>> thank you very much. i. >> the summit secretary of state calls on arab leaders to back the new military drive. an al jazeera exclusive, the palestinian authorities accused of missing the chan to have steal investigated for war crimes. emergency teams get vital aid into flooded areas across south asia, but thousands are still not rescued.

>> pro independence demonstrations in catalonia calls for a self-determination, grow louder in spain's richest region. >> well, the u.s. president barack obama has outlined a plan for taking on the islamic state group in iraq and syria. and his secretary of state john kerry has been trying to gain international support at a meeting with arab and other leaders in saudi arabia. obama's announce has raised questions about whether he has formulate add new doctrine for u.s. foreign policy. tom ackerman reports from washington. >> my foal he americans. >> if there was a underlying vision in his call to action against the islamic state, these words came the closest. >> this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven.

>> it is not the first time he has promised to follow that rule, just as he did in pursuing and killing osama bin laden. but as to a overarching doctrine, obama has been more explicit in saying what he will try to avoided doing, with america's armed forces. >> america must always lead on the world stage. >> last may he told garage way oz f the west point army academy. >> since world war ii some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint, but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences. without building international support, and legitimacy for our action. >> in keeping with that u.s. secretary of state john kerry began intensive talks with egyptian gulf and other muslim allies to mold a coordinate strad teenic campaign against i.s. >> arab nations play a critical role in that coalition. the leading role really across all lines of effort.

>> obama's republic foes have not challenged his pledge that u.s. ground forces won't be sent into combat, but they say he still isn't doing enough. >> we must kick ice salt lake hard in both iraq and syria, at the same time. and iraq first, or an iraq only approach won't work. >> obama described the mission to degrade and destroy the state as a counter terrorism effort, not an all out war, like the ones that twice defeated osama bin laden, also with allied support. while it took the u.s. just a few weeks to declare victory then, obama has left this campaign open ended. >> he didn't say anything about a timeframe here, and i think that was wise. because he had said something we will do this in a year or two years people would hold him to it. >> as public opinion is fallen sharply in favor of striking back at the islamic state, obama's foreign policy ratings have fallen lower than his overall rate c. membership. a painful dilemma for a

president who is winning campaign pledge had been to under do his predecessors failed commitments overseas. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> well, the syrian foreign minister has responded to a bam ma's plan, which includes air strikes. it says any attack without the consent is considered an aggression. reports from pay route. for the fast year, the group has proven to be the most effective force fighting troops loyal to bashar al-asaad. hundreds of army soldiers have been killed in the past couple of months, and the i.s. controls almost one third of syrian territory. >> the u.s. is faced with a dilemma. how to weaken and crush the i.s. group without allowing that to strengthen president asaad. >> in syria the big question and who will

benefit most when it is defeated. >> u.s. president barack obama says it wants to cultivate. and will replace them later, allocate $500 million to train and it give it weapons. it's not the first time the u.s. tries to nourish a moderate syrian opposition with teeth on the ground. in past the strategy failed. the fighters they trained couldn't deliver on the ground, and some of the weapons and equipment provided to these groups ended up in the hands of more rod 8:00 islamic groups. ten what will the u.s. do this time so it worked? the leading syrian political opposition group says it is ready and willing to cooperate with the u.s. led alliance to fight the i. s. but they want to make sure western support will extend to their efforts to bring down president asaad. >> damarcus was hoping

that the threat they mode and the need to crush lit pressure the united states to seek the help of the syrian government and it's army, to fight the islamic state. and that the threat on the ground could be translated into political grounds for political asaad. so far, the u.s. says that is not going to happen. the u.s. and the west will come knocking on the doors seeking it's help. >> the syrian regime wants to be seen as the ulterior for the state. the u.s. in some arab questions won't accept that. without ending the state group's presence, the radical group will still have a safe haven. something that president obama says he will not tolerate.

