>> welcome to the news hour. al jazeera's new center in doha, and london. here are the stories. cyclone phailin batters east india. and afghan president and secretary kerry amidst talks. and fighting for survival at sea. calls for europe to do more as mother migrant ship capsizes in the mediterranean.

and russian circuses struggle to survive and are questioned about their treatment of animals. >> welcome to al jazeera, one of the most powerful storms in over a decade has made landfall in eastern india. cyclone phailin is bearing down on two states where people there are facing torrential rain and winds up to 300 kilometers an more. the storm itself it is 1600 kilometers wide capable of catastrophic damage. 12 million are believed to be affected. well, we're following the storm, this is clearly a very powerful storm. bring us up-to-date with what is happening there. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: well, the electricity here has been going on and off, and we have a

generator, luckily. it has been a complete blackou blackouts. the rain has started to come down heavily, and it suddenly lightened up quite significant significantly. but elsewhere there is a lot more rain and we're hearing reports that winds have reached up to 240 kilometers an hour. that would cause it to be called a super cyclone. >> what is happening with the evacuation? where are people going? >> reporter: well, the half million people the government has reported has been evacuated has been sent i will land to shelters. but one of the shelters we visited was right on the coast. it was only a two-story stone high school that was supposed to a village of 5,000 people. we went into the building itself, and it could hold no

more than 200 people at best. the government is saying that people are going to be evacuated, but the fact on the ground is some of the shelters they have are grossly inadequate, and if the storm does hit those areas those people will be in serious trouble. >> how prepared were the authorities to handle the impact what have is an extremely powerful cyclone? >> reporter: well, unlike 1999 when 10,000 people were killed in the same area, the government said they're much more prepared. they knew days in advance that this was coming. they say they have been prepared by evacuating people. we visited a small fishing village and found these fishermen sitting on the beach fixing their nets. we asked why they were there. they said they had nowhere else to go. no one from the government had

seen them. the people from al jazeera from the first people that they had seen in days. if they knew where the shelter was they would go there, but they're sitting put and hoping for the best. >> thank you very much. an mp from the regional party told us the government is prepared for the cyclone. >> people understand that this is a serious issue, so i think by and large they recognize that the government is doing its job, and that this is not a false alarm because people in coastal areas have suffered from the cyclone of 1999, but several other lesser cyclones. so they recognize the seriousness of the issue. there are a few people who are reluctant to leave their home, but we have concrete double-story cyclone shelters

that are schools that serve as shelters in crisis. they don't have to move far as long as they're in cyclone shelters. in a few places where they are not available in the immediate vicinity they have been moved a few kilometers. mostly arrangements have been made not far from away from their homes. >> let's get more on the strength of cyclone phailin. this seems like a monster storm. >> reporter: it is huge. it is enormous. we've seen the storm make landfall within the last hour. and its starting to disintegrate as it does so. you can see how large the system is, pretty much the entire length. we zoom in, and we have the same storm, keep an eye on this. you can see the position of the eye of the storm there. it's making its way in the

northwestern direction, and there you go. that is the storm making landed fall within the hour. it is in the process of start to go weaken, so at its peak we had winds around 270 kilometers. it will lose that intensity quite smartly as we go on through the next 12 hours or so. at the moment we're looking at winds 210 kilometers per hour. we are going to see it make its way in the general nort northwey direction pushing into india. and by midnight tonight we're looking at winds around 160 kilometers per hour. still a damaging storm. then we're looking at the rains. that's the main feature we ought to be concerned with over the next couple of days or so. we've seen 102 kilometer 102 mif

rain, we've seen heavy rainfall, they may see 150 mill meters of rain. we could even see flooding coming through parts of bangladesh. >> now a car bomb that exploded in the iraqi city of sumara killing 12 people. it came as people were shopping for the biggest muslim holiday of the year. 13 others were injured. two days of marathon talks, the u.s. and afghanistan are still not any close for reaching a crucial military deal. they met for several hours on

