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nigeria. it is the stalemate over? swedish prosecutors finally agree to travel to london to question the wikileaks founder over sexual assault allegations. huge rally expected in support of brazil's president over a scandal at one of the country's biggest countries. i'm lee wellings with the sports news. including stuck in the pit lane the formula 1 star frozen out by his own team despite winning a legal battle. ♪ so the egyptian president has received a vital boost to his ambitious economic recovery plan. his gulf arab allies promising more than $12 billion in new investment and in aid. the announcements were made an an international economic conference held in the resort

town in egypt. also there the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he was encount raging of the reforms. we'll go live there now to listen to the head of the international monetary fund -- no i beg your bar done that's the state department spokesman. yeah, there she is head of the international monetary fund talking at this conference in egypt. >> we seem to be beset by problems with this at the moment. we will get a translator on at the moment. and i promise when we do it will be christian lagarde, not the state department spokesperson. >> reporter: world and business

leaders all hear to listen to egypt's pitch despite years of turmoil we are open for business. in his opening speech the president personally welcomed many of the heads of state present here for their support. >> translator: i would like to thank all of your brothers kings and presidents of the arab states that are giving us lot of honor of being here today in egypt. the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt is a very important role for the stability of the whole region. we need to make sure that these power will be for the benefit of the stability of the region and the nation. >> reporter: it started off well billions of dollars pledged. it's a pr campaign this is the

official video, the egypt they want to promote, clean easy flowing traffic, businesses and industries ready for investment. but on the opening day of the conference an explosion hit barclays bank in alexandria and another struck a greek bank in the same city. it threatened all companies taking part in the summit. there have been a few small protests against the government and the conference. slogan being used egypt is not for sale. the muslim brotherhood won't be too eager to see this cobnference succeed. thousands have been arrested and prosecuted since president mohammed morsi was deposed in 2013, and there has been growing violence in the sinai peninsula. all the difficult issues for the government to tackle alongside

high unemployment a struggling tourism industry, and low foreign investment. this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. among the western officials the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fairs in the coming years, and how it restructures its economy will affect not only the country's nearly 90 million citizens but it will also effect millions of others throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all, all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> reporter: who was present here what is said and what is pledge will be an indication of the support president sisi and his policies hold. >> let's bring in senior political analyst.

looking at the audience it interesting me. yes, there were the obvious people who wanted to get involved in building egypt once again, but there were also those in the audience who condemned sisi's coup d'etat and the fact these people are there together is massive international endorse of what he plans to do and the a sign that any return to the old ways are over. >> that's right. this is a clear endorsement of opening a new chapter in the relationship with egypt. basically you could say that the sisi regime has been accepted and relations with the rest of the world has been normalized. the presence of the americans, the europeans, and the gulf states with a huge fugs of money all means that president sisi's out of isolation and is a normal member, if you will of the international community. however, i would never correct you david, but on this one

particular issue, it's there, and they are doing that because they are not there to build egypt from the bottom up it's there because they want to make money. and clearly they want to make money. i'm saying is the intentions of those people there -- and especially secretary of state kerry saying and emphasizing that he is coming with a huge delegation -- business delegation those people are not politically oriented necessarily. capitalist privy cowards, and they want to make sure that production is such that they will be able to make a return on their money. so to mix that with talking about the future of the egyptian youth and so on and so forth that's the part i was most skeptical about.

