>> >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour from doha. our top stories - israeli air strikes kill three hamas military commanders in rafah as rocket fire targets the ben gurian airport. stories of a massacre - human rights groups investigate mass killings from the islamic state. >> a tense time for indonesia -

a court due to decide whether last month's election was rigged. and in australia - a show of musical support for al jazeera's journalists gaoled in egypt. now, within the past two hours or so hamas's military wing confirmed that it fired a rocket towards tel aviv's ben gurian airport. this people at least have been killed in air strikes on gaza overnight. hamas says three of its commanders are among the dead. we'll go live to jacky rowland in west jerusalem, first to jane

arraf in gaza. what can you see? >> i'm in rafah, and until 1am, this was a house in which the three hamas military commanders were staying. i'll step out so you can see the level of distrugz. it was hit by israeli air strikes around 1am local time on thursday morning, where there's three military commanders were staying. they are senior military commanders in hamas itself. they would have been very high targets for the israelis. their names are mohammed barr home, mohammed bush moralea and atala. he was accused of being involved in the kidnapping gilad shall eat. when he was released the israelis were forced to release over 1,000 palestinian prisoners in a swapt and is involved -- swap, and is involved in the tunnels. we are on the south of the gaza

strip, and there are tunnels in and out of sinai, in and out of egypt. he would have been involved in smuggling weapons, ways of rearm of course, getting racquets into gaza -- rockets into gaza. not all are used for weapons. many tunnels are used to move goods in and out under the siege conditions. mohammad alsham articlea was hit when the second in command of hamas's military brigade was killed by the israelis. alsham army was tipped to replace him. it gives you an idea of how senior the men were in the military wing of hamas. >> it wasn't just the three military commanders who were the tart. other people were attacked as well. >> that's right. at least 24 people have died overnight. around 10 people died in this attack.

overnight we know of six children who have been killed in israeli strikes inside gaza, taking to a total over 40 palestinians inside gaza who have been killed since the resumption of hostilities on tuesday, when the ceasefire began to disintegrate. >> jane ferguson live from rafah. thank you. let's go to west jerusalem, and talk to jacky rowland. three high-valued target for the israelis. >> yes. and, in fact, the israeli defence minister mosha alond made a statement saying the israeli army will continue to target high-level hamas officialses at the time and place of our choosing - his words. underlining that targetted assassinations - it's the latest strategy and tactic, that the

israeli military is pursuing. i think the fact that they have moved to this tactic, rather than the boots on the ground, the land offensive reflects a new recognition by the military and political leadership that the tactics were not achieving israel's objectives. they had not degraded hamas's ability to strike israeli targets, close and far from the gaza strip. and in political and diplomatic terms it had a bad effect on israel's image abroad. there has been broad international diplomatic condemnation of images of dead children, allegations of war crimes targetting hospitals and u.n. facilities, and distancing israel from some of its long-standing allies like the united states. in terms of domestic politics,

it was not working. the israeli public demanded results, they were hit by hamas rockets, now by killing commanders, it gives the israeli government a trophy to brag about. they can say "look, what we have down", and a statement from binyamin netanyahu seemed to be packing itself on the back. there's one caveat. commentators in israel. they are questioning the value of this new strategy. as we have seen in the past, when one commander is killed, another commander rises up to take his place. >> what about the hamas counterstrategy of aiming its rocket fire at the airport, the main international airport in tel aviv. it's a life line for israelis. >> well, the israeli army at the moment is not confirming or denying that any rocket was fired at the airport. they haven't commented on that. they are checking the reports,

they'll get back to us. you are right in stressing the psychological impact. we saw how during the last round of fighting, and the fact that a rocket landed at the airport was enough to close down israel's main international airport for 24 hours, commercial flights being cancelled. it has a huge impact on israel - both its image in the world, and economically. this is the height of the tourist season, people have been cancelling their visit. if an international airport is closed due to military danger, that can have a far-reaching effect on israel. hamas is using the threat. whether it fired the rocket or not, we don't know. the fact that the record exists, it's part of hamas's propaganda strategy against israel. >> jacky rowland in west jerusalem, thank you. the leader of thailand's military coup has been elected as the new prime minister.

