>> this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. at our hours in doha. for the first time in a month the people of gaza go 24 hours without a shot being fired. palestinians survey the damage, israel's delegation arrives in cairo for talks with troops. efforts to find hundreds missing in china are disrupted by further landslides. parking next to a comet.

after 10 years and 4 billion miles, the "ossetia" reaches its destination. welcome to the programme. the people of gaza have been offered respite from violence. a ceasefire entered its second day and appears to be holding. these are live pictures that we are showing you now, coming out of gaza. of course traffic is moving and people are trying to get certainly supplies where they can. now, it will be a long time before life returns to anything like normal. let's bring you up to speed with statistics. israel's offensive - since it began, 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians, including a thai national died. 1,787 palestinianions killed, nearly three-quarters civilians.

more than nine and a half thousands injured. 200,000 gazans are living in u.n. shelters. joining me from gaza is our correspondent. it's been over 24 hours since a ceasefire began. it seems to be holding. a real opportunity for people to try to get supplies, find family, if they've been injured, or get belongings from their homes. i can on assume the sways there is still quite tense. >> indeed. as you point out, increasing numbers of people are coming out to the streets. they are going to the bank to get cash, to the supermarket to get food. to the market to receive treatment for problems. there's huge numbers of casualties, as there has been

for four weeks, but life is far from normal in the gaza strip , and many people now are coming to terms with the enormity of what they bought. of family, friends and loved ones, and people who are injured. earlier i went to gaza's shifa hospital. here is our report from there. three brothers. three different prognosis sis. this is the eldest. when an israeli drone targeted the house, he suffered mostly cuts and bruises. omar, the second oldest will need surgery. with the right treatment he should survive. the youngest, mohammed, suffered burp and shrapnel injuries. his condition is so bad doctors don't expect him to live long enough to see his second birthday. this is the cousin. she was in the house when it was

hit. >> translation: the israelis are criminals. where is their humanity. these are children. they did nothing. they didn't resist. they were sleeping. >> reporter: mohammed calls out for his mother. she is not there to console him. she and four others died in the same attack. the united nations estimates that thousands of palestinian casualties are civilians and called on world powers to investigate whether israel's army committed war crimes. most of the premature babies have only known conflict. they were born over the past few weeks. since fighting began, there's an increase in early births. they ran the shifa hospital. they are struggling to keep the babies alive. >> is the machine not functioning well.

sometimes we have to repair. we have shortage of staff. this compounds the problem. it expose many difficulty. >> one month into the conflict, and close to 3,000 palestinian children are wounded. hundreds have been killed. medics say they need help to save more chin like mohammed. >> i suppose the real problem for many there is whether they feel confident that the ceasefire will hold, and talks held in cairo will have a positive impact on them. >> indeed. in fact, many people here are paying attention to the talks in cairo. we have seen a number of ceasefire, ceasefire proposals. some are unravelling in minutes. this time around it seems all sides are interested in talking and keeping the peace. but again, this is only a 72

hour humanitarian ceasefire. people on the streets are telling us they are concerned that the fighting will stop again. more than that, they tell us that whatever deal is reached in cairo, if the deal is reached, will it mean lasting peace for them. will it mean in a few years time they will not be in the same position they are now, which is dealing with so many dead and injured, and so much property damage after weeks of war. many are not convinced. >> we'll leave it there and come back to you throughout the day, in gaza. >> with a ceasefire appearing to hold, the attention turns to cairo, in terms of negotiating a truce between israel and hamas. diplomatic editor james bays joins me from west bare route. there's a -- beirut. there's a great deal of expectations for the talks in cairo. what can we expect? >> well, it's going to take a

bit of time to get these goings, the talk. the israeli team is now in cairo. the palestinian team has been there for some days. international officials are arriving. robert serry, the unyn envoy an andtony blare, the quartet mediator. the egyptians will speak to the palestinians, and then the israelis, to get both sides' position clear. it will be difficult because the positions are different. on the israeli side they say they want a complete militarization of the gaza strip. on the palestinian side they want lifting of the siege. neither trusts each other. both sides are worried about the other's positions. it will be difficult. the first thing we have to do is extend the 72 hour pause that we

