>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. nato confirms it has seen russia tanks, artillery and troops enter eastern ukraine. a palestinian mosque comes under attack in the occupied west bank. israeli settlers are blamed. also this hour the world's worst polluters agree to clean up that act, but there's doubts over whether they can actually

do it. and can scientists land a probe on the surface of a speed comemet. ♪ we begin with a developing story out of ukraine. nato says it has seen columns of russian military equipment entering the country's east. what more do you know, what have you seen? well, nato says they have observed what the osc have been observing which is that columns have been crossing from russia into ukraine. these include troops artillery and tanks.

we ourselves witnessed a column coming toward the city of donetsk yesterday on our way to the mh17 crash site. we can hear daily shelling going on to the north of the city, where there has been a tense standoff for months now. so the situation is very ten, and ukraine's defense ministry has said today that they plan to -- to protect more land against possible advancement by the rebels here. >> okay. i was going to ask you precisely about what the ukrainian government has been saying today about these tensions and what the next course of action is likely to be. >> reporter: well as i just said, yes, indeed the defense ministry is planning to protect more ukrainian cities against possible advancement by the rebels. some of the cities that have been mentioned previously, are

mariupol, which is an important port sea. >> okay. thank you very much. reporting live from donetsk. let's cross over now to moscow. and rory challands is in the russian capitol. what is the world from moscow? >> denial essentially. that's what the russian defense ministry has just done. the comments being batted away by the politicians and the generals here, saying it is simply not true. russia has always maintained that it has no military involvement in the fighting in eastern ukraine. it is not sending troops, weaponry and has nothing to do with it, it's an internal matter separatists battling the central government in kiev. and russia, although it is an interesting party in the region, certainly as moscow has been saying has no military

involvement. this does put moscow and nato on a direct collision course. and what breedlove has said is nothing new. people who have been stationed in the east of ukraine have been seeing such things for weeks now. what makes this different, what makes this an escalation of sorts is that the comment has come from the top commander of nato itself. and that is season who politicians in the e.u. and in america, in the united states will listen to very carefully. so we have on tuesday a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers gathering to talk about whether to hit russia with more sanctions. >> thank you very much. in other world news palestinian security officials have accused israeli activists of setting fire to a mosque in

the occupied west bank. the first and second floors of the building have been damaged. let's go live to the mosque. i imagine the community there very much angry at this incident. set the scene for us first. just how damaging was this fire? >> reporter: that's right. an awful lot of anger, but i should also say a real sense of sadness here, too. this wasn't just a place of worship, it was also a focal point for a community, a place they would come several times a day to greet each other and offer their prayers. now you can see that it has been torched, pulling pages from their holy books have been burnt. this floor used to be carpeting. it is now ash. and really you can get a sense of the devastation that has been caused by this arson attack. an arson attack, which according to palestinian investigators was

carried out by israeli settlers. they say live in the illegal settlement not far from here. this isn't the first time we have seen something like this happen here. a mosque two years ago was targeted again from arson, so again, as we have been saying a lot of anger, but a lot of sadness as well. >> you say the people say jewish settlers are responsible. are they hopeful that justice will be done? do they have a recourse for justice? >> well, we only have to look at the figures. according to the united nations of the number of cases brought against settlers, only 9% have resulted in an indictment, but the vast majority of crimes carried out by settlers, are rarely investigates so the fact that only 9% that are investigates result in indictment really just gives you a sense of how many people believe there is a sense of

impunity that these settlers have. but we need to also focus on what happened here at this mosque. this again is a place of worship, and many people say the arson tack here is connected to what we have seeing in the occupied east jerusalem, which has been the site of major protests, as people belonging to far-right israeli groups try to get more access to this holy site. let's hear from the mayor of this town who is making that connection. >> translator: it's not the first time. and it will not be the last time that the settlers attack a holy site and especially after the tacks on the al-aqsa mosque in these last few days. we are facing a hard time locally and internationally. so we have to be united. >> reporter: the major of this town taking a strong connection between the tensions we have

