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besieged by islamic state fighters plus. >> i'm in new york city and the leading u.s. ballet company is trying to attract african/american and minority groups to an art form traditionally done by white dancers. ♪ we start this news hour in gaza where a long-term ceasefire is now underway. the truce started just over two hours ago. the deal brokered by egypt end 50 days of heavy fighting that left 2000 people dead and they said the agreement would involve opening crossings between gaza and israel and allow in humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding. gaza's fishing zone will be extended from 3-6 miles. and the israeli and palestinian delegations will continue in direct negotiations in cairo.

well, we will go straight live to gaza. you can see the pictures there. people have flooded the streets of gaza city. celebrating almost as news of the truce came through. hamas has declared the truce a victory for them. but certainly for many of the people in gaza this is a huge relief that the fighting at least now, for now is over after 50 days. . >> translator: we are here today after long, long days in this battle, considered by the occupation to be the longest and the most violent battle in its history. we are here today to declare that we achieved victory over the israeli occupation and we have been able to achieve what all other arab armies failed to do. these people, the weak people of gaza have achieved victory over israel. official response there from

hamas, meanwhile this was the reaction from the palestinian president, makmood abbas. >> translator: i would like to announce that the palestinian authority accepted the egyptian initiative to agree to a permanent ceasefire in gaza starting from 7:00 p.m. local time and we hope that this will be the beginning of the ending of the suffering of our people and allowing the much-needed aid to enter. >> reporter: let's go back to gaza and speak to our correspondent jane ferguson who is live for us, jane, we are watching those pictures there of the people celebrating in gaza city. i guess there is relief and must be tangible after 50 days of fighting. >> it is, barbara and it has been for the two hours that passed since the ceasefire came into effect and we heard gunfire in the air and celebratory gunfire and people driving

around in cars with flags waving. a lot of celebration here. as you say as well it's extreme relief, over 2100 palestinians in gaza have died over the last 50 days in the fighting. almost three quarters of those were civilians who statistics of the last 50 days have been devastating for the people here. they know there is diplomacy and negotiation ahead but for now an enormous amount of relief. >> what are the key issues of the ceasefire that is brokered, the openings between gaza and israel to let in humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding in gaza and we have been talking about this for 7 weeks but give us a picture of the kind of devastation that gaza has seen and sustained for the past seven weeks. >> reporter: gaza needs an incredible amount of help to rebuild over the past 50 days, it has been bombarded like it has not before, since 2009 this

has been the third conflict here but no other conflict has seen the kind of destruction this one has reached across the gaza strip. what we hear out of the easing of the blockade will be basically trucks coming in to gaza which could be carrying things like construction materials, crucial things like cement simply, which is badly, badly needed here could be up from the number of 300 trucks a day up to 600 trucks and people will desperately need reconstruction materials just since saturday nielght ve -- we have been talking about three high-rise buildings on the strip and dozens of families made homeless and tonight at least 200,000 palestinians are sheltering in u.n. schools here partly because they are not sure whether or not it's safe to go home but also because around half of them don't have homes to go back home to.

so this is a humanitarian crisis as much as a political one. >> jane ferguson in gaza and thank you. let's go to jackie roland in west jerusalem for us, jackie h has -- hamas is declaring victory and people are celebrating in the streets, what kind of reaction in israel? >> a spokesman for the israeli government have understandably sought to present this as a victory for israel and they are saying that hamas ended up having to accept a ceasefire that did not include some of its arms notably the creation of a sea port and airport, some of those key demands not included. however, it would appear that the ceasefire nevertheless has a lot of resistance, a lot of opposition inside the israeli government, but the prime minister benjamin netanyahu steam rolled it through anyway. also people are very much away

that the longer term objectives of israel, namely to secure long-term security, a long-term quiet especially for the people living close to the gaza strip, these longer term objectives have not yet been addressed, will not be addressed until these talks apparently start again in a month's time. we just heard from jane about the lack of confidence among gaza families about whether it was really safe yet to return home. it's the same in israel. families who live close, have homes close to the gaza strip who moved away and staying with friends and relatives have not come back and, in fact, a local counsel leaders in the whole region are warning people don't come back yet and they are also saying they won't open schools on september the first. so clearly a lack of confidence as well on the israeli side, about just how durable the ceasefire will be. >> jackie you were mentioning the opposition from within the government to this ceasefire.

