time and technology has changed. without it the region could run out of water. announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm in doha with the top stories. building a coalition against the islamic state group. u.s. says egypt has a key role to play in the fight. >> we are civil in a state of war, and the key aggressor is russian federation. ukraine's prime minister says viewed jip wants to take -- vladimir putin wants to take over his country. pakistan's military rescues

flood survivors while thousands remain trapped. no fumes, less noise - could the electric cars be the future for formula 1? hello, the u.s. secretary of state says egypt has a key role to play in countering the islamic state group in iraq and syria. john kerry met the egyptian president in the capital of cairo. john kerry has been on a tour of the middle east, trying to shore up regional support for the u.s.-led fight against the islamic state. i.s., controlling large areas of iraq and syria has been targeted by u.s. air strikes in recent weeks, and 10 arab countries, including egypt have given their support. >> as an intellect sul --

intellectual and cultural capital of the world, egypt has a role to play. this is an important feature of our discussions in jeddah, and again today, here in cairo, and it is something that the egyptian religious establishments - they both fully support and understand. john hendren joins us from erbil in iraq to talk to us about the tour that john kerry has been going on in the middle east to shore up support for the coalition that the u.s. is putting together. >> well, kerry has gone to a number of nations. his mission in coming to the middle east was to cover gulf and north african nations to join in. egypt is a key nation in that respect. if it ended up looking like a

western alliance, that would be hauntingly close to the coalition, the coalition of the willing in 2003, that ended up invading and occupying iraq, and that is a bad visual in this part of the world. nobody in this part of the world remembers that fondly. the americans have been helping with air strikes, but are not always getting credit because of the role played in the past. it was important for kerry to get middle eastern and north african islamic nations in particular involved because that helps with the ideological argument that the islamic state is not israel. that is the message john kerry is trying to sell. >> the news from iraq, the prime minister said he ordered the iraqi air force to halt strikes on civilian areas. what do you know about that? >> well, this has been an issue

in the past. it was an issue when the air strikes occurred during the lengthy war, and has been an issue lately. the iraqi air force launched air strikes, and they are not known for being pin point. there has been american air strikes here as well. this is an effort to win the hearts and mind of iraqis. after all, after the iraqi forces take each one of the cities or downs, they'll have to absorb the people in those areas back into the iraqi government, into the iraqi nation. and it's not going to help if they end up killing civilians in these kind of attacks. this is an effort to help with that. it makes the military mission difficult. if you have to go into a town that has not been secured with air strikes, it could mean the battle on the ground and much is urban warfare is more difficult. >> thank you, john hendren reporting to us from erbil. let's cross to washington and

speak to political analyst, a professor of middle east studies in international relations from george town university. good to have you with us on the al jazeera newshour. looking at kerry's stop in egypt. what do you think he got out of it. did he get the support that he wants from egypt. >> it's too early to say if he got the support he wants. he described egypt as app important partner, struggle, and as a previous guest mentioned, there is a growing recognition that this battle is not only a military battle, a military aspect of it, but there is an ideological component which the

united states and its allies need to focus on, and emphasise, and this is what president obama also, in his speech, where he laid out his strategy, emphasised that the islamic state i.s. does not represent islam, and it's neither a state nor islamic as more or less he proclaimed it. this is an important part and where egypt plays a role as the center, and as he described it, as the cultural and intellectual capital of the arab world. in is something that is significant. there are other... >> right. my question is - can the military strikes and the air campaign and this coalition that is being built, and the rebels armed and trained. can all of this get rid of the ideology off the islamic states. we have seen it happen before with al qaeda, for example. >> absolutely, and i think this

is an important point. the military strikes - military attacks and actually we saw in afghanistan or in iraq, in fact, the consequences of the war, and also of the military victories could not be translated into political victories. there was a big difference, yes. the u.s., for example, succeeded in bringing down the taliban, yes, the u.s. succeeded in bringing down the regime of saddam hussein, but that victory, that military victory was - showed limitations of the military power. you need political component, and this is where, i think, there is at least some recognition whether it will succeed or not. there is a recognition that there is a cultural, intellectual, ideological component, whereby the west

