for the us on twitter, facebook, google+ and more. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, welcome to the news hour. i'm in doha. damascus warns it will regard turkish intervention in syria as aggression, and fighting rages within site of the border. student leaders in hong kong call off talks with the government. catilan vows to push ahead

with a referendum for independence from spain. and in formula one they are just mad about the boy. the 17-year-old makes history as the youngest ever drive to be involved in on f1 weekend. ♪ but first, syria has issued a warning to turkey saying it will regard any intervention in its war as aggression. this comes as heavy clashes are reported around the town of kobani. kurdish fighters are involved in a desperate battle to keep it falling from isil. >> reporter: the tanking taken from the iraqi army, fighters from the islamic state of iraq

and the levant intensified their fight. the town is being protected by a few thousand kurdish fighters. shoot the tanks the commander tells her fighters. these men and women are unlikely to be able to hold this town much longer without outside help. >> we wouldn't want kobani to fall. we'll do whatever we can to prevent this from happening. >> reporter: but there's no indication that turkey's military is about to get involved in the battle. it could if it wanted to. there's new.c there there's -- new domestic legislation that allows turkey to fight in syria and iraq. >> translator: nobody can feel what we are feeling. only people who are being oppressed know how we feel. you can see our town is being destroyed, but turkey,

international community, arab countries, no one is doing anything. >> reporter: they say they blew up this isil tank with french-made missiles, but they say they need ren forcements. there has been a handful of air strikes around kobani in recent days, but judging by the proximity of fighting towards the town now, it will be very difficult to stop kobani from falling to isil with air strikes alone. and within the last hour in iraq a helicopter has been brought down in an area just north of bagdad. the area has seen heavy fighting between the iraqi army and isil. eight fighters from shia militias were also killed. and kurder peshmerga forces have

driven isil fighters out of the town of rabir, which is close to iraq's border with syria. the u.s. general john allen who is leading the fight against isil is currently visiting the region. imran khan has more. >> reporter: his visit here has been seen by many as trying to reassure iraqis on two issues they are very worried about. but what is interesting is he has met with one of the top religious leaders. general allen said there couldn't be troops on the ground here, that americans would be backing up iraqi forces in the fight against isil.

general will in p-- public, it does welcome the american and international assistance. now whilst all of this is going on, the islamic state of iraq and the levant has issued a statement in two of the regions it controls, saying that teachers and doctors must return back to their homes within the towns that they control, mosul being the biggest one that they control, otherwise their property would be confiscated and/or destroyed, and any financial assets would also be destroyed. this is being seen by many as isil flexing their muscles. saying we are the municipal authority in the towns and areas that we control, and we are trying to run this as an islamic state using islam as our guide. it is effectively saying to the international community, you might be able to bomb us and

have us on the run in areas, but where the caliphate exists, they say, is where we are in complete control and this is a message, really to the international community, saying that, yes, look, you might be able to get rid of us in places, but we are still here and we are still in control. canada is the latest country to announce it is joining the u.s.-lead offensive against isil. the prime minister says the country will contribute military assets but will not contribute ground troops. the chief executive of hong kong has applied for calm and for the streets to be cleared as demonstrators gear up for more protests. earlier student leaders called off talks with the government blaming the authorities for failing to protect them.

protesters were involved in scuffles with groups who support chinese rule. adrian brown has more. >> reporter: on friday night we may have seen signs, hints of the black lash that many feared. there were running scuffles here in one of the most densely populated parts of hong kong. these clashes were between rival groups, those who support the prodemocracy movement here in hong kong, and those who are regarded as being more in the pro beijing camp. the police have been doing their best to try to keep the two sides apart, but there has been violence and injuries, around about 130 people we are told have been admitted to hospital tonight are with a variety of injuries. the chief executive of hong kong has made another plea tonight for both sides to show restraint and for the streets to be cleared. the police have also made a similar appeal, but as you can

