announcer: this is al jazeera. you are watching the al jazeera newshour with david foster, these are some of the sories we are covering in the course of the next 60 minutes. >> they are not muslims, they are monsters. >> britain's prime minister says the u.k. will hunt down the group calling itself the islamic state, after the murder of a british hostage. australia commit troops to the international coalition against i.s. u.s. citizen sentenced to six years hard labour in north

korea. liberia's president sacks 10 government officials for refusing to come back to the country during the crisis. >> riding high - we are in columbia, looking for the secrets of big successes in cycling. we cannot ignore the threat, we have to confront the menace. they were the words after the self-start, after the british hostage was murdered. david cameron said the u.k. would work with other countries to dismantle and destroy i.s. >> reporter: david haines, a father of two spend a decade carrying out humanitarian work

around the world. he went to syria on behalf of a french charity, and was kidnapped and ended up in islamic state hands. on saturday. his family reached out to shows controlling him. the group responded by releasing a video of his murder. saying he was in -- it was in response for kurdish forces. >> condemnation came quickly. the british prime minister convened a meeting of ministers, describing david haines as a british hero and the islamic state as the embodiment of evil. >> the murder of david haines at the hands of i.s.i.l. will not leave britain to shirk our responsibilities with its allies to deal with the threat it

poses. it must strengthen our resolve. >> there was no shift on the strategy. david cameron was clear, britain will do what it takes to defeat i.s. it comes in the form of logistical support at the moment, and helping armed forces trying to repel i.s. there is deep concern too for the fate of a second british hostage held by i.s. david haines killing coming after the beheading of two american journalists. the u.n. says i.s. is responsible for murder, torture and persecutionful thousands were forced to flee the areas the group controls. david haines' brother says he was and is loved and will be terribly missed. for more on the united states, a response to the killing. we go to washington d.c. we saw and heard from david cameron what he had to say. the u.s. president equally forthright. >> yes, the white house released

a statement after the execution was confirmed, condemning the barbaric murder of david haines adding adding :. >> is president obama able to give any more details on how you degrade and destroy? >> well, it's sunday morning here in washington. we expect that question to be amajor focus of discussion on -- a major focus of discussion on the sunday morning talk shows. there has been nothing since the various statements over the course of the week. we'll see if the obama surrogates will be out in force this morning. it's all about the coalition, that's why john kerry is travelling the world trying to get an international coalition

toot. that is a bit vague, we know we have the usual suspects in europe on board, with a gung-ho france when it come to bombing iraq is concerned. france pushing to get iran involved in a regional coalition, something outwardly the u.s. is resisting. as far as getting a regional coalition in the middle east, that's pretty odd. in the sense that it's lots of nominal agreement from various arab countries. their roles in future engagement uncertain. the point is, and this will be a focus coming up in the next few hours in washington, is what is the islamic state trying to achieve. are they telling the u.s. to stay out or going the u.s. and international allies to come in with heightened actions and air strikes. >> as we know, the greatest recruiting to any islamic

extremist that an organization can have. >> it was tweeted to me in a few seconds, there's an n.b.c. wall street journal that has come out. 70% of americans lack confidence. the u.s. will achieve goals to degrade or eliminate the i.s.i.s. threat. that is out in the last few moments. >> thank you. just a footnote. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in france at the moment ahead of a summit on the problems we have been discussing on monday. summit expected on monday. >> australia is the first country to give details to its contribution in the military effort. prime minister tony abbott says it will send 600 air men and special forces and eight fighters, a command aircraft and refuelling plane. they'll be faced in facilities in the united arab emirates.