wants to see arab, islamic countries coming out and saying - denouncing and renouncing ideology of i.s.i.s., saying that they don't represent islam or muslims, and that's why they need arab support. >> when kerry says it's inappropriate for iran to join the group, because as he put it, engagements of syria and iran. can it be done without iran's involvement. >> the similar question was asked of the jacob shapro foreign minister, saying without referring to iran, he said all the countries in the world should be part of a struggle against the conflict. there is a recognition on the part of many countries, that iran is playing, it's - it has a lot of influence in iraq, and the iranian role, and it's in the united states, although it's inappropriate, there's a

recognition that iran - maybe they can move on parallel tracks, but they are not coordinating or cooperating directly, but iran has a role to play. >> thank you very much for speaking to us from washington. >> opposition fighters captured a series of strategically important towns near the town of deraa. following fighting around government bases. >> reporter: in the country side rebels are making progress taking territory one at a time. soldiers are abandoning their positions coming under sustained attack. the rebels are grateful for a small victory. >> reporter: the syrian rebel front declares the hill, and we thank god for that. >> in this area the forces of

the bashar al-assad appear to have been routed, and opposition fighters will gain and control territories around this important area. >> translation: after controlling the town, we started to move people to safer areas. and managed to secure public places in the town. >> reporter: this was at the start of the civil war in 2011. thousands have been killed since then. many others are living in refugee camps like this. here at the camp, people are living in conditions that are worse. >> translation: life is very hard here, especially during the summer, when there are water shortages. each family barely gets a bulent of water a day -- bucket of

water a day. >> people make the most of what they have. in a hot tent a school is running, with dozens of children and a teacher working for free. >> translation: we ask people to come and see the children and provide them with what they need. >> refugees are intent on staying. they must be wondering how long they can carry on like this. pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine are firing at the government-held airport in donetsk. despite a ceasefire. the prime minister accused the russian president of trying to destroy ukraine as an independent country and recreate the soviet union. we have the latest. >> reporter: this is what the ceasefire sounds like on the outskirts of donetsk. [ gun fire ] >> reporter: pro-russian rebels

wouldn't show their faces but shows us ordinances that the ukranian forces are using to fire on them and the city. >> this is as close as we can safely get to the airport, which is a kilometre or so away behind me beyond the checkpoint. where small arms and tank rounds have been raining down on the stronghold that the ukrainian forces maintained for month. it's an important prize strategically that the dpr rebels want to take control of in kiev, ukraine's prime minister admitted the ceasefire was flimsy, indeed. >> we are in a state of war. the key aggressor is russian federation. >> russia continues to deny its military involvement and sent a second humanitarian convoy on saturday. residents there need food and

support. >> translation: today we received humanitarian aid from the russian federation. we have unloaded cars with rice, sugar, canned fish and meat. it will be delivered for people with passports from luhansk and the region. >> pro-russian rebels distributed the aid. likewise in donetsk, the rebels must reassure returning residents that they can keep the peace. they may resemble another militia, but these are the police, complete with a new signature. the rebel authorities want to show the public order has returned. some, the gunmen in the car, are beyond the law. >> for others, the war may not be over. it's time to get on with their lives. more than 20 people are missing after a ferry sank off the central philippines.

a government official said a ferry reported problems with steering and heavily rain. 84 people were on board the ferry. and a small faction of the pakistani taliban announced it would suspend its arms campaign against the army. the leaders of the punjab wing has fallen out with a group's chief. in a written statement the punjabi taliban urged leaders of other factions to quit the fight and resume peace talks. >> the pakistani military have been using helicopters to rescue people marooned. people have been killed and military are blowing up dykes to divert the water. multan is a city. >> despite efforts by the government to blow away the

dykes and relive pressure on multian, water pressure is rising, forcing people to flee to higher ground. mul as you can see the family is using a bed and quilt for protection. they have brought chickens, and further down you see fodder that is essential to save the livestock. they are the only valuable possessions they could get out. with the farm land under water. it will be a problem getting fresh fodder for the animals. you see people's belongings, packed in a hurry, as you see over here, because there was no time to get out. they are brought fans, but there's no electricity here. these are valuable possessions. though the government says it is doing everything and taking the time for photo opportunities, the fact of the matter is that most of the relief effort under

