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six years after somalia was free of polio the cripple disease is back. ♪ un inspectors head to the site where chemical weaponed were allegedly used last week on the out skirts of damascus and killed people and left people ill and they blame the syrian government and weighing options for military options in syria. the french foreign minister says a proportionate response to the attack will be decided in the coming days. british foreign secretary william hague said it would be responsible without the unanimous backing of the un but russia expressed deep concern over the possibility of a military intervention and president warned the u.s. to stay away saying it faces failure if it strikes. speaking to a russian newspaper,

asad dismissed allegations that the regime used chechlel weapons describing them an insult to common sense and charles reports. >> reporter: chemical weapons inspectors leave damascus hotel. it took four days before they allowed them to go and inspect the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack and hundreds of men, women and children were killed wednesday in a suburb of damascus. the government repeatedly denied all responsibility. but a u.s., british and french officials among others say there is little doubt over who carried out the attack. >> from accounts that we and some of our partners around the world have, what is certain is that this massacre originates from the regime, there has to be a reaction with calm and that is what will be decided in the coming days.

>> reporter: the foreign secretary said diplomatic pressure has not worked and said a military response is possible without complete unity at the council. >> we cannot in the 21st century allow the idea that chemical weapons can be used with impunity and people can be killed in this way and there are no consequences for it. >> reporter: the biggest ally russia says there is evidence the rebels are to blame and warned any military response would inflame the middle east. in an interview with the russian paper they said comments made by politicians in the west and other countries are an insult to common sense and it's nonsense. obama administration says it wants proof chemical weapons were used and proof of who used them but military options are being considered and supported by some members of the u.s. congress. >> you can destroy the runways,

and you could destroy his ammunition and destroy his fuel, there are lots and lots of things we could do. we could destroy the syrian airforce. >> it cannot be unilateral approach, it has to have support internationally but not just politically but militarily. >> reporter: it's a view shared by some members of the u.s. military establishment. >> the most important thing is to make sure that whatever you do militarily has some political purpose to it and moves us toward a resolution of the situation. so there is no point in just firing a weapon, dropping a bomb to drop a bomb. >> reporter: the syrian government promised a cease fire in the area of the alleged chemical attack so un inspectors can gather evidence. whatever they find the cause for intervention from western governments and allies are getting louder. and charles with al jazeera. >> reporter: a former russian

diplomate and says a decision for military intervention does not lie with individual countries. >> i think even declaration of such kind, it is violation on international law, it is war against united nations charter. united nations charter absolutely clear, that only security council has the right, legitimate right, to interfere. if anyone wants to over throw other governments, other authority, he can make it under any, well, fabricated special for this occasion. i think that better to french foreign minister mr. fabio and minister of defense of great britain to keep silence this way because it's better to listen to united nation's decision, not

france and not great britain decide such kind of question. it's not their zone of responsibility. >> reporter: and phillip is in london and interesting words from the foreign secretary and russia does not agree with us, what do the rest of the uk's allies think about that? >> well, britain is very clear and mr. hague reiterated that again this morning. that it could take action without the backing of the united nation's security council. mr. hague said the un security council had not frankly shouldered its responsibility when it came to syria and that if the situation was deemed to be one of humanitarian urgency as he put it then britain could strike. he said that britain and france and the united states are as one on this issue. but we also get the feeling that

no real definite decisions, final decisions have been taken. they will be taken later during the course of the week. the prime minister david cameron returning from holiday probably later today, a meeting in downing street of the national security council behind me, the building behind me will be tomorrow. >> reporter: no real idea what the options are that the uk might consider? >> well, we can go through the various scenarios that have been considered over the past few months. there are troops on the ground at one end and an absolute definite no that is not going to happen. you won't see british or american or french troops on syria. we can return to arming the rebels but that was an argument that seemed to run out of steam back in may here in the united kingdom. if you recall the time when european union agreed to lift the embargo at british and

