>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ good to have your company for this al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster and this is some of what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes. the cia reveals the islamic state group has three times as many fighters than was originally thought. >> mr. pistorius please stand up. >> the olympic athlete found guilty of manslaughter. european union hits russia with new sanctions despite the

despite the east fire in eastern ukraine. moscow says it will hit back. and a giant fossil revealing a dinosaur that feasted of massive strashgs. the cia says the islamic state group has far more figh r fighters than originally estimated. jamal looks how the group has been able to recruit so many men. >> reporter: they are well armed and well financed. rise to permanence after capturing several towns and cities across northern syria and iraq, but it is their brutality that has made team that notorious worldwide, and now the

cia says the group known as the islamic state is growing. unofficially their numbers were estimated at around 10,000, but now the cia says more than 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. there appears to be little agreement or clarity as to why and why the i.s. group as grown so quickly. some experts say the failure of american fore -- foreign policy in the middle east is to blame. >> that is really a failure with much of the west in how they have been fighting terrorism for the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. you do have to address those root causes. the disenfranchisement of the sunnis this iraq is a huge reason why many have gone to

isis, but you have the same thing in syria, in africa, and throughout the middle east. >> reporter: as well as fast year's crack down on hundreds of thousands of iraqis who took part in unprecedented andy government protests hundreds prof tests were killed then. norky maliki, it was because of terrorists. >> the root cause in iraq is up with issue that has to be addressed, and that really is a challenge. with the previous iraqi government the sunnis and curds felt disenfranchised, and they were. the new prime says the new government will be inclusive. this will be a challenge to get

the sunni tribes there in western iraq, first to trust the new central government. >> reporter: but the i.s. reach now extends well into syria, yet until now it appears that international powers, particularly the u.s. have failed to come up with a plan on how to combat the group's plan in syria. many feel dealing with the group solely from a limited extent will only create more problems. >> the french president says they will join the coalition against the i.s. >> translator: we stand by you on the humanitarian level and the security level, because you are facing an enemy which was not recognize borders between countries. this endmy is a terrorist group that has now formed a presence

on the ground. this group is launching a war, not just against iraq, but against all those who do not see things the same they do, a war based on terror. ten countries including qatar, egypt, saudi arabia, agreed to back the initiative put forward by secretary of state john kerry. >> arab nations play a critical role in that coalition, the leading role, really, across all lines of effort, military support, humanitarian aid, our work to stop the flow of illegal funds and foreign fighters, which isil requires in order to thrive, and certainly the effort to repudiate once and for all the dangers, the offensive, the

insulting distortion of islam that isil propaganda attempts to spread throughout the region. one country that hasn't signed up, turkey. you better give us the reasons why turkey feels it is dangerous for it to say yes to john kerry's plan, but also why john kerry feels it's important to have turkey on its side. >> turkey is the only majority muslim nato country. the u.s. needs turkey. ideally, it wouldn't want to be able to use the nato air base in turkey, and it would be the perfect taking off point for fighter jets reading towards iraq to targets there, but turkish officials in the last few days have already gone on

the record saying that they are not going to allow the air base to be used for operations. yes, it can be used for humanitarian assistance, but turkey is worried particularly about more than 40 turks being held hostage by islamic state fighters. however, there has been pressure from the united states, britain and other european countries to at least try to stop the tide of aspiring foreign fighters from europe and the u.s. taking their way through turkey and into iraq and syria, and turkey has tried to strengthen its borders to stop those fighters moving across. >> reporter: this fight still be turkish soil, but it is a border town that looks to the middle east. it's a place of pilgrimage, the supposed birthplace of abrab ham one of islams greater profits.

now sometimes is mingling among the people are different men. they are going to join the fighters of the group that calls it's a the islamic state. but turkey has made that final leg a lot harder. >> translator: the plane ahead is syria, this smuggler told me it used to be easy to get there, you just cut a hole through the fence. not anymore. >> translator: the changed started about ten months ago, turkish forces have within digging trenches along the border, they have put tanked there, and used night vision goggles. they have even shot at people, now it's much harder to get people across. >> reporter: they have been going into syria's province where they will be welcomed into an area controlled by groups

linked to islamic state. the province is just behind me across the now closed border. the i.s. is holding more than 40 turks hostage. the turkish government worries that playing an active role in a us-lead military campaign to push back i.s. forces could result in the i.s. taking out brutal revenge on those turkish hostages. they also have plenty of reminders of the human cost of the conflict. it hosts hundreds if not thousands of syrians escaping from the fighting as well. >> translator: there is no life there. the people are tired. they took everything. there is no money. >> reporter: u.s. officials have said they understand turkey's unique position as the only majority muslim nato country.

