. this is the on al jazeera. still seeking support for action in syria. u.n. secretary of state takes his case to arab nations. >> the hard work begins for tokyo thaeuf are chose on the host the 2020 olympic games. >> the opposition leader is

running in moscow's mayoral elections. >> from illegal drugs to cash can crop. a look at canada's farming in the united states. >> there's increasing concern about the tax that unregulated marijuana cultivation has on the land, the water and the rare creatures who live in this delicate eco system. the u.s. secretary of state is meeting with the arab league to get their backing. this is after the talks in lithuania and france. this is a reminder on what happened on saturday. >> we in the united states know in our french partners know that this is not the time to be

silent spectators to slaughter. this is not the time to send a message where it's doing nothing is far more risky than responding. this is not the time to allow a dictator use of some of the most hannice weapons on earth. this is a time, but limited, but clear and effective response that holds dictators like bashar al assad. we focus on the european support getting the arab league on side is very significant. >> yeah. that's right. this the absence of that being any strong european western support more vocal condemnation

coming against the syrian leadership is what the americans and french will be looking for but if they think they will be able to sell the case off the back of arab support. it looks like that will be a hard sell indeed. last sunday the arab league dropped a resolution for necessary measures to be taken to deter assad from inflicting aggression against the syrian people. that statement fell short of condoning any western military intervention in syria. the arab league seems somewhat divided. you have the southern arab states saudi arabia, qatar, the aeue and kuwait. you have also egypt, algeria, tunisia. the politicians in lebanon have come out firmly against intervention. you've got jordon going on

record saying it would not commit its air space or military hardware to support any efforts. so it does look as if the arab league is condemning the assad regime for the chemical attack on august 21st still divided over the best course of action. the best course over americans taking place near paris. try to fetch out what is the kneunanimous action against syr. >> what you think president obama sending john kerry out being that he didn't get what he wanted from the g-20. >> it's a tough question it' an intense period of shuffle diplomacy starting in lithuania. i think john kerry felt that he this got more expected out of european union.

they have a very strong statement against the assad leadership. they felt that they could not stand idle against what was going on there. here in paris clear support coming from the french leadership for intervention. but saying that time and time again the international community keeps saying that something needs to be done but every time most states are falling short of support ohing or condoning mil military actio. it will be a hard sell for the sesecretary of state. thank you, neave. >> we will go to omar to talk about what's going on in syria at the moment. a his or the tica historic chrin damascus. tell us what's happening with

thisville anthis village fallin. we are hearing that from the last several days. there's been heavy fighting in this mainly christian village. now the latest you're hearing is that rebels were fighting inside the village. they went out. they were driven out and they lost control basically. so there is heavy fighting to regain the village or the town. and more widely, omar, tell does, they were chatting to me about this lead up to the strikes which may or may not happen. how are accept rations going there? government accept ration acceptt

might come. >> yes for the last few days, what seems to delay since president obama are e tpered the whole issue to congress we understand some sources in damascus that the government of. president bashar al assad has been moving around. they have been emptying key billings. the latest we got from a source at the syrian army chief of staff saying that there are bases at the mountain rage in damascus. there is a key base na base. that base is kind of empty. there are other heavy we opinions were hitting inside the mountain. they are suggesting that there might be some kind of bunkers and very interesting because when we checked on googleette and we go to that area you will

see various troops leading in to what likes a bunker. so, there's movement and position warning things warning the international community and the u.s. to be extremely careful when they do or if they attack the syrian government because they accuse the government of moving sources in to areas. >> very interesting. thank you for that. >> just another word on syria/russia's state news agency. that the agency is sending a plane to syria to evacuate its citizens. the plane will land in the western town of blatakia. almost 730 russian citizens have been evacuated since january. >> in other news at least six people have been killed in a suicide truck bombing. the attack happened at the entrance of a local intelligence headquarters. the governor of the prov provine

said 16 people had been killed in an air strike. it happened after tpwapb taliban fighters seizeed a pick up truck. >> tokyo has been chosen to host the oh limb game olympic games . this college games are currently being held in the weekend skwra faweekend found ot the 2020 oh olympics. somewhere in this crowd could be a future olympian competing on home ground in 7 years. >> translator: i u was so tkphraso gladtokyo won.