general prayuth chan-ocha was chosen by parliament, which is dominated by the army. as veronica pedrosa reports, the appointment is being seen as the latest in a series of steps to strengthen military power. from korea's soldier to coup leader and prime minister. general prayuth chan-ocha has placed himself at the heart of thai politics, about little, if any, room for rivals - both at the government level and on the streets. >> translation: today there has been protests starting again. are we going to go back to the old days. i'd like to ask people that. if you want that i'll have to enforce the law. >> this is a different coup in thailand. there has been many coups, you know, but this time the coup is absolute, and it's absolute power, the coup is not delegating authority to a lot of

technocrats like we have seen in the past. >> in typical military fashion, general prayuth chan-ocha has a strategy, a master plan for thailand and is working through it methodically. >> this was the moment he announced the coup to the nation. >> to reform the social structure economically, socially and economically. creating equality for every side. the policeman committee, army, army forces, navy and air forces and the national police have to take control of power, to administer to the country from the time of 16:30 onwards on 24 may. >> i think general prayuth chan-ocha is genuine in restoring the political order we had in thailand, especially during the cold war. his record, we have seen, he's not in the past embroiled in scandal and financial scandal

and corruption. he is a clean man, of the strong man mould, as we have seen in the past. the thing is thailand changed enormously since the cold war. people are more connected, know their right and are willing to make a stand for them. [ speaking foreign language] >> reporter: taking power makes it seem that prayuth chan-ocha, and only prayuth chan-ocha can get things done. public expectations that he can solve many issues in thailand are high, more so now that he is prime minister. now, the pentagon is saying that u.s. special forces failed in an attempt to rescue hostages held in syria, including james foley, murdered by islamic state fighters. u.s. president obama has condemned foley's killing but said there would be no let up on the strikes on the group.

>> today the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of jim foley by the terrorist group i.s.i.l. jim was a journalist, son, brother and friend. he reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. he was taken hostage nearly two years ago in syria, and was courageous by reporting at the time on the conflict there. jim was taken from us in an act of violence that shocked the conscience of the entire world. >> human rights groups are examining claims of genocide against the yazidi group in iraq. hundreds of yazidi men were rounded up and shot dead by islamic state fighters. this happened close to sinjar. al jazeera's jane arraf has this report from a kurdish region in

the north, where thousand of yazidi are stranded with nowhere to go. >> reporter: when the gunman came to this man's village, they ordered the men to the schoolyard. he is the only one of his immediate family to survive. these men are from co-cho, each among the only remaining members of their families. >> translation: they put us in the back of two vehicles, 12 or 13 or us in each. they were taken us behind to see bodies. they lines us up and they managed to run away. they shot and they were hit in my leg. >> his uncle said in a town of 1800, only 200 survived. these two men survived. one is 13, and the only

surviving member of his family. >> translation: five of my brothers were killed. i saw my father killed. when i saw the armed people shooting i hid under a pile of bodies, pretending i was dead. >> reporter: everyone here was touched by tragedy. they are all from sinjar, almost everyone on sinjar mountain, walking to syria and back into iraq. their yourn r journey is not -- journey is not over. on the mountain people were hungry and thirsty and didn't know what would happen to them. they still don't. this is the new sin ya mountain -- sinjar mountain. they are stranded here. they say they can never go home again, not because of the massacres, but the death of a way of life. 5,000 are crammed into a construction site near the border of the kurdish region and turkey. many say men from the surrounded

villages supported the islamic state group and were involved. for more than 1,000 years the yazidi practised their religion, keeping to themselves. they thought it would keep them safe. they were wrong. rite, to indonesia, where police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside the constitutional court in jakarta. the court is delivering its verdict over alleged fraud. rival candidate, a controversial general, says the vote was rigged. supporters have been protesting outside the court. the election commission had declared that jakarta's governor, joko widodo won the elections by nearly 8.5 million votes. we'll go live to jakarta, and speak to our correspondent. bring us up to date. what is the constitutional court

doing right now? >> well, indonesia is basically a nation in waiting. the constitutional court it reading the verdict, 300 pages long, and could take a few hours. before it was finalised we had clashes with police, tear gas, stones thrown, bottles thrown. basically demonstration of around 2,000-3,000 sergrksey shubenkov supporters. only a few -- prabowo subianto supporters. the evidence and the witnesses presented to the constitutional court have beened not to be strong enough to overhaul the election result which made joko widodo the new elected president. we have to wait until they have basically finalised the whole reading. until now, what they are saying