see, the streets are filling up, literally by the hour, so that simply isn't happening. what happens next? well, there were due to be talks beginning on saturday between those various protest groups and also government officials, well, the protest groups have now pulled out of those talks citing the violence here. they say the police simply turned a blind eye to the attacks being carried out on them. they also accused probeijing groups of organizing the trouble here. you certainly have heard mandarin being spoken here amongst the crowd. that is the language spoken on the mainland, and that may be a hint that perhaps dark forces are at play here. >> let's take a look now at the scene live in hong kong. as you can see, there are still many people out on the streets. perhaps the numbers have dwindled somewhat from earlier

in the evening. it is 10 past 2:00 in the morning, but there are people out, and clearly saturday, tomorrow, is going to be an important day for these protesters. we have seen the chief executive call for people to get off of the streets, and these people seem to be bedding in and not prepared to give up just yet. we'll keep you updated on all developments here on al jazeera >> sweden's new prime minister has announced that his country will recognize a palestinian state. his comments underline his support for a two-state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. the united states has announced it will deploy 4,000 members of any military to west africa, as part of its response to the ebola crisis. that's significant bigger than previously planned. it's understood many deployed

will have medical expertise. >> all of these efforts are laying the ground work for what will be our troop presence and tempo on the ground in west africa. we're obviously assessing the requirements on a daily basis. it may not go to 4,000. an additional 1800 soldiers from the army will be deployed, providing engineering, medical, and logistical support to this very important mission. and an american television cameraman working for abc news has tested positive for ebola while working in liberia. he will be flown back to the united states. well the ebola crisis has always had an impact on the annual pilgrimage by mu

must -- muslims to mecca. >> reporter: at least 2.5 million people have desended here. they are here for a day of prayers and meditation. this is the base on which everything else is built. a dress rehearsal for the day of judgment. >> translator: i have been here since 1:30 in the morning. i haven't slept at all. my dream has always been to pray here. >> reporter: authorities have deployed up to 65,000 security personnel to control crowds and ensure they are [ inaudible ] within the pilgrims. but that is not the only concern here. an outbreak of the deadly ebola also threatens pilgrims this year. that's why immigration authorities have taken precautions. they include a visa ban on pilgrims coming from sierra leone, liberia, and guinea.

but sawed -- sawedy authorities have issued visas to pilgrims from nigeria. those pilgrims were screened at the airport when they arrived. but also mers hit saudi arabia earlier this year. since then there have been more than 750 cases of mers here, with more than 300 deaths. >> translator: we have managed to control mers. we now have morgue freeing, protection for health workers, and this had an impact on reduction of the disease by 97%. >> reporter: for now though, most pilgrims have one thing on their minds, worship.

lots more to come here at al jazeera, including remembers a boat tragedy that claimed the lives of 368 people who are seeking sanctuary in europe. and how the legacy of the london olympics is leaving a rather bitter taste for locals struggling to find a place to live. and in sport, barcelona's star is ordered to appear before a spanish court. those details coming up. ♪ nine united nations peace keepers have been killed during an am beneficiary -- ambush in mali. this is the deadliest attack on the u.n. mission in mali so far. james bayes has more from the u.n. in new york. >> reporter: this is the most

serious attack on the united nations since the u.n. started its peace-keeping mission in mali in july last year. the u.n. currently has 9,000 soldiers and police in mali, but the number of attacks has been increasing in the last months. ban ki-moon said the attacks were a serious concern. there have now been 26 peace keepers killed. this latest incident has raised fwresh -- fresh concerned. one official has told me that these peace keepers may not have died if they had come from western countries, but these soldiers are from niger like most of the other peace keepers patrolling the vast deserts. western solders would have had armored vehicles, these soldiers

from west africa do not. in india at least 32 people have been killed and 15 seriously injured in a stampede at a religious festival. according to initial reports, rumors that a live electricity cable had fallen to the ground lead to a scramble for the exit. australia is launching an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by guards at an immigration detention center. detainees being held on the pacific island have accused guards of forcing women to perform sexual acts in exchange to access to showers. they also say children have been abused. the government has fired back, saying the children are attempting to hurt themselves. the chief executive of save the

