The cells music allowed me to stay alive. Cannot he says the plays helped him come to terms with his past and he hopes it will help people understand refugees. Exile is one of the main themes of this years avignon theater festival the southern french city is hosting nearly 2000 defense this exhibition shows the work of rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea several performances at the festival focus on how conflict violence and poverty forced people to leave their homes for one play calls a different light on refugees by showing how some people risk their lives embark on dangerous journeys for reasons that are unexpected. With a gibralter a young man strained relationship with his father and dreams of a more exciting life drive him to leave booking a fast so for europe joke ok to get you for you but for 2 sometimes we dont know the full story of why people leave its not always because of war but their desire to discover other things can lead them into terrible situations we have to understand that. We want to build migration will continue its one of the big stories of page different areas there the performances in avignon on the subject of refugees are all different but theres a common purpose to tell stories of individuals and the force of human resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity natasha aljazeera france and i say from here in europe back now to the stars you and i are. Thanks very much for the across the atlantic now and protests against ricos embattled governor have tended violent in the capital found one its been several days now since protesters started taking to the streets against a leader they say is intolerant and corrupt our correspondent Deborah Elizondo has the latest. I fighting in rioting on the cobblestone streets of the Historic District of san juan puerto rico anger directed at the governor they say disrespects his own people the protesters are furious after nearly 900. 00 pages of gov Ricardo Rosello those private Text Messages were leaked publicly last week messages that were pulled her and sexist summit made fun of obese people mocked political opponents and seemingly joked about the thought of killing the female mayor of san juan hes admitted the messages were his and apologized but said he wont step down so the people are trying to force him out he hasnt been the best governor but when those attacks got leaked we know that he hit right rock bottom like theres no way that this guy could continue governor puerto rico we need our strong leader we need someone to. Guide us in the right way what started a small protests have turned into a huge street demonstrations with tens of thousands of people now protesting from all walks of Society Young people old people even people that belong to the governors Political Party now all out here with the same message not asking him to step down but now demanding it its the worst political crisis in puerto ricos history to cabinet members who took part of the texting who to the secretary of state have resigned but being mocked and ridiculed by their leader has seemingly united 3000000 Puerto Ricans against rosello. But ive never seen something that connects us in such a deep and social level its not about politics its about our people in our humanity thats been slapped in the face time and time again and weve had enough with the government. Over Text Messages that the people saying the only way out is for the man who sent them to leave. San juan puerto rico engineers says its sending more than 200. 00 tons of rubbish back to a strain or a shipment was only meant to contain recycled paper but it was found to be contaminated with lots of other waste thrown through reports from east java its highlighting problems with the Global Recycling system this used to be mostly paddy fields but rubbish which has been dumped here for almost 40 years dominates the landscape villages here dont mind in fact they welcome it. This used to be a poor area i couldnt even afford to go to school but with this trash i could put my 3 children through school my oldest is getting a ph d. Like many others give man makes a living from sorting through the waste this is rubbish thats already been sorted most of it comes from a Paper Recycling factory in the village and whats dumped here is mostly scraps and you find broken bits of plastic bags of food wrappers sometimes even clothes. Villages also by waste from Paper Recycling factories. Theres relatively valuable stuff to be salvaged such as plastic bottles and drinks can. Even plastic bags have resale value. Burned by some factories which make tofu. As a cheap alternative to firewood to environmentalists these are worrying developments. Our investigation conducted since 2017 shows that contamination from plastic and Household Waste in white paper imports in 35 to 40 percent vet shouldnt be allowed the Industry Standard is between 2 to 5 percent. He says imports of waste increased by 35 percent last year which is when china stopped importing plastic waste. We didnt conduct checks on waste paper imports in the past because they were considered low risk but we inspected several containers recently from australia after we got a tip off. Customs inspectors found a Plastic Packaging that even used baby nappies stuffed between palls of waste paper. And they want to check the containers from the u. S. And germany containers which have already been found contaminated have been sent back to where they came from. For the villages of collecting what others throw away has become a way of life until they find alternative jobs they keen to keep their way of making money florence. Village. 