welcome to the al jazeera news hour from doha. i'm steven colt. coming up in the next 60 minutes. after two years in captivity in syria, an american journalist is freed. chaos and confusion in libya. israel says the military assault on gaza won't stop until its aims are achieved. a pro-russian separatist

parades through the streets of donetsk is a show of defiance. i'm andy richardson with today's sports as teammates turn on each other on the formula one race. first, he spent almost two years in captivity in syria, but an american journalist has now been freed. peter curtis was captured in october 2012 according to information from the fbi. his last known location was in turkey where he said he had plans to end syria to teach english. he's been handed over to a u.n. representative. and the news comes just a few days after the killing of the american journalist, james foley. he was beheaded by the islamic

state group. he was working for global post, a boston haf based news website when he was abducted in syria in 2012. foreign governments have been enfwajed in talks this year to resolve kidnappings in syria. officials from qatar also negotiated a deal to release a group of greek orthodox nuns taken from their convent and held for three months by syrian rebels. a german captured in syria was freed in june after spending a year in captivity. but for more on the top story, the release of the american journalist, we monitor developments from beirut. tell us more about this good news, the freeing of the american journalist. >> reporter: well, so far we don't really know much except that he has been freed, and as you said, the mediation was led by qatar. he's supposed to be now with u.n. officials inside syria.

we have not heard confirmation neither from u.n. officials or u.s. officials, but it is a confirmed report that he was freed. in the video released when i was abducted earlier by his kapt fors, he said he was a journalist from boston and he looked well. he confirmed that he was abducted. we don't know which group exactly held him or which group had actually kidnapped him because as in many cases in those kidnappings in syria, the hostages change hands. sometimes it's politically motivated and sometimes the captors want to blackmail either the families or countries where this hostage has come from in order to get as much money as possible. the islamic state group is known to have used that meftd in order to obtain more money and to get that. >> do we know where he was abducted? >> reporter: well, we know that he was last seen in turkey. whether he was abducted inside turkey or inside syria, that is

not clear, but that's the last time he was seen. he had plans to enter syria. that side of the border between turkey and syria is very loose, and many journalists and armed rebels cross the border without any kind of documentation. nobody has documents about who he entered and left. it's hard to track down who has actually entered syria from that border. what we know is that dozens of journalists and other people have been kidnapped inside syria. in the past few months we have seen some of these journalists and some of these hostages released due to ransoms after many countries who had these hostages came from ended up paying money. but in many other cases we have not known anything about these hostages. some are syrian, famous syrian human rights activists were kidnapped and we don't know anything about them after all sorts of groups try to disclose

the location. that is not possible. there are two religious thinkers in syria kidnapped close to the border with turkey. we don't know anything about them despite very concentrated efforts by the church here, by the vatican, by syrian opposition groups. as i said, it's very hard to track down the fate of these hostages or even the track that their kidnapping has taken. >> thanks, rula. let's cross now to -- from beirut to washington and patty culhane is there. patty, days after that awful beheading of james foley, some good news with peter's release. >> reporter: well, one of the things i think that's important to point out, right now there's a funeral mass for james foley happening in the state of new hampshire. what we saw with james foley's disappearance was his family launched a very public social media campaign to try and get his release. i can tell you the man calling

himself peter theo curtis, i don't think it was clear to anyone he was held captive in syria. we know about two other american journalists missing in syria. austin tice and also steven sotlaf. as for peter theo curtis, there's been no push to get him out. there's been no public campaign happening to try and get his release, so i think everyone is taken a bit aback in washington. we've been reaching out for comment and confirmation from the state department and white house. we haven't got answers. if we do, we'll pass them along. >> i wonder, a difficult question, but we're told it was handled by the u.n. representatives. any confirmation from the united nations? >> reporter: the u.t. tells our teams in new york they are looking into it, but again, they don't have any confirmation. this really did seem to take everyone by surprise. as you know, the president has been on vacation in martha's vineyard. he will return to the white house very late this evening.

