special episode ferguson: city under siege only on al jazeera america >> >> eastern ukraine surveys the damage as a ceasefire holds - just. the ceasefire may be holding but ukraine and russia's president agrees that the truce needs to be made more stable. you are watching the al jaseera newshour. lebanese soldiers captured by the islamic state. and another is beheaded by the islamic state group. >> more time and money can stop

the blackouts, says egypt's president. the wait continues. president obama appears to have gone back on a promise to reform the u.s. immigration system. >> i'm phil lavelle at the venice film festival. it's the big night. we are about to find out any moment who has one the big prize here - the golden lion. thank you for joining us. the ukranian government and pro-russian separatists blame each other for violating a ceasefire in the country's east. for the most part the truce seems to be holding. in a phone conversation, ukraine's president petro porashenko, and vladimir putin agrees that the ceasefire continues, but it needs to be made more durable. let's speak to paul brennan, live in donetsk. both groups claimed a breaking

of the ceasefire. tell us if it's holding from where you are, from what you know. >> no news is good news from our point of view. the echo of artillery fire, which we heard from previous days, from the direction of the north, where the donetsk international airport is - there has been none of that today. that can only bowed well for the cease -- bode well for the ceasefire. elsewhere it's been a mixed bag. the international committee of the red cross hoped to deliver a convoy to the city of luhansk today. what happened was that the convoy of 10 buildings and five rcrc staff had to turn back in luhansk, because of shelling. no indication where the shelling had come from. it was felt too dangerous for the convoy to continue, despite

the fact that it was well within the period of the ceasefire. it's not being observed completely everywhere. that said, as you say, we have that telephone conversation between the ukranian president petro porashenko, and russian president vladimir putin, and they agree although there has been small violations, it is holding. it's worth persisting with and not time to rip up the treaty. down south, we had our reporter, harry fawcett, in mariupol, looking at the situation there. >> reporter: the planes east of mariupol were quiet on saturday. a day earlier it had been a battlefield. it was a battle waged amid the villagers, brought to the doorstep of a kinder garden. this is one of three ukranian

tanks that took up position. >> translation: how can the ukranian army, our defenders, hide in the kindergarten. there was no warning. what if children from inside? these heroes come and hide in the kindergarten, where are they now? they have left us to our own destiny. >> reporter: the smell of metal is a testament to the fighting. it took place in a schoolyard when the ceasefire was hours away. some lesson for the children who will not come back soon, children who, locals say, feel sick when they see a soldier in the street. a few hundred metres away a tank lies split in two. beyond it more tanks. this is now a no man's land

between opposing forces. many families chose to get out. not much trust here in the ceasefire. you don't have to go too far to see why. this woman lived here for many years, raised a family. now she knows the difference between a howitzer rocket and shell, but doesn't know where her life goes from here. >> i didn't believe it could happen. i heard the sound. there was shelling. we weren't afraid. this time it was such a big explosion. now we are afraid to walk the streets. >> on friday we filmed the images of concentrated rocket fire, a few kilometres from mariupol. this was the target, the ukranian artillery position. on saturday they salvaged one field gun and started to take it

back into town. this was a sensitive operation. seconds after filming, soldiers fired shots to warn us away. for now the ceasefire is holding in this part of the ukraine. achieving real piece between opposing forces and the real minds that live here will be a battle entirely. >> let's go back to paul brennan in donetsk. the ceasefire seems to be tentatively holding. what is done to address the wider issues in the conflict? >> a lot of emphasis is placed on the role of the o.s.c.e., the organization for the security and cooperation in europe. their job from now on, effectively will be to act as referee. it's called ground truth. they'll be out on the ground. if there's a break in the ceasefire, a violation, it will be the o.s.c.e.'s job to lay the

blame. the other think the o.s.c.e. will have to do is monitor the borders, and make sure no more drivers or machinery will come across. that will be the case. that's what brought the conflict to a head. the o.s.c.e. is important. as harry mentioned in his report, the psychological stars are almost as important as the physical scars. people are exhausted and there is deep mistrust from one side to the other and back again. the people in the east do not trust the west. they want reconciliation. they want autonomy, albeit stopping short of independence. it will be tough negotiations that will have to take place to provide a reconciliation and understanding between the kiev administration and the people in the east of ukraine.