>> i can advise that within of the last 24 hours, we have received a specific request from the united states government to contribute forces to possible military action in iraq. i can advise that on friday night i had a conversation with the new prime minister of iraq, who indicated to me that he would very much welcome an australian military contribution to the res tieration of order and security inside iraq. >> reporter: rebel fighters in syria captured several towns where the uprising began. it now appears to be a war of attrition. rebels sustaining a slow push to make more territory around

daara. let's wrap it up - the murder of david haines and the situation in iraq. let's hear what the prime minister had to say. they, i.s. or i.s.i.l. have planned and continue to plan attacks across europe and in our country. are they taken seriously. i don't know whether our guest cap hear me. can you hear me. we'll try to get back to him in a moment. okay. we'll move on, and try to re-establish our contact with glen more harvey in a moment. in the meantime. more than 3 million syrians living in camps outside the country's borders are enduring tough continues. 600,000 are in jordan, where

many have been moved out of tends. >> when the jordanian authorities evacuated a number of illegal tented communities, some built homes instead without permits. the government wants rev fees to live in camps. many say they can't. this family from homs has six children, two of home were born with brain paralysis. they lived in a tent before a jordanian man built them a comment structure to present of the children from extreme weather that they cannot withstand. >> translation: they can't tolerate the heat or the cold weather. since we moved into the home it's better. >> reporter: eight people live in the home. it's better than nothing. the roof is made from the cement

blocks. it is home to the largest syrian group. more than 1300 live in homes. some pay rent. others don't pay anything. the authorities say there's little they can do to stop the refugees. that's because the land belongs to jordanian tribes to whom the syrian refugees are related, and the tribes are more powerful than the governments here. >> this is one of the influential tribes and all the refugees hail from the same tribe in homs. >> the syrians have jordanian relatives, they sought protection. we don't see the building of illegal homes. we see it as a brother helping his brother. >> a jordanian building built a

home. there's a lot of sympathy for them. >> translation: my living standards will change. there's a huge difference between living in a tent and having a roof over my head. jordanians understand the burden the crisis is placed on jordan and its resources. they don't want syrians to stay here forever. and they are helping them in the meantime. >> there has been renewed contact with glen nor from the world intelligence review. i was trying to quote you what david cameron said. i'll read it out, it says they, islamic state, self-styled islamic state or i.s.i.l., have not only murdered a british hostage, they plan and condition to plan attacks across europe

and in our country, is it taken as a real possibility yip. >> it is. and probably the major impact it's having is the use of that term islamic state caliphate, islamic state republic, islamic state state. although the british government and the american might refer to it as i.s.i.l., the impact of that word, islamic, is courting a major concern amonth british citizens. until now. terms like al qaeda, boko haram, al qaeda in the arab pennsylvania z not make the impact that this has in the muslim population, and it's like any other part of the population, and the fact that

where david haines being assassinated in this way by, as we believe a british islamist who conducted the beheadings of the two american journalists. this caused a concern. if you leave it with the fact that we have 200 returning battle hardened jihadists fighting what they thought originally was to overcome bashar al-assad, now they are returning to this country. they have been radicalized. they are under the influence of abu bakr al-baghdadi with his islamic caliphate. all of this together represents a real threat in the minds of the british public. and the british government. with what we see with the three

orange-clad hostages, it's a group that's clicked in to the 21st century when it comes to understand what opponents are up to. it must have been a major concern. >> very much so. you are spot-on with that. one of the things. the use of social media and careful editing of the videos. to send them to media organizations. what is the aim of that. the aim is to cow the opposition. for example, the is racky military -- iraqi military collapsed at the thought they may be taken hostage and shot. the peshmerga in the kurdish areas were influenced by the

very sophisticated media approaches. and this is one of the best fund the operations ever. not only did they steel money from banks in motorcyclel, they are support -- mosul, they are supported by some countries outside. even they they appear to think they are safe within syria, now, of course, cameron and obama are having, as a possibilities, they haven't ruled out. attacking the islamic state, the islamic caliphate, i.s.i.l. >> before the iraq war, a number. western european countries were against going in there on the basis they didn't see weapons of mass destruction. general nip, france, reluctant.