>> yeah when he talks about inspiring women and youth, is john kerry saying you won't get our help unless you do this or this is what we would rather like as you carry on what you are doing and take our money. >> clearly president sisi already legislated three new investment laws without the existing by the way of even a legislature, let alone an elected legislator in egypt, but be that as it may, already the subsidies have been lifted on energy and the likes, taxes have been reduced on the rich and certainly there will be far more new incentives given to the companies, because the only way you can encourage foreign companies to invest in egypt when egypt is on the bottom of the scale in terms of stability,

infrastructure and technology, the only way you could do that is to give incentives. and that means giving away at of egyptian assets and projects at a discount. >> in terms of where egypt stands economically now, before the first -- well before tlef lugs if you would like 2011 and prior to that we heard so much about the military controlling a massive amount of money in the egyptian economy. has that changed at all? or are we seeing somebody who effectively still represents the military, the president, saying we need money from outside, and that money could be going to him and his cronies? >> i agree with you 100%. that's the problem with having a general president who came to power after a coup d'etat. and now he has been able to legislate his own things and create his own regulations, at the end of the day, egypt

whether it is in 2011 before or after, i would say it's more like cairo traffic. it's messy, it's chaotic, it continues to move forward, and we know the egyptian military has a huge stake, and we know there's an invisible hand but we also know for the time being there are incentives being created by this very strong heard that has been accepted by the international community to provide tens of billions of dollars in discounted assets and projects to various international corporations and it remains to be seen whether every day omar if you will to borrow an american concept, if every day egyptian will end up benefiting. >> agreed. and like the egyptian traffic it all gives you a headache. >> thank you.

nigeria crease government has admitted that it is getting help from what it calls foreign contractors in its fight against boko haram. we already know a coalition of troops from chad niger, and cameroon have been deployed to the region. but multiple reports now suggest that south african mercenaries are on the front line along with contractors from countries from the former soviet union. no specific details of which countries those are. the nigerian government says they are simply assisting with training. but witnesses suggest that they are involved in direct combat operations. we'll get more on that from nick schifrin who is in the northeast of nigeria. nick tell us what you have been hearing about these mercenaries. >> reporter: according to senior western official who works here as well as a senior non-commissioned officer inside the nigerian military who was injured by boko haram, both of

them say that the 40 or so villages that the military or nigeria i should probably say, has recaptured from boko haram was done in part or at least because of the help of foreign mercenaries. we have spoken to many senior military officials as well today and over the last few weeks as we have traveled throughout this region, and they insist that the tide is turning against boko haram, not because of the mercenaries but because of combination of new arms more political will as well as that help that you menninged from neighboring countries. but it's very clear according to lots of photos as well as the conversations i have had today with those officials that these mercenaries are at the very least helping nigerian military capture these towns which have been in boko haram hands for

times more than a year. and that's why this isless about whether the mercenaries are doing the work this is somebody whether the military needs these mercenaries? >> nick, i'm guessing that it must be three weeks now since the anythingian president said within six weeks we should have destroyed boko haram. is there any evidence apart from a few acres of land that this is anywhere near being achieved? >> reporter: well i think that these -- definitely explains -- throughout northeastern nigeria. i'll give you an example in a town that three months ago the governor of that state, which it is the capitol, was texting friends, saying the city is about to fall. there were reporters in that town during a particularly bad

attack, and he brought the reporters inside the come pound worried that the city was going to fall. the city did not fall and they have made a cocoon around that vital city. so there is a sense among the regular people and governors who are running against president jonathan who are generally very critical of the government and the military they all say the tide is turning, so there is evidence throughout the northeast that there is more security at least in their cities but as we have seen in so many places around the world, when the military does have some success, what we will continue to see is horrible suicide attacks against soft targets throughout the region. it is simply too difficult to stop. a woman or young man from

walking into a market and blowing themselves up. so security in general is still very difficult, and people in the northeast are still feeling that their cities are under siege. >> nick sorry to interrupt you. thank you very much. nick schifrin there in northeast nigeria. iraqi forces have called for reinforcements to retake the city of tikrit from isil that is the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the operation has appeared to have stalled after iraqi soldiers backed by shia militia and sunni tribesmen took parts of the city. they now they won't move forward until reinforcements come in. turkey's coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying more than 300 refugees trying to reach italy after it ignored

warnings to stop. the 337 refugees who have now been detained including 85 children. good to have you with us still to come in this news hour out of london. we meet the people who traced patient zero. scientists go back to the person the ebola virus started with. i'm here 19 months after a devastating flash flood. along with the damage serious doubts remain about the official government story of what happened here. and new zealand making it 6 out of 6 with a 6. [ cheers ] ♪

