>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello welcome to another news hour from al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha, i'm adrian finighan, coming up in this the next 60 minutes. on the retreat, two opposition groups evacuate their bases in northern syria.

plus: >> i'm james bayes at the united nations. world leaders are gathering. the focus on isil, and in the next hour or so a speech by president obama. >> we have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise. >> mission accomplished, india joins an elite group of countries becoming the late toast put a satellite around mars. ♪ the united nations general assembly is getting underway in new york as we speak. these are live pictures coming in to us from that meeting. we'll be following the speeches this throughout the coming hours here on al jazeera. u.s. president barack obama expected to speak shortly, and we'll take that speech live. but we'll begin this news hour

proper with news from syria that fighters from the opposition muse -- muslim front with evacuating their bases, and another group says it too is leaving its bases. let's get the latest from zana huda. what are we to make of this? >> reporter: these are powerful rebel movements. they have told their followers to leave their bases, headquarters, and to move heavy weapons. these forces are afraid they could be targeted in us-lead coalition air strikes. yesterday according to activists, the bases were indeed targeted and nuzra fighters were killed. in a statement released by the

u.s. defense department they made no mention of this, but they said they targeted an area where an al-qaeda affiliate operates. so these two groups are worried they will be next. we are seeing more and more protests on the ground, adrian, people condemning these air strikes, and telling the obama administration we do not trust you, and you are working on behalf of the regime. >> are these elements within these two groups that are allies to states that are now part of president obama's coalition taking on isil? >> reporter: well, to a certain extent these groups do enjoy good ties with arab countries, and this is why it issing important because yesterday in that statement they were very, very careful. the u.s. even said in that specific operation we acted alone and not with our arbab

partners. arabs cannot be seen targeted ing groups that have support on these ground. so they see these two groups as they are standing on the front lines and taking on the regime. and we're hearing more and more syrians saying the u.s. has double standards. why are they just attacking isil when we have been appealing for help, help never came. so the u.s. is at risk of creating more enemies on the ground if it doesn't tread carefully, and if it doesn't take the fight to the syrian regime and target government bases and forces on the ground. >> and has there been any reaction from the syrian government to the withdrawal of these groups and the latest air strikes against isil? >> reporter: no reaction on the withdrawal of these groups, but the syrian government

reiterating today that it had previous knowledge about the air strikes. they were told in advance that the u.s. was going to carry out these strikes. saying they are proceeding in the right direction. very, very different rhetoric coming from damascus, just a few days ago they said any air strike would be considered an act of aggression, and now this tacit approval. this really works very well for the regime's narrative that it has been fighting terrorists. a group known as the ypg is attacking on the border. this follows the us-lead air strikes which began on tuesday. let's take you live to stephanie decker who is very close to

cabani, and tear gas has just been fired there? >> reporter: yes, there has been a bit of a standoff. union groups came here starting protesting taunting things like the turkish go is responsible for what is happening in cabani, they are giving isil support. it wasn't really that rowdy, but at some people the security forces seemed to have enough, and riot police pushed them back. people have come back, but the water cannon truck has returned. they are really trying to make ab point that theying don't tolerate any of those kinds of messages. there is an issue between turkey and the kurds, something that really has been stirred up here over the past week or so. turkey fought a long civil war with the kurds, but now you have 140,000 of them crossing into

turkey. no one is happy about that. so turkey is facing challenges on two fronts. they don't want to be seen as supporting kurdisher fighters that could launch attacks in turkey. >> you are on the border between turkey and syria, and you are very close to this town cabani where we understand there is some sort of fight going on between kurdish forces and isil forces. >> yes. it would take us about 30 seconds to walk there. what we have been seeing is a couple of hundred people passing back, and a few families, but mostly men, and what we're hearing is they are disregarding these reports that there were strikes from isil south of