2 former england footballers say they were approached to take on paid roles as critics of the 2022 fee for world cup thats according to the british newspaper the times Stan Collymore and. Campbell say they rejected the office which involved attending a conference in london now its not clear who funded the lavish event at the 4 Seasons Hotel but campbell says he was told he could get a good football deal in the u. A. E. If he accepted. Now its time for sports whats been happening in golf a lot actually its been a busy day the 148th edition of the open Golf Championship has cheat off at the royal portrush course the games all just major tournaments being played in Northern Ireland for the 1st time since 951. 00 home favoring the alkaloid had the worst start imaginal ball dropping 4 shots on the 1st hole it looks unlikely that the 2014 winner will make the halfway cut he finished the day on 8 over par so like you i im disappointed but at the end of the day. You know still the same person im going to go back and see my family see my friends and you know hopefully that they dont think any less of me after a performance like that today and you know dust myself off and come back out tomorrow and and try to do better american j. B. Holmes is top of the leaderboard right now he finished his 1st round on 5 under here is some of the other its the other scores 15 time major champion tiger woods is struggling hes 6 over par with one hole to go a current world number one brooks capita is going well at 3 under Sergio Garcia of spain also finished at 3 under. Very satisfied with where the web played in the way the day went it was it was a solid day like a said it wasnt it wasnt easy out there it was around wasnt enough it was quite windy all day there were some some really tough holes and always on the back 9 so you know i was very pleased with the. The International Cricket council has some suspended zimbabwe it means their National Team are now bauers from taking part in International Competition the i. C. C. Say that the administration of cricket in the country is not free from government interference it follows the elected Zimbabwe Cricket board being replaced by the government in june the i. C. C. Demands that the original board be reinstated within 3 months zimbabwe are the lowest ranked test nation and failed to qualify for the recently concluded world cup. For president jiang and 150. 00 has hit back at claims that footballs world governing body is colonizing the african gain favor last month announced it would be taking temporary charge of Football Administration on the continent the president s of the african football. Is the subject of a corruption investigation what does it mean colonialization i dont know its not part of my vocabulary. But i know what it means to work i know what it means to team up i know what it means to put up their sleeves. To go on the pitch and to help and thats what we are doing. Byron munich striker Robert Lewandowski says the club are in danger of being left behind by europes elite unless they make some new signings wallish international was speaking following byrons loss to English Premier League side arsenal in l. A. Ending preseason friendly lewandowsky has scored in the 21. 00 defeat as winning the Champions League would be difficult if the club didnt add to the signings theyve already made this summer the german champions have signed 2 french world cup winners in Lucas Hernandez and benjamin of our for a combined cost of 129000000. 00. Now with just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics organizers are stress testing many of the venues surfing is one of the 5 new sports included in the games this test event was hit by heavy fog relatively flat seats elim prequalification has already started with 20 places available for both men and women. Were very confident and part of the reason why were here during this period is to see how the conditions are running during the format and i think. You know well well from what weve seen and were wrong. That conditions are up all adequate. Boxers are all but obliged to trade insults ahead of a big fight and Manny Pacquiao is latest opponent looks to have found a new angle he thurman comparing the only 8 Division World champion in the history of boxing to a dinosaur and not in a good way the pair fight for the super welterweight title in las vegas on saturday. It just puts me in the fight mode when i let him know hes you know hes going to do that with a motu rex arms hes about to get you know beat up i did a bunch of center in the face but nothing personal with him but you know job as a fighter. Is kind of a you have to prove something i have to prove something and thats why im so motivated for this fight ok and that is all your sport for now back to you and thats it for meanest tayo and hot but ill hand you a beautiful estate in london for more news in just a few minutes to stay with us here on aljazeera. A group of women of fighting for the right to enter as i could hindu temple that has long been the exact lucinda mane of man one i want to waste investigates the battle to overcome centuries of discrimination in india on aljazeera. To stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the. Aljazeera. Iran seizes a foreign oil tanker in the strait of hormuz accusing it of smuggling oil. I doubt im from steve barger watching aljazeera live from london also coming up. I President Trump tries to distance himself from a racist child by his supporters aimed at the democratic congresswoman. And also an attack on an Animation Studio kills at least 33. 