>> paul brennan with the latest from donetsk. thank you. the kremlin issued a warning to the european union, which is said to approve more sanctions against russia over the situation in ukraine. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> president putin believed the latest round of sanctions would be averted by the ceasefire that he helped to bring about between the ukraine military and the rebel republics in the east. he'll be disappointed. vladimir putin's credibility with the west is exhausted. we had russia admitting there were russian troops involved in the annexation of crimea. there are not many e.u. states that don't believe russia is not involved with the fighting in eastern ukrainement a lot believe what the ukranian prime minister said, that the ceasefire is a mistake screen to avert sanctions.

we understand that the sanctions will be introduced in brussels on monday. i understand that the e.u. may plan to bar russian oil companies raising money on european markets. hitting rosneft and gazprom, but would be limited to the companies with more than a 50% state ownership. russia's response - we don't know, we'll have to wait and see. they are a promising repercussions. >> still to cole on al jazeera. an egyptian prosecutor charges the post president mohamed mursi with endangering national security. weeping for what they left behind. the yazidi leaving their home to face uncertainty. and we check in an a tennis star hoping to become the first man from asia to reach a grand slam

final. first, activists release a video of a beheading by a second islamic state soldier. he is thought to have been murdered because he tried to escape. he was among 19 soldiers captured last month. this video shows the hostages pleading about the lebanese government, wanting them to negotiate to secure their release. officials say they will not give in to demands, including a prisoner swap. >> government forces target the islamic state stronghold. activists say 15 is fighters and 35 civilians were killed when missiles hit the neighbourhood. this video, released by islamic

state group shows the aftermath of an attack. >> kurdish peshmerga forces in iraq have taken control of a town near erbil. after fighters pushed inside kurdish territory. fighters are in nearby villages. >> camps have been set up in eastern turkey to shelter yazidi from northern iraq, who fled islamic state fighters. the threat means they'll never return home. bernard smith visited champs in eastern turkey near the border with iraq and syria. >> this is a traditional kurdish chant for those left behind. these yazidi are safe in a turkish refugee camp. many have relatives threatened by a murderous advance from a group called the islamic state.

this is one of thousands trapped on mt sinjar, encircled by is fighters. >> we walked for a long time over rugged landscape until we reached the mountains. it was one small water spring for thousands. the peshmerga and iraqi army disappeared. we couldn't protect ourselves. we ran away. we are always targeted. the islamic state group singled us out, they need to kill us all. >> the camp offers schooling and health care for 3,000 yazidi. it costs $50,000 a day to run. >> next door, a reminder of the refugee crisis turkey has been managing for more than three years. at the top of the hill, within of more than 20 syrian camps. >> the facilities are of a high standard. the camp is full, and for now this is the last yazidi refugee camp that will be built in

turkey. the turkish government is paying for three more camps, but is building them over the boarder, in kurdish administered iraq. >> security means that the final location of the camp has to be changed. they are expected to be ready to host 35,000 yazidi by mid september. >> we have to ensure that the site where we build the camps (a) will be safe and (b) will allowing us to provide the same quality services we have given here. >> reporter: many yazidi say they could never go to iraq again. is fighters showed little tolerance even for fellow muslims who deviate from the hard line determination of their fate. many yazidi wonder what chance they would have.