way is handled by the military or civil organizations that have come to assist the people. pakistan will need more help if it is to cope with an mergee. to save mule tan, the waters have been divert. tan, the wate been divert. a lot of properties, villages and areas have been compromised. across the boarder in indian-administered kashmir waters are receding. nearly 150,000 people have been rescued from flood-hit areas. military engineers are trying to restore the highway linking kashmir to the rest of the india. >> still to come on the al jazeera nouri al-maliki, a new school year for the children in gaza. teachers say the children are

traumatized. and in sierra leone, one of the worst hit by the ebola outbreak. and on stom ford bridge - chelsea star gains the advantage in the premier league title race. first, a group of reserve soldiers from an elite israeli intelligence unit says it will not operate in the occupied palestinian territories. the 43 soldiers are from a unit tasked with code breaking and eavesdropping. and their statements say some of their work prevents palestinians from leading normal life. according to the soldiers israeli tactics include blackmail, harassment and extortion. in some cases they say palestinians were physically hurt. they say no distinction was made between palestinians involved in violence and civilians who were not. a columnist at plus 972

magazine says the statement confirms what many expected. >> they have, you know, exposed things that have long been rumoured and by the way, it's important to mention that they cleared what they wrote in a letter with attorneys. it's been rumoured that israel tracks personal conversations and information and communication devices to find vulnerabilities and recruit them. that's a thing that they say in the letter that they confirmed has happened. trying to find out if people are homosexuals, which is sensitive in many of these societies, and use it as means to recruit them as collaborators, capitalizing on the fact that people have medical needs, using that as

incentive to recruit them. these things have been understood or generally understood to be part of the intelligence system. but used to confirm and demystify some of these things, and worth. it's definitely going to - it's definitely bringing to light information that has only been rumoured up until now. meanwhile a new school year will begin in gaza. this year is different. 26 schools have been used as shelters for the tens of thousands whose homes will be destroyed. many children need psychological help after witnessing violence. charles stratford reports from gaza city. >> reporter: they run around singing patriotic songs about palestine. this is not just a game. teachers say many of the children are traumatized by what they saw, heard and felt during israel's military campaign on

gaza. this private school is trying to take the young minds off the wall before the new school year begins. >> translation: children all over gaza including the students suffered during the war. in a child's mind, schools became shelters. we are trying to change the way of thinking before they come back to school, to play and forget what happened. >> translation: we are happy today because children face terrible days during the war. we want to make the children happy. >> reporter: united nations schools in gaza became shelters for tens of thousands fleeing the violence during the war. al jazeera visited this school minutes after it was hit by israeli shells. 20 people, including three children were killed in the attack. what is the situation here now? >> at this school preparations are made for the student to return in a week or so. more than 1,000 who have been

seeking shelter have been moved to another school down the road. >> 5km away we find a u.n. school they've been moved to. 800 people were here, before 1,200 arrived in recent days. the israeli military destroyed the people's homes, and there's nowhere for them to go. there's no plan for students to return soon. >> we don't know where the children are. they are not where they would normally be, and we have to do a soft roll out of the school year. you can't have the children and the teachers show up on the first day of school, pretending that this is normal. we need a soft roll out. psychosocial roll outs doing a soft landing. >> the right for the children to have an education free of fear and uncertainty, the right to improve their lives and the lives of generations to come has been lost again.

the u.s. embassy in uganda says the al-shabab armed group established a cell there. the embassy warned americans in kampala to stay at home, as authorities conducted operations against the group. the embassy says the somalia group has been planning an eminent attack. hospital workers in sierra leone treating hospital workers say the strike will continue. they are working at a hospital treating 80 patients. medical staff complain they have not been paid for two weeks. a coordinator for doctors without borders joins us from freetown on the telephone to tell us, first of all, how the strike is affecting the treatment of patients with ebola. ewald stala can you hear me?

