♪ theme >> hello, welcome to the news hour. we have the world's top stories. snipers fire an a u.n. convey of weapon inspectors as they head to the site of allege alleged chemical attack. >> hamad suarezy urges peace talks with the taliban. >> fresh allegations of sexual misconduct at the trial of bo xilai. >> in london, looking at a very

modern phobia. find out what it is, layer in the program. >> a team of u.n. inspectors heading to a syria site where women kill weapons have been used were attacked by snipers. no one was harmed, but the incident forced them to turn away from the site. now they're back for their inspection. we have more. >> united nations chemical weapons investigators leave their damascus hotel to inspect the site of last week's attack. a u.s. spokesperson said unidentified snipers deliberately shot the first vehicle to approach the area, the vehicle was forced to go back to the check point. it took four days of negotiations before the syrian

government allowed access. hundreds of men, women and children were killed on wednesday night, in a damascus suburb. the assad government has repeatedly denied all responsibility, but send year u.s., british and french officials say they have little doubt who carried out the attack. >> from accounts that we have and some of our partners around the world have, what is certain is that this massacre originates from bas bashar ral assad's reg. >> diplomatic pressure hasn't worked. an acknowledged response to the attack is responsible. >> we cannot in the 21s 21st century allow the idea that chemical weapons can be used with impunity, that people

can be killed in this eight and there are no consequences for it. >> syria's biggest ally, russia said there is evidence rebels are to blame. the russian foreign minister said military intervention without a u.n. mandate would be a grave violation of international law. >> we've had this movement in iraq and libya and not a single case of military intervention improved or brought stabilization. the region is unstablized in a precedented way. everyone should work toke as was agreed by leaders during the g-8 summit in june this year. >> syria's biggest ally, russia said there is evidence rebels are to blame. it's foreign ministry warned that any military response would further in flame the middle east. the sirian leader said the comments made by politicians in the west and other countries are

an insult to common sense, it is nonsense. the obama administration 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, assad's runways. you could disagree his must not anything elses and his fuel. there are lots and lots of things we could do. we could even destroy the sirian air force. >> it can't be a unilateral american approach. it has to have support both internationally, but not just politically, but militarily. >> it's a view shared. >> i think the most important thing is to make sure that whatever you do militarily has political purpose to it and move us towards a resolution of the situation, so there's no point in just firing a weapon, dropping a bomb to drop a bomb. >> the syrian government and the rebels have promised the

ceasefire in the area of the alleged chemical attack, so the uninspectors could gather evidence. the syrian government is blaming what it describes as terrorists. the u.n. team has now managed to get into the area. this video filmed by an activist shows them gathering evidence and speaking to witnesses. whatever they find, the calls for intervention from the western government and their allies are getting louder. >> we have the spokesman for u.n. secretary joins us on the line now. both the u.n. team of inspectors had been guaranteed by both sides to have safe passage to the site of this alongside attack. what happened must be extremely concerning for you. >> well, it's not just concerning, it's outrageous, of course that the chemical weapons

investigation teaming which is there to try to determine for the sake of the syrian people and international community whether chemical weapons were indeed used would come under fire just as they set off on their mission. it's incredibly brave of this team to return, and as your reporter just said, they did go in and they have now visited two field hospitals, where they have been speaking to survivors, and taking samples and gathering other evidence. >> just take us through what kind of evidence they are looking for, how long this investigation may last. >> they are a technical and medical specialists, highly trained in this kind of area, and their aim is to collect the blood sampling, soil samples, and other samples from those who were killed in this incident. they can also collect witness

testimony, as i was just describing, speaking to survivors, speaking to doctors. they then analyze the samples. they have chain of custody, in other words, they have collected the samples themselves and keep them secure right back to their laboratory where they analyze those samples, and along with the other evidence that they collected from doctors and survivors, they are able to build a picture and to be able to determine what happened, and their mandate is to determine whether chemical weapons were used in this particular incident, as as you know in other incidents, that they were already in damascus to investigate. >> but they can't determine who might have carried out such an attack. >> that is not their mandate. their mandate is to find out

whether chemical weapons were used, and that is precisely what they are trying to do as we speak. >> there's some concern that several days elapsed between the time of the alleged incident and now when they arrived at the scene. is it possible for evidence to be tampered with? >> look, i am not a medical expert or a scientific expert by any stretch of the imagination, but the experts who have gone in have done so knowing what they need to do, and speaking directly to survivors of an incident of this kind and collecting samples directly from them or indeed from the corpses. this gets them the guarantee that they, themselves collected the evidence. it's not something that's been given to them from unknown