>> joining us in the studio is a political analyst. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. >> let's look at the situation on the ground. we have is groups a kilometre away. the army may recapture mosul. where do you think it stands now? right now? >> it's about - let's say about a month of settling everything on the ground. maybe in amerli there was a victory for the iraqi army. they suffered a few losses. >> yes, but at the same time it's not going forward on the sinnon im of a near army, it's supposed to be the iraqi army. it's supposed to be spend a billion to build an army. at the end you don't have troops that mag to liberate all the territori

territories. >> it's a reason the peshmerga emerge... >> it's the air strikes. >> what about what we read about the is being within a kilometre. >> if the sunnis entered a fight, the major group, inside all these territories, named as the sunni triangle. there's no major success against is. at the end, only back doors. it means give the sunnis demands, you will get success in is. >> the sunnis in iraq, a lot of tribes that allied themselves. >> yes, and 2,000 are gathering under the command of the embargoed governor, and build up the shield troops, which are the

beginning of sunni troops, that they will fight i.s.i.s., to make a bigger sunni troop named as a shield force. >> the n.a.t.o. summit was going on. what do you think we'll see come out of that. what change in policy will we see on the ground? >> there's three promities made for the sooun -- promises made for the sunnis. number one, you'll be inside the government, sharing power. number two, you'll have your own troops in your own territories - we are going to train them, work with them. >> sunni only troops. >> sunni only troops to fight is. number three, there'll be funding for all your cities from the - all of these countries united against is, meaning that we have a chance now to make a

reunified government in iraq. >> briefly, if the things came to pass, would that be enough to weaken and destroy is in iraq. >> i think that's why obama said working three years against is. getting a successful way. these demonstrates are not easy to manage. specialingly with the shia demands in iraq, and how they are managing power. it means there are so many difficulties, at the end we'll see what happened. >> thank you so much, from the political house of expertise. a french journalist taken hostage by fighters in syria says a captive was a man suspected of a deadly attack at the jewish museum in brussels. nicholas says he spoke out after reports in the press. we have more. >> he's kept it secret for a long time.

afterrevelations in the french process, he has spoken out. a french journalist says one of his takers was frenchman namouche, accused of shooting dead four people in brussels at a museum. caught on security cameras. >> translation: after the arrest of n ajs mouch. i was shown is number of documents allowing me to identify him. we, the police and legal authorities decided to keep this secret. >> reporter: a reason was when he and others were freed, they left hostages behind. ha was one of a small -- he was one of a small number of fighters with the islamic state, supervising dozens of prisoners in aleppo, and he was fierce. >> translation: namouche

mistreated me. i don't know if he mistreated other western operatives. i saw him mistreating prisoners in the base of a hospital where we were. >> reporter: namouche was extradited to belgium. a lawyer said he was surprised by the latest allegations, saying the question of travelling to syria by namouche was never raised. >> there was never a question of the role he played as a gaoler. it surprises me. if this turns out to be the karks and with people's lives at stake, why didn't someone ask the question. >> namouche is facing trial over the killings. a judge is due to rule over the detention next friday. an al-shabab spokesman told al jazeera that there is a new leader of the somalian placed

groub, and he will replace ahmed abdi godane, killed in an air strike. they established footholds in somalia, making cross-border attacks in kenya and uganda. at least 50 people have been killed in fighting between yemeni troops and pro-government officials. houthis and supporters staged weeks of protests, calling on the government to resign. we have more from the capital. >> our sources say that 30 houthis were killed. there has been a truce for both sides to recover the bodies. fighting resumed. it is also tense here in the

capital. houthis want their demands to be met. they want the government to go, and want the president to reduce all prices. the government says it will make all concessions in a way, and will offer the houthis further concessions. the political standoff continues. the political divide is creating a situation, and everybody here is concerned if both sides paul out of their own positions we may see an armed confrontation. >> an egyptian prosecutor charged deposed president mohamed mursi with endangering national security, he is accused of leaking state secrets and documents from qatar. that's according to egypt's agency. financial support was given, but was toppled in a military cool led by abdul fatah al-sisi, who

has become egypt's president. mohamed mursi was gaoled shortly after being deposed and faces other charges. >> abdul fatah al-sisi calls for patience amid a power crisis - it led to banking disruptions and and blackouts in several cities. >> reporter: it's one of egypt's worst power crisis in decades. it struck a nerve in care scro's metropolitan -- cairo's metropolitan life. the metro stopped in its tracks. thousands jumped from the windows when the doors failed to open. the incident came as authorities described mechanical clixes during maintenance -- glitches during maintenance works outside cairo. it has been going on for some time. people live in the dark. bakeries cancel bread.

