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track. >> we'll have lining refraction iraq. hello there, you're watching al jazeera. the news hour live from london. also coming up, live iran forces as government troops move in. a palestinian boy killed in jerusalem last week was burned
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alive. india immunizes millions against measles every year but doctors are warning that it's still not enough. >> and we'll have the latest from the world cup including argentina put their place in the semifinals, and for once they're not reliant on messi. >> the elusive leader o rebel group islamic state is set to have a public appearance. it will show him delivering a sermon in the iraqi city of mosul. but some say the footage is falsified and a farce. >> if this video is confirmed it sends out a very strong
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message. the first message that it sends out is that that the caliph of the islamic state is able to travel within his own territory and not get harassed within the security borders. he has appeared in a public place, that is a very big message. what did he actually say? it's consistent with what has been delivered before. he says please come to the islam caliph. it is your duty. we will win jihad. we are the only people who can bring peace to the islamic world. it's consistent with the messages we've heard before, but is this really him? well, let's take a look at what we know. we know that the semi officials of the islamic state said yes it
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is him. other twitter accounts say no it's not. he was sent to gauge public reaction to what how they would react if he did come and give a sermon. it's a security exercise for them. once again, can't confirm any of this. we're just reporting what we do know so far. what wees are know is when he was delivering his message, it was cut off by the islamic state. that suggests a security precaution that is laid on for very important people. how do we confirm this was really the leader? well, he was in custody betwee between 2006 and 2009, and he was injured by th known by the
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americans. they will have interviewed him and taken pictures of him. but facial recognition to determine if it is him or not. whether the americans will do that, we don't know. this is abu bakr al baghdadi, the message was clear. that they can travel throughout the islamic state. >> 46 indian nurse were held for weeks. they have finally returned home. they were reunited with family and friends. officials in india are not disclosing how they secured the nurses' release. >> the syrian national coalition will vote for new leadership at the opening of its general assembly in turkey next week. it comes a at a difficult time
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and it forces the free syrian army has lost large sway to the islamic state. they say there is a lack of ammunition and support. >> i warn the friends of syria namely the u.s. france and britain along with the other sister states, saudi arabia, qatar, and the uae. time is of the he sense, and unless we receive support, the result could be limitless. we pledge before god and our people that our fighters are fully prepared to fend off this aggression, depend the homeland and the people upon the arrival of necessary assistance. >> in a major win for ukraine government forces separatists have been driven out of their
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stronghold in slovyansk. hundreds of fighters have retreated, and the president has given them until the weekend to drop their weapons. >> hundreds of separatist fighters on the move headed south as they're pushed out by a major ukrainian military offensesive. many traveling in civilian cars and mini advance. many leaving slovyansk, a position they've held for months. just five days ago kiev ended a cease-fire. >> reconnaissance units of ukraine's armed forces and national guards, ukraine's president gave order to restoring functioning state and raise ukraine national flag on the administration building. >> this is the direction those retreating separatist fighters were headed to donetsk. several hundreds arrived throughout the day. local officials have told people here to stay off streets.
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outgunned and outnumbered. separatist leaders say they had no choice but to retreat leaving behind one of their key strongholds. >> the rebel group does not have enough to control the city. but taking a step back does not mean that you have lost. >> reporter: after this step back the separatists have two choices in front of them. dig in with one last stand or go back to negotiations and work towards bringing an end to three months of fighting that has killed hundreds of fighters soldiers and civilians. >> and we can cross life to scott who is in donetsk. so scott, is this a turning point in the war, or has the battlefield just shifted. >> well, barbara, it's tough to tell at this stage. we do know, i would like to add something to that story. the last images we saw from that story where those tanks and armored personnel care areas
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were rolling south. they are in the city those vehicles. in so far as the battlefield is shifting, the big question is is it going to turn into a battlefield? here they are shoring up the resources for a final stand a final battle, or they're here regrouping and then start moving out to other areas or are they going to go to the negotiating table. those are the questions that everyone is asking at this stage. we do know that most of those rebel forces that were bombarded and attacked overnight friday, saturday, they are now here in the city. as well as a lot of their military equipment. >> scott with the latest from donetsk, thank you. egypt's prime minister says raising the price of fuel is a necessary part of fixing the country's economy. subsidies have been flashed overnight for petrol and natural gas hiking prices up by a
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taggering 78%. prime minister means that it means more money for education and health. >> this government is not against the poor people. this government is working on fixing things. go and look at the condition our hospitals are in. >> an egyptian court has sentenced the muslim brotherhood's spiri spiritual leader to life in prison. he has already received two death sentences in two separate cases. al jazeera journalists mohammed fahmy has been admitted to hospital for treatment for shoulder injury. he and two other journalists with al jazeera have been sentenced to seven years in yale.