seen in occupied east jerusalem to what has happened here. >> thank you very much. as he mentioned this is one of a series of incidents between israelis and palestinians. violence flared on october 30th, when israel closed the al-aqsa mosque for the first time since 1967. security forces shot dead a palestinian man. israeli activists tried to storm the compound housing the mosque. on the same day, a palestinian driver was shot and killed by israeli police after he plowed his van into pedestrians on a street in jerusalem. let's speak some more about this now to the director of the palestinian museum of national history. he is also a professor of bethlehem university, and is live from ramallah in the

occupied west bank. we're seeing a lot of tit-for-tat violence between the two. what factors are contributing to this worsening violence? >> well, what you have to realize is that colonialism is violence. you cannot do colonialism with nice words. you cannot come to somebody's home and land and nicely ask them to leave. israel from its foundation and even before the zionist movement has relied on violence to drive people out. and the latest episode is to finish the ethnic cleansing that started in 1948 with the destruction of 500 palestinian homes. and jerusalem is a very hot button issue, an important part of history for christians and muslims. >> do you -- you know, i want to talk a bit more about the

violence perpetrated by the israeli settlers. but just how widespread is it, and we often hear about this culture of impunity against israeli settlers. why this culture of impunity? >> well, so far it has been a ratio of ten to one in terms of palestinian israeli victims in terms of the settlers they brought into our land. this is historically a phenomenon of colonization. it subsides briefly but that just allows them to catch their breath and go on with the destruction of people, and sites. now we're in an up surge of violence, because the colonyist have taken some time, and now

they are attacking jerusalem. this is again, natural for the -- for the system. >> an up surge of violence you have say. where is it going to lead to? some people are talking about a third uprising. is there appetite for another uprising when they are so divided. when hamas and fattah are bickering. what is the political leadership doing? what are they saying? >> the leadership is not what starts an uprising -- >> but they have supported the uprisings in the past. >> they came late to support the uprising. naturally uprisings are grass root efforts. they are started by the people. and there are waves of resistance. there are sometimes periods when waves subside. so to answer your question in short, yes, there will be another uprising and another one

after that, unless of course this would be the last uprising. >> thank you very much for talking to us. the world's two biggest polluters have agreed on new targets for their greenhouse gas emissions. china and the united states account for almost half of the world's carbon footprint. it has taken them nine months of secret negotiation but they have reached a deal now. >> reporter: china's government engineered clear skies for this week's apac summit, shutting down polluting factories and cutting the number of cars on roads by half. on wednesday presidents barack obama, and xi jinping agreed to measures that might one day ensure those blue skies aren't the rarity they have become here. after a welcoming ceremony for mr. obama, a deal was confirmed that would cut both country's

greenhouse gas emissions by close to a third over the next 20 years. >> i come mend president xi, his team, and he chinese government for the commitment they are making to slow, peak, and then reverse the course of china's carbon emissions. >> reporter: it was he said an historic agreement. the united states has committed to cut its emissions by between 26 to 28% from 2005 levels by 20025. china didn't set a specific target, but says its emissions will peak by 2030. significant, because it is the first time china has ever made such a promise. the hope is this deal will encourage other nations to take action. >> translator: we have announced our target for climate change for the two countries after 2020.

we agree that we should promote further talks in the 2015 conference in paris. >> reporter: while both leaders agree to disagree on many issues, nothing appears to have been off limits during obama's visit. politing restating their positions on growing military positions, human rights and d.c.d.c d.c. -- democracy in hong kong. >> i spoke to him of the rights of all men and women whether ever they live, whether it is new york, paris, or hong kong. >> translator: president obama and i believe that when china and the united states work together, we can become the balance of the world's stability and the propeller for the world peace. >> reporter: domestic politics