all right. i'm afraid we have lost our guest from doctors without borders. we'll try to get him back a little later in the programme. moving on - on sunday, sweden will choose its next government, and immigration has been a major talking point. they are about 1.5 million foreign born people out of a population of 9.7 million, and sweden is going to take in 80,000 asylum seekers, this year alone. recent arrivals have been from arab countries like syria. it's the biggest influx of refugees that sweden has seen. simon mcgregor-wood has more. >> reporter: in downtown stockholm political parties flirt with undecided voters. the sweetened democrats are the anti-immigration party trying to go mainstream. they want a 90% cut in immigration and are gaining traction. >> we are not racist people, and should not be.

there's a limit to how much immigration our society can handle, concerning jobs, welfare and all those things. i think that sweden reached the limit. >> sweden is the country with the highest per capita immigration in the world for years. but where economic hard times led some to look for easy targets. democrats got 5% of the vote during the last election in 2010. they think, and the polls may be right. they may double that. that will give them 40 seats in the parliament, making it the third-largest party. that gives them the balance of power in negotiations, in forming a future coalition government. >> yards away the minister for integration says he'll have nothing to do with them. >> we want to be a humanitarian power. we have done it in the past.

i'd like to look my kids in the eyes and say we didn't send people back to the killing. >> in this town, half the residents are imdrants and children from syria. many are unemployed, don't speak swedish and feel isolated. for some, the chance to talk about immigration is a welcome change. >> it's time to speak about it. if you see problems it doesn't mean it's the people coming here. maybe it's problems with the system, how we integrate the people. i think we can make a lot of changes in the process that would be better for the swedes and the immigrants. >> reporter: the election will turn on the issues of mainstream economics. something has changed. the scale and speed of immigration spawned new debate. not many swedes want to shut the door, but the days of unlimited immigration may be numbered.

still to come on the newshour - as i.s. fighters are pushed out of villages, accusations of revenge attacks against sunnis in iraq. stretched to the limit - why cuba's praised health care system is struggling to accommodate pets. and the new zealand rugby team keep up a 5-year unbeaten record at home. we show you how they did it later in sport.

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to destroy ukraine as an independent country. thousands in pakistan and indian-administered kashmir are stranded by devastating floods. army engineers have been trying to divert rivers from cities in punjab province. more from the top story and the shia militia has been fighting the islamic state group, and has been accused of revenge attacks against the sunnis, shia forces are said to have carried out reprisals against villagers suspected of hiding i.s. one group said all shia armed groups are under iraqi army control. from northern iraq, sue turton reports. >> reporter: a shia militia check point in an area north-west of the yamerli. we have been told a group has

been torturing residents here. nine days earlier the same militia welcomed us into the town. they thought alongside the iraqi army and peshmerga to break the siege. today the atmosphere is different. we are told to pull over the militia men aim sniper rifles, rocket propelled grenades and ak-47s at us. we have been trying to negotiate our way through the shia checkpoint for the last half hour. there's peshmerga, but the shia militias make the decisions. they are reluctant to let us go through. we are trying to film a village they flattened and torched, a village that had sunni arabs in it. they eventually let us through. they say the mosque was shelled by the militia. we arriving in yangija.

it's deserted. houses have been torched. one is smouldering. the peshmerga has a position close by. they are pulling out, leaving the militia in total control. the commander says his men respect the arab sunni house they set up camp in. we are giving our lives to unite iraq. others are not doing this. this is not acceptable. >> the peshmerga has gone house to house dismantling improvised devices. this had command wires buried under the road. they found explosives left under a toilet seat. we are taken to a nearby town, where the shia fighters are said to have beheaded an arab sunni resident. >> when we witnessed it, it made us angry. we cannot accept it. we told them if it happened again we'll fight you, we

ordered them to stop. they promised to do so. >> reporter: but the shia militia don't take orders from them. this man was filmed on the day amerli fell, giving orders in iranian farsi. men iranian fighters fought alongside the shia. in a statement, the speaks men said: as president obama announced an expansion of air strikes, he risks the militia taking control of more and more sunni territory. it will do nothing to win the hearts and minds of the sunni arab community in this fractured

battle ground. a group of egyptian journalists is on a hunger strike and are calling attention to a controversial protest law. the journalists say legislation passed in november is too restrictive and has been used to arrest and imprison hundreds of people. they say they'll continue the hunger strike until monday. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 269 days. they were accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood, charges seep as politically motivated. they are appealing against the conviction. the latest opinion polls show supporters of keeping scotland in the u.k. have gained a slight lead over those who want to leave. n week's referendum -- next week's referendum on independence is believed to be too close to call.

