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bricks - we take you to a new exhibition in london that displays lego like you have never seen it before. >> i'm joanne with the sport. qatar women's basketball team bull out of the asian games after being told they can't wear the hijab so then we start the newshour are violence in syria on several counts of the the battle in kobani is causing families to cross the border, kurdish fighters engaged with islamic state of iraq and levant. in the north-east, u.s.-led air strikes continue. activists say 14 fighters have been killed and five civilians. the coalition has been targetting oil facilities held by the group. meanwhile there are reports that syrian government troops took control of another part of the rebel held down of av ra. they have seized the town after

battling fighters from the al nusra front and the islamic brieingate. kurdish -- brigade. kurtish fighters are trying to stop the fighters from kobani. steph, what is the latest situation there? >> i want to tell you what is happening here. riot police pushed everyone back from the border into cobban a. you are seeing the people walking back now. they are held and clear they are allowed back in. these are people going into cabbany. what we are hearing is men going back in to fight. they believe that no one is helping them push i.s.i.l. back from positions around the kurdish areas, and we have heard an explosion quite far away - shelling it sounded like, and we spoke to a source earlier who told us that the situation is not under control around this

region, that i.s.i.l. controls 75% of the surrounding areas, and that they don't have enough weapons. the kurdish fighters have been able to hold their own somewhat against i.s.i.l. are saying that they are having a problem coming up against the heavy weapons capability that i.s.i.l. has. >> those heading off to fight now, how will they arm themselves? >> these are not part of the ypg, the syrian kurdish armed group. they have light weaponry at home, perhaps the kalashnikov. it's not a match for the capacity that i.s.i.l. has. they come with a determination to fight for their home,land, that they say they blame turkey, many angry at turkey for saying they allowed this to happen, some say na turkey is encouraging this because there's no love loss between turkey and the kurds. most say in turkey, there's

nothing for them. the situation is bad. when we talk about the family, many say there's nowhere to sleep, they are sleeping under trees. there are 22 refugee camps in turkey, around here, they are less structured as they are in other places. with an influx of 150,000 people since friday, it's a difficult situation to manage. some people are going back because they say this they can't stay here. >> a lot of movement on the turkish, syrian border. collision strikes are targetting oil facilities. the u.s. central command say they have hitmen targets? syria. let's speak to zeina khodr, live in beirut. we are hearing of syrian army advances. tell us about that. >> yes, north-east of damascus, in a suburb known as adra. the syrian government managing to push rebels out of the strategic town.

this is an industrial town. it's at the doorsteps of the capital, 30km from the city center, and is close to the damascus homs highway. it is strategic territory for the syrian government. and they have been picking their battles, they picked the battles, trying to maintain control of the capital. homs and the coastal area. they are pushing forward, broadcasting images of government troops in joe bar. they are pushing forward, rebels losing ground at a time na the united states coalition started a campaign against i.s.i.l. you are hearing more and more from rebel commanders saying why are you targetting i.s.i.l., why are you not helping us, targetting the syrian government who have been killing civilians over the past three years. anger is growing inside syria. a lot of suspicions over the intentions of the u.s. administration. we have to make clear that the u.s. denied that it is in any

way helping the syrian government. >> we are hearing news of arrest in lebanon along the syrian border. what more on that? >> in lebanon, they've been entangled in the conflict for some time. it is a flashpoint town on the border with syria. the lebanese army long tried to prevent the area for being used by rebels. it's been used as a base. we have seen clashes obvious the past two years, the last in august. this morning the army raided an informal camp where syrian refugees lived and they were looking for suspects. three men tried to push a camp close by, opening fire at the three syrians, and unearthed dozens of suspects. activists are giving us a different story, saying that the army opened fire.