sources, and that's the first step. obviously, they then need to be able to analyze what three collected in their laboratories, so they need to retain that chain of custody. they need to retain control of the samples all the way back to the laboratory. as to the point of the time lapse, the team was going in and arrived at just a few days ago and was going in to investigate incidents that took place several months ago. they felt that they would still be able to gather evidence of some kind if they were able to get to the locations and to speak to people who were involved in the incident. this, of course, is a much shorter time frame. yes, it's not as fast as we would have liked, but it's certainly a shorter time frame than the investigations they were already there to carry out. >> clearly, it's a difficult job ahead of them, martin.

thank you very much indeed for joining us. the official spokesman of the united nations. >> lets go to james bays, live at u.n. headquarters in new york. it does seem as though the momentum for particularly western countries wanting to take some kind of action against syria, even before the findings of the u.n. inspectors is made public, is gaining force. >> we're certainly hearing the drums of war, certainly coming from two european capitals, from london and from paris. i think the reason that there are plans being drawn up, not activated yet, but drawn up is that reason you heard in that last interview, that even though you have this u.n. inspection team there on the ground, even though they're carrying out this

investigation, at the end of this investigation, they are not allowed to say who carried out a chemical attack. they are only allowed to say whether they believe a chemical attack occurred. it's almost like a murder investigation resulting in yes, there was a murder, but we're not going to catch the murderer. >> what about this idea coming from the british foreign secretary that action could be taken against syria without full united front from the united nations security council, because, of course, russia is not going to agree to any kind of military option. >> russia won't agree. china won't agree. there will be serious concern among the united nations if there is action by a small coalition of nations. i'm sure if those nations, led by the u.s. and the ultimate decision will be president obama's decide to take action, they will be doing that action because they say that this is a breach of all international laws

on chemical weapons, as well as remembering syria never signed the convention on chemical weapons. >> just briefly, if some kind of action were to go ahead, what would that mean for russia's relations with, other nations, other nato allies. >> the relations between russia and the western nations, the so-called p3, the three western nations permanent members of the security council aren't very good right now. i think it would be a very difficult period. we don't know what sort of plan is in place, if there was to be military action. some i've been speaking to say look back to 1998 when bill clinton was the president of the united states. at the time, there was a row with iraq over weapons inspectors, exactly the same issue, and that's when bill clinton launched operation

desert fox, four days of targeted cruise missiles on baghdad. some are saying that something similar is what is possibly being planned at this stage. >> thanks, thanks very much in deed. james bays at the united nations in new york. >> now to egypt, where the main conservative muslim party has agreed to help write the new constitution. new pictures of emerged of the government's efforts to clear bodies away after a crackdown on protests. this video was shot august 14 at sit in in the nasr city area of cairo. hundreds of people died after the army moved in to end six weeks of anti military demonstrations. >> several more muslim brotherhood have been arrested. among them, aids of deputy spiritual leader. many families are worried about

relatives detained during the recent protest. >> the damage at the main site of the muslim brotherhood's protest is quickly cleaned up by the army. the crackdown against supporters of the deposed president, mohamed morsi killed hundreds of people. the sweeping powers handed to security forces under a state of emergency is also having an impact. samir said her son was caught breaking the curfew. she said he has been held without charge and beaten by police. >> they blind folded him, tied him up and started beating him hard and kept asking him who he is and what he's doing. >> he's not alone. rights groups estimate almost 2,000 people are being held without charge under the state of emergency.

>> those are in power of the right to detain anyone without prosecution. they can put people in prison for a long time without any investigation. >> the interim government justifies such measures as crucial in its fight against terrorism. despite the arrests, small anti coup protests continue. they are held away from sensitive areas where security remains tight. at the center of the protest movement is the muslim brotherhood, vowing to continue despite the arrest of its leaders. ayman's husband is the spokesman for the brotherhood. she says he was taken by heavily armed police, who burst into their home in the middle of the night, but says they won't be detoured. >> every day, all around egypt, people are out on the streets protesting. they are not waiting for the leaders of the muslim brotherhood.

