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jamaica threatened with olympic expulsion because of doping. all the details later in the program. >> hello, france has called for the world to react with force. if it's confirmed that the syrian government has used chemical weapons on its people. secluded boots on the ground as an option. while the u.n. has are already called for an investigation. an activist said, if the americans the british the french and why not the russians as well because they too have condemned the use of chemical arms. you remember?

in principle, the russians signed the treaty which prohibits the use of chemical weapons. >> there has been reactions, turkey's foreign minister said all lines have been crossed. criticized the u.n. security council for its inaction. if such an attack was proven the rebels were responsible. and germany has urged the government to grant full access to u.n. chemical weapons experts to investigate the attack. well the attack allegedly happened in the southern suburbs of damascus on wednesday. activists are saying, 13 hoo were attacked, including children. this video you're looking at is said to show fighting and government tanks shoving, al

jazeera can't independently verify this footage. clashes there and rockets falling on residential areas. in eastern ruta, there's reports of shelling by government war planes. let's talk to fawaz jelez, london school of economics joining us out of london good to have you with us. let's start out with what france is saying about this alleged chemical weapons attack. if proved to be true, fawaz, there needs to be a reaction, there is what laurent is saying, is he talking about some sort of military action? well, i think he means a military strikes. and i think if the reports are correct, prove to be correct the pressure would be overwhelming. not just on the french and the

britts but even on president barack obama. remember his red line. president barack obama says there is a red line, if chemical weapons were used basically the united states would retaliate militarily. there are factions in the united states that are calling upon president obama to trigger his red line. but the reality is the security council is deeply dividerred and the russians and chinese diluted the final statement of the security council. first you have to find out whether chemical weapons were used, you need verification and that's what the united nations have been calling for the last 24 hours. >> let's look first at this red line which in fact that statement was made about a year ago by president barack obama and now the french foreign minister said if the u.n.

security council could not make a final decision, as you said they are divided, action had to be taken in other way. can you see where the united states could sideline and take action? >> no, neither the french or the brits would act on their own. he made it very clear in his announcement today if the americans, the french and the brits and the russians giving their consent but neither the brits or the french have the capability or the direction to work on their own. at the end of the day, what you have to do, the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon should ask to work on their own o. you have a strong u.n. team in

damascus, made up of 20 inspectors, they are basically about 15 minutes from al guta where the alleged attacks took place in the last 24 hours. if president assad is intelligent and i don't think he is intelligent would basically give his consent for the u.n. inspectors to basically reach the scene or provide them with the means to reach the scene and basically verify that chemical weapons or gas was used. but my take on it was, assad would say it's too dangerous to reach al guta and we don't want to reveal our war plans and foreigners including u.s. inspectors. >> there is an argument that must be put out there, why would the government use chemical weapons at a time when the u.n.

security weapons experts are inside the country looking at past allegation of chemical weapons use? >> first of all, you're raising a very important question and which would really have started with your question. we do not have independent information confirming the use of gas in alguta, even though we have the claims by the opposition and the counterclaims by the assad government. i still think the burden of proof lies with the assad government. regardless whether gas was used or not, you have a massacre, the largest casualty figure in a day in the last two years and a half. give or take between 1500 and 500 syrians. what is really illogical, why would the assad government use

chemical weapons when you have a strong u.n. team arrive in damascus on sunday? another major point for your viewers is the assad regime, the al guta has been, regained control of al guta and finally assad knows very well that the use of chemical weapons on a large scale as the alleged reports show would trigger an international retaliation. we started talking about that at the beginning so all these questions basically make the case for the use of gas illogical and difficult to make sense of even though assad has shown himself to be really illogical and he has confounded many of us over the last two years and a half. even rationally and analytically

it doesn't make logic for assad to use gas. the burden of proof morally and legally stands with assad government. >> fawaz thanks very much for joining us out of london. as the situation out of syria becomes more desperate, later in the news hour we'll be reporting out of iraq where this refugee camp has sprung up in a matter of days. in the coming hours, former egyptian president hosne mubarak is expected to be released from prison and placed under house arrest. take a look at these live