children rejects the accusation. >> we categorically deny the allegations being made by the government. i think this is the case of the government shooting the messenger, rather than deal with the problem, which is a policy that is leading to significant mental and physical harm to children through mandatory detention. staff are providing front line support to asylum seekers, and therefore, they are often the first port of call for asylum seekers to make complaints. whenever a save the children staff member receives such a complaint, we immediately raise it with the australian government for them to conduct a full and proper investigation. that's the job of save the children staff, and it's the responsibility. there are a range of different complaints that are made. i don't want to go into the

individual cases. that wouldn't be appropriate, but it is a situation on the island where the mandatory detention of children and their families puts very vulnerable people even at greater risk, and what we're seeing over the last week and previous months is this actually occurring in practice. at least ten migrants have drowned and dozens more are missing after their boat sank 60 kilometers east of tripoli. up to 90 people were rescued. well that incident highlights the ongoing concerns surrounding mie grants trying to get to europe. the italian eye land of lampedusa has marked a year since a boat tragedy claimed the lives of 368 men, women, and children. italy says it is doing all it can to prevent a similar disaster, but it seems almost impossible. kim vinnell reports.

>> reporter: an emotional return to the port where they were brought ashore a year ago. the last time they were here, they had just survived one of italy's worse-ever shipwrecks, but memories of that night are inescapable. tom was one of two boys taken in by a local resident. even with two daughters of his own, he says he knew what he needed to do. >> translator: they needed support and protection after what they had suffered. i welcomed them for four months. they became sons, and i repeat truly sons. >> reporter: survivors traveled with rescuers to the spot where the vessel went down. the sound of waves pierced only by the coast guard to one of the 368 lives that were lost. when the crowded fishing vessel

sank it was just a kilometer and a and a half from the coast. after the tragedy italian authorities launched a costly search and rescue operation, but still more migrants than ever are dying at sea. >> translator: we want to remember them and give a message to the european union, what is the plan to save these people? we can no longer say that we know nothing. >> reporter: the e.u. says it's border agency will launch a new mission in the coming months, but the focus will be strengthening border control rather than search and rescue. many would like to see migrants able to escape war and poverty without taking to the water. >> we need migrant processing centers in places like libya, tunisia, egypt, so people can be processed there. why take the voyage if you can be identified, for example, as someone from the horn of africa who has a protection claim.

do it on land. >> reporter: that idea is being welcomed by these survivors who know how much is at stake, and who have already lost so much. kim vinnell, al jazeera, la lampedusa in london the cost of renting and buying a home has become so expensive that tens of thousands of low-paid workers have had to move away. but a group of mothers are occupying a vacant housing estate set for demolition. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: you might think london one of the world's most expensive cities would be able to provide the basics for the poorest, but shelter is under attack. we found these people barricaded into a small block of flats in protest at their planned demolition. they are young mothers here and they don't know where they might end up. >> it's like keeping london for the rich and moving the poor to wherever else you can find.

then they are going to want to expand. so then it's what do any people out of london have to do then? >> reporter: the housing estate is right next to london's olympic park, and it has become a symbol of where it all went wrong. two years on from 2012, a small flat here costs $700,000. the people have come to the view that the olympics ended up being a massive corporate wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. mumbi, india, gradually the slum dwellers have been squeezed and squeezed by the money men. here as there, people demand that they have rights, but the great irony about this place is the social cleansing have happened off of the back of the olympic games, which is supposed to be good for everybody. and where might people go. 62-year-old maria had lived on

the estate for 40 years before being verdictsed. now it's a corridor too narrow for her wheelchair. her belongings piled up against the walls, and it is so far from her former home, that she barely sees her family. >> alone. you feel alone. i have to struggle my way to get my wheelchair out of the cupboard and get it open. millions of young people born in london will now never be able to afford to stay here. some protesters some very high profile indeed are of the view that the political class has been swallowed up wholesale by big corporations. >> ordinary people are losing their homes so that people with resources are garner more resources. >> yeah, and it's destroying, communities for big business and