>> 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 protestors ignoring that, even if their numbers have been reduced. aljazeera, cairo. >> later on, we'll be taking a look at how egypts political unrest is deepening the religious wrist as many churches come under attack. >> how floods are affecting russiad far east. >> what sort of impact barcelona's new signing is making in spain.

>> the corruption trial of chinese politician xilai has ended with accusations of an affair. >> bo xilai promised a revelation and didn't disappoint. he said his two main accusers, long time ally and wife were involved in an extremely special relationship which had turned sour and bo xilai was sick of it. he described what seemed to be a single incident, when he gave him a letter indicating his love for her, denying a charge that he was abnormal. bo came in, took the letter and discovered the truth. >> it's hard to see the accusations having legal weight. his strategy is to place himself

on the fringes of wrongdoing, never a main player in the accusation. in this specific instance, they support his contention that he was never trying to cover up the guilt of his wife in a murder, simply that he believes she was being framed by a jilted lover. >> he was charge convicted of te murder. he fled to a nearby consulate in fear for his safety. now bo said the intended denext was motivated by the uncovering of the relationship with his wife. what's to be made of this trial? for all the court controls, it has been dominated by b.o.'s performance. >> i've followed on the internet. it's a step forward in china to see so much information. >> i think there's much more behind the scenes that we don't know, but if he's guilty of corruption, he should be punished. >> the prosecution said bo xilai refused to take responsibility

for very serious crimes and should be shown no leniency. >> they claimed he abused power an caused significant losses to national and people's interests. the circumstances were extremely serious. he should be severely punished according to allow. >> the interest of the communist party leadership rather than the law will certainly be the priority here. allowing him to mount a public defense might be at least considered. he can say he's given his supporters something to remember him by. aljazeera, eastern china. >> afghan president hamid karzai has urged pakistan to help revive peace talks with the taliban. he is visiting the country for the first time since the prime minute at her won elections in may. during the meeting, the afghan leader called for a joint campaign against armed groups in both countries with the

expectation of the government of pakistan will facilitate and help in the manners it can to the peace processes in afghanistan and in providing opportunities or a platform for talks between the afghan high peace council and the taliban movement. we hope that with this on top of our agenda, we can move forward in bringing stability and peace to both countries. >> a national security analyst joins us now from islamabad. good to have you on the program. there have been previous talks between afghanistan and pakistan. they haven't led to much. do you think a new pakistan i prime minister can make a difference no. >> i would say it can. it is a great chance for president karzai to show while he's on his way out completing

his tenure, he would play a better role. >> karzai clearly wants pakistan to help him open a channel of communication with the taliban. is that within pakistan's power to deliver? how much power do they have in bringing the taliban to the table? >> i think it's a very tricky in looking at the way that pakistan has previously relationship with taliban. at the moment, most important thing i would say is to enhance trust between the two countries, and once that trust is built, and i'm sure that pakistan and afghanistan especially the future role of president karzai would create certain spaces, and where both united states and pakistan will find somebody really more productiven afghanistan. i'm sure that is a possibility, what you have refused to. >> karzai's asking for the release of taliban prisoners, who are being held in pakistan.

i mean, wit would the pakistan government consider that and if it does, isn't that a security risk, allowing a bunch of taliban fighters free? >> this question is, you know, has two sides. first of all, we need to sit down, as i said pam stan, the united states and afghanistan, there is need to build trust, they also want president karzai to neutralize all these in their part of the world. it's really big advantage for pakistan. if they play a positive role in providing all the help it can to stabilize afghanistan, because in the end, both afghanistan and pack tan have to live together. they have to learn to trust each other, and this is the main factor, that they have to live

together. it is the most important point to build relationship which on a case to case should not only be discussed, but create a comprehensive study to counter those militants crossing from pakistan and those crossing from afghanistan to pakistan. also, president karzai has a great history, a friendship history with pakistan. i think president karzai still possesses that where he can use previous leverage and try to create a space and trust between two countries, which utilized by nato, united states and all other countries involved and because that have, you know, the 2014 date is approaching. >> indeed. good to get your analysis there.

thank you very much indeed for that. national security expert speaking to us from islamabad. >> more than 20,000 people have been moved from their homes in russia's far east after the eveningen's worst floods in living memory. soldiers have been sent to help as rising water threatens homes and power plants. peter sharp sends this report. >> the doctor begins her daly house calls, but this time, she's taking a boat. >> the floods have cut the village in half. here was a road. the house is now underwater. >> as the local doctor, she's responsible for the health of more than 2,000 people. today, the doctor is delivering some bat news. she's just learned that the government back in moscow 6,000 kilometers away is not prepared to pay flat compensation to the people for the loss of their crops.