french there was opposition particularly in the country and it's seen the prime minister backed away from that at the time. we are then looking at strikes of some sort. british defense officials leaking talks, leaking remarks about proportionate, direct strikes. but there is no illusion that this will be a very perilous under taking and defense is in a far more sophisticated state than libya when the britain and french embarked on this kind of action and that is not even really addressing the issue of where this leads politically. what purpose does it serve as you heard from the voice from the united states. bombs can be fired, missiles can be sent, but really what objective are you trying to achieve, are you merely trying to punish or are you trying to obtain an outcome you would like

in syria. i don't think anyone in the british government or in other western governments is under any illusion as to how difficult it would be to obtain the outcome they would like. there simply is no easy or good options here. >> reporter: thanks for that and barnabie phillips in london. a hundred countries signed up to the chemical weapons convention formed in 1997 but syria is not one of them. agreement bans the production to stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. and syria has a stockpile has never been in doubt and thought nerve agents are manufactured at five plants in the country but unclear how much they have. back in 1997 the u.s. submitted to a large chemical weapons arsenal of 27,000 tons and around 75% of that stockpile has now been destroyed. russia declared the largest stockpile at the time, around 40,000 tons, it so far destroyed

60% of them. north korea is never officially admitted to having a chemical weapons program but believed to have large stockpiles and south korea disclosed a stockpile which it has since destroyed. and china says it complies with the chemical weapons convention and the program has now been dismantled. and trap is an independent consultant on weapons control and joins us from geneva via skype and good to have you with us. when people like yourself examine the pictures which emerged on the outskirts of damascus is it clear what is causing symptoms or is there doubt? >> it's clear there was an attack of a chemical weapon of some kind, we can rule out other explanations that is custom and we saw similar footage but not at that scale. so i think there is no doubt that a gas weapon was used. we cannot be 100% sure what kind

was used. there is some indication it may be serin but not conclusive at this stage and will remain inconclusive until we have a team taking evidence and collecting material that can then be analyzed to see what it was and we need to know how it was delivered and what types of weapons was used and it leads to the question of responsibility. >> reporter: we know the un inspectors are going in today to check that site of the alleged attack. there is some concern that evidence may have been tampered with. is it possible to hide or mask the effects of a chemical attack or make it look as though someone else has used them? >> matter of time in the un team is concerned and question of access, how much access do they actually get and how much freedom do they do what they need to do to conduct a proper investigation. over time some evidence will simply disappear, other evidence can be corrupted.

but this is six days after the alleged attack and i think it's quite possible for the team to find sufficient facts on the ground that will lead to conclusions as to what type of chemical attack this was. >> reporter: but not necessarily who used it because we know the syrian regime has access to weapons and claims the rebels managed to get their hands on chemical weapons, is that a credible scenario? >> it's a scenario and a possibility that i cannot exclude and i think that the u n team will bear in mind. and it's not actually to come back with a statement of this or that party in the conflict was responsible for use of the weapon. they are there to gather facts on the basis of which that as assessment can be done and what they can bring back is evidence that will make it easier to analyze what types of weapons were used and whether it was military or improvised and what

type of agent was used and so on and this is a picture that will then allow us to conclude what actually happened. >> reporter: can i ask you a general question about chemical weapons, these are classified as weapons of mass destruction and tightly controlled. why is any government allowed to have them? >> well, that is why we have the chemical weapons convention which actually is there to bring countries and commit them to abolishing the weapons and the convention is in force since 1987 and 189 states that are part of the treaty and as you said in the introductions the countries and have not destroyed them are in the process of destroying them. the goal is to get rid of weapons once and for all but syria and other countries have yet to join the conventions and syria does. >> reporter: syria is not a

party to the convention, do we have an idea what it manufactures and how much it has? >> what is available in public are estimates that have been -- that have been released for example by the cia and intelligence sources. there is a broad idea of how much weapons the army produced over time because 500-1,000 tons and understanding the agents involved include nerve gas as well as other agents which will be consistent with the timeframe of the syrian chemical weapons program. >> reporter: ralph, good to speak with you, thank you very much indeed for your comprehensive thoughts and ralph trap chemical weapons experts live from geneva. okay staying with syria, opposition activists say 10 people have been killed in air attacks on idlib and the pictures were shot in the area neighborhood. the government defensive began