rebels look at the lebanese army as a tool of the syrian government, as a tool of the lebanese movement which has been fighting alongside the syrian government and the lebanese army is under attack. you can see how the conflict spills over into lebanon, and that's why they need to find a political settlement. there's no military solution to the conflict. >> zeina khodr reporting from beirut. as zeina khodr mentioned not everyone supports the us-led air strikes. demonstrations have been held in some towns. it is targetting the parts of opposition fighting government forces. the syrian military have been accused of war crimes, after 3.5 years of war. >> a spokesman for ash ra alsham, abu amar made this statement:

well, the united nations security council has resolved to stop foreigners being recruited to fight the islamic state of iraq and levant. our diplomatic editor james bays has more on the special session in new york, chaired by the u.s. president obama. >> reporter: president obama invited fellow world leaders to a special session of the u.n. security council about the threat from i.s.i.l. as the u.s. currently holds the rotating presidency of the council, it was president obama himself who chaired the meeting. 7,272nd meet ght of the security council christopher gibson is -- meeting of the security council is called to order. >> the focus was on the foreign fighters in i.s.i.l.'s ranks. >> 15,000 foreign fighters from more than 80 nations travelled

to syria in recent years. many joined terrorist organizations such as al qaeda's affiliate, the al nusra front, and i.s.i.l., which threatens people across syria and iraq. those in favour of the draft revolution contained in document s24688 please raise their hands. >> reporter: the leaders voted for a resolution calling on national government-backed legislation that would make it illegal to go abroad and fight. not just members of the security council, but a total of 50 countries asked to speak, a large coalition opposed to i.s.i.l., but those countries are smaller numbers prepared to take military action. soon there may be another nation joining the list of the the u.k. recalling parliament to discuss the options. >> our strategy must work in tandem with arab states in support of local people in line

with legal obligations and part of a plan involved with our aid, diplomacy and military. >> reporter: this is the 6th time that a security council had a session at world leader level. more than 100 countries say they endorse the resolution passed. dig a little deeper and you discover there are real differences about the detail of the strategy going forward. the syrian ambassador to the united nations says his government supports the revolution, bashar al-assad says it should not accuse country accused of funding i.s.i.l. >> translation: the success of our efforts against terrorism means we have to distance ourselves from anything that undermines the role of the u.n., suches the pollittizesation of this struggle. dividing terrorists into good terrorists and bad prophets,

distinguishing moderate trarism from extremist terrorism. terrorism is terrorism. in this struggle we cannot conceive of a coalition that includes countries of terrorism, who provide them with refuge and funny. turkey, qatar and sowed christopher gibson have been the main ports of call for terrorists going to syria and iraq. let's take this on and speak to a professor of middle east history joining us at the studio. it's interesting stuff, all happening at the moment. what about the u.n., and getting tough on foreign fighters. will this make a difference in the battle against i.s.i.l.? >> let's admitt that this effort has been done to give a blessing to so-called international coalition. if you remember the 2003, there was a resolution before the war, now there was a resolution to give blessing to the effort to fight i.s.i.l.

being tougher on the foreign fighters it is a win option to confirm that, you know, this organization, i.s.i.l. has been built based on those in iraq, and basically by being tough on them, they assume that there will be less active on the ground. of course, from previous experience, the foreign fighters basically came with this, you know, religious feeing. they want to do something under the ideology, of course, what is happening on the ground, there's a huge gap between them and the fighters from within syria or iraq, and they think being tougher on the foreigners may weaken the i.s.i.l. for a short term, not a long term. >> on the ground we have the air strikes ongoing, targetting i.s.i.l. fighters, and oil refineries and so forth, aiming at the source of revenue of

i.s.i.l. >> i think there is something missing about all of what is happening concerning the air strike. we don't know what is being done, what is being attacked, how many people are killed. these are missing information. from what we gather, it seems that, you know, they are hitting i.s.i.l. on a strategic place where basically they can weaken the military capabilities. which makes sense, of course. on the other hand they want to target what is, you know, supporting the organization financially, which basically the oil in particular. however, international community needs to keep in mind is this may influence the oil industry in general in the region, and effect iraq in the future and interior. so there should be a distinction