the floods have struck hard in an already vulnerable community, but it's the loss of their land under the water that will hit hem hardest, fears that when the water leaves, the land will be poisoned when they recede. >> it's not just their immediate livelihood threatened, it's the months that lie ahead. for centuries, these people have harvested the fields and fished these waters, the fields are destroyed, gone and the fishing grounds will they say, vanish. winter here is going to be a struggle. >> the local shop lice at the heart of the village. she speaks for the community. >> the mood here is very bad. the water is very high this year. many of the men won't be able to fish. we can't survive if we don't catch them. >> the floods of affected the wildlife. a warning to parents to be careful with children as bears now moved up from the river on to the high ground.

>> they have nowhere to go. that's why they come into the village. >> their rock carvings hark back to gatherers who depend on the land. they can't depend on that anymore. >> it's bad there's no work. the only way to make money here is by making those cheap souvenirs. >> a struggling tourist industry has been built on the back of the monuments and stone carvings found here. these are treasures on the river banks that now lie underwater, no longer a tourist attraction. the feeling of hopelessness says the doctor, has left a community struggling with alcoholism and depression. >> men and women drink, which is horrible. in one family, two sons both committed suicide by hanging themselves. no one cares about us. >> the tribe has survived 12,000

years. modern russia is pushing its survival skills to the very limit. aljazeera in far eastern russia. >> in the u.s., firefighters are struggling to contain huge wildfires near yosemite national park in california. firefighters and meteorologists say the fire is so i am men's, it's creating its own weather system, capable of generating wind, rain and lightning. it's consumed nearly 362 square kilometers and threatens san francisco's water supply. here's steph with the weather. >> i was telling you yesterday that it was a shame those fires are exactly where they are, and here's why. you can see the storm here, this was a tropical depression, now disintegrating. you can see the cloud it's been throwing up towards the north. that has been giving us hefty downpours including to some parts we don't see a great deal

of rain at all. in this californian place, we saw 30 millimeters of rain. the previous record inning 24 hours was set back in 1970, and was only 4.6 millimeters, so 30 millimeters there is an awful lot of rain. actually, we have seen some rod closures in california. now, it looks like we're going to see more showers during the remainder of the day. tuesday, all that wet weather will fizzle out and things will become dry once more. further south, it's not going to stay dry. we've got a lot of heavy rain in northeastern mexico. this cloud did briefly develop into a tropical storm, fernand. it's no longer over the sea, no longer a problem with the winds, but the rain is giving us great problems in the eastern parts of mexico. >> thanks very much indeed for

that. still to come on the program, a safe passage. we'll tell you why many school children in the u.s. city of chicago are too scared to walk to school. >> i haven't took drugs in particulars days and for me, that's a miracle. >> the controversial life story of former heavyweight champion mike tyson. stay with us.

>> welcome back to the aljazeera

headquarters. our top stories, a team of u.n. inspectors in syria have entered the area with where an alleged chemical attack took place. the government has been blamed for the use of paysen gas. earlier, the team was shot at by unidentified snipers. >> the corruption trial for disgraced chinese politician bo xilai has ended with revelation of sexual misconduct between his wife and former aid. he is accused of bribery and abuse of power when party chief. >> the afghan president urges talks with the leader of toll ban. >> one of the syrian penalty's allies, iran has warned against the west, and particularly, the u.s., from taking any kind of

military option against syria. a former iranian diplomat and analyst joins us now from london. the deputy chief of staff says there will be consequences for the united states if it enters the situation. >> what assets iran has is mainly having in support of the sirian government has been in terms of reequipping, providing training, and, you know, occasionally calling on their allies, hezbollah, to intervene on their behalf. what they are insinuating in terms of action to be taken if there is some sort of aerial attack on syria is unclear. i think it's just trying to vent

their feelings, and to make it clear that they are not supportive of any such action. >> indeed. of course the likelihood, it wouldn't just be the u.s. launching an action on its own, it would be other allies, including turkey, which says it would join any coalition against syria. clearly tehran can't take on all those parties. >> as i said, they are just trying to make their position in support of the assad regime quite clear, something which the new administration in iran has already done, and this is a very difficult time for them, because any adverse effect on the status of the assad regime has tremendous impact for the iranian government, both inside iran and also, it is their hope to use the syrian card as some

sort of a diplomatic card when they start negotiating with the west over their own, you know, impending outstanding situation. they don't want to see the present situation upset for various reasons. >> but they surely also don't want this violence and this instability right on their doorstep. do you think the situation would ever deteriorate to the point where iran rethinks it's strategic support of assad. >> i don't see that happening. they have invested too much in the assad regime for them to want to consider seeing a post assad syria. as i said, the impact of that on iranian domestic policy would be tremendous. it would have terrible consequences for them in terms of their own standing with the iranian people, with whom they are in a great deal of trouble.