i want to do my best. >> in 2020, i'll be 28. it will be a good age to compete in disks. discs. >> we have th the honor of announcing that the olympic games of 2020 have been awarded to the city of tokyo. [ applause ] >> reporter: what helped tokyo win, the infrastructure it's world class and dependable. it hosted big sporting events before and several facilities already in place. one of them is the national stadium where the 1964 opening thopeningthe ceremony was held. it is set to go a billion dollar refurbishment. they are also known for their low crime rate.

they also talked about their reliability and safety. the plant criminaled in an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 is still leaking radiation. government officials spent the last week trying to reassure that the international kphaopb thety that the skwaeugs would be under criminal by 2020. >> i know there is concern about fukushima. let me assure that situation is under control. >> that strategy appears to have helped. >> tokyo will have the honor of hosting the olympics more than once. joining a list of only four others. the government says it will be a boost for the economy but help inspire a nation that had to deal with an earthquake, sue sui

and nuclear disaster. the german chancellor angela merkel with n her re-election campaign. struggling to maintain order near a volatile capitol. >> a day after tokyo was chosen on the 2020 games we will look at the three sports fighting for their title. people. this moscow are doing something they haven't been able to do in ten years. voting to chose a mayor. he's challenging moscow's current mayor. he was backed by the kremlin. he was sentenced for five years for embezzlement. he said the trial against him was politically motivated.

he was convicted and sentenced. how did he end up running for mayor? how is this working? >> when he was convicted he put his name down as a signature for the mayor's mayoral candidacy. when he was convicted and sentenced for five years. it looked like that was going to be it but the prosecutor asked and granted permission to let anymore have an appeal against this sentence and when he had the appeal he's free to stand in the election. he's the underdog put he's certainly a noisy under dog. he's been carrying out the first-ever western style political campaign and moscow has never seen anything like it. he had been using social media. he's got a very catchy slogan which says "change russia but start with moscow." that's been his support terse

mainly young middle class people. he has a da a campaign program u tube. his opposite number, his opponent is a real school russian politician. now, he's a close allie of vladimir putin. he's regarded as rulely but dull and has turned around moscow to a certain extent. despite this new breath of light that he's breathed in to the election t it looks like that he will in fact win. we are predicting about 60% of the vote. the poll will close in about 28t eight hour's time. we will have a result on monday morning. >> the position itself. not the to down play anything

that's going on but is it a significant position. is it the mayor of london like new york or sit dow or is it a w layers. >> this is a city of 12 million people. it's a tough job. he is a professional administrator. he knows how to run city of this size. i think because he's linked to the united russia party which is the ruling party he's pretty confident and i think all the pollsters are too that he's going to run away with this one. but nada live won't be upset. if he can pull anything over 20% it will send a clear message to the kremlin that they can't just avoid and not deal with the opposition. it could mark the day when ro tesprotests the politics came ae

in russia. the angela merkel party is the launching the campaign two weeks ahead there. >> reporter: her chances are very, very good. she's of course the leader of the christian democratic union. this is a par parliamentary election. people are voting for parties in twtwo week's time. it feels the like a presidential race because it is angela merkel's huge popularity. 70% after eight year's in office. that's pulling the party up in the polls. people like her for her imagine management. not making a decision until she absolutely has to. if you go inside the stadium behind me people are holding up signs that say "angie" that's

all they are thinking about in the party's platform to a certain extent. -p than said she is fighting against a party, a social democrat led by a man who are not doing very well. she had a televised debate with him. it came out 50/50. nobody scoring out a knock out blow. during his campaign he made repeaterepeated -- and hasn't ry established himself with merkel. >> it's angela merkel that is really winning out at the moment. >> reporter: i think that's absolutely the case. they were playing the rolling stones song "angie" you're beautiful. that's the mood in there. they think she's beautiful. we are at a christian democratic union rally. they should like the leader it's reflected in german leaders

overall with a certain amount of people liking angela merkel. it doesn't mean she becomes the next chancellor. her party has a 15-point lead on their nearest rival the social democrat. they cannot enter in to a government alone nap's not the way the tpherpl skwreu is set up. the problem that merkel faces right now the jun the junior pae has right now. they t they are forcing angela merkel and her par thety in to a coalition with the opposition. social democrats show it here and it's done before and it's something that a small majority would like to see happen again. thank you. and australia's new government is promising to get straight to work. tony abbot is threatening to