cabani, turkey has said they weren't involved. but these men are civilians, people who live there going back to take up arms to help the kurdish fighters who are battling isil. but everyone is telling us they don't have the right weapons to confront isil, because they are very well armed and briefly the refugee crisis remains huge here. many families crossing saying they have nowhere to stay here, so thigh -- they'll have to head back to syria. the u.s. has carried out five more air strikes against isil in syria and iraq. they also carried out two strikes southeast of erbil, and two west of bagdad. the fight against isil has taken its toll in many areas in both syria and iraq. one of those places is in

northern iraq. al jazeera's sue turtin is there. >> reporter: this town has been flattened by u.s. fighter jets. the local people here are saying that either these buildings were completely flattened by these aerial attacks or the isil forces as they retreated improvise explosive devices in their homes. but the only building still standing is the mosque. just to the right of the mosque is a police station completely flattened. all of these buildings now there's virtually nothing left of them, and that's because of their proximity to the nearby town. they are saying they think isil is fighting so hard for this

area because it is a very oil-rich area. the peshmerga say they are surrounding the town of zuma. they are hoping there will be more air strikes and they are saying they are absolutely sure there are no more civilians there, and they are calling on the us-lead coalition to come and bomb zuma. >> live pictures once again of the opening session of the general assembly in new york where the u.n. secretary general ba ban ki-moon is speaking. let's listen in. >> -- and other life-saving surprise. diplomacy is on the defensive. undermined by those two believe in balance.

diversity is on the assault by extremists who insist that their way is the only way. disarmament is viewed as a distant dream. sabotaged by profit tiers of perpetual warfare. the leadership is precisely about finding the seas of hope and launching them into something bigger. that is our duty. that is my call to you today. ladies and gentlemen, it has been a terrible year for the principles enshined in the united nations charter from barrel bombs to beheadings, from the deliberate starvation of civilians, so the assault on hospitals, u.n. shelters and aid

convoys, human rights and the rule of law are under attack. [ inaudible ] tragedy to gaza [ speaking foreign ] . >> okay. so the u.n. secretary general there now repeating that speech in french. let's bring in al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bayes at the u.n. in new york. james the secretary general saying it may seem at times as if the world is falling apart right now, with all of the crises and disease. it is the leader's duty to find the seeds of hope. it has been a terrible year he said for the principles

enshrined in the united nations charter >> absolutely, adrian. just look at the list of the problems that they have to confront, and i have spoken to so many diplomats here, and senior officials, foreign ministers and heads of states, and they say they have never known a year like this, when you have such unprecedented crises, at the top of the list is the situation with isil. but then you add to that list all of the other -- you can hear the helicopter above me. that means the president isment doing soon. but in addition to that, of course, you have the situation in ukraine, and that is worrisome for the world because that involves one of the great powers of the world, russia directly involved in that conflict. on top of that, the other problems in the middle east, in yemen, the situation in libya, the conflicts taking place all over africa, south sudan, the list goes on, and not only

conflict but also the ebola epidemic, which they are going to have a summit about, a mini summit during this general assembly. and you do wonder whether some of these very, very important issues will get properly dealt with. some of the countries are not going to get the attention their deserve. >> busy day at the u.n. today. and later a meeting of the u.n. security council, which president obama himself is going to chair. >> reporter: yeah, let me take you through the day, adrian, and give you an idea of the highlights. president obama will be speaking the second of the world leaders to speak after brazil, so in the next hour, we think, he'll be speaking us to, a very important speech. we're told it will be a forceful speech, but also an optimistic speech. that's the word from the white house, and then of course we'll

be followed by all of the world leaders who queue up one after another to speak. we have been looking closely on some of the arab speeches. president sisi is going to be speaking, and the king of jordan is going to be speaking. and then as you say, seven hours from now, the speeches go on in the u.n. general assembly, but in the security council, there's going to be a meeting of the security council, normally around that horseshoe table there are ambassadors, instead this time there are going to be world leaders. the president is the head of the security council this month, so he will preside. they will vote on a resolution on isil on foreign fighters, but i think the more important part of it is how all of the countries respond to the military action that took place inside syria, and look particularly closely at what the russians and chinese say.