at the same time, as i said, as they are about to enter new talks with the west, rewarding the nuclear fire and other outstanding issues, they want to use their role as a player in the syrian equation, a diplomatic card to be able to have some sort of a bargaining chip for those negotiations. i have to also point out that the comments made by the deputy chief of staff in iran comes against the grain of diplomatic overtures which the new administration of mr. rohani is trying to make at a time they are trying to sound soft and sort of willing to engage, this kind of comment, you know, serves against that grain of thought, and of course is a reminder that there are a lot of hard-line iranians within the political system who have a

different way of looking at things and the newly elected president who has just taken over. >> good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> now in chicago, children are returning to classes after a round of teacher layoffs. one year after a teacher strike, budget cuts have forced dozens of schools to close and many students have to walk farther and sometimes through gang zones to get to class. >> this is one of chicago's new safe passage routes. they are supposed to be secure paths from home to school. last week, this one became a shooting gallery, five people were shot. >> we heard the shots ringing out. i slipped out the back door to see what had happened and saw the carnage on the street, which was just horrific. >> school begins with 50 schools now closed, most of them on

chicago's west and south sides, making the trek to school longer and more dangerous. >> you just don't want to get the good taken with the bad. i'm not saying that this really, you know, but you don't want to have that mix up where, you know, my kid is mistaken for a gang banker or something. >> sometimes being in the wrong place. >> right, at the wrong time. >> they have to be walking through gang territories. i don't know, i just, i couldn't fathom having my baby walk to school especially through the neighborhoods that are not at safe as we would like them to be. >> chicago's downtown is a safe haven of offices and shopping. for many children, the only safe neighborhood is school. with longer walks through gang

territory. some parents worry it means children will die. >> they don't want to go home. i think it's largely because we provide a safe haven for them and once they leave, it's like ok, we're back out there in the real world again. they are not allowed be children out there. >> with chicago's education department a billion dollars over budget this year, the cuts to schools and school budgets are likely to get worse. >> they have to cut back. you can't keep running schools where you don't have the population, so cut back on costs, close some schools and then try and figure out how you can legally guard children who have to face illegal gangs. that's the issue. >> if city authorities consider how to do that, children are walking farther on the most lethal streets in america. >> clearly a serious problem with kids' safety can't be

guaranteed. >> yes, indeed. to give an idea how big a problem this is, i'm standing on a street on the north side of chicago. comparatively, the safe side of chicago. most violence happens in the south and west sides, but just down this street behind this school use that behind me right now, there were five people shot in the street, one killed last week. just over this weekend, 12 people were shot in chicago, one was an 11-year-old school girl who would be attending school for the first time this year just today. with me to help explain what is going on is tio hardiman, founders of ceasefire in chicago. let me ask you, what is going on in the city of chicago that we have to have kind of safe passage, you see these people in the yellow vests behind you here, escorting children to school in a place you would

normally see in a place like baghdad. >> violence has become the norm. a lot of young people are lost when it comes down to dealing with conflicts, poor impulse control, peer pressure, the beat goes on every day. you have people getting shot in chicago every day. it's good to see that the mayor stepped up with the safe passage prom so the children can see people in the city of worried about their well being. there's a cowboy mentality in chicago, which means i got to get you before you get me. >> fire officials are part of this whole safe passage program. they've been called out to be out on the street with their equipment in order to create a larger government presence to make this a safer place for kids to go to school. it doesn't really work, does it? people have been shot in the streets. these aren't the dangerous hours. tell us, when are the dangerous times to be in the street and what's the problem for all of these kids who are now moving