saturday after they took control of checkpoints in the, area to choke off supply lines. moving to afghanistan president, he is in pakistan and first trip to islamabad and we will look at what he is hoping to achieve. >> and imphil in london and looking at a phobia in the uk, if you have a mobile phone you may well have experienced it and find out what it is later in the program. >> reporter: and in sport find out what sort of impact barcelona signing is making in spain and we will have that story. ♪ egypt's main muslim party agreed to join a committee appointed by the interim government to write a new constitution and hundreds of people in several cities are protesting against recent crack

downs on antimilitary protests. this was a scene after the start of the overnight curfew in alexandria and calling for an end to military-led rule. and there was a march taking place west of alexandria and also demonstrations in northern sinai. new pictures emerged of efforts to clear body after anti-coup earlier this month. the video was shot august 14 at the city in the area of cairo and the people are apparently trying to remove bodies that have been shovelled together by a bulldozer. hundreds of people died after the military moved in to end the six-week old protest. security forces arrested several members of the muslim brotherhood and among them the former minister of youth and sport and aids of deputy spiritual leader. many families are worried about relatives detained during recent

protests and we went to meet some of them. >> reporter: the damage at the site of the muslim protest is quickly being cleaned up by the army. the crack down of supporters of the president morsi killed hundreds of people and the sweeping powers handed to security forces under a state of emergency is also having an impact. mohamed said her son was caught by police breaking the nighttime curfew and no political affiliations said he is held without charge and beaten by police. >> they blind folded him, tied him up and started beating him hard and kept asking who he is and what he was doing. >> reporter: he is not alone. rights groups estimate almost 2000 people are being held without charge under the state of emergency. >> those in power have the right

to detain without prosecution and put people in prison for a long time without any investigation. >> reporter: the interim government justifies such measures as crucial in the fight against terrorism. despite the arrests small anti-coup protests are continuing but the held away from sensitive areas where security remains tight. at the center of the protest movement is the muslim brotherhood which will continue despite the arrest of leaders. and her husband is the spokesman for the brotherhood and says he was taken by heavily armed police who burst in their home in the middle of the night but she says they won't be deterred. >> everyday all around egypt people are out on the streets protesting and not waiting for the leaders of the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: there are many

people who have supported the state of emergency and the presence of security forces on the streets. others worry that it's another sign of a return to the police state they fought so hard to dismantle. some speak of a culture of fear returning to egypt but at the moment these protesters are ignoring that even if the numbers have been reduced. wayne hay, al jazeera cairo. >> reporter: bomb attacks in iraq killed 46 people and this is the aftermath of one of the attacks in the district of baghdad. bombs went off in other countries and gunman killed five troops traveling in a van. afghan president karzai arrived in pakistan and the first trip across the border since he won elections in june and how have the meetings gone so far?

>> well, after president hamid karzai arrived with a high level of delegation he went this a meeting with the new prime minister sharif which was attended by the country military chief cabinet members and the board discussed issues related to resent affairs, peace and security and the nato withdraw from afghanistan which is to be completed by december of 2014, next year. so important agendas on the table. however, mutual miss trust and suspicions marred that relationship. this is karzai's first visit in 18 months. he was a frequent visitor to pakistan who visited this country at least 20 times as president but this time it was long because there were accusations from the afghan side that they were marginalized and not let in on the peace process with the afghan taliban when they opened their office in

doho. americans talked about facilitating that but they were angry but today both sides trying to put a brave face, the pakistans saying they were concluding agreements with afghans on a construction of a number of projects, roads, railroad links and even an hidal project on the river koonar. >> one thing they want to help with from pakistan is opening up a channel of communication with the taliban, is that something pakistan is likely to deliver on? >> absolutely. that is a crucial part of the negotiations because there was a list of 53 taliban prisoners including brador, the senior commander in custody. interestingly, and the tribes men, the same tribe to which karzai belongs, the afghans are wanting his release and want him