but their participation is essential if the campaign against the islamic state is to have any success. oscar pistorius has been found guilty of cullable homicide, also known as opinion slaughter. he shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door at his home last year. he has always maintained he mistook her for an intruder and was found not guilty of murders her. here is the judge handing down the verdict. >> on count i [ inaudible ] section 51.1 of the criminal law amendment x, 105 of 1997, the accused is found not guilty and is discharged. instead he is found guilty of

culpable homicide. >> tanya paige has been covering the case since february of last year. we are waiting for the sentencing but that won't come for a while, so let's concentrate on the events of the last few hours. when he was found not guilty a while ago he was seen crying, now we're seeing emotion both inside and outside the court. >> yes, absolutely. relooked really quite stunned when the judge delivered that guilty verdict on the count of culpable homicide or manslaughter as it is known in many other countries. which carries a maximum of 15 years in jail. the judge has a brood range of options to choose there. she could go for a prison

sentence or a final community service. but that verdict delivered to a silent court. his girlfriend's family didn't say anything as they felt court. but we heard a little from oscar's uncle. here is what he said. >> we would really like to show our deep grateful we are to the judge that has found oscar not guilty of murder. that's a big burden off of our shoulders and oscar. we always knew the facts of the matter, and we had never any doubt in oscars version of this tragic incident. >> our sports correspondent robin adams with me now. during the course of the last few months, pistorius has become a rather pathetic figure in

court. but you knew him away from this when he was on the track. did he come across as a humble guy >> well, he did. away from what we saw in the courtroom, a man throwing up, and crying profusely, oscar was at least when i met him very humble. he loved inspiring people. we are looking at somebody who is the poster child for discabled athletes, and he really liked that he was able to inspire on that kind of level. also at the height of his career, 2012, the london games the first double amputee to compete. he was in demand from sponsors, marketers, publicity. the last time i saw him was in december in qatar when he was

doing another publicity for disabled sport. so a very far figure there what we saw in court to the man i knew. >> tanya was saying the sentence could be as much as 15 years or no jail time at all. so -- so what happens to him now? he either goes to prison, or if he doesn't go to prison, what does he do? >> i think in terms of his professional career, i think that is over. on february 14th when the news broke that he was involved in the killing, there was the sponsored very hurriedly started withdrawing. he was supposed to compete at a world event just a few months after, and they said we don't think that it would be approach to have him here. so in terms of his career, i don't think he will complete again. >> robin thank you very much. still to come, waiting,

hundreds of thousands are still stranded by floods in south asia and the military leaders are cracking down in korea. and the usa make it to the semifinals of the basketball world cup. stay with us. ♪ this two sides in the conflict in eastern ukraine have exchanged more than 60 prisoners on friday, as the ceasefire continues to hold for now at least. but fear is widespread that the war will flair up again nowhere more so than in and around the city of luhansk. harry fawcett is there. >> reporter: on august 13th,

ukrainian tanks rolled in to this area, and stayed for two weeks the imprint on this community will last for years. locals say that soldiers did try to get civilians out only for their vehicles to be hit by mines or artillery. >> translator: 17 people died here. everybody from this street died. from this house, from this house, and from that house. >> reporter: this is just one episode in the chaotic ukrainian withdraw from luhansk. up until that point the rebels simply hadn't had the weapons to do this kind of damage. the sheer size of this crater gives you the idea of the fire power that was reigning down from this village. and it shows what was the result of russian reinforcement.

city authorities say that more than 500 people died in and around luhansk, a number that is expected to rise. electricity and pumped water has been out for more than a month. >> translator: in general it is silent now, but there is an expectation of more war to come. up until the ceasefire it was explore after explosion. >> reporter: just six of the 50 schools opened for the year. >> translator: our school isn't open. they say on the 14th was destroyed and the other one in the neighborhood was bombed as well. >> reporter: after what these families have lived through, it's hard to let go even for a day. >> translator: there's no guarantee they won't start firing again, so i stay close by just in case. >> reporter: these classes have