services are disrupted. thousands took to the streets across the country to demand an explanation. enough trouble to warrant a tv address by the president who says he tris not to speak much. >> translation: this problem will not be solved soon. we are facing challenges, and no government or president will be able to overcome them alone. egyptians say they have heard words like these before, especially from the new leaders. the problem, they say, is that it's not just a power shortage, but a range of problems. prices across the board continue to rise. the unemployment trade is soaring. >> abdul fatah al-sisi promised us a life of happiness. look how miserable the situation is. we have no electricity, jobs, and the prices are going higher. >> reporter: the president spoke about economic difficulties, and

appealed for billions needed to fix the problems. he blamed those who, in his words, undermined the welfare of egypt. >> many want to cripple the efforts aimed at improving daily life. you may ask why. it's to agitate and cause the egyptian people to rise in anger. anger after a former field marshall who ran for president who toppled the egyptian government, has been growing even before the crisis. it is the prospect of a fresh uprising because of this that causes concern for the president. juror al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journalists who have been detained in egypt for 252 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed received long sentences after a trial seen by many observers as

politically motivated. their convictions are being appealed. the case is raised by the u.n. secretary-general in a conversation with the egyptian president. you can join the campaign to get al jazeera's journalists freed by using the hashtag free av staff on twitter. find out more by going to the special page on the website. it's all on aljazeera.com. now, president obama appears to have gone back on a promise to reform the u.s. immigration system. it's estimated about is 1 million undocumented immigrants live in the united states. in july of last year the republicans blocked a bill to ease the log jam of citizenship applications. in june, president obama said he'd legislate, and before the end of summer. it looks to be delayed. kimberley howe cat is in washington d.c. tell us why. what is the problem? >> the problem, the president

says, and this has been articulated by a white house official. is that there is concern that the republicans will politicize this form, and as a result it's prudent to delay this so that immigration reform can be done in a broad way. what is at the heart of all of this is politics on both sides. the president and the white house, democrats, the president's party are concerned about the vulnerable seats in the u.s. senate, which is an upper chamber in the u.s. chamber that democrats control. the fear is there's six or sex seats that could two to republicans if the president makes a controversial decision, one that could be unpopular with many americans. the issue of immigration reform is controversial. the concern is by the white house that the lower house and the u.s. congress is celled by

the republicans. if they lose the -- controlled by the russians. if they lose that, the president won't be able to achieve anything in the last two years. >> what reaction has there been from activists pushing for reform. >> they have been pushing for many months. we have seen huge progress at the white house. in the u.s., that something be done for the 11 million illegal immigrants lying and working in the -- living and working in the united states, who ask for the situation to be addressed. many have families. the situation is worse by the fact that we have seen a number of children coming to the southern border, many saying that they are fleeing gang violence in central america. this has been a hot bed issue, but at the same time it's bun that the president asked for help from congress, asking for

3.7 billion to address this. it was turned down. that's when he said "i'll act on my open, force this through, do it by the end of summer." now he's delayed and it's making a lot of activists angry, saying that they have been let down by the president. >> thank you. stay with us. more to come on al jazeera, including ebola lockdown in sierra leone. people are asked to stay in their homes for three days. also, the silver-tongued star of brazilian politics. the woman rising to the top of opinion polls. and which mercedes driver prevailed in the battle for poll position at the formula 1 italian grand prix.

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welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera - a cae fire appears to be -- ceasefire appears to be holding in ooen ukraine. both sides are accused of violating the truth.