could still derail obama's pledge. dealing with chinese leader possibly easier than a congress now controlled by republicans. i'm now joined by jake schmidt who is the international program director at the national resource defense council. very good to have you on al jazeera, jake. this is being hailed as a ground-breaking agreement by china and the u.s. does it seem that way to you? is it clear to you how thigh can meet those goals by 2030? >> well, thanks for having me. it's pretty clear. this is the two biggest emitters in the world coming forward with strong commitments. it's obvious that china is grappling with massive air pollution and as it does that, its ceo emissions will peak because it has to shift off of coal emission. the united states has begun to implement a set of measures under existing law that we

expect will deliver significant cuts on this order. >> just looking at the objectives a little more closely, the americans say they will cut emissions between 20 and 28%. the chinese say they expect their emissions to peak by 2030. who do you think has got the better deal here? the more realistic target, if you will? >> i think they are both pretty strong. both of these are pretty tough targets for each of them to meet. they clearly are not just business as usual. they both have to sustain a series of measures over the next ten years that will drive these kinds of deep cuts. the chinese have shifted from just a few years back, it was sort of impossible to believe that china would have its emissions peak and commit to that. and now they are saying its emissions will peak in 2030, and that means coal consumption will

have to peak to drive those targets. >> but the republicans are already hitting back, accusing obama of dumping unrealistic obligations on the next president. and get a lot of push back as well from big business. can he actually do this, do you think? >> i think he can. the republicans and opponents of climate change have always held up that we can't about -- act in the u.s. because china won't act. and that takes that argument away. it is clearly going to have to sustain it against congressional attacks. but as president obama has outlined he will not agree with every bill congress passes over the rest of his term, and they have the power to veto bills that they don't agree with, and climate change is at the top of the presidential agenda, and we expect that from the next administration. so that will mean they have to

push back against congress attempts to undercut this. >> all right. jake thanks for your thoughts. there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. protests in india as officials investigate the deaths of a dozen women after serialization surgery. also the underpaid and unsung heros of the ebola outbreak. and with just two months to go, african football fans will have to wait a few more days to find out who will host the continent's biggest tournament. jo will have the details later. ♪ now to syria and the free syrian army commander in aleppo says rebels will reject a u.n. truce plan for the city. president bashar al-assad says

the proposal is worth looking at. but the rebels say it only serves the assad regime. he said: well meanwhile syrian rebels warn they could lose their main strong hold. government forces are making gains towards summa, and have cut off supply roads. it's affecting hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped inside. >> reporter: these people are appealing for help from the international community, the syrian government has closed the last supply road into rebel-controlled eastern area. the syrian regime is starving our children they say. it's in eastern area, it has been under siege for more than a year. >> translator: it's a disaster

zone. we are calling on the syrian opposition government in exile who are supposed to rep sent the people and other organizations to save us. >> reporter: they have also been under constant fire. in recent weeks the government has stepped up its bombing campaign. many civilians have been killed. it is not just medicine they lack, but residents have been finding what wood they can to stay warm as winter begins to set in. >> translator: you can notice the children that are malnourished. people don't even have bread. we survived for a long time, but now the alarm bells are started to ring. >> reporter: duma is considered a vital gateway for rebels wanting to advance on damascus.

>> translator: this is a message from them. they want to starve people. so they surrender. >> reporter: the government tactics are not new. starve the people to put pressure on the rebels. but the fighters say they want compromise because it would end the rebel i don't know floert of the capitol. seven people have been killed in government air strikes targeting isil positions. the city is the self declared capitol of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. five people from the same family were killed in the strike. u.s. military advisors have arrived in western iraq to train government forces. the work at the base in the volatile anbar province. previously it only worked in areas around bagdad and erbil in the north. [ explosion ] meanwhile state tv say iraqi soldiers have retaken control of

the strategic northern down of beiji. they are trying to take back the biggest oil refinery in iraq on the town's outskirts. five place men decided in a suicide back in the capitol of bagdad. the car bomber blew up a check point injuring nine people. six voerlsd been killed in is suicide bombing targeting the military. they say 14 isil fighters were killed and several vehicles destroyed. let's take you to indea now, and four health officials have been suspended. a panel has also been set up to investigate the deaths of several women after they underwent serialization surgery. at least 13 women died after their operations at least 50 others are still in hospital. the women were patients of a

