This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how the
Todays big sports stories the wimbledon tennis update. The man who helped expose fifa corruption is banned himself chuck placer. Israel said two of its citizens are held by hamas in gaza. One of the missing men disappeared last year. The details are only coming out now because an israeli judge lifted a gag order. This is what we know. He is believed to have crossed the border fence into the gaza strip in september of last year. He is described as being of ethiopian descent. This is coming from the israeli minster of defense. Accord dog israeli sources, he is held against his will by hamas. Hamas says it doesnt know anything about it. A second missing citizen is arab. That is all it is saying, because that case is still under a legal gag order. We are in gaza and will go there shortly. First to paul brennan where the family of the man lives. What is the latest were hearing from his family . They had a press conference. Well, yeah. Im here basically five miles from the border with gaza i
Buried. Im lee in the sports news including women semi final day at wimbledon where Serena Williams silenced sharapova in center court show down. The word from u. N. Is a truce will come in yemen midnight on friday local yemen time for urgently needed aid to get to civilians and more than 80 of the countries 25 Million People are in some form of emergency help and the ceasefire is thought should last to the end of ramadan and that is thought to be july the 17th. The u. N. Yemen envoy says jake has been having talks from the officials government in exile and Houthi Rebels and taking place in the capitol sanaa and it has been three months since the fighting began and at least 3,000 people are known to have died to the u. N. Now and we are there in new york and this has been a round officially for what about an hour and a half two hours kristen. Tell us what you know about what is going to happen. Reporter thats right, david, this is described as a humanitarian pause with a goal of workin
To stop its air campaign. Hundreds of thousands head for shelter as a typhoon bears down on china who said you cant have rural life in the middle of hong kongs city. We meet some of hong kongs urban farmers. Thousands of people have gathered in bosnia it remember the victims of the srebrenica massacre. The Memorial Ceremony included a funeral for 136 newly identified victims, over the span of july 1995 Serbian Forces killed boys and men. Two courts ruled them gen so sides, but two decades later theres debate over that description. Lets go to nadim baba. You have been watching the ceremonies as they unfold as the Community Looks on and marks the anniversary, do you think they have a real understand of what happened in srebrenica. I think it depends on who you ask. On the political level in the last few hours we have seen many former leaders like boint give speeches calling for reconciliation, and theres broad assessment that this was the largest massacre since world war ii. But thats re
It. Israeli Prime Minister bennett says iran will continue what he calls its murderous aggression. This is a bad mistake of historic proportions. Its been described as historic, a landmark deal, the beginning of a new era. Finally after years of negotiations, world powers have reached an agreement with iran on limiting its nuclear activity. In return, economic sanctions will be lifted. Lets take a look at what is included in this deal. The accord contains whats described as a snap back clause. U. N. Sanctions will be restored within 65 days if iran does not comply with terms. The initial sanctions will stay eight more years. Iran could challenge visits to nuclear false sits. Bans will be lifted in Investment Oil gas and aviation. Iran will retain the right to enrich some uranium but not enough to make a Nuclear Weapon. We have more from vienna. A historic deal, one that the key players here say will limit the threat from a nuclear iran. Today is an historic day. Its an agreement that w