saturday. they're trying to decide the role of u.s. troops in afghanistan after n.a.t.o. forces we draw in 2014. we're live in northern afghanistan. jane, this security agreement between washington and kabul has been stalled. what has been agreed to so far by both sides? >> well, both men came out this evening after, like you said, marathon talks all day. they essentially set out their position. they said some point had been agreed on. a number of those were coming from the afghan side. and president hamid karzai pointed out the specific points that they agreed on that the afghans insist to be included in the agreement. the first is respect of a began sovereignty on afghan statistical. not secret that the afghans have

felt that the americans don't respect their sovereignty within the country. they did not go into details of what sovereignty meant, but they both discussed the definition of the word and agreed on it. secondly, the americans must minimize or assault civilian death and casualty as well as damage to civilian property here. he talked about how the civilian versus paid a heavy toll over the past ten years. and any u.s. forces on military bases on afghan soil would have had to the permission and full consultation with the afghan government before they carried out any military operations on this soil here. they cannot act independently without approval from kabul. and finally the point they have agreed on is what the afghans really wanted, the americans would agree to protect them

under an invasion were the words they were using. by that it's quite a wide definition. they mentioned rocket attacks on the pakistani border but also said, quote, terrorists being sent into the country. a clear reference to any taliban fighters who the afghan believe are given safe hay no one pakistan. they would like to see the americans more active in combating that. now, john kerry specifically addressed this as well as karzai. he said that american troops would have to be granted immun immunity from prosecution while in afghanistan. he pointed out that the americans have military bases all over the world from germany to japan, and they have specific procedures that they operate under and they could not make an exception in this case. karzai himself has responded by saying that he cannot approve that. as such that specific sticking point will have to go through

what is a large consulted assembly across the country where representatives from tribes and different societies consult on it and either agree or disagree on it. >> what happens when millions of people are cut off from clean water. we'll look at senegal and the crisis effecting there. and video may have killed the radio star. and the shock in shanghai. >> now the deadly mediterranean shipwreck has allowed those fleeing areas like syria to find

safe passage to europe. >> reporter: yes, thank you. italian and maltese naval ships and recovered 37 bodies and rescued 207 survivors. this comes after a week when 139 people died when their boat sank just off the shores of lampedusa. many of the survivors and victims were taken to malta. >> reporter: hobbled on deck the survivors of this latest tragedy. helped to dry land and perhaps a new life. among them were many children oh shocked and cold but alive. it is thought many of those on order were syriaboard were syri. they appealed for help from the e.u. he said that the it is becoming

the cemetery. >> we feel abandoned. there is no mining of words, abandoned. we are not our own front here. we are europe's frontiers. these desperate people are looking for a future in europe, and europe, our colleagues, cannot turn a blind face towards this. >> reporter: it could have been far worse. around 200 people were rescued. maltese and italian rescue ships work quickly on the scene. these images were filmed by the italian navy. we can see people swimming for their lives. dozens are floating in the water waiting to be picked up. here a toddler is quickly handed on to a ship. once on board they sit wrapped in foil blankets recovering from their ordeal. on the nearby island of lampedusa this child was brought in with his mother and father,

but his three-year-old brother didn't make it. >> when we knew about this, we knew that helicopter with ten injured people were on the way. we activated a group of doctors and anesthesiologists and cardiologists. we're all here ready to take action. >> it is barely a week the last my grant boat di it was certificatedeserters.there appeo this human traffic. thousands are still willing to risk everything, including their lives in the search for a better future. al jazeera, malta. >> thousands of people have demonstrated in the italian capital of rome to plans that changes the country's constitution. the plan amendments give more powers to the head of

government. in azerbaijan, they're demanding the evacuation of the president and asking for new elections. he remains one of "america's most wanted" fugitives but that has not stopped edward snowdon tedward snowdonto be honored byd military. he's been given an honor. snowdon spoke out against the secret american electronic surveillance programs he helped to expose. >> people all over the world are realizing these programs do not make us more safe. they hurt country. they limit our ability to think,