government mass sterilization plan. some suggest that rusty instruments were used. >> reporter: this is a state government hospital where several patients have been brought to. relatives have been coming in and out all day, and some have told al jazeera that the women had been experiencing vomiting and fainting for several days since undergoing surgery over the weekend. state health officials say they are very surprised. they say this is a rare case of death let alone critical illness happening. and all of the procedures are done by professional doctors. but a health activist has told al jazeera quite the opposite. she says the camps are very unhygenic with the same instrument being used on several patients, and doctors try to rush through the surgeries to hit target numbers.

and that's a fact that in many serialization camps having a death is quite common, the fact that so many happened at one time is the reason attention is being brought to it now. two more people have died from ebola in mali. a man died in the capitol. a 25-year-old nurse who treated him has also now died of the disease. last month a two-year-old girl died after traveling to somali. the world health organization says there are not enough resources to safely dispose of ebola victim's bodies. here is the story. >> reporter: a group prayer before they begin another difficult day. this red cross burial team based in the liberian capitol has been called to a louse on the

outskirts of the city. the body of a young man called robert has been left in an outhouse. >> this is not just any kind of dead body. this is antic -- infectious disease. if you don't follow the protocol properly, you yourself could be a victim of the situation. >> reporter: the world health organization says around 500 trained burial teams are needed to bring the ebola epidemic under control. but in the three worst-hit countries, there are only 140, and many are volunteers. by the end of the day, the burial team's truck is full. the bodies are taken to a crematorium and disposed of without ceremony. specialists treatment centers are another front line in the fight against the virus. this woman has recovered from

ebola. she now works as a volunteer helping to care for the sick. >> ebola, if you have it you feel like it's a sickness that [ inaudible ] because it have [ inaudible ] from hair to toes. you can even see the [ inaudible ]. the vomit just come and come. >> reporter: so far more than 300 health workers in liberia have caught the virus. >> health workers [ inaudible ] stop pay 200, 300 per hour. [ inaudible ]. for money. >> reporter: in one of monrovia's most densely populated areas, a man is spotted hiding on a roof top. his neighbors say they suspect he has ebola. >> he was emitting from this

morning. all of the people keep saying if he [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the man agrees to come with health workers to the hospital. there are signs the number of new cases of ebola in liberia might be going down, but experts say it's just too early to say whether progress has been made or if the worst is still to come. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour. a former serbian heard accused of crimes against humanity, makes a controversial return to belgrade. plus we report from afghanistan on the booming business of poppy farming. and roger feeders continues his request to defeat djokovic from the world finals. stay with us.

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border into eastern ukraine. nato says it has seen troops artillery, and equipment entering into the country in the past two days. palestinians are accusing israeli activists for setting fire to a mosque in the occupied west bank. and the world's biggest polluters have agreed on new targets for greenhouse gas emissions. now former serbian leader accused of crimes against humanity has arrived in belgrade. the former deputy prime minister had been in custody in the hague for more than ten years. he has been released temporarily for cancer treatment. he is charged with ordering crimes in croatia in 1991. joining us to talk more on that, he was released with the status

of a suspect without a decision on whether he is guilty or innocent. what do you make of this? >> i think this is an opportunity to remind serbian public and the region of the crimes he has been indicted for, because somehow it seems now that he has only been indicted for verbal [ inaudible ] but the indictment is much more severe. he has been indicted for supporting the logistics and set up of the paramilitary committing crimes in the region. i doubt his critical -- sorry not critical release from custody, which is different, i'm sorry, would cause any big political shift, mostly because he has already been mixing [ inaudible ] and policies in

his books, et cetera, so almost no one here considers him as a credible source anymore. >> but how is it that after four years after the trial there is still no verdict in this case. many people see this as another fiasco for the international tribunal. would you agree? >> not entirely. i think the ad hoc tribunal was set, there was a urge for such. and i think it is much better than few ex-search shuns that will be considered in the future [ inaudible ]. in this case i think we see there are some gaps which haven't been filled and couldn't be addressed by the behavior either of the prosecutors or the