between what is targeted against i.s.i.l., and the strategy to weaken the organization in general in iraq. it's not about just long-term operations. >> okay. so we are talking about i.s.i.l., there's other desperate groups as well. how do they fit into the jigsaw? >> of course, we saw some other groups were targeted in the last three days. it seems the last target is i.s.i.l., because basically those who controlled more than 8 million people controlled wide place, from syria and iraq, and under their own direct control and the military capabilities. other organizations seam week compared to i.s.i.l., and the presence under crowned seem less compelling with i.s.i.l. targetting those organizations

with weaken the activities and lead to some disappearing. i.s.i.l. will be the main target. >> you talked about numbers and how we are not getting a clear idea. 15 fighters have been killed overnight. civilians have died, and this is an issue. that keeps on increasing, i think it's five civilians, it will be a problem. >> it will change the mood of operations. if we witness more numbers of civilians killed, the whole mood will be changed. i think what the united states is trying to do now is trying to have more operations, quick operations, and make things done without a number of casualties. i'm not sure this will happen, taking into consideration places where it is based. it's hard to avoid civilians in such operations. >> great to get your views. appreciate that. thank you. >> an i.s.i.l.-linked group is blamed for the killing of a

french hostage of the the murder has been said to be cruel and cowardly. francis hollande will organise a security meeting in paris to discuss the killing. the group demanded french stop action in i.s.i.l. against iraq. >> two car bombs killed 13 people, south of baghdad. the level of violence is at its worse since 2007. united nations says more than 1200 were killed across the country last month. >> still to come, the world health organisation says a vaccine for ebola might be available before the end of the year. >> being smart about smartphones. making the minerals that go from the conflict zones to our phones more ethical. a new york court rules on the fate of a former race car champion involved in the death of a fellow driver.

those details coming up later. . >> let's move on to yemen, where the government is denying reports that the national security headquarters has been taken before by rebels. houthi fighters have seized about 95 military tanks. houthis over ran the capital sanaa, taking over key government buildings and roads. the government missed a deadline to appoint a new prime minister, part of a peace deal signed on sunday. there's reports that an al qaeda-linked group in yemen declared war against the houthis. let's get the latest from the phone from there. mohammed, what do you have for us now. >> yes, it's right that they missed a deadline and the act of looting against houthis has continued. there are report of members leaving their houses before the

fighters reached them and going to other parts of yemen, or areas outside the country. it's a situation of uncertainty that is widespread. people are afraid of what is to come and don't know what is next, especially after the announcement plan. they are trying to chase the houthis from sanaa, a rebel group. they promised a bloody conflict. >> the president is trying to send a message to the yemenis going ahead with the agreement. he has appointed two advisors after the agreement, one was chosen by the houthis, and one presenting the movement. that has been coupled with another decision yesterday to reduce the prices, and that is included in the agreement.

there are two contradictory approaches, one is violations in sanaa, and they are taking tanks and military gear. and the other approach is if you steps to works, but looks like the limitation of the agreement, and between the two polls the yemenis are torn, whether the agreement is valid and going ahead, or whether too listen to the fears and see what is to come with yemen. >> you say yemenis are torn. can you get an idea of how much support there is for houthis in the capital sanaa? >> well, it's difficult to gauge because sanaa is close to the north where the houthis have a large - a large shi'ite population, who are traditionally supporting the

houthis. it's included in the region, as well as the other areas, aside from sanaa. it's a reason why we had that attack here, and the people - they relied on some of the people, including the military, some of the population. and also it has people from all sides of yemen in it, and not all of them are supportive. we have seen cases in which the houthis tried to impose order away from the government. they have begun to impose - it's not a decision, it's a couple of days where they try to impose morality on people, and got out

with a close relative, and that this is not what they expected or want in their life. that gives you an indication of how much support they have, and how many people are not happy. >> thank you very much. that's the latest from sanaa. mohammed reporting. the world health organisation says the rate of reported ebola cases has fallen slightly but warn that there could be more cases that cannot be recognised. there's more than 600 cases in the third week of september. most of the new ones are in liberia and sierra leone. the situation in guinea has stabilized, taking a number of deaths to 2,900. but the situation isn't improving in sierra leone, the world health organisation says the outbreak is worse. the government put three more districts under quarantine in port locko, bali and moi am ba.