have. they need space to carry out the talks. i don't think they'll do them in the couple of days we have left. >> the u.n. official wants to take a larger role in the talks. what can we expect from them, considering we know many of their facilities in the gaza strip were hit. >> well, there is talk that part of a deal to try to get trust and confidence from both sides could include international monitors on the ground, international mechanism. i don't think we'll get much indication of what is discussed in detail, because the egyptians are keen to do this behind closed doors. the only indication is in four hours time when the u.n. secretary general assembly is meeting. they'll be briefed. so about four hours, we may get a glimpse of what is going on in those talks. one other thing worth mentioning to you, is that they have come up with a u.n. resolution in

draft form that is ready to go to a vote. it's not clear whether all countries will vote, in particular the u.s., which in the past vetoed resolutions. i'm hearing from new york that that is being held in reserve, that resolution now, to see what happens at the cairo talks. >> let's follow what is going on. you'll follow the scenario as it upfolds there in west jerusalem. thank you. >> to the news, and the iraqi army dropped barrel bombs on the hospital in fallujah. five people are reported to have been kill. the use of the crude weapons and oil drums filtered explosives and scrap metal. they kill ipp discriminately. >> some fighters and kurdish forces are engamed in a battle -- engaged in a battle 40km from the border.

kurdish fighters are coordinating efforts with the government in baghdad to repel the offensive by sunni fighters. >> islamic state group fighters pulled out of a lebanonees town boarding syria. it's been described as the worst. we'll have the latest from zooep in a moment, but first her -- zeina khodr, in a moment. but first her report. >> reporter: they were whisked out of the area. three among more than 30 held by islamic state, and syria's al qaeda branch al nusra front. their release was mediated by clerics. it was called a go will cleric to end the conflict. >> the lebanese army and government said they are not interested in negotiating with what they call terrorists. the only deal or solution is one

that would involve armed fighters releasing the captors. ar sell is on the lebanon north even border. up to 3,000 fighters are believed to be holed up inside ar sell and their regions. the only way is is for syria. on that side of the border, the syrian government and hezbollah have been closing in on their positions. this will not be an easy battle for either side. the lebanese army has not stormed the town. it wants to avoid civilian casualties. up to 100,000 syrian refugees and 30,000 lebanese life there. syria's war spilt over to lebanon on self occasions. the lebanese army is describing the battle as the most serious yet. >> zeina khodr joins me live. bring us up to speed on the

counter situation. >> well, the battle is not over. it's day five. confrontations are continuing between the lebanese army and armed fighters linked to the self declared islamic state. there has been attempts to reach some sort of truce. that has not happened, apart from, you know, the possibility of ambulances able to enter the town to evacuate civilians. we know it's allegations of muslim clerics that are inside the town. they are trying to convince the armed fighters to release captors. they are holding more than 30 members of lebanon's forces. they released three yesterday, and they are expecting three more. in exchange the humanitarian convoy will be able to enter the town. this will take a while. and the very fact is that a number of armed fighters have been - have moved to the outskirts, the clashes are continuing, and the army really

is treading carefully. if it advances into the town, and, you know, it would cause a lot of civilian casualties. you are talking about 100,000 people. this is the biggest direct confrontation between the lebanese army and the groups. they have come under attack in the past. security officials are warning of the possibility of retally atory attack, reprisals targetting the lebanese army and shia areas in the country in response to the army's offensive. >> it's a developing situation, and we'll come back to you as and when anything occurs. zoo zooep there. now, gaza, i'm joined by a human rights lawyer from lahore. welcome to al jazeera. you've been involved in various committees and reports when

investigating the ongoing scenarios in the gaza strip. you were involved in the 2009 inquiry as well. what has changed, if anything, from then to now. >> i don't think that much has changed. i think the intensity of the military operation by israel in gaza is almost the same. and maybe worse. deliberate killing of civilians, targetting of protected places. using weapons that are not - really not used in areas where civilian preps is so dense. i think these are things that i see as a repeat of the scenario in 2009. israel has always acted disproportionately. it seems that there is a policy of collective punishment. there is never the use of the