are we seeing any holding it back. >> on this, or are they united in what needs to be done. the group needs to be degraded and destroyed. >> the thing about the europeans, it's difficult to pull them toot. we suffered a major disadvantage 2.5 years ago when president obama drew his first red line in the sand, but did nothing about it. it's one reason why abu bakr al-baghdadi felt safe to be in southern syria, because the americans and the europeans did nothing at that time. i think now now that the threat is greater, it shows a potential for people to return to france, as we have seen, and to belgium, where there was a killing at the

mosque of one of returnees. from the conflict in syria. we'll see much greater collaboration and cooperation with the europeans. whether that will amount to attacks in syria, i don't know. i would imagine that special forces already will be targetting the islamic headquarters. this is an intelligence war. we have had aerial surveillance, which you can do without going into syrian territory. we had signal intelligence, internet and telephone traffic. it will take a long time to overcome it. i imagine within the next

two months, those perpetrators will be fearful of their own lives. >> thank you very much indeed. good to get through to you in the end, talking to us from london. >> thank you. >> coming up on the newshour, rescuers searching for survivors after a deadly ferry accident in the philippines. >> sweden center left party looking likely to take part with the conservatives in parliamentary elections. in sport, the race for golf's $10 million pay day. hassam with the latest from the championship with the rest of the sport. an american man has been sentenced to six years hard labour in north korea for committing hostile acts. matthew miller was arrested in pap for violating his -- in

april for violating his tourism status. he is believed to have torn up his passport and sought asylum. last month he sought help from the embassy. >> you would have thought this man could have been used for positive propaganda purposes, having sought asylum as a u.s. citizen. north korea will say to anybody else coming into nooeee on a tour -- north korea on a tour package, that you have to stay between the lines they set, otherwise these are the consequences you can face. that's a message to the christian missionaries. we don't know the true motivations. behind that we can't ignore the fact that we have three prominent detainees, u.s. citizens. washington is clearly a big

factor here. we have seen, of course, in the past, bill clinton, jimmy carter. the joke is the u.s. is running out of former presidents to send to north korea. george w. bush doesn't seem like a likely candidate. we saw eric smith, dennis rodman, and recently the arrival of reslers and journalists around the world. we have seen north korea open up. the question is who would it take from the u.s. side to really bring about change, when it comes to the detainees. two of whom are serving hard labour. kenneth bay and now matthew miller, who is 24 years old. and jeffrey fowler, accused of levelling a bible in a nightclub despite reports at a hotel room, who is awaiting trial. >> a search and rescue operation

is taking place in the central philippines after a ferry went down off the island. three people are known to have died. we have this report. >> exhausted but alive. survivors say they were tossed about in pitch-black darkness for six hours. clinging for life rafts that didn't inflate, before vessels plucked them from the water. in the light of day, rescue teams are scouring the seas. they don't know how many people were on board the ferry. the captain of the domestic ferry reported problems a few hours into the journey. it was battered by huge waves and winds, whipped up by the outer fringes of typhoon calamaggie before it sank. >> translation: we are looking

into the weather conditions from where it left, the route and destination. we saw that it was a local disturbance. >> caught up in the churning seas, many people say they had given up hope of surviving the ordeal. a warning for filipinos to taining cover, as the typhoon makes its way across the north-east. >> richard with us now. world weather. concentrating on that area. looks like a lot of storm clouds. >> the weather deteriorating at the typhoon moves in. as you can see, the rotation is a big system covering much of the philippines, a vast sway in heavy rain on the western side, as the enhanced flow develops. we are seeing massive amounts of rain, and we have the wind situation to deal with as well. it's only a relatively small feature. you are looking at the

equivalent of a category 1 hurricane. as we expect to move across in china, and towards the west of hong kong. across the south china sea. there'll be a lot of disruptions. a busy shipping area and disruption overnight. a couple of days. hopefully we'll see better weather getting in across the philippines. >> on the other side of the pacific, there's another hurricane to deal with. this one is odill. it is heading up to california. it's a more potent system. there's gust of winds, 280 kph, torrential rain likely, prone to mudslides and rain. that could be the issue in the coming days. scottish voters have four days left to decide whether