to be a direct conduit and want pakistan to try and influence the afghan taliban to come to the negotiating table. but it will be important to see whether the leadership of the taliban would be happy to hold face-to-face talks with the karzai regime. >> reporter: thanks very much indeed for that updating us on the meeting between two leaders in islamabad. and more than 20,000 people have been moved from their homes in russia's far east after the floods after 120 years. hundreds of soldiers have been sent to help. one of the worst hit areas here and from there peter sharp sent this report. >> looking out across this flooded plain the landscape here has changed beyond recognition. only two weeks ago the river which was about, what, 600 meters wide ran through acre

after acre of land and harvested crops. well, no longer. and the nani people who lived in this region for 12000 years and finished in these waters and harvested the fields now have absolutely nothing. the future looks bleak. the fields are gone and the fishermen say the fishing grounds will move when the waters recede. and the tourists who used to come here in droves to see the prehistoric carve ings that the ancestors made on the river banks are staying away because they are under water. on monday the government in moscow said it would be cutting any compensation to these people. no fields, no fish, winter is going to be a struggle. >> reporter: so clearly bad conditions in far east russia. and we have the weather and it's looking wet this europe too, isn't it? >> that is right. pretty wet and pretty stormy as well.

on the satellite picture you see the swirling cloud we had over us, that has given us very heavy downpours, some parts of germany to the southwest seen over 60 millimeters of rain but elsewhere the problem has been to do with some very, very strong winds. in fact, looking at the damage here, just to the north of rome, it does look like we were hit by a tornado or perhaps a water spout if it was actually over the sea but caused a lot of damage and some of the boats thrown around including this one which ended up in a hedge. lots of problems there and yet more as we head through the remainder of the day and for the day for today some of the worst weather is in the southeast but also down toward the southeast spain and it looks ferocious at the moment and things will be stormy heading through the day on tuesday and heavy showers to bring hail and flash flooding in the eastern parts of spain and plenty of heavy rain over the

alps in the southeast as well and no change through the day on wednesday and more heavy rain is on the cards and actually some of the unsettled weather over parts of europe is stretching further south as well, northwestern part of africa we could have a shower as well. >> thanks for that. now the corruption trial for disgraced chinese politician bo xilai ended with revelations about his wife's relationship with his former aid and accused of bribery and abuse of power during his time as governor and we have the latest from outside the court. >> earlier in the trial bo xilai said he had something to reveal on the last day and he certainly did. it centers around his long-time ally and the police chief and the flight to u.s. consulate in february 2012 triggered the chain of events which brought down bo xilai for the killing of the business man hayward.

and his wife were having an extremely special relationship. they were as close as paints and glue and he was sick of it. he describes one incident in which one person came to his wife with a letter expressing love and slapped himself in the face 7-8 times and he said you are abnormal and he said no i used to but i'm not now and then he takes the letter away. and he knew he harmed bo's family and feelings and knew the character of the man he was dealing with and that is why he ran to the diplomates in chung-do. this goes to the entire strategy that bo had throughout of trying to place himself on the fridges of wrongdoing saying perhaps he has some responsibility for not being aware of it or not acting when he was made aware of it but never a main player in any of the allegations against him. of course this doesn't carry any

legal weight, it's an assertion in court and guilty verdict likely is predetermined a long time ago and the victim will be announced sometime soon. >> reporter: police say they restored order after buddhist set fire to shops and homes. the riot began after three men raped a woman and hundreds have been killed in religious violence over the past year. hundreds of thousands of people in the philippines have a mass rally against the misuse of public funds. they object to the so called pork barrel practice where politicians allocate government funds to their own projects and follows a scandal featuring a business woman who allegedly helped politicians to channel funding. protests are held in the indian city after the gang rape of a photo journalist on thursday and

they are calling on the government to take a strong stance in tackling the rising sexual assault and she is in the hospital and five men accused of attacking her are in custody and she was raped at a mill in mumbai. crews from across the u.s. are fighting california wildfires and say this one in yosemite park is so big it's generating its own weather patterns and that story coming up. >> i have not drank or took drugs in six days. and for me that is a miracle. >> reporter: the latest chapter in the life story of mike tyson after the break. ♪