principle of distinction in the way that hostilities are conducted. and i think we see the repeat of the same thing. you see so many casualties, depths, injuries, children dying. families wiped out. >> you serve as a united nations special representative. therefore you have a lot of way in what you say internationally. how difficult or easy is it to investigate, and do you get the corporation you expect from both sides? >> it's easy and difficult. just take the example of the gaza mission. we have the full cooperation, no cooperation from israel. at the same time, because of the fact that we were act go into

gaza, we were able to collect sound evidence and a great deal of material to stght the findings and conclusions that we made with regard to cross-violations of human rights, and the kind of devastation caused during the military operation in gaza, to lives of the civilian population. it wasn't just imperilling life, it was, by design, attacking and drying to destroy gaza infrastructure, so human survival is not possible. >> how do you move it forward from an inquiry to conclusion, to acting on the report. are you looking at criminal char charges in the future, and if so, how will they be formulated. where will a trial take place if

all parties admit their wrong doings. >> look, there is always a progressive process that has to be adopted. the 2009 report recommended that an inquiry commission, the recommendations be taken forward by the security council, and israel, asked to conduct inquiri inquiries. the next step would be is if there was unwillingness, and if they did not meet international standards, then international inquiry should be held and a forum is the international criminal court. >> for the moment, thank you for your time. u.n. human rights council for

fact-finding missions in gaza. thank you for your insight. still ahead - a delightful surprise for the argentinian activists who campaigned for families to be reunited with missing children. and head to head - the debate of scotland's referendum campaign. >> and in sport. >> i understand. i understand a little overwhelmed for a second. that's totally fine. >> a public melt down for one of the tennis's best young players. . >> the world heath organization convened a 2-day meeting in west africa. the virus, ebola was detected if guinea, there has been 485 cases

and 358 deaths. from there it spread, 646 case, including 273 deaths. two cases suspected in nigeria. and in saudi arabia and sierra leone. an expert on ebola joins us now, and says the world health organisation should better support hospitals locally. >> the money has to go into basic health infrastructure, so the hospitals have the capability of treating the patients, giving them the supportive care they need and undertake tracing so that every person exposed is tracked down and quarantined. >> a smaller part is a vaccine that looks promising, and which

one would hope gears up, and there's a lot of interest in the novel break through. it uses tobacco. it's good manufacturing practices, relatively quick to do and inexpensive, but gives hope if this terrible epidemic continues. >> the prime minister of the central african republic announce they are resigning, to allow the formation of a unity government of the thousands died. >> u.s. president obama announced $14 billion investment by u.n. companies in africa. speaking at the u.n. african business conference, president obama wants to shift from aid to traun. >> as africa -- train. >> as africa faces enormous

challenge, hunger, disease, conflict. as we work together to meet the challenges, we cannot lose site of the new africa that is emerging. we know what makes africa an extraordinary opportunity. some of the fastest growing economies in the world. another landslide following an earthquake in south-west china caused more casualties. dozens are trapped under dirt and rubble. there's fears the death toll could rise. it's nearing 1600. >> this is the focus of the continuing relief and rescue operation in the town. long-tu shan. it's the focus effort. it is fair to say this is moving into the phase of being a

recovery operation. the chances of finding more alive is diminishing by the hour. they found an 88-year-old woman alive in the rubble of her home. she is being treated in hospital. >> some 10,000 members of the people's liberation army is taking part. the government is sparing no expense in giving the operation what it needs in terms of resources. china's premier is promising 100 million to get the community on to its feet. 70% of the town has been destroyed. thousands are homeless and will live in temporary accomodation in this village. it's known that many people were poor, it's an empoverished pard the china. the average income is 7,000. it's fair to assume that the homes they live in will crumble.

