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for afghanistan go. i'll have all the news from the world cup qualifiers including a piece of history. they celebrate reaching the world cup finals for the very first time. a major rescue operation is underway in the philippines. a powerful earthquake struck the central island, and the death toll now stands at 144. we have teams standing by in two locations. rob mcbride is on a neighboring island, but first we go to the epicenter of the quake if bohol. how are rescue efforts going? what's the latest? any hopes of finding more survivors? >> reporter: that is precisely what the biggest worry is for the local government here inner bohol. they say it's becoming

increasingly difficult. the chances of finding survivors trapped within the rubble is becoming really slim. she was born in this house. this is where she grew up and built her family with her husband. all of that was destroyed in an instant. >> i don't know what to begin, how to begin. i am thinking and looking at our hou house. i have no mindset yet after this moment. >> reporter: more than 100 people were killed when earthquakes struck the region. the town of carmen and bohol was the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude quake. rescue operations are underway. the local government says it is not optimistic. the chances of finding survivors trapped in the rubble is becoming slim.

it damaged vital infrastructure such as ports, hospitals and public schools. bohol is one of the top tourist destinations in the country. it provides thousands of jobs to the people here including those living in outlying islands. even heritage sites were not spared. this church was one of the very first built in the country. it's a major focal point not just for the catholics in the philippines but also in southeast asia. the world famous children of choir say the destruction of their church does not mean that their culture has been obliterated, too. >> translator: the church is just a symbol. the unity of the people here to be able to rise and recover, that is the real church. >> reporter: the philippine government says it's unable to assess the long-term costs of this tragedy at the moment, but

these children keep singing hoping their voices will be able to inspire the many others to rise above the ruins. >> tell us more about what you've seen in bohol since you arrived there, and how have the people there been affected by this earthquake? >> reporter: coming here to bohol, driving down to the first area we went to earlier, we saw a lot of houses that have been collapsed. residents there have refused to abandon their homes. they've been staying right by the roadside. they are refusing to abandon their home and unshare exactly -- the local government has recorded over 800 aftershocks since the earthquake struck either tuesday morning. i mean, the perfect example would be just how strong these aftershocks are. these stones were not here this

morning. this was just believed to be caused about i -- by a 5.1 magnitude aftershock that struck again in this area of bohol. so the biggest problem for many year here really is still security. they say a lot of residents are unable to sleep. now, the philippine government still puts of province of bohol. >> let's go to rob mcbride. i understand president aquino has been to visit this area? >> that's right. he came here just a couple of hours ago amid very tight security. many thousands of people thronging this area of cebu. he came to see the church behind me. it's one of the most significant symbols of the damage of this quake.

the bell tower behind me was destroyed in the quake. the bell itself is lying on the ground just a few feet away behind me. as i speak, i can hear the sounds of evening mass wafting across the square from the other side of the square. normally church services would be held inside the church, but this church like so many others in cebu really unsafe until surveyors and inspectors get in there. president aquino was here, but this country is no stranger to natural disaster and always important for the leadership to be out there and seeing for themselves the damage and meeting the people here in cebu who have had an awful time in the last few days or so. >> it's going to be a very devastating impact, rob, on the economy of this region. >> reporter: that's right. this is the commercial heartland of the whole of central philippines. cebu is philippines second city. normally throngs of people would be out in shopping malls out

shopping as they would normally on any given day. we're told only a couple of shopping malls are open and a number of other shopping malls are closed while people come around, inspectors come around to inspect cracks. many other people simply staying away from the bigger buildings here, the bigger shopping malls really quite worried about what might happen. there are people we spoke to throughout this part of the philippines talking about the aftershocks. that really is the concern. many thousands of people still not sleeping in their own homes at night, still chooses to be outside and outdoors rather than in their own homes. quite frankly, we asked people how long it would continue. they said they don't know. until it's safe they feel to go back indoors again. >> thank you very much, rob mcbrewed -- mcbride in cebu. a powerful typhoon killed 14 in japan. many dead were found buried