across israel was there a lot of support for the military operation to continue for the disarmament or annihilation of hamas? >> reporter: at the height of the military operation i would say back in july, around the time the israeli ground troops went into gaza, there was a lot of support for the military action for the government and for the prime minister benjamin netanyahu himself. he saw, according to opinion polls, his popularity reached a high of 82% at the height of the fighting. however, it is worth saying that opinion polls carried out in resent days indicate that that support is now down to about 38% which i think reflects the fact that people do not feel that the government and the army were able to achieve those strategic objectives and, in fact, even some people were not sure at all that the israeli government even knew what its objective was or it had any kind of end strategy,

exit strategy from this crisis. so while there were right wingers in the government who wanted to continue a think a lot of ordinary israelis were beginning to question the ability of the army and the government to end this crisis by military means only. and obviously people in israel particularly those people who live close to the gaza strip want quiet, want peace and quiet and as much as the gaza people do and those are those in the government who felt they could continue. now, of course, everyone waiting to see whether, in fact, those talks on longer term agreements and longer term arrangements will start in a month's time and the past track record of negotiations in cairo they don't give a lot of cause for optimism about the ability of both sides by mediators to bridge those gaps. >> live in west jerusalem and jackie thank you. well now we can speak to mark perry, military and foreign

affairs analyst and is live from washington d.c., sir, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera so we have seen fighting go on for 50 days, thousands of deaths, who has won? >> well, certainly doesn't look like a military or a political win for israel. in fact, from where mr. netanyahu is sitting he must wonder why he did this to begin with. none of the political goals that he wanted have been reached. unity government stays intact, hamas is very much alive, relations with the united states are strained, the international community has turned against him and prime ministership is almost over. any way you cut this i think, any way you cut this, this was a major political defeat for israel and it's going to take a real reassessment on the part of the israeli political leadership to retrieve it somehow. >> but you mentioned that they

didn't obviously defeat hamas, but, surely, they hit it militarily and destroyed many if not all of the tunnels linking the gaza strip to israel. so there were some big truce for israel and it wasn't completely pointless. >> i don't think there is any question that hamas has been weakened militarily. certainly the military organization that we saw 50 days ago is no longer in existence now. but hamas has proved to be remarkably resilient through all of this and has been able to replace its top commanders and remains alive and kicking now. if we just look at the videos that you have been showing, there are no parades or celebrations in tel aviv and they are all in gaza and i think that is a very interesting symbol of what happened here. >> that could be just because the death toll was so much higher disproportionately so much higher in gaza than it was

in israel. >> certainly i have to believe there is a real sense of relief among the people of gaza that this is ending. this is a humanitarian catastrophe of that, there is no doubt, almost 2500 dead. and, yet, the palestinians have once again proven they are able to take a punch. they are not going to disappear. no one is going to forget about them. they are a fact of life on the stage of the international community and it's something the united states and israel and europe have to come to terms with and they have to come to terms with hamas. they are a player now on the international stage. they prove their resilient. >> as part of the agreement there are talks due to start in about a month's time to look at some of the longer term issues. do you have any optimism it's going to lead to anything or do you think this agreement was just put in place to effectively end the violence? >> well, if the past is any prolog, it's going to be difficult to bring israel back

to the table. they are going to try to keep the blockade on and keep the siege on but i don't think we should under estimate the international community's pressure on israel and the search for a more permanent resolution of the conflict. i think israel will be back to the table, whether or not they will come out with a final settlement, that is as acceptable the palestinians will have to see. i'm always skeptical because this hasn't worked in the past and yet there does seem to be a shift, a new feeling in the air that maybe we can start to search for solutions that are more permanent. >> mark perry foreign affairs analyst speaking to us from washington d.c. and thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> after 50 days of violence the shooting has stopped and the casualties are being counted. since israel began the military assault on gaza on july 8, 64

israeli soldiers and 5 civilians have been killed, one of them a ty national, 2138 palestinians have died in the violence including 577 children. more than 11,000 palestinians have been injured. the united nations says three quarters of the dead are civilians. we will have lots more on the ceasefire in gaza a little later in the program. also coming up, in the next 60 minutes, a daring mission for iraqi forces evacuating women and children stranded without food and water as islamic state fighters push them into hiding. they are cheap, indiscriminate and deadly and we look at the devastation that barrel bombs are causing in syria. and in sport, a former tennis world number one keeps his hot streak rolling and action from the u.s. open coming up, a little later. ♪