because their position on that action, which some believe is not necessarily legal under the charter, there is a big debate on that. >> all right. james we'll be back for analysis after we hear from president obama has to say. as james was saying there, the fight against isil set to be discussed in great detail at that meeting in new york. australian military aircraft have landed in the united arab emirates. around 400 australian air force personnel have arrived at an air base near dubai. australia's government has yet to commit to taking part in any combat missions. military jets have been joined by cargo aircraft, which are expected to deliver humanitarian aid. police in australian have shot dead a man they were about to question on terrorism charges.

they responded after the 18 year old attacked two officers who are now recovering in hospital. it has raised tensions. andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> reporter: he was says australian's government a known terrorist suspect, a person of interest for the police. but when he arrived for questioning, he produced a knife and stabbed two police officers, if one hadn't shot him, the government says, he would have killed both. >> obviously this indicates that there are people in our community who are capable of very extreme acts. it also indicates that the police will be constantly vigilant to protect us against people who would do us harm. >> reporter: the attack comes at a sensitive time. last week australian police mounted what they called their biggest ever counter terrorism raids. on wednesday the government introduced legislation that

would significantly extend its counter terrorism laws, making it illegal to advocate terrorism or to travel to declared zones around the law, and extending laws that mean suspects could be held without charge. rebecca kay has received abuse online and in the street. the government, she thinks is whipping up hysteria. >> a lot of our community are fearful. they are fearful that they might not be targeted not only by racist people within the community, but also by government officials. >> anything within these laws that prevent a potential terror attack on australian soil, it is beneficial to all of us as australians regardless of muslims or non-muslims, because if something like this happens, we in the australian muslim

community will be the first to bare the brunt. >> reporter: but some say it's a rushed decision. >> the balance has already shifted far in favor of security and away from freedom. >> reporter: but freedom australia's government says including the freedom not to be attacked. if the sum evidence of the needs new the preventative laws, but others worry about the consequenc consequences trampling on the liberties of all. now let's bring in con ross from a non-profit diplomatic advisory group. i don't know if you heard what the u.n. secretary general was saying in his opening remarks. he said it may seem at times right now that the world is falling apart with all of the crises and the disease that we're witnessing.

it's up to leaders there to fine the seeds of hope with isil taking so much of the focus right now, diplomatically. are world leaders going to have enough time to deal with all of the issues that need discussing? >> well, it's a good question. i mean first of all, i somewhat reject the purple pose of the world falling apart. i don't think it is a particularly helpful way of thinking about the world. we need to think about these problems locally. there are local solutions to all of these problems. yes, there needs to be a global response as well, but each of these problems has a detailed aspect it to, that doesn't lend itself well to these wild reactions. so i rather reject that.

but there is a time when world leaders get together to focus on one or two top priorities. and it's interesting that the top priority is a u.s. priority. but for me the two highlights this week with climate change, interestingly enough, and iraq. climate change is on the agenda at the general assembly for the first time ever, which is surely a very welcome thing. the summit yesterday was i think quite a positive step towards a global deal in paris next year. where isil and all of the rest of it will deliver normal states outside of the u.n. would produce, i rather question. >> i'm sorry, i'm not hearing you very well at this end.

i want to focus on the attacks on isil right now. this grand coalition that president obama has put together. how strong do you think that coalition is? will it be able to hold in the weeks and months ahead? >> well, that's a good question. there will not be u.n. authority for military strikes in iraq or in syria in particular. russia and china would not permit that would come to -- damascus's okay. as we all know isil is in a sense a division of much deeper divisions across the middle east

reflecting a deeper sunni divide. there are real problems about forging a collective response to this problem in northern iraq. i think the americans are on the right track, but i would like to see iran and russia included in that conversation too. >> good to talk to you. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> still to come here on the news hour, why hundreds of thousands of people live on the riverbeds of pakistan's mighty river even though it floods every few years. plus how the ebola outbreak has left these gold diggers strabd stranded. >> and the asian games are hit by a head scarf procedure. we'll have the details in a little over 20 minutes. ♪ opposition activists in syria say that proassad forces have used toxic gases.