is it's true, the evidence and witnesses are not strong. >> how are the supporters of the prabowo subianto - how are they likely to respond when they here the constitutional court's ruling going against their man? >> that's the main question, how are - especially the hard-line supporters. we are talking about a few thousand. how will they respond, and how is prabowo subianto, himself, going to respond, he will have a conference as soon as the charges have finished reading, and we'll find out what will he do. will he concede defeat or is he going to struggle and battle on. the signs are that he will be battling on. he said he has more legal steps to take. not - none of these steps will change the verdict. they can make life of the new president joko widodo difficult. also in parliament it prabowo

subianto can make a lot of trouble for the new president. still some time to have here in indonesia thank you for the latest from jakarta. we have a lot more to come this newshour, including yemen's rebels calling for the government to step down. the president hold a meeting with his top advisors. a high profile visit with the u.s. attorney-general tries to put the affairs in ferguson at ease. and in sport - tennis's world number one has something to sing about ahead of the year ideas final grand slam. details later. al jazeera continues to command the release of its three

journalists yined for 336 days, grievous bodily harm rah were accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from given 7 years, baher mohamed with an extra three because he had a spent bullet on him, picked up at a protest. in the australian city of melbourne hundreds gathered at a cop cert to show -- concert to show support for peter and his colleagues. andrew thomas was there. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: tonight's concert in melbourne is a sell out. 900 people will be here very, very soon to listen to top australian bands and hear speeches in support of peter greste. australians watched in growing disbelief as the trial went on and as the sentences kale down in juan. this concert is about raising the profile of the case once more in the australian media and is about raising money for

peter's family to support them through difficult months, and going forward as they travel back and forth to cairo. it's been organised by the victoria institute of law, amnesty international, and australians detained abroad. it was the brain child of lex lazare, a supreme court judge and a drummer in the lex pistols, you will be playing tonight. why have you put on the concert? >> to support peter greste, in circumstances where it seems his imprisonment is unfair. seems he was imprisoned for being a journal. >>, having been in egypt for a couple of weeks. the reasons for the sentence were never obvious to me, obviously not to him. something needed to be done. we needed to find a way to support him, the famently and maintain the -- family, and maintain the support among the people of australia and journalists. >> 900 due here, the sound check is interrupted. mike gresta is here, peter's

brother. what does this mean to you? >> just to see the overwhelming support is humbling and gratifying, yes. very exciting to be here tonight. [ ♪ music ] now u jane arraf who is in northern iraq and filed a powerful report, showing the yazidi people that escaped from sinjar, but now stationing themselves in a building site, she is joining us live from zach u. jane, it was a powerful report, documenting some of the suffering that's been endured by the yazidi people, and to see them living in her unfinished apartment block was incredibly

moving. >> it is truly heart-breaking. they've been through incredible tragedies much the 13 yield lost his family, completely alone. he is living in a school. the others were living in that apart. complex, where there's nook. you'd thing that there would be a lot of support for the refugees, the displaced people. there are so many of them. we are outside of zava. when it is in a triangle between turkey and syria in northern iraq, it's a traditional trail for people displaced by fighting and refugees, it kont cope. there's 2 -- can't cope. there's 200,000. they are living like the people you saw there, in abandoned buildings, in buildings that have not been put up yet. in schools, and the government says it just does not know what to do with them. >> part of the country that you

are in. the part of the world that you are in. it's a mosaic of different ethnicities and different religious practices. and is it just - i mean, we have been focussing on the yazidi. is it just that group that has had their unpleasant brush with fighters from the islamic state group? >> you are absolutely right. that is the amazing thing about this part of the world, and this part of the country specifically. in these mountains and hills, so many religions took route. therapist lated because of --s therapist lated because of geography. a lot developed. they are unique, extraordinary. how many people would have heard of the yazidi before this crisis. by the same token, there are other remageons and -- religions and groups undergoing the same fate.