the country has five districts in quarantine. the president says it was vital for the survival of the nation. >> world leaders including barack obama say the threat is not limited no west africa, it is everyone's problem. the outbreak is high on the united nations general assembly. dominique kain has this report. >> reporter: a suspected ebola patient lays at the side of the road. he has been vomiting and is unwell. he's lain here for many hours. fear of ebola means people are wary of getting too close. >> translation: early this morning i passed the road and saw this man. together with my colleagues we called 117. we called 8 o'clock today. i don't see anyone come here yet. >> from today... the 117 number is sierra leone's ebola hotline.

many thing it doesn't work fast enough. here an ambulance arrived six hours after being called. and without sufficient protective gear. the logistics of dealing with the virus stretched the authorities across west africa. countries with barely a few hundred doctors and nurses found themselves contending with a virus that killed more than 2,800. the majority in liberia, but guinea and sierra leone have been badly affected. another factor hindering the fight against ebola is ignorance. in guinea, a red cross team was attacked while collecting the bodies of people thought to have died of the virus. >> as they put the bodies in the jeep people came and attacked the red cross workers towards the bag where the body of a woman was, and removed it and threw stones at the workers. >> this is a story repeated

across west africa. the world health organisation forwards the number of infections could hit 20,000 cases within months. well, the world health organisation says an ebola vaccine could be ready by the end of the year. there's no licensed treatment, but two vaccines are being test and more than 2,800 died in the outbreak, which began in west africa this year. now is the time for the weather, and steph is here. a big storm on the move. >> that's right. it's disintegrating which is the good new, and looks like it's moving away from us. it's causing problems, been over the philippines, taiwan and this is all that is left of it over parts of japan. it's pulling away, but it gave us heavy downpours over parts of japan and south korea in the last 24 hours or so. these are the kind of rain fall totals that we are seeing in the

southern parts of south korea, we have seen 71mm of rain, and we have seen 113. certainly there's a lot of wet weather to deal with, it has given us a problem with flooding. the worst is over. the remainder of the storms pulling away. for most of us, it should be fine and settled and nice and warm. >> getting to 25 degrees, which is a 77 in farenheit. there is a bit more wet weather edging in, over the we were parts of the map. that will give us sharp showers, nothing to worry about at the moment. you may have heard though about another storm that is it forming in the pacific. i'm here to make you realise that it's nothing really to worry about. there's a huge area of cloud, pulling itself together. what it will do is run its way to the north, and be swept away to the east. it shouldn't hit land at all.

>> are we glad you are there. fantastic. thank you very much. your phone and laptop could be fuelling conflict in some of the poorest parts of the world. they may contain so-called conflict minerals. like so-called diamonds, conflict minerals are mined in some of the corrupt place in the world. many in africa, the worst in democratic republic of congo. every phone carries 40 different minerals. tim friend reports from amsterdam. >> reporter: everywhere you go in europe life revolved around the mobile phone. in the netherlands there are 14 million handsets in use. but few know where they are from, or how they are made. >> you have your mobile phone there. do you know where the material comes center? >> no. >> china. >> huge numbers of phones and other electronic its are made with metals from places like this. the mines of the democratic

republic of congo. the metals unearthed here fuel one of the vicious conflicts in africa. as many as 5 million died over 10 years. without the money made from mining gold, tonne stan and tan tall um, there would be fewer weapons and less to fight about. [ explosion ] >> reporter: in the united states there's a law that says manufacturers have to prove where their materials come from. but here in the european union, there's no such thing. they can abide by a voluntary code of conduct or not. >> the e.u. is a big, big player. the fact that it's lagging behind on an issue about reputation of companies, ethical, responsible and tra transparent supply trains, it's disappointing. >> there's a movement to change the situation.