so far, though, again no official comment or reaction from really anyone in the united states. whether this man's family or official response, it seems a bit of a mystery so far. >> patty culhane, many thanks to you. the pictures you're seeing now are of a special mass, funeral mass in new hampshire for james foley. he was beheaded by isis a few days ago. there are conflicting reports about the faith of a syrian military airbase. this video coming up now is from the islamic state group, and apparently it shows them targeting the syrian army. earlier the islamic state said it captured the base in rak province. the syrian government said they left the area and later

regrouped and are now attacking the base. there's fighting near aleppo. one of the targets was a central prison. violence between warring militias continues to escalate in libya. armed groups loyal to parliament lost control of the main airport in tripoli, and egypt denies accusations it carried out air strikes against the capital. it all adds up to a picture of chaos and confusion as dominick cain reports. >> reporter: a battle for control of tripoli airport. until this weekend, it was held by fighters who broadly support libya's new parliament. it's now in the hands of militia who oppose it. on saturday air strikes were launched on their positions killing more than a dozen.

their spokesman believes other countries are to blame. >> translator: based on the intelligence we have, the egyptian and the uae fwovts are directly involved in the heinous attack. we have good relations with the good people of egypt and the uae, but we will always defend the sovereignty of our homeland against this aggression. >> reporter: egypt has denied any involvement. the fighters who lost control of the airport are loosely allied to this man. based in the eastern city of benghazi but with an influence that extends as kro the country. he wants the parliament to be based in eastern libya, close to his strongholds, but is accused of trying to take over the country. the parliament has called for international intervention to find a solution, but many people oppose both that and the parliament itself. they want the old general

national congress to return. it was set up in the wake of the fall of moammar gaddafi and was based this tripoli. at stake is the future of libya. with fighting in many cities and a political system seemingly at odds with itself, some international organizations are calling it a failed state. dominick cain, al jazeera. this is the worst violence since the revolution of 2011, and the most powerful brigades. initially combined in order to overthrow moammar gaddafi, but they're now atted ones because of ideological differences. they've been fighting for control of key institutions such as the airport in tripoli. the zentan group controlled the airport since 2011, but in the past 24 hours has fallen into the hands of fighters from misrata who opposed a new

parliament. even the benghazi brigades tried to help with the defense of the airport but failed. both benghazi and tripoli are so insecure, that the new parliament is meeting in the port city of tutobrouk. he joins me via skype from yo yorkshire. mr. ambassador, tell us about this airport. it's changed hands. is it important or symbolic or a trophy? what is it? >> it's important and also a symbol. this fighting has been building up now for several weeks. it's not clear what the overall balance of forces is. if this were to represent a clear victory for superior forces coming from misrasi, we

might have knowledge of the future direction. it's hard to tell, but certainly being in competition for power and influence over the future of libya is every bit as important azouni distinction based on whether or not you think the islam should or shouldn't be prominent in the affairs of libya going forward. there's also clearly once fighting starts a strong impulse to get back at your enemy. it's a complex quart, and it's not clear which of these three are. >> nor me, either, to be honest. if this is not necessarily ideological as you say, it is --

i'm thinking more about seizing power because libya seems wide open at the moment. there are people saying it's a failed state. there are people saying that rival militia are really taking control, whether it's an oil well or airport. is libya a state any longer? a function of a state any longer? >> is there still a state? there are government if you cans still working. there's the water industry that's absolutely vital for the survival of 7 million people. they're still working, but in large sections of the country anarchy has taken over. the fact that the anarchy is threatening the institutions, mainly the economic ones with vital supplies of water and oil exports, the fact that the anarchy is threatening those

should give these militias reason to pause. it should enable the u.n. mediators who are on the ground to make a strong case that if the fighting continues what is already a failed government and a very much weakened state could indeed end up as a totally failed state. in that case there would be absolutely no winner. so international communities should get behind those u.n. mediators led the european union, and they should make clear that the on youeders can't want peace more than the libyans. if peace is the result of a mediation and negotiate and the ish ukansas city settled, then europe yaps and others are more forcoming with assistance in the

security field. >> sir richard dalton, many thanks to you for that. >> thank you. loss more to come on the news hour, including a farewell to arms after 25 years of conflict in somalia. can they get guns off the street and keep the peace? we meet the medical workers bringing bangladesh up to speed in response to syria's accidents. in sports find out if he was still smiling at the end of his team's latest mark. . . israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the military operation in gaza won't stop until the aims are achieved. he's warning palestinians to leave buildings used by hamas. as soon as israel began the military assault on gaza july 8th, 65 israeli soldiers and 3 civilians have been killed.