>> let's go to richard about the rescue operations. >> it's not ideal conditions. if you look at the satellite, things are not looking too bad there's a participation for showers. thursday to friday, there's a risk of showers. the worst of the weather across asia will be found further out into the pacific where here we have a significant factory. looking to the east, you can see that. everything has been sucked into the typhoon, which is a major system. it's drifting to the north and likely to impact on japan. it will slam into japan. winds sustained of 160 k perform

h and gusts of 105 kph. as we move on through, we are likely to see rain. we had heavily rain. looking at the totals. 100 millimetres or so. and it's likely that we'll see a lot of flooding across southern parts of china. >> in the past hour a european spacecraft has reached a comment. the rosetta probe was launched years ago with that mission in mind. they'll send a lab to the surface in november. scientists believe studying comets can help understand how the solar system was formed. >> joining me is a fellow at the university of london observatory and department of physics and astronomy. the question is - what is the use of the probe, how does it

impact on our lives when it comes to discovering or evolving the secrets of the universe? >> well, this mission is one of the most ambitious missions attempted. it has been for 10 years in space, and it has been getting rides from planet like the earth and mars to change the orbit and fill it in perfectly, and come to a soft approach which is happening now. we see amazing images showing us in amnation and what is happening. the idea is to put the spacecraft in orbit around the comet. you can imagine it's a few kilometres inside. similar to this. this is a meter item. we can imagine that this is not exactly the same thing. imagine a big rock like this one

has little gravity. to put something in orbit is the challenge. now, the most challenging thing is to land - is going to attach a probe. it will be to land on the surface of rosetta. they'll be at a time when the comet is getting closer to the sun. the nucleus is active and ejecting a lot of materials. at that point it is going to detect this activity. certainly what we are looking for is evidence of pristine material, out of which the solar system was formed. it's material that has not been contaminated, and is hitting inside the nucleus of the comment. >> how does that, in the 21st century help us understand space, time and the evaluation of the solar system. how does it benefit me here in doha or you in london?

>> this is been astronomy space science tist. it doesn't have an immediate exact. it's long term. we are capitalizing from the investigation and research. we are exactly right now finds the ways to fight endemics like ebola outbreaks, outreach in africa. all these things are kind of ways of technology making progress, and understanding more about the europe verse and the environment -- universe and the environment. for example, we are talking about mars, we are talking about comets, and the environments which are very, very difficult for life. here on earth, with your paradise, we have to acknowledge that paradise and it makes us responsible to keep it going. it's the only home we have for a little bit of time. in the full court, yes, we have

to conquer and go to maces and realise how the solar system will be. immediately, now, now, but in the future, yes. future generations will benefit from that. one thing that is very evident is the technological sort of advances in space exploration allowing us to get further and further from our open solar system. in terms of this particular scenario how impressive has it been that it's been so successful and what could it lead to in terms of the distance that man can perhaps vet the solar system? >> exactly. yes. these missions are very low budget in a way. they don't carry much fuel. they have to go at low speeds, and use the gravity of planets to modify the orbits. they don't have any other ways of changing, because they don't

have proper rockets and fuel. from that poif we are learning how to use the gravity of the planets to launch our probes in different parts of the solar system. the next way of doing this is more shorter missions because, of course, a human mission that goes slow will take years and years to get from jupiter and sat eurn. all these tech needs are needed to put missions around - or landing on mars. all this is helping us to get the information, technology to do it more efficiently and launch it into the solar system, our planet is not here forever.

our solar system will come to an end in millions and millions of years to come. those days will come. by then. if we are lie, we have developed the technologies to travel behind the solar systems. it's a long way to go. we are taking the first steps. >> it's a fascinating subject for the moment. thank you for joining us from london. more ahead on the news hur. >> i'll show you how this is used in communities in south africa where there is no electricity. and a report on the cause for a boycott of israeli goods. and in sport - why these girls in mexico see basketball as being more than a game.

welcome back. a remainder of the top stories - the humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip is holding as it enters its second day. the israeli crowned forces moved back to the border and people are attending to what is left of their homes. recovery efforts continue in south-west china. dozens are dropped under dirt and rubble. there are fears that the death toll could rise. it's reached 600. the world health organisation is beginning a 2-day meeting. new suspected cases have been

identified in saudi arabia. and nigeria. >> returning to our top story on gaza. there has been protests on israeli attacks by people in the occupied west bank. from ramallah, we have this report. >> reporter: angry over the bloodshed in gaza, 18-year-old high school student sara decided street protests were not enough. she spends her days off going shop to shop, calling for a boycott of israeli products. >> we want everyone to boycott because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: the boycott israeli products is not just in ramallah, but across the west bank. the volunteers are hoping to make a sustainable distance that will last beyond the end of the

current crisis. >> the anson wong has seep a number of protests over the war in gaza. in ramallah thousands took part. those in the west bank faced their own struggles. illegal israeli settlements are built, and israeli sold years can launch operations in the territories. in ramallah, the fate of activism is changing. >> new media is stronger than going into the streets. new media, blogs, facebook - it's stronger and faster. >> i have a lot of friends in america. the best way is to get word out on facebook, instagram, twitter. a lot of different media things. kids of our generation. >> the biggest street protest utilize social media and organised by palestinian youths.