first, they have to join the i.c.c. they very nearly did, but at the last hurdle they chose not to sign on. most of them civilians and many of them children were killed. nearly all of them soldiers also parished. following attacks the secretary general condemned the actions. these were outrage out, and unjustifiable. in the midst of the assault, appeals were made to the palestinian

authorities. to once and for all exercise it's legal nonviolent rights. request the stroke of a pen, to join the international criminal court, or i. c.c. into weather boast parties reported war crimes during this conflict. this court filings submitted to the i.c.c. by a frenching law firm is a complaint made by the palestinian authorities justice minister and general prosecutor. made a highly -- in what appears to be israel in the dock. >> to enable the criminal courts to bring to justice those responsible for committing war crimes. >> but this august 14th letter obtained exclusively tell as very different story

and recounts the palestinian visit to the hague, they had a crucial procedure question to ask him, before they could open investigations. >> the acceptance by a state of i. c.c. jurisdiction, which is necessary to trigger an investigation required the written approval by the head of state or foreign minister. did th the palestine recent submission given the i.c.c. jurisdiction have the government's approval. the prosecutor then wrote i did not receive a positive affirmation, accordingly there is no legal base toys start an investigation. jeffry night served for seven years. >> this document shows that the palestinian authority never authorized the referral, when it was brought on the twenty-fifth of july, by the minister of justice in the general prosecutor. or that their decision has changed, or their decision has been changed

for them. under pressure from someone else. >> clearly emerges as the consequence of the minister on that day. the question you ask yourself is why. >> that's a question many in gaza and around the world will now want answered. >> said anything about this, he is joining us live. got ahold of is why the p. a. would deliberately choose not to have israel investigated.

not to involve the i. c.c. it appears that to be exactly the case. now within the last couple of hours here in ramallah, that was life on palestinian television, absolutely no mention of the i.c. c., or indeed, membership of the i. c.c. now, we are told by several sources within the p.l.o. executive committee and an organization that there has been a link call between the u. n. security council and membership. the strategy it would appear is that if his new proposals for dialog are not met, he is going to the u. n. security council asking for the proposals to be implemented through a security resolution.

a strategy or not. this is the one scenario that we are hearing very clearly. it is definitely a conscious decision. that they have to play and he is not going to play it, until he is forced into doing so. within the civil society there's fury at the fact that the palestine government did not take the opportunity to join the i.c.c. when all the steps were in place. all that was needed was endorsement from the head of state, or the desire to join the i.c.c. then everything else would have fallen into place, that not happening, great anger that it hasn't. >> and israel announcing it's only plans. into the gaza war, and what happened there, so the scene to counter the

palestinians quell, it certainly would the effect of that, that move being announced within the next 24 hours. now the impact of that is that even if the palestinians sign up to the i. c.c. now, is dealing with the israeli investigation already underway. one of the parties is conducting an investigation, the i.c.c. has to stand back until that process is completed, or until it rules that that process is not transparent or invalid. discovering it's own actions has certainly muddied the waters or limited the options to get involved even if the palestinians don't. >> mike hannah reporting

for us. >> there were a number of attacks during the war that should be investigated. charles stratford has more from gaza. the israeli military did this, one of many thousands of attacks from air, land, and sea, that israel said was targeted terrorists. the four boys playing near the beach, spark add outcry, on a call for a war crimes investigation. >> they were calling to witnesses it was in the early afternoon on july the 16th, the four children were playing around their father's fishing hut, there was an israeli air strike, one of the children was killed instantly, in that attack. the other three then tried to run for cover, they made it over this fence and across the beach, and then there was another strike, and the three managed to escape that, it was as they ran for cover at the top of the beach that there was a final hit, and the three children were killed in that attack. the boys father has

little hope in international justice. and to be punishing more than once, because they committed so many crimes. if they kill our children, they kill us too. >> if there ever is an independent investigation into war crimes then it's attacks like these which should be scrutinized. according the the human rights watch. four hit around an elementary school. >> two of them landing inside the school, killing 13 people including six children. this is the after math of an israeli military strike, on a.n. school in yeah ballly refugee catch. at the time, more than 3,000 people were sheltering here, human rights watch says 20 people were killed, including three children. >> which skies it will

exam what it describes as exceptional incidents that occurred during the war. but they also say the palestinian authority must involve the international criminal court. >> there should be -- to prove it. then they will do for that. because it is not willing at all to foresee justice. and the destruction they now endure. charles stratford, al jazeera.