president petro porashenko and vladimir putin agree that the deal has been fulfilled as a whole. video said to show lebanese soldiers held captive by the islamic state group. pleating with the lebanese -- pleading with the lebanese government to secure their release. a second lebanese soldier has been beheaded by the group. >> a founder for al-shabab has been named. he will head the somalia-based armed group. >> back to the top story now - the crisis in ukraine. we can speak to andy hunter. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. there's a ceasefire put in place on friday, over 24 hours. tentatively it seems to be holding, which is good news. >> what we are rearing hearing

is there's not much sign of gunfire. >> the issue is looking at the wider reasons behind the conflict, will it lead to that? >> the question is what next. this is a frozen conflict, and it will go on and on and on. we are looking at months or years. this is the plan that vladimir putin had to create a frozen conflict in ukraine. there's no solution to the issue. in effect, donetsk, luhansk, they are in no man's land. it's important because the likes of donetsk alone - or the region - it's 12% of ukraine's g.d.p., having an effect on the economy. there's 3,000 russian troops in ukraine. the question is at what stage will the troops leave and go

back to russia. you claim it's a frozen conflict, but the west threaten further sanctions. they say there'll be a strong reaction. do you think it will be counterproductive. the west made it clear they won't act. >> we'll see on monday what sanctions we are looking at. what we are hearing, it will be further financial sanctions against other states, russian states, reports. i think it is important. we are seeing the russian economy - the ruble bound by 20%. >> we are not seeing that change the politics of russia. it doesn't seem that they care. they are starting to feel it. >> how many influence do they have. >> every crack sparks a bigger

crack, and we are seeing the oligarchs hit by the sanctions, and there are movements admitting that russian oldiers are turning back to russia. >> vladimir putin is not really going to change his policy. is it not making the conflict more tense. >> david cameron is talking about taking the world cup from russia. that is something that is visible. why should a parr yia state host the world cup. it was banned, disqualified from taking part in the euro '92 championship. that would be given to lushinga.

>> do you think it would help you grain? >> russia has invaded ukraine. >> which they deny. >> thousands,als action is taken. more will kufr result of this. it is important for global peace, global security to stand up. today ukraine. tomorrow it could be the baltics, boland, and where does vladimir putin stop. it's down to the rest now including the west to turn up. >> thank you for sharing with us. now, the third u.s. missionary to beinfected with the ebola virus is in a stable condition at the nebraska medical center, according to doctors. dr rick sacra, a 51-year-old was transferred to the hospital's

containment unit on friday. he worked for sim in liberia along with two other missionaries feated and flown back to the u.s. for treatment. in west africa, sierra leone's president ordered the country to go into lockdown to try to contain the ebola virus. people will not be able to leave their homes from september 19th to the 21st. they'll use the quarantine period to give access to untreated patients. the world health organization says 4,000 people have been infected. >> that infection rate across west africa since the start of year - let's look at the countries in detail. liberia saw the most infections of the disease. 1,871 are thought to have contracted ebola. 1,089 have decide. to the north, sierra leone have seen 1,261 suspected infections.

491 have perished. >> in guinea, there's 812 suspected cases and 517 deaths. senegal has had one infection, 18 have been infected, eight died. the death toll stands at 2,097. >> steven mcandrew from the red cross handles the response in sierra leone, and says they are doing everything to counter the outbreak. >> we have mobilized a response. it's getting bigger. we are setting up a red cross field hospital clinic with international delegates and local volunteers from over sierra leone to treat patients. on the other side, where we have to prevent the disease, we have teams doing dead body management. we are going to the communities, and working with the people who have died and their families to

san ittize the bodies, and upon that we are doing other activities, as in tracing the contact of the people infected. we are working on a massive mobile campaign so people know what ebola is, what it is not, and how to deal with it. we have a giant programme. south sudan's has 1.5 million displaced citizens. many have fled to ethiopia. we visit one camp. >> south sudan sued nis children making the best of their education after it was interrupted by the con flict back home, taking in close to

300,000 children. classes are few, they render in shifts, morning and afternoon. >> there is 160 children in one class. >> the majority are out of school. come wait to be registered. this girl waiting for the chance to get into a classroom. >> we were told to wait for vuction of more classes. i'll keep coming until that time. >> refugees have biometrics taken. >> the camp is full, taking no new arrivals.