by contrast those called for tends to be smaller. the sentiment is the same. we are not asking people for a moment of silence, but resistance. >> in gaping the support of her -- gaining the support of her community, sara hopes change will come not just for gaza but all palestinians. sudan's newsagency said 18 nationals were killed in a rocket strike, after a random rocket exploded where they lived in tripoli. sudan's foreign minister said the situation doesn't warrant nationals leaving the country. >> the yemeni government to sign a deal. the truce was reached after several weeks of fighting. we have more. >> anticipation in northern yemen after the signing of a

ceasefire agreement. the truce ended weeks of fighting between the yemeni fighting and houthi rebels. they were fighting for control of the oil-rich area, along the border. >> last month the two sides reached a similar ceasefire. a presidential committee said guarantees are in place for a lasting agreement. both the parties have agreed to put an end to the conflict, pull out of their positions, hand them over to the mediators. >> there are causes to concern. come of the factions affiliated with the hutus, as well as the local tribes not being happy. they refused to give up their territory. >> it's presented a caping. >> we laid down a plan to eliminate points of tension, observe a ceasefire, and both

sides back off to where they came from. this is an initial step. >> this is one of the least developed parts of yemen. it fuels rebellions against the state. with the hutus, the government is trying to counter al qaeda in the arabia peninsula, and a separatist movement in the south. faced with a failing economy and overstretched military, the emmeny's -- yemeni's trouble in the north may not end. egypt's interior ministerry said five have been killed. the violence reportedly look place in the coastal province. the ministry says the security forces at a port killed four of the fighters. >> al jazeera - three journalists gaoled in egypt spend 221 days in deprich. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the

outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were given 7 years, baher mohamed had an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest. peter and badr will appeal their sentences. al jazeera demands the release of all their journalist. london mayor boris johnson says he'll try to run for parliament. winning a parliamentary seat will be the first step. mr johnson told reporters in london that the u.k. should not fear leaving the european union if the prime minister can't negotiate. staying in the u.k., and scotland will go to the polls in six weeks to decide whether to stay within the u.k. the first minister has gan head to head with the leader of the pro-ukraine campaign. we have this report from glass i

don't. >> reporter: you can liken it to a marriage. they have been together for years, not all happy. now there's talk of a separation. could scotland be about to break up with the rest of the u.k. and go it alone? that's what this man wand, alex salmond dedicating his life to taking scotland out of the u.k. he's up against alastair darling. the man in charge of keeping it together. scots will vote on the issue in a research um. many are undecided. there is, as they say, everything to play for. [ clapping ]. >> reporter: which is why this battle hit the small screen. a tv debate, a chance to convert or cop vips. >> no sign of this map. prime minister david cameron refused to take part. this is a fight for scotland being waged by scots. >> every time scotland goes into a general election there's the risk of having people we didn't vote for rolling over us.

that happened for more than half my life. >> any 8-year-old can tell you the flag, capital of a country and its currency. you can't tell us what currency we will have. >> john curtis is professor of politics and knows a lot about the subject. do you think that will have made a difference? >> if this debate has not made a difference, if it doesn't move the opinion poll, that will be crucial. the side went into the debating chamber behind. this was their best opportunity of trying to gain momentum, to narrow the lead. if they have failed to do so, their capses of winning on -- chances of winning on 18 september will look slim. >> this was a chance to reach knows undecided. are they now. >> you heard in there, did it affect your decision in any way. >> yes, it made me go no. >> you wept from unsure to yes in one night.