been swelled by children from around the city. this woman teaches ukrainian language in a town now controlled by pro-russian separatists. >> translator: mr. luhansk is part of ukraine or not, it doesn't make a difference. people are what matters. >> translator: this battered city is doing what it can to prepare itself before his annual festival on saturday. ruined infrastructure everywhere needs to be rebuilt, and everywhere the fear that the fighting could start again. european sanctions reached to target russia have come in to effect despite the threat of relation from moscow. suspected russian involvement in eastern ukraine, and major russian world firms and state and banks will be denied access

to financing, crucial european markets. let's get the reaction from peter sharpe. >> reporter: in the past president putin has been dismissing these sanctions. he calls them mostly meaningless pin pricks, but there's no question these sanctions passed by the european union on friday will start to bite. and in the firing is one of the country's major oil companies. it was one of the fastest growing oil companies in the world. it has now been denied access to capitol raising money in the markets. it is trying to service a $55 billion debt. it had to layoff about a quarter of its staff and it is even now talking about having to sell off some of its big oil fields in

siberia, and sell them off to china to raise some sort of cash. so we're also, as we say, expecting the american sanctions friday, and this will reduce the credit and debt availability to some of these big russian banks. northern ireland's former first minister, ian paisley, has died. he was known by some as dr. no for his refusal to compromise be irish national lists. he served as northern ireland's first minister in a power sharing government. now to scotland and less than a week to go before the people living there decide whether to separate from the united kingdom, and the latest opinion poll suggesting a narrow 4% lead for the no campaign for those who want to stay part of the union. a survey five days ago showed a

2% lead for the yes campaign, we want to split. this earlier one brought alarm in london about the potential break up of the u.k. banks and other institutions have been accused of scare mongering, warning they will move their headquarters to london if the independence goes through. >> reporter: this little village looks pretty as a postcard in the autumn sunshine. people here have done well for themselves. so with the boat club in the cafe, lots of people are extremely nervous about a future for scotland sailing away from the united kingdom, so worried,

that they might abandon ship as well. >> i would have to see how it went. >> reporter: it is a joke or half serious? >> it is very serious. my family has houses south of the border, and especially while the whole thing kicks off, if we go to independence, [ inaudible ] as such. if the cur event going to change [ inaudible ]. >> we might move. we might not. i think we would have to wait and see what the outcome is. >> reporter: no to independence voters say a scotland outside the u.k. would have to perform a desperate balancing act. but so many in this silent majority seem to have kept their thoughts to themselves. the campaign has tried as it a can to sow uncertainty in voter's minds to try to portray

on independent scotland as somewhat ridiculous. but no, we can't is never going to sound as exciting as yes, we can. its own leadership has made comparisons between the scottish nationalists and north korea. >> i think we all have to be here to -- i mean it's my country. it's -- people feel very strongly. this is not one country against another. >> reporter: and so even in wealthy areas, the yes campaign has resinated. >> it's about having independence and wealth, and making our own decisions and choices those kind of things. >> reporter: it has become increasingly clear that putting fear in the minds of the scots hasn't work. now the no vote are the ones with the thoughts of foreboding.

in military, pakistan is stepping up rescue efforts as floods continue to run in the east of the country. more than 270 have lost their lives. let's he let's hear from camel. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people are evacuated by the law enforcement authority because of the rising water that has inundated the area. this man and his family left five days ago, they are now living in a tent such as this. but we have seen here that for the first time, the provincial government has gone out of the way. they have mobilized the defense organization, medical students having volunteered to come and help people in need.

school teachers have taken on the responsibility of making sure these children don't lose out on their lessons. this is the third time the government has actually responded in a very big way to try to alleviate the suffering of these people, but this crisis is not going anywhere, and the government will need a lot of help in order to overcome these challenges. hospitals are springing up india where scores of people are still stranded from flooding there too. >> reporter: it's the only way to get down the road. this is what many parts of the area currently look like. some people are traps days after the rains let up. some of the rescue work is being done by locals themselves. this man has lost his voice after days of shouting down streets to help his family,

neighborhood -- neighbors and strangers, helping them get out. >> [ inaudible ] so they go to here, i took my family and neighbors, then i go again, and took all neighbors, every persons. >> reporter: the power is out, but safety takes a back seat because so many others are trapped. this street looks more like a river now, and looking at the house, you can see how high the river rose. locals have been helping out as well as the military. some survivors are frustrated. these locals say the army is helping their own personnel first and not allowing them to join the search. >> i can't help my brother.