intel is promising a conflict free supply chain by 2016. here in amsterdam, the company is working towards the first ethical mobile phone. fair phone started as a lobrying group, making people aware of where the gadgets are from. now it makes phones. >> it's important. it's something we use every day. everyone has a known in the pocket, sometimes two or three. a lot of people don't know there's many different kind of minerals used to produce that foam, coming from all over the world and places where there's a high risk of conflict. europe is a target. the first part is letting 500 million consumers know how much suffering has gone on to

make the gadgets. >> we hear from russian fighters who say they were tortured. >> we meet brazil yap mosquitos. the cause of danke fever. >> luis suarez scores his first goal for his new club. those details coming up.

a recap of the top stories.

fighting in syria cause many to seek shelter in turkey. many are returning to defend their town. another town hit by a chlorine gas attack on wednesday has been seized by government traps. haed ra is an an industrial area. 7 were killed. yemen's government denies report that the national security headquarters has been taken over by rebels. houthi fighters have seized about 95 military tanks and over ran the capital sanaa, taking over key buildings and roads. the ukranian president says a ceasefire in the east appears to be working, with no reports of violence in the past 24 hours. n.a.t.o. has seen a withdrawal of russian forces. the the alliance says thousands of troops remain deployed near the border. russia had several thousands of combat troops and tanks and

armoured vehicles in ukraine. ukranian and separatist forces exchanged. two russian citizens, volunteer fighters, were just released from capacity. we met them. >> reporter: kamil and denges are free men. russian citizens, they say they volunteered to fight for the separatists. they were caught. dengue says he was held by a right-wing ukranian militia and tortured. >> translation: i had a russian passport, without the immigration card. after that they put a plastic bag on my head. they started changing me close to my ear. i'm deaf in this ear. >> dengue said he suffered beatings and fractured ribs. >> translation: several times they hung be with my arms behind

my backs. and used by body as a punch bag. >> in no man's land, priften exchanges are bringing the site closer to peace, a promising sign that a ceasefire can last. then negotiating teams have more work to do. there's around 2,000 prisoners being held. prisoner swap is not on end itself, it's the start of a bigger peace protest. vladimir said there were tort tours and killings from both. >> translation: there was revenge torture and reprisals. everyone understands the hostage exchange is more profitable. >> kamil was lucky. he says he was treated adequately by the regular ukranian army. >> reporter: would you consider coming back and fighting again

for the militia? do you think it was the rite thing to do? >> it was the right thing to do. to see this - the truth is there is no truth here. one nation is divided, and the fighting of each other. this is the truth of this war. >> it is a fragile peace. for camille and dankize, their war is over. iran's president hassan rouhani will address a u.n. secretary general assembly and emphasise tehran's views on the u.s.-led air strike. hassan rouhani said they are illegal. >> this group is a terrorist group. and an extremely dangerous group. extremely savage and barbaric in their conduct, actions and inappropriately and wrongly used the name of islam and the faith of muslims and all the actions

unequivocally against the culture and teachings. but that doesn't mean that if a group in a country conducts terrorist activities, another country with that nation and without permission are the central government of the victimized country can enter their air space and carry out an air bombardment campaign. >> to take this on in the studio is an assistant professor of public policy at qatar university. welcome to the show. hassan rouhani in new york. it's a turn over. it's not feted but courted by world leaders. >> it's an important place in iran. it's more and more important. the fact that thee -- that he