from 50 closed schools to other schools throughout chicago with longer walks to get there. >> well, the main thing when it comes down to the schools, 99% of the students are not taking place on the school grounds. there's a lot of work to do on the community. to have the fire department and police presence is very important just for today, but you have to roll your sleeves up and go inside the neighborhoods where the problems occur. there's a lot to consider. no matter how much you have a presence by government officials, kids on these lots are lost. they need help in trying to make the right decisions. that's where the problem comes in here in chicago. there are 270 homicides from january to august 23 this year. last year, there were 351, compared to the same time. homicide's actually down, but you can not talk to people about homicides being down, because we're hall of fame beings, not numbers. the young people just need so

much help. some have no fathers in their households. we're on the north side today. this should be a relatively peaceful community, but you have violence up here. violence spreads just like an an infectious disease at times. >> thank you, tio hardiman, a democratic candidate for governor here in illinois. also the founder of ceasefire interruptors, trying to stop violence as it breaks out. those jobs are called for right now as school is reopening, 50 schools have closed in chicago. that means a lot of children are traveling through gang territory, through dangerous neighborhoods. that's the view here from chicago. >> john, thanks very much indeed for that. >> coming up on the program, healing emotional scars by raising the physical ones. we have a story of one woman in the u.s. offering free tattoo removal. >> you get a bit anxious if you

can't find your mobile phone. you're not alone. there's even a name for it, nomophobia. >> find out if tiger woods can overcome injury and his opponents to win a sixth title of the year. what happens when social media

>> welcome back. at least five people are dead and many more injured after the freight train they were riding on derailed. the cargo train is one of mexicos most famous, known as the beast and had 250 migrants

onboard, highwaying a ride north. >> this train has long been the only way many undocumented migrants could hope to start a new life. the beast is meant to transport goods, but over the years, many hundreds of undocumented migrants have used 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 braked, it went off the rails. my cousin died there. >> the beast was traveling through the southern state of tabasco when it came off the rails. it's a remote part of mexico. balances couldn't get through by road. people scrambled to help those in the wreckage until russ ski teams arrived. >> we found bodies on the sides. we think that we will find

eight, maybe 10 more bodies under the train carriages. >> this rail route is already a dangerous journey. at times, several hundred migrants cram into freight cars or sit on top. it's also territory operated by the data drug cartel. migrants are often kidnapped and forced to smuggle drugs into the u.s. such is the overwhelming desire to reach the united states. it's unlikely this accident will deter anyone from hitching a ride once it gets back on track. >> in new mexico, one woman is trying to highlight the problem of branding, tattoos forced on women by their abusive partners. >> at that point, i will then apply the laser. >> this is a consultation, a conversation, a chat to change a life. from her office, dawn is trying to help the victims of domestic

abuse. she offers free tattoo removal. the physical signs of psychological damage. >> we need to recognize that this is a form of branding. this is the superficial. this is what's 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 underneath. >> it can take months, even years, depending on how big and how big the tattoo has scarred. victoria's boyfriend demanded she have his name tattooed on her back, breast, hand and above her vagina. >> he was really abusive, really, really extremely abusive. he threatened me if you don't get these tattooed, well, you're going to get the beating of your life, and, you know, i didn't want a beating, because i've

already experienced it, so it was more like you sit still and you're going to let me tattoo you, and if you fight back, then it's going to get ugly. i had to sit there and just kind of endure it. >> dawn stepped in because of the abusive relationship she suffered. the pain she endured, the tattoos she accepted. learning tattoo removal, she practiced on herself and found the change hugely important. >> i realized that there was this elevation or this lightening taking place within myself, that it had become this very important purpose to remove this person's name who had 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. >> dawn's helped dozens of women here but believes it's a

national problem with hundreds if not thousands of victims. she can't take away the psychological pain, the emotional scars, but she can help remove a permanent reminder of more painful times. aljazeera, albuquerque, new mexico. >> let's get to sport now. >> thank you so much. there's a huge game coming up in the english premier league with manchester united playing chelsea. both have perfect seasons so far. >> i like josie. he's probably of the new modern era managers and has had great success. i haven't seen him in a long time and looking forward to seeing him. >> he's there, and there forever. is that the problem today? i don't think so.

because i think david doesn't want to be compared with some others. he can be compared in this moment, because one has an incredible history there. >> their attempt to buy bales still incomplete. reports in the u.k. claim the spanish club may have a rival in the race to buy the 24-year-old. his manager expects bale to be back in training on tuesday. >> it's very, very difficult for me to help you in this situation. there is interest from real madrid that i'm not sure if a transfer will happen or not. hopefully, you can have more news in the next couple of days. >> barcelona had been making due without their star player, injured for the game away.