under mudslides and dozens more are still missing. maryann hahn reports >> reporter: the typhoon tore up japan's east coast. what lay in its path didn't stand a chance. the islands izu oshima bore the brunt of the typhoon's fury. 84 millimeters of rain fell here in 24 hours. that's more than twice what the island gets in the month of october. the lush hills are the scars of the mudslides that rain created. most of the dead were buried in the deluge. >> typhoons normally don't take this kind of toll as they have in on this occasion. clearly the typhoon this time as they called it once that a decade typhoon. looking at the damage on this one island in particular is

devastating. >> it took a glancing blow. storm warnings stirred people to get out of the capital. when it came public transport were paralyzed and many more are not stranded where flights were grounded. the typhoon saved japan's east coast from greater damage. it ensured the storm came through within 24 hours. now if it's a concentration on finding many people still missing and cleans up what the typhoon left behind. maryann hahn. al jazeera. at least five people have been killed in india after severe flooding. heavy raining in the aftermath of cyclone phailin raising water levels. it has washed away fields and homes, and at least 15 people were killed when the cyclone made landfall on saturday. aid agencies say nearly 1 million people have lost their homes. let's speak to our correspondent

that joins us on the line in western india. the rising floodwaters is what many were concerned about after phailin struck. tell us about the situation where you are >> reporter: i'm standing in knee-deep water. the speed is quite fast and it's people from a number of villages trying to get through these floodwaters any way possible. you can hear parts of the commotion behind me. people on bikes have anything they can push really with the longing to get out of the way. in terms of observations, we're going to keep wading into the waters and see how bad it gets. from what we hear entire homes, villages and businesses underwater at the moment. >> they heavily rely on agriculture. a lot of crops destroyed i understand. tell us what's done on that issue, on that end, and what's expected in the coming days?

>> reporter: absolutely. you're looking at some of the worst-hit areas in india. we reported where hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops have been destroyed. where we are at the moment is the heartland predominantly. it's an important part of the agriculture sector. you can safely say that a lot of crop hear has been destroyed or affected by what's happening. in the days to come if the floodwaters don't recede, perhaps a larger flood catastrophe on their hands for the state of west bengal. there are a lot of people that hope this is as deep as it gets where we are. >> thank you very much for the latest on the aftermath of cyclone phailin. let's get more now on the world weather, in particularly in that region with everton fox. let's start with japan and that powerful typhoon that hit

earlier. >> that's right. yes, this system really did move through quickly, and a case of the calm after the storm if anything. that's a very powerful system. look at the rainfall totals for tokyo 246 millimeters of rain coming down through the course of tuesday. a little further south we hear over 800 millimeters of rain. 823 millimeters of rain coming down in the same time frame. look how quickly it moved through. this system moves at 55 kilometers per hour. the heavy rain didn't last in any one place for a long time. however, there are extensive floods across tokyo and down towards the south of tokyo. brighter skies behind now. there is a chance to dry up over the next couple of days i'm pleased to say. >> what about india now where they're dealing with the aftermath of cyclone phailin, of course. more bad weather expected there?

well, i don't think we can rule out the chance of the odd shower coming into india over the next couple of days. look at the satellite picture. it is largely clear. the problem, of course, is with the run off from the higher ground. we may see a few showers a little further northward up towards the higher ground that. that will add to the runoff issue we have. again, just notice here, we have a few showers around the eastern coast. seeing some coastal showers over the next couple of days. that could exacerbate the problems. >> thank you so much, everton. that's everton fox from our weather studio there. there's plenty more ahead on this "news hour" including -- >> sexual abuse, first marriage, sir kim significance. >> they take center stage in a

new film aimed at shaking up some assumptions in the u.k. one man is bid to be recognized at the world's first climate change refugee. a night of drama at the world cup qualifiers. jo will be here to tell us who is going to brazil and who will have to work harder to get to the finals. it's the second and final day of talks between iran and the world powers over its disputed nuclear program. both sides are trying to end the deadlock. there's a lot at stake here as iran is under severe economic sanctions. we'll have reaction from at that rain in a moment, but let's go to james spaeth in geneva covering those talks for us. what are they talking about today? what's the latest? >> reporter: they're all around the table again. the six nations that represent

the international community, the five members of the united nations security council. they're known as the p 5 class 1 and on the other side the iranians. before they sat down there were individual meetings, some meetings between the iranians and some of the other nations and some meetings among the international community. all we normally hear of them as one group, they do sometimes have some slight differences on the way forward and clearly iran has now put forward its plan on the way forward and the p5 plus 1 must respond. as i say, they're back in full session but it's clear already they've made some progress. around the table one again. escorted from the room a new approach from iran.

