♪ it was a friendly talk. he said that the issue of chemical weapons is the headline in the international public opinion and this matter should be explained through the immediate mission of the u.n. and inspectors to head to eastern guta. i replied, eastern guta is a vast area. we have a national interest to

have the truth established. he answered, yes, that is your interesting, that's why i request to allow the inspectors to head immediately to eastern guta. i said i will work within the perimeters of the syrian national interests. i will work on this issue. the goal ended in a friendly fashion. at about 9:25 minutes of the evening of thursday. as a matter of fact the u.n. inspection team was present in

damascus yet they did not request to certain locations in eastern guta until mrs. cane came on saturday morning at about 11:00, immediately she requested to meet with dr. mcmad at 3:00 p.m. and this meeting was held. an official request from the u.n. was presented for the inspectors to visit and investigate certain locations in eastern guta. i met with mrs. cane and the head of the inspection team on sunday at about 11:00.

they submitted to us requests for four locations they wish to inspect. we inquired why these particular four? later we learned about a letter from the so-called coalition of opposition to the u.n. security council, requesting to have these four locations inspected. the meeting did not last long. we agreed with mrs. cane to provide all assistance facilities and cooperation and also to ensure the security and protection to the inspection team headed to these locations. we reiterated that we are committed to maintaining the protection and security of the

team within the government-held areas. they said they wish to head to the rebel-held areas. i informed them that this issue was raised with the u.s. secretary of state who said he had assurances from the armed groups. i asked him all the armed groups and he replied in positive. i provided assurances to mrs. cain from the syrian army. the team said they wanted to proceed on monday. i said we have no problem. i asked them where do you wish

to start? they said near damascus and we said you are most welcome. yesterday they headed to el-sham which is controlled by the syrian army and they had no problem at all and when they wished to have access to the areas controlled by the armed groups, they were confronted with snipers gunshot and one of their vehicles was hit and they were forced to go back to the safe area under our control. they requested and extension of a cease fire for one additional hour. we said there is no problem. they returned again where they spent three hours.

they came back to the hotel safe and sound. we were informed by them yesterday evening that they wish to head to the second location. we said we have no problem. we will take the same arrangement in the areas under our control. your protection and safety are secured and guaranteed. video contacted the other side and they said, yes. today we were surprised to find out they were not able to simply for the reason that the armed groups there, they did not agree among themselves to provide assistance and sure the protection. their flight back is postponed until tomorrow. i am explaining all this to

prove that the syrian government is honoring all the pledges and commitments made by them and i'm telling mr. kerry we are not obstructing the work of the team. we provided assurances. however, the assurances given by the armed groups are fragile. they said you were late in dispatching the inspection team. and i simply reply cain came to me on saturday, we agreed on sunday, and on the following immediate very monday they headed to el-sham and did not argue about the locations they wished to visit and we agreed on

the spot. so there is no delay on our part. however, we cannot tell simply to the team go to guta. it is a very wide, vast area. the locations and the timetable should have been agreed upon in advance. how can we be accused of delaying the work of the team while the team came five months later from the use of chemical weapons by armed groups, five months late? we submitted our request on the 19th of march. they came only one week ago.

the british foreign minister said that the syrian forces removed all the traces and the aftermath of the chemical weapons and to them we say these traces are not removal simply for the reason that they are within the areas held by the armed groups. secondly, the u.n. stated yesterday that it is still possible for the inspection team to document their investigation work in these areas. therefore the statement made by the british foreign minister is

baseless and unfounded. he is willing to propagate false information to the public opinion. it was said that it was the syrian forces that used the chemical agent. i categorically deny it to mr. kerry. i reiterate, there is no single country in the world that may use a weapon of mass destruction against their own people. if those who are accusing our armed forces are in position of any piece of evidence, that we have used this chemical weapon,

i dare them to bring it forward to the public opinion. the public opinion and the world must and should have access to any piece of evidence to this effect. what's important is that we are still committed to providing all assistance and cooperation to the u.n. team to honor what we agreed upon on sunday last. we are all hearing the drums of war being beaten around us. if they are willing to launch an aggression or military act against syria, i believe that the pretext of chemical weapon is false, baseless and

groundless and as i said i challenge, i dare them to produce any single piece of evidence. if they are willing to achieve other goals based on this aggression, we are pondering what these goals might be the only possible, logical answer, if this military campaign is meant to morally undermine our people, i believe they are mistaken. the people of syria are united, together with their armed forces and leadership and this is what