judges, but in any case it is a huge interest, because if you compare other verdicts for much more severe crimes than he has been indicted for, formally, the sentences were less than ten years, for example. it's also not fair towards the victims of his -- of his policies because they are also waiting for far too long for any kind of the verdict or ruling. >> right. he has claimed he is not guilty. do you think he will return to the hague if his health were to improve? >> well, that i really can't say. i think that the conditions of his release are not totally clear, but apparently the new judge of the panel has been appointed. he has -- become familiar with the rulings and the procedures so far, so maybe we can expect

the verdict rather than his return. >> okay. thank you very much. good to hear your thoughts on this, from the center for euro atlantic studies. now in mexico, anger continues to grow over the mystery disappearance of 43 students in september. some of the families feel they aren't making any progress in finding out what happened to them. adam rainly reports from mexico city. >> reporter: a pitched battle between police and protesters. it shows the intensity of anti-government demonstrations over the case of 43 students who disappeared in september. the protests grew after prosecutors announced last week that the students had likely been killed and dumped in the landfill sight. but even if the students are alive, it might be too late to calm tensions. these protesters are madly made up of teachers.

and tensions between teachers and authorities go back careers. on monday they took over the international airport in acapulco. >> translator: i'm not going anywhere. but i want to avoid confrontation. i am not leaving. what i want to do is get organized and do our work. >> reporter: later on tuesday, mexicans carried out another kind prof test. one of peace and solidarity with the students. >> the people come out in the cap fol and across other parts of mexico are holding a candle and carrying a simple message, they are tired of impunity, tired of all of the killing, and they want justice. i asked this women how mexico could achieve that. >> translator: they need willingness, determination, and love that's what we need this

>> translator: the people in go want power even if it means getting their hands bloody with innocence. we're tired. >> translator: these 43 families represent the violence and insecurity that mexicans are facing. >> reporter: but instead of facing that violence alone, more and more mexicans have decided to stand up and be counted. adam rainy, al jazeera, mexico ci city. in yemen seven suspected al-qaeda fighters have been killed by a u.s. drone strike in the south. yemen's military launched an offensive against the group earlier this year. and dozens of shia houthi rebels have reported been killed in two attacks. at least 13 people have been killed in two car bombings in eastern libya. ten people died and 15 were injured when a car exploded in tobruk.

three policemen died in another car bombing near an air base. amnesty international is demanding the release of al jazeera's staff detained in egypt. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been held in prison for 319 days now. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. from london, jonah hull has more on the efforts. >> reporter: the journalists here know it could have been them. >> what we're doing is saying freedom of expression is such an important thing. your three journalists have been locked up for doing nothing other than reporting the situation in egypt, and that is outrageous, and what we wanted to do as amnesty international is to show our solidarity with them and their families. >> reporter: peter greste, baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy are serving lengthy jail terms in

egypt for allegedly aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. their case is up for appeal in january. >> as peter so eloquently put it from his prison cell. we no longer report from the front line. nowadays we are the front line. >> reporter: for his brother andrew this night was another milestone. >> it just keeps your spirits up knowing he has got such a huge amount of backing and belief in the fact that he has done nothing wrong. >> reporter: the plight of those journalists in egypt and the very many others who are harmed and persecuted around the world each year, is very close to the heart of the people in this room, that's because they were doing nothing wrong. they were doing what many of these people do every day. >> they were arrested nearly a year ago now. they are still behind bars. there's no reason for it. they should be released now. >> reporter: the amnesty international media awards

celebrate the sometimes perilous conditions of human rights. six bloggers and three journalists being detained in ethiopia were brought before the high court on wednesday morning. the judge adjourned the case to december 4th. the government claims it is cracking down on journalists to prevent dishevelization of the country. >> reporter: on the walls of the headquarters are faces of some of the country's political prisoners. many are being held on terror--related charges. in this hall, members discuss the perceived dangers of being the opposition in up coming general election. the blue party is one of the most visible in the country. last year officials planned to hold a series of rallies to