pictures from outside the prison. on wednesday the court said he could be granted, release in three case against him. mubarak's lawyers say there are no legal grounds for him to remain in prison. he's served the maximum time while awaiting trial. the appeal overturned the judgment and the retrial is now under way. mubarak's sons are still in jail and facing corruption charges. mike do we know when mubarak is expected to be released? >> well, there's no indication of when the release or temporary release as it is will actually happen. his lawyers have been at the tora prison throughout the morning conducting what they say is the necessary paperwork but also perhaps discussing the terms of his release. now we know, too, that the prime

minister has ordered that mubarak be moved into house arrest on his release. he did this in his capacity as the deputy military commander in terms of the state of emergency. so although mubarak is going to be released formally he will are immediately taken to a state of house arrest. the exact destination of that not known either at this point. >> mike, and mubarak has not been acquitted of any crime and in fact he is going to be back in court next week. >> indeed, yes, there are a number of charges still outstanding against hosne mubarak. the trial there resumes that is specifically in terms of charges that he was come explicit in the deaths of civilians in 2011.

court proceedings will continue with those. although he has this form of release arbitrated by his lawyers because he has been in detention for that maximum two-year period he will be in that form of house arrest and he will be in coming days and weeks and possibly months appearing in court on a regular basis. >> all right mike thank you, that's mike ha hannah reporting from our cairo bureau. speaking to ordinary citizens in the egyptian capital cairo. whatever the fate of former president hosne mubarak the decision is another hit for a fream who is still waiting for -- family who is still waiting for answers. 18-year-old was killed during the uprising when a car ran him over.

>> first it's the corruption cases then it will be my son's case. the one about the killing of protesters. mubarak will eventually be cleared of everything. i want to know who ran my son over. if the judge decides to release him it's his ruling and we have to accept it. it's the rule of law. >> i don't agree he should be released. we had a revolution. people died. what is that all for? anyway, things have gone back to the way they were before. >> there is a general feeling that so much has happened, that what happened to hosne mubarak is irrelevant. whether happy or sad people are not surprised by this verdict. don't care about politics or even who's in power. they want justice for their son. every corner of their home a reminder of why their lives will never be the same again.

shedeen tadros, al jazeera, cairo. you can get information on our web site, aljaz aljazeera.c. pashour, economic sanctions for being what they described as a terrorist training center. and coming up in sports, the arsenal champions league a little later in the program. a fallen chinese politician has denied a charge of

corruption. abuse of power in one of the country's biggest political scandals for decades. the once powerful communist party boss's wiefer was jailed last year after confessing to killing a british businessman. harry faucet is in the court in jinan. what kind of sentence are you expecting bojela ink to get? >> it's not clear. people have been thinking about a relatively lenient one in the range of 20 years. who knows, this is an extraordinary day. this is always going to be a day in history, a senior profile member of the regime on trial. he came in essentially challenging the judge to give him affair and just trial. then proceeded one by one to refute all the allegations

against him. one of the businessmen against him a criminal a mad dog, wasn't actually a friend of his as all, didn't know if he had given money to his son. he really wanted to make the most of this. a one time star of china's communist party, an accused criminal. the man himself wasn't going quietly. in a surprise move denied least some of the charges against him. he served as mayor of the northeast city of dalian and finance minister. party secretary of the southeastern city of chong ching. an associate of bo and his wife,

april bo's trusted police chief wan li jung, at her trial last year gu kai lai admitted to poisoning hayward. now this place is being cleansed of his traces. you don't have to look too hard that bo's legacy is quietly being expunged from this city. this is the place where people used to gather to sing red songs. instead now, we find a sign saying singing is considered too noisy. it is hard tore wipe out his more concrete legacy like the social housing that won him support among the poor. he was a good leader. i hope he doesn't get punished too severely.