what exactly are the details of the new plan? i was among a large crowd of reporters with questions for iran's deputy foreign minister. >> we are very serious. we are not here to waste our time. we are serious for a real target to the end of the negotiations between irans and others. we believe that the plan that we have introduced has the capacity to work. >> reporter: can you tell us what's new in the new plan? >> many things. our plan is confidential and is supposed to remain confidential. this is what we are doing. >> reporter: the negotiations were chaired by the european union's high representative for foreign affairs, katherine ashton. her spokesman had a positive tone. >> we have come here with a sense of cautious optimism and a great sense of determination because we believe it is really time now for tangible results.

>> reporter: those who followed the long history of negotiations with iran say there's now a new pace and urgency to the process. >> the very fact that the time line here has been shortened, these talks are two weeks after an agreement told them it was made. this is in the realm of nuclear talks is an absolutely new world. i think there's a lot to play for still. >> reporter: that pace of events is likely to continue. no one believes there is be a make-or-break outcome to the talks right now, but they do believe they can build on the progress. already people are talking about the irans -- iranians and others talking about another meeting in a matter of weeks. >> thanks very much. how is all this viewed in iran? a journalist explains why the outcome of the talks is so crucial to the outcome of the make jum of iran's political system. >> ianians argue they're not

just representing the government but the people and the leader and, of course, they are representing all political groups and factions. if the talks succeed, all these groups and beneficial groups are going to start it. if not, this is a sure-fire negotiation. if it doesn't work, i think this is going to -- there will be no second chance, and that is going to make the negotiating teams work harder than usual. i'm not optimistic. the problem is it's not just us or the united states, but we have the problem of israel. israelis are not happy to see any kind of normalized ties between iran and the west, they will do everything to stop it at its core co. the reason is very simple, because iran is a convenient enemy for the israelis. >> while officials are trying to hammer out a deal in the geneva, iranians in the capital are hopeful there will be a resolution. >> translator: i'm very happy because i know if we keep going

this way, the sanctions will surely be lifted and the economic hardship the people are facing will be he'sed to -- eased to some extent. >> at the end of the day it should be taken to the economic difficulties and the sanctions could be eased. it would revive the economy and improve the lives of people, but we shouldn't fullary concede to the west. now to syria and at least 21 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the south. it happened in the province of dahar. government troops were positioned in the air. let's speak to omar monitoring the situation in syria from neighboring turkey. what more are the hears about this blast in deraa today? >> reporter: we understand from activists that it targeted a bus carrying civilians in daraa.

there were up to 25 people killed including women and children. it's very important to understand that deraa is surrounded by government forces and different bases. where this particular attack took place was near an army air defense unit. that's why activists are saying the government forces were responsible for laying down all the land mines that targeted that bus. now moving on to other news happening in the damascus countryside, an al qaeda-affiliated group is called islamic state in iraq posted on the internet what it said one of its fighters carrying a suicide car bomb attack. the attack took place in an area called al kalamun on the

northern countryside in da mass muss. there was no word on kaz ultimateses. >> on thursday you had a plan for turkey to erect a wall on the border with syria to deal with refugees and so on. this has been very controversial, hasn't it? >> reporter: yes, it has. turkey always claimed that it's following or adopting an open door policy. that wall, of course, is denied by the government. what's actually taking place is that the turkish military started construction work on the border between the towns. it's the biggest kurdish city in syria. they tried to dig the foundation for what seemed to be a wall. also, that area is the kurdish -- is a kurdish majority town, so the mayor of the town as well as the people are very angry. they're saying that the turkish