enabled us to endure through our crisis. we are prepared to confront the whole world. the armed groups infiltrating through the borderlines from 83 different nationalities across our borderline with turkey from many countries including tibooty, these are documented facts. again, what are the goals or what the goals might be? i believe that any act or action taken in this region is meant to serve the interests of israel. therefore if any military campaign is launch against syria it is meant to serve israeli's purposes. secondly, it will, no doubt,

serve the military purposes of al-qaeda affiliated front. therefore the united states, together with its allies are launching a military campaign against syria. first to serve israel's purposes which may -- they may take pride in and, secondly, to serve the interest of al-qaeda affiliated front. if they falsely believe that the military strike being planned will undermine our military capabilities, currently in eastern guta, i confirm you that

it will not at all. our brave army is achieving progress in eastern guta. this is meant for two reasons. to undermine any preemptive strikes by them to the city of damascus. secondly, is to protect unsuspecting, unarmed civilians from the terror of the shells falling on germana neighborhoods or any other suburbs within the city of damascus. we wish to assure the residents of damascus that our military

operations in guta is to provide protection to them and to ensure the safety. before our military operations will not cease if it is meant to underline our achievement military achievements, they are mistaken. again, what is this military campaign meant for? do they think they will be able to break the bond between the people and the army, i assure you, they are mistaken. it is said that the white house has not decided yet and the

reason for this press conference is to bring forward to the american public opinion that what is propagated to them through their administration officials about the use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime is false in whole or part. as a matter of fact, we dealt with the inspection team with absolute transparency and dedication in order to have the truth established. two days ago tell turkish foreign minister stated that turkey will be part of the coalition taking part in the

military campaign against syria whether within or without the security council. i do not wish to comment on the word of the statement simply because i am certain that the friendly people of turkey will do the job. however, if the leadership of the turkish administration has shaken because of what happened in egypt this cannot echo here. the last point i wish to make is the meeting of the ten chiefs of staff in jordan, i'm not aware whether or not the israeli chief of staff was among them or not simply because israel has a

special favor treatment with the u.s. as in case of any military campaign against syria, israel must take a step back. a while ago a spokesman of the jordan government said jordan territories cannot be used for any military attack against syria. this is quite natural and good matter. the people and government of jordan have no interest in any military campaign against syria, but those who are following the situation with me over the past 2 1/2 years we have been suffering from the problems flooding in through our borderline with jordan. however, and despite all this,

we did not do any harmful act against jordan simply because we are keen with the mutual friendly interest between the people. it was said that the patriot missiles will be launched. we laughed. against who? we have nothing in mind. against our fellow brothers in syria. it was recently propagated that the jordian army is in military drills on how to confront chemical warfare. i'm telling the jordianians don't let others abuse our friendly relations. it is to the best interest of jordan to remain on syria's sides. the security of jordan is interrelated with the security of syria.

it may be said that the meeting of the chiefs of staff was prescheduled. why at this particular point of time, it could have been postponed. this is all what i wish to bring forward before you. including the facts that took place over the past few days and i open the floor for questions, pleas please. >> reporter: you were just listening to the syrian foreign minister speaking there. he spoke for about 20 minutes or so explaining events in the lead up to that attack on the u.n. chemical weapons experts team that is in syria to investigate the alleged chemical weapons attack. he did say that the syrian government honors all of its

commitments and, in fact, it's not obstructing the work of the chemical team. he also said that no country in the world would use chemical weapons against its own people and the syrian government is committed to providing assurances to that investigation. that is taking place. which by the way he did say is now postponed until wednesday. and he challenged and dared anyone to produce any piece of evidence that the government, the syrian government, did, in fact, attack syrians in that alleged chemical weapons attack. and one of the most important points as well he made was referring to what he called the drums of war that are beating right now from the international community. he did say that if any military campaign was launched against syria, it will serve the interests of israel, israel's purposes and those of armed groups like the fronts and that

is a bit of what was going on right now during that press conference with the syrian foreign minister. let's get reaction, in fact, to all the statements that he has made and we have fred wier who is in moscow with reaction to russia and we will go to london with rory and outside the residence of the british prime minister david cameron on downing street and it's interesting because today london has come out with very sort of strong statements when it comes to the syrian issue. >> yeah, that is true. we had a briefing from downing street earlier today but i have to say any second now we are expecting david cameron to return from his holiday in the southwest of england to come back here to downing street and head into the building behind me where he can really start to consider and come up with the