2,120 palestinians have died in the violence and that includes 577 children. almost 11,000 palestinians have been injured. the united nations says 71% of the palestinians killed are civilians. jane ferguson reports now on the latest violence. >> reporter: there is little of the shopping district left. this part of southern gaza was heavily bombarded by the israeli military on saturday night. the area once housed many small shops, dozens of buss were destroyed. >> translator: it's an attack on the palestinian economy, and it's an attack on the people relying on the place. this is a civilian area. there are no fighters or rockets or nothing of the sort. >> reporter: al jazeera was filming the aftermath of one air strike when another hit. also on saturday in gaza city, the remains of an apartment

building that once stood 14 stories high. the israel military said hamas fighters were operating out of the building. the people living here denied this. residents were warned by israel to leave, so hundreds left and no one was killed here. but this woman lost everything and returned the next day desperate to find some of her family's belongings. >> translator: the kids were downstairs playing. the dinner was ready, and we were waiting for the children to come up. then suddenly someone started to knock on the door hiss tarikally with the kids and said we need to leave quickly. they're going to bomb the building. >> reporter: her friends took her in along with her husband and four children. many in gaza have had to open their doors to host the growing number of homeless families. >> in gaza in a minute we can be in the same situation. once you imagine that your

friends can be alone without shelter, and there are striking their homes, like, you can't just watch and do nothing. >> reporter: for many here all they can do is try to salvage something from the rubble. dozens of families were made homeless in seconds when this building came down. not everyone could find other homes to shelter in. they have to sleep in tents like this one for now. they add their names to the hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced by the conflict. jane ferguson, al jazeera, gaza. confirmation is coming from the east coast from america now by secretary of state john kerry, confirmation of the al jazeera story that the american journalist theo curtis has been released after being held for two years in captivity by syrian militants. that's according to john kerry. he added that the u.s. is using,

quote, every diplomatic intelligence and military tool at its disposal to secure the release of other americans being held hostage. that's coming from the reuters news agency. again, we'll get more details for you on this al jazeera exclusive story and bring it to you. we move to iran. the revolutionary guard said it shot down a drone trying to enter air space above their nuclear facility. it's located outside of the city of istaban, and it shot down the drone with the surface-to-air missile. iran's foreign minister said the islamic state what they're doing in iraq and syria amounts to genocide. he flew to baghdad to meet leaders. they're worried about the threat of fighting in iraq spreading closer to iran's border.

>> we believe it requires a concerted effort by the international community in order to deal with this group whose character is very clear to everybody. this same character which has brought chaos to syria is now wrecking havoc in iraq and committing acts of hour renned yus genocide. it's crimes against humanity, and it needs to be tackled by the international community and by every country in the region. this menace is going to haunt every supporter that did not have the farsightedness in the past to know the nature of this threat. therefore, we do not believe that we need to be present inside iraq in order to help our iraqi brothers and sisters to fight this menace. they're capable of doing that by themselves and have shown they're capable.

a car bomb killed five people in a mostly shia area of raek iraq's capital. it happened in baghdad and 13 people were injured. ukraine's president petro poroshenko says he's raise defense spending by $3 billion. he made the announcement during celebrations, and pro-russian spraits paraded prisoners of wars through the streets. we have the report. >> reporter: in the city of donetsk, pro-russian separatists held an alternative ceremony in defiance of kiev. dozens of prisoners captured during months of fighting were paraded through the streets. also on show, destroyed ukrainian military hardware. as the rest of the country marks 23 years of independence, the separatists fighters remain loyal to moscow. donetsk has been under constant ukrainian bombardment for weeks.

hours earlier a shell landed on this hospital mortuary. in the ukrainian capital, a very different scene. here thousands celebrated independent day with a show of military might. the government has promised to send much of the hardware to the front line. president poroshenko used the occasion to announce a $3 billion increase in military spending. >> translator: the events of recent months have become for us a war, not officially announced but still real. it will probably go down in history as the great war of 2014. this is war against external aggression, the war for ukraine, and the honor and glory for the people for independence. >> reporter: in eastern ukraine not far from the fighting, the people staged their own celebration.

