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>> all the sports and big names have tumbled at flushing meadows, action and rehabilitation. we start the newshour with a developing story, u.n. peacekeepers have come under attack in the golan heights. they are among 1200 troops monitoring the line between the israeli occupied area and the syrian held area of the golan heights. we'll go live to jackie rowlands who joins us live. there has been a standoff in the area, tell us about what you've been hearing now. >> it's a developing situation, a deteriorating situation. on thursday, including rebels from al nusra, the al qaeda

group. threatened u.n. peacekeepers, a u.n. force of 1200 observers for six different nations. 44 fijian peacekeepers were taken hostage. they are being held. the unsays it has reliable information that the 44 fijian peacekeepers are safe. the developing part of the story is another part of the peacekeepers, from the philippines, are under attack. they were in two bases one is safe, but there is another where 40 filipino peacekeepers are under assault by syria rebel forces. there has been an exchange of fire. the filipino peacekeepers are holding their ground, but a dangerous situation for the u.n. peacekeepers inside that part of

syria. >> i imagine the israelis are watching this. are we expecting action from them if the situation deteriorates? >> yes, in fact, we were up there in the israeli occupied part of the golan heights on friday. certainly the israelis bolstered their presence, they are watching closely. of course, israel is technically at war, but this frontier has been quiet. and the israelis knew that they would keep quiet. the civil war changed that. during 3.5 years of fighting, it's been unaffected. there has been stray fire coming into israeli territory, and on sunday five rockets were fired

from syria into israel. israel is aware that the situation of calm, cold war along the border may not lost, and it's possible in the future that that fighting in syria, which has remained within syria could start to have more impact on israeli territory. >> thank you very much for that. jacky rowland live from jerusalem. breaking new, egypt's muslim brotherhood spirit all leader and seven others have had a death penalty reduced to a life sentence. baddie was sentenced to death. the grand mufti overturned baddie's death, but he is has overturned the ruling. tell us about this decision, to

reduce the sentence and the reaction there has been, if any. . >> no reaction yet. people are dtaking it in. >> badie was among hundreds condemned to death over charges over the death of a policeman. he has twice been sentenced to death. that death sentence has been reduced to a life sentence. i would say it's part of a massive security crackdown aimed at keeping the muslim brotherhood out of the political protest. amnesty international called the ruling a mockery of justice. it looks like some judges are handing down outrageous sentences to stay in mafr with

military- -- favour with military-backed authorities, promoting their own interests. it's due to street measure. muslim brotherhood protests have continued unabated in cairo and other cities, to contain the evidence. >> it is quite significant that mohamed badie had the death penalty reduced, but six others had their death sentences confirmed. >> absolutely, showing that justice is allusive in egypt today. >> 1,000 or more have been condemned to mass death sentences over the death of one policeman, which is a mocker i

of the system. >> thank you for joining us on the line from cairo, with news that the spiritual leader of muslim brotherhood, and seven others had the death penalty reduced to a live sentence. in other world news, a military coup appears to beunder ray in lesotho. soldiers in the capital masuro have surrounded the headquarters. the prime minister dissolved parliament to avoid a no confidence vote. tania page has this update from johannesburg. >> phone lines have been jammed. it's difficult to get through to our contacts. the latest information is that residents of the capital have been coming out on the streets to gather to figure out what is going on. the military is on the streets, setting up roadblocks, and

appear to have taken over police stations and positioned themselves near state health. having said that the air force is open, as to do the orders. there has been no recent reports, as there were at 4 o'clock this morning. people used to coups and attempted coups, they had a history of them. it's unclear whether the military is acting alone or whether they are back in a coalition partner. there was a peaceful election in 2012, the first coalition government made up of three parties, but it's been shaky, in june, a junior coalition party threatened to ouster the prime minister, but with the backing of the king, he suspended parliament. the relationship between the