corporations, you know? >> reporter: local politicians insist it was the financial crash which made it impossible for them to pay for better cheap housing, but the banks came out on top, and it's the rich buying here now. what remains is a community deserted. the politics of the slum clearance at the olympic park. the three main candidates have taken part in a final debate ahead of brazil's presidential election on sunday. opponents of the president criticized her record on the economy. her lead has increased in the latest opinion polls but still considered a close race. gabriel has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: hundreds of supporters of the president have come out here. they are hoping to get a glimpse of the candidate as she gives her last big campaign rally.

if no candidate gets 50% plus one on the first ballot it will go to a runoff. she is hoping to win the first ballot, but we just don't know, because she is facing very, very tough competition in a very difficult election. you have the former environmental minister on one side that's positioning herself as sort of the new face of brazilian politics. and she has been campaigning very hard as of late as well, but she seems to have lost a little bit of her momentum that she had in late august and early september. on the other side you have the young senator. he has been hitting the president hard on economic issues, saying that when she took over the presidency four years ago, brazil was growing at 7.5%, now gdp growth is expected to be less than 1%. he is saying he is the candidate that will get brazil growing again. but it will be the brazilian

people that will ultimately decide. more than 130 million voters here expected to go to the polls on sunday to decide who they think should lead brazil for the next four years >> we have got a lot more to come this news hour, including, an historic hack. u.s. bank jpmorgan chase says information belonging to 83 million customers has been compromised. plus scientists have traced the origin of hiv aids. we'll find out the details from one of the team involved. ♪ for 90 years it was hidden in an attic now rare footage of the world series has been discovered. more on that in sports. >> i don't really know what's going to happen to me... >> of oscar winner alex gibney's hard hitting series... edge of eighteen

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>> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham...

>> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> primetime new live as isil continues their brutal campaign, nick schifrin reports from the turkey - syria border... >> that's the black isil flag above the town center... >> five days of fear: escape from isil only on aljazeera america ♪ hello again, i'm martine dennis, these are the headlines at al jazeera. syria has issued a warning to turkey saying it will regard any

intervention as aggression. this comes as heavy fighting is occurring around the city of kobani here the turkish syrian border. student leaders in hong kong have called off talks with the government saying police are failing to protect them. protesters are demanding free and clear elections. the united states has announced it will deploy 4,000 members of the military to west africa as part of its response to the ebola crisis. that's significantly bigger than had been previously planned. the number of those who have died in the outbreak has risen to over 3,400. the addition of turkey to the u.s.-lead coalition against isil was largely seen as a major goal of the u.s. administration.

many saw it as an attempt to prove the campaign isn't just another crusade against the islamic world. here is our report. >> reporter: the message is constantly underlined, this is not the u.s.'s war alone. >> more than 40 countries. >> of 40 nations. >> more than 40 countries. >> what is left there is which 40 countries are being referred to? confusingly when we ask the administration we receive this document, and it doesn't list 40, but 62. in addition, often countries have agreed to take part in military action, but it is clear they have very different goals. some are refusing to bomb syria, and others are calling for an

intensified campaign there. one former senior white house official says right now, the overriding goal is to stop asking questions about whether isil is really a threat to the united states, and that's why the obama administration has turned to an old strategy. >> i served in the bush administration. they did the same thing in 2003. so much so when they put out the press documents about who was in the coalition, they included countries like czechoslovakia. >> reporter: she argues that politicians in washington aren't using the existence of an international coalition to gain credibility in the middle east,

but simply ahead of midterm elections. >> 8 years and a trillion dollars, and we couldn't defeat al-qaeda and iraq. the precursor to isis. so now everybody is just saying what needed to be said. >> reporter: there is little clarity as the air strikes continue. in the meantime it is enough in washington that 40 other countries are said to be on board. britain's prime minister has visited afghanistan to meet the new government there. david cameron gave a joint press conference with the new president ghani at the presidential palace in kaboul. he also met british troops who are stationed there. two brothers of leading member of the taliban have been released from prison in