met with david cameron since 1979 is a big ept. >> he'll address the general assembly, and that will be followed by world leaders and president obama. >> and large companies. hassan rouhani has a lot to win by playing his cards right. iran has been suffering from the sanctions in isolation, in terms of comic investment for a long time, and trying to increase and improve the situation in iran. on the other side, great britain, france and the u.s. need to step up and show that they support the actions in the middle east. >> hassan rouhani has lever ridge on the one side, but on the other -- leverage on one side but on the other he has an interest geopolitically, specifically with what is going on with i.s.i.l. >> yes, and last year was the first time an american president, president obama, called on the phone hassan rouhani. there was the first meeting between the prime minister and

the irani head of state. we are seeing a warming of relationship between two countries, two blokes that did not speak to each other for a long time. it may be crucial. >> what can hassan rouhani offer in the fight against i.s.i.l., given that he said the air strikes are illegal? >> you can see when there was a strike of an i.s.i.l. position in syria, he informed bashar al-assad through iran. they can be a median. it's a position of iran is important in relation to iraq. for the west you have more arabic and sunni allies, ensuring there's not a west versus the middle east or islam, but a coalition of interests towards the terrorist group.

>> great to get your perspective. appreciate that. thank you. >> now, indonesia's perimeter is debating a bill abolishing direct elections for governors and mayors, they would be picked by local parliament. some say it's a step back from democracy. >> reporter: democracy brought many freedoms to indonesians. for the last 10 years people voted for their mayors, and regional governments. it is under threat. a coalition of six parties are putting forward a bill giving parliament the right to select leaders, taking away the people's rights. some say direct elections are costly because candidates spend a lot of money to be elected, leading sometimes to corruption. >> translation: this is a setback for democracy, i call it a violation of people's

sovereignty. my personal experience with direct elections is you don't need money to be elected, as long as your track record it good. >> reporter: leaders like this have gom to the forefront for direct elections. analysts say he and other leaders have become a threat to the political elite. that want to turn back the clock. parties that support the bill are united. >> this is not a setback. the setback is we don't do it in respect to the democracy. giving the votes to the member of the local parliament, and it's also within the corridor of democracy. >> while the debate goes on. the effect of corruption is clear. there are neglected routes and bridges. according to the government, since 2005, around 86% of the government, regent and mayors,

have been prosecuted for production cases. the most famous is a case against the government, accused of building a family empire using public money and sentenced to four years in prison for bribing a judge. >> it's a joke. democracy bought freedoms including to corrupt. local leaders created little kingdoms, and those that voted risked their lives every day by crossing bridges like this one. even here anticore ups activists say not letting people vote for the leaders is not the solution, and better education is needed. >> translation: in the districts and cities direct elections are needed to prevent the little kingdoms. if we look at jalent christopher gibson, where people are better educated, they choose keen

leaders. it should happen here. >> these are testing times for indonesia's dem okay rahs ci, where they battle about a -- democracy, where they battle about a bill. the government has launched a programme to combat dengue fever. they are not the every day mosquitos. >> there's a buzz in brazil over special mosquitos. tens of thousands of these test insects are released into the wild. they have been infected with a bacteria which makes them unable to transmit the dengue virus. >> translation: i'd say in about two years, we'll see a reduction in depingy cases and with -- dengue cases, in five to 10 years we'll conduct an

expansion. >> reporter: the initiative is part of a project out of monash university in australia. similar releases have taken place in vietnam and indonesia, where dengue fever is a problem. >> the bacteria spreads into the mosquito group. so by releasing mosquitos, we'll go back. they'll spread through the mosquito population. they'll be resistant to transmit dengue. >> reporter: here is how it is. a male is infected, meets with an infected female. the future generation carries the bacteria stopping the spread of dengue. if only the female has the bacteria, her offspring will have it. if an infected male fertilises the eggs of a female, they will not hatch, reducing the spread of the disease as well. every minute of every day

someone in the world is admitted to hospital for dengue fever. the disease affects 100 million people each year and kills around 20,000. many of them children. brazil's government says the project is a small investment for a possible long-term solution, an attempt to bite back at dengue. >> a hunt for solutions. still ahead on the newshour - the woman who made a last-minute plea for qatar's basis ball players to compete in a him ab at the asian games. more of na in sport.