live, be creative, have relationships associated with freedom. >> reporter: now back to doha. >> now the african union has called on the international criminal court to stop prosecuting its heads of state. meeting in ethiopia agree that the kenyan president should not attend his up coming trial in the hague. they asked to defer the trial of the kenyan president saying that it's flawed. >> no serving e.u. heads of state or government or anyone acting or entitled to act in such capacity shall be required tto appear in front of any international court during his

government. >> trying to stop fighters from advancing into a syrian city, activists are reporting government shelling in downtown damascus. well, the influx of syrians fleeing the war is straining the neighboring country of lebanon. >> reporter: the united nations is overwhelmed by the unfolding refugee crisis in syria. in lebanon alone it registers about 3,000 syrian as day. many of the syrians here, however, are not looking for assistance. they believe refugee status is a ticket to europe or to the united states. >> we think that this u.n. card will allow us to go to a foreign country. it is a better future for my family. as a syrian you're locked down upon as a lebanon. >> reporter: syrians are blamed for lebanon's flailing economy.

there are 1.3 million in the country. the government is now imposing stricter rules at its border crossings to prevent increase in refugee numbers. new conditions have been set. >> we would love to close our borders, but people who are coming here who are refugees, who are coming here to work or abuse the refugee status will not be allowed to get in. >> reporter: some open businesses and this has had an impact on the 4 million people. the world bank said lebanon is heading towards a disaster due to an influx of syrian refugees the syrian conflict will have doubled the unemployment rate by 120%, and th syrian refugees wil

add to the 1 million at that live under the poverty line. >> they're complaining from the syrians, they're always telling that we need support, financial support, so i guess the syrians. why they're sending us to charity, they're the one who is are sucking our blood. >> hoping to be re-elected to german over the next few months. this will only take 4,000 syrian my grantsmigrants. >> the factory in the delta has been a hub for egypt's labor movements. they held mass protests of that

that led up to the 2011 revolution. >> on the streets of cairo, young and old wa, muslim brotherhood, anti-coupe, wealthy, not o so wealthy, the plan to stop further violence. egypt has been in crisis for the past 100 days after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the elected president's rule of law. his defense minister was ready to capitalize on the growing unrest. >> i ask that next friday all hospital and trustworthy egyptians must come out. why come out? they come out to give me the mandate and order to confront

violence and terrorism. >> they removed morsi from office provoking muslim brotherhood to take to the streets as it's leaders were rounded up. what happened next divided the country further. a crock down on brotherhood sit ins, killed hundreds, that horrified egyptians. >> there is no justice. we're talking about justice. >> reporter: on october 6th the anniversary of the 1973 war with israel. provisioto supporters of the new government out on the streets. protests against the coup, and another 57 are killed. >> president was clear and has been clear we are not able to continue with business as usual. as you know we have already announced we're not proceeding with the delivery of certain military systems. following on the results of the review directed by president

obama we will announce the future of our relationship with egypt once we have made the appropriate diplomatic notifications. >> reporter: president obama questioned morsi's democratic principles but his successors did no better. many called for justice for those killed in the protests. >> we are not listening to the americans cutting aid. what matters to us, the important thing is the opinion of the egyptian people. >> morsi will go on trial for those killed outside of the presidential palace. but what about those who were killed elsewhere, we should start looking for those killers. >> reporter: they're desperate to keep the protest going but the security forces are trying to strangle their momentum, stopping them at various points around cairo. they're facing the majority of

the egyptian people who are just too scared or just not interested in joining the protests. across town life goes on. the violent majority might not approve of those in power but to them the time has passed for further unrest. now they just want to get the country back on its feet. al jazeera, cairo. >> an explosion at a fireworks factory in northern vietnam has killed several people. 2,000 people have been forced from their homes. the building was ablaze for several hours, but the police now say it's under control. senegal's capitol is running out of drinking water. the pipe connecting the capitol with its water source, we have reports. >> reporter: this is what happens when a city of a million people runs out of water. to each his own.