poplize the party. only one was successful. >> [ inaudible ] they always crack down every activity, and [ inaudible ] accept any criticism. >> reporter: this man has been a political activist was detained and he has yet to be charged. his wife say that different party affiliations have ever affected their life together, but she is now worried about her husband and what his detention means to their young family. >> translator: all i know is that he is a member of a legally recognized opposition political party, and actively participating with his party. he did not commit any crime. >> reporter: ethiopia's former prime minister died in 2012. his opponents accused him of being intolerant of descent, they say there has not been any

change in policy even after his death. but the government has often denied this. >> people sometimes conflict being free with running amuck. and [ inaudible ] their right, and they wontonly disregard the rule of the land. so unless the rule of the law cannot be prevailed then there's no way democracy can flourish. >> reporter: there are talks of some opposition parties coming together to form a coalition. political parties seem disorganized and disjointed. in the 2010 general election, the opposition only managed to get one seat in parliament. many here say they don't expect much to change in next year's election. but despite what looks like a bleak situation, the party

members continue to plan on coalition possibilities. they know that time is not in their favor. katherine soy, al jazeera. the u.n. says that poppy farming in afghanistan has reached a record level. the plant is used to make open um and heroin. land used for popsies has tripled in size since the u.s. invasion, and most of it is in areas controlled by the taliban. farming is up 7%, and production of the drug has increased 17%. it brings $850 million into afghanistan, and accounts for 80% of the world's heroin supply. a province in this the south is one of the world's largest open um-producing regions. the industry is thriving because it provides much-needed jobs. >> reporter: this is southern afghanistan where poppy

production is flourishing. growing poppies has always been big business in afghanistan. even though the united states spent $7 billion over the last 13 years to eradicate the drug in the country. today the u.s. government estimates that half a million acres of popsies are being grown across afghanistan. this district governor says business is booming in a drug bizarre. he says that dozens of factories that process the drugs provide employment and make the area dangerous. >> translator: these factories give money to the taliban and that finances terrorism. there are no jobs and no education. and people are tempted. how will they feed their families if they don't grow p poppo pop poppies. >> reporter: the governor in a nearby province says there is a

simple reason farmers grow poppies. >> he doesn't need any infrastructure. he doesn't road, market intelligence, nothing. he can carry ten kilogram of poppy on his shoulder through mountain. >> reporter: it is even affecting the country's biggest hydro electric plant. the power station needs the water, but so do the farmers further down in the valley. this power plant could produce more electricity if so much water wasn't being siphoned off for agriculture. the poppy farmers say they don't need the electricity. they only want the water. still ahead on the news hour -- >> a heck of a shot, and -- oh! >> unbelievable!

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♪ welcome back. now in the next 15 minutes or so we'll find out if the first-ever attempt to land a spacecraft on to a comet has been a success. the european space agency has been working for ten years towards this moment. we meet the people behind the project. >> reporter: the scientists here

at mission control have confirmed that the two spacecrafts have parted company, and the lander is now on its way down towards the surface of this comet. the scientists are keeping a very close eye on what happens as it goes down, none more so than matt tailor here. you are one of the lead project scientists on this mission. why do you think it has engaged the public so much? >> well, for me it has everything. adventure, technology, science, everyone has a connection to comets maybe. they understand at least visually or from an historical sense that comets used to be thought of as a harbinger of doom, but now they are an alien form we can investigate. >> reporter: your life has been spent looking at place and plasma, solar winds that kind of

thing. you have a very personal commitment in the way of a tattoo. do you want to tell me about that. >> yeah, i worked on a previous project. i came on this project a few months ago. so i decided to get a tattoo. >> reporter: there are important scientific experiments going on, what 500 million kilometers away. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do we hope to learn? >> comets are like a window into the past. a fossil relic. a time capsule of the conditions we had in the beginning of the solar system. the left-over debris of comets and asteroids, comets are the most interesting, and they were thrown out into the atmosphere in deep freeze, so the material existing in early phases is locked in there. and when they come close to the