okay. they don't allows to save our own people. they just save their own. >> reporter: some locals were initially hostile towards us, blaming media for focusing on military locals and ignoring them. with or without electricity they are treated around 700 people a day with donated medicines. >> whatever little we have, we're trying to give the first aid and emergency help. >> reporter: rescue efforts continue around the region and are expected to go on for days or even weeks. with more help coming in as more people are rescued. everton fox is here. can you tell if the worst for these people is over, or perhaps

is there something else on the way? >> well, in terms of the rain coming out of the sky, i think you can. because along the northeast parts of pakistan and india, we have a little rain, but the wetter weather is definitely moved on. so the rivers further south will continue to swell in the next few days, and there in lies the problem. 143 millimeters of rain over the last 24 hours. 101 millimeters of rain in this area, over that same period. and that will be the focus over the next few days then. we will see that wet weather on saturday, gradually pressing down to this area, but as you can see it does stay a good deal

dryer and clearer, so things in terms of what is coming out of the sky will improve. further east, we have a tropical storm making its way in across the region, that will bring flooding rains across much of the area as we go through the next couple of days, david. >> reporter: thanks much indeed. life in a floating slum. we'll take you to the water for a quarter of a million residents of nigeria. we have the sport and it's a knock out, but not the sort that he wanted. we'll have the details later in sport. ♪

♪ >> good to have you with us on the al jazeera news hour. these are the global headlines. the cia says the number of fighters that joined the islamic state group are much higher than previously thought. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is gathering support in the fight against i.s. turkey so far refusing to sign up to the international coalition, and won't allow the use of its southern air bases to launch attacks on islamic state. the south african olympic athlete, oscar pistorius has

been found guilty of manslaughter. he shot his girlfriend through the bathroom door last year. the judge accepted that he mistook her for an intrueder. 50 days have large parts of gaza in ruins, and now people are trying to rebuild their lives, and that includes fisherman. here is one man's story in his own words. >> translator: my name is [ inaudible ], and i'm a fisherman from gaza. we were born into this work. i have been fishing for over 30 years, and i am nearly 41 years old. everything about fishing is so beautiful. the sea is beautiful and has

many gifts to offer us, but we need the space. we need enough space to get to the fish, to experience the flee.com -- freedom of the seas, without anyone asking us where we're going and threatening us. the fishing here is weak. the real fishing is further out than 6 miles. at least 9 to 12 miles. this area here is like a desert for us. the fisherman have nothing to do with hamas or fattah or any of the factions. we are just normal simple people who work for ourselves. with -- we have no ties to politics whatsoever. but unfortunately the israelis take the problems out on us.

they attack the nets, hit fuel supplies and other facilities. many have lost everything. between 80 and 90 fishing families have had their lives completely ruined because of this war. when i catch fish i am happy. when i cast my net and god is generous, i feel very happy. whenever a fisherman makes a good catch, he is happy. we have big problems, but if we're allowed to fish freely, we'll feel liberated and we can truly be happy. it is worth going back to our top story, which is the international coalition being pulled together by john kerry and other western power leaders. here we see the french president who has just arrived in northern iraq, and there he is with the president of the kurdistan, in

autonomous region of northern iraq, and he was earlier in bagdad with the new government there, and the president of the whole of iraq talking about giving france's support to the effort to try to degrade and destroy as president obama says is necessary, the islamic state which has taken over large parts of northern iraq not too far from where we see those two politicians right now. ♪ al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three kournallists being held in egypt. peter greste, baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy have been behind bars for 268 days now. they have launched appeals against the conviction and

sentencing. latest figures on ebola confirm it is spreading at an increasing and alarming rate. here is a graph showing the number of new cases since the beginning of the year. you can see it's accelerating up to 700 now, and increaseings exponentially. the w.h.o. says it is particularly concerned about a surge in new cases in liberia. more than 2,000 people there have died so far. let's talk to ashley, photo journalist who is working for al jazeera in sierra leone. she is joining us on the line now. ashley, we're going to show some photographs of what you have seen there, but you are now, i think, inside the hospital, and if things weren't bad enough, the health workers there are refusing to carry out certain duties? >> i'm -- i didn't entirely hear

that, but i would like -- i'm just [ inaudible ] now which is the third -- it's the third largest city in the country, and this is one of the key hospitals. they have lost up to 30 nurses and doctors here who have been infected and killed by the disease at this hospital. we have arrived here unannounced. there is a strike, the hygienists, and nurses are doing the most dangerous jobs in this country, are protesting because they haven't been paid for two weeks. they are the ones who are dealing with the ebola patients and dying at a ridiculous rate. the government have provided an incentive -- a risk incentive pay for all of the workers who have been recruited to help over