deputy prime minister who leaves for the democracy appears to have deteriorated with the deputy prime minister demanding parliament be reopen. we could see the widening of the rift between the two men in the top jobs. >> we are joined by journalist christine van ski of the "weekend argus", from cape town. it's not the first time there has been a coup in lesotho since independence. tell us about why we are seeing the military takeover. >> as mentioned earlier, the coup has its roots in prime minister dissolving parliament. the minister came into parliament with coalition, with two other political parties, and they were criticised for not consulting them during their time in government. and one broke away this year to

form a new coalition with the democratic congress, the party of the form minister. they saw that they would breakaway and put the dr in power. they decided to try to pass a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. he dissolved parliament. lesotho, for those of you who don't know is surrounded by south africa. they had been warning the regional body against destructions. what sort of action can we expect from the regional neighbours, and south africa if the military coup is a military coup. the president zuma was appointed as chair of policy and defense, a position that les ute u was supposed to take, but it was

decided that it was too unstable. south africa is expected to play a mediating role, along with the outgoing chair. but clearly those talks have not gone as well as either president thought they had. south africa has a strong history as the chair of that, and helped madagascar out of its coup towards democratic elections. >> significance of a coup in also otto, what is at snake. >> -- what is at stake? >> at stake is the water supply. billions of ram has been invested in the project, bringing millions of litres of water to the economic hub of south africa. les auto is supposed to be getting drugs, electricity, infrastructure, but south

africa's water supply is at stake. >> thank you for insight on the situation in lesotho. a journalist at "the weekend argus" joining us via skype from cape town in south africa. armed forces from the african union launched an offensive against al-shabab in somalia. it's the latest phase of the continuing operation against the armed group targetting opposition near mogadishu. the operation is aimed at denying al-shabab access to the sea to cut off weapons trafficking. >> let's take you live to milan in italy where the european union foreign ministers are speaking about the situation in ukraine, let's lich to katherine ash -- listen to katherine ash, the special envoy. >> we are clear there's no military solution to this crisis. we need a sustainable political

solution, but respect ukraine's integrity and topography. we urge russia to stop hostilities, to stop the flow of arms, equipment and personal into the conflict region and withdraw sources from ukraine. i will report discussions and meet with petro porashenko, who is in brussels, and european leaders will discuss how to act. we is spent time talking about the events. ministers condemn the actions of i.s.i.l., and agree we need to redouble efforts to combat the threat imposed, in close collaboration. the threat is not only to the region, but the spillover affecting europe directly, not least because of the dangers to foreign fighters.

we need to work within the european union. it's vital that we supply political support to the government in iraq. and will continue to support the sovereignty and integrity of iraq, to work to ease the suffering of all those caught up in the fighting in iraq and syria and to assist neighbouring countries, which are doing so much to help refugees. this morning we had a long discussion about the middle east, and we welcomed the ceasefire agreement in gaza, that brings an end to the violence. we know how important it is to address the humanitarian situation in gaza. we thank egypt for the efforts and seek russia and ukraine to seize this opportunity to seek agreement. an agreement that addresses root causes of the conflict. a durable peace we know can only

be achieved through resumption of the middle east peace protest leading to a 2-state solution, and we are ready to support a lofting solution. >> i think the first question ... that was e.u.'s foreign policy chief katherine ashton speaking in milan, italy on the final day of the e.u.'s foreign ministry talking there. ukraine was one of the issues, as well as the truce between israel and hamas in gaza, the situation in the middle east. the european union is considering more sanctions against russia, after accusing moscow of invading ukraine. katherine ashton will meet in brussels, and ukraine's request for military assistance will be considered. we go to milan, where the

foreign ministers have been meeting. nadine, tell us about the steps that the ministers have come up with in milan, on ukraine? >> well, to be blunt. there are no concrete steps that the ministers came up with. we heard from katherine ashton using language similar to what the foreign ministers told us as they arrived on friday. lots of concern. lots of consideration of further sanctions. lots of calls for greater support from the ukranian government has been forthcoming. some of the ministers called what has occurred, but katherine ashton said that a sustain table political solution must be sought, all the while demanding the world respects ukraine's