they still managed to win. >> a hamstring injury kept him sidelined. they struggled to break through the defense, while threatening on several occasions. it took just one moment of brilliance to give them the lead. delivering in the 44th minute to send them to the break at 1-0. he was brought on for the final half hour, and nearly forced his first goal. barcelona forced to survive a few light scares as they made it 2-2 to start the season. they're joined at the top of the

table by madrid. garcia opened the scoring in the 17th minute and added a further two before half time. the romp continues at in the 53rd minute, they added more to become winners. >> the australian adam scott won the first of four tournaments. in the barclays, six shots off the lead. he didn't think his round of 66 would be enough to win it, but one by one, his rivals fell away, including tiger woods, troubled by a back injury. he finished in a tie for second.

>> i can't believe it, to be honest with you. i think, i just played a good round today and i came in and really didn't think i had a chance, but obviously, things went my way a lot. >> englanded cricketers are celebrating a win. it finished in a controversial draw with umpires ending play due to light. le home side still able to enjoy a 3-0 series win. >> it has been an intense time, but also a very proud final for me. we've had some real tough moments aside, but the courage we've seen throughout the series when runs need said to be scored, they've been scored. when wickets need to be taken, they've been taken. i think that's the whole mark of a good side. >> a 7-1 victory in their america's cup challenger series.

the kiwis won sunday's final race by more than three minutes in to gee conditions in san francisco bay. they will now face oracle team u.s.a. in the america's cup in two weeks time. >> tennis world number two will play american ryan harrison in the opening round of the u.s. open later monday. the spaniard missed this tournament last year. it was the beginning of a seven month injury lieu of. he came back to win the french open, only then to get knocked out in wimbledon in the first round. he has had a great season in the run off to this event. >> so, me here, winning them, great, you know. i am can have for here. it's because i won two very important events for me. here's a different event. i'm going to keep trying my best and be ready to win. >> mike tyson has claimed he's on the verge of dying because of drug and alcohol abuse.

the 47-year-old convicted rapist has been battling what he calls vicious alcoholism. the exboxer now wants to change his life. tyson is speaking at a press conference to launch his new venture as a boxing promoter. >> i haven't drank or took drugs in six days. for me, that's a miracle. i've been lying to everybody else to think i was sober. i'm not. this is my sixth day. i'm never going to use again. >> i'm not sure i believe him. there's much more sport on our website. for the latest, check out aljazeera.com/sports. >> poor old mike. i'm sure people do it. he'll battle through. >> we'll see. >> thank you very much in deed for that. >> you know that feeling when you've mislaid your phone. is it panic, are you worried you're missing out an important call or can't see an email or

text as soon as it comes in? there is a new phobia affecting millions. the fear of being without your mobile phone. >> it is an all too familiar feeling. you've realized something is missing, forgetfulness, absent mindedness, call it what you will, but there is an official name, nomo phobia. more than half of the u.k. has experienced this. it's that feeling, that anxiety you get when you realized that you vice president got your mobile phone with you. little that disconnection from a constant connection. not just telephone calls, but texts, emails, games and music. for some, it doesn't bear thinking about. such is the fear of missing out that 17% of us bill work on our phones when we're in bed, very restful and hardly romantic.

a quarter of women will look at theirs when they're on a date. more than a quarter will take it to the beach. my biles of the future, tell the experts who say we need to look at the past. they don't make manners like you used. >> >> when you wake up, the first thing, has anybody tried to get ahold of me. at night, is anyone saying good night. it needs to be a discipline introduced so people aren't living for a mobile phone. they're living their lives. >> so addicted to your phone, there is an app for that. in fact, there are several for when you can't switch off and you really can't switch your phone off. that we live in an ever-connected world. the question is at what cost. aljazeera, london. >> you've got around two minutes to check your phone. i want your full attention at

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>> welcome back to aljazeera. these are your headlines at this hour. united nations inspectors are back at the site of a chemical weapons attack in a suburb of the capitol city of damascus, syria after their convoy was attacked earlier this morning. snipers shot multiple times at one of their vehicles even before they began their search for chemical weapons. mortar shells fell near the inspectors hotel before they left, injuring several people. >> nidal hasan was convicted last week for the 2009 shooting free at fort hood, texas