pakistan. it's said to be a sign of the new level of cooperation between afghanistan, pakistan, and the taliban. this man rose to international prominence when he became the main spokesman of the taliban in talks with the us. catilan authorities say they plan to push ahead with a referendum on independence from spain. the government has tried to block the vote saying it is unconstitutional. the poll is planned for november. we are joined by the communications chief of the pro-independence group. you are planning to have the referendum on november 9th, are you prepared to go up against the constitutional court and the

government in madrid? >> yes, we are planning to do it. and let the future of catalonia in the people's hands next november. >> but it won't be valid. if it's not decreed constitutional, then any result that you find won't be valid. >> yes, we think it should be valid, because people have expressed they want it. in the last elections, 80% of votes were for parties have to do with referendum, so the big majority here won't ask to follow what we have for mind. it means to do a referendum, and if people is going to vote in a great majority, it would be a ballot referendum. we know spanish constitutional court is going to ban it. he said that he is doing it now, but we are sure at the end they will ban it.

because this is not a constitutional court really neutral. for example, the president of the spanish constitutional court is a member of the popular party, and is a person who voted against the catiln nationally. . so they are not neutral, so we don't take them very seriously. >> what does an independent catalonia think it will have, that it doesn't have right now being part of spain? >> well, we think an independent catalonia would be a member of the european union. >> which you would have to renegotiate, of course? >> sorry? >> you would have to negotiate entry into these organizations. >> yes, of course. but very peacefully in a democratic way, and with the volunteer of 20 countries, and with the volunteer to make a

good agreement for europe, spain, and catalonia, that should be a good process for all. we think an independent catalonia, will be more prosper industry, will have a more prosper economy, and we will be a model for the south of europe for all of the countries that are around. so we think it should be a good trade for catalonia, spain, and europe. >> what would you do about currency, for instance? what would you do about defense? >> well, about currency, for example, we think that the -- the most logical thing is to still be a member of the european union. when scotland asked for their referendum, the european union was prepared to accept and to make an [ inaudible ] of new -- with a new country, so they can do the same with

catalonia. so we plan to stay in the european union and to use the euro, but if it wasn't possible in a short time, you can use a currency which is not yours, as many countries have done with u.s. dollar, or other countries are doing just now with the euro. and in security matters we are a member of the west world, so we think we can arrange and have good agreements with all of them. so we have to think in a logical way, let people talk in a referendum, and follow democracy, and democratic principals. >> thank you very much, indeed for talking to us here at al jazeera. thank you. >> thank you. now the latest u.s. jobs reports shows that the number of people out of work has dipped below 6%. this is the first time it has been that low since 2008.

but many employers say they can't find enough skilled workers. tom akerman explains. >> reporter: in detroit from the jobless rate is still at right around 10%, many employer still go begging. >> employer are clamoring with the right type of skill level. for many student in my programs, there is probably two or three jobs waiting for them. >> reporter: tony already has a pull time job but he is taking classes to get better ones. >> i'm just trying to take advantage. it's tough. i don't get much sleep, but i know it will be worth it in the end. >> reporter: the worker shortage is not just apparent in technology fields, 30% say they are having trouble filling

financial positions, and 20% say it's difficult to find manufacturing personnel. at this small plant, the owner linked up with the community college to match workers with the skills the business requires to stay competitive. >> acquiring the panel -- personnel that is needed to run the equipment, and assist with our vertical integrations, that's where mccomb community college really came into play, as far as one fantastic strategic partner for us. >> reporter: but half of the company managers also said their companies were not offering more pay or bonuses to attract applicants. better compensation, those, won't be enough to solve the mismatch. >> it's in part wages, but it's in part interest, and in part, willingness to understand that