the shab ark, the ka ky. they are indigenous religious minorities, they are small and persecuted in almost the same way. the yazidi, because they are larger numbers - perhaps 500,000 in total left in the world, many here, and because of mistaken beliefs about their religion, they have been specifically targeted. thank you very. jane arraf giving us a touching update on the situation in northern iraq. thank you. we are going to have a look at the weather. steph is here. it's very camp in west africa. >> that's right. it's the time of year for it. as usual some people get too much. i have these pictures to show you now from niger, from the capital, showing how bad the flooding here has been. it's not some been rain that's fallen in the city, but rain that has fallen elsewhere and

flowed through the river, the river that burst its banks, causing the flooding here. it's caused some of the homes to collapse as well - over 5,000 homes are believed to have collapsed, thanks to the flooding. over the past few hours you can see the cloud that we have had over many parts of central africa. for the southern parts of niger, there's not been a great deal of cloud around, but this is definitely the wettest time of year much here is what you would expect in knew army. august is the wettest month, you expect 100mm of rain. what often happens is it happens from thunder storms, so you get between 50 and 100mm of rain in one go. because the ground is dry between the showers, it's difficult for the ground to cope, and that's why you generally see flooding at this time of year. as you head through the days,

tlt plenty more, you can tell from the dark blue, that is looks like it will be wet over the next few days. >> thank you very much. >> now in yemen, the president met members of parliament and his advisors to talk about ways of restoring stability and security in the country, tens of thousands of people have been protesting around the capital. they are protesting against a petrol tox height introduced last month and are backing the houthi rebel's demand that the government resign by friday. who are the houthis, and what do they want? they are tribesman from the northern highlands, belonging to the za heedy sector. fighters lyle to the houthi tribe battled government forces since 2004. now they are demanding 20,000 of their member be included in the

yemeni military, asking 10 ministries to be allocated to them and a delay in the disarmament of their weapons. a disarmament deal was broken by the u.n. this year, and asking for handlinga and aljaf, their strongholds to be part of the capital sanaa. let's talk to a journalist based in yemen. peter, it sounds incredibly complex, but the hutus seem to have a long list, a significant list of demands. >> i know. thank you for having me. the first thing i have to say is the list you read out is not exactly what the hutus asked for. and one of the problems is that there have been a lot of rumours around what they are asking for. they have produced a statement, which they have sent to the u.n. and to the wider international community, and they have made

their demands clear, and the movement's leader appeared on tv and read out demand. what they said is they want fewer subsidy cuts, made at the end of july, to be reversed. and that they want the current government to be dissolved and replaced by a new body that is more representative, and is drawn down the same lines as the national dialogue conference, which is a series of peace talks held last year and this year, and on monday they brought in maybe as many as 10,000 people into the city who have been protesting and withdrew to camps on the city limits. the worrying thing now is what we are hearing is an armed build-up around the capital as the hutus pushed for the president to answer their demands by tomorrow, to dissolve

the cabinet and reinstate the fuel subcity, otherwise they'll take measures, and these, i'm told, are a series of civil disobedience moves, probably people protesting in front of major ministries and bringing the capital to a standstill. the president sent a mediation committee, if you like, up to sarder, the houthi strong hold to talk to him, probably to offer one or two cabinet positions and a cabinet shuffle, that will probably result to a new prime minister, but they are sticking on the reinstatement of the fuel subsidy, bringing the price down. the government doesn't seem to be able to move on that. >> given we have an ultimatum for friday, and if the government is not prepared to lift the fuel subsidy, we have dialogue at the moment.

how will it pan out tomorrow, friday? >> i think it's very hard to say. as i say, this committee is in sadder right now. they are making some offers, but not what the hutus want. when i was told by houthi sources that they will not take a cabinet reshuffle. they want to remain peaceful. at the same time when you look at the way they operated in other parts of the country where they have taken over a province to the north, what they intended to do was build up a presence, claim to come in peace, and make statements or act in a provoke difficult manner until people realise their enemies are their rivals, acting against them. the big worry at the moment is that sectarian issues will be brought into this, and sunni islamists will take an opportunity to attack them. that's the point at which their armed guys, militias will come

into action. >> thank you very much indeed for that. perhaps we can come back to you tomorrow and get an update on the situation in sannar. peter salisbury, thank you very much. lots to come on the newshour - including fighting between the ukranian troops in separatists continues in the east. the latest from slovyansk. the new party for the socialist party in brazil has become a major player. plus date day. >> i'm in the english midlands asking if electric is the future of power racing.