>> reporter: support still extends to many in the upper reaches of the party. which is why some believe he will give a relatively short sentence of 20 years. >> the communist party, this bickering amongst the factions will always be there. it's just for the sake of party unity, i think, he has settled for lenient treatment for his major political rival. >> there are some determined not to let this one time star of chinese politics slip silently away. >> you know harry you were talking about bo jelai being very outspoken in court. what are we to make of the fact that he was publicly challenging it? >> well, i think it's very interesting, whether he's doing this as a surprise, whether the leadership in beijing had

expected him to meekly comply with what was going on or perhaps they had been bracing themselves for something like this. it has been a very long time since he was dismissed from office and removed from public view. perhaps you can read from that, they are having concerns about what might hatch at this trial. irshould tell you while we were listening to that package more has come out suggesting that bo jelai has been questioning one of the men accused of bribing him of more than $3.5 million. saying, did you tell me about this villa in france that was allegedly bought by bo for the ming family. they said no, this is something i did with your wife entirely separately. did you tell me about watches given to my son bo quaqua.

questioning prosecution witnesses against him for essentially but resting claims against him up to this point. i suppose if you are very cynical, you could say, this is an appearance of an open and just performance which is what they want. but they want this whole issue dealt with in a relatively degree sizive manner so the whole party can move away from this deeply damaging scandal. it doesn't look like that, it looks like he's making unpleasant noise in the courtroom behind me. m that is harry fawcett reporting. robert mugabe took the oath in front of cheering supporters, last week zimbabwe's fearing the

case wouldn't get a fair hearing. let's cross to hara mustasa who is joining us from the sports stadium in dispa zimbabwe. after that he will then walk up to his family, his wife grace his son and daughter, they will personally congratulate him as being swos sworn in as presiden. they want to hear his acceptance speech. is it going to be more of the same, will he tell the group to go away and leave him to his own country or will they say i want to work with the opposition leader i want to carry this country forward? the opposition member who did not attend he feels mugabe stole

the election, that is what people are wait being to see. >> what does this situation mean for relations to the united kingdom an the united states? >> it depends. they say this election is over and done with. they are willing to work with zimbabwe and the people. the uk say they want an independent investigation into this. they don't feel that the elections were free, fair and credible. the eu say, they are willing to renew the relationship they have with zimbabwe. some countries want to reengage with zimbabwe but some countries are still hesitant. we'll see what robert mugabe

says in a few moments' time. ibrahim bubakar is waiting to be sworn into office but spent no time in beginning his task to reunite his country. >> took to his campaign tent to deliver a speech that he said was for all of his people. >> through a clear vote, malians chose to bring me to this position. i would like to launch a vibrant message to the malians. >> high among his priorities will be reforming the military. it was elements of the army who

staged a coup last year following the tuareg rebellion. although the movement, the mlna appears to put its disputes to one side, the disagreements have not disappeared completely. that is something he is keen to defuse. >> the first, following the ideas of peace and tolerance that we can build a new democracy that allows everybody to find their place. >> reporter: the place of the foreign ministry in malicious will also be an important question. most of their troops have gonl and have been rye placed by u.n. peace keepers. ones in office, president kata will have to oversee a an economy that is ailing and one

of the poorest in the world. credits promised aid for reconstruction but that can only go so far in a country where life expectancy is only 53 and one in three lives below the poverty line. mr. kata's term will begin when he is sworn in at the beginning of september. zoc nick kane, al jazeera. >> a look at the weather. richard. northeastern asia, clouds still threat nipping. these shots come from hi long nang problems of and same in the eastern parts of russia. a lot of rain really caused flooding, probably the worst in several decades. a lot of heavy rain further south, stepping towards japan. we could see heavy rain towards the south, what coming down from

typhoon trami. similar totals across the chinese mainland. it is still there, it is still spiraling around very slowly and pushing on further on land. so we're going osee more heavy rain here. there's still more rain in the philippines. what's happened is the southwest monsoon has been enhanced, causing almost a super-monsoon effect. good news here but across southern parts of china it looks as though the heavy rain will continue for the next few days, looks like there will probably be more rain in this area too. >> speaking of the area of japan the rnls of the troubled fukushima nuclear plant, tepco needs help for leak of water.

the level set to be raised to level 3, the highest since the disaster. anita knight has more. we know that the tepco and it's various supervisory organizations, have not gotten on top of the problem at all. this particular leak that we're talking about is from water that was supposed to be safely contained after being used to cool one of the three nuclear reactors that are in the stage of ongoing melt down. if that water isn't used to do that job, the consequences will are very, very grave indeed. they can't afford to let these plants get any more critical again. but this then highly radioactive water is supposed to be stored safely in tanks and the japanese

public and wider world are covering that in fact it is not being stored safely at all and is leaking. the bigger problem is that the fukushima dye chicago plant hasn't bend neutralized and it's beginning to admit that it can't and the japanese government has by implication forced a situation where it or other organization is taking control. >> coming up on the news hour, tackling mexico's deadly drug voyages. how with you town tries oturn things around. baseball history, all the details a little later in sports.