stop the vote and also plans to scrap the tax. cambodia's ruling party has been concerned. pit was marked by allegation of voter fraud. the election commissioners says prime minister won 68 and the opposition won 55. the from oh testing in the prott they said was widespread. thus in due mee in due tunp down. the new constitution was suspended following the unrest. tear gas to break up corruption cans in cities across

brazil. there's some violence which went ahead on independence day. we porwe report from pra still. >brazil.>> reporter: security w. spectators were checked upon arrival. police all over the country were part of pr brazil's ever protest that ever happened. nationwide the numbers failed in comparison. hundreds of people took to the streets and for a period of several weeks. but they were voicing the concerns of everybody. >> translator: no more craziness. the pr pra brazilian people cane it anymore. >> reporter: the numbers were well below expectation put

confrontation between police and protestors. we are seeing the protestors bining together a wide prospect for brazilian society. this is a movement that's driven by young people. >> like a 1 14-year-old who is participating with her friend. >> translator: this is our future. this is what we are going to try to live. if we don't try to improve our country our future will be this worse. >> reporter: despite the small numbers involved, police fired tear gas, used pepper spray and even a water cannon to break up the the r protests. several were slightly injured, dozens round up for questioning. but the government turned to the low turn out as proof that she promised to address national concerns are work. a resent poll indicateed that more than 80% of brazilians

favor the peaceful protests. a mar joyt majority didn't neede to the streets to express it. marking its first year in office. a series of attacks including two on saturdayle. >> reporter: these are the men struggling to bring back order to somalia's capitol. they are members of the police force. they are on the streets at night. suicide bombings are still an every day occurrence. they are killing people in the

city. it's what's going on now. >> so, i don't think that is a meeting. so in more than 20 kraoers. 20 years. people come out and enjoy themselfs the in the beach. the city's most popular stretch of the indian portion coast. >> and why the investors and aid workers -- it has not been replicated elsewhere in the the country. the government -- it's a huge in somalia. the government has little influence with much of the country divided for the region and serious control. >> how to bring the country back together is one of the

government's piges biggest prio. >> the challenge is to build partnerships across the country to unify them within and beneath a single government tall framework. >> reporter: but the somali president says that will take some time. it's the loc the longest ct but effective in our society. >> reporter: with three years go beforgovernment government offis are confident that can bring to ssomalia. al jazeera, somalia. >> a check of the world weather now. >> thanks. it may surprise you to hear that in the northeastern part of china and russia the flooding is still continuing.

we are now entering the second months of the flooding. for this village it looks like flood waters are stabilizing. it doesn't show any signs oh of improving it hasn't been too wet. no new rain falling it oh of the sky. the wer western weather has hern parts of japan. just in the past 24 hours we've seen 82 million still some heavy downpours. it looks like the wet weather is pulling way towards the south. most could be dry as we heads to monday. tokyo looks like the exception here. there will be some rain particularly early in the day. a bit to the south there's some heavy downpours here as well. you see this area at the satellite picture over the northern parts of vietnam. this has been given us some heavy rain as well. we have already seen some flooding so the another 24 is

great but that's not going to help it at all. there's also some heavier rain thank you for that. >> sit international literacy day. a reminder that it is human rights through education. but means around the world with legal rights particularly among the run. according to the u.n. education. is 123 million are illiterate. a majority of all illiterate youths are in south or west asia or in africa. afghanistan succeeded in enrolling millions of people in school in the past decade. nearly 40% of that is t are girls. it's a huge change from when the taliban in the past. >> reporter: here girls study diverse su subject and virtually

all will graduate the 12th grade. school is held in a tent. only half the schools across the countries have actual buildings and a third of teach terse have official qualification. in eastern afghanistan, there's a lock on the school door. >> translator: the taliban closed this school. they said it's because girls should not be in school. >> reporter: 34 schools are closed across the province and the students and staff are under threat. >> translator: there have been resent incidents where teachers were effected by bombings, explosions where some of our students have been killed in the cross fire between the opposition and government forces. >> reporter: these that's a prm that edge caters ar edge educatl

over the country. it's not just security that hinderers education here. there are budget problems and corruption. even here in kabul there's schools in terrible condition. these are supported to be brand new classes funded by the world bank but the company that was supposed to build them ran away with the money. 2,000 children are studying in classrooms with no win tkoers w. when the it rains, there's no school. and there's no protection between the heat or cold. afghanistan hopes by 2020 all afghan children will be able to come fleet school. there's still a lot that needs to be done to make that happen. the challenges facing a kurdish mali thei a in iraq.