there's growing confidence here that the ukrainian forces are back in control. several weeks ago it was the center of separatist activity. now this small band of people are showing their loyalty to kiev. it's very hard to imagine everybody here feels the same way. quietly behind the scenes ukrainian forces are doing everything to eradicate any remains separatist sympathies. it's normality but not quite. dozens of towns have been recaptured from the separatists in the last few months. but only a few kilometers from here, ukraine remains divided and a war. nev barker, al jazeera. the democratic republic of congo has confirmed its first case of ebola. the health minister said that two people have tested positive in the north. the first reported cases outside of west africa since the

outbreak began in march. ebola has killed more than 1400 people, more than any other spread of the virus. boko haram has released a new video claiming to have established a calafut in nigeria. there are claims military officials have called empty, and that follows fighters in the group taking over a local government headquarters in a state. the nigerian authorities confirm that 35 policemen are missing after a group attacked a police training facility in borneo state. we have more from abuja. >> reporter: in the 15-minute video the leader of boko haram claims a town seized earlier in month, quote, no longer has anything to do with the rest of nigeria and the group is there to stay. we had heard the group consistently say one of their stams is to establish a it in

northern nigeria. in recent video the leader of the boko haram expressed admiration of the so-called islamic state movement in iraq and syria. it's very important to take this recent claim with a grain of salt. boko haram is a very prop beganed -- prop dpand da-savvy group. they will expand on the note right of the islamic state group in iraq and syria. the situation in nigeria is immensely different. the nigerian military has been criticized for an inadequate response to boko haram is very much present across the northeast. when it comes to boko haram's actions, while we have seen them signal a shift in strategy by consistently seizing towns and villages, what they're doing is pushing people out of these towns, displacing thousands of people. they're not necessarily running

these towns in some sort of effective government. so until now we can't stay that the group has established any sort of calu state in the northeast of nigeria. still to come on al jazeera, counting on the right outcome. we report from afghanistan on the challenge to work out who won the presidential election. ready to rumble. we'll have the latest on a volcano that is shaking up iceland. iceland. why it was a far from vintage day for one driver of the world rally championship. >> our teams experience the heart breaking desperation >> we're all following stories of people that have died in the desert. >> and the importance... >> experiencing it, has changed me completely... >> of the lives that were lost in the desert >> this is the most dangerous part of your trip... >> an emotional finale

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carrying out air strikes against the capital. israel is intensifying its bombing of the gaza strip. netanyahu warned people to leave areas where hamas operates. returning to the top story, the american journalist being freed in syria. it shows some of the danger from reporting from implicate areas. according to the co-to protect journalists, at least 1,070 members of the media died on assignment since 1992. the deadliest year are between 2009 and '12 when 74 journalists a year died. so for at least 30 journalists have died on assignment so far this year. now the last few moments we had a statement on the release of curtis from the secretary of state john kerry. he said particularly after a

week marked with unspeakable tragedy, we're all relieved and grateful knowing that theo curtis is going home after so much time held in the clutches of the group. they reached out to two dozen countries for anyone that might have tools or leverage to secure theo's release. let's get some thoughts from a professor on international relations in beirut. any significance in his release, the timing of his release, do you think? >> yes, he is suspicioespeciall as a stark contrast that have been the strategy of a journalist being beheaded in front of the public opinion. that's also a sign that talks

can be held with this kind of organization. now one more difference is more likely that journalists have been who have been freed today was held hostage by javid seems more flexibility when it comes to negotiations. they played a role two weeks ago freeing so many soldiers captured in the battle of arsal. so they're more flexible, and it's open to some talks with affluent regional countries like qatar and turkey. more particularly qatar. they have denied any kind of support, but i believe that they can exert some influence and

actually this led today to the liberation of the mernl journalist held for two years since october 2012 like you mentioned. >> what i understand kind of leverage do you think qatar might have over that? >> it's this kind of -- it's an offchute of al qaeda. i mean, just after the syrian revolution, we started hearing from this -- from jabhat al nusrah. at one point in time turkey and