government and the military are trying to separate the two people of the region, and they are trying to cut off and fence off any aid going to the other side. of course, turkey denies all of that. it says it's extremely worried about its own security because the other side of the border is run by a kurdish militant party that has fighters and on other sides of the border. it's called the democratic union party, and it has links with the syrian government as well as the kurdish workers party, the pkk. you can understand why turkey is a bit concerned about that. >> thank you very much, omar. reporting live from turkey. news from other parts of the world now. a russian court has suspended the prison sentence of the opposition leader. he was convicted of a theft and handed a five-year prison sentence in july. he said the charge was fabricated and politically

motivated. suspected al qaeda figure al l libi pleads not guilty to terrorism charges. he appeared in court 11 days after he was seized in tripoli. police and protesters have rocked the funeral of a nasty war criminal near rome. he was a german ss officer who participated in one of the italy's worst massacres in world war ii. the vatican and officials from rome tried to stop any service taking place, but an ultra conservative catholic group agreed to hold a funeral mass. more than $60 billion has been given to afghanistan in aid in 2001, but many ask where has all the money gone? many afghans inside their own country due to war continue to live in horrendous conditions. jane ferguson visited one camp

on the outskirts in kabul. >> reporter: a life lived here is one of the toughest in afghanistan. some of the poorest people here in the country struggle to survive. most have fled the fighting in the south. a camp elder says finding help from the government is impossible. >> translator: it has been five years that i've been struggling to help these people. i have not stopped. for god's sake, come here and see the situation of the people. a wealthy person wouldn't even let a dog live in these conditions. >> reporter: as foreign forces move out of afghanistan in a final push, continuing aid money has been promised by the international community. analysts here say over $60 billion has already been poured into the country, much of it wasted and very little of it having gone to people like this. this doctor is an economist who believes aid money has been wasted. political instability increases as the coalition forces leave,

corruption could be worse than ever. >> it's difficult to continue the pouring of billions of dollars on the business if the benefit government will not become a responsible partner. we have to bring the mechanism that would ensure the accountability. >> reporter: to them, accountability doesn't exist. >> food and other things isn't given to you. i don't know what the aid money has been lost. >> reporter: this place is famous for children freezing to death in winter. the winters ahead will be even more uncertain for many afghans. 12 years of war and foreign aid has brought little help to them. many now turn to prayer for help instead. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. now across many parts of europe, attitudes towards immigrants are turning more and more hostile, but a british filmmaker tries to offer a

different perspective on what it's like to be a child seeking asylum in a foreign country. we have the report from the london film festival. >> can you show me where afghanistan is on the map? you look at the map. you tell me where afghanistan is. >> reporter: britain is still primarily a country of first world problems, so perhaps that makes this film important. it tells the stories of a group of children who have had to travel to london by themselves to escape whatever horror they or their country have gone through. some of them come in hope and in the belief they'll be trusted. what they see is a system which is more like a machine. >> i experienced sexual abuse, forced marriage, circumcision. >> reporter: they often don't

believe them. >> can you be more precise? >> reporter: shown the london film festival this year, he wanted to sub vert the wisdom here that britain is a soft touch for outsiders, particularly children. >> the system itself is almost the same for children as it is for adults in terms of the way they're treated. the culture of disbelief that surely they must be lying. the division i started to make and why i made the film specifically about children is because they never really had the choice to come here. they were compelled to come here. whereas, adults have the choice to come here. >> reporter: he met children during his research and found himself inside their lives. in the interests of authenticity he decided to set up a film academy, train some of the children to be actors and made them part of the cast. the leader actors share the view even if it's a feature film, it's very, very real. >> my parents were asylum seekers when they came over.

my mother came over and spent ten years trying to get here. when i got a british passport and was born, she was still trying to get into the country and i couldn't understand how my mother is sent back to morocco and i'm a small child growing up in scotland. >> reporter: it doesn't always glorify everyone's history, and in the end it doesn't have to. outside the cinema doors the thoughts are hardening again. for all the assumptions they make about asylum seekers, it's worth remembering what the hidden reality is. >> we are all in this together, but not all of us are believed. new zealand's eleanor catten has won the prize for the novel "the i will luminaries." she beat five other nominees. she was the joint favorite to get the $80,000 prize.