>> welcome back. the top stories on the al jazeera news hour. france has called for the world to respond with force if it's confirmed that syria's government used chemical weapons on its own people. the u.n. has called for an investigation into the alleged attack. in the coming hours former egyptian president hosne mubarak is expected to be released and placed on house arrest. he could be granted, release in cases against him. a former chinese leader has denied charges against him.

in the city of jinan. more now on the crisis in syria and the increase in violence there is prompting syrian kurds to cross the border into northern iraq. some 31,000 has made that journey since the border was opened on thursday. conditions are far from perfect, imron khan is joining us from abile, what did you see imran? >> when there are 13,000 living under canvas and rope totally in iraqi kurdistan, there are about 31,000 of those have come across in the last -- in the last few days since thursday. this camp didn't actually exist on wednesday so they built this very, very quickly it has to be said and they're still building it. they're digging a trench here,

wind is coming and they're trying to winterize. i spent a day in that camp and this is what i found. >> mohammed arrived in this camp on friday, she says she escaped hell in syria after her husband was killed. she is the sole breadwinner. was thankful to get across. >> our house was destroyed by shelling. my husband stayed behind and then in may he was killed by armed men. i don't know who they were. terrorist, free syrian army, i don't know. they put my husband in a barrel and shot him like an animal. the government opened the border crossing after hearing stories about an armed group linked to al qaeda. but the sheer number of refugees

mean resources are stretched. registering between 25 and 50 tents a day but it is a slow process and there are some people here that haven't been given tents yet. so they sleep outdoors. the united nations refugee agency say they are in desperate need of provisions. >> winter is around the corner so we have to think in advance of winterization, infrastructure, because we don't want this to turn into a mud bath. it's amazing, how long this will be here for is unknown. serious conflict drags on and the spillover into the region is clear for all to see. can a. >> imran we can see the serious conditions facing them and why are syrian kurds coming across

the border? >> well the kurdish share a common language common history. and the government wants to help them. and when they heard these stories of an al qaeda linked group attacking them, an investigation team tried to find out what was going on. they haven't made that public yet but clearly enough for the deposit to want to open this border crossing and get people back in here. there are a number of agencies that are working here to try to make these people's lives better but this is a temporary relief, many people are happy to be here. but if this is a long term thing, this lasts six months to a year and a half, and there's no end to the crisis, one of these situation that come volatile, imagine living in these conditions for longer than

six months to a year. the kurdish government really has this situation on their hands and making sure these people are comfortable for the long haul because that is the way this seeming this going. >> thank you imran. imran khan reporting from iraq. al jazeera rosalyn jordan spoke to a lead attorney for the self proclaimed mastermind. does model's lawyer believe his client is getting a fair trial in the military commission at guantanamo bay?

>> absolutely not. a shadow of any criminal case in the united states. it is a shadow of what that would look like. nevin said one issue is one that has dominated the pretrial hearing. an mou that would allow him to gain evidence, not able to discuss that evidence with mohammed, something anyone in a u.s. civilian trial would be entitled to. >> mr. mohammed would be able to take what steps he can to rebut it, to explain it, to say there is this other thing you should know about this piece of evidence that is not in it here and so on. and this is magnified in importance in a death penalty case. >> the other major roadblock: nevin's inability to discuss with his client the torture he suffered after he was captured

in pakistan in 2003. >> the things i'm able to talk about and not talk about. when he tells me and raises the most important aspects of the case and i have to tell him i can't talk about that, that is a problem. it is very, very hard to develop trust under those circumstances. >> but nevin says he is committed to defending mohammed as best he can. he is required to do no lest. u.s. sol jer bradley manning has been sentenced to 35 years. expected to spend at least eight years in prison before being considered for parole. manning leaked security secrets to wikileaks. u.s. says the sanction he are the first to target a school of its kind, traveled to