hello, the indian prime minister narendra modi is going to the u.s. trade between the country stands at $63 billion, and let's hope the visit can increase that. there are sticking points. jamil explains from new delhi. >> reporter: this it company outside new delhi is here because the u.s. market. in 10 years the company grew from a start up between two college friends to one employing 40 people. >> if there were no u.s. clients i cannot imagine my business. >> with india's cost-effective manpower and technology and experience, they build a relationship between the country, it is good for business. along with the export business,

exporting people is an important factor in indoe-u.s. ties. at this educational center, these students believe going to the u.s. is god for them. the experience of having relatives that moves to the u.s. encourages the students. >> the best opportunity is they shifted to the stage because of the opportunities, and they have got back an education for the children. >> reporter: those experiences boost endo-u.s. ties. india's relationship with the u.s. has grown closer since the government liberalized the colonies and the fall of the soviet union, both strengthening the indoe relationship. the relationship has not always been so cordial. >> narendra modi was denied a visa to the u.s. after hindu mobs killed more than 1,000 people, most muslims in 2002. while he was chief minister of

his home state. now that narendra modi is prime minister, he has been invited to the white house, and this is it expected to have boosted business ties between india and the u.s. something that is critical for india's development. >> how the relationship develops, either will put india on the way to progress or could retard the progress. >> reporter: apart from the 30 separate trade dialogues between india and the u.s. security issues will be discussed, particularly china's growing influence. >> there may be concerns about how china fews its own sort of hedge woman.y and the region, and what role or space it will give to countries like india and the united states. >> many in india are focussing on the business benefits, new deals and better inter-government agreements will mean bigger opportunities for

both countries. all right, straight to sport. >> thank you. the qatar women's basketball team pulled out of the asian games after being told they can't play wearing the hi jab. they were warmed up really to play against mongolia when officials told them they must remove the head scarves of the the national basketball federation rules prohibits headwear. the qatari players said they have worn it in indonesia and china. coaches and staff tried to argue courtside. the mongolian coach was surprised. the qatari forfeited that match and thursday's match against nepal. aish games say fresh -- aeroplane games say they are powerless to change the rules. >> as people who are aware of sports rules know, the international sports federation nose whether it's basketball,

football or volleyball, rules cannot be changed. the sports federation whether from the aish basketball or the international sports federation would have pointed out the issue, and because it was against the rules, they had to forfeit. qatar has not given an official response tore complaint to the organising committee. >> the head of the qatar women's sports committee is urging the international basketball federation to follow the path of other sports, including football, which allow women to compete wearing head scarves. >> i'm they want this issue solved. there are 22 countries with hijab. 22 countries. they cannot participate in the international level. this is a big issue.

i think it's not under the objective under the i.o.c. >> just a few days on from the retirement of li na, more disappointing news, the woman's team had to make deal with silver. they were beaten by chinese neighbours, two rubbers to one. the victory in the doubles giving the island a surprise gold medal. >> in the pool there was a fourth gold medal. as he broke the record in the 400. and a kazakhstan set a meet best in the 100 metres breast stroke, going alongside 200 he took earlier in the game. >> 3-time nascar champion tony stewart has been cleared of

criminal charges following an accident that resulted in the death of kevin ward junior. it happened in august, during a dirt track race in new york. stewart was racing against 20-year-old ward who tried to confront stewart after a crash but was hit and killed by tony stewart's car. nascar ruled drivers involved must remain in their cars since emergencies. stewart returned to racing, but ward's family hinted they may pursue a civil case. >> there's toxicology evidence relating to kevin ward that indicated at the time of operation he was under the influence of marijuana. there was no toxicology work performed on tony stewart, however a certified drug recognition interview had interviewed him on the night of the collision and found no basis to observe any alcohol consumption or impairment by drugs. >> the leaders of the world