not all of the answers are known when you go into that industry, and that you have to be able to adapt. >> reporter: as the u.s. economy keeps expanding, so does the challenge. nine in ten managers say they expect their labor shortages to get worse. now the largest bank in the united states, jpmorgan chase is assuring customers that their accounts are safe following a cyber attack. details are only emerging now. gerald tan has the details. >> reporter: the customer information of 76 million households has been compromised. 7 million small businesses have also been affected. so what did the hackers get in personal data such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails, but there's no evidence that more sensitive information, date of birth, account numbers,

user ids, passwords has been jeopardized. additionally no money was stolen. but some cyber security professionals say that is not the only concern. >> it's very possible that whoever got into these accounts is looking at waiting a while, playing in stealth mode. maybe wire transfer fraud. maybe they were accessing other types of information that would be useful to intelligence bureaus or national foreign governments. >> the security breach began in june and was detected in july, and it's just the latest in a series of data thefts. in may intruders took 145 million personnel records in a cyber attack against ebay, and last december, 110 million customers of retailer target were affected. but the protection at banks is

usually thought to be like a fortress, the attack on jpmorgan chase changes that. scientists have discovered that aids dates all the way back to the 1920. scientists used archived samples of hiv genetic code to trace its source. they determined the disease spread so quickly, due to rapid population growth, the sex trade, and railways. since then hiv aid has affected nearly 75 million people. the professor joins us live now to talk about this a little bit more. thank you very much for talking to us here at al jazeera, professor. are you convinced that this virus originated in the 1920s?

kenshufa. >> i think this evidence as well as previous evidence would pin point it to the area. the virus is still from chimpanzees into humans. it probably traveled down the congo, and then seated in conchesa. there has been a growth of hiv and the replication so we see around the time there was railways, there was good transport, and together with human activity, particularly as you suggested prostitution, as well as unsafe medical practices, that the virus spread, and as it spread, it evolved and forms lots of different strains, and it's really those strains that allowed us to really map this pandemic -- >> so what did it do, then,

between the 1920s, and central africa, and the 1980s when it emerged attacks for the most part, gay men and drug users? >> well, firstly we have to realize that hiv in fact is a virus which has evolved and is incredibly well adapted for sexual transmission. so the bulk of the transmission events that we see around the world, and indeed when we first discovered it, was driven by sexual transmission, and particularly heterosexual transmission. but it has taken time for the virus population to grow. it was certainly helped in those early days by the infrastructure and also those practices that i referred to. what has happened is the virus has been spreading in the region, spreading locally within africa, and then as countries have developed and a global

transport network has developed, that has given a wonderful opportunity for the virus to spread around the world, so if we think about the virus that has affected for example, america, we know we can trace the origins back to africa, it spread into haiti, america, and the rest of the world. >> how does what we have now learned help us to manage hiv aids now? manage and even contain it perhaps? >> i think it just gives us a lesson about what happens when a virus emerges from an animal reservoir. historically this is interesting study in materials of hiv. we can see what sort of conditions allow a virus to spread. so if we're thinking about things like urbanization, large populations, certain human behaviors, all help the virus. and i think it is a lesson for

what might happen in the future. if we take something like the ebola virus, it's very important that we understand how that virus is spread. i'm not suggesting it is going to become similar to hiv. but we might be able to predict what might happen as new viruses emerge. >> professor thank you very much indeed. >> no problem. a 17-year-old has become the youngest-ever driver at a formula one grand prix. plus it's the end of the comeback in china. find out who cut this man short. ♪

♪ seven out of ten south african women are overweight according to a new report in the medical journal the landsit. politicians are saying that part of the problem is cultural. tania page reports. >> reporter: this woman is a meter and after the tall and 75 kilograms. medically speaking she is obese. she helps students at the university but her own statistics don't bother her at all. >> i wouldn't say i am fat. but i am thick, and i am beautiful. and i am an african woman. >> reporter: the medical journal says serve out of ten south african women are overweight or

obese. she says it is culturally acceptable. >> i would use the world sexy, because that's the best way to describe a full figured woman. as you can see, i have all dimensioned, shaped with an s here and here. so i am proud. there was never a day i regret the way i look. >> lunch is typically ground maze, chicken and cabbage. it is healthier than the fast-food options on the street, but this is often all that people can afford. heart disease and cancer are killing more and more people in africa, burdening health services that are already under strain. south africa's minister of health says women are using culture as an excuse for being overweight. >> it's not that she planned and said african woman must look like this. it is justifying the effect after it has happened.