qatar provided support to the syrian rebellion. this group was influenced among the civilian libya since it was the only way to support the syrian revolution after the international community failed to stop the massacre of the syrian population and failed to provide the support to the civilian rebellion because that revolution started at civilian. at times particularly one year after because of the failure of the international community to provide substantial support to the rebels. since that day qatar in particular told us. ly that they provided financial support to this organization. today when things went radical

and we saw an emergence and fwroeing power of isis at the expense of jab hat muz and both denied any support. the development of isis would threaten both countries, but jb still has some clout in the particular areas in syrisyria. don't forget the nuns abducted from the convent are signs that

qatar can play a positive role to free kidnapped people. one more thing is that this isis phenomenon is pushing together some regional countries who were at the point at odds. it's no surprise that the liberation today comes after the signature of qatar of the agreement. it's good news for the region that gcc countries and qatar get over their conflicts if i can say, and they are having altogether in order to develop their right strategy to contain the development of these radical and jihadist groups. >> they're meeting at the moment inside the arabia. professor, many thanks to you for joins us.

>> okay. thousand of yemenese have demonstrated against the new government because the demands of the group. they say they must dissolve if they want to join the political process. we have the report. >> reporter: men and women united against them. they are waving the flags of yemen and chanting slogans of the republic. for them they are a threat to democracy. noble peace laurent is a leader here and she says it could fail if people don't support the government. >> reporter: i >> translator: i'm here to tell them the ones that want to hurt yemen, we know that they target the ideals of the republic.

>> reporter: the rallies are led by a major faction in the governing coalition. this is a show of force by opponents. they will rely on followers to show they have legitimate demands of those free, and those protests can lead to an armed confrontation. they are determined and are seen here pitching tents and readying for what may be a long political standoff. >> translator: a delegation dispatched by the president to negotiate a deal had no mandate. its member show disrespect for our demands. >> reporter: the talks with the government have collapsed. the president and his allies say that they're not willing to compromise. every passing hour creates a wedge between yemen's feuds factions. it was only two years ago that they force upped an alliance to

build democracy in a country bessette by decades of conflicts and war. afghanistan's election commission has recounted more than two-thirds of ballots from june's runoff presidential polls. the country is under pressure to inaugurate a new leader by early next month. jennifer glasse explains from kabul. the review process has faced its own challenges. >> reporter: in warehouses like this one on the edge of kabul, afghans and international observers are trying to figure out who won afghanistan's presidential election. the former finance minister or abdullah abdullah. there's this dispute over a ballot box from eastern afghanistan. >> we have 568 in the region, and it says 568 votes. when we opened the box, there was nothing. >> reporter: so he wants the

votes thrown out. that will ultimately be the decision of the election commission. its deputy chief is satisfied with the progress here. >> translator: i'm confident that such a thorough review hasn't been done anywhere in the world. this is the only one and neither candidate woun during a it this year. when they gave them a million-point lead they alleged fraud and threatened the government. john kerry is trying to resolve the deadlock. the outcomes president, president karzai, would like this to be wrapped up in time for the successor to be inaugurated on september 7th. it's a tight deadline. all eyes are on these ballot boxes, 6,000 chosen for a full recount. each campaign chose half of the boxes. they're considered the most

contentious and have taken longer. each team is trying to calculate every vote. the commission must decide how many votes that gave him the lead last month will be thrown out. >> nobody will get everything they want, so whether one or two people or ten or 15 people accept it or 100 people, in a nation of 30 million people, if 1 million don't accept it, it won't be the end of the world. >> reporter: president karzai has met both of the candidates and urged them to cooperate. he says the long delay to restovl this crisis has damaged afghanistan's economy and security. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. somalia has seen a quarter of a century of conflict. there are thought to be about half a million guns on the streets. getting those weapons off the streets is a priority for african union troops charged with keeping the peace. from mogadishu we have this report. >> reporter: after years of struggling for control, the