let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazeera. at least 24 people have been killed in israel's latest air strikes on gaza. hamas says three of its commanders are among the dead. in thursday's attack near the southern town of rafah, binyamin netanyahu says israeli forces will continue to respond to attacks from gaza. and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is in doha to meet the amir. indonesian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside the constitutional court in jakarta. the court is delivering its verdict over alleged fraud in the presidential elections last month. losing candidate prabowo subianto says the vote was

rigged. michael rowland is a political analyst and former sort offer for the national democratic institute, joining us live from jakarta. thank you for talking to us. what is your safety of the situation, how tense is it in jakarta, and which way could the country go? >> well, it's actually interesting. there were demonstrators out on the street. tear gas was fired, but it's not a big demonstration out there. the constitutional court was continuing to read its verdict. so far everything that the court has said, the most common words that they have said in their verdict is therefore the court does not accept. they have said that there's no evidence of massive systematic and structural fraud, that there's no evidence of tampering with the voters' list. so far it is a verdict that one

might have expected if you followed the court proceedings. >> that means that they are likely then to uphold the election result. what will happen to the loser of this, or the general. will he go away and be quiet? >> well, he's unlikely to. he has a press conference scheduled for immediately after the justices have stopped reading their verdict. right across the street from here. so he is said repeatedly that he will not go quietly, and they have further court proceedings plotted and parliamentary hearings as well. i don't think he's going to go quietly. >> indonesia is a vast country. nobody, and no country thrives

in a period of uncertainty, how significant would this period of uncertainty be for this particular country. there's a lot of work to be done in terms of shoring up the economy at least? >> absolutely. there's a lot of work to be done. the transition has, in fact, started in earnest. with president elect joko widodo putting together a transition team. despite the protests today and the little bit of tear gas that went out, most indonesians have moved on of the most indonesians are looking for their new president to come in, appoint a cabinet and get on with the job. >> paul rowland, thank you for giving us more context as to what is going on in jakarta. paul rowland, political analyst. let's go to the ukraine, where the military is saying it made a push into the rebel strong hold of luhansk, and

troops have surrounded donetsk. 43 people have been killed, 42 others injured in the past two dice. the donetsk region is facing heavy shelling and has been doing so for several weeks. buildings have been threatened and set on fire. we'll talk to our correspondent, emma haywood. from where you are, how would you say the balance of pour is in terms of the government trying to reclaim the parts of the east that the pro-russia rebels were controlling? >> well, i think the fight to regain control and the fight to retain the control is becoming even more fierce by the day, martine. in donetsk, there has been heavy shelling. the residents facing this every day. loud explosions heard in that city. the museum reported to have been

hit. all eyes will be on makista where there has been a fight for several days. the ukranian forces have been fighting today. another plane was brought down, bringing to 16 the number of aircraft brought down. >> it brings us, emma, to the conditions that have been faced by the people of this region. many of them are on the move, and where are they going, where are they managing to find sanctuary, and also if you take on the situation regarding the humanitarian convoy from moscow. >> well, i think in the areas where the fighting has been intensive, and in luhansk, it is becoming increasingly difficult to try to leave those cities. now, the convoy is by the

border. we spoke to border officials, and they said it has not moved overnight. it is still there. the aid simply is not getting through to the areas most need it. the international committee for the red cross says it has now received some of the security assurances it needs to take it through. it seems ukrainians are still very... ..on board the cargo, this is a huge conyoi around... ..it will be a long process. check it. we are hearing that the situation in the city is becoming more difficult by the... ..water shortages, electricity proble problems... ..close town. >> okay, emma haywood reporting live from slovyansk. apologies for the sound difficulties we were having.

i think we got the nub of what emma was saying. thank you trech, emma. another note on that situation regarding ukraine, because russia ordered the closure, at least for now, of four mcdonald's restaurants in moss cos much the fast food giant were told that the restaurants violated sanitation rules. many thing the closures are due to the friction between united states and russia over the situation in ukraine. negotiations to end a week-long protest continue in pakistan between the government and opposition leaders. thousands of protesters continue to demand the resignation of the prime minister nawaz sharif. the protests led by the opposition leader imran khan, and the cleric tahir ul-qadri, saying prime minister nawaz sharif rigged last year's

election. now, america's top law enforcement official eric holder visited ferguson and promised prosecutors will probe the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. law enforcement officials say wednesday night was quieter than the last it 11 days. >> we had to respond to incidents tonight. there were no molotov cocktails, no fires, no shootings. we did not see the single handgun. there were no confrontations. just like tuesday night. we deployed no smoke, no tear gas, and no mace. and again tonight, police fired not an until bullet. >> well, al jazeera's gerald henderson has more from ferguson. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney-general came to show washington he's watching.