scotland's first minister alec salmond hit back at business leaders who said they'd move headquarters if scotland was independent. >> people of scotland will not be bullied by big oil, supermarkets out of a once in a lift opportunity to build a prosperous country and fairer society. a fast-moving wildfire in the u.s. state of california is fuelled by hot weather and drought. the blaze spread choose the cleveland national forest in orange county. flames are moving up mountain slopes, and evacuation orders have been issued to home owners. to our "my home" series where we look at the lives of millions surviving the slums around the world. on any given day in the u.s., there are more than 600,000 homeless people. many lie on the streets, some live in shelters. some camp out in the woods near wealthy cities.

rob reynolds reports from san jose. >> reporter: the people that live here call this the jungle. it's a rough patch of landfilled with trees, shrubs, trash and dwellings of 250 to 300 homeless people. a maze of path ways winds through the tents and shanties made of scavenged lumber and plastic. there's no running water, electricity, san tri toilets. people here say police and emergency workers seldom venture inside. this person has lived here for over a year. >> we live in tents. it smells a little bit. we have the same things going on down here. people steal from each other. >> at the bottom, coyote creek is strewn with garbage and human waste. sometimes people bathe in it. there are no showers here.

toi, an unemployed carpenter tried to make his place as comfortable as possible. >> all this is dumbster diving with no income. finding stuff, putting it to use. >> he's been here for four years, and doesn't know when, if ever, he'll leave. it's hard to believe a place like this exists in the middle of silicon valley, home to some of the wealthiest people, and some of the world's profitable companies. nigerian born nurse helps people here with their health problems. >> we have people that have uncontrolled high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes or untreated medical conditions, raising from depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, varied. a lot are untreated. which is why a lot end up here. >> some cities launched programs, providing chronically homeless people with subsidised

apartments and care. that is difficult in silicon vall valley, that has some of the highest home prices and represents in the country. the city of san jose says it doesn't have enough resources to provide more affordable permanent housing. for children at one playground in columbia's capital bogota, sharing toys developed a meaning. prisoners have been shackled to equipment on the ground because officials can't find them space in gaol. we have that story from bogota. >> handcuffed to one another, a fence or a children's slide. dozens of prisoners spend weeks in the playground, turned into a makeshift gaol in bogota. crimes ranging from petty theft, robbery to drug trafficking. authorities say they don't have any other place to put them. >> translation: they arrested me and brought me to the park a

month ago. this is not acceptable. they should have a place to keep us, a toilet. thank god my family helped me with a tent. >> family members visit them on a daily basis. some play with their kids. >> translation: i come with juices, drinks and electric razor so my nephew can shave. >> there are no bathrooms, besides a bucket near a tree. or prisoners need to pay a restaurant to use their facility. many say the park is better than the gaol. >> translation: we are better off here. grout the there are more dangerous people, at least our loved ones visit us. >> this is the local detention facility, where the suspects should be held. it can accommodate up to 40 people. the commander says they have over 70, some on the next-door, on top of each other. police say they have no option

but to keep everyone else outside. for the people in the neighbourhood, the situation is inhumane. >> translation: this is shameful. we have dangerous people occupying the children's space. it smells horrible. there's no hygiene. yesterday i saw some smoking weed in front of the police. it only happens here. >> reporter: columbia has been dealing with prisoner overcrowding for two decades. never before d it reach a critical -- did it reach a critical point. >> translation: since the start of the year we reach a high level of overcrowding. 60% obvious limit. >> reporter: the prosecutor's office promises to resolve the issue. in the meantime the kids will share the park with prisoners. six years after ernst hemingway was awarded the price