sun they start to out-gas, so you can look for organics and the water and how things were way back then. and that gives you an indication of the situation there, and allows you to get an idea of how things have evolved subsequently. that's why we're there. we're trying to understand how a come mettet -- comet works. >> thank you very much. over the next few hours we'll be getting data and pictures from the spacecraft, and we'll bring those to you as they come in. >> now to sport. >> thank you. the head of african football says the new host for the cup of african nations will be known in a few day's time. they are still considering potential hosts to take over for

morocco who refused to host the event because of fears over ebola. they said postponing the competition would have been disastrous for football. >> translator: we're in africa, and we know our continent better than everyone. once you postpone the event it will open the door for everyone to ask for a delay. and we will not longer be credible. everyone will say we are not ready, and it is caf that will pay the piper. that's is why i told the moroccans we cannot sign our death warrant, because it would be deadly for african football. for 57 years we have patiently built this house. they have this festival every two years, and we're not about to destroy the work we have patiently developed over the years. djokovic and [ inaudible ] both have a chance to book their place in the semifinals of the

season-ending tour finals in london later on wednesday. he czech player winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. andy murray's chances of reaching the last four could hang on the outcome of a match he is not even playing in. because of the round robin formet even if he beats federer, he may not go through. it depends on another match. federer isn't through just yet either. he has put himself in a great position. a big win from the swiss star should make it to the final four. german athletes could face jail terms of up to four years if being found guilty of doping. it could also see doctors or

members of an athlete on drugs hit with jail terms of up to 10 years if convicted of supplying substances. the new law is aimed at around 7,000 athletes. dallas mavericks star has become the highest paid scorer in the nba. his 23,953 points moved him to the top. and sees him go ninth on the all-time nba scoring list. and another team on a two-game winning run is portland after they came through a tight encounter with the hornets. they come back from 23 points back to win by 2. portland winning 102-100.

new zealand will have a huge task to save the first test against pakistan on thursday. they require another 306 runs with just two wickets left. pakistan bowlers made hay on day four. they took two wickets each. the cricket fan in new zealand is almost $4,000 better off after making a stunning catch. one of the batsmen hit the ball for 6. >> he has got it! he has got it! he has got it! >> he caught it one handed to win the bounty put up by the team to any spectator to make a

catch. >> very cool. thank you very much, jo. now the world's park congress is underway in australia. an interactive map is being launched to show what is beneath the water in sydney harbor. andrew thomas takes a look. >> reporter: it looks like the opening scene of a james bond film, but on the front of these scooters aren't guns, mounted on each is a sophisticated camera. >> at one end there are three cameras, which are perfectly synchronized to take images every three seconds as the craft moves along the sea scrape. >> reporter: the scooters can travel two kilometers on each dive and take a thousand pictures in 45 minutes. the team behind this has so far compiled over a million images. surveying 700 kilometers of the world's corral reef.

but this survey is capturing the underwater world of sydney harbor. back on landing the images are stitched together. a computer program creates a series of shots. the aim is twofold. first, two provide a record of the current state of the underwater world. this will provide scientists with a baseline with which to compare the state of reefs and fish in years to come. but second is to create an open access way for anyone to see via their computer move through pictures of what is below the surface of the sea. >> the ultimate ambition is to create a global record that engages people, and allows scientists to put the policies in place or help put the policies in place that will ensure they are protected in the long term. >> reporter: the surveyors are tied with google.

using a computer or phone to go on a virtual journey used to have to end when the land did, but now i can use these to go under there. in sydney harbor's chowder bay you can click around sea horses, shelley beach, a blue grouper. near this beach, a gray nurse shark. and off of the town of manly. schools of yellow tail. the sponsor of this project is an insurance company keen to associate itself with technology that looks at change and risk. the aim is for this to become a navigatable map. but could become an historical map of what was once beneath the wave. we'll be live in russia and

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