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they all accus all are accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the convictions and demand that it's journalists be freed. >> local officials say the attack resulted in multiple casualties. the bombing follows the truce reached between rebel fighters and the government last month. two bombers have blown themselves up inside of a government building in saudi arabia. that last happened in the southern town. it follows an attack on friday at a post along the southy border with yemen which left at least six people dead. an autopsy has revealed that the palestinian teenager killed in an alleged revenge attack was burned to death. it was thought the 17-year-old was killed by settlers in
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revenge for the three teenagers killed last year. >> the preliminary autopsy of the teen states that the remnants of a burned substance were presence in his respiratory passages and his lungs, which indicates he had inhaled that substance while being burned alive. they said 90% of his body was covered in burns, and that he had sustained a head injury as well. the autopsy was carried out in jerusalem on thursday in the presence of a palestinian daughter. that's why we're hearing these official details on the autopsy report from the palestinian authorities. however, the israeli authorities have imposed a gab order on the reporting details of the murder of the teen so there are no details coming from the israeli side. now separately we also heard from the lawyer and the family
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of a cousin, who is 15 years old and who is an u.s. citizen who has been detained and beaten by israeli security forces while participating in protests against israeli border police in the east jerusalem neighborhood. according to the family and the lawyer he had been beaten very badly. we saw pictures of him on social media very brutally beaten with a swollen face. apparently he had been taken to a polic police station, and then to a prison. at some point he went to a hospital for treatment. the israeli intelligence came to the hospital to take him to court but the doctorry fuse doctor refused on the grounds that he needed continued medical
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treatment. he is an u.s. citizen. he will appear in court, his lawyer said he's going to try to negotiate his release before the court hearing but which also understood that the family that they talked to the u.s. embassy and asked it to intervene but until now no action had been taken. >> still to come here in al jazeera, beatings, disease, dirty conditions, and claims that migrants are being ill treated in greek detention centers. plus this cell phone video shows police attacking a woman who shows no sign of resistence. then in sport we'll have the details in sport.
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>> let's get more on our main story. the appearance in iraq of the man thought to be the leader of the islamic state. abu bakr al baghdadi. he's so elusive that he has earned the nickname the invisible sheikh. he has spent time in an u.s. detention camp. he later became the leader of an armed group tied to al quit to al-qaeda and the u.s. had put a bounty on his head. the u.s. denies any connection with him. thank you for being with us here on al jazeera. you've seen the video. you've heard it.
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you know what he says. first of all, what is your reaction. is that really him? >> well, that's not so difficult to ascertain in this instance. he is surrounded by a degree of secrecy whic, but he has been held in custody for four years by the americans. so they must have a pretty good record on him in order to establish the identify. it would be a tremendous risk of isis to be exposed to fronting an i a imposter, and if you look at the video it's clearly within the intention to establish his credibility. it's in a nice mosque. he's dressed in black which is reminiscence of the caliphate in baghdad, so i iow think isis is making every effort to show that
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this is for real. >> and not only for real, but he has been able to move around as he likes in the islamic state. >> that shows the degree of confidence and that isis has established eastern and northern iraq, and, indeed, to use the friday sermon during the first week of ramadan, there is no better place to claim yourself leader, it's a grandiose state. >> the images are pretty strong. what do you make of what he sa said. >> it's quite conventional in germ. it' germ--in general. it's what you would expect in muslim prayers. there is the message of unity, the necessity to uphold divine law and unlawful innovations and
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chaos would be met with hellfi hellfire. >> it's been quite an interesting week for the islamic state. first they claim the islamic state, and then this video was made. what do you think of the video that was made. >> they kno clearly know how to do that. they were very clever in using cruelty on social media to make resistence evaporate before they even arrive. now they're consolidating their influence over quite a large geographical area that probably doesn't number more than a few thousand. that's quite a challenge. these kinds of statements and grandio schemes is now an enormous recruitment for them.