>> in kashmir why many are angry. >> and the dream final at the u.s. open.

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government and nato said ten people were killed. all taliban fighters. >> the people in russia are hoping to choose a mayor for the first time in a decade. >> we will take you back to our top stories. john kerry's push for support in that conflict. joining us who also serves as deputy for the se sec secretaryf defense. john kerry said they double digit countries that can take part in a military strike. >> is that really necessary or this about looking at people here. fewer can do that on the ground. >> the u.s. has a capability to do this on its own but we are better off and strengthened by having the commitment of the

world community and a coalition going against bashar al assad. this cannot be a fight of the united states against safe yeah. against syria. this demands an international response. >> what do you maybe of john kerr rice attempt to carry that international response. there's the arab league he will go to. you see enough coming together now to make this. >> i hit the's legitimate just by the pieces of the violation of the international concerns it's more legitimate by the fact that 43 countries have expressed support. >> is it, i'm going back to when you talk about support. some will provide actual mill treur support anmilitary suppor. our parliament said it's a coalition of sorts.

whether it's actual physical military support, diplomatic support, facing authorities, all of these contribute to the coalition. coalition doesn't have to have double digit number irs of boots on the ground inside syria to provide support. there's ways that countries can support. mostly that they stand. hind those concernss by the use of chemical weapons. will that is all help when it goes to congress or will the u.s. politicians, will they see it representing their own people. >> that's a very interesting question. the senate by virtue of being two senators by state. the foreign relations committee is a good example of that. the house has more of a national domestic view. 435 representatives representing is 700,000 people themselves. i think you will see from the united states congress bothoff

from the the international aspect and from the domestic aspect. >> the concern for barack obama and john kerry in this administration that the house of representative sendives wills we against it. that's the job of the president. the president has that. he has to persuade the american people that what he is doing is in the best interest of the united states but he can't be looking at polls it was once said that warren harding spent so much time listening with his ear to the grand that his head was full of grasshoppers. some times the president must lead. some times the president must make unpug unpopular decision ae president is finding out oh right now. we appreciate it. now with international military action looming, so far thousands of refugees from syria

have crossed in to iraq alone. the challenges facing them. >> reporter: this is the front line force along the iraq iraqi/kurdistan border with syria. this used to be a militia force fighting for kurdish rights. now it's on the government and the kog is in effect a state within iraq. this, is there army. the general has a visit on the border and doesn't deny what he faces. >> translator: we face massive challenges with the refugee crisis with smuggling and terrorist going across the board be u we need newer and better equipment particularly for surveillance. here are the board crossing, you can see some of the challenges they face. between a 1000 and 1500 refugees arrive here every day the

soldiers search for illegal weapons and they find the life they left behind. for many just getting here as been grueling enough. >> translator: it took me two days to walk here so there was fighting in my village. the army and the terrorist, i don't know who i fear for my life. only god knows what i will find here. >> reporter: it's not just these people who use the board. some of these refugees have been walking for days. they are using the official board crossing which is very clearly marked but there are huge parts of this border that are not clearly marked and armed groups are useing that to their advantage. take this place for example. tonight the forces place guard every te ten meters. the federal government blames these groups for much of the violence in baghdad and al qaeda and iraq and has tense fighting

in syria and over the country as well. there's responsibility for patrolling the western board falls to iraq's federal government. the other side is patrolled by militia calling itself a democratic party of syria. called the pyd. they are saying they have no contact with them. put syria's military action by the west and its allies. it's these that this come under pressure button western border as well. there are more refugees entering iraq and more fighters going in and out of syria. now we know the regional spill over will get worse putting these men under more pressure a country thae that has been beenn apart. >> hundreds of indian troops have been sent. nine people were killed in crashes between hindus and