>> al jazeeran't cos to demand the release of it's three journalists, egypt has detained peter greste, and mohamed 1/2ny for 257 days. they are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood, and they are appealing against their convictions. coming up, weeks in court, as the judge rules he is not guilty of murder, but the final verdict has not yet been handed down. plus, the advocates what scottish independents have in mind when it comes to foreign policy. with the lon condition premier league club, standing by with the details that's in sports. left hundreds of thousands homeless. parts of south cashmere

are still submerged. the indian ministries rescued nearly 45,000 people. with an estimated 200,000 are still trapped. this update. >> this is one of the most heavily hit areas, this street looks more like a river now, and if you look at the house you can see how high the water hit, before the water started receding, earlier in the last couple of days. >> we are one of the home made rafts helping to get people out, the army has been here for a couple of days pulling people out by air and bit, but locals have also taken any kind of location device. there are hundreds of people potentially still trapped. there's one person there, i am looking at who is shouting at me, saying we are stuck please send help. many people are thankful to the army for all the help, but other people have been hostile towards the army.

say they didn't act fast enough, it is being transitioned on to the state government. and arm personnel have been rescued. the most people here are happy with the army's help, they say much more needs to be done. many people here lost their voices shouting so much. they say it will take days if not weeks before they know the extent of the damage. >> military engineers blew up flood dikes to reduce water pressure there, and that's to avoided larger cities from being flooded. one of the worst hit downs. many people are now stuck. and the people are seeking refuge on high drowned. the only way to get to them is by helicopter. the military is ideaing boats to evacuate people

from the danger zone, now the important thing is that the government has decided to blow away some of the dikes and the embankments in order to relieve the pressure down south. that means most of the farmland and the villages are now under threat, but the major cities are being safed that is the priority of the military to try and save the largest cities and the historic city. they are supposed to be passing within the last 24 hours. so the military helping with relief efforts. >> the european union will impose new sanctions. >> in eastern ukraine. gip lo mates. and their access to european financial markets will be restricted. gas firms are not effected by the latest

measures. the e.u. is also set to expand the asset freezes on russian officials and separatist leaders in ukraine. nick spicer has more. >> oil and gas exploration is a capitol intensive industry, that costs $10 billion to give you a ballpark figure to look into a new field, which may come up with nothing at all, so you need a lot of money, without that, you will have your fields run dry, and other parts of the country, and nothing left to export in a decade's time. however, it was difficult to come to this, because the sanctioned were drafted last friday. and that's right when the ukrainians and the russians and other involved parties came one a cease fire agreement in eastern ukraine, and some

countries among the 28 members of the european union wanted to adopt a wait and see approach to see if that cease fire would hold, however, germany led the charge if you will to a certain extent and said we need to push these things through to keep the pressure up. >> with scotland's referendum only a week away, the first minister has accused the government. this follows three banks saying they would relocate to england, if they voted to leave the union. the world bank of scotland and clydesdale bank have their headquarters. oil firms shell and b.p. have expressed concerns about the implications of scottish independents on their businesses. lawrence lee reports on how a new scottish foreign policy will deaf fresh that of the u. k. >> the ability to choose it's friends and many regard having their own foreign policies has a crucial break. w the politics of london.

the national leader was taking questions from journalists all over the world. everything from fishing rights for spain, to student visas for indians. and in the really big matters you can see a difference, i wondering whether an independent scotland would join the coelation against the islamic state, as the u.k. has. at the moment it is a no. >> do you think then, if in scotland were independent now, a scottish air force would be participating militarily in that sort of coelation campaign. >> we will only -- the latitude of this government, and i believe this parliament, would only participate in military action which had been sanctioned by the united nations under international law. >> more huge differences scotlands antinuclear doesn't want to host the u.k.'s weapons.