plan for what britain might be doing next. in fact, here is his car coming now. i will just step aside so you can see david cameron arriving. >> have you made a decision about the reaction, sir? >> reporter: so there you are, a very quicken transcript from david cameron. we were told there would be no questions for him as he enters number ten. what he will be doing later today, we expect is to announce on whether parliament is going to be recalled. now parliament in britain is very keen to have some sort of say about whether there is to be any kind of military involvement in syria and what that involvement might be. parliament has basically said it wants at the very least for the

governments to make its case to parliament. it has not insisted on a formal debate. that may happen, that may not. at the very least it does want to have the government make its case to parliament if a decision is reached to actually go into syria in any military capacity. expecting david cameron to make a decision later today on whether parliament will be recalled and whether -- and we will get that announcement. parliament was due to reconvene from its summer break on monday. we think that if parliament is recalled it won't come in too much earlier than that, maybe friday. the very thing the government has been saying so far, the briefings from downing street earlier today is that no decisions have been reached either on what is going to parliament or what is precisely britain's involvement in syria is going to be in the future. they are talking about contingency plans and response

will be proportionate and insisting they have not decided yet what the next action is going to be. >> reporter: okay, rory, we will leave it there but speak to you later on and thank you very much, and rory reporting from london. let's cross over to moscow and speak to fred weir and he is a journalist based in the russian capitol and he is live from there, fred. so speaking a short while ago. now russia's position is very different from that of the u.s. as well as the uk when it comes to any sort of military strike on syria. >> yes. well, russia's position is very much in sync with what you heard from the syrian foreign minister a few minutes ago. russia does apparently sincerely believe that this alleged chemical weapons attack was a fabricated propaganda effort and

they have been urging quite publically and loudly urging the government to cooperate with the u.n. inspection team. as you heard the syrian minister say they have been doing. russia also warns that any military action in syria will redown to the benefit only of al-qaeda and armed islamist groups. and russia otherwise warns that based on history afghanistan, iraq, libya, another war of this type of intervention will only result in what i think the deputy foreign minister said today would be catastrophic consequences and russia is singing the same tune as damascus is and they are completely and increasingly at odds with the west over this.

>> reporter: fred, i'm just wondering how much pressure russia is feeling or perhaps how much pressure it has bowed down to or could bow down to considering when we hear reports of a couple weeks ago the meeting that took place between the saudi chief and the russian president vladimir putin to get russia to bow down or take a different approach on the syrian issue. >> yeah, this meeting actually took place in late july. it's one of a series of meetings between prince bandar, the head of saudi intelligence and they have a lot of things they have been discussing. for instance islamist extremism in russia in the north caucus and volga region and they blame

saudi arabia for that. ♪

♪ in england, so let's just get the basics out of the way. in european is there a prospect for a u.n. mandate for international military action over syria when you see the positions that the different countries russia and china and the united states and the uk. >> united nations security council to pass a resolution which would authorize use of force and require permanent members to agree to such a resolution and it is adopted by russia and china saying the resolution for the time being is out of the question. >> reporter: what do you think the next step is? because we are hearing very sort of loud words as well as

developments only today from the united kingdom for example saying they are possibly preparing contingency plans. so what are the u k and u.s. going to do? do you see this to be some style of intervention on the grounds of humanitarian? >> that is a very good point. because i anticipate that the legal and military options are being considered and let's not forget the aftermath because the syrian foreign minister identified the situation in iraq and afghanistan and no doubt appealing to public opinion, pointing to the unsatisfactory state of affairs and those two interventions. so far as the position in syria is concerned, there are military intervention and the one you identified kosovo and it's permitted and based upon established practice where there is a continuing threat to human

life. but we need to look at the context. there is a conflict in syria and internal armed conflict that lasted more than two years and 100,000 people have been killed and 2 million people displaced. that on most people's analysis constitutes humanitarian catastrophe. the momentum developing now is the result of the alleged use of chemical weapons. i say alleged because kerry has described the situation in rather convincing terms pointing the finger or blame to president rashid's regime and the foreign minister is back talked by the russians suggesting this is propaganda, and they are carried out by the rebels. >> reporter: that is the question because the mandate of this u.n. team that is inside syria right now to investigate whether these chemical weapons were used and not who used them,