to choose independence or remain in the u.k. let's go to lawrence lee in inverness in the scott in highlands, up there they tell you they have many reasons to remember, and not a lot of reasons to perhaps forgive. >> yes, hello, that's right. you though ou beautiful the scottish highlands are, popular with tourists over the world. if you came 300 years ago, it would have been a place of open war between of the english army and renegade scottish hylanders who couldn't succumb to what they saw as an english take over. up the road there was a significant battle that you'll see about in our report in a second. throughout the 18th century the english did terrible things to the community of scottish highlanders, some of which are not forgotten. there's an echo. this is a strong support base

for the scottish nationalist party, the pro-independence party. we've been looking at the history of the scots and the high lands to understand what it says to us about the debate. >> reporter: now, 16 april 1746 we'll find the two armies deployed facing each other, here on the moor. the tortured relationship between the english and the scots may go back hundreds of years. the fascination remains. this is the moor where 40 years after the act of union between the two countries was signed, there was a terrible battle over the years that followed. the english army set about destroying communities to break the will of the rebels. >> this is the beginning of the pacification of the high lands. it was a systematic dismantling. high land way of life.

this area, and the defeat of the forces was the beginning of the end of the nationalist struggle. whatever people say now, it's clear that the union of england and scotland was by no means a marriage of like minds, and the gorilla war carried on for over half a century. it was, however, in the interests of the englisharist okay rahs -- english arist os rahsy who wanted to protect from a takeover of europe. >> the economies have merged. scottish nationalists say it's the english, not they, who betrayed the principals of the union. >> there's a sentiment that wouldn't deny it. at the same time there's increasing feeling the union is not delivering. when it doesn't deliver, it's seen as an agreement which can

be renegotiated, changed or ended. the rest of the u.k. sees it as the sit of things. >> thank you very much. >> down south in england many are horrified that so many scots want to turn their back on marriage. these people have been travelling around imploring the scottish not to drift away. >> is it better when you live on an island, to join and make decisio decisions jointly or reanimate an imaginary lines, and people on different sides are a part of different bodies politician. >> reporter: whether the scots see themselves as scottish or british is a key part of the their decision. but the old enemy as they call the english is never far away. after all, the scottish anthem,

flower of scotland, remembers those that beat the english army, and every scott knows the words. >> of course, you can overstate some of these thigs, the scottish leadership party are genuine when they say the struggle is not with the english, but the westminster machine that they want to shuffle off from scottish politics. saturday, at edinburgh, 20,000 came out in support of the ultra unionist orange order to celebrate protestantism. that is the thing that the english tried to push in the 18th century. for a lot of people it's clear the history still matters. >> it's still moving. it's an emotional debate, whichever way you look at it. are we closer to knowing interest the various polls which way it may go? >> no, i think it's impossible to say with certainty.

what we have seen over the last week, and since the poll last sunday, is the most concerted attempt by westminster, the political elite in west minister, backed by big business, who were pushed and said so, in westminster, to say that scotland would be in trouble, if it was a yes to independence. to every one of those claims, there has been a rebuttal by people equally serious saying it's not true. there are four polls in circulation. three give no a slight lead, one gives yes a slight lead. if you each them out it's basically 50/50. >> four days to go. time running out. not only time, but the tide waits for no man. you better watch your step, it looks like it's coming in quickly behind you. >> coming up on the newshour, a moment of change in america's

school. >> andy gallagher in los angeles, the new school year starts at state schools. for the first time in history white people will be in the minor city. >> and floyd mayweather wins, and says he's ready for manny pacquiao. we have that in sport.

this is the newshour, and these are the headlines. the apparent beheading of u.k.