these pictures which al jazeera can't verify are said to show victims struggling to breathe of what was called a chlorine gsa attack. the jordanian cleric has been cleared against the charges against him. he spent years detained in britain without charge and was deported to jordan last year. in june he was cleared of planning an attack on an american school. here is more. >> reporter: he is now a free man. he has been acquitted of all charges for lack of evidence. in the particular case we heard about today, he was charged with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against jordanians and foreigners during jordan's millennium new year's

eve celebrations in the year 2000. he was found not guilty last year as well, and acquitted of charges for conspiring to carry out attacks in 1998. before this trial in jordan and before he was departed from the u.k. to jordan in july 2013, he was sentenced to life in presence in absentia, but faced a retrial as soon as he arrived in jordan. he was in u.k. on political asylum, where the government spent almost a decade trying to extradite him for trial because the secret service saw him as a terrorist risk. and his release is very significant, because jordan is now fully engaged in a war against isil with the global coalition to try to defeat it, and is even sending its own

fighter jets to syria to shell isil targets. it's concerned not only about his borders, but from threats within. isil sympathizers inside jordan. he is very influential to his followers and he has openly criticized isil, and said they have committed atrocities, and jordan is trying to send a message that those who are not promoting isil, and are not isil sympathizers are welcome in the country, but those who try to promote isil will be under a heavy crackdown by the government. now let's get some weather. monsoon rains continuing to track eastward. steph is here with the details. >> we have been hearing a lot about the flooding in india and pakistan, haven't we adrian. let's see where the monsoon is

at the moment. the cloud is over the northeastern states and over parts of bangladesh. this may suggest that everywhere towards the northwest is fine and dry, but that's not the way it is going to stay. the position at the moment is here just over the far northwestern parts of india and stretching into the northern parts of pakistan. that means anywhere to the east could still see very heavy downpours. all that is happening at the moment is we have a bit of a lull towards the northwest, so we're not seeing a great deal of rain. that could change, but it does look like the monsoon is going to stay active where it is at the moment. so that is where the wettest of the weather is currently, and likely to stay as we head through thursday and into friday as well. for the northeastern states of india where there is terrible

flooding, there will be more wet weather, but not the persistent and wide-spread rain we have been seeing. this is the remains of our storm working its way across japan now. adrian. >> steph many thanks. lots more toment come on the al jazeera news hour, including a month after the gaza strip conflict. we meet the people struggling to rebuild their lives. and it took 30 penalties to separate two teams in the english cup. that's all later in the sport. ♪

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hello again, good to have you with us. adrian finighan here in doha. in syria fighters from the opposition front are evacuating headquarters in the west of the country, one of the areas that have seen air strikes from the us-lead opposition. another group says it too is leaving its bases. kurdish forces known as the ypg are attacking fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. live pictures from the u.n. general assembly, which has just got underway in new york. a number of items will dominate the conversation. from confronting the isil to combatting the spread of the ebola virus in west africa, heads of state will get a chance to debate all of the issues.

as dominic kaine is reporting it is turning out to be a particularly troubling year. >> reporter: this is one annual meeting to which all of the world leaders are invited. but this year is unprecedented. perhaps the most important issue, the threat posed by the islamic state of iraq and the levant, now in control of swathes of land. president obama will chair a meeting and put a resolution on foreign fighters to a vote. then there is the breakdown in relations between russia and the west, and as tensions continue in the east, the ukrainian president will be in new york, but once again, the russian president, vladimir putin will not. the palestinian israeli conflict has plagued the u.n. since its

inception, and this year is no different. the palestinian president will try a new approach in his speech suggesting a time line for the end of the israeli occupation of gaza following this summer's war. where there is agree is the need to end the ebola outbreak in west africa. ban ki-moon wants a billion dollars to fight the disease and will be convening a summit meeting on thursday. while world leaders meet in new york in vienna, the latest round of nuclear talks between iran and the international community will also be taking place. but the extended deadline for the negotiations is not until november. dominic kaine, al jazeera. let's take a look at the history of the general assembly which first convened in january 1946. it includes all 193 member