most taps are dry and people are thirsty. there's little to drink, to bathe with, cook or clean. some schools have had to shutdown and hotel hospitals are running out of their reserves. water has become so precious it's now being rationed. but it's not enough for everyone. >> we are tired of this. we wait here morning, evening and night but not a drop in sight. we're fed up with this situation 2347 the problem started two weeks ago when the only pipe that carried its water source broke. a french contractor is working around the clock to repair t but its taking longer to expect it. the government is now asking for international assistance. china is offering to help. >> our politicians don't care about our problems. they have disregard our daily difficulties. >> reporter: every year during the heavy rainy season, heavy downpours displacing entire

neighborhoods. this year was no different. the rains have stomped, but the water still has not receded. this neighborhood has been like this for weeks. there is water all around, but drinking water is nowhere to be found. this is an ideal breeding ground for diseases such as cholera. 100,000 people are in need of immediate assistance. >> we're facing a very difficult situation that can lead to sort of political outbreak. >> reporter: senegalese authorities have promised to move those displaced into new homes in october. but construction is not going as planned. there isn't enough water needed to build the new homes. >> we're working on the ten-year plan to create a solution. we don't claim to have it solved

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complete a deal. and rescuer rescuers are seg for survivors of a boat that capsized in mediterranean. at least 27 have died and most are refugees fleeing the war in syria. washington could default on its debt. the bill looks unlikely to pass in the senate. let's go to jean live for us in washington. news that the republicans in the house say they'll now block a bill approved by the senate to raise the debt ceiling. brings us up-to-date with what is happening there. >> reporter: one of the few positive things that has been happening is happening outside of washington. a handful of governors have reached an agreement where

states will pick up the cost of opening national parks. 12 national parks will open around the country, but here in washington not such good news. house speaker john boehner spoke to husband caucus this morning and said there were no negotiations at this point with the white house after the white house rejected a proposal from the republicans saying it was just kicking the can down the road and it ran the risk of having this disagreement between runs and democrats surface again just as we went into the crucial holiday season. look at the senate side of the house. in the senate there was a vote on a procedural matter which would allowed a vote on the debt ceiling but that did not succeed. it needed 60 votes and the democrats were not able to muster that. there was some encouraging words

this afternoon that, in fact, the senate majority leader harry reid was talking with the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and negotiations were under way. also that a moderate republican senator susan collins had floated a proposal which might an starting point for negotiations. but just a few minutes ago harry reid held a press conference. he said the collins proposal was not going anywhere. he said although the talks with mcconnell from cordial but there was a long way to go. on the 17th the u.s. government will no longer be able to pay its bills. >> jean, how are ordinary americans looking at all of this? they must be sick and tired of

the politicking. >> yes, the polling shows that americans are distraught act the fact that their government is not able to function. at this point in time it will looks like republicans are paying the high cost but all politicians are being tarred by this. >> thank you. well, earlier president obama hit out at his opponents. he accused republicans in congress of putting politics before the people. and urged them to come up with a deal. >> it's hurting the very citizens that our government exist to serve. that's why a growing number of reasonable republicans say it should end now. and it wouldn't be wise as some suggest to just kick the debt ceiling can down the road and flirt with the first ever intentional default right in the middle of the holiday shopping season because damage to ameri america's sterling credit rating

would not cause global markets to go haywire, it would make it difficult for everyone borrowing money. students going to college, americans buying a home, and a default tax on every family and business in america. >> why should anyone in the rest of the world care about u.s. debt? well, if an agreement isn't reached by wednesday, the government will have no choice but to balance the budget. in other words spend only what it can afford. that raises the spector of an u.s. default as we've been hearing. and unprecedented event that's already worrying china and other u.s. bondholders. well, the u.s. could also see a cut in its credit rating. that would have a series of negative affects i effects in gl financial markets.