after all, it's not a problem african woman and all of that. >> reporter: dinner is more pop and meat. she is determined that her 10-year-old daughter inherits her positive self image. >> don't change the way you look or change this to impress somebody else. >> reporter: she doesn't care what the medical journal says, nor the minister of health. she is happy just the way she is despite the health risks. here is a very slim line, to talk us through the sports news. >> thank you very much. we're going to start with formula one. hamilton who leads the world championship by three points, recorded the quickest time. williams will carry a [ inaudible ] that was third.

but hamilton and rossberg went the center of attention. that accolade went to this 17-year-old max. he drove for toro roseo in the first session. the teen will join the team full-time next season. two time world champion has said he is too young because of the risks involved, but a former correspondent for reuters, says driving a formula one car is easier than it used to be. >> i think drives of micah's generation will say it's too young, because the cars they were used to driving were a lot more demanding, and a lot more physical. there's no question that this year's cars are less physical to

drive, but still very demanding mentally. they are not easy to drive. and i think we have to look at this as an unprecedented situation. i don't think it means there will be a flood of 17 years olds coming into formula one. i think formula one has always been a sport where the exceptional talent can surface. and i think we are dealing with an exceptional talent. >> football is one sport where it's quite common to see youngsters making an impact. sergio was just 15 years and 35 days old when he made his debut in 2003. in tennis, the swiss miss was the youngest-ever winner of a grand slam when she won the dowels title in 1996 at ages of just 15 years and 9 months.

this was another child prodigy, making his debut for india when he was 16 and 205 days old. he went on to play another 199 test matches, but they all have to take a back seat to this young lady. she was just 13 years old, and 2 [ inaudible ] days old when she won an olympic gold medal. messi will stand trial for tax evasion. the case which accuses the player and his father of withholding $5.3 million in taxes after his lawyer failed in a bid to have him excluded from the case. they have five days to appeal the decision.

>> translator: they will surely put pressure on us, as they usually do. they are a team i especially like ever since their coach took over the team. they reduce the spaces and when they have the ball, they know how to play. liverpool is trying to get back to their winning ways. the baggies have won three on the bounce. but it is not what is required of a big club according to their manager. >> we are in a difficult moment. we're not nowhere near where we have been, but that's -- that's a great challenge for myself and -- and the players. we'll look at even harder, analyze it more, but just ensure that we keep it simple and keep to the values and ethics of this

team. >> raphael's comeback has come to an abrupt end following an extended injury layout. he was knocked out by the second seeded spaniard was beaten in the quarter finals. the 56th ranked in the world will go on in the tournament. full-time champion moved in to the semifinals. he is now unbeaten in his last 22 matches in this event. jockvich will face andy murray in the next set. to the asian games now. india have been crowned kings as they took gold in both the men's and women's finals.

the men made it a seventh straight gold medal after narrowly beating iran. they have now taken top honors back to 1990. the women's final was always won by india with iran once again in the silver medal position. the kansas city royal's bid for the final keeps getting better, coming off of a 9-8 win over oakland. they had to wait for a home run at the top of the 11th to break the dead lock. the other alds game, the orioles dashed detroit. they hit their biggest ever

post-season score. now the washington nationals will continue to return to the playoffs with game 1 of their national league divisional series against the san francisco giants. it coincides with the discovery of rare footage from the 1924 world series, when the senators took on the new york giants. the 90-year-old footage was found in an attic at a house sale in massachusetts. it shows calvin coolidge watching the game. the senators went on to win, and with that, they won the world series. it was the only triumph for the franchise during their 60-year tenure there. and they are now known as the minnesota twins. >> amazing what you can find in

your attic, isn't it? and that's all from us for now. ♪