aid worker must resolve to destroy the group called islamic state. mr haines was kidnapped last year in syria. australia prime minister says his country will send 600 military personal to help. australia is the first country to confirm how it will contribute to the coalition. a u.s. citizens has been sentenced to 6 years hard labour in north korea. matthew miller was arrested for violating his tourist status. he is believed to have torn up his visa and demanded asylum. more on the top story, the murder of another hostage by the islamic state group. the humanitarian aid group that employed david haines expressed their outrage. >> we are deeply horrified by

the assassination of dazed haines. -- david haines. we strongly condemn these acts. >> john hendren is in erbil. i note the video that the comments were directed face to face to david cameron, and his support for the peshmerga, that is the kurdish fighters. you have been to see them. what is their roll, how are they holding up and what are they trying to do. >> so far they have been promised arms in the western world. what they are trying to do is attack mosul. the big front is in mosul which is the capital of the the group, that calls it's the islamic state. they have captured mt zer tech,

an overlook. you can look into the outskirts of mosul itself, and they use the area to fire on the many villages held by the islamic state group. what they need is more heavy weapons, and that kind of a thing and they intend to go forward into that town. that's something that is in the future. they are looking for some help from the coalition. >> for years on al jazeera, we've reported on the craig berube's work in northern iraq, the cross-border skirmishes into turkey, the fact that the turks hunted them down, calling them an illegal terrorist group. how efficient do you think they are. they are not a ragtag bunch of guys, they are more sophisticated than that. >> they are sa well-reputed group of fighters, trained by

u.s. special forces amongst others. it's been a child since that happened. many of the fighters, many volunteers, do not have ta training. that is what they are looking for in the help from the coalition, hoping for special forces straining and weapons that they have been talking about, and heavy weapons, we saw artillery and small arms. if you go into urban warfare. which is what happened in a place like mosul, you need that. and you want the american air strikes to help. they don't have their own air force, the iraqi air force can help a little but there's tension between the peshmerga, and the iraqi military in general. they have been comfortable with the american air force help and

comfortable with western help in the past. they had conflicts with the rest of iraq. >> thank you john hendren in erbil. there were once thousands of jewish people in yemen. most left for israel. about 200 are there, but they are facing a tough choice - do they stay or get out. hashem ahelbarra has their story from sanaa. >> reporter: this rabbi teaches his relatives. they are members of yemen's lost jews. misrata jews say they lived in yemen for more than 2,000 years, but the numbers dwindled over the last decade to a few dozen now. >> this is the patriarch who was the chief rabbi in the northern

region of sadder. in 2007 they were evicted by the shia houthis. his wife says they lost their land and businesses. you were happy in sadder, now we lost everything, and i'm scared to go back there. and i want to die in yemen. >> their children go to government schools, they are not comfortable revealing their jewishness in public. but the rabbi remains confident yemen is still a place for them to live. >> i want our congregation to live with the muslim communities, go to the same schools and have a social life, so they report etch either. i hate to see yemen divided. >> the jews will move to the government compound. some left for israel, but others

want to stay. he spends time with his relatives, farming in the backyard, reminding him of the day when there were farmers in northern yemen. few jewish families that are hidden are concerned about the safety. yemen faces a delicate situation, al-qaeda is influenced in the south, and a political send off in the government and houthis in the north, a situation that may force yemens and jews to leave a country they called home for hundreds of years. al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been behind bars tore 260 days, accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. charges which many see as politically motivated. they are appealing against their conviction. pakistani military has been

using helicopters and boats to rescue people marooned by terrible floods. 280 have been killed. military engineers have been blowing up dykes in pakistan to divert water away from swollen rivers. the cities injured jang, and in there kamal hyder reports. this is a village on the outskirts of jang. as you can see, for the last several days, 30 families from 30 homes are now seeking refuge on dry land. they've within able to bring back essential supplies with them, but most of them were lying at the moment, and it washed away. the biggest challenge is how the people will sustain themselves through the crisis. even though some of the farmers brought out livestock and some supplies that they could carry

with them, most of the food stocks are gone. what you find is the women and children are sitting on the tar paul jens, waiting for someone to come and help them. they say they cannot go back to the villages, because there is water there, and the fact is that the foundations of the houses is now very week. so these people are not able to return soon. the most important thing will be that after the flood swept through the region, there has to be rehabilitation, and to resettle the people back into the villages. kamal hyder in pakistan. now to sweden, where polls opened for the parliamentary elections and the center left is indicated to take power. the social democrats have a lead over the incumbent conservative coalition and campaigned on a platform of higher spending on job schools, health care and fuels.