and then markets and investors hate t and that could create volatility in the stock, currency and commodity market. and it could everything from the commodity market to our pensions. jacob, good to have you back on the program. what do you make of all this political brinkmanship. obama said that the politicians are putting politics before the people? does he have a point? >> yes, i hav i don't think thes any doubt that government shutdown that is threatening the debt ceiling. the blame is overwhelmingly with the republicans. >> just talk us through this now. if the u.s. does default on its debt is in the nightmare scenario, and what impact will

it have on the u.s. domestically but also the wider picture globally? >> well, let me start by saying i don't think the u.s. will default, but if the u.s. were to default, it would be an absolute nightmare scenario. it would an nightmare video not only for the u.s. domestically but very much for the global economy. it would mean that the most--the basic bluing from the global financial system would break down because the basics of risk free assets, the one that everyone jumps into at a time of crisis, namely the u.s. treasury bill would be deemed worthless. so it would be a lehman brothers moment from 2008, but at a much, much larger magnitude. >> what you're say something that you think they can reach a deal before the last minute, before that deadline because obama has said he's willing to sign what he has called a clean short-term increase of the borrowing limit? >> reporter: yes, i don't think

there is any doubt that there will be a deal to avoid this terrible outcome but only at the last minute. unfortunately, we're not at the last minette. this will go on for a little bit longer, sometime into next week. but eventually the economic pressure will cause a split in the republican party. you will see at some point that a minority of house republicans and minority of republicans in the senate will vote with the democrats and send a bill that can be signed by president obama. >> what about other global superpowers, china and europe. china has just tons of u.s. bonds. >> yes, well, the problem for the chinese is that they're trapped. they own so many u.s. treasury bonds even if they wanted to sell they couldn't. all they can do is essentially hope that the united states will solve this problem. and obviously they're not above

taking a cheap shot at the u.s. government, which is what they're doing. but secretly they will be praying. but they will be doing so because there really isn't much they can do. the same is true in europe. the same it true in japan. this is an outcome of u.s. political dysfunction and the reality is that the people at the heart of this, republicans in the house of representatives, they don't listen to foreign powers. they don't even listen to their own business community here in the united states. and of this there isn't much that the rest of the world unfortunately can do. >> jacob, thank you for talking with al jazeera. >> my pleasure. >> all right, let's go back to london and get more news from loren. >> darren, thank you. venice is well famous for being the city that sits on the water. but what happens when those waters get too high? to stop this from happening convenient nice has created a

new flood protection barrier. >> rising to the surface after decades of planning this is what will save a world heritage site from rising sea lights. heights. it was officially tested on saturday. when completed in 2016, 78 of them will be raised from the bottom of the lagoon to stop tides as high as three meters from reaching the city. but the chief engineer said the barriers will protect venice without taking away all of its trademark high waters. >> well, we are closing in when it's one meter above sea level. otherwise we would be obliged to close too much. 1.10 to close five times.

in will affect the ecosystem and help the port authority. >> rising sea levels means they are higher and more frequent. in the last hundred years venice has sunk 23 centimeters. experts have long called for a solution before it's too late. the system of barriers has been in the making for a long time. it was first conceived 30 years ago and it has been under construction for ten years. at 7. billion dollars this is one of the most expensive and complex projects ever attempted in italy. but while this is supposed to stop high tide fro from entering venice, the barriers have had criticism.