let's go to ukraine now where the media has aired footage claiming to show russian soldiers captured after crossing border. russian defense ministry source says the soldiers crossed into ukraine accidentally. the incident is ramping up pressure on both russia and ukraine to find the solution to the conflict, from eastern ukraine neive barber reports. >> reporter: interrogated on camera, ten menu crane claims are russian paratroopers, the ukrainian military say they were on a special mission 20 kilometers from the russian border when they were captured and are soldiers from the russian city and moscow says the men were patrolling a section of the border when they accidentally strayed into ukraine. kiev insists that this is the strongest evidence yet of russia's hand in the ongoing

conflict. elsewhere in the region the aftermath of fierce fighting in the border town here, kiev said a column went to ukraine and four border guards were reportedly killed from fire from two russian attack helicopters. in the last 24 hours the battlefield has changed rapidly. kiev accuses moscow of helping the separatists to open up a new front in the south of the region. the fight for control of the east has taken a new turn. neive barber, in ukraine donsk region. >> vladimir putin is scaling back offensive in the east and putin is to heat with ukraine port porteshenko and he

threatened decisions to sign an association agreement with the eu. >> translator: i'd like to say we are ready to discuss any variance of our cooperation based on consideration for each other's interests and ready to exchange opinions on the acute fighters in ukraine which i'm sure cannot be sold by further escalation without taking into account vital interests of the southeast regions of the country and without peaceful dialog with their representatives. >> translator: the first step in stabilizing the situation in ukraine is to create effective controls on the russian, ukrainian border as a key element of the country sovereignty and independence and we should do everything to stop supplies of hardware and weapons to the rebels because border controls are only possible with participation of the osce. >> rory is live from minsk so what have we heard at the meeting so far?

>> reporter: well, earlier on this afternoon there was a briefest of handshakes between pa porteshenko and putin and they had glances on the beaches of normandy commemorating d day there and they have is been in the same room and been able to exchange opinions with each other. they were doing that initially with several other presidents, with the president of balaruse and kazistana and catherine from the eu and ocouple other eu representatives here as well. we understand they have now, po port porteshenko are in a meeting and it's a chance for the two men essentially advisorys of the face of ukraine

to properly discuss a way forward for that region. and we have also heard suggestions that these talks might stretch into a second day. >> so rory adverse reasons as you say but who has more leverage? >> well, i think you have to say over the short term looking at things as they stand at the moment, poroshenko probably does because ukraine army has been making gains against the separatists in the east of the country. but the longer that conflict drags on, the more it plays into russia's hands and there is two reasons for that. the first is that it gives the separatists a chance to resupply and it seems what is going on at the moment is a fairly continuous supply of weaponry coming across the border from russia, probably fighters as well. so the longer it goes on maybe

the more there a chance there is of effective counter strike by the separatists. but also the weather is a key factor here because ukraine still has no gas supply coming from russia. and as winter gets closer and closer, that is going to become a significant bargaining chip for moscow to extract key concessions from kiev. >> rory in minsk and rory thank you. let's go to iraq now where two explosions have killed at least 11 people in the capitol baghdad. one bomb hit a busy intersection in the eastern shia muslim district and the other exploded in southern baghdad. meanwhile kurdish forces are continuing to battle fighters from the islamic state group in western and northern iraq. is fighters hold the city of mosul and surrounding towns anvils, another i.s. held area

includes dekrete and fallujah, the advance trapped civilians leading them without basic supplies like food and water. in the northern town iraqi forces rescued a group of women and children. that town has been under siege for two months. many have managed to find shelter in air base, from there zaina filed this report. >> reporter: the iraqi army is only able to reach amerilee by air and the tore f-- territory s in the hands of the group and this is a besieged town and province where the u.n. is warning of a possible massacre and also a humanitarian crisis in the town and they released this video showing helicopters dropping aid supplies and evacuating people. [gunfire] some 12000 shia people live in

the town under attack by i.s. group for about two months now and u.n. says the situation here is desperate, people have been without electricity and running low on food and medical supplies. turkmen are among the minority groups who have been forced in large numbers from their homes in the north. some found their way to this camp on the outskirts of erbil. >> i have six children, life is very difficult for us, we would like to be back home, that is what we want. >> reporter: the fate of iraq's minority is just like the country is uncertain, and people no longer feel safe unless they are among their own communities. this is a transit center where internally displaced families are waiting to be repatriated and not going home and waiting to be flown to baghdad and other sierra areas where they see they will feel safe. but like in the iraqi capitol is violent, a series of car bombings over the past few days