territorial integrity. as far as new sanctions, all we can say is in the next few hours they'll discuss, as katherine ashton says, they'll does what they could do in the future, after she meets with the ukranian president petro porashenko. he wants to see swift and tougher action. it's looking less and less likely that there'll be unity, and they'll come up with a widening of sanctions to include different sectors of the russian policy. >> that's nadine barker reporting from milan. e.u. leaders will meet in brussels this saturday. they are expected to discuss ukranian requests for military equipment. pro-russian separatists are in control, including areas around luhansk and donetsk. it recently has tape the coastal town. al jazeera's paul brennan sent us this update, which many believe will be the next front

in the fighting. >> the military manoeuvring by both sides in the far south-eastern corner of ukraine continued with pace over the last 24 hours. the defenders of mariupol, and the volunteer brigade of local residents have been digging trenches on the approaches to the city, between the main body of the city and this town which as been captured and occupied by pro-russian forces. we have not seen russian marked vehicles or arm your ourselves, but we do know did have spoken to reliable sources that say there has been movement out of this town, heading north along the ukrainian-russian border, one must assume to engage in combat with forces to the north of here.

as far as actions in the air, the ukranian military issued a statement saying an su-24 jet was shot down. the pilot ejected. it happened friday morning, and has taken 24 hours to come out. the ukranian military said a russian anti-aircraft system brought the aircraft down. that was specific in the statement. ukrainians are pointing the fingers at russia and the separatists being russian back. >> ukraine's president petro porashenko is in brussels, he's due to speak shortly and we'll bring it live as it happens, of course. a ukranian civilian airliner crashed in southern alzero, according to local -- algeria. it went down south. there was a crew of 7 travelling

to equatorial guinea. still ahead - yemen's president is meeting leaders to just talks with the community. a fight for democracy - could activists in hong kong change their future. and a play-off in golf. in iraq seven police officers have been killed in a suicide attack. it happened 32km south of the iraqi capital. at least six have been killed in afghanistan. it happened in jalalabad. the car bombing was followed by

a bomb attack. the taliban claimed responsibility. >> yemen's president is meeting political leaders to discuss talks with the shia community. there has been weeks of protest in the capital sanaa. following a u.n. meeting calling on the hutus to end hostilities against the government. tell us more about the meeting, and what is expected to come out of it. >> the meeting was over moments ago, they agreed to send negotiating committee back to sadder. it's the stronghold of the houthi community, to try to find a solution to the sticking points. this has been a prerequisite for the hutus. trying to find a compromise

about the second main issue, which is the subsidies. the government says they have to scrap the subsidies, because it was biting into the budget of the countries. 50% of yemenis are poor and can't afford to fill their tanks. they'll have four days to come up with an agreement, otherwise the situation will further escalate. >> this has a lot of countries worry, gulf countries are meting. yemen is a topic of discussion. >> yemen ni is an important issue, just as the countries that have borders with yemen. and part of the country borders

saudi arabia, they don't want instability. they are fighting ray allal qae the south, they can't afford other problems. they backed the president and have asked the hutus to pull out, and try to find a solution, because yemen is in a transitional area. if they fail, no one knows what the country will look like. >> that live from sapper. a check on the world's weather - not yet. we are going to brussels, and let's hear from manual barroso. >> i have been engaging intensively with both sides obvious the past weeks. as i have done throughout the

crisis. at my initiative the european union was represented earlier this week. i have been in contact with president's vladimir putin and petro porashenko, calling for a political solution to the crisis. based on a ceasefire that gives clear guaranteeies regarding border security and control. and the number is doing its utmost to solve the cop flilent. we are doing it, of course, namely in areas of our competence. thanks to our efforts we resume talks on energy. we are intensifying our intensifying talks on contracts.