somali government seems to have realized the need to get rid of weapons. here the government troops brave the houses of people they call warlords and suspected militia leaders. they call this operation a success and say they will continue until they bring back a measure of stability to the country. >> translator: we will not stop until we reach a point where we will need only a warrant or arrest and not guns to arrest criminals. current chaos cannot continue forever. >> reporter: not every militia leader has been disarmed. this man was keeping their private armies. use of the former washing lord's face, his men fight for the government and that earned him enemies. >> the government should provide security for people to be targeted and let them keep their

webs. we are waiting to go the government response. >> reporter: somali has had little peace in the last four years. warlords and militias have battled for control. a masser free for trading arms between them. just a few days ago this street was one of the biggest market. the traders have abandoned it and they turn in the guns here. in one of the city's suburbs, we met this young man trying to sell an ak-47 rifle. with their market closely watched by the government, they're officials part of mogadishu's illegal trade in arms. >> translator: we will continue to sell arms to anyone that needs them until the government provides us with employment. this is our job. this is the only one we know, and all that we care about. >> reporter: disarming the whole of somali won't be an easy

tafshg, and many believe it can't be done just by force. in months and maybe years they have militia men and clan elders. the government has to reassure those that bear arms that it has the capacity to fully protect them now. al jazeera, mogadishu, somali. a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the u.s. state of kal california. some buildings caught on fire. tens of thousands have been left without power. the u.s. geological survey described it as the largest to shake the bay area since 1989. jacob ward gave us more from napatown in california where he lives. >> i was awaken with my wife and i grabbing for one another shaking from side to side. that was the size of the earthquake. it was clear that napa and

sonoma were most heavily affected in canyon about 25, 30 miles north of san francisco. the concern now is really infrastructure. we have 87 injured, three critically injured by a falling chimney. right now what officials worry about is how is the instra structure here, and also are the roadways safe? we have several water breaks and the roads seem good. what's the question here is are we ready for an aftershock with a 50% chance. iceland lowered the level from the highest threat to the second highest of orange. sf seismic activity has been continuing in the area, so an eruption can't be ruled out. we have this update from the isla islandic capital. >> they have downgraded the alert level from red to orange.

that means they don't believe that an eruption is imminent or in progress, but they say there's a possibility of an eruption. some seismologists say it's a 50/50 chance magma will reach the surface. that's because there are still earthquakes happening and seize mcactivity. two earthquakes in the last 24 hours measure more than 5 on the richter scale. those earthquakes are the strongest the region has seen in 20 years. seismologists and scientists saying now that magma appears to be moving north from the bottom of the volcano underneath the glacier, and as that magma moves through the north, it's less likely to be a large ash cloud, if there is an eruption. that's because as it moves away from the glacier, the magma has to come up through less ice. >> coming up, andy will be here with the latest sports.

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road accidents in bang la dish result in fatalities about 30 ditime the rates of america d britain. they don't have a first aid response system for roadside emergencies. al jazeera takes a look at one group in the capital which is trying to change that. >> reporter: this is the emergency room, a public

hospital. patients end up here from all over bangladesh, many have been turned away by emergency rooms in other hospitals. >> a lot of physicians are -- a lot of emergency rooms aren't completely equipped to deal with trauma patients. they're not comfortable dealing with trauma patients, you and hear from the two major public trauma centers that a huge number of their patients have been turned away at other hospitals before they arrive there. >> reporter: he says he went to two other hospitals before he was finally admitted to this one. >> translator: it took us a long time to get here, a few hours, but even once we arrived, it took about an hour or an hour and a half before a doctor finally came to see me. >> reporter: azim and the others here are fortunate. they're getting treatment. this is where a lot of the misery happens. emergency room doctors in bangladesh complain that every day patients arrive much too

late and end up dying from complications that could have easily been treated or avoided. >> your the first responder. >> reporter: bangladesh doesn't have an emergency response system, no easy number to dial like 911 or 999. when there's an accident, paramedics don't rush to the scene. a group called critical link is trying to change that. it's training volunteers in first aid to turn them into bangladesh's first first responders. critical links has a number to call through the call center and notifies volunteers through an app. a nearby volunteer heads to the accident site to treat victims as soon as possible. one of the volunteers remembers how hopeless he felt a few years ago at the site of the factory collapse. >> i've seen some accidents there. i was there to help people, but it was not very easy for me to help them because i have got no training. >> despite its hardships, bangladesh has seen innoefb

solutions to the problems their people face. if it catches on with the public, it may be another bangladeshi success story. let's go to the world of sports now, and your guide is annd andy. >> united held to a draw by sutherland in the second game of the season. the dutchman had every reason to smile in the early stages of the this game as juan maatta gave united the lead. the game finished 1-1. well, united is set to break the british transfer record in the coming areas of real madrid's argentinian winger is likely to cost them in excess of $100 million. they have said the player likes to be on his way ouft of spain. >> translator: he was here this morning, and he didn't train.