>> reporter: criticism that it will create a stagnant pond. >> the lagoon will not change its behavior because this is only a temporary closure. the number of closures will be limited the first year so the lagoon and the tide will be only interrupted a few hours so it will not damage the lagoon itself. >> with the first test deemed a success, venice will be shielded from the force of nature. eight of greece as universities have been closed due to a strike. al jazeera reports. >> it is a tense meeting. half of these 800 employees at the athens poly technique will have to go, the government said, bearing the brunt of hiring

dismissals. there are no enrollments, no graduations and no teachers. students are siding with staff. >> we support this strike and fight with the staff not only because 400 households are being shattered but because it's a blow to universities and to our studies. >> reporter: the poly technique relies on its staff to run laboratories which tests runways and hubble works for clients and it has already claimed teachers. >> in 2005 we had 105 teaching positions. now we have 65. we're struggling to keep up standards. >> state funding for higher education has fallen by half in just two years. a drop of a billion dollars putting greece at the bottom of the european union. the polytechnique has decided enough is enough. students, faculty and staff say

they stand united against the government. in 1973 students locked themselves on to this campus demanding representation in university bodies. the university of the day smashed through these gates and killed dozens of people but ultimately brown its own down fall. the economy is unavoidable closing three universities and 104 departments. it plans to divert young people directly to the labor market through the technical school. >> we say to our young people there is nothing wrong with technological education. there is nothing wrong in being at the commission, in being with the skills and getting out in the market. >> reporter: it's a brave new world for universities as well as graduates. they're being told to tough up their budgets with private fun. here fees which is are considered unconstitutional,

will only an matter of time. >> the circus has been one of the most popular forms of family entertainment in russia for decades. a warning, that you may find some of the images disturbing. ♪ >> reporter: a ringside seat here in moscow where the world festival of circus art has just opened will cost you close to $80. that's a lot more than the average family can afford. but there was no shortage of spectators. the circus still holds a special place in the heart of the people here. traditionalcally the circus in russia has always been revered as an art form much like the ballet. and it dates back to katherine the great in the 18th century. it was in the soviet time that

the circus reached its peak in popularity. performances were being watched by more than 17 million people a year. these days they still say it has an important role. >> it's a big family occasion. the children love it. [ cheering ] >> it's our pride. it's a level of professionalism unmatched by any other country. >> animal rights activists, though, have condemned the brutal methods allegedly used in training some circus acts. but in moscow they say such methods are not use and would never work. >> they say we're torturing animals. it's absurd. it's nonsense. it's impossible to force an animal to perform using violen violence. >> a crowd always hopes that something dangerous will happen. unfortunately it did from these

performers in the middle of this traditiotrapeze act. but no serious injuries resulted. every country gets the circus it deserves. spain, bullfied, in america, hollywood. in russia, it's hanging in the balance. >> let's go back to darren in doha. >> thank you. now coming up after the break. one of the longest postseason openers in the history of major league baseball. and we'll have more of the details. stay with us.

>> now saudi arabia has launched a multi billion renovation at the hajj. the goal is to make more room for those who make the pilgrimage. >> walking to the holy mosque, the most sacred site in islam. this is what you see from above. the skyline is filled with cranes, multi billion dollar project is underway. saudi officials say mecca will have state of the arts infrastructure and one of the best transport systems in the world. this 3-d an mace shows how mecca will look like in 2020. tall buildings, shopping malls,

bridges, and high speed rail. the center of the new project, a massive expansion of the holy mosque to ease overcrowding during peak seasons. for the saudi government the big expansion came out of necessity to accommodate the growing numbers of pilgrims. but some are occurred that skyscrapers and shopping centers will be at the expense of the city's identity an. they all agree that mecca can modernize but should retain it's authenticity. >> i walk around and enjoy the spiritual site of the pilgrima pilgrimage, one cannot just bulldoze monuments. it seems that saudi arabia is not attached to its historical sites. >> the whole terrain of mountains is actually being leveled.