♪ welcome back, and the top stories on al jazeera, un inspectors are traveling to last wednesday's alleged chemical weapons attack. france says a proportionate response will be decided in the coming days. a chemical weapons experts told al jazeera child evidence can be destroyed or corrupted the un team can find out what type of chemical was used in the attack and determine whether it was delivered by military weapons or improvised devices. and the corruption trial for disgraced chinese politician bo xilai ended with misconduct between the wife and former aid and he is accused of bribery and abuse of power when he was governor. and let's go back to syria. some western countries say they are now weighing options but the

question is what options do they have? and joseph is a political analyst and with the ranked corporation and a defense think tank and good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> reporter: the uk foreign secretary saying it would be possible to act without unilateral un security council backing other nations and some not so sure. what is your assessment of that? >> there seems there has been a change in the thinking in several western capitols and during the past year and a half or two years everyone was talking about the security council approval before any decisions were made. but now it seems that after two years of discussions that have not really reached any kind of conclusion, william hague and french president and others are talking about nato trying to rely on a non--u n security council mechanism to do something about syria. i'm not sure whether they will

manage to come up with some kind of a join decision but that is the thinking at this point. >> reporter: yeah, talk about other coalitions as you say, non-un coalitions like nato or arab but wouldn't any action cause possible backlash from those who support the syrian government, russia, china, iran? >> we are in a dilemma at this point because president obama and western powers have during the past year created these red lines saying that if chemical weapons were used obviously that will be a game changer and they would have to interfere. this has nothing to do at this point with syria. the international community cannot set a precedent by allowing the use of chemical weapons even though this is not the first time the chemical weapons were used in recent years and nevertheless the key question is whether or not the power and we don't know who used

chemical weapons but a party that uses chemical weapons cannot be left free to behave the way they want to. that is the thinking at this point. >> reporter: what action could you take? -- what action could you take that hurts the regime and nobody wants boots on the ground and could you take out runways or ammunitions or the entire airforce? >> they certainly could do a great deal of damage and sent crews and military on air bases and not surprised if the turkish airforce would be involved heavily in this campaign that is being promised. but the consequences of that would be very serious. obviously they could take out the leadership if they would like to. that does not really require boots on the grounds. what that requires is a political decision to go ahead and use brutal force, a campaign that lasts 3-4 days.

mind you i think they pretty much know at this point whether they were used by the government or rebels and the question is if they let us know what it is that they found out. >> reporter: joseph thank you very much indeed for that, joseph and speaking to us live from beirut. >> thank you. >> reporter: united peace keepers are accused of killing protesters in the democratic public of congo, two people were shot dead and four others injured during a protest against a lack of un action. peace keepers from uraguay allegedly fired on people who tried to storm their base but the president said his countrymen were not to blame and local police opened fire and the u.s. is investigating. meanwhile the united states is threatening to impose more sanctions on m-23 rebel leaders and their supporters if they continue fighting. the statement followed reports of shelling across the border.

the state department called on them to stop supporting m-23 and respect drc's territorial integrity. six years after somalia was declared free of polio the disease is back. just this week doctors treated 20 new cases. raising the total number of victims to 18. and we report from the capitol. >> diagnosed with polio and he is a construction worker and is still shocked by the revelation that his son has the contagious disease. >> he had a high fehrer and a coma and the next day he couldn't walk and we took him to the hospital and diagnosed with polio. >> reporter: proper healthcare is almost unheard of in somalia and things of investigating if

they have polio or not, medical personnel send samples to neighboring kenya and people are miss diagnosed are too common. that is what happened to six-year-old sabrina mohamed. >> we rushed her to hospital when she fell sick and they said she had, malaria and she would be better if they found out she had polio. >> they were already immunized and something causing lots of concern here. >> the vaccine would not help if the child doesn't have good nutrition. the disease will also return as long as they remain in the country, children who have not been vaccinated. >> reporter: the out break of polio is six years after somalia was free of the disease and they are warning it might spread fast because it's extremely challenging to cut out a proper