>> yes. >> will it affect your decision. >> yes. >> handshakes or not, these men are at ads. as is scotland. the u.k. is safe for now. will it be in six weeks time? russian hackers may have stolen up to 1.2 billion user names and passwords and possibly the largest security breach. the details could include 500 million email addresses. a u.s. firm specialising in discovery revealed that the stolen information came from more than 420,000 websites. now, despite humanitarian corridors set up in eastern ukraine to help civilians flee the fighting, many struggle to find a safe way out. we have more from donetsk. >> reporter: this family walks to safety.

they are from a suburb of donetsk, where ukrainians are battling separatists. they have relatives and girlfriends they could stay with. but she cannot afford to reach them now. the camp for the displaced is their home. the event that are happening now feel like a play, not real. one side pushes the other, and the other pushes back. in the endless conflict a lot has been killed by shrapnel and gunfire. for a fewer hours a day people are allowed to leave donetsk. driving out along the corridor, some tide white flags to the cars, hoping that will be enough to protect them. >> in the sunflower fields ukrainians wait for their orders. they are pushing forward. but progress has been slow and dangerous. >> the ukranian fighters are getting closer to donetsk. they are meeting heavy

resistance from the pro-separatists. you see how close the shell landed to their position. in is, of course, a prop -- this is, of course, a propaganda war. russia says they are ukranian deserters. ukraine says they are prisoners of war and should be returned. one thing is clear. many of the soldiers don't want to be here. >> you want to return to your families as soap as possible. >> as soap as possible to see the family. >> that is unlikely to happen. keef says it won't stop until it takes the land. after we left, the ukrainian check point was shelled by separatists, forcing poem to turn back the fighting. it's tearing water the country. >> the argentinian human rights activist who campaigned for

families to be reunited found her own grandson 25 years since being taken at birth. this report from buenos aires. >> reporter: it was the moment that this woman spent 36 years hoping for. the news that her grandson was alive and want to be reunite with his true family. she lived it with much of an emotional argentina, crying along with her. >> translation: he will now sit in the empty city, the empty picture frames will be filled with his portrait. >> estelle's daughter was a victim of argentine's rule. she was kidnapped while pregnant in 1977 and gave birth in capt itty, in jooup of the following year. two months later she was probably killed. >> translation: there's a lot to be done. we have to keep searching

because the other grandmothers must feel like i feel. thank you etch, thank you god. thanks to life. i didn't want to die without hugging him. now i do want to hug him. >> the mothers, an estimated 400 to 500 were held, tortured and eventually killed. the grandmothers never gave up the search for grandchildren they never held. estelle is the president of the grandmothers, a croup reunited more than 100 lost children. in their 30s, with their true families. gu. >> do was number 114. the search goes on to find the others and bring the kidnappers to justice. time too marches on. the grand parents and those that committed the human rights

abuses. this d.n.a. bank helps to match people who suspect they may be stolen children. argentina moved on. the search continues to find justice and heel the wounds of one of the darkest periods. >> amazing story. the australian government hired a dutch company to search for pa malaysian airline, believed to have crashed into the indian ocean. flight 370 disappeared on march the 8th. it had flown off course during a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. the survey team is expected to take up to a year to search 60,000km. the united nations airliner made a landing after a fire on board. it was on its way to brussels from the u.s. when it landed.

an airport peaksman said the fire was contained and extinguished prior to the emergency landing on tuesday night. australian commuters on their way to work in perth attempted up to free a man stuck between the train and the platform. the youtube footage shows how passengers lined up and pushed the train so staff could get him out. great story. >> still to come - sport. a result that could cause shockwave to the world of women's rugby. >> al jazeera america presents:

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welcome back. south africa - many use ricky fuels. but a solar candle is helping to bring cheaper light. >> reporter: there's no trusty. there's a backup plan, the solar candle. to meet the energy need the south african government introduced rolling blackouts. the solar candle helps to see and gives the light of five wax candles. >> it's good because here in the kitchen, electric - because electric sometimes is two to maybe four to one without electricity. if you have trick, it's

difficult. when there's no power. they can go about their business and keep customers happy. >> charging sa solar panel is easy. you place it on the ground like this, in direct sunlight. it takes six hours to charge. >> ken developments a solar candle, hoping it will replace a wax candle. it's a primary source of light on the african continent. it has a life span of four years before the battery needs to be replaced. because it doesn't have a blame it doesn't produce co2 or toxic gases. and if you knock a candle over, anything can catch fire, but a solar light doesn't happen,ing. >> a solar candle costs around