most are women and children. >> over 100,000 south sudan refugees crossed into ethiopia since conflict broke out. >> we are receiving about 1,000 on average. we have 190,000 refugees who have arrived here since the beginning of the crisis. that's a large number of refugees by any standard. back at the camp they live with a foster mother. >> i had to take her with me. if i had of left her, and she died, it would be a caste to my children. they both wait. one for a husband that went back to fight, and another for a mother she has not seen or spoken to since may. heavy rain in pakistan and

indian-controlled kashmir amid flooding. the army is using helicopters and boats to rescue villagers, setting up 50 camps. the monsoon downpours are said to be the heaviest. 128 people have been killed, 4,000 homes destroyed. 108 people are reported dead in indian-controlled kashmir. tens of thousands have been stranded. 100 villages have been submerged. children have decide after a landslide was triggered. >> the leader of a pro-north korean group in japan arrived in pyongyang after the japanese government lived a travel restriction. he is chairman of korean residents in japan, a group set up to support the north. he's expected to meet north korean leader kim jong un.

>> an offbeat surrealist comedy by a swedish direction won the prize. a pigon sat on a branch reflecting on existence is an absurdist piece with a plot critics say is difficult to describe. 20 films were in the running for the coveted goilden lion -- golden lion. let's speak to phil lavelle, lucky enough to be on the carpet. it has an interesting title. tell us about the winner? >> there's something strange. the critics went for a film - the critics really liked. this movie - it takes half an hour to say the title. it was well liked. it was a film people were fond of. if few understood it. it's a swedish dark comedy. it's impossible to describe. the critics - one said they

could make no more sense of it. another said it was like doing a dance. some felt like they had been drinking alcohol. nevertheless this film was popular. there was something about the fact that it was shot that really caught the imagination of the jury. this is a jury this goes for unusual phelps, films that tend -- films, films that challenge and do something different. there was another movie that did with "the poetman's white knight." this tells the story of a russian village, one that is cut-off, and hasn't adapted to the post soviet union days. it's part drama and most of the cast are real people acting as thm. the third film is "the look of silence", from joshua, a documentary about the killings in indonesia in the 1960s, it is

the second part of a film he directed called "the act of killing", nominated for an oscar. this is the second part of that film, it's a strong, raw film about a man who searches for those that orders men to be killed. it was felt a documentary wouldn't win, but nevertheless it got the grand jury prize. one of the judges said that it moved him in such a way he couldn't describe it. and the only way he could describe it was on a par with a child being por. phil lavelle at -- born. >> phil lavelle at the venice film festival. >> we'll look at brazil's election. first the sport. serena williams makes a time. and how the u.s. men's game is trying it hit the same heights

once again.

. >> with presidential elections a month away in brazil, opposition candidate marina silva surged to the top of the opinion polls. the environmentalist replaces c, killed in a -- replaces campos, killed in a car crash. she faces hurdles. >> marina silva, here, there. the presidential candidate has been appearing everywhere, and

is the hottest brazilian comot di. many -- commodity. many ask if the former maid could really be the next president. >> the answer is yes, if you believe the polls showing her defeating rousseff in a run off. the answer is yes. marina silva's rise may be traced back to jooup when millions of -- june when millions of brazilians took to the streets in street demonstrations voicing displeasure in government and politics. >> when the protests were taking place, she was seen as someone capitalizing, galvanising some of the protesters. she's a new element in an election that was dull until the moment, she brought on element

of excitement and say "well, this is the person that we would like to have for a change." marina silva's evangelical face associated with anti-abortion has some thinking she may be too conservative. she is coming under criticism for being too vague in how she would govern. >> marina is not a good candidate for us. she has to mature more in politics. the people will decide the vote. >> based on what the polls are showing. most analysts are saying this is an election that will likely go to a run off, meaning october will be the two months where two candidates will battle it out to see who will be the next president of brazil. >> supporters say it's her election to win or lose. detractors say not so fast.

everywhere agrees marina silva is the hot candidate. the only question is for how much longer. now time to get the sport with robin. >> thank you. novak djokovic is to face a tough challenge to qualify for his second successive final. he assist taking on kei nishikori in the semifinal. he is aiming to become the first man from asia, and the japanese took the first set 6-4. novak djokovic 6-1 in the second to level. it is tense, and kei nishikori won the third in the tie breaker taking a 7-6 leave. silic and roger federer is in the title. serena williams and caroline wozniacki will play. for williams it's the shot at a third successive us open title.