it's not official yet, but i think he's about to conclude his new deal. he came to say good-bye. we thanked him and wished him much luck in the future. >> three games in all in england this sunday. >> we look at it and making a debut today. we didn't really -- we let them play. we stood off and death gint close to anybody. it was disappointing. >> now, cameroon footballer osay died after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd. the 24-year-old was struck while leaving the field. now the interior ministry has ordered an investigation. he was the leading scorer in algeria's top league last season. the rivalry between the top two drivers if formula one went

to a new level. hamilton is claiming that rossberg deliberately drove into him at the belgian grand prix. he was forced to retire from the chase while world championship leader finished second. sarah couch repo -- coach repor. >> niko rosburg made a poor start from the front of the grid. sitting in second was teammate lewis hamilton took his chance lobbing into the league. rosburg was out the third. we see incidents happening on lap two. hamilton claimed after the race that rosburg deliberately hit him, causing him off the track and beau the pits with a punctured tire. rosburg took the lead from sebasti sebastian beddle but lost it again. it allowed daniel ricardo to fly

out in front. the young australia held off on a gracious challenge from rosburg and became that yet again. with four laps remaining, hamilton and his damaged car finally gave up. >> there were plenty of white knuckles in the red bulls camp as they watched the final lap. he held on to cross the finish line first. >> once i heard rosburg came in for a third stop, we knew he would be quick at the end. i had to keep it up and keep it clean. >> rosburg finished second. while ricardo is seg brcelebratg his third victory of the season, there wasn't much love for rosburg. despite hamilton's claims, rosburg denies doing anything wrong. >> we got a run on lewis and tried to go around the outside. yeah, we just touched in the end unfortunately, and so that hurt

both our races. from a team point of view, of course, that's very disappointing. >> it all means rosburg has further extended his tight weight over hamilton. sarah kohtz, al jazeera. the final grand slam of the season of the u.s. open begins on monday in new york. the men's event will be without raphael nadal who is injuried. jovovich is aiming for his first grand slam title of the year. >> this is the last grand title of the year, and this where you want to play your best. when all the attention of the tennis and sforts world come to. it's a long two-week journey for all of us, and i'm getting ready for it and looking forward to it. >> he's had the perfect warpup for new york with victory at the open, the wimbledon champion is

in 2nd. these cricketers want to get back on track after sliding to a big defeat in the series. he's been brought in as team directors following the loss. a five-day match series gets under way on monday. >> with the newer generation, they feel disappointed when they don't do well. statement, they're realizing how important it is to leave a tush behind them and take the erjs forward. that makes them position. >> the german ral continues to cause problems. saturday you saw a leader and sunday the closest rival missed out on a big chance to close the gap and tighten the standings. hitting an unsuspected venue.

he's out of the race but unharmed. terrible, terrible grooves there, steve. >> plenty more of course on our website. you can check out the latest from premier league, aljazeera.com/sports. you can get details on twitter and facebook. i'll have more later on, but that's all the sport from now. before we go, a quick recap of the top story. the american journalist who spent almost two years in captivity in syria is now free. >> my name is peter theo curtis, and i'm a journalist in the city of boston, massachusetts, usa. today's date is june 30, 2014. >> this famous video of peter curtis from when he was captured in october 2012. the united nations has confirmed its handover to u.n. peacekeepers. the top story here on al jazeera.

>> i understand kids learn in different ways. lilly is the head of 3 million educators, a supporter of teacher tenure and an out spoken critic of standardized testing? >> what we are seeing now is absurd. what if is, is looking at this whole human child and saying, all i have to know about this kid is a reading and a math cut score. did you hit the score, or didn't you? she is taking t