after eightors of tax cuts. >> like many students worldwide, children in gaza are returning to school. that's the only similarity. they are getting back to normal. after seven weeks of violence during the assault on the strip. as charles stratford reports, the horrors of the conflict haunts them. there's 1,300 girls returning to the u.n.-run girls school. on the first day of school since the war ended. i've been talking to the headmaster. for the first three weeks. new year, they'll do a psychological assessment of the girls, with a feeling that a lot were traumatized. one was killed during the war, and a number injured. for the first few weeks or so there's a lot of activities involving art, part and entertain.

to figure out how affected the girls are. the sunnis came to their class classes. what they are doing is playing games, getting to know each other to try to relax their minds before it starts properly. as you can see, there's massive overcrowding, 49 students here. bear in mind 26 u.n. schools are closed and are used as shelters for people that fled the fighting, and whose homes have been destroyed. this school is expecting more students in the coming days. the u.n. says that 76 u.n. schools across gaza were damaged during the war. it's worth remembering that the situation here was difor gazan students before the war. the u.n. says it has plans on building 100 schools to accommodate the students. that was made difficult by the siege. by getting materials, building materials across the border.

the war made things more difficult in trying to get a good education for hundreds of thousands of students across the gaza strip. >> in the united states, a different story. they are starting their schools. white students will be the minority in state-run schools. the demographics dominated by hispanic students, a trend that experts say will he this report angeles. >> californians know a thing tore two about demographic change. 70% of pupils in los angeles are his pan uk, leading to a -- hispanic. lead to a minority majority. >> los angeles is a melting with pot, and i've been privilege to give an education to children i serve. they have given me an education. >> los angeles has seen seismic

changes. figures across the u.s. are significant. since 1997, the number of hispanic students doubled to almost 13 million. the number of asian students have grown to 2.5 million, a champ of 46%. this is a watershed moment, not just for state schools. many say the situation is slowed to adapt to change. state schools are segregated. black and hispanic students have les access to things like -- less access to things like advanced math mat icts and science. for educationalists, that means challenges ahead. >> we should worry about two things - one, how effectively the diverse majority assimilates into american life and culture. and, two, how effectively they

participate in our economy and democracy. if neither of those things happen, the united states should worry about its status and stature, competitiveness and leadership globally. >> it's not just the u.s. facing change. the professor said trends are happening in developed countries across the world. >> all countries are struggling to manage the following predicament. how do we reinvent the social contract, when the generations look different. >> the pace of change in state schools is set to continue in years to come. by the time they graduate. st classrooms will have less white than now, a reflection of how classes will look in years to come. still ahead - a journey through a slum in the heart of

india's wealth capital. >> roger federer moves a step closer to securing tennis silver ware that has been missing in his trophy cabinet.

. >> now to the latest in our global series called "my home", a glimpse of what life is like in one of asia's largest thumbs. we have a story from india's financial capital mumbai. >> reporter: this is one of the most densely populated places on

earth and in a dark, damp corner of this neighbourhood. this woman and her family are working hard to better their lives. her one-room home does not have running water or a reliable supply of electricity. it's filled with grit, determination and a steady stream of homework. >> translation: my husband and i are working hard to make sure our daughters' lives are better than ours. i want them to have good life. while they supervise the study session, her husband is trying to make ends meet. working as a tailor he earns around $170 a month. >> if my doubters do well, it will be good for us too. if they work hard and study, they grow up, get good jobs and look after us. >> reporter: her daughters are

her biggest investment and they are aware of the price paying. so she can feel a world behind therapy. >> we are trading well. i want to give the best for them. >> people do business, raise families and live their daily lives in exceptionally close quarters, and it's the sense, the flimsy buildings and a lack of sanitation that makes them unfoit live in. when she is not raising her doubters, she is making the unlivable bearable as a community worker. people that live near are known to spot an opportunity in an unlikely of places. unlike millions that call the financial capital home.