that's sad. one of the--these are the same mountains that the prophet mohammed used to herd goats on and was his training for prophet hood. >> reporter: the mayor of mecca, he shows me the oldest picture of the city. it was taken 130 years ago. all the buildings neighboring have been knocked done ever since. >> people have seen the huge infrastructure projects and asking questions. they have to understand that we're laying down the foundations. building roads and modernizing pipelines but at the same time we're committed to preserving the cultural identity of mecca. >> reporter: expanding mecca's infrastructure will continue to be a huge challenge. this luxury hotel was built where an ottoman fortress once stood.

and it may soon be demolish because it it's zoo close to the holy mosque: rafael in nadal has been knocked out. the spaniard has won ten title this is season and this is only the second time this year that he has failed to retake finals. >> i played 80% of first serves who hit the ball as hard as he can, and with no mistakes. >> reporter: djokovic had no problems, 6-2, 7-5, the defeat of son tsonga will miss out on t month's world finals. mark webber and vettell will

start on the front row of the japanese grand prix. the you australian was .2 faster than vettel. >> we all enjoy riding here. you always want a little bit more here and there, but in general it was pretty good. sebastian had a problem in qualifying so a little bit of a hallow pole, but yeah, i'm happy, and you have to grab the opportunities when you can. >> reporter: in two of the national league championship series between the st. louis cardinals and the l.a. dodgers starts in just over an hour. four extra innings were needed in game one on friday tied at 2-2. carlos beltran finally hit the

rbi single after four hours and 47 minutes. the detroit tigers opened against the boston red sox. this is the first time that boston and detroit have faced off in a postseason. ross, the red sox have had a long rest heading into the series, do you think that will make much of a difference tonight? >> reporter: that's right, the red sox have had three days off to get their bodies right. especially for a guy like shane victorino who has been banged up. boston had a chance to set their rotation with jon lester and. make no mistake. these guys appear to be very relaxed. mike napoli took his shirt off and was sun bathing while other guys were hitting golf balls in the outfield.

but make no mistake, they'll be ready to meet the tigers this is the first time that they'll meet detroit in the postseason. >> now they won gig one and game two, how big of a loss will that be. >> you would love-to-have justin verlander pitching in tonight's game, but he won't be available until game three. the tigers have an unbelievable starting rotation. sánchez will lead tonight. and most likely your al cy young winner of the season. >> now they won't be relying on miguel cabrera tonight are they? >> reporter: yes, miguel cabrera, he has been playing through pain with an abdominal

injury. of course, he hit that big home run in game five against the oakland a's. but at this point of the year everyone is banged up. everyone is hurt. everyone is trying to get through it because this is what everyone plays for and the adrenaline will carry through. >> ross, thank you. been winning the first leg of the 2014 world cup playoff. algeria. they had never reached the world cup finals. the ivory coast match with senegal, they lead 3-0. the winner of these two will advance to brazil. asking egypt to provide security guarantees in their home match against ghana and moved to a neutral venue.

mexico needed a late goal to keep their hopes of qualifying for next year's world cup in brazil. they were drawing 1-1 at home to panama at the stadium but with five minutes to go, jiménez scored a bicycle kick to give mexico a 2-1 win and they're fourth. for a card 59 on the european tour scott carded 11 birdies in the portugal master. he had a chance to get a 12th and complete round of 59 in the final hole that he failed to

sink. he's still two shots behind paul wearing. afghanistan's cricket team returns home to kabul after securing a place in the 2015 world cup. fans packed the streets as the team was honored with an official presentation. they have been promised a $1 million to help prepare for the tournaments in new zealand and australia. there is much more sport on our website. for all the latest check out www.aljazeera.com/sport. there is also details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it for me for now. darren, back to you. >> thank you. we'll see a little bit later. stay with us here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news here is straight ahead. that's it for me for the time being. thank you for watching al jazeera.

>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm thomas drayton with a look at today's top stories. in washington there is no deal to end the shutdown or end the debt ceiling. it appears they have made no progress. the president rejected a bill to temporarily raise the debt limit. several states will reopen national parks. under the agreement states will be paying for national parks personnel while private funds will be used to reopen mount