>>... allow people to express themselves as we do in the united states. at the same time isolating and... >> reporter: there are signs the high profile visit eased tensions in ferguson, a mostly black city increasingly disdraftful of its mostly -- distrustful of its mostly white police force. >> i'm confident of him coming to town. >> we have to get this right. this is so tragic and important for the country. >> this is a community struggling to return to normal. this restaurant was vandalized in the process. it is partly back in business. it's a small step, but it's progress. >> the visit by the top prosecutor was a blend of sim pollism and substance. a suggestion that if local authorities failed to pursue allegations of police

misconduct, the u.s. justice department mite. >> it's unusual for him to come. it's great for the communities, there's distrust for a variety of reasons, it's not just symbolic, it can have a healing effect on the community. >> reporter: as protests continue, so do reports of police abuse. >> we are doing something different to which the state and county prosecutors are doing. nevertheless, i think what we are doing hopefully will have a positive impact. >> reporter: protesters continue their vigil as a federal grand jury met in secret. it could be weeks or months before the officer who killed michael brown will be prosecuted. the bank of america is expected to announce it will pay $17 billion for selling ricky

mortgage-backed community -- risky mortgage-backed communities before the financial crisis. the bank will by $10 million in cash, and is expected to announce it will pronounce $7 billion to consumers through reduced mortages and other assistance. private health care professionals in venezuela called on the government to declare a humanitarian emergency, in light of a shortage of medical supplies, drugs and equipment. venezuela's health sector has been hit hard by foreign currency controls put in place by the late president and continued by nicolas maduro. peace talks in columbia have resumed between the government and f.a.r.c. rebels. it will be the first time p time since the victims of the war will be allowed to speak.

havana served as mutual ground to the evidence. bringing a 50 yearened to the war. >> -- year end to the war. >> brazil's socialist party nominated environmentalist marina silva to replace eduardo campos. eduardo campos died. we have this report from brazil - marina silva is now a big contender to the incumbent dilmar rousseff. >> reporter: as she fought through a scrum of journalists, marina silva is now the hottest political commodity in brazil. she accepted the socialist party's nomination, replacing eduardo campos, who died in a plane accident last week. >> translation: we want brazil to be prosper house and politically democratic and socially fair. >> she comes from a poor working class background in the amazon region, and was a maid until teaching ters to -- herself to

read at 17. he went into politics, raising to environment minister, ran for president and garnered nearly 20 million votes. she's appealing to voters looking for a shaken. >> translation: marina silva defends brazil well, and will represent us in a better way. >> reporter: an irony of the campaign is despite the promise and popularity that camp had, his untimely -- eduardo campos had, his untimely passing thrust marina silva into the forefront. and made the presidential campaign more competitive. >> she motivated and stimulated the undecided to become decided. that was an important change. a lot of undecided are people who came out of the protest movement in 2013. who this decided "i'm not going to vote for everyone", with marina silva in the running, they have decided that yes, we'll vote for her. >> sifl receiver has many challenges ahead, little

experience with economic issues and is disfrusted by brazil's agricultural interest. she's hoping to take her new found popularity all the way to the presidency. still to come here on the al jazeera newshour - rehearsals to receive the bodies of passengers from flight mh17. malaysia prepares to bring them home. and in sport - the latest push to increase football interest in cricket-mad india. good luck with that.

malaysia is preparing to receive the remains of some victims from flight mh17 which was downed by a missile over ukraine last month. 44 malaysian citizens died. only 30 have been identified. rob mcbride reports from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: at kuala lumpur's international airport they have been rehearsing to ensure the ceremony will be conducted with military-style precision. the remains of the victims will be received, before a fleet of ambulances and helicopters takes the kaz gets to their -- caskets to their final resting place. this is a country numbered by had loss. malaysian authorities called for friday's ceremonies to be simple

but dignified. people are urged to wear dark colours, flags at half mast and a minute's silence. >> for a country dealing with a double tragedy, it provide a moment for reflection and remembrance. the search is ongoing. organizations like this one were asking in the counselling of relatives from that flight when mh17 was lost. this day will be important for families dealing in grief, but was part of the protests. it's not just to have closure and say goodbye. what we have to help them do is remember the people on board as - and celebrate the lies, and be able to, you know, reconnect with them in a spiritual way. >> many families are waiting for