what we are hearing right now from countries like the united states and the uk as a pretense for going in and striking militarily, they are saying that the syrian government used the weapons. how do they have such evidence when the united nations is not going to provide that evidence? >> well, we could ask the question how is it the russians are so convinced that the activity was carried out by the syrian rebels and say it was a propaganda act. however barbaric and brutal and the evidence ought to be furnished before military intervention takes place, if the russians are so clear and convinced that it was carried out by the rebels and the syrian government is so clear and convinced it was carried out by the syrian rebels that is based on evidence and not conjecture and if it is evidence it's in the interest of the government and those supporting them to

provide the evidence to the united nations. >> reporter: all right, thank you very much for speaking to us, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> reporter: meanwhile on the ground in syria opposition fighters have taken control of a town in aleppo from government troops. activists say they blocked the supply routes to town and seized large amounts of ammunition left by syrian government forces. ♪ other news and afghanistan president car see extended his visit to pakistan. leaders of the two countries are discussing possible peace talks with taliban and karzai says he need the help as soldiers leaf the country next year and he wants the government to arrange a meeting with the taliban and

peace council and we are in islamabad with details. >> in a surprise development the afghan president has extended his stay in pakistan because of the encouraging signs as far as progress is concerned. the afghans warned the pakistanis to use their influence in bringing the taliban leadership to the negotiating table. they asked for the release. there was some talk the mortalities for the release were being discussed behind closed doors with a possibility that the second in command of the taliban movement when he was arrested in 2010, that he may be transferred to saudia-arabia and progress of economic ties as the countries are concerned and it's the third exporter of goods to afghanistan and promising to improve on the road links by including the building of a

motor way to kabul and building a project on koonar which was a source of friction because earlier the indians had shown interest in developing that project. therefore they were encouraging signs. however the important thing was that if afghanistan was going to a political as well as military transition for the first time in over two decades, the afghan national army was taking over security operations and by april afghanistan were to have a new president. so a lot will depends on the future makeup of the afghan government and the willingness of pakistan to be on board as far as the talks are concerned. >> reporter: and antimilitary protests took place in monday in cairo after dark in 7 areas and these are pictures from embaba and capitol. the interim government has a curfew for 9:00 on weekdays to stop demonstrations and violence. this is the video protesters

gathered in the second largest city alexandria and rallies have been smaller since the army crack down. there is confusion over the status of israeli palestinian negotiations to set an agenda for peace talks. the palestinians say the talks are off after israeli soldiers killed three men in a west bank refugee camp but a u.s. spokesperson said they are still going ahead. heavy casualties reported, are being report in congo after a new round of fighting between rebels and government troops and 23 fighters attacked government-held positions on goma in the east and we have this report. >> there is a lot of heavy fights over goma and schools of civilians are caught up in it. this hospital is inundated with civilian casualties. and they have shrapnel in her

leg and this is common because both sides are firing rockets and artillery at each other and this boy is daniel and four years old when a rocket landed on his house he lost his hearing. a lot of people say they don't know which side the rockets are coming from. >> i just asked god, i just need the war to stop. they destroyed our homes and killed people. i'm greatful my family have only been injured and not killed. >> reporter: there has been a large and unknown number of casualties and the captain was shot in the face. >> we fought all night, the next day in the morning the fighting intensified and i was shot. the bullet came through here and went out the back. >> reporter: this is one of the houses that was hit and it's right in the middle of the city of goma, five people were injured here and must have been

a big rocket because the place is completely devastated and the remains of electrical wiring and the floor is absolutely covered in tiny wooden splinters and remains of the roof that was completely blown apart. the light fitting badly damaged. people here are worried this will happen more in the coming weeks because tensions are high between the government, m-23 rebels and the government of neighboring ruwanda. >> reporter: let's talk to michael and he is a political analyst specializing in politics out of london so we know that the new u.n. intervention bra grade has a stronger mandate that happened on thursday, they are working closer with the congo army, who is taking the lead here, the united nations or the congress go army to fight the m-23? >> that is a very good question. i mean, paragraph 12 b of the resolution 2098 that established the intervention bra grade says