if she can make it here, she can make it anywhere. >> it's that time of the newshour. >> roger federer could be on the vrge of claiming one piece of silver tennis ware that has alluded him, the davis cup. he has propelled switzerland into the time for the first time in 22 years. they beat fabio finini to see the swiss take a 3-1 lead in the tie against italy. they'll meet france, and hope to win the event for the first time. >> val teeno rossy has become the first motogp rider to amass 5,000 points after victory at the san marine grand prix. he delighted fans with a first race win in 15 months, finishing

ahead of jorge lorenzo. mark marquez suffered a crash and crossed the line in 15th position. >> he's won two majors this year, and world number one golfer rory mcilroy can become 10 million richer on sunday. he holds a share of the lead heading into the final round, the last leg of the fed ex cup. the eagle put the highlight of a third round of 67. rory mcilroy is level at nine-under, with leader billy horeshall in contention with a 1-under. he has to career wins, but could walk away with a prize purse of 11.4 million and a victory. >> honestly, in the middle of the year, if you told me i had a chance to win a championship, and a fed ex cup, and do it

while going up against the best player in the game. no matter what's, how it turns out, it will be an exciting day, hopefully rory and i can put on a great show for you all. >> i feel i had my best year to date, and the best year out of everyone on tour, and i came with the goal of capping it off, trying to put an exclamation point on it, icing on the cake, whatever you want to call it. will it be poetic justice, it would be a little the boxer nicknamed "money" floyd mayweather extended his wins to 47 strait fights over marcos maidana. in the second rematch of his career, floyd mayweather came out on top. the fight leaving a sour taste after he claimed he was bitten on the hand by his opponent.

he retake place the wa and w b.c. and a showdown with manny pacquiao could be next on the agenda. >> absolutely. it's a possibility. we can't say what the future hold. as of now, i want to go home, take a break and spend time with my children and she who is next. >> the u.s.a. go into sunday's basketball world cup final as clear favourite against serbia. the americans have a perfect record with a winning marnalin of 32. -- margin of 32.5 points. serbia are making an appearance in the final, barely having qualified for the tournament, and losing three gains. they've been gaining momentum in the last eight before beating france in the semifinal. probably the hottest team. they've been playing at a high

level and they have stars on the team. >> i loved him. in the world championships. donno vich is a rising star. they are big guys. they are well coached and strong. >> first of all, a lot of respect towards the opponent. i think they are the best team or among the two best, definitely. we are here to put our mark and to try do play the best game, and we cap, and why not compete against them, and try to find a way to win the game. >> the tour of spain concludes on sunday with alberto contador poised for victory. spaniards dominated the race. columbian cyclists are becoming a threat. we send our correspondent to the mountains of columbia to try to

find out the secret to their success. >> after years in the doldrums, columbian cyclists are riding high. they returned to the top of the world. stringent doping, testing has helped riders that life and train in high altitudes like columbian. the coach has been modelling the new columbian cyclists. >> translation: they have improved in three aspect, selecting talent, gathering them and checking scientific data. we changed the mentality of the rider, how to train, eat and make decision on the road. >> of all the columbians in this year's giro d'italia, half were

products of the 472 development programme, including the winner, and stories are inspiring a new generation of talent. including a rider who won an important race for a rider hoping to make a transition to one of the big european teams. >> we become more confident. we overcame our fears. once we were perceived as mountain climbers, but now we proved we can make results. cross-winds. >> unlike any other team, 72 have been implemented a series of rigorous testing to focus the training and set up an independent biological passport. columbia is a country passionate about cycling and struggled with banned substances.

the founder said this was a reason he created the team. >> to be successful around cycling we have to get rid of doping. we feel we have more support around the world. more strictly with doping, we'll be more successful. >> until now. the team has been a ticket out of columbia for young stars. many hope it will offer a clean future and a level playing field back home. of course, there's more on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. it's all there for you. >> thank you. late night here, watching the end of the golf season. thank you. thank you for watching. that's it for me david foster, and the newshour team. laura kyle is up in a moment.

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