nations, and each carries an equal vote. assembly resolutions aren't binding on members. among its tasks the general assembly elects the ten non-permanent members of the security council and approves the u.n. budget. we have joined by a former ambassador to the united nations. he joins us live from the u.n. in new york. thank you for being with us, sir. qatar once again in the world headlines. it's part of the coalition fighting against isil. what can you tell us about what assistance qatar has given so far in the operations against isil and about how willing qatar is to get into this fight. >> well, as a matter of fact, i think qatar paid for the past

few years, a very important part in fighting terrorism and is trying to contain it. we live in a region full of problems. we have, you know, syria crisis which has been taking place for the last four years, and we have the biggest terrorists in that region, and that happens to be bashar al-assad killing his own people. at the same problem we have the problems in iraq and the eight years of sectarian wars which has created this condition to really have terrorism, and also we have the situation in yemen, and i think we are all aware two days ago when [ inaudible ] to the houthi who happened to be supported by terrorists. and then we have the problems which have been taking place in libya. so we live in -- you know, in a region where everybody feel the threat of terrorism, and for that part, qatar is part of the

alliance to fight terrorism, because it will have affect everybody. >> you talk about the problems that the regions face right now, and all of this happens just as there has been a change in the leadership as well. the new man has taken on this job at an incredibly tough time, h hasn't he? how is he doing? >> amir has been on the scene for quite sometime even before he took over the helm of the state, but at the same time, yes, i agree with you, since he came to power, we have been facing a lot of difficulties in our region. even qatar had to deal with its own anybody politically. but i think so far he is doing a great job, and we are all in the same boat, like everybody else.

>> do the benefits of being involved in this coalition fighting isil outweigh the costs in terms of alliances of countries within the region? you talk about how troubled the region is right now. >> yes, sir, i think we have -- we have a problem. to fight terrorism, you have to fight the causes which have created terrorism, and the causes are lack of justice, lack of rule of law in some of these countries, sectarian politics, and not allowing the [ inaudible ] people a future. you know, people now are aware of each other, you know, and unfortunately until now we have not reached the point of having somebody with the [ inaudible ] people and the [ inaudible ] muslim people, and unfortunately there are groups who are using their grievances to really recruit them and to be

doing -- and to be doing terrorism, which we all, you know, are trying to fight and trying to contain. but we have to deal with the real issues. the real issues are lack of justice, dictatorship, and at the same time the -- the -- you know, what happens in iraq. iraq was destroyed in 2003, and we created a vacuum. iran gets in. and iran created its own terroristic organization in iraq, and then sectarianism just blossoms in our region, a region where people lived for thousands of years next to each other in peace and harmony. but now we really have a problem. >> okay. so there's one more question i want to put to you. there have been allegations once again in the world media that qatar is involved in the funding of extremist groups like isil. how do you respond to those

allegations? and what can be done to cut the funding to groups such as isil? what is the best way to do that? >> sir, you know, it's easy to accuse somebody of something, but those that are accusing, they have to prove their accusation. qatar is against terrorism. everybody knew that. the united nations government they knew. their intelligence knew. we have the best cooperation with them on this issue. but unfortunately there is a lot of politics. and the politics has to do with what has happened in egypt and the other arab countries, because of the arab uprising. qatar is supporting the choices of the people. others they want to keep the status quo, and they are not happy of qatar position, therefore, a lot of allegations coming from here and there, but, you know, when you ask them,

give me the proof, they have no proof. and for that reason we are asking everybody to fight terrorism, fight the causes. do not try to fight the symptom. fight the causes for this. >> sir, thank you for your time. the form qatar ambassador to the underand the u.s. thank you. it has been a month since israel and palestinian fighters agreed to a ceasefire in gaza. representatives from israel and palestine are due to hold talks in cairo, to try to create a more permanent truce. but as charles stratford reports, there are doubts these negotiations will be successful. >> reporter: thousands of families used to live in this gaza neighborhood. it's been a month since the truce began, little, if nothing has been achieved so far to rebuild the lives of gaza's