the bra grade can join to make their own moves. we know the congo army has not been very effective in the past. so we are actually expecting the intervention bra grade to tactilly be in the lead and it's not clear why the army is doing this because it's making the mistake of shelling ruwanda positions in course and from the enemy and i think that is the key that is here now will be how the intervention bra grade decisively decides the army stay in the background and allow the south african forces to actually take the lead in dealing with the m-23 rebels. >> reporter: can they take on the rebels, michael? >> oh, yes, intervention bra

grade 3069 strong and special forces and a section and aware they will do the task. and i think at the moment what is causing the problem is that either the discipline congo army has sort of been allowed to try to make moves ahead of them and that is causing the problem. but definitely the intervention bra grade is very equipped to do what it has been mandated to do. for the first time within the history of manosco the u.n. went to the lens of actually setting up a resolution to allow them to change the mandate to be able to do the m-23. this is the time that intervention bra grade should actually be seen to be set up to do. >> reporter: michael, people feel the united nations has not done enough to protect them. but it's a very complicated situation with the rebels and m-23 rebels because a lot of them, in fact, are made up of

congo soldiers. >> yes. that is precisely the reason why the congo army should not be taking the lead in this particular advance because otherwise ruwanda thinks they are fighting ruwanda and we ask if the south african forces who actually constitute the intervention bra grade are actually dealing with things, then that looks better on the ground. apart from that, there is a historical, you know, things. there is a historical between ruwando and congo and the information bra grade has to be seen to be acting without the involvement of the congo forces. >> good to talk to you michael, and we are speaking out of london. >> thank you. >> reporter: well thailand's deputy minister is criticized

saying they are manipulating the media and say they act up in front of the cameras to get sympathy. that is estimated 37,000 people fled from myanmar since january because of anti-muslim violence and veronica has more from southern thailand. >> reporter: these are conditions that have killed dozens of men crammed in a small space and not allowed to leave, since january 8 men have died in detention centers run by the ty immigration department and have done nothing wrong and just waiting to find out if they can get refugee status and be settled in a third country and no regular medical help but doctors trying to help have been speaking out. >> and tried to say to the governor and also to the high ranking you must move urgently because if you have to contact

them. >> reporter: hundreds of men escaped in three out breaks from several centers in the past ten days. we asked ty immigration for their side of the story but they declined. they are in thailand because of the waves of what one international human rights group is calling ethnic cleansing, wiping out muslim communities in western myanmar myanmar and it's so terrifying that women and children are joining member in the exudus and shelters in thailand are better than the men's detention centers but still a sense of frustration and grief. we were asked not to show any of the people's faces. this widow whose son has a serious blood disease tells us she has no idea what is to become of her. >> i wish i wet get help from the government and my boy get help for his treatment and i don't care where they want to place me. but i will not return back to

myanmar. >> reporter: they pay visits under immigration police but there are deeper issues and this is where some of the lucky boat people end up, in a temporary shelter run by the ty government. but they were only supposed to be here for five days and the staff hearsay they have actually been here for more seven months. staff try to provide activities for the children. but it's not enough. some young children have run away and simply disappeared. >> this is the first time something like this has happened in thailand. i think we must share lessons learned and try to strategize for when many more of these people come. we need a concrete response plan. >> reporter: she tells me 60 or so people use this room and these are all their worldly possessions. researchers and governments in the region, not just thailand simply aren't prepared for the boat loads of people expected to arrive when the sailing season begins again, no one seems to be

able to answer the big question, what is to become of a people orphaned by the world. veronica, al jazeera, thailand. >> reporter: doctors say a teenage boy died of blubonic plague and the 15-year-old was a herder and health officials say an epidemic is unlikely. the colombian president has agreed to start negotiations with striking farmers and protests lasted over a week with farmers blocking roads across many parts of the country and demanding the government should provide subsidies for agricultural products as well as fuel. and we have more from the city of stunia. >> day 8 of the strike by colombian farmers started like this. with riots and police firing tear gas to clear blockades and

throwing rocks and sticks and monday the president flew to the region at the center of the protests. he met the leaders of the farmers and agreed to start negotiations. >> i gave instructions to accept the farmer's proposal for negotiations between representatives of the region and the government ministers. they will discuss the issues and try and soft them as soon as possible. >> reporter: both sides agreed to stop violence and farmers say the strike will continue until at least some of their demands are met. >> i ask all the farmers who are protesting to keep calm as we head to negotiations and we will start discussing the issue of the coast of agricultural supplies being so damaging to the farmers. >> reporter: the protesters want government subsidies to help pay for fertilizers and fuel and farmers cannot sell products

because free trade agreements flooded the markets with cheaper imports. on monday ralliey rallies in th cities run late into the night. >> reporter: however rural in nature the strike is beginning to spread to urban centers. here at the capitol, tens of thousands of people have took to the streets to support the farmers. many people hope the negotiations will end the many roadblocks and disruptions but workers in other sectors are threatening to protest in the coming days, the discontent that has been growing in the last few months of the government's economic policies will require more than a presidential trip to be resolved. al jazeera, columbia. >> reporter: with the al jazeera news hour and ahead in sports no bail but how did madrid get on in the latest match?