campaign in somalia. but there is little else to do but immunize. at the hospital parents line up to have their children vaccinated and they organized a massive campaign in the capitol and areas under the government's control. beyond that the vaccination faces a daunting challenge, accessing areas of somalia controlled by the armed group al-sha-bab and they say it may spread quickly and jeopardize the multi-billion effort to wipe it out worldwide. and al jazeera in somalia. >> reporter: more than 2000 gay right supporters protested in amsterdam against the antigay policies and the russian president is talking about a new law in june making gay propaganda illegal and gay

rights activists will protest and boycotts of next year's winter olympics. the russian opposition leader has been arrested during a campaign rally in moscow and held and released for breaking rules on mass events and he is a fierce critic of president putin and campaigning to be moscow's mayor in next month's elections. at least six are dead and many injured after the freight train they were riding on derailed in southern mexico. the cargo train is one of the most famous. and known as the beast and had at least 250 migrants on board hitching a ride north towards the u.s. border. and we report. >> reporter: the train is the only way many undocumented migrants could hope to start a new life. nicknamed the beast the cargo train is meant to transport goods but over the years hundreds of migrants got on board using it as a vehicle to a

new life in the united states. for some those dreams have now been lost. >> the train was going very fast. when he started to brake it went over rails and people began to jump and my cousin died and another one under the train. >> reporter: the beast was traveling through the southern state of tabasco when it came off the rails and it's a remote part of mexico. ambulances couldn't get through by road. people scrambled to reach those trapped in the wreckage until teams arrived by helicopter. >> we found bodies on the sides. we think that we will find eight, maybe ten more bodies under the train carriage. >> reporter: the route is already a dangerous journey and several hundred migrants cram in freight cars or sit on top and it's operated by the drug cartel

and they are kidnapped and forced to smuggling drugs in the u.s. and to reach the united states it's unlikely this accident will deter everyone from hitching a ride once the train gets back on track, al jazeera. >> reporter: farmers are causing disruption after a week of protests and riot police are trying to stop them from blocking roads and the farmers want to subsidize products and fuel. and we report from the city of tunia. >> in it for the long haul and a week farmers from columbia are blocking major roads leaving entire regions cutoff. coffee and dairy and truck drivers say this is the only way the government will hear complaints. >> we grow potatoes but we see the raw materials going up and

the market is flooded with foreign products thanks to free trade agreements the government signed and we don't make half the money it cost to farm. this is it. we are fed up and we will continue until there is a solution. >> reporter: protesters blocked the road with trees, rocks and fire and the government deployed thousands of policemen. >> this is the situation on major roads like this on almost a daily basis with the police coming in and clearing the barricades set up by protestors and you see the farmers on top of the hill and waiting for the police to come in and they are holding stones and they are saying they are ready to continue until all their demands a met. they accuse the military of using live ammunition against demonstrators and tossing tear gas into people's houses. while the government accuses armed rebels of infiltrating the

process. >> they accuse of us being infiltrated by gorillas and we are farmers and we rather our children were gorills than the police and they should resign. >> reporter: with the strike entering the second week they have shortage of fuel and food. the government said it will not negotiate until roadblocks are lifted, something these farmers are refusing to do, al jazeera in columbia. >> reporter: here is a question for you do you get worried if you can't find your mobile phone? if so you are not alone and there is a name for it, nomophobia and we can have that story coming up, and find out if fighter woods can overcome injury and opponents to win the 6th title of the year. stay with us. ♪

♪ welcome back. hundreds of fire fighters in california are struggling to contain a giant blaze and threatening the water and power supplies to the city of san francisco. and melissa chan is just outside the park. >> lovely clouds but it's actually smoke over the mountains. this is as close to the fire line as we could get. we watched teams battle the flames both on the ground and with help from above. we are west of yosemite park and firefighters have been trying to

fight the flames but will pull back down this road. the fire jumped the highway. steep, tough terrain and dry conditions is one of the biggest fire in california history. firefighters and metrologist say it's so immense it has weather and generating wind, rain and weather making it unpredictable. >> we are worried about it getting larger and pouring in aircraft, firefighters and across california and the country. it's the number one fire priority in the nation. and we are hoping to get it out. >> reporter: teams from across the country are here. mapping out plans to evacuate residents if necessary and help arrives by the hour to relieve those who worked for days, a typical shift lasts 24 hours. >> we spent the first probably 30 hours out protecting a subdivision. and they were air dropping around us.