he explained why the book is important to writers. >> for my writer that idea of having an audience and having an audience that maybe he wouldn't reach otherwise is terribly important, and that's what it does. it's a one-way drawing of the public's attention to the book. the public may or may not like, but they'll pick it up and look at it. time for the global forecast. >> as we've seen, it's a very active tropical cyclone season, typhoon season across the northwest pacific and across a good part of asia. we have problems with typhoon nari bringing in heavy rain in indochi indochina. flooding spread into thailand. it stays very disturbed here over the next few days. the area is making its way further northward as we go on through the course of thursday.

there's further flooding into laos and expect the heavy showers into a good part of that other side of indochina into the western side of indochina. it remains just about vietnam. you can see further heavy downpours over the next few days. that wet weather is coming all the way further south. a rash of showers into the philippines. offshore we still have a another typhoon brews and it will make its way towards japan for the middle part of next week. we keep it in process for the system. you see a rash of showers into southeast asia. borneo seeing big downpours and heavy showers there across the peninsula. more heavy showers coming in over the next couple of days with a risk of further flooding here, too. >> thank you very much indeed. coming up, russian police arrest a migrant in connection with a man's murder in moscow. his death has been blamed for violent anti-migrant riots this

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welcome back. you're watching "the news hour" on al jazeera. a major rescue operation is under way in the philippines after a powerful earthquake. people are still feeling aftershocks, and the death toll now stands at 144. at least 14 people are dead

after a powerful typhoon swept japan's east coast. dozens of homes have been destroyed. and the second and final day of talks between iran and the so-called p-5 plus 1 is under way in geneva. both sides are trying to end the deadlock over iran's sfdisputed nuclear program. let's get more on the top story and the quake in the philippines, of course. patrick fuller is with the international federation of red cross and red crescent in the asia-pacific region. he joins us live. a lot of survivors in the philippines are complaining about not getting help. this is an area surrounded by several islands, so just how difficult is it to get aid to these people affects by this earthquake? >> under the current circumstances, very difficult. as you say, it's an island so a

lot of supplies have to be flown in. unfortunately, under these conditions people have to be patient. i know it's difficult to say. with supplies by air it takes time to set up distribution networks and logistical pipelines. having said that, a lot of people are getting help. the red cross fed 3,000 people yesterday providing them with hot meals. the main concerns on the ground are getting access to some of these villages, which haven't been reached yet. search and rescue teams are out there trying to reach people and save people. >> in the meantime, aftershocks continue. there have been several aftershocks. what is the priority now as far as not putting these people in more danger, the people who survived this earthquake in the first place? >> well, the priority is ensuring that people don't live or remain in buildings that were either cracked or dangerous. a lot of people are sleeping out in the streets. the government has housed almost 12,000 people in temporary evacuation centers. one of the priorities for the red cross is to bring in relief

supplies to actually support those communities. it's getting the message out, and the philippine red cross is effective at using social media to actually inform people about the sort of measures to take to protect themselves. the aftershocks are a real hazard. we've seen ten significant aftershocks. in these conditions, people are very scared, and that's natural after a big earthquake like this. >> patrick fuller, do you think the philippine authorities have responded adequately to this disaster? this is an area that's very prone to earthquakes. were they well-prepared, in your opinion? >> i think the philippines is one of the best prepared countries in asia, actually. they face calamities every year and multiple typhoons, volcanos and also earthquakes. they are responding. they're responding in force, and as i said, it's a race against time to get to some of the these villages to get relief supplies in there. the red cross is also working very closely with the authorities. we're sending in a medical team from the philippines to augment

the damaged hospital buildings in bohol, and also search and rescue is ongoing. it's going to be a long road to recovery, because a lot of people are going to need to support to rebuild their homes, emergency shelter and longer term recovery support. >> thank you very much for talking to us. that's patrick fuller from the federation of red cross and red crescent society joining us there live. thank you. >> thank you. now, one of the three major credit agencies is warning the u.s. that its credit rating could be downgraded. politicians are rangling over at bigot dial, but while the deadlock continues, it's ordinary americans that are paying the price. patty cole culhane reports. >> reporter: this is how he passes time, playing cards and having spirited conversations with friends in this park not far from capitol hill. for him, he says these days that seems like a world away.