there'll be an administrative meeting on this matter possibly on the 12th of september. >> at the same time the european union has been clear that all this need to go hand in hand with a solution with the political and security problem. this is not what we witnessed in the past few address. in fact, the situation has worsen worsened considerably. the opening of new fronts and use of russian forces is not acceptable, representing a grave trans-gregs. yesterday we had a long and frank talk with vladimir putin over the phone. i conveyed these messages to vladimir putin. i urged him to change course. no one's interest is served by new wars on the continent.

no one's interest is served by confrontation. this is not the way that responsible proud nations should behave in the 21st century. nobody is underestimating russia's concerns. we are ready to listen to russia's concerns. political differences need to be solved through political means. russia should in the estimate ukraine's resolve to stand by its principles and values. as the conflict moves to urban areas, we need to avoid civilians casualties. the situation need to be addressed urgently. it must be done in coordination with ukranian authorities, in full respect of ukraine sovereign city and international principles. this month the commission pledged 2.5 million to assist

the most vulnerable people affected by the writing. we are ready to increase support. just now, in a meeting with petro porashenko, we have discussed some of the issues, and the where and how we are going to deal with them in the future. we are helping ukraine to cope with the economical effect of the crisis. in march, the european union agreed on a package which the european commission proposed. half a billion euros in loops and grants have been mobilized by the european commission as part of package. over a billion in loans could be released in the coming months, and we are ready to consider further financial assistance should needs be identified by

the i.m.f. during its next review submission. lateral trade measures have resulted in a 14% increase in ukranian exports to the european union in recent months. this is unprecedented, a boost of exports of ukraine to the european union. it's a way to compensate to some lose that is the ukranian economy is feeling because of conflict with russia. the european commission set up a support book to make sure the e-ukrainians have access to information. this is part and parcel of an

overall political solution. we expect the upcoming elections to help accelerate such refunds. only a politically stable economical viable ukraine can ensure and consolidate its own independence. finally, we are ready to host a conference at the end of the year, including the recon instruction of the regions affected. the situation in ukraine touches europe and wider international community. this is a matter of grave and global concern. ladies and gentlemen, i said to president petro porashenko, and yesterday to vladimir putin. we are in a very serious dramatic situation. we make - we may see a situation where it reaches a point of no

return. if the escalation of the conflict continues, this point of no return can come. i believe it's not yet too late to find a political solution, i believe we thu do everything in our capacity to find an escalation detrimental to the interests of ukraine and certainly of russia and europe as a whole. we are working based on the principles, and we respect the principles. at the same time it's our intention to call all those involved. and president petro porashenko, you said the snight at this agreement was one of the important days in the independence of ukraine. we have not forgotten this, we

thank you for your clear and principled position. i want to encourage you to do everything in your power to bring peace back to the region. i want to conclude now, saying that it was a very good occasion to discuss in depth these issues with petro porashenko, and that you are going to keep in contact over the next days or weeks, and i'm happy today it will address the european council. president petro porashenko, you have the floor. >> thank you very much indeed, mr president. i would like to use this opportunity to specially thank mt barroso for this invitation to visit brussels today. this is very important day. actually, the negotiation we already have for the president

and the meeting we have with the president give us a very strong hope that european solidarity, with a ukraine which is important for ukrainian today, where fully demonstrated by all institutions. unfortunately, this visit comes in an extremely difficult time for my country. despite the constole dated -- consolidated international efforts and a striving for peace, ukraine is the subject for foreign military aggression and terror. we have worsened the situation from 27 august, and thousands of the foreign troops, and hundreds of the foreign tanks now on the territory of ukraine, with a high risk.