muslims on saturday. the rights. tkpwapb after they were protest the death of three men last month. also kashmir after four people were killed by police. stones were thrown at security forces after the rebels were shot dead. the rebels have opened fire on their cams. two other people also died in that incident. and there have opinion protests in the capitol over a music. they were angry that they were not allowed to watch a performance from a german orchestra. >> reporter: some of the world's finest musicians performing in one of the most worlds most volatile places. the orchestra and maestro was supposed to bring the community together. instead, the org tra, itself is

accused of organizers of hijacking the vent. the german ambassador made for special guest and people across from here and this is against. >> reporter: the orchestra which raises its usual fees is furious that some were locked oh it of the one-hour event on saturday. the 1500 guests were mostly high profile politician while locals from the streets. >> translator: we don't have aen invitation. >> reporter: the german ambassador declined an interview. this concert is for the people of kashmir. this is a wonderful tribute to kashmir and is warm hearted and hos pitable people it's a message lost by many here. the muslim majority have

suffered for decades violence. the leaders say efforts should focus on ending the conflict. >> we have more than 9,000 people in the last 20 years. we have more than 6,000 unmarkeded who have -- who don't know who the people are and think they are accountability. >> the atmosphere was far from n trinidad where the performance took place. armed soldiers guarded the streets checking people for weapons. they called a strike to protest against this concert. the city is shot but the message is on the wall. there's no room for sper taeupbmenentertainment here whir abuses continue in kashmir. put the show went on. they were not here to play politics, just the music they love. al jazeera. we want the look more to the decision again to tokyo.

joining us from the japanese capitol. the political commentator and the u news janecy. nice tagency.good to have you, . >> reporter: it wasn't prohibited because the international community did award the oh limb tick game olyo japan. it created some tension in the japanese side in the final days and hour -rs. some of the claims that the prime minister knead before the prime minister made and they got it. >> the positive factor and the fact that japan has been through so much and this would be a feel good story and a good way to give skwra an th japan to work r so much disaster. >> yes, i think that's fair.

japan is a country that had a lot of despair. i think being able to host it is something that people do care about. i think there will be a lot of positive benefits for japan. what's in the back of my mind when a country gets awarded, it balloons. the cost of it gets huge it it s well over budget. what do you think of the tokyo 2020 mark? >> well, japan already is the most indebts in the world. they will spend more on in-p a structure here. one of the major problems that

the japanese has been facing is the lack of consumer spending. they need to get people spending more money on things and not only will the japanese public probably spend more as a result of the olympics, there will also. many, many guests overseas are spending. all in all, my hunch is that this will be an economic benefit to the japanese economy more than a draw back. >> we have seen celebration pictures and they are talking to people. they are in the last 25 people. are people excited there? are you getting a buzz from people there? >> yes. the majority of japanese business at the end of the process very much support this bid. there's a mix of ree action put it's generally positive. some japanese are surprised. they felt like they didn't have a great chance to win this contest and they are surprised that they did. others did expect the win and

are very happy to be to find that it came true. >> joining us from tokyo. thank you for that. >> and still more sports to come. new york yankees were taught a lesson by the po boston red sox. we will find out more in a moment.

in the united states, marijuana is.ing tolerated. several states have legalized recreational use and others

allowed it for m for madicimal purposes. in california, cannabis is king. marijuana farming is a lucrative business here. even a growers association. to be a responsible tkpwroer really take pride in what they're doing. they want to have their homestead. they are in a loving environment. >> reporter: the u.s. federal government out lawed cannabis but california allows it for madicimal purposes. that contributes to satellite problems. satellite imagery shows marijuana growing. it uses a large amount of water for energy. there's increascreasing concernt

the impact has on the land, the water and the rare creatures that live in this delicate e ecosystem. these are the final moments of a fisher. a shy animal dieing an agoneizing death ^py ra by rat n spread by marijuana poison. the crop is not fuelly legal, growers don't bother to seek permits or follow land use rules. scientist for the immigration of marijuana growers. >> these are hundreds. >> there's 500. >> reporter: the most severe impact is on streams. some of which have been sucked nearly dry to water cannabis plants. >> once they clear the land. they don't worry about where that sentiment is going.