25. the business is doing well. it can afford a healthy, cleaner life. it is expensive. using kero seen, wax candles or firewood is not healthy. >> it's a cheaper option for now. >> here is sport with andy. >> thank you. >> the world's best tennis players are getting ready for the time grand slam, the u s open. wimbledon finalist eugenie butcher is one of the best talents, but suffered a setback. the 20-year-old splaying shell by rogers at the rogers cup in montreal. she couldn't get going. bouchard lost, but came close to quitting the match during a conversation with her coach. >> how are you feel? >> i don't want to play. >> i understand, a little overwhelmed. >> take your time.

>> i'm not in the match. >> right now you are not. let's turp it around. >> it didn't happen ep. bouchard won the second, losing the decider 6-0. >> better news for a break out star of the miles per hour. nick kyrgios beat rafael nadal. the 19-year-old will play andy murray next up. >> tiger woods will wait until the last minute before deciding whether to play in thursday's u.s. pga championship. he has been given permission to make a time decision ahead of his tea time. no such uncertainty surrounding that man. rory mcilroy won his last two tournaments. he completed the open championship and is a favourite ahead of the season. >> i said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to put their hand up and become a dominant player.

i felt like i had the ability to do that. it's nice to win a few tournaments and get back to where i feel i should be, which is near the top of the world rankings, competing in majors and winning championships. >> the san antonio spurs made history, hiring a woman on to the coaching staff. former w.n.b.a. becky hammon is retiring from a 16-year career, seeing he represent russia. she's looking forward to helping san antonio in the defence of their time. >> i'm here to be part of the team, help the guys and the coaching staff, and really serve guys, bet the bet out of them. i'm here to help them. when it gets down to it, it's

about the guise out there. >> -- guys out there. >> it's not just in the n.b.a. that women are making their max. in mexico, the young girls believe it can help to change their hives for the better. >> reporter: what she lacks in height, she makes up for in determination. no money to buy fancy shoes, she plays bare foot like the best of the kids. >> translation: i want to become the best player and learn more moves. >> reporter: basketball is an obsession here in the mountains. these kids are changing image by bombing basketball champions in mexico and lit join america -- latin america. for most girls, getting a chance to join the team is a personal battle. >> my parents were afraid boys

would want to have sex with us, so refused to let us play at first. >> reporter: women in these communities are often marginalised. most leaders are me. literacy among women are higher. it's not uncommon for families to encourage the girls to marry and drop out of school. >> for many of the girls basketball is a sport. it gives them a chance to travel outside the communities and have new opportunities. aurora's mother never finished primary school. raising five kids and supporting the family is not easy. she's not surprised that her daughter wants to be a basketball coach. >> all of my daughters feel the same way. they want to study. they don't want the life that they have seen. >> reporter: one way it provides develop is providing education

and scholarship. both girls and boys have to have good grades and show up for practice each day. the coach says the females are challenging the boys on and off the court. >> translation: there is a lot of competition between boys and girls. before the boys used to say girls should stay at home and help the parents wash clothes and make food. things are changing. the girls feel more equal. >> dispipt giving is her all, aurora and her team-mates love the game. they dream to travel the world and represent their community. ireland caused an upset at the women's rugby world cup, ipp flighting defeat on new zealand. the black ferns had not lost a world cup game in 23 years. the 4-time champions beaten

17-14. new zealand have a chance of reaching the semifinals. michael phelps, the most successful olympian in history says watching what he eats is just as hard as keeping an eye on his components. he's getting ready to compete at the u.s. national championships. he said at 29 his body is not quite as forgiving as it was. >> back then i was eating any fast food, it didn't matter. at that age i could eat anything. now it's paying attention to what i'm putting into my body. >> parptly he used to eat 12,000 calories a day. >> so did i. thank you. that's it for the moment. kamal will be here with another full bulletin after the break. thanks for watching the

newshour. bye for now.

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