not only for the peace and stability for ukraine, but for the whole peace and stability in europe. we have a full understanding that is not existing the military solution for this conflict. we under from the beginning a strong way of proposing the peace plan. i am sure if ukraine had an opportunity by themselves, solve their problem, the war does not exist in ukranian territory. that's why i think only the dialogue is important for us. and i want to thank president barroso for arranging important mission of the european union commission, including the high commissioner, katherine ashton,

the commissioners, who together, with ukraine worked on the negotiations. we hope that we reach progress in a negotiation and on the energy question which continue on 6 and 12 september in brussels. but the most important thing now is peace. and discussion held here today proved that the european union fully presented the global nature of threat faced by ukraine. and our partners understand clearly where this threat originates from, and who bears responsibility for that. following the meeting accan definitely say that the russian aggression against ukraine will not stay without european union

rehabilitation. and this is very important for ukraine, that today ukranian president invited to take part in the european union council meeting, to debrief the european union about the current situation. we discuss also with the president how to coordinate our mutual response with the european union, to share our view, how to support ukranian and how to support the sovereignty of ukraine. i'm convinced after the discussion today the european union council will stay united to its resolute response to ukraine, and violation of the borders. during the meeting, there'll be a rat iffying of the european

union agreement as we agreed before. this allows us to start the professional application from 1 november 2014, as we agreed before, and i have also informed on the political situation of ukraine. despite the aggression, we stay committed to the people's expectation following maydan, and work to ensure democracy and rule of law to get rid of corruption, and the life and power yielding more rights to the communities. i shared that i have dissolved the parliament and the new election will take place on 26 october. election and the political dialogue are a means to reach out to each and every citizens of ukraine. we also discuss the occupying issue on energy security, and i would like to mention that ukraine highly appreciates the

efforts of european union and the person, the commission in the solution to exist between ukraine and russia. i think this is the first but very important example of the very close cooperation between ukraine and military ... petro porashenko, the ukranian president speaking in brussels this saturday after meeting with european leaders, notably the european commissioner, who is standing beside him. petro porashenko says his visit comes at a difficult time for his country, ukraine, and thanked europe for its solidarity and says russia's aggression against his country will not go without european action, as you know. europe, e.u. leaders, as well

ukraine accused russia of invading eastern ukraine, a claim denied. we heard from manual barroso who says the situation in ukraine was serious, but not too late to find a political situation. we are joined from milan, where e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting. what sort of help will the ukrainian president get from europe. this is why he's in brussels today. >> absolutely. he's welcomed the chance to meet the european union and heads of government in brussels saying it's an important show of solidarity towards the kiev government. it's far from clear what substance the e.u. will take next to support ukraine, and to punish russia for what some of those foreign ministers meeting

in milan called an invasion of the e.u. foreign policy chief. katherine ashton will report back on the talks, and the leaders will decide how to act in relation to the violation of ukraine's sovereignty. many expect a widening of sanctions. they may ask the european union to come up with a plan. it looks like foot dragging. >> nadeem barb bear and italy. saudi arabia's ruler warned that europe and the united states will be the next target

of islamic state. kink abdullah's comments come ahead of a gulf corporation meeting. also on the agenda - the diplomatic row between qatar and its neighbours. >> for more, let's speak to the editor at large of the saudi gazette. thank you for speaking to us. a dispute among the members has been going on for six months. the meeting aims to reconcile qatar. in your opinion, will they kiss and make up after today? >> well, it's not a matter of kissing and making up. i think the situation here is very critical in the sense that as you spoke earlier, what the custodian of the two holy moss said about reaching american soil, the main aim is that, and the larger interest, any petty

interests stays between qatar and its neighbours, one or two, and be resolved. the larger picture and situation demands that we focus on the main issue that confronts the gulf. number one terrorism, the expansion of operation of the i.s.i.s. they are brainwashing a large number of young people in the arab world. this is important. we have been hearing of differences and not much has come out. there has been letters sent to qatar to focus on the issues. these are in the background, pailing, considering what is coming in front of us, and that is the deterioration. >> a lot of fingers are pointed at qatar. all the other countries - are they against qatar. will they talk about the u.a.e.