killed dozens of people in the shia areas and the attacks keep happening despite tight security in and around the city. >> translator: i saw fire erupting near our house and a big plume of smoke, the fire entered our home, god protect us. only poor people are suffering from such continued violence. >> reporter: and that violence is also continuing in sunni areas outside the control of the government. the government has the been relying on air power to fight the islamic state group but more often than not civilians are dying. there are many front lines and battles across iraq and with less than two weeks before a constitutional deadline to form a government, there are growing concerns that iraq is descending into all out sectarian violence, dana with al jazeera. many, iraq people taken over by the islamic state group are centering in jordan and we spoke to some of them in a many, aman

and hoping for settlement in western countries. >> reporter: the first iraq christian refugees to arrive in jordan and all forcefully expelled from homes in mosul and received death threats tomorrow the islamic state group just because they are christian and 72 people living in the church and this amman but too afraid to be filmed and he came here with his pregnant wife, their children and the elderly men and women in their family who were able to get out. what he wants is a basic human right. >> translator: we dream of security, stability, and freedom to live like normal human beings without intolerance and without restraints and wish to live somewhere where people can relate to each other. >> reporter: everyone has a horrific story to tell and most had to flee mosul on foot when fighters from the islamic state group seized control of the city. the group stole their homes,

cars, shops and jewelry. george steven which is not his real name is afraid to show his face because he still has family member whose are trying to leave iraq. >> translator: we want to live in any country that accepts us. we have been under threat in iraq since 2003 and though one is protecting our rights. we are considered infidels. >> reporter: iraq christians are one of the oldest communities in the world and the people say it's hard to accept that mosul no longer has a christian presence. jordan has agreed to host up to 1,000 iraq christians arriving gradually at shelters across the country set up by the catholic church. but jordan is only meant to be a transit point for iraqis whose plan is to request asylum and resettlement in western countries. and the ngo affiliated with the catholic church is providing food, healthcare and lodging at churches and monistaries but can

afford to do so up to a year. >> for the future i don't know because we can do something, you know, to interfere and to -- they are there, you know, and least to be able to have a sentiment in the near future. announcer: then there are the internally displaced in iraq, u.n. refugee agency is lifting it from jordan and neighbors for refugees who fled for the kurdish region and the fighting in iz rack is leaving hundreds homeless and desperate and shattered, amman. still to come on al jazeera a reshuffle with high hopes and try to revive an economy and spent political crisis. we are in mianmar and school children speaking their own language is once again echoing around classrooms. plus in sport once again the

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♪ and welcome back, reminder of the headlines on al jazeera, there have been celebrations on the streets of gaza after a ceasefire deal with israel ended 50 days of violence. the truce which was broken by egypt started 2 1/2 hours ago. ukraine's poroshenko is having talks with russian counterpart putin and it's the first meeting in more than two months, pressure to end the conflict in ukraine has been ramped up with detention of ten russian soldiers on ukrainian soil. and they have been rescuing groups of women and children stranded without basic supplies and fled north to escape the advance of the islamic state fighters. hostilities between israel and gaza started 7 weeks ago, on july 8 israel began operation

protective edge by launching air strikes on the strip. ten days later israel launched its ground offensive in gaza with the aim of destroying cross border tunnels. on july 20 it began major assault on the gaza district on fijuia and 140 palestinians killed and a school was hit sparking condemnation from the international community and then a three-day truce. a series of short-term ceasefires were agreed over the next few days and talk to make them permanent broke down and now is a ceasefire accompanied by continued talks in cairo. we are joined now on the phone from gaza by hamad, the minister of foreign affairs and thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. hamas is declaring this a victory and saying it's a victory for the people of gaza.