00 people in japan. And security concerns prompt calls for the f. B. I. To investigate face up but is it more invasive than opera. Ballet we begin with developments in the gulf where irans revolutionary guards have seized a foreign tanker which theyve accused of trying to smuggle oil the announcement was made on thursday on Iranian State television but the time to was reportedly seized on sunday in the strait of hormuz 12 crew members were detained there on says the ship named bria had been smuggling 1000000 liters of oil the ship is based in the United Arab Emirates but theyve denied ownership of the vessel the Us State Department says tehran Must Immediately release the vessel and its crew this is how the taiga seizure was announced on Iranian State television. 102 a patrolling operation to find and fight fuel smuggling of ships passing through the persian gulf on sunday revolutionary boats found a foreign ship carrying 1000000 liters of smuggled fuel and after coordinating with judicial authorities they fees that and 12. 00 crew members. Has more from terrell. The revolutionary guard able forces where on an anti Smuggling Mission in the waters of the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel on sunday they said that it was suspicious the cargo on board so they decided to investigate further and after that they decided that they needed to pursue legal venues to seize this vessel and that is what they did on sunday the revolutionary guard statement says that the vessel was seized near island in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board apparently this vessel had fueled up from iranian dows where it was heading further south in the strait of hormuz to sell the fuel that it had on board that is when the iranians decided to carry out an operation and seize this ship of course this all comes at a time where tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz a number of incidents have taken place here and also noteworthy is the seizure of a new reigning in oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th where it caused Major Incident between the iranian government and the british because the british navy seized the grace one oil tanker which was carrying 2000000. 00 barrels of Iranian Crude Oil they said that it was heading to syria and that is why they seized that but there were a means have said that that was not the destination of that vessel and theyre demanding it to be returned this quickly as possible this incident on thursday the announcement from the revolutionary guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. Well the announcement of the ship seizure was made as u. S. Central command general Kenneth Mackenzie was in saudi arabia he met the saudi general in charge of the Coalition Fighting yemens heathy rebels the to discuss the situation in the gulf and house when short safe passage for ships off the coast of yemen and iran let me just emphasize that we dont believe war with iran is another bubble and we dont seek war with a room. What we seek is to deter iran from destabilizing and malign activities across the region and we believe the recent adjustments that weve made to our force posture have had some effect toward that im i still acknowledge that attacks by iranian proxies are occurring against the king or saudi arabia from yemen and thats a problem that needs to be addressed. U. S. President donald trump has distanced himself from his supporters off of a child says his own words about a u. S. Congresswoman who was born in somalia. Several high profile politicians have defended it and i am all following the spectacle of Trumps Campaign rally which the president now says he feels a little bit badly about democratic president ial hopeful camelot harris tweeted that the rally defiles the office of the president from Elizabeth Warren said people must call out trumps racism said a phobia a missile jenny this was trumps reaction when asked about the rally. It was quite a chant and. I felt a little bit baby about it but i will say this i did and i started speaking very quickly but it started out rather rather fair as you probably know if you tell your supporters members why i would say that i was i was not happy with that. I disagree with. But again i didnt say i didnt say that they did. Joins us live in washington d. C. Past weve heard criticism from the democrats what about from members of the president s own policy no again the president makes a very controversial remarks the crowd chants center back after the president had been repeatedly tweeting saying that if this representative hes speaking about a somali refugee whos an american citizen representative omar that if she doesnt like it here because she criticizes his policies and she can go back to her own country thats what the crowd was chanting about as for the president saying that he started speaking very quickly he didnt about 13 seconds elapse between when he stopped talking the crowd started chanting and then he picked back up again but where again from republicans were heard from senator Lindsey Graham who before the election called president and a phobic and racist hes saying what of course hes not racist in his comment was that if there was a somali refugee wearing a make America Great hat that hed be invited to the white house for dinner that the president simply targeted her because she criticized him which again that in itself would