in literature, his grandsons travelled to cuba to see the medal for the first time, on display in his former house which is now a museum. pets in cuba are said to have some of the best health care in the world. the socialised health system offers pets the same benefits as humans, when the economy falters pets suffer the same shortages. from havana, daniel schweimler uncovered the reality of health care for cuba's canines. >> reporter: first thing monday morning in this state-run vet reinary clinic, it is bustling. cuba provides heath care and sends many abroad. the problems are elsewhere. >> translation: you can go and ask the pet openers, they tell you it's a shame, they get a great service, we are all professionals, but it can't get

better because of the shortage of resources. >> there are many reasons for the shortages, mostly of the medicines. >> cubans love their pets as much as anyone else. the animals enjoy benefits and sure the same problems as the rest of society. overly sensitized, and a serious shortage of resources. >> cuban blame corruption, for the 50-year long u.s. trade embargo, called a blockade. >> there are problems the government has to solve. maybe it could be solved. they'd have an opportunity to better practice their profession. >> cuban authorities have been slowly, cautiously opening up the tightly state run economy. many vets operate privately, unregulated, without a

government licence, meaning the animals have no protection. they are pushing for a law to put that right. >> translation: not having an animal rights law means we don't have the tools to work. it's difficult to help an animal when abuse is not specified by law. >> when there's no law or protection people move to protect the animals. this sa scheme to label -- this is a scheme to label stray dogs. these fellows have not been labelled and face an uncertain fate. excluded from a system, stretched to its limits. still to come on the al jazeera newshour, 200 years for the national anthem. we look at the history. a pay day for floyd mayweather. details in a moment. @j

jo a new era of environmentally sound cars set off. beijing hosted the new cars. some say without the sound and fumes, it's not motor racing. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: in the race to protect the environment, china has been in the slow lane. this event shows a change of

gear as racing cars made a debut on saturday. >> it is the capital of the biggest car market in the world, china. budget is where we can make a change happen, where they are fighting pollution and promoting electric cars, we felt it was the right place for us to make a contribution. >> these cars don't quite hit the same top speeds as formula 1, travelling no more than 225km an hour. it's a lot quieter as well. this is one of the two female drivers. >> it is something that can be complimentary to formula 1. something that is taking care of the environment. we are talking about motor sport. >> reporter: there are other differences. all teams race identical cars, each driver has to change vehicles halfway through the race when the battery runs out. they are trying to develop one that lasts an hour.

it's glycerine - totally safe, i'm assured. the chemical, a by-product fuels giant generators charming the batteries, ensuring the cars produce zero emissions. organizers say they are not trying to compete with formula 1, but they are rewriting the rule book of motor racing since just about everything to do with the event is new. it was staged at the olympic park, where the 2008 games were held. most of the people here are from china's growing middle class, the group likely to buy a battery operated car. some are not won over by the green technology. >> i'm not considering buying an electric war. there's not enough charging stations. >> translation: i will consider getting a car in the future. it's to expensive now. petrol cars cost less.

>> reporter: exhaust fumes from those petrol cars are responsible for. of the city's pollution. the skies were clearer, it was still unhealthy to be out, according to official and unofficial indexes. much of the technology is expensive and in its infancy. >> one of the main things to improve is the price, technol y technology, distance, et cetera. it's how you improve technology, it comes from competition. >> the hope is those improvements can filter to the main extreme car market. >> the former formula 1 driver and 5-time grand prix winner john watson spoke to us earlier, and this is what he had to say. >> in terms of technology going into this reform of racing, it's in its infancy, part of that is

the development of batteries producing power to drive motors, and two high-profile teems are contributing to formula e in that the motor is manufactured by mclaren and the battery technology from the williams team. there's synergy with formula 1, with their technology adopted to formula e. it's a 45 minutes race, and midway or approximately midway you have the option to change into the spare car, because the power of the battery lasts no more than 25 minutes, and is about a driver that can carry speed and at the same time do it in the most efficient or fuel-efficient manner. it's not about the fastest drive, but the driver that can manage the power and the fuel though the battery, and the electric engine better than the competition. >> let's get the rest of the news with robin. >> thank you.