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they're losing people to isis. >> well, it's interesting that the government in baghdad, the iraqi government described this as a farce. now what do you think that they would do that? presumably they would know with their links with americans if it's really baghdadi or in the. >> the reason to characterize the whole caliphate as a farce is to deny isis credibility. there is the sectarian divide in the background with isis driving a very uncompromising sunni agenda. >> sir, thank you so much for sharing your views wit views with us. >> an attack by the armed group al-shabaab has killed many in
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mogadishu. it promised to step up attacks during the holy month of ramadan. in kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for attacks. it climbs trucks were supplying fuel to foreign forces. police in india have clashed with supporters of the ruling in the northern state. party leaders were arrested when they attempted to defy a band attending a religious festival. the similar gathering last year ended in riots and dozens ever people were killed or injured. but enraged supporters battled police leading to more arrests. >> i have been told 62 people have been arrested for instigated violence. the situation is under control but we can't claim the situation is normal because tension is prevailing. >> human rights groups have
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condemned greece over its treatment of illegal migrants. reports of poor sanitation and beatings have surfaced from those kept in detention. what's worse is that greece appears to be confining people for longer than the law actually allows. in speaking to migrants they have spent months in detention centers. >> on long distance calls to pakistan they tell his mother everything is fine. but he may have only months to live. he was released from a greek detention center after he and a fellow inmate contracted hepatitis-c. >> the police said to both of us, you aren't ready to diet. you still have months to go. when you're close to death we'll let you now. >> abbas learned not to complain. he explained what happened when the 80 people in his dormitory
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asked police to remove a man who had scabies very bad. >> they beat us badly. we couldn't tell anybody. we have to rights. >> he spent 15 months in this detention center awaiting depourtation. there are over 6,000 people in similar centers in greece. raw sewage seems through the floors in these photos taken by doctors without borders in the community center. people are confined indoors 22 hours a day with nothing to do. reporting that some have tried to kill themselves. >> these often inhumane conditions were at least limited to periods of up to 18 months. now greece may be violating european law by keeping migrants in prison indefinitely and employing what humanitarian groups say is a legal slice of hand. the policy has already kept at least 300 people behind bars
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for longer than 18 months. the government says it has limited resources to cope with 1500 new arrivals of undocumented migrants each month. >> but a greek court has already struck down this opinion. human rights groups suspect that detention is really about deter rent deterrents. >> even nationality who may not be deported are detained. this is a strong indication that the facilities are not used for detention of immigrants for deportation but has other aims. >> it's clear to him that greece's days of tolerance are over.
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>> argentina are through to the semifinals of the 2014 world cup having beaten belgium, 1-0. >> the sun was shining over a blue and white sea of supporters in rio's fan zone as the full time whistle sounded. argentina will be playing costa rica or the netherlands in their semifinal on wednesday. coming live for news brussels. first though let's talk go to brasilia. so, a south american team is through. people there must be very excited. >> absolutely. there are tens of thousands
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argentines who were present for this monumentous game. art tynes gargentines go to the semifinals and they're elated. the final of all finals between these two historic rivals. >> why are they such historic rivals, these two teams, these two countries? >> that's a good question. i was asking argentine friends of mine. they said it's not just football but sports in general. they are neighborhoods and there has always been rivalry who is better at everything. economically, industrially, and
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especially sports. sports and football in particular are so dear to their heart. they have an absolute passion for football. when it comes to rivalry nothing better than this sport. they're dying to face each other off in the stadium at the end of the world cup. there was during this, by the way, during this game homage paid to neymar, the brazilian striker who we all know was injured in the game yesterday. a lot of people paying homage to that player. very, very young man who left during the halftime of this game to go back to sao paulo to his home. there were tears in his eyes as he was taken away in a helicopter on a scratcher as he waved back to his team. and messi, argentina's most important player sent him a message asking his friend to get well as soon as possible.
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>> thank you. now let's go to brussels, and speak to belgium supporters who now seem a little animated. it's a bit half hearted, though, isn't it. >> well, looking at the scene behind me you would forget m forgive me that it was belgium who won the match. this is a chance to erase memories of 1986 when they last met argentina at the world cup. once belgium returns home they'll be very proud of what they achieved at the world cup.
