us how much damage we caused. He is returning to school soon and clear about his goal. I just got that tattoo the other day, actually. Those who make amends this way are less likely to reoffend and almost those offended against feel justice has been served. Al jazeera, maine. Still ahead in sport jordan speith begins his campaign for a Third Straight major as the championship gets underway at st. Andrews. A plane attempting to circle the earth has been grounded for nine months. It suffered battery damage before its record 118 hour flight from japan to hawaii. Its a major set back, but the team does intend to complete the journey once repairs are carried out. Someone else trying to harness the power of the sun an engineer in afghanistan has built the countries e. s First Solar Powered car in his back yard. Jennifer glasse has his story. He had a dream, to use something kabul has plenty of, sunshine. He started believe his countrys first solar car. Two problems in afghanistan one is environment, and another problem is we havent mined. Gasoline. Yes yes. A professional engineer, he knew what he wanted to build but the materials and the money werent always available. Fiberglass, really expensive. I havent money. To finance the project he sold his own car. When that money rabat he looked for donations. A friend he met on line gave him 1,000 to finish it. It took a year and a half and 5,000 to produce his dream car. This is the only one in afghanistan . Yes, this is the only one in afghanistan. First Solar Energy Car this is used in the city. When it is cloudy or night, we can use electricity and charge. He used parts found in the local market, like motorcycle wheels. He welded it together as best he could. This is certainly a basic model. Theres no room for storage no airbags and not a lot of manurability. Its not the ideal car for public traffic. Driving in kabul is aggressive cars challenge each other to get ahead. He only takes his car on the road on weekends. Armed with the phone number of the head of the Traffic Police in case hes stopped. Summer driving brought a new problem. The brake fluid gets too hot and he has his first accident. He hopes to produce the cars here. So far, there have been no interested investors. He said he got a Free Education in afghanistan and would like to give Something Back to his country. Jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. Needs slightly more development. [ laughter ]. It was cute, it was cute. Robin, give us sport. Thank you very much. Were going to start golf underway in st. ~ann across. All eyes on the leader. Against england and lords. Sri lankas opening equaling the second fastest of just 17 balls. That set up the home team rather nicely. Reaching a target of 288 with 11 balls to spare. Its 11 in the series. A fifa official being held in switzerland is extra dated to the United States. U. S. Football federation chief testified, saying he had no knowledge of corruption but experienced moments of discomfort during concacaf meetings. The former president s are among the 14 current and former fifa officials indicted in may by the u. S. Prosecutors on charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering. The fact of the matter is that what has been revealed sov is a most of i cant style Crime Syndicate in charge of this sport. My only hesitation in using that term is that it is almost insulting to the mafia because the mafia would never have been to blatant overt and arrogant. American authorities are tracking down four cubans who defected after traveling to the United States. They left the team before the border before the regatta began. Defections during competitions have become common, the United States allowing anyone fleeing cuba to secrets dense after a year. Two members of the Cuban NationalFootball Team defected while the team was competing in the concacaf gold cup. Two others have followed suit. Cuba have pulled off one of the Biggest Surprises at the competition. Theyve beaten guatemala in the quarter finals. Its an amazing result. They need eight goals in their first two games. The cubans are meeting the defending champions the United States in the knockout round. Trinidad and mexico paired up in eight goals for the mexicans all assured victory. Mexico plays costa rica in the Second Quarter final. New acquisitions in seattle with a preseason tour. The former buyin man along with accenter fielder is the extra defender. Uniteds spending spree during the summer is believed to be around the 120 million mark. Im very happy. In my opinion weve got very good players. Im very happy that there are already before the tour, because we can prepare now in the tour already all the key elements what i have to implement with new players. The Man United Team named the fifth most valuable team in the world. Total value fell 5 from last year. This is due to the drop in the euro versus the u. S. Dollar. They are estimated to be worth 2. 6 billion. The nfls Dallas Cowboys are second with 3. 2 billion. There are two number twos, because theres a tie for second place. Baseballs new yorkateion also estimated to be worth 3. 2 billion. Barcelona on fourth 3. 16 billion is the figure tied to the spanish club. I think the Biggest Surprise this year is the increase in nba and Major League Baseball teams both fueled by huge sums of money coming into the sport both on the international and local level. There were 10 nba and mlb teams combined last year. This year, we have 22 basketball and baseball teams making the top 50. Barcelona fourth in the list. They do have legal worries over alleged fraud pertaining to their purchase of a player. Barcelona accused of using a complicated Payment System to deliberately hide the true value of the transfer to avoid tax and payments to the companies. The way we see it, we are victims of fraud and private corruption. We fully trust spanish justice and are sorry the talent of name mar, a World Football idol has been used for evil. Chris froome volunteered to go an independent drug test after cycling race to prove hes riding clean. He is the overwhelming favorite to win the tour for a second time. From wants scientists to confirm his success is down to natural talent and training. Lance armstrong has made a low key return to twitter. There were plenty of journalists, but barely any fans turning up. We will have more details later, there is sport on our website, as well. That is where well leave it for now. Thanks very much. Do stay with us here on al jazeera. Ill be right back with another full half hour bulletin of news. Well be live in greece for all the very latest on that countrys debt crisis. Greece is on track to get a 7 billion euro loan to keep it afloat. Hello there and welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. Also ahead, celebrations in aden after houthi fighters are pushed out. Members of yemens exiled government begin to return. Thousands protest in japan over new laws that will change the countrys passivist policy. Plus picture