details of the ceasefire, what is it there that you see as a victory? >> i think it's very clear because no one can say it from there because we stand against aggression in the front of the biggest or the country in which have massive destruction. and this started with all kinds of sequence to destroy the hospital and mosques and markets and even farms and i think we succeeded to stand against it because it's not like the wars in 1940 and 1960, i think we succeeded this and the war that israel is a country that we succeed to stop them and to make israelis aware and also prevent

them from entering gaza to make a land incusion and i think we succeed because all countries around israel are afraid of condemn and think no one can fight and no one can stop them. i think we succeeded to do that. >> hamas had said it would only ceasefire if the blockade on gaza was lifted. now, in the ceasefire agreement there are going to be an opening of crossings between gaza and israel to let in humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding but it's not an actually lifting of the blockade. if that what you were ultimately hoping will be achieved by the talks due to start in a month's time in egypt? >> i can say that we get everything we would want. i think we can most of our demands were achieved. that as side, i think we succeeded now to do all the things to allow for that. >> excuse me for interrupting,

you do not consider that a lifting of the blockade, do you? >> i think not. it was a big what is called to have a discussion between our side about this because i think israel denied that there is a siege on gaza because they don't want to be banished but we approach the meetings of the siege which is allowing for the building materials and christian zones and allow to open gaza. but israel and the control of the question and they control the borders and control this because we are under oppression so now we will try what differences is completely from gaza and also to allow for all the things but i think what is very important is that from the

palestinians. >> presumably talks to find a longer term solution are the ones that will start in a month or due to start in a month's time. do you have much optimism they will actually lead to what you want which is an end to the occupation? >> i think after this war, i think the question will be changed. even the palestine and got nothing and more clarification and more checkpoints and more collective punishment and we want to know about what they concluded with hamas and the faction and we should know reach a conclusion and have a mixing between the political action and assistant action because without the resistance which support the political action we will have nothing from israel because

israel this does not believe in peace or negotiation. i think if we have the power and we have resistance we can push into it now to give more positions. >> hamad, hamas deputy of foreign affairs and thank you for joining us on al jazeera. >> thank you. we can join our senior political analyst who is live for us in berlin. so obviously hamas there claiming victory and they have not achieved all the things they wanted to achieve. how do you see, i guess, the result of these 50 days of violenc violence? >> well, look, i mean we should take any talk of victory with, you know, with a grain of salt. it's not much of a victory. what it is an ejection of defeat. what we have is a war between an occupier and occupied between a super power in the region and an

occupied people within a small refugee camp called gaza. when that goes on for 50 days and the powerful party, israel, cannot win, cannot deter gaza strip from continuing to lob rockets into israel and indeed threaten its international airport, its communities, its military bases and take on its own soldiers on the ground battlefields, when all that happens, certainly the stronger party israel has lost, that doesn't mean the strip has won because the gaza strip e neoeea e-more than thousands dead and injured and tens of thousands of homes destroyed. so what we have here is a parody of loss. israel lost its strategic deterrent to be able to stop hamas from lobbying rockets and israel and threatening israel proper but israel was able to

exert a huge price on gaza's civilian infrastructure and civilian population, and that, barbara, demands from all of us, all of us, those who live in the middle east and also lives in the west and elsewhere, to think about that. what does it mean for israel to kill so many and injure so many palestinians and for the palestinians to undermine its strategic deterrence. this parody is a parody between one that is killing civilians and another that is under mining, the strategic deterrence of a powerful country and region. that puts huge humanitarian burden on israel to explain itself, how in a battlefield it kills so many civilians and in the end result is that its own strategic deterrence is being under minded. >> sorry, if you can keep it brief if you can because we are

running out of time, in light of everything you said do you see this war as a turning point? do you think anything will come out of that meeting which may or may not happen in a month's time considering everything that is happening in the middle east and the international community? >> well, look, if the palestinians refuse to lose, israel cannot win. two, if it does not lift the siege this is just a truce that will end up taking us back to square one for more violence in that region. if hamas is able to do that, if any little mechanic shock can produce rockets and lob them into israel you can consider the entire wall that israel erected in the north bank to be today worthless because any mechanic shock can cause rockets to be lobbied to israel and they are in a fragile situation and i think netanyahu political career is threatened, israel needs to

reconsider the security solution with the palestinians and i hope that they concluded the right lessons from this that truce is not enough. that a peaceful settlement is needed today. >> we are hoping to speak to representatives of the israeli government on the program to hear their side of the story, for the moment live in berlin and thank you. let's go to syria now where government forces are continuing to drop barrel bombs on rebel-held areas of aleppo, u.n. security council demand their use stop. the bombs are a cheap but indiscriminate weapon filled with weapons and shrapnel and this is happening in the biggest city aleppo. >> reporter: helicopters circle slowly beyond the range of any rebel guns. suddenly a black dot drops from its belly, tumbling toward the city below.