northwest pakistan where he gained exclusive access to the madrassa. >> this according to the u.s. government, is a terrorist training center. where students under the guise of religious studies are apparently convinced to carry out attacks. the jamiah gans madrassa ask accused of providing financial support to groups like al qaeda and the taliban and as of tuesday the u.s. department of tradition has placed economic sanctions on the islamic school. it is the first time that a madrassa has come under sanctions which forbids any extraare interaction with it and freezes assets that come under u.s. jurisdiction. and what can only be described as crisis talks, the elders

gather for the first time, miss since learning of the sanctions, sheik amenela who the u.s. says controls the school was labeled an al qaeda sympathizer, no one has seen him in eight months and deny he has ever supported the band groups. ibrahim says the u.s. has his facts wrong, it is he who has charge of the madrassa not the amin. >> the americans say it is a -- we say it is a hope of teaching. we ask them to show us proof. >> so no taliban or no al qaeda have ever received training in

this madrassa ? >> we have been here for 20 years. nothing bad has ever happened. so why are the americans accusing us of training suicide bombers or other terrorists? >> anas assam is one of the 180 students who study here. he says he's shocked of the news. >> i've never met an al qaeda or taliban nor have i been trained to do anything bad. >> pakistan's government has yet to comment on the sanctions and while those here deny having done anything wrong it's a different story in washington where minds are clearly made up and unprecedented penalties imposed. impiaz chiad, al jazeera

pashower. >> signs now life is starting to improve. in a two part report, rachel levin met residents trying to move on from the city's violence past. if you want to understand the fighting spirit of people of juarez, look no further than the jaguars. these people have been scared by violence, a mother, brother, child killed by the violence. lupeita's son. >> i said to myself i wish i could see him run just one more time. i know he is here. you can feel his spirit. >> never missing a game is important for mama lupeta, as she's known.

this is rodrigo's number. forcing the government to act it spent hundreds of millions of dollars on social programs but that money is now dried up and many are worried that the progress that was made may be lost. but some say they never felt that investment, like irma, a factory worker. her children and grandchildren rely on her alone. one year ago her daughter like many women in this city went missing and now she's lost a son. murdered during one of the most violent weeks in the city this year. it's worse, it didn't used to be this bad. now they killer you for the littlest thing. >> watching her grandchildren and a tribute to her son she says she has no doubt their lives will be hard. at the grave of her son, lupeta

and her husband say, stop violence. back on the field, the coach challenges his players to give more to the team and to each other. back on the sidelines lupeta is still watching still supporting the boys. >> my son always said, mom, you can't stop running and that's what we're trying to do as a family, it's difficult but not impossible. >> a lesson for her city to still recover. rachel levin, ciudad juarez, mexico. group is mainly sliz la sris tamals. all have been granted refugee

status but are still being held in detention and that's because australian authorities deemed them to be a security risk. the u.n. human rights association said the rebels were not granted visas, they can't get help from the refugee tribunal and there's no basis under australian law to challenge inhumane or undignified treatment in this situation. fearsly debated in australia that is ahead of a general election next month. >> no government of which i'm president of is going to withdraw from the refugee organization. it came into law after the last world war and should be a fulcrum of everything we do. >> the harshest thing is having people die at sea because they have made a perilous journey

that they just shouldn't make. so the most compassionate things that we should do as a nation is put in policies that stop the boats. a volcano has erupted in japan, covering the city with ash. residents used umbrellas to protect themselves. the volcano does erupt constantly causing the people to be in a constant state of alert. coming up, your front row seat to a celestial treat. and what's got tiger woods all bent out of shape. details coming up. sure that stories

>> hello again, as europeans move elsewhere to escape their continent's economic problems many are choosing to settle in south america. and the tango has proved to be a link to their old lives. music brawr brought her to argentina. but europe economic recession played a role too. >> europe is stuck in the past. people go there to see what used to be. people come here to see what will be. argentina is like a teen aged country.

>> reporter: europeans are migrating to argentina again. walter says nostalgic europeans longing for their old country, love the sad melancholic tang-o. >> an influence by opera, feeling blue and longing and crying. >> reporter: but this particular dance style became famous worldwide. overshadowing the lyrics. it's difficult to dance tango well, like these people do. so many people like to go to bars and listen to the songs. today there are more than 200 tango bars in buenos aires.