joel will have details in just a moment. ♪

. ♪ time for sports, here is joe. >> thank you. and madrid right to sign continues amid reports that they are considering a rival bid launched by another team. they maintained their unbeaten start to the spanish season with one-nil in granada. >> the loss was in february but not for a repeat performance

this time around. [cheering] for now springing the off side trap they are tapping in for a 1-nil lead and the goal keeper was on the bench but replacement lopez did not have a lot to do as, madrid controlled possession and he had a second with a brilliant finish. he was called back and too heisty in taking the kick and turning nasty for granada after the break but they diverted their many chances. the finishing touch of a bail perhaps lacking almost a light pace of drama as they made a claim for penalty. suggesting may they have been unlucky around madrid holding on for 1-nil win, al jazeera.

>> and the first home match in charge of united was 0-0 with chelsea and they make a bid for rooney in coming days and they say it depends on whether the strike decided to stay in manchester and they say his efforts despite the nil-nil draw says he is committed to united. >> i think his performance today said enough. i think it caused to see people go in the corner and i think the crowds realized the work he had done. he was desperate to score, you can see that but he scored an overhead kick in time. so i think his actions showed what he thought. >> he was a real professional. played for his club and played for the club that pays him. tried to win, tried to score, he

was fantastic. after that he wants to leave. he has to stay. he decided now he doesn't want to leave anymore. it's a problem. but i praise him because he was fantastic and played fantastic and these are difficult circumstances and he played fantastic so i praise him. >> reporter: chelsea rivals will be in action later and looking to qualify for the lead group stages in the second leg of the playoff tied and 3-nil in estanbul and should they qualify, the 16 season in the premier club competition. and this match is one of second leg ties taking place later and vienna has a lead over dena. and both stand at 1-1.

number one williams opened the title with a run away victory and beat 2010 french open champion 6-love and 6-1 and he is 54th at the moment with a friendly shoulder to cry on as she exited in the first round. >> when you see you have to have the former grand slam champion meaning as a year and a half ago or two years ago she was in the final and won't the french so it's not very easy to see your name on a draw like that so you have to be very serious. >> reporter: and sister venus had a pink hairstyle and recorded a win and semi finalast. the french open champion made no

mistake on monday and beat monday harrison on the opening day in new york and winning 6-4-6-2-6-2 and will go on to the second round. and he went through in straight sets but worked harder to overcome 18-year-old nick. closing out the match with 875, 63, 62, rodriguez is playing during the appeal and had a home run but did not seal off the blue jays and a-rod launched the ball out of the park but down hill for new york after that with adam getting rbi double as the blue jays went home to 5-2 win. and cards came from behind to

beat the cincinnati reds thanks to a grand slam and it was 8-6 ending with top of the national league central division. we are 11 days from the start of the america cup but defending the team usa being investigated over a cheating scandal that is threatening the reputation of the race. the americans have admitted that boats they used in the regattas were legally altered and they were forfeited but a five man jury is looking at team members engaged in gross misconduct and if so they could be ban from sailing's biggest team event and could forfeit one or more of the america cup races against new zeeland and the fight for the oldest trophy in sport gets underway on september the 7th. breaking news in the last few minutes, a top club has been fined 1.8 million and banned

from competing in the afl finals for performance enhancing supplements and the coach is banned for 12 months and we will have more on that as well as the rest of our top stories on the web. check out al jazeera.com/sports. that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. who said that the long arm of the law doesn't have a sense of humor or a sense of rhythm for that matter? police joined in the fun of europe's biggest street festival and that is in london and had the fair share of serious crime problems over the years but this year the dancing policeman right there are the ones making the headlines. and more than 150,000 youtube viewers have clicked on their video and clearly and arresting site. stay with us on al jazeera and we have more news coming up, in just a moment. ♪

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