chelsea maintained the perfect start to the premier league, and opened up a 3-point lead. jose mourinho and company playing swan si. it was the dee ago costa show. others got in on the action. swan si with a consolation goal, ending 4-2. swan si dropping to third. >> champions manchester city scored a goal drawing against arsenal. sergio put them ahead. taking a 2-1 league between new signing and bolcher. >> we produced quality, a game of top quality between two very good teams, played at tremendous pace, especially in the first

half. lucky to be 1-0 down in the first half. we did something remarkable, and we were in a leading position. the only frustrating thing was we didn't keep the lead and gave a cheap goal away. >> it's a good point. the first goal as unbelievable. three goals. the referee blew the whistle. the second foul was clear. gold everywhere on saturday except for the crystal palace and burnley game, lester. and their win in the premier league since being promoted. beating stoke. liverpool beating aston villa who is second. a player scored against his old club. everton took the points. in the spanish league, the big one is a repeat of the champion's league final between

the two madrid teams, and it's square between atletico and real. a goal cancelled out by cristiano ronaldo's penalty. france through to the davis cup files, closing out their series. securing a 3-0 sweep against thomas burredic and stepan ebbing. italy trail switzerland 2-0. their hopes alive. the tie continues on sunday. new zealand maintained a 5-year unbeaten record at home, beating south africa 14-10 in the rugby championship. the all blacks made it 56 home

wins with the help of a 25th international try for richie mccall. new zealand have a 6-point head at the top of the rugby championship table. >> australia joint second with south africa, beating argentina in queensland. michael hooper scoring two tries for the wallabies. acknowledge pushing to the end. third try touched down. australia held on for the 32-25 win. argentina win this after three years in the competition. >> n.f.l. star adrian peterson has been charged in a child abuse inquiry. the running back for minnesota vibingings will not play, following claims he abused his son. his lawyer said he was engaged in stern parenting. it come comes days after ray rice was sacked by the baltimore

ravens. floyd mayweather will earn millions following the fight against marcos maidana. it was revealed in a document filed at the atlanta sport section. the world title rematch taking place at the m.g.m. grand. mayweather unbeaten after 46 bouts, beating the argentinian in a majority decision in may. >> he's a strong competitor, a guy i can't overlook, keep my composure and listen to my dad's instructions. it's about taking my time. i've been here before. development rush, go out and do what i'm supposed to do. >> the latest motor sport. jorge lorenzo is on poll. the first time a yamaha rider will start from the front. rossi is second and third faster. a bad day for mark marquez, the

world champion winning 11 out of 12 races, starts in the second row on sunday. >> alberto contador is on the brink of winning the tour of spain. he's won an ultimate stage of the race and has the red jertiony, going into the final -- jersey, going into the final stage with a minutes, 53 second advantage over chris froome. the u.s. national anthem, "star spangled banner" is celebrating its 200th anniversary. tom ackerman looks at the controversial place the famous tune has in american hearts. >> reporter: the 2-century old fought that guarded the harbour of baltimore attracts 6,000 tourists because of the song that has become america's national anthem ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light

it was the successful defense of fort mchepry by the ipp -- mchenry by the british, and the flag that flew that inspired francis scott key to quite the words. recited every day. >>. >>.....tis the star-spangled banner >> reporter: if not for the anthem the americans way have forgotten the war, gaping them neither territory or political advantage. before it ended the british burnt down much of washington d.c., including the white house. it has critics, much too wordy,

too many high notes and the melody is not even american. it is a tune composed for a london gentlemen's choreal society. >> when i speak about it, they have no idea what we talked about. we inspired the american national anthem. yes, we did. your national anthem. >> what you are holding... >> reporter: one to which americans take full ownership. >> it represent the united states in a manner it needs to be represented. >> every time it's played i get tears, i do. >> really. >> yes, i do. >> no matter how it's played. [ ♪ music ] that's it for the al jazeera newshour. thank you for watching. for viewers in the united states, back to your regular programming on al jazeera. international viewers - i'm back in a moment with a full

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