>> marijuana money is prosperous. >> it effects every pod in humble county. resent studies shows one out o 4 this comes in to our economy. our federal government is looking at marijuana and ignoring all the other impacts around it it's other industries to completely regulate it. >> reporter: america's demand for marijuana and their government's endless war on drugs are threatening a place of beauty. >> to find out where the 2020 o0 olympics will be. it's after tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 olympics on saturday. on sunday that's still a nervous

wait for fans and athletes to see whether they are allowed to participate at the tournament. the race forward and wrestling skrarb and a combine combined -- all fighting for one start at the 2020 olympic games. the international olympic committee will choose which of the three will be included at it meeting on sunday. wrestling a main stay in the game since ancient times. pit got a shock to the system when it was cut from the games back in february. now a new focus on female athletes. >> this is probably the best/worst thing that's ever happened to wrestling and i'm excited for what has been happening. especially as a female wrestleer, the direction that

they have been taking to improve our stations within fila and all over the world. it's a sport. i know what an olympic gold medal meant for me. what it meant for canada and what it meant for nigeria. i hope that millions of kids have that approach. the squash is their latest to be included in the olympics for the first time. woman's number one is 30 and said this is her last chance to be an olympic. their goal is to get more young players involved around the world. >> translator: they have given us, and most egyptians including me a sense of pride. i won my second gold medal. it's something that not only had an impact in egypt but i think who ever wins a gold medal for

middle east will have a from found impact on the region. >> reporter: their team includes antonio castro the son of former cuban president, fidel. >> translator: this is a good moment for the baseball and softball and to come back. >> reporter: it will give hope to thousands of oh olympic medalists while thousands of nor may find the podium a step too high. to tennis now and the men's final at the u.s. open will be a battle of the heavy weights with djokovic against rafael nadal. he pushed the world's number one to five sets but he struggled to

cope his temper in check at times. secured his fourth consecutive fine until new york. did i manage to find my way through to adjust and to win and that's what counts and i'm really happy they won in five sets again coming back. mentally it helped me and physically i'm fine. i haven't been spending much time on the court before this match today. >> well, ra, rafael nadal in straight sets. it's on the hard court and now stands at 21 matches. he'll be hoping to make it on monday. >> we have to be in it.

ty want to play against a player that i have a chance to win. i played against him. it's sunday's for italian grand prix. the driver was in form as he finished tough in qualifying. the world champion is join bid teammates on the front row and he was hoping to start on third. >> the they will play in the first spot in world cup qualifying -- it will match up on sunday. it will host south africa were knocked out and they were finished in top and 8. nigeria also won. >> the highest skerg team in major the -- the highest scoringing team again is the boston red sox and scoring 20

runs against detroit when they lived in new york to face their old rival the yankee today. the red sox put themselfs the out as early to open a 12-3 advantage. they are opening up with a 3-1 homer. the yankees wasn't winning this one and 13-9. it's weighing in as well. its first major league home run. it's first time that scored nine runs or more in three straight games against the yankees. they will complete the scoring boston and the american league east. >> they consider as basketball unofficial all-time high scoringing inducted in to the hall of fame on sunday. oscar score odd 49, 037 points in career that lasted nearly 30 years and drafted by the new jersey mets but never reported

to the team and they would remain an amateur for the brazilian national team and the only player to escort more than 1,000 points in the olympics. >> i have a ring. tomorrow i will be with my legend. i will save that for my speech tomorrow. thank you. it's team new stkaoe th new zeay and will drop from a modification. it's skwepblit's scheduled for . >> enough for the first time in 15 years an italian film at the

venice film festival and the first time the documentary has won the line. it's a decision that hasn't been welcomed by all. he came in huge cheers and a way of surprise. it's adamant all the along that it would have the golden line here at the venice fil film fe festival. i have been living and working among the major roads have ban strong contender from the start. >> it's documentary not that work and the kind favored by the lead director and the decision to award his real life account and the agent and the drama of it own. >> i'm not so happy pause i think that the movies because the movie is funny but a little bit weak and superficial. this

british movie about the heartbreak and has been a strong contender and it's still away with best screen play. >> there's a range and a greek film about abuse within a family. and relationships to aliens kidnapping and turning them in to food like under the skin. the choice itself got under the skin. and so this years venice film festival draws to a close. next stop, canada for their festival and a much largeer affair is now under way. >> this one the world's largest for 7 year anniversary. it was from a whole a very happy day. al jazeera, at the venice film festival. that is your news. thanks for staying with us. the news continues right after the break p. .