people. as permanent ceasefire talks begin again, there isn't much hope among people here. >> translator: there's no hope. hamas and egypt don't give us hope. nothing will improve. life just gets more miserable. >> translator: we understand we have to suffer during the war, but after the war the suffer has just got worse. >> reporter: the palestinian government wants israel to lift its land, air, and sea blockage of gaza. this is the crossing which israel closed in 2007. since the fighting stopped it is partially opened only one of its five borders with gaza. but it has banned building materials such as cement because it says hamas will use it to rebuild tunnels. this is all that is left of the

airport in gaza. having it rebuilt is one of the demands being made by the palestinians, but it's very unlikely to happen. because hamas and the other armed factions are refusing to disarm. this is actually the site where palestinians want a port. yasser arafat laid the first stone in the sea, and nothing has been done since. israel bans the fisherman from fishing more than 10 kilometers from the coast. this is gaza's border with egypt. since last year's military coup there have been few people leaving at this crossing. they must have permits to cross. israel describes hamas as terrorists. hamases says it is a resistance

group, fighting for independence just as others have done throughout history. people here say they are living in the world's largest open prison, a place they say that makes the headlines only when bombs are dropping. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. mohammed fahmy and peter greste received seven year. baher mohamed received an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession that he picked up at a protest. >> the al jazeera journalists,

now i realize you believe it is in the courts, in the judiciary. john kerry spoke to you about this. i have asked this question often. you shouldn't be imprisoning journalists. they are not a threat to the state, they are in prison in egypt, and you could do something about that. why haven't you? >> translator: i -- i will again -- i will again be honest with you. i wish egypt had not been facing such a situation in egypt. regardless of -- regardless of their indictment, or that they are innocent or -- guilty or innocent, the best thing was to get them out of the country, but at that time when they were

arrested, i was not responsible for the country at that time. i was only the minister of defense. this is one point. the second point is that the judicial formalities are still in process. any state -- any state understands that if there is even anything -- any violation on the part of the journalist, no country would like to imprison journalists. countries will not need -- need lengthy debates about having journalists in prison. i hope that i'm clear and understood, i wish they hadn't -- hadn't been arrested on -- or even stand in a court. >> peter greste's parents are calling on australia's prime minister tony abbott to raise the issue with the egyptian president in new york. in the meantime, peter's mother says her son is in good spirits. >> he is incredible.

he is -- i think he is settled to the fact that he is going to be in prison until this process is over, and he is doing his utmost and otherwise to make the best of it. the vatican is preparing to try a former archbishop for sex abu abuse. if it happens it will be the first ever trial of the kind. the 65 year old was defrocked in june as a church tribunal found that he abused minors. the former deputy head of china's top planning agency has gone on trial accused of taking bribes. he was always vice chair of the national energy commission. china's president has vowed to purge the ruling communist party

of corrupt officials. three men who confessed to killing a form miss venezuela have been sentenced to more than 30 years in jail. the killings fuelled mass protests, and forced the president to speed up anti-crime plans. flood waters, as we heard in the weather, in pakistan, are starting to recede now. floods devastated parts of this province. the government was forced to breach river dikes to protect major cities. now the flood waters have reached further down the river. nicole johnston reports from an area where hundreds of villages have been flooded. >> reporter: this man has a hard life. he can barely afford to feed his family, let alone his buffalo,

and he doesn't own any land. so he has claimed some in a riverbed, and lives right here in the path of pakistan's largest river. >> translator: living in the riverbed the land is free. >> reporter: run -- hundreds of thousands of people are living here. it's fine when it is dry, but when it floods, they either lose everything or are cut off. and that's what happened this year. floods filled up the riverbed. fortunately when the water rose this mud brick home was spared. but some say it shouldn't be there in the first place. >> the government needs to settle them in a permanent safer place, so the government should introduce land reforms and earmark some tracks of land for