then the explosion. [bomb] for a small group of volunteers that sound means their workday has just begun. they call themselves a civil defense force or c.d.f., their self appointed mission, to help victims of bahar al-assad barrel bombs. increasing number of these cheap, indiscriminate aerial ieds have been dropped in resent months and two barrel bombs ex employeded in this neighborhood and they managed to pull some survivors from the rebel. for this 12-year-old boy it's too late. all the teams can do is offer him some dignity in death. it is battle to retake the strategic city of aleppo.

assad regime relied heavily on barrel bombs dropping hundreds in the last few months. the physical destruction and psychological terror by the bombs has driven tens of thousands of civilians to flee the area, a tamic many analysts say is deliberate. aleppo once a city of 3 million has fewer than 300,000 residents left. the barrel bombs have killed over 2000 civilians in aleppo alone this year. in february the u.n. passed a resolution condemning their use. the syrian airforce responded by doubling the number dropped. in the midst of this battle for aleppo, what he and his team are trying to do is save those caught in the cross fire. a simple idea. so difficult to do. >> even though we lost a great deal of friends, acquaintances and family we are staying.

>> i'm sheila. >> reporter: a new cabinet following a shock resignation of the government and monday's collapse came over economic policy and a new face is a banker who replaces a leftist as economy minister. let's have more on the story and spoke live for us in paris. and this is the second reshuffle we have seen in a few months and will this signal a new direction for france? >> well, quite the count -- contrary and no new direction involved and according to the president himself the new cabinet should be consistent with his words with direction set by him with the country and prime minister has been on television saying he believes that direction is the right one for france. essentially it's about sticking to european union directives, about curbing the budget deficit and reigning in public spending,

the key economic policy of the old government which is still the policy of the new government is tax breaks to big business in return for jobs over three years, tax breaks to be paid for by tens of billions of euros of spending cuts. the man who will oversee that, the new economy minister, 36-year-old, a former banker and former advisor to the banker and probusiness and takes over from the out spoken former economy minister who made that, gave that spectacular display of criticism against austerity imposed he said by germany over the weekend. a new cabinet cleansed of decent that will get back to business essentially as before, trying but it has to be said failing to revive the failing economic fortunes of france. >> live for us in paris and thank you. still to come on the news hour, how a u.s. balet company is

trying to encourage minorities to make the leap into classical dance. and with a sport of a different kind the dramatic victory for one rider at the spanish cup and we will have all the details next. ♪

the languages of minority groups in myanmar are making a come back, for 50 years the country's military allowed bermice to be

taught in schools but now in the classrooms we report from the state. >> reporter: she is teachingly children to read and write in their own tongue. most of the children are from the ethnic minority and they speak the shaun language this is the first time they are learning written script in school. >> i'm a farmer and after teaching i go back to the field. >> reporter: she learned how to read and write in an monistary previously the only place one could do so. it has not been all that easy finding people for the program and the committee which trains teachers for a week has managed to recruit about 30 people. after the military took part in the early 1960s bermise was the only language taught in state schools but the 2008 constitution ensured that ethnic

minorities could learn their own culture and language. and change is taking place in classrooms in shaun state and language lessons start at dawn and go on for 90 minutes. the children get a break before regular schooling resumes. they are also here on weekends but don't seem to mind the extra hours. >> translator: i am a shaun and i want to master my own language and this is an honor for my community. >> reporter: the shaun culture and literature committee, a self-funded organization runs the program. >> translator: our duty is not just to preserve our language but also to promote it. we strive towards that. it is the mission of our ethnic group. [bell ringing] there are more than 130 ethnic groups in myanmar and they have introduced languages in national

schools but some others are expected to follow suit. the old view that the multi lingual to threaten them is losing ground in the country, i'm in shaun state, myanmar. >> time for the sport now and here is farah. >> they signed a madrid for a record british transfer fee, 26-year-old argentina has a deal worth $99 million and he was a key player last season when the spanish team became european champions for a 10th time and his transfer breaks the previous british record of 81 million set in 2011 when fernando toris joined chelsea from liverpool. retiring from international football, mid fielder who joined manchester city earlier in the

month won over 100 caps and he said it has been a tough decision for me and given it so much thought since the world cup and always exceptionally proud and honored to represent my country and the club side put down an early marker in the english league on monday, the defending champion beat liverpool, 3-1 and former manistee player mario was in the stands for this one and may have not liked what he saw as two goals from yanovich and two wins for two for the city. >> i sat in the press conference and game of six points especially when you play at home it's very important not to jump points against an important team and liverpool is an important team and a team will be fighting for a title during the year.