reigning champion serena williams had not dropped a set on the way to the semifinals at the u.s. open. her dominance can't against katerina. the world number one took the first set 6-1. it was part of a spell that saw williams win nine games in a row, and 22 out of 24 points at one stage. >> playing in her first grand slam semi, makarova managed to break-williams in the second set. but it was not enough. the american was able to take the set 6-3 to reach a fourth u.s. open final in a row. >> i'm excited to be in the time. at the beginning of the weak i was not sure i would -- of the week i wasn't sure i would make to this long. i'm elated, to be honest, to

have made to this far. >> reporter: she'll face her friend caroline wozniacki, the dane through to a second us open final. caroline wozniacki took the first seat against peng shuai on the tie break. peng shuai took an early break at flushing meadows. the chinese player suffered from leg pain. she needed a medical time-out. they managed to return to the court, but 10 minutes later she collapsed again, ending her semifinal. >> peng shuai has to retire. >> distressed as she left arthur ash stadium in a wheelchair. >> tennis is great, but the health is more important. to see her struggling, i wanted to make sure these okay. i got the word she's okay. i'm in the files, which is

great. it's been five years for me since my last one here. so i'm extremely happy to be back there. >> williams versus caroline wozniacki is on sunday. >> while serena williams conditions a dominance, the state of the men's game in the united states is more dire. the u.s. has not had a u.s. singles champion in 11 years, a long way from the glory days of the past decade. >> danny first picked up a tennis racket at age three, the same year rod won the us open. no american male won the title since. this 14-year-old is working hard to change that, practicing six days a week. >> i had to explain to my friends that tennis and not a sport running back and forth, that there's so much emotion into it.

that you have to care about what you do. >> the passion for the game, according to the coach, is what is missing in american professionals, along with a sense of strategy. american players look great. hit the ball great, but they don't know how to play. >> in 1984. six of the world's top 10 players were american. john mcenroe, jimmy coppors and andrei agassi and pete sampras were household names. to encourage the next generation of tennis pros, the united states tennis association is working to increase cooperation, so the best players can train with and learn from each other. >> you have factions of great players. they are not training together. i think that's a problem. >> school mates are drawn to traditional and less expensive team sports like football,

basketball and baseball. the u.s. maintains its dominance in women's tennis, thanks to serena williams and venus. they inspire little girls across the country to pick up a racket. now it's the little boys in need of a role model. >> lewis hamilton will be on poll at the italian formula 1, after finishing fastest in qualifying. it's the fifth time that the drive starts at the front of the grid. nico rosberg is beyond in 22 nonparole period, with a 22-point lead. williams is in third. >> i'm excited for tomorrow. i'm proud of my guys. they have been through the difficult time with me. they have done a remarkable job, in terms of bouncing back,

fixing the car and dealing with the difficulties. we have done this as a team. it's great to be - have another one for the team. i'm proud that i can be up here for that. to football and qualification for the 2015 african cup of nations conditions on saturday. ivory coast have come back interest a goal down, winning 2-1, the game finishing a moment ago. the democratic republic of congo were defeated 2-0 by cameroon. al jazeera -- algeria 2-1 winners. nigeria have been beaten by the red devils. in the next few minutes, mali play malawi. >> south africa's cricketers claimed the 1-0 tri-series trophy after defeating australia. a 4-wicked haul by dale steyn

means could manage not to win. the proets proteases reached the target with nine wickets to spare. >> earlier in the day, the fortunes were reversed as australia pulled off a last-gasp victory over south africa. they had been leading 23-14. remaining in perth. the match turned when a player was sin binned in his 100th test match. a penalty kick followed up by rob horn, with a minute left on the clock. james foley with a conversion giving the wallabies is 24-23 victory. >> that's it for the newshour. i'll be back with more news in a few minutes. thanks for watching.

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