being accused of setting off air strikes in libya, with the support of egypt? >> i think all these news reports are going on, i, for one, would like that the - those in authority to speak about the issues and be frank about it. there has been strong reports and rumours of the u.a.e. and egypt attacking libyan soil and airport. there are accusations against qatar. some accused saudi arabia of aiding and supporting the i.s.i. s. and only today in the newspapers, the minister of the interior denied that saying we are in the forefront of the fight against terror. it's important that the public knows about what is happening, and shouldn't agree to everything. by and large, to stop confusion among the media and public and

the western media, which caused, you know, problems in the area. i think it's important that we be frank and speak out and pinpoint our main target, which is terror. >> thank you so much for sharing your view, from the saudi gazette, joining us lie. >> china's top leadership has been meeting in the capital to decide how hong kong should select its next leader. pro-democracy advocates are threatening a cam pain of disobedience. >> 17 years since honk con returned -- hong kong returned to chinese rule, the deal that made it possible is starting to be threatened. that pledge is being tested. the political temperature has been rising ever since this protest in early july. it was organised by

pro-democracy groups, demanding a vote for every adult in the election for hong kong's next leader. china says fine, so long as candidates are patriotic. critics says it's not real democracy, and warn of more screens like this. >> the chinese government try to give us fake democracy. 10 dozen people or more will come out. occupying the central movement. >> that threat to occupy hong kong central business district led to a pro-beijing protest two weeks ago. it emerged that many of those taking part had been busted, paid and treated to lunch. the protest showed that the mood is hardening on both sides. >> we expect very serious polarization in the society. although, certainly law and

order will not be an issue, but we expect a difficult scenario for all parties concerned. >> hong kong's current chief executive is cy lung. he was chosen by a committee whose 1200 members were approved. that's the election china wants in 2013. it is in no mood to compromise. >> protesters need to keep in their mind that when you use demonstrations of protests for the vans in democracy, you cannot violate democracy and rule of law. >> while china's government wants to avoid confrontation, it may feel that the time has come to remind everyone of who is ultimately in charge.

the venice film festival may be full of glamour, but it is full of war this year. conflict is the main theme, and five films competing for the pain prize, and more not in competition. >> reporter: was this genocide. some say yes. turkey said no. regardless, the death of armenians at the hands of the ottoman authorities are brought to the screen, hundreds of years later. this is film based on real events, and it is strong. death, war and displacement all big at the biennale, movies like the "look of slips" bringing a stark dose of reality to a festival steeped in escapism. this plates could not be further away from the war zone, but the

horrors of conflict is the theme of films. the directors, producers - they say no matter how painful. they are stories that must be told. >> here we are in a time where there's unspeakable atrocities taking police in the middle east, gaza, ukraine. we are in a frightening moment. st understandable that film-makers can help us face the truth. >> the good kill brings things back to the recent day, the story of a droin operator -- broken operator dropping bombs. time has passed. conflict remains, and the feeling here is that cinema has a responsibility to make man

learn from his mistakes. >> the purpose of art is to force us or seduce us or invite us to face our most painful truths. we seem incapable to learn from history or heed the message, not in the sense of never again to us or anybody. >> the war in algeria is told through the eyes of a teacher. these are movies with fighting running through them, but told from the human side, the consequences of killing. how do you ask a man why he ordered your brother to be murdered. a question few of us would have to afghanistan. a question cinema asks for us, regardless of how painful the answer may be. returning to a main story, and that coup that appears to be underway in lesotho, it's believed the military has seized control of the police

headquarters, jammed phones and stopped radio broadcasts. joining us on the line is tom thabane, the prime minister. he's in the country's capital. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. first question. who is in control right now. >> we still have a government in place. there's a temporary destruction of services by the country's army led by the commander. it follows an appeared where there was a look inside on issues of corruption among ourselves. mass -- and we looked at members