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it really has taken the manager to turn this team around. as you can see the fans are truly proud of what their team has achieved. a mixture of many races, many origins, many languages, and they've all come together to do their best to make their country proud. >> they are the definition of good losers, yes, there they are. thanks, zoe. >> five years ago 200 people were killed in the chinese region coming up on al jazeera we'll report from the city at the heart of the center for the anniversary and find that tensions are still high. plus we'll tell you why an abandoned new yor factory is home to a sugary treat. and we'll be here with all the
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>> welcome back. here is a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the leader of the islamic state has made what is reported to be his first public appearance. this footage is said to show abu bakr al baghdadi giving a speech in iraq. ance autopsy showed that a palestinian teenager was burned alive. it is believed to be in revenge for three teenagers found dead in israel. >> let's bring you more on that story. it's well over half a year since the crisis first gripped ukraine. it began in november when kiev rejected an eu trade deal in favor of closer ties with
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moscow. that sparked long-running anti-government protests which resulted in the president viktor yanukovych fleeing kiev in february. but in crimea separatists opposed to the new floods kiev seized government buildings. russia annexed the region after a referendum in march. >> well, let's talk more about this, a defense analyst, thank you for joining us. how do you read the retreat in slovyansk, do you think it's a returning tonight in the war? >> well, it's clear that the rebels are--the government forces are gaining the upper
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hands. but they are not done for. this is not a total route. but it's clear that if the fighting continues as it appears in the end the ukrainian government force also overcome. for russia that is not acceptable, so there is a risk of russian ente intervention. because the ukrainian forces are much stronger than the russian rebels but much weaker than russian forces. russia is reluctant to move in full force because that will cause sanctions that russia wants to avoid, and the bloody war with unpredictable outcomes in the long run. all eyes are maneuvering the kinds of quid pro quo in the
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immediate situation. so the ukrainians are advancing, but advancing not in a pace that really not trying to take the most important rebel like donetsk and luhansk. >> forgive me for interrupting, they have been on retreat. there are rumors, that they may even retreat. you're saying that the russians won't act now, but they wouldn't let the ukrainian forces take over. might we see a stalemate or a truce where all the parties try to sort things out in the most peaceful way possible? >> well not to pro poke the russians, they will act.
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but they're not pushing their attack really to overrun the hello. the government in the kiev president, poroshenko is talking about a possible cease-fire, and moscow is talking about a cease-fire. >> but you're saying that russia is waiting to see until the rebels are really in trouble. when will that point be? if we saw the ukrainian government repay donetsk, would that be when the russians move in? when do you think would be the line that shouldn'ting crossed. >> that would be very serious, and that would put a lot of pressure on the kremlin to move in, which the kremlin does not want to do. because of the threat of punitive western sanctions. and ukraine has a real interest
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to have a cease-fire for the time being. even though they had momentarily the upper hand, i would not say that they were an overwhelmly militarily stronger. they can quickly defeat the rebellion. a cease-fire is very much possible. they're pressing each other for a cease-fire and trying to involve western powers, but there are actors on the ground who maybe don't want a cease-fire. it's not easy to sustain, but i believe there could be a cease-fire up the road. it is important for russia to freeze the situation as it is to keep this rebel strongholds to, have leverage over the government and rebels, too. >> sir, thank you so much for joining us. >> the indian government is
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vaccinating hundreds of millions of children against diseases like measles. the country has one of the highest rates of measles in the world and one of the lowest rates of routine immunization. >> one shot close for a healthy childhood. [ baby crying ] >> this toddler is one of 30,000 children immunized in the northern indian state every week. but with only 300 health workers trained to administer life-saving vaccinations, protecting children from infections like measles is a big challenge. >> we are not targeting elimination of measles. >> he knows alto wall the measles threa meese--he knows all too well 9 suffering from
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measles. >> here health workers comes for injections. my son always has a fever, which means that he cannot be vaccinated. >> 9 million immunization sessions are held across india every year, but still routine vaccination drives fail to reach tens of millions of children. >> we can save 4,000 death as day with immunization. one of the killers is measles. >> good morning. >> hitting the airwaves with messages of good health international agencies say locally produced campaigns and the involvement of minority communities are the best way to drive home the importance of immunization. the mass immunization of children against polio was a big