yet the scottish national party want to be in nato, which the green party doesn't like at all. >> that's something positive about the rich democracy, within a range of views and a range of views on the north side, whether it comes to nato, to other aspects of foreign policy, to energy policy, social justice or anything else. >> it goes without saying this new prestige hangs like a fog over the political elite in london. opponents say it would simply disappear off the map without the status and power behind it. maybe so, but the united kingdom's real fear is what it would look like without scotland. one former british prime minister said that losing scotland would be so humiliating that the u.k. might even lose it's position of the united nations security council. >> which is another way

of saying that the death of the union would surely be felt around the word. laurence lee, al jazeera. >> well, scotland prepares to vote on independents, people living in catalonia that's in northeast spain are watching closely. it is national day there, and pro independent demonstrations are being held in barcelona. the leader want as referendum on self-determination. be uh the spanish government is firmly opposed. al jazeera is in barcelona. >> in recent years catalonian's national day has been used to move people. this year is no exception. take a look. organizers say that as many as 4 million catalonians are here. they are lining two main groups. forming a giant v. the v they say is symbolic sign for victory, most importantly, for vote.

catalonians intend to hold their own symbolic preparation on november the 9th. that won't have any legal bearing or weight, but experience is very much alive here. catalonians and the rest of spain have been joined for hundreds of years. but they different in languages, and culture, and people here also with the economic crisis a few years ago, felt that this part of the country was given more to madrid, madrid was giving back. now, many of these people feel that it is time to go it alone. >> still ahead on al jazeera, it's five months after hundreds of nigerian girls were abducted we'll meet one girl who escaped. and easing the land mine danger now there's hope that a program to clear them from the country side may soon begin. and in sport, it is all or nothing at the basketball world cup at

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>> hello, again, let's get a run through of our top stories. the u.s. secretary of state says arab states will play a criminal role, but no country will be sending ground troops. he has been meeting leaders a day after president obama outline add strategy to take on i.s. fighters. an exclusive al jazeera investigation has revealed the palestinian authority backed away from joining the international criminal courts. the i.c.c. cannot investigate war crimes allegedly committed during israel's 50 day assault on gaza, that until the p. a. agrees to sign on. >> and floods in india administered cashmere have killed nearly 450 people, and left hundreds of thousands homeless. the indian military has rescued nearly 45,000 people over the last three days.

so is saudi foreign minister has called on arab leaders to act with urgency, and cut off supply lines to islamic state fighters. >> no place for hesitation. hesitation will never help to get rid of these phenomenon. hesitation might encouraging these groups to move in a better and more organized way against all of us. and we have to say here, that any security movement again is terrorism, in order to get it's good results must be accompanied by a serious movement to defeat the thoughts behind those terrorists and to stop financing these terroristic groups. >> well, joining us now an iraqi poll six, also a

former member of parliament, thank you for being wayus on al jazeera. >> you're welcome. >> so what you heard from the u.s. secretary of state, also from the saudi foreign minister, were you satisfied or do you want to hear something else. >> i am not satisfied. they already noted there should be something on the ground. all the forces international society, others they can participate there. their air force, we need on the ground. so i think the role will be plays by iraqis themselves. not only by iraqis but the people on the ground on the provinces which is their -- the islamic state. so this is a vital issue. >> we will get into that, but first i would like to ask your opinion on what you think the troll of the gulf countries will be, because it is not very clear. >> well, we will wait --

or expect every support. to cope with al quaida, to cope with the islamic state, to cope from to prevent the spread of this -- let mes say, disease. outside iraq. it could be coped with, it could be dealt with, it could be resisted. otherwise, it will spread. so the gulf countries, and international society, they are -- i'm showing the readiness, showing the support. but we have to have real quick and active decisions. when you mentioned that the role is going to fall

on the iraqis themselves. >> yes. >> is what you said. >> territories. >> when you talk about that, are you referring to the national guard that's been established? and announced and -- is it -- >> too early for them to take on the islamic state group. >> no. the national guard is still now maybe announced but on paper. the people, the fighters, the people that defend their territories are already there, and are admitting them, and iraq, and they are ready to be recruited and ready to be positively engaged in this context. and really there should be quick steps not just announcements. what are the steps? you have a new iraqi government now that has been announced, what are the steps that you refer