>> trying to prevent the fire from moving from the forest to residential neighborhoods. >> reporter: the fire moves north and they will build containment lines to stop the advance to homes. more than a week in, what is known as the rim fire has left charred evidence of its path cutting a line across the green. leaving blackened oak and pine and smoky desolation and it's difficult to imagine that new plants will sprout but years before the trees will stand mighty again. and we are just of yosemite park, california. >> reporter: a woman in the u.s. state of new mexico says a growing number of women in abusive relationships are branded and she was the victim of domestic abuse and women accept tattoos from controlling partners. >> at that point in time then i will apply the laser. >> reporter: this is a constitution, a conversation, a chat to change a life.

from her office in albuquerque, new mexico she is trying to help the victims of domestic abuses and has free tattoo removal, the physical sites of psychological damage. >> i think that we need to recognize that this is a form of branding and like i tell everybody this is the super official. this is what is on top. we should be extremely concerned about the acts and events that took place that caused these type of brands to take place. there are so many more horrific stories that are underneath. >> reporter: the laser removal of tattoo can take a while and months and years depending how big and how deep the tattoo scarred and the patient is victoria, her boyfriend demanded she have his name tattooed on her back, breast, hand and above her vagina. >> he was really abusive and extremely abusive and threatened me. if you don't get the tattoos while you will get the beating

of your life and, you know, i didn't want a beating because i already experienced it. so it was more like you sit still and you will let me tattoo you and if you fight back then it's going to get ugly. so i just had to sit there and just kind of endure it. >> reporter: and she stepped in because of the abusive relationship she suffered and the pain and the tattoos she accepted. and learning tattoo removal she practiced on herself and found the change hugely important. >> i realized that there was this elevation or this lighting that was taking place within myself that it had become this very important purpose to remove this person's name who caused so much harm to my life. i became very excited, you know, watching it as the tattoo slowly disappeared and then one day to have it removed. it felt like final closure. it felt like i had made it past this person was no longer

affecting my life. >> reporter: and helping dozens of women and believes it's a national problem with hundreds if not thousands of victims and cannot take away the cycle and emotional scars but can help remove a permanent reminder of more painful times, allen fisher, albuquerque, new mexico. >> reporter: we will go to sports. >> the football world awaits definitive news about bails proposed transfer on madrid and they are making due without their own star player and mass si was injured and barcelona won't. >> a hamstring injury kept mass si sidelined but he could not be tempted into starting new signing him and this is the early stages as they struggled to breakthrough defense and the homicide threatened on several

occasions. it took just one moment of brilliance to give them the lead. and delivering in the 44th minute at the break of 1-0 and brought on for the final half hour. bars barcelona was 2-2 to start the season. they are joined at the top of the table by madrid who had rivals and they opened the scoring in the 17th minute when they added a further two before half time. it continues as tiago headed a fourth in the 5 third minute and garcia with the second of the

night and 5-nil winners. al jazeera. >> reporter: and madrid play at granada with the buy incomplete and yet to agree terms and reports in the uk claim the spanish club may have a rival to buy the 24-year-old and the manager says he expects bail to be back in training with spurs on tuesday. >> it's difficult for me to help you on this situation. there is interest from madrid that i'm not sure if the transfer will happen or not. hopefully you can have more news in the next couple of days. >> reporter: spurs won on sunday but a big up set saw manchester city losing to cardiff and it was the first home game in the league in more