football body gathered for the start of f.i.f.a.'s executive meeting. many big topics will be on the agenda, but it's the one missing that caused a stir. f.i.f.a. will not discuss corruption into bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups. the men behind the reports, michael garcia called for details to be published in full. banned barcelona striker luis suarez scored his first goal since his $128 million move from liverpool. it wasn't during the la liga match, it was during this b team match against an indonesian under 19 team xi. luis suarez scored twice in a 6-0 win. thanks to a biting ban, he has to make do with matches like this until making a debut on october 24th against real madrid. >> barca dropped points after

being held to a goalless draw. they are level on points at the top of the table. they have an inferior goal different after beating real sociedad. real madrid are two back. in germany bayern leverkusen are second. the striker got the decisive goal after 33 minutes. it's their first win in three matches, and puts them one point behind the leader bayern munich. >> last season's runners-up came from two goals down. there was a score of twice giving a 2-0 lead. goals gave dortmund a share of the points and they are fifth. english league cup holders manchester city are through to

the time round. lampard scored twice. chelsea are into the next round, the leaders, after squeezing past a second tier side bolton 2-1. we are a day away from the start of the ryder cup. seems the gloves have come off. phil mickelson had a dig at two of europe's big stars. rory mcilroy and his fellow irishman mcdowell. rory mcilroy is involved in a dispute with his former company, which represents mcdowell. when asked about an inability to gel, the 5-time winner made reference to rory mcilroy and mcdowell's recent troubles. >> not only are we able to play together, we also don't litigate against each other. that's a plus, i feel heading into this week. >> ouch. >> phil...

>> i couldn't resist, sorry. >> the l.a. dodgers clinched the national league west title with a drubbing of the san francisco giants. the candidate did the damage with the ball, not for the first time. a career-hive 23rd victory. a giant spread rounding out to end the contest. the dodgers were able to celebrate. it's the second-straight year they won the title. they'll head to the play-offs to keep up momentum. that's all the sport for now. lego bricks have taken on an almost cult-like status, many playing as children. one artist managed to tuesday it as a medium to build awe-inspiring sculptures. they are on show in london, and jonah hull explores. when he was 10 nathan wanted a dog.

his parents said no, he builtiun using lego bricks. he grew up to become a corporate lawyer. >> i came home and needed a creative outlet, sometimes drawing, sometimes pointing and statement... >> reporter: yes, sometimes lego. 3d, life size, they tourrd the world and ollie was impressed. >> i think my favourite thing was the t-rex. >> reporter: have you ever seen anything like this before is this. >> i have never seen anything like this before at all. >> reporter: did you imagine that lego could create things like this? >> no. but it's amazing that it can. and that you can make so many things out of just rech tang ou lar bricks of -- rectangular bricks of lego. into when you are three or four, lego is a thing of endless

possibility. not a deal of variety and ingenuity in terms of what you can produce. when you are in your 40s, almost anything is possible. like this little house that i made. it has a window, a door and a little lego man outside. it's not the sort of box houses and farm yard scenes that you normally see if the living room at home. is your message that anyone can do this or should, or is it rarified art that should say rarified art. >> that's my goal to inspire others. if they want to take on the projects, i encourage them to do so. >> he has been described as a surrealist mash-ups of forms and artists, making sense when you look at his lego scream or monolego lisa. eat your lego heart out leonardo. do you get the feeling that jonah hull enjoyed firing that

report, with his little lego house. that's it. don't forget the website. all the news we have been covering there from syria and iraq. from me, it's goodbye for now.

>> the u.s. and its arab coalition expand airstrikes targeting the oil refineries where isil makes millions and overnight, terror raised led to the arrest of a radical preacher who supports the group. >> the immia