>> a day@the death of ebosi who was hit by stones throne -- thrown by fans during a match and violence erupted ahead of a league march in chile and this is at national stadium and threw objects at police and ripped up a booth and a gang known as the gar-blanco were to blame for violence. and tennis and world number one got her u.s. open campaign off to a winning start and beat alison in straight sets and victory serves the 48 win this year, more than anyone oton tour, 2008 french open champion struggled with her form but she is now back in the top ten. formula one body fia decided not to investigate rossberg's crash with hamilton at the grand prix and said his teammate said he made the collision on purpose.

championship leader rossberg gave his response in a video blog. >> i mean, all i can say is that my view of the events are very different. but the thing is it's just better that i don't know, you know, give all the details of my opinion and things i got today, i hope you respect that. i need to -- i prefer to just keep it internal and we had a good and important discussion after the race as when such things occur and we must sit down, you know, and review them and that's what we did and everybody gave his opinion and now we need to move forward. >> reporter: he finished fifth in spot but reigning world champion has been if first f-1 driver to tus out the track for russian grand prix and the red bull driver is pleased with the auto drone circuit and the race will take place on october the

12th. >> i think it's a great experience obviously looking forward to see how much russian people come to watch, see how the reception will be. i think everybody is set and everything is brand new and looks fantastic and ready to go and now we need to bring the cars and spectators. >> they beat pakistan by 77 runs in the second one day international on tuesday. the level of the series 1-1. pakistan chasing sri lanka pulled out for 233. and three wick ets and won the match by four wickets for a decider to be played on saturday. starting the second one-day international against india and in cardth on wednesday after the first of five games was abandon due to rain and licking their wounds after losing to london 3-1 and joe is confident his side can build on that momentum.

>> we still in the back of our minds know what happens in the test series and forward and we will side in cricket and we are in a good place as a team for a minute and the squad we are looking for is tomorrow. cycling and he has claim four of the spanish race and they had searing temperatures and two tough mountain climbs and he sprinted his rivals to pick up the 6th stage of his career. australian retains the race leader's jersey. the women's nba playoffs has seen its first ever slam dunk. this is a drunk of 2 of 21 points, her team went on to win 93-68 against the l.a. sparks as they booked their place in the western conference finals. and that is all your sport for now and it's now back to

barbara. >> thank you. now classical ballet in the united states has a problem, dancers of the top companies are almost entirely white. that is something the american ballet theatre is taking pointed steps to change and we report from new york. ♪ change doesn't come easily to ballet, just ask misty copeland a sn soloist at the theatre and one of an african/american at the top of the form and she and her company want to put it behind them. >> in the 21st century it's still rare to see it so i think it's about opening up people's eyes to understanding that we can all be a part of the classical ballet world, it doesn't matter what your skin color is. ♪ in the past african/americans have gone to europe to dance where their skin color mattered less and some blame racism and

others demands of ballet time on working class citizens. the three black students in this elite class in new york have heard all the familiar arguments. >> people were not used to seeing african/americans in the white art. they used to see us in hip-hop or modern. i don't want to do it, it's too cliche and expected from a black person. >> reporter: at the american ballet school they are looking for young dancers from once excluded groups and misty copeland is behind the project and in less than a year there is 10% rise in minority students and that bodes well for ballet's popularity too. >> people in the audience want to see people who look like them on stage. as long as we don't have that representation i don't expect there to be a diverse audience. >> reporter: soon misty copeland will dance the lead in

the swan lake, the first time an african/american has done so at this level. she cites a well-known role model who also didn't let race get in the way of success. >> i think he is definitely set the bar for change. president obama. and it's nice that we have someone like that to set an example that african/americans, hispanic, minorities are capable of being leaders in our communities. ♪ art is said reflects life, if that is true then this art form at least is well on its way to looking a lot more like the society around it. daniel lack, al jazeera, new york. well, don't for get you can get lots more and everything else we have been covering on our website, the address there it is, al jazeera.com. do stay with us because i'm going to be back in just a few minutes, we will have the latest on that ceasefire which has been declared in gaza, thanks for

watching. see you soon. ♪

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