this is his world. >> i got a daughter. my daughter just feeds me. i go by there. >> reporter: his social security check barely enough to pay rent, medical bills and food, and now it is possible he won't get that money in the coming days. he's not alone here. all federal funding could be put on hold while lawmakers fight over borrowing any more money in order to pay all of the country's bills. they begin running out of options on october 17th. >> i'm on a fixed income, and i pay half of my income towards rent. >> i don't have no income. i'm too hold to work and no income. you know, what's more to say? >> reporter: what happens on october 17th? administration officials say they'll have about $30 billion cash on hand, and that's when

some money will come in, but other money will start going out. >> unfortunately, the treasury can't make choices about who it is going to pay. it's a very complicated system, and they're making millions of payments out every day to u.s. citizens, to government contractors, to employees, and to the debt holders. >> the country has big bills coming due. on october 22nd, 12 billion is needed for social security payments and three days later money for her federal workers and three days later doctors and hospitals need bills paid. at some point someone's check will bounce until congress quickly comes to an agreement. for carroll it's too much to think about what will happen if they don't, and he's the one left with nothing. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. human rights groups are warnings that immigrants are

increasingly being targeted by russian nationalists. this week saw violent anti-migrant riots near the capital. from moscow we have a report. >> reporter: these giant cooling towers mark the entrance to the suburb, a district whose russian residents say has barry bon bec marooned from the rest of moscow in a sea of immigration. the threat of more violence still lingers here. a large contingent of special police forces saled off the wholesale vegetable market where 1200 migrant workers were arrested in the wake of the disturbances. we spoke to some of the men just released from prison. >> translator: we've just been let out. we weren't given any food or water. >> translator: i still have the pain from when they took my fingerprints after we were arrested. >> reporter: these floral tributes have been laid in memory of the young man's fatal stabbing that led to the

rioting. a former colleague came to say a final good-bye. he didn't want to give his full name. >> translator: he was a cheerful guy, very polite. >> reporter: the police issued this photograph of the man they wanted to question in connection with with the attack. they named him, and he's a native of azerbaijan where he was wanted for murder. he's now in police custody. this is amateur video footage of the riots. the young men are shouting nationalist slogans. the mall they're attack has shop owners from the freedom innocent former soviet republics of central asia. a poll of opinion among russians showed feelings still running high. >> reporter: there are too many migrants. it's scary to go out informant evening. they're everywhere. >> translator: our people here are fed up. we can't take it any longer. it's not the first or last

timemy fwratime my dz migrants have acted like this. there are killings and rapes. >> reporter: there are two posters, one showing security camera stills and the other had a facist slogan. fearless, white and proud. even the opposition leader has got involved in this debate. he said the more nightmare they create for the residents, the more that law enforcement officials and local authorities can earn in bribes. as thousand of muslim worshippers gathered in central moscow for evening celebrations, the police were out in force. human rights groups have warned the migrant community that this has put them at increased risk of attack. al jazeera, moscow. the potential health risks of mobile phones have again been put into the spotlight, this time by officials in france. they're warning children in particular should limit their

exposure to the devices. tim friend reports. >> reporter: mobile phones are the biggest single source of everyday exposure to electromagnetic radiation. france's agency for health, food and environmental safety said in lab tests these emissions had a biological effect on cells. there was no demonstrated impact on health, but some groups could be at risk. >> translator: our first recommendation is to warn about the use of mobile phones by children, particularly when it's glued to the ear, because they're brain is exposed. >> reporter: the study accepts that mobile phones are improving all the time, and they may be reducing any health risks. of course, people are using their phones in all sorts of different ways, many of which don't involve holding them closely to their ear. but the parents at this paris primary school are worried.

a mobile phone mask is about to put on the roof just a few meters from classrooms. >> translator: it's not as if we're prehistoric or rejecting technology. that's not the issue. us parents don't reject technology. we don't reject mobile phones. we just want the minimum of precautions to be taken. we don't want the mast next to the most fragile people, children. >> reporter: the panel of 16 experts that issued the report says exposure to antennas should be limited. the industry insists it always operates well within safety limits and statics prove it. tim friend, al jazeera, paris. all the excitement of a night of world cup qualifying up next with jo. plus, the pain of losing out. the dreams of brazil were smashed away in the dying moments.