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success. next on the healthel challenge agenda is measles, and it hopes to address whether an one size fits all will be established. >> looking at how different countries will tackle the disease we're joined by doctors without board borders. i was surprised to read it's a probable truly globally in developed countries, too. >> thank you for having me. indeed, measles remains one of the biggest diseases in public health concerns. this is a disease that has killed over the past short
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period, few decades tens of millions of people. it's one of the easier to transmit childhood diseases, and it's also one of the easier to prevent with the measles vaccine. the problem that comes with vaccination for measles is two-fold. one is in the developing countries where we work in countries, countries with no resources and difficult logistics where we're seeing the pockets remaining of measles after the push over the past 15 years still suffering. we have vaccinated tens of thousands of people in countries like democratic republic of congo and chad where outbreaks still regularly happen. province in the rc with a disease bigger than france remains hard to cover with routine vaccination despite the
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willingness of the population to receive the vaccine. other culpabilities to cover and remove the risk of measles to the lives of children. we have seen last year measles outbreak happen in northern syria, in places where people have been displaced, and where the population has been deprived of basic medical services and a disease which has not been seen for over a decade in syria has resurfaced. the logistics and money problems of the developing world are not the same as in the west. in the west there is a wrong perception of measles vaccine being dangerous. there is a movement of what is
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called anti-vacsers who are spreading information about the harm received by vaccinations. this has reduced the coverage. today there are 70 countries in the world with zero cases of measles. unfortunately, neither the u.k. u.s. canada, netherlands, japan are among them. >> it's ironic that parts of the world can't receive the vaccine and others are not sure that they want it. thank you for sharing with us on al jazeera. >> thank you. >> on the anniversary of syria's ethnic violence five years ago nearly 200 people were killed during fighting between han chinese and ethnic muslim uygh
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uyghurs. >> the wounds of five years ago have yet to fully heal. in a neighborhood this group of laborers hesitate before talking to us. >> i'm here looking for a job, but they do not allow me to talk to you. what can i do? >> by they, he's referring to the police, who have been watching us and are now moving in just as another man is exclaimed a move. >> as officers surround him he said the atmosphere is getting better although not as good as it was in the past. he insists that han chinese and muslim uyghur still live together in this neighborhood but the only han faces we see are those of the police. they break up the gathering, herding the crowd like cattle. today it is more tense. this is the way it was five years ago. the ethnic violence was sudden
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as it was savage. they were the worst vie rots since the foundation of the people's republic of china 65 years ago. armed at whatever came to hand, han chinese and uyghur turned on one another. that ethnic strike has been ci cited as one of the reasons for the continuing bloodshed. suicide-bombers struck a market killing more than 30 people. in response china's military cracked down hard rounding up hundreds of suspects. uyghur groups say that that response is playing into the hands of the militants. >> therefore it is highly unlikely that uyghur people will accept the current chinese brewcal rule and out of december at this hour ration some people may take things into their hands. >> reporter: they blame the current violence on religious extremists with ties to overseas
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terrorist groups and say they're prepared to kill civilians in their fight to end chinese rule here. >> in recent days there have been death sentences. in one day 13 in the same day. this anniversary coincides with ramadan, now taking place against the backdrop of owe presencesive security and fear of when the next attack could happen. al jazeera, western china. >> a police officer in ca california has been forced to take leave while a video showing him punching a woman was investigated. the film was made by a pass driver. the police hits him in the face more than a dozen times.
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she was stoppethe police say she was stopped for her own safety. >> what we understand she started to walk on the on ramp and then crossed lanes of traffic endangering herself and the motoring public of all the heavy traffic. but people are not anticipating a citizen out there on the freeway walking. >> still ahead we'll have all the sport including formula one championship leader at the british grand prix.
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>> now it's time for sports. >> well again, beginning with the world cup. the argentina are through to the semifinals for the first time since 1990. they beat belgium for the quarterfinals. all eyes were on messi who scored four goals in the tournament before this match, but there was another player who gave the two-time winner the early lead against belgium. well, belgium almost equalized before halftime. his head up just wide. argentina continues to bless after the break. a great run. a match by the finish. and at the other end, filani was beginning to cause problems for the argentinian defense but it was messi who should have had the final word.