the last month, and as i said they haven't been paid for two weeks. they are standing outside in the compound at the moment basically demanding to be paid. they have brought operations to a halt here. no doctors go about their work, because the hygienists are essential, and they are refusing to work until they get paid. >> ashley it's david here, not matt, matt is the man on the other side of the glass who pulls my strings. we understand there are 2,000 extra workers being trained for this work. >> i'm sorry you are going to have to repeat that. >> reporter: red cross field hospital, tell us about that. >> the red cross field hospital is due to open today a few kilometers outside of the town. it has been several weeks in construction, and today it will

be a 60-bed capacity here at the hospital, and as i can see in front of me here, they are desperate for [ inaudible ] some of their patients because there are far too many patients here that they are trying to deal with. they are trying to send some of their patients to the red cross hospital. that hospital [ inaudible ] with 60 patients. it won't be full capacity for at least two months. they just want to introduce five patients for now. because, a, they don't have enough staff, they recruited staff, and 16 have decided they don't want to work there. they don't have enough equipment. the equipment is supposed to come from freetown, but hasn't arrived yet. and there are parts of the construction that are still missing. and you cannot let a patient in

and then go back and finish construction. >> okay. ashley we're going to have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed. to nigeria, and macoco there is one of the more unusual slums in all of africa, perhaps all of the world. it is built on water, and it provides a way of life, a fishing community and a host of other activities too. although the risk of disease as cow might imagine is very high. the first of a four-part report on slums around the world. >> reporter: this is macoco, nigeria's slum on water. at least 200,000 people live here. for them profferty, pollution and disease is a way of life. this fisherman lives here with his wife and 13 children. >> translator: we are a fishing

community, and like the fish we cannot do without water. we are used to it. we are very contented. >> reporter: in this slum people don't just survive they thrive too. for the people here, life revolves around the water. they live, and shop in the water here. after more than a century of non-interference, local officials have begun to take a key interest in the slum. two years ago they sent men with chain saws to the water ways to demolish the houses. this 65-year-old sits on the stilt that her house once stood on. she now lives in this makeshift room with her children and grandchildren. >> translator: i was born here. i know nowhere else.

that's why i could not leave. i would rather die here than leave. >> reporter: but things are beginning to approve. the government has abandoned its plan to evict the residents. they now also have a floating school. this man has been campaigning for better conditions in macooco for the last 16 years. >> [ inaudible ] is one that actually, first of all recognizes that these people, you know, are -- have a right to remain in the community. a community that is functional; that is like any other community, but is serviced by the government. >> reporter: until that happens the people here say they will continue to live the way their forefathers did. taking comfort in their communal

existence. okay. that was the first in our series. you have got the second part coming up on saturday. i'm rob reynolds in san jose, california, with the story of how this camp full of homeless people exists in silicon valley, one of the wealthiest parts of america. three people have been sentenced to death for a knife attack that killed 31 people in china. another defendingant was sentenced for life in prison. the attack was outside of a railway station in a southern city. 141 people were injured. the thai comp -- government is cracking down on corruption, and marshall law is helping with a cleanup. >> reporter: tourests from

around the world have been coming here for decades. now the island is facing a heavy handed crackdown by the government here. for years the beach was lined with stands. they provided the livelihood for these people and had for years, but a few months ago they were all told by police that they were set up illegally and only had a few months before all structures would be demolished. the peak tourist season starts next month, so they have no way to make money. because of the big tourist money, organized crime and scams have been prevalent here. they too are part of this national crackdown. one target the taxi mafia that

fixing fairs, and extorting tourists. >> translator: i feel that the honest people can work much more comfortably, and we're not scared of the powerful people. the work is better. it's actually enough to make ends meet now. >> reporter: but he's not sure it will stay better during the high season of tourists. the man tasked with the cleanup says it wasn't until he had the influence and force of the go that he was actually able to make headway. the police general was brought here, he said marshall law helped him get his job done. >> translator: i was shocked to see the level of corruption here and how daring they are. i'm only a small cop, but i stay true to my job.

i used al-capone as the guide our case. >> reporter: the sun might set on cleaner beaches, but there will no doubt be more pleas from people losing their jobs, as the local police force will be using the military for more cleanup. just ahead on the news hour, the secrets of the spineasarus. and find out how one californian is making big waves as he battles an 11-time world champion. ♪ @jvé