of the parliament. this kind of situation bred the kind of instability or action i did not expect. we did form an anticorruption community and gave it the powers to investigate whover. they cap, in fact, investigate me too. >> prime minister, i'm sorry to interrupt you, i apologise for interrupting you, we'll get into the issues in a second. i want to make cheer to the viewers about the situation in lesotho. where are you right now? do you feel safe? >> i'm talking to you from a venue in south africa. >> you have left lesotho. >> i left yesterday. the 8th, and this morning the

army commander and the cohorts following him were looking for me. what they were going to do, i do not know. but i mean to return home as quickly as possible. >> a coup - would you confirm once again there's a coup happening in your country, also otto -- lesotho. >> the definition of a coup is happening. >> what led to this situation, prime minister thab any, you were part of a collision the coalition accuses you of not reporting what you set out to do. this is the reason, that you didn't respect engagements, what do you respond to that. . >> those accusations are

unfortunate. we had a serious commonwealth in terms of basic principles that would inform a government, because it had a culture. my deputy, the deputy prime minister led a delegation of parliamentarians and ministers, particularly minister, to look at others going about their business. we are in the first signs of implementing important measures. the problem is not about coalition, the problem is about my insistence that we deal with corruption among ourselves. i think that is what is not fulfilled, that function, i would have to lose my job. >> if the problem is about corruption, why did you suspend the parliament?

why refuse to reopen the parliament as the deputy prime minister has been acting for. >> the parliament was not suspended by me, it was suspended in agreement with the coalition government. there were certain issues which were great that we go home, remove the obstacles and reopen parliament. parliament was not closed, it was a temporary suspension. two days ago there were talks saying can you make a roadmap that is in the parliament and we agreed with that. that is not only the with the speaker at home. south africa and who other

protests. allegations that i am against parliament is untrue. the coalition - it meant we could close parliament for a period, beyond the normal period. we are very close to reopening parliament, and i mean that. but when we reopen parliament, we must not repeat the incident that makes you agree to close it in. first place. that is what i'm acting for. >> in the meantime the army seems to be in control of your country, mr prime minister. thank you for taking the time to speak to us, that was tom tab n thabane as reports of a coup appear to be confirmed. >> novak djokovic is in action late on saturday in the third

round of us open. followed by women's world number one serena williams, trying to avoid the plight of four toppate seeds who are out. >> reporter: friday was a day of upsets, the second seed knocked out informant third. losing to a world 1931, a crow asian, in straight sets. it was her biggest win since reaching the finals in wimbledon. >> after so many years to, be here again is incredible. i wanted this so bad, and so many times i'd get to a place where i could do it. i'm kind of burnt up. i apologise. i'm so happy.

6th seed kisher crashed out. losing to a brit. 19th seed venus williams was a casualties, losing to 13th seed sara ararny. the former world number one and 2-time us open winner failed to one a game in the first, but took off six in the second. she served for the match, but couldn't finish off her component. losing 6-0, 0-6, 7-6. sharp -- maria sharapova bucked the trend reaching the fourth round. in the men's, roger federer's quest for a sixth title is on track in his 15th onconsecutive appearance at the us open. beating sam grokins in straight sets, and will face a spaniard.

grigor dim it roff is playing in the fourth. let's stay in the u.s. and move to golf. ryan palmer has a 2-shot lead in the opening event of the felix cup play-offs. six birdies, nine holes to close with an 8-under par 63. he leads bradley by two shots. world number one rory mcilroy, who won, struggled in his first round, finishing 7 off the lead, 1-under par. plenty of the big sports stories, including the us open on the website aljazeera.com/sport. >> the latest from also otto coming up and more world news. stay with us. @j

egypt's highest religious authority cancels death sentences given to muslim brotherhood leaders, including the group's spiritual guide. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, lesotho's prime minister tells al jazeera that the political process is on track despite reports of a military coup. e.u. leaders consider further sanctions against russia which is accused of invading