>> tango unites people. tango is a world apart. >> she's a professional dancer working three shifts a day, in restaurants and the tourist area of caminito. even in winter time. she is happy in south america. and doesn't share the nostalgia for europe that influenced a dance, a style, and the world. monica vilz l villa mizar, buens aires. >> and for sports. arsenal, in their championship game, took a big step towards championship stages, second from kiran gibbs,

given the gunners a healthy advantage in the seg electric in london. >> we had a proactive attitude from the first minute on, and that certainly was very important tonight. >> well, let's have a look at all of wednesday's other results. a very disappointing result for the 2011 semi finallest shelka, paok only at this stage after their opponents in the previous rounds were expelled over match fixing allegations, 1-1 by ledia warsaw. after picking up an injury during barcelona's draw, the first leg was played at calderon

stadium. former striker david via left barcelona partly because of the rival of nema. scored his first competitive goal for the club since his $76 million are move from san beentos,. chelsea 2-1 win over the, after seven minutes. but the visitors when beat arsenal 3-1 over the weekend, replied over the break when christian venteke, and branislav vecce sealed the win with over 15 seconds to go.

iranian club estergal beat birmingham united, maybe meant it, who know. costenal hetheree, sent in a goal meaning they will take a one point lead next week. nasatta kuda scored on 21 minutes to put the j league side ahead. but braziln striker got the lead for the al shabad as it finished 1-1. china's ever grand, the team coached by italy's winning coach marcello getti, four minutes

later he set up alcasin for his team second. substitute sultan al sawadi, saudi club fche finished 1-1. former executive director of jamaica's antidrugging, involving georgia may kahn sprinters in the last few months. asafa powell tested positive at the georgia may kahn championships in june. lorraine simpson also failed the test and veronica campbell brown tested positive for a banned

diuretic. sports jowrn joint seth do y surprise you? >> it never surprises me what happens in jamaica because i've been there for several weeks, four years ago i was researching on the jay may kahn efforts and the fight against zoning and we could see at this time, 2009, there have been absolutely almost no doping controls in out of competition periods. so i don't think that there was really a serious fight against doping and obviously there was a kind of conflict of interest at this time because the sport authorities and people from track and field from athletics in jamaica have been responsible for the antidoping and the controversy in the left, so in

my point, it makes no difference because you have to divide the responsibilities in the conflict against doping. >> can you see now the georgia may kahn authorities actually going through with that -- jamaican commission? >> they have installed that in the downtown area of kingston. it is a place where they have installed a lot of equipment a lot of devices and they have really also increased the number of doping tests but when we talked to people some weeks ago, some german journalists, we have to realize that still in 2013 there is a big lack of confidence. >> we should point out that renan shirley hasn't accused both of doping but certainly that will help. thank you very much harry for that. interthank you.

>> another week and another injury for tiger woods. golf's number 1 pulled out of the barclays championship in new jersey. he chose to practice his putting and chipping. the reason an uncomfortable neck and back. >> yeah, my neck and back were a little bit stiff and it was stiff this morning after a soft bed and one of those things about sleeping in hotels and i didn't want to push it, so just took it easy and chipped and putted. >> maria sharapova wen announcee couldn't take part because of a long standing shoulder injury. was world champion back in 2006.

cricket and rain delayed the start of round 2 between england and australia, 307 for 4. and that is all your sports for now. i will hand you back. >> thank you very much. will as trom percent in chile has captured a moment when a star is born. the stellar infant about 1400 light years from earth began as an energetic burst of gas. it bursts up to a million chronological terse pekilometer. that is a moment when a star is born. do stay with us on al jazeera. we have much more news coming up all the day's top stories and all the news you need to know in

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>> good morning, this is aljazeera. these are stories we're following at this hour. after spending a year and a half in prison, egypt's long time leader mubarak could walk out today, out but not free, facing the prospect of house arrest. >> jury deliberation are set today for nidal hasan, just one day after he caught the prosecution by surprise. >> one of the countries beloved landmarks is burning, an out of control wildfire near yosemite national park has forced thousands of people to flee.