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is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. welcome back. the australian government has deported the asylum seeker. she's currently in detention along with her husband and two other children. andrew thomas has the details. >> reporter: in the past amnesty international has criticized the principle of australia transferred asylum seekers to other countries. the government haven taken any notice. they're expanding camps to take a greater number of asylum seekers who won't ever be

settled in australia. they're saying there must be exceptions to the tough regime. they say the detention of pregnant women should be avoided at all costs, and the news that two women experiencing complex pregnancies both are carrying twins, the news that they are being exposed to these very hard conditions adds a new urgency to the overall call to end the detention of asylum seekers there. australia is unlikely to make exceptions. they come to australia by boat, and you'll be transferred elsewhere. it's part of a deterrent which so far is working. the number of boats coming to australia has dropped considerably in recent months. it's very unlikely the government here would risk softening that policy by making exceptions even for the most vulnerable people. a man from the pacific island nation is trying to

convince new zealand judges he's a refugee. he's not escaping a war of prosecution but climate change. stephanie cowan explains. >> reporter: as he works the land on an auckland farm, this migrant worker wonders if he can stop worrying about his home and family. we're not allowed to identify him under new zealand law, but he's from keribas and he's fighting to be recognized as the first climate change refugee. >> translator: i don't think it will be there in a few years. like the scientists have said, it's sinking. it's disappearing. >> reporter: high tides caused by rising sea levels regularly flood the islands, so water is contaminating what little farmland there is and destroying what food islanders can grow. the situation is becoming so serious it's feared the country will be completely uninhabitable

by 2030, and that leaves 100,000 people without a home. lawyer michael kidd who is fighting the case says the world needs to rethink what a refugee is. >> the common element is that he and his family are human beings, and they're actually being the victims of circumstances brought about by something beyond their control and beyond the government's. that is that sea levels are rising. >> reporter: the president has suggested building a floating island to house 30,000 people, but that still wouldn't solve the problem overall. law professor bill hodge says the case's global implications for the convention on refugees if the man wins his case. >> it's a wonderful precedent from their point of view, because the same convention is applicable in australia, which is the other logical host in the

pacific. fiji as well. that would be the signatory nations around the world and would be quite a precedent. >> reporter: win or lose, this case poses comborimportant ques. what happens to those displaced by rising seas? scientists say climate change is here and not going away. al jazeera, auckland, new zealand. time for sports, and here's jo. >> thank you. if you're a european football fan you'll know by now if your team is heading straight to brazil for next year's world cup. many of the usual suspects are on their way, but there is one exception. as richard parr reports. >> poland once denied england a place at the 1974 world cup. it didn't happen this time. england took the lead in the first half in wembley thankings to a header by rooney.

england had a 2-0 victory. they head to brazil ahelped of ukraine who thrashed san marino 8-0. >> it's difficult to put into words the amount of pressure on the team over the last eight or nine days. we've had a journey of highs and lows over the campaign. i think our last two performances have been very good. tonight we were terrific, and the second half got soft and we managed to get through in the end and perform well under immense pressure. >> france will join ukraine in the playoffs. they miss out on automatic qualification despite a 3-0 win against the opponent. spain goes through as group i winners due to the 2-0 win against georgia. portugal also had to settle for the playoffs. they beat luxembourg 10-0. manchester united winger nani

scored as he capped in the side in the absence of suspended renaldo and pepa. russia won group f following the 1-1 draw with azerbaijan. the dutch had already won group d. ian robin and the mid fielder wesley schneider scores the goals in istanbul. romania takes the playoff spot at the expense of turkey following the 2-0 win against astonia. it was a historic night for bosnia. they reached the finals for the first time with a 1-0 win at lithuania. he scored the decisive goal. they were in group g ahead of greece on goal difference. richard parr, al jazeera. thousands of fans celebrated bosnia's success on the streets of sarajevo.