to? >> there's no minister of offense, no minister of interior. no intelligence, and no any of the specifications needed for such a step to be held in iraq. and we have no -- until now, and we are waiting for the announcements of the nominations of these ministries. but we have bad experience. it was promised before, to be nominated for two or three weeks. wement four years without nomination. this is the critical situation. we need quick decisions, clear people. to be dealing with and to cope with the danger for all of the middle east. >> all right, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> on the al jazeera news hour. >> well, let's now go back to our exclusive investigation on how the

palestinian authority backed away from joining the international criminal court. the i.c.c. cannot commit wartimes during the 50 day assault that's until the p.a. agrees to sign on. joining us, now from london is -- he is an international law expert with city university, in london that's where he is joining us from. my first question to you, is in your preponderance, why do you think the palestinian authorities deliberately stalling this process? >> what it seems to me that the authorities especially the president does not think of the issue of the isis the international criminal court, as an issue of justice or bringing potential war criminals to justice. he thinks of it more as a

bargaining chip. and going to the i.c.c. at this point, mean he is will be using this bargaining chip. and he will be left with little leverage. so this seems to be the most prominent reason. >> so, now that we know that israel has announced that it is launching it's own investigation into alleged war crimes that were committed during the gaza role, what is the impact of that on the palestinians moving forward with the international criminal court, one day, if they choose to do so. >> well, the impact is not about moving forward. so what needs to happen, first, is for the authority, to sign and ratify the statute establishing the criminal court. at that point, they will have jurisdiction. be uh this jurisdiction

after establishing jurisdiction is also a matter of admissibility. the court has jurisdiction to investigate this crime. if there's no other state that has investigated them. so what could happen is that israel play use these investigations that they are carrying out today, to say that these crimes or these situations where the investigated in the past and there are there's no need to investigate again. this goes back to the admissibility of rules and what is known as complimentary. the court acquires jurisdiction and has the bihl to actually look into these cases only if the states that are involved are either unwilling or unable to conduct these investigations. are there any alternative

pursuits for the accountability that are available to the palestinians? well, the international criminal court is probably one of the most important, most significant way to pursue justice in this case. of course, it is part of the international politics. so international law as a whole, provides very little and very limited ways, and the most important one the most effective one, is that international criminal court, so even though there are problems and there are a number of procedure issues on the way, that seems to be the most promising. to take, but still at the same time there's no guarantee there will be results. thank you for joining us. >> denied alarmist that's

the capitol being encircled. they have been battling fighters nearby, meanwhile 150 days have passed since hundreds of school girls were kidnapped by the read call armed group. reports. >> the government is still not sharing with the public openly any information about the girls whereabouts, what is being done to rescue them, and more importantly, whether there have been any meaningful negotiations to ensure their release, given that the military has side time and again, they can't wait a commando style operation, fearing that would endanger the girls lives. in the meantime the families continue to wait inning any. >> he thought he and his family were lucky to escape an attack. they fled on foot to neighboring cameroon, from there they started the journey across nigeria, before settling

in the capitol. he left one daughter behind at her boarding school, he just wanted her to fin take year of school, but sara is one of nearly 300 school girls abducted by boko haram in april. >> every day, every night i pray. to bring my daughter back alive and in good health. >> i try to be strong for my family, but it is hard. being a poor man, i have no means to take the government to task. >> for months parents have been waiting to hear any news about their missing girls the military has said it knows their location, that cannot go in guns blazing. since that brazen abduction, boko haram had been expanding it's reach, seizing towns and villages, troops have been struggling to puff back their advances. >> the government says it has used the past five months to improve the quality of it's intelligence. but for many of the missing girls families the process has been excruciatingly slow.