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it's argentina who would go through much to the relief of their coach. >> well, joining live now from buenos aires watching the game with thousands of fans. earlier you were talking to my colleague andy richardson and describing argentina as 40 million football experts. were they happy with that performance against belgium? >> reporter: i think if anything happy and very relieved. they knew they were going to be looking at a tough proposition. they also knew some of the players who were not called messi would have to bring up their game to messi's level. it would have been easier on them if they had had a second goal to ease those nerves. but the fans are out on the street behind me celebrating.
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they're out on the beach they're so delighted. >> what is most encouraging about their game is not that messi did not have a bad game, but others came forward in the tournament. that bodes well for the semifinal. >> reporter: i think so. the fact that higuan has his confidence. there were problems in the likes of aguero, and messi is playing very well. the hope is if enough players start to gel with the semifinal the team itself will become good. and individuals who have performed very well with argentina as yet have not really gelled as a team. i think we're beginning to see that now. they're certainly helpfu hopeful that all will come together in the semifinal. and in their eyes if they make
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it to the final they can add that third crown, the first one of 1986. >> i went back to argentina i in 2011 when argentina was hosting it, and i was very surprised towards the antipathy of messi when chaired t compared to others. even though they're in the semifinals, should they fail to receive the world cup, will it be seen as a failure for messi? >> i think not. the four goals he is seen as a hero. i think the problem he has always had, he left argentina so young. en13, 14 years old when he went to barcelona. he never formed a bond with the argentine people, but he's beginning to do that. the world cup has really put him on the map as far as argentines
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are concerned, and they're fully behind him whether they win the world cup or not. >> one more question with argentina in the last four, many argentinians are planning to go to about still and gai brazil? >> i think so. there are many nipping over the border just to get that feel, that atmosphere in brazil. hundreds of thousands are there already. i think if they progress beyond the semi finals then certainly there is a long border and easy border to cross. they'll be there in greater numbers for sure. >> we'll have to leave it there. go and enjoy the party that is clearly behind you now. thank you very much. the later games see the netherlands take on costa rica. the dutch favorites going into this one. the dutch came from behind to beat mexico 2-1 in the last 16.
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two times the country has been runners up, but they have yet to be a world cup. >> i've said it before. in this tournament, the desire to win is incredible. i think it is possibly the best world cup in 30 years. there is so much competition. players are so eager and the differences between teams are tiny. >> now fifa said they'll look at the foul committed by zuniga. it left the brazilian playmaker with a fractured vertebra. our correspondent is in rio de janeiro. despite the loss of neymar, they will move on. >> now with this colombia and neymar situation, first there
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was the joy that brazil finally playing well and they were start to go sense that it could be their tournament, and they started to get their act together. now the concern of how bad of his injury and now finding out that the star man will miss the rest of the tournament. and then there are neymar has oh got to find a way to cope with the disappointment. he wants to be part of the brazilian squad. but when he's released from hospital he needs to go to his home in sao paulo. and then they will need to find a way to cope against germany. how is he going to change the team. he needs to find some of that confidence and positive thinking that got them through the match in columbia in the first place. >> now to other sport. the british grand prix, the
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german in last seconds of qualifying. he aborted his final lap and dropped down to sixth. vettel will be second: >> all in all it was a good team effort. everyone working together. we made the right calls and it all worked out. where everything goes well in the end and it's awesome. >> the wimbledon women's title will be decided in just under an hour on saturday. kvika beats bouchard. and wraps up the match in just 55 minutes. >> i played so well today, and i know what i have to play to beat her.
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i did everything when i could in the moment. i was very focused, and i knew i had to go forward with every shot i'm playing to push her. yes, i did it. >> now ketel starting out in leads in england, any chance of locals having anything to cheer about was dashed. the chaos leaving four racers with a chance of winning. kittel was the one to take advantage and powered home for the yellow jersey. >> cricket sri lanka stars the two sides will play three one day and two test matches. the first is slated for columbo. after winning the world cup.
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>> sri lanka played very good cricket at home. we've been--we haven't played very well in the past. we feel we have a very good team this time around. lots of experience and obviously we have learned from our past experiences. i'm pretty sure we'll be a better team this time around. >> don't forget we'll have the very latest on the quarterfinal between the netherlands and costa rica. that's all the sport for now. >> thank you very much for that. that is it for this news hour. remember you can get more on everything that we've been covering on our website. the address for that, there it is, www.aljazeera.com. you can see our top story there by the islamic state so-called caliph lauds the iraq rebellion. w
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