they held a victory parade shortly after their war around midnight. it follows years of war two decades ago. >> translator: i want to thank every citizen for all the good times we had together inside and outside football stadiums in every city where we played. i want to thank all those that supported us, but also those who were against us because without them this would not be as sweet. honduras claimed the last spot with a 2-0 draw against jamaica. mexico scraped in the playoffs with a little help from the usa. mexico lost 2-1 from costa rica. it looks like their run of five straight world cup appearances would be over, especially with fifth placed panama leading the usa 2-1 into stoppage time. just when panama thought themmed clench that playoff, the usa scored twice in the dying moments. they helped them to snatch a 3-2

win ending panama's world cup dream. chile and ecuador booked their places from the south american group, so third and fourth place teams played each other with chile winning 2-1. uruguay can join them if they win a two-match playoff next month against jordan. ghana took a big step towards brazil after they beat egypt 6-1. ac milan mid fielder was among the scorers. it's unclear whether the return leg will r played in cairo with authorities asking it be moved because of security concerns. brazil doesn't need to qualify. they're in the finals as hosts. the team were in friendly action on tuesday taking on 2012 african champion zambia. it took place at the national stadium in beijing in china. that's the bird's nest stadium

to you and me. this year's confederation cup champions missed loads of chances. it took them an hour, but brazil opened the score through oscar making it 2-0. in major league baseball the st. louis cardinals have taken a 3-1 series lead over the l.a. dodgers in the national league championship series. st. louis were in a commanding position by the end of the third with matt holliday smashing a two-run homer as they built a 3-0 lead. the dodgers pulled it back to 3-2 in the fourth, but a solo home run from shane robinson in the seventh put it out of l.a.'s reach. the cardinals can take the series by winning game five later on wednesday. >> he we can't get ahead of ourselves. this team we play against is way too good to think it's not a tough task to get one more win. so i think as a group while you're excited about the victory, we have to quickly turn

the page. the red sox took a step closer to winning the american league championship series by beating the detroit tigers in game three. mike napoli struck a solo home run as boston ran out 1-0 winners. the teams meet again later on. >> yeah, i've been feeling comfortable. i'm not searching for anything. for me, it's just being on time, and you know, going at that at-bat, he got me twice earlier in the game. did me four sliders, which he's never done to me before. i just kept on, you know, going at it, put a good at-bat together. i was able to get it to 3-2. got a pitch i could handle. in the nhl the pittsburgh penguins continue the good start to the seasons seeing off the edmonton oilers in a contest. they fought back twice to go into the final period 2-2. malkin made sure they didn't completely come back scoring from the power play to steal a

3-2 win. vancouver canucks clashed with the philadelphia flyers in another close match. they had a rough start with cass onslugging it out. from there they took control and led 2-1 into the final period. the canucks scored twice. ryan kessler is feels things with the second goal of night. in st. louis it was a bad night for boyle from the san jose sharks. he suffered a head injury and was stretchered off. fortunately, the defenseman was reported to be alert and responsive on the way to the hospital where he stayed overnight for observation. pakistan and south africa are into day three of the first test in abu dabi. they're in the process of building a mammoth lead.

we started this sports bulletin talking about the world cup. i'm sure we'll get some exciting penalty shoots out in brazil, but will any of them get as far as this one in england? two non-league sides were playing in a local cup game and couldn't be separated after 120 minutes of football. so it went to spot kicks. 29 of them to be precise. that's an english record. it wasn't until the 30th penalty was saved that the score was 15-14. that's all the sports for now. >> thank you very much indeed. some breaking news before we go now. we're getting reports that a 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck near pap ua new guinea or the solomon islands. steven cole will have more for you very shortly here on

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