>> rebecca is one of the 57 girls who managed to escape after being abducted. she spent the past months at a cousins house doing house chores, but this is not what she wants to do with her life. >> all i am thinking of is to find a better and safe school. i want my family to be proud of me. i want to be able to support them. >> community activists have been working with os to find placement for the girls who escaped. 15 have been admitted to the american university of nigeria, and a hand full have gone to lagos and others could potentially go to the united states. >> to a certain degree, there are supports from different groups but not enough. the problem so much that many people are effected.

not many governments have pledged to help, we know that the united states, the united kingdom offered assistance when it comes to intelligence, the satellite imagery, but diplomates say the governments were reluctant in the extent of help, given to authorities given the track record, the human rights record, of the nigerian military, and just in the past week or so, the u.s. government announced that lit be assisting in some sort of order protection program, the detail oz which have are still not clear. that this is very much a domestic issue, and that any international assistance should focus on helping the nigerian government improve it's own institutions, particularly ahead of next year's elections. >> the third highest number of land mine casualties in the world.

>> the explosive devices were scatters in places are they fought the government. florence lee reports. >> a victim, and a survivor, a former soldier who fought in one of the 70 wars against armed ethnic groups. he survive add land mine explosion, but lost a leg. >> before i got my artificial limb, i couldn't go out with friends. i felt limited, after i put on a prosthetic, i felt complete again. >> at this orthopedic clinic, they produced artificial limbs. it is also rehabilitation center, people are fitted with prosthetics, and learn how to use them. but the center says they have been fewer land mine victims lately. >> in the last few years, after a normally civilian government took over from the military, acease fire

was agreed with the main armed ethnic group. some areas were cleared of land mines, so development could take place. >> deep in the jungles of the state, however, demining has yet to take place. villages who live in the more remote areas know the dangers. and rarely wonder off well worn paths. >> current armies and the military still have outposts here to security territory we had to use land mines. the strong hold lies near the order fought the longest civil war against the government. but they are not the only group fighting for more atonmy. the government has been negotiating a nationwide cease fire agreement for nearly two years. people like e.e. are hopeful about the discussions. >> i am very happy about the peace talks because people will not lose their legs.

>> she lost her leg to a land mine, she says she used to blame the ethnic army for her misfortune, but has accepted her fate now. her only regret is the attempt at nationwide peace didn't come sooner. florence lee, al jazeera. >> still ahead on the program, learning the lessons of d.n.a., we look at the discovery that revolutionized the fight against crime. and later on sport, the first batch of north korean athletes arrived for the ray sean blames in south korea. in

olympic athlete oscar pistorius has been cleared of murder charges against him. he sobbed as the judge handed down her verdict. but he is still facing a manslaughter charge. he shot his girlfriend at home last year maintaining he mistook here for an intruder. tonya page was at the court. >> the charge saying the state simplied han't proved it's case for murder or premeditated murder. the accused letting out a big sob of sigh of relief, he hunched over in the seat, and his shoulders could be seen heaving up and down. the huge weight is lifted off his shoulders he will found out whether he is being found guilty or not guilty on the third charge the equivalent of manslaughter on friday. the judge hinting at which direction she may go, however, saying that he should have forseen that someone might be killed if they were hiding behind that

bathroom door, that he took no steps to avoided causing that death, that he acted hastily, and that he overreacted, so find out on friday, however, the fate on that cup panel homicide count, this trial broadcast live to millions of south africans and millions more people around the world, that high level of exposure, the judge said earlier in the day, didn't help in some instances. she had to discount some witness testimony crucial part of the prosecution case, on that charge of premeditated murder, where witnesses said they heard a woman arguing, that they heard shouts screams followed by gunshots, the judge said she believed that that witness testimony would have been muttled by the witnesses access and exposure to the trial, but many other people believing that exposure granted high level of transparency, and enabled to see their countries justice system at it's best in action. >> now time for the sports news with robin.

>> thank you very much. american football governing body says thatly be an independent investigation into the handling of the ray rice domestic violence. this sacked by his team after a new video emerged of him purging his fiance in february. he had been given a two game ban, but he has now been u.s. secretary spended indefinitely, denied having seen this footage, the investigation will be led by former director robert s miller the third. >> well that's always what you want to make sure, is they understand we are trying to do the right thing at all times. when we make a mistake, we are honest about it, and we are ohm about it, and say we will work at it. to do better. we were two weeks ago that's when we improved our policies and we have more work to do, we will keep listening and learning and making sure we are doing the right things for all of our fans. >> i understand the effort that we put in, we