these people, where they could build their houses and farm as well. >> reporter: everyone who lives in the riverbed has been moved to higher ground. conditions aren't great in the camp, but nay have electricity, clean water, and food. which is more than most flood infected areas are getting. still for poor farmers there is one advantage of living in the path of a flood. >> translator: the benefit of the floods to us is we get good crops because the flood water brings in a lot of silt. even though we are displaced and live in tents. >> reporter: people are returning to the riverbed along with their goats. they know it will flood again. it has left behind this thick, black mud, and some kids seem just fine with that. nicole johnston, al jazeera, pakistan. just ahead here on the news hour, in sport, find out what

sparked this confrontation in major league baseball. jo will be here with all of the details in just a few minutes. ♪ noise, no clutter,

just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now ♪ hello, again, india has become the first country to put a spacecraft in mars orbit on its maiden attempt. scientists monitored the progress from the southern indian city. >> history has been created

today. we have tried to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near-impossible. i [ inaudible ] to let [ inaudible ] all my fellow indians on this historic occasion. [ applause ] >> time now for sport. here is jo. >> adrian, thank you. the qatar women's basketball team say they will consider withdrawing from the asian games unless the officials reverse their decision to ban head scarfs. international basketball federation rules prohibit any headwear on court. they insist they were assured before the games that they would be able to wear the head

scarves. earlier i spoke to the head of the delegation who says he would like to see basketball rules brought in line with other sport. >> we cannot raise the point that the [ inaudible ] there is many competition, with many competitors from the women side from different sport they are wearing head scarf, in many team sports they are wearing head scarf, and i don't know what the season that the international association insists they cannot wear head scarf. and i wish that they would review their rules, and to allow so the women's, you know, [ inaudible ] in the future. the international basketball federation would not provide any direct comment to al jazeera, other than to highlight their existing regulation, which specifies: however, their most recent

meeting, they announced they would relax headware rules: for the full story head to our website, check out website website/sport. there's also details there -- on how to get in touch with us using twitter and facebook. china is continuing their dominance in south korea. their gold medal now standings at 59. the south koreans did manage to get the better of their rivals however, in the men's badminton event. they were up staged by the host

3-2. it's their first gold in the event in 12 years. china had a lot more success in the pool on day four, claiming six gold medals. that including the olympic champion who powered to victory in the men's 400-meter free style. on to an epic encounter in the english cup. it took a record 30 penalties to decide the match. the teamed were tied at 2-2. two players missed sending the match into sudden death. and then incredibly the next 20 penalties were all scored. liverpool won 14-13 to send them through to the fourth round. in italy's striker torres scored his first goal for milan in his first start. meanwhile in germany, normal

service was resumed as they handed out a football lesson to new boys and visitors. they have been the surprise package of the season so far, and been unbeaten in their first-ever season in the top flight. they have now dropped down to four. the champions had a 4-0 win they go top of the table. rory mcelroy says he feels inspired by alex ferguson, as they prepare to defend their title. the former manager who lead his team to 38 major trophies over 26 seasons gave the europeans a motivational speech. mcelroy is a huge fan of the football team and admitted he was in a translistening to ferguson speak. >> he is a very inspirational sort of man. when he talks, you know, he has

a lot of authority and the room just goes quiet and everyone listens, so it was -- as i said, it was a great experience for everyone obviously, but especially for me being a big manchester united fan. [ inaudible ] will make a return to the olympics after 112 years away. the eagle challenges disputes over landownership and the impact it might have on the ecosystem have caused delays dating back almost five years. but for now the international olympic committee is not too worried. >> it's so complicated to organize the games, so difficult, that you can never be 100% satisfied until the games are finished. so we are satisfied on the progress we have seen today. but we know we are going to play for the festival. so of course, our task, the organizing committee task, we

have to work together to make sure that what we believe today will happen at the time. tensions are high in major league baseball with the regular season to conclude on sunday. >> oh, he hit him. >> bum gardner struck [ inaudible ] on the foot during the game with the l.a. dodgers. a confrontation between the pair lead to both benches and bullpens emptying on the field. the dodgers went on to win the game 4-2, and will clench the division for the second straight year. >> that's all for sport. >> thank you very much. who is the world's best boss? richard branson probably thinks he is. he is giving his employees unlimited holidays. he says it will boost morale. he says thanks to advances in

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