positive identification of their relatives remains from mh17. this man and his family last saw their aunt the day she left to visit relatives in the callum neff, a trip -- netherlands, a trip from which she never returned. >> she hasn't been identified, we are sure she will be. as far as we know all the victims arrived in the netherlands, and we have to be patient. >> after the solemnity and pain of this ceremony, malaysia will have much private grieving to endure. right. time for us to catch up on the sports news. >> thank you. tennis - defending u.s. open champion serena williams has been named the top seed for the final grand slam of the year. she's not feeling the pressure just yet. [ singing ] >> the 5-time winner replaced

her tennis racquet with a microphone at at karaoke event. serena williams won the cincinnati masters and is seeking a third-straight title at flushing meadows. >> i feel good. i'm looking forward to it. i'll be relaxed and enjoy myself. it will be super important. i hope i do it, no pressure. >> flushing aring meadows seeds: >> the french football operation will hold a disciplinary hearing on thursday for a player of brundel, who is accused of head-butting a psc midfielder at the end of the league match the the french champions say that burg dal appeared to wait in the tunnel to attack their international italian, who was left with a broken nose. the 34 yooefrld brazilian has

been called on to be banned for life. he faces a 12-month ban. >> portuguese side aparto have taken a big step towards qualifying for the champion's league. beating a side 1-0. mexican player scored, giving portuguese the win. they have missed the group stages four times since the champion's league started in 1992. elsewhere russian league leaders beat standard lee ag 1-0. septemberic picked up an away goal -- celtic picked up an away goal. >> we have playing home now. this is what we'll do to go through to the group stages. i have a good feeling that we can reach it. >> the first ever draft of

foreigners has been held in mumbai, building up to the indian superleague, a push to help football in popularity in the traditional cricket-mad nation. india is 150 in the world, and the league has minimal support. it will feature eight city franchises. owners include bollywood stars, former cricketers, spanish football champions of a club atletico calcutta. there must be 14 indian players from the city, the rest can be made up from foreigners. golf season ending playoffs get under way on thursday with a

barkleys event kicking off the fed ex cub. rory mcilroy wants to make it four wins in a row. the northern irishman is coming off 3-state victories at the british open, invitational and pga championship. they are looking to extend their amazing run with $10 million up for grabs for the cup winner. >> it's one of the only things i have not achieved is winning a fed ex cup. i came close in 2012. it would be great to finish off what has been my best year to date with victory there. >> we traditionally associate motor sports with vehicles. formula e-cars will be electric. >> reporter: it's time for a new era in car racing. this one is electric. it's part of a drive to improve

public perception of electric cars, behind the selling point of them being more sustainable and using fuel. 10 teams will race street circuits in major cities. final testing before the chinese race was in donnington, where the teams will be based. other car racing projects tried and failed to challenge the domination of formula 1. this is not just about racing. it's beyond sport. being part of an environmentally friendly project has advantages for the images of companies like virgin. how do the cars work. >> it's simple. take a normal car. you remove the power, the engine, the gearbox, any of that, and replace it with a big battery. it can go 250 k/hr. >> each driver uses two cars. the championship is sanctioned

by motor sports world-governing body and it will help that two famous names will be in the driving streetment senna, and prost. son of his rival. >> we are good friend. i hope to beat him, but stay friends. >> regardless of where i go, it's exciting, very competitive. we can safely assume that it will be a good race. >> one of the 10 venues is still to be announced. the first event is in beijing on september the 13th. then malaysia in november, uruguay in december. buenos aires january, miami march, longbeach in may. berlin end the may, and the final race in london's battersly park in june. it sounded good to the

donnington spectators. >> it's like a jet plane. the sound is unreal. >> a leg as si of electric vehicles, oil consumption, co2 down and job creation. they'll need sustainable interest in the racing. and that's if from me. thank you. we have heard singing. now a bit of dance. the tango international festival is held in the home. the tango, of course, the capital of argentina, buenos aires. [ ♪ music ] >> more than 600 couples are there from 41 different countries are there, taking place in the world championship titles. the winners got 7,000. so good incentive to do well, isn't it. how is your tangoing?

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