♪ we have the sport, which means we is suna here. >> as you heard oscar pistorius has been found guilty of manslaughter. richard par looks back on the career of the athlete. >> reporter: oscar was the pioneering poster boy of

disabled athletes. the first medal came when he was just 17 at the 2004 games in athens. >> [ inaudible ] in the period between 2008 and 2012, since then the parra olympic movement has many more athletes. >> reporter: but the mannone as the blade runner wanted to run against able-bodied athletes in 2008 he got the court of sport to allow him to compete. >> they did not establish that the prosthetics used by pistorius give him advantage over other athletes. >> i think this day is going to go down in history for the quality of disabled people.

i think it's such a significant day in sport. >> reporter: but later that year, south africa decided not to select him for the beijing olympics. he would compete two years later in south korea having competed in the heats after south africa came second in the 4 by 400 relay, he was given a silver rely. in 2012 he competed in the olympics in london. >> it's just about changing the perception, really, because the next time they could see somebody with a prosthetic leg, and it is not something to talk about. it's nothing to be ashamed of. >> reporter: whether people considered him a role model or rule breaker, he attracted global media attention. it will be greater than ever when he is given his sentence on

october 18th. united states are through to the final of the basketball world cup after they beat lieutenant wania. it was a physical match. they outscored the europeans 33-14. kyle irving top scorer for the champions, they ended up waning 96-68. >> it is more fun because of all of the scrutiny, everybody coming at us, and saying once we get a team that is bigger than us or more athletic than us, we are going to lose. so it was an even sweeter victory for me. >> the semi final takes place on

saturday against these two teams. they only have one player on their roster who competes in the nba. france narrowly won in a previous battle. >> they have a lot of credit to be in the semifinals. they really played a great game, and they are a great team, great organization. the coach did a great job, not only this year, but the years back. and they have for me -- they are the personality, number one of this tournament, and [ inaudible ] leaving his back after a great nba season. >> chris kirk has won the $10 million bonus. he had an opening round of 4 under par at east lake. he is tied for the lead with fellow american who is currently

second in the fedex cup standings. >> we are numbers one and two on the fedex cup list. no, i mean we both just had a solid day. billy has been playing incredible golf, obviously. and i have been doing all right myself. so it was a comparable pairing for both of us. and the golf course played very, very well, and we both had it going pretty nice. the baltimore ravens played their first game after sacking ray rice. it wasn't a distraction for the ravens. joe falco through two touchdowns to help his team win. miami marlins star

[ inaudible ] stanton was taken to hospital after being hit in the face by a pitch. the pitcher had thrown the ball at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour. he leads the national league with 37 home runs, and was later diagnosed as having multiple facial fractures and dental damage. there is also a painful night for new york yankees chase headley. he was hit in the jaw from a fast ball. all of his teeth remain intact. the yankees won the game in new york 5-3. a local californian surfing produced biggest shock at the opening round of the [ inaudible ] festival. he defeated kelly slater and

overtook slater in the final moments to record an 8.5 to advance straight to the final round. >> thank you, thank you very much indeed. it was bigger than a trex and feasted on massive sharks. it is the spine saurrus, the biggest dinosaur to roam the earth. >> reporter: about 16 meters long, give it a long neck like a bird, and a spineny 2-meter sail along its back, laws as long as a man, and a powerful tail, and you have the biggest dinosaur ever discovered. they say it was the first dinosaur to dominate the

prehistoric waterways. >> spinosaurus is the largest predator to date, 50 feet long. that makes it special. but for science it broke another barrier that i think is scientifically is more important for us. it is an animal that was adapted to living in the water. >> it was the only dinosaur in the water. >> reporter: this was the man who helped rediscover the spinosaurus. it lived 95 million years ago and had long been known to scientists. but the only skeleton discovered in egypt was destroyed in world war ii. it turned out those bones would blow most of the theories held about spinosaurus out of the

water. >> we took a section to fine out how old it was. >> reporter: analysis showed the 20-ton spinosaurus likely spent most of its time swimming with and likely eating the sharks and other aquatic life around it. >> there are no extinct animals that look anything like it. so it's like working on an extraterrestrial. my interest in this dinosaur started when i was about six or seven years ago, so to play a role in bringing this back to life so to speak is an incredible experience. >> reporter: a discovery that will-by-hope to budding dinosaur hunters that they toomey have a hand in unearthing the next big thing. >> that's it for me, david

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