than 50 years. >> that was the first thing we ever are in the league, first time in 51 years in the top division and meant a lot to a lot of people and at the end of the game with the result and proud of people at the club. obviously the players also and friends who made the atmosphere unbelievable today. >> reporter: the champion adam scott and won the first of four tournaments making the fedex playoffs and he is six shots off the lead and did not think the round of 66 would be enough to win it. one by one the rivals fell away and included tiger woods troubled by a back injury and he finished in a tie for second and scott goes to a career high second in the world rankings. >> well, i can't believe it to be honest with you. i think, you know, i played a good round today and came in and really did not think i had a

chance but obviously things went my way a lot. >> reporter: and cricket is celebrating a third series victory over australia and finished in a controversial draw with the umpires ending play due to bad light when they were this sight of victory and the home had a 3-nil series win and they will return for the series in australia this november. >> it has been intense talk but also very proud time for me, you know, we had real tough moments as an aside but you know the character we have shown throughout the series when runs needed to be scored they are scored and when they needed to be taken they were taken. that is a mark of a good side. >> reporter: tennis two will play american ron harasson on monday, he missed the tournament last year and beginning of a 7-month injury lay off but came

back to win the french open only to get knocked out in the first round of wimbledon and had a great season in the run up to the event. former heavy weight boxing champion mike tyson said he is on the verge of dying because of drug and alcohol abuse. 47-year-old convicted rapist has been battling with what he called vicious alcoholism. the ex boxer wants to change his life and he is speaking at a press conference to launch his new venture as a boxing promoter. >> i have not drank or took drugs in six days. and for me that is a miracle. i have been lying to everybody elbow to think i was sober but i'm not. this is my 6th day and i'm never going to use again. [applause] breaking news for you now, new and chemical weapons team on the way to hoto on the outskirts of damascus to see if there was an

attack in syria returned to a government check point. the spokesperson for the secretary general said as they approached the area the first vehicle of the chemical weapons team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unknown, unidentified snipers and the vehicle was so badly damaged they had to turn around and go to the check point and they are safe but need to replace the vehicle before they can go back into the site. so that investigation delayed at this moment. now, let's move on. you know the feeling when you mislaid your phone, is it panic, are you worried you are missing out on important calls or you can't see an e-mail or a text the very second it comes in? well you are not alone. research in the uk identified a new phobia which is affecting millions of us, the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. and phil explains. >> reporter: it is an all-too familiar feeling you realize something is missing,

forgetfulness or absent mindness and there is a known nomophobia and on the rise and you may need a smartphone to do so and there in lies the problem. half of the uk apparently experienced this, the feeling and anxiety you get when you realize you don't have your mobile phone with you and disconnection from a constant connection and not just telephone but text, internet, game and music and for some it doesn't bear thinking about. such is the fear of missing out 17% of us work on phones in bed, very restful and hardly romantic and a quarter of women look at theirs on a date. half of the uk will take theirs to the beach of course when the weather is good enough to go and not just this country. much of the world appears to share this cellular obsession and tell the experts who say we need to look at the past.

they don't make manners like they used to. >> you wake up first thing you have to do has anybody anybody getting a hold of me or saying good night or wants me to speak. it needs to be a discipline introduced so people aren't living for a mobile phone, they are living their lives. >> reporter: so addicted to your phone, there is an app for that,, in fact, there are several for when you just can't switch off and you really can't switch your phone off. we live in an ever connected world, the question is at what cost? phil with al jazeera london. >> reporter: dear phil, i don't know what you're talking about. all right, okay, so time now to send a few texts and answer a few e-mails and make a few calls but then i want you right back here with us because i'll be back after the break with another full bulletin of news, see you in just a moment.

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>> good morning, i'm bill walters and these are stories we are following at this hour. >> i dealt with him, i know. he is a potsological liar. >> a stark warning, and this morning, gunshots force u.n. investigators to return to damascus as their convoy is destroyed before they begin their search for chemical weapons in syria. >> crews fighting fires at yosemite national park. >> i don't think a sign will stop a bully or a fight. >> students in chicago heading back to school this morning, just months after dozens of schools there are shut down.