also knew that the league was trying to do it. and you know i do feel that where we dropped the ball, i am not --ly kind of speak for the league, but i am speaking about us as the ravens that we sat back and let others do it. it's easy to say now that if the league can't get it the team can't, but i know the effort we put in, and we called everybody that we could. >> he has apologized for criticizing the decision to suspend ray rice, the american was speaking in las vegas ahead of his world title fight with marcus on saturday. now, may weather served two months in prison after pleading guilty to domestic abuse. >> i was just getting word from people that it was a video out there, i didn't know, because i am training for a fight. and if i offended anyone, i apologize. i didn't mean to offend anyone.

and i apologize to the nfl. and to the -- to anyone else that got offended. i am not perfect, i make mistakes and i don't condone that, at all. >> a bit of football now, a new five year contract with the premier league club, the belgium international. chelsea's number 13 seasons on loan to athletico madrid, when he won the title. and the europea league trophy. >> part of the word's greatest ever players saying by giving abuse in football makes things only worse. complained to a referee that fans were racially abusing him in a brazilian cup game premier has now been banned from the tournament, and fined $20,000. they named every possible word towards us, did you hear any news about

racism at that time? it's because we didn't give publicity to this, i think when we have more publicity on something like this, lit be more likely to happen again. >> speaking at the launch of a new football pitch in rio degin anywhere row this isn't a typical pitch, actually powered by kinetic energy by the movement of the players. there are 200 hi-tech tiles under the field, and also solar panels so it can run on renewable energy. athletes and officials have started to arrive in south korea, were along the first 94 people to land there, there will be a delegation of 273 in total. they were welcomed by a small group of activists but organizers are thinking that flaggings of all nations, due to the fear that the north koreaning from will be damaged. the two week multisport event start ozen the

19th of september. france hosts spain to reach the semifinals of basketball's world cup has beaten spain to win the european title last year, and just a week ago, they won their group game by 22 points. but the frenching produce add late surge in this quarter final, to win 65-52. the opponent opponents wile serbia, who dominated wild cards. outscoring their opponents 20109-10 in the third period. specifically going on for an 84-56 victory. well the other semifinal begins in the next few minutes with tournament favorites the united states facing lithuania, this is a rematch from the last world cup in 2010, where the u.s. beat the lithuaniaens, on the way to claiming the world title. >> our expectations are the same every game. make sure we compete, play for each over. move the ball, make sure passes the extra passes and help each other out.

but lithuania is a good team, the two big men are tremendous. so -- it is going to be a big time game for us. >> thank you for watching more later. >> all right, robin, thank you very much. well, exactly 30 years ago, a scientists in the u.k. discovers that patterns of d.n.a. differ from one person to another. even within the same family. the man behind d. n.a. finger printing which eventually revolutionized the fight against crime. these school children are getting into groups with a case that made history. british immigration authorities have doubts that a boy accompanied was her real son. thanks to technology developed the year before, she was able to prove he was. and that technology is dna fingerprints. two scientists remembers the reaction he got from people here. >> i stood up, and the

bits of d.n.a. that we are looking at, i speculated well maybe if we catch rapist using this technology. by analyzing or typing the semen recovered from victims. and that -- i remember the back row of the orders. >> that was before -- this is just completely mad, and i had completely lost it. well, history are has proved me right. >> in the last 30 years genetic fingerprints is something many of us have come to take for granted but as well as helping to fight crime, it has led to a whole range of applications. it is also used globally -- >> something that was stumbled across. is being used for genetics. the same thing happening now. and 30 years time, it would be really time.

those same things can be used at all. >> in the real world it is still crime fighting that has benefited most from the discovery, the latest break through is rapid d. n.a. >> we get the -- resort bar code in all the profile within 90 minutes. that can then go to assigntists against the d. a. data base, and they will say whether that person is isn't on the d.n.a. data base. the future applications for this science, the only real limit is what the human brain can conceive of. >> lester. >> thank you for watching the news hour. for a viewer over the united states. the regular programming on al jazeera america, for our international viewers i will be back in just a moment for a full bulletin of news, top stories that's coming up in a moment.

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