kurdish forces in syria have now asked for more support in their fight against isil. they want u.s.-lead air strikes particularly to target isil-held positions in the northeast of syria. there fighters are said to be on the offensive. but as zana hoda reports, the u.s. is worried about being seen to be helping kurdish fighters who are linked to what it considers a terrorist group. >> reporter: these are kurdish forces in syria, the people's protection unit or ypg, they have been on the front line in the war against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. these fighters say they are defending their land against isil. they are also the anti-isil coalition's only partner on the ground in syria. the group's political wing is the pyg. >> translator: on the ground it is the kurds who are fighting

isil. that's why it is necessary for the coalition to support us. but the support we are getting is limited to air strikes. it made us stronger no doubt, but we are not receiving any weapons or ammunition. >> reporter: the u.s.-lead coalition acknowledges the ypg's advances, but it is careful to avoid identifying the fighters as the ypg, it calls them the anti-isil forces in its statement. many in the international community consider the ypg fighters and their political wing, the pyd to be the syrian branch of the pkk, an organization on a european and u.s. terrorist list. >> the pyg, you could say it's the local affiliate of the pkk on the ground. so they are very closely interlinked, but of course you have to be careful, because the pkk is is still listed as a

terrorist organization in the west. >> reporter: the ypg will not be among the opposition groups that the u.s. plans to arm and train to fight in syria even though it is organized and has been engaged in direct combat with isil. in the northeast syria's kurds are the majority. before isil advanced into the region, they were enjoying relative stability. many interpreted this was a step towards creating an independent state, but the kurds say all they want is autonomy in a democratic syria. the battle for the border town of kobani was the first time the u.s.-lead coalition coordinated with a local fighting force. at first it was reluctant to do so because turkey also considers the groups terrorists. months later the cooperation

continues. it is an alliance born of necessity not choice. there has been a serious suggestion that governments should negotiate with the islamic state of iraq and the levant to get aid into parts of syria. this suggestion comes from the children's charity unicef as the country's civil war enters its fifth year. unicef believes that 40 million children are suffering because of what is happening there. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: from the moment they are born most syrians are now re-louant on foreign aid. here it means the difference between life and death. but now as isil has emerged to take command of some areas in syria, security concerns make it difficult to get aid through. >> we say it's a shrinking humanitarian corridor. that's a common -- you know common phrase. it's just more difficult to get

supplies from here to there, and for sure going deep inside syria, where we were able to get -- fairly easily get in and the governance on the east side of the country now, that -- that road is treacherous. it's very, very dangerous. >> reporter: but it's just not fighting that stops aid getting through, many of the governments and larger charities that supply smaller aid groups will not allow help to be sent to isil-controlled areas. they fear it will be diverted to isil fighters. hand in hand is one group who's warehouse hints at the aid neats of this country. the groups founders thought they would be needed for four or five months. >> it was just really basic help. they needed bandages they neated bot on the, or baby milk

sometimes they would ask for it. just really basic needs. >> reporter: so it's gone from providing cotton and bandages and baby milk into what? >> providing complete hospitals. >> reporter: now hand in hand is preparing for the next ten year an alarming prospect not the least because of the costs involved. the u.n. is appealing for $2.9 billion to help 12 million syrians. that's more than half of the population. the deliveries will cross borders here into territory that has become some of the most difficult in the world. done ann romney fatigue is a real concern, but without those donors and the aid groups they help syria's next generation would have no chance. now, the thoughts of jihad

in this charge of the ngo syrian development joining us now from washington, d.c. what is going to make your life easier in all of this? >> thank you for inviting me and let me speak, you know, for us the most important things really is to -- to have the protection for our medical workers, especially the doctors. imagine in aleppo and its suburb the total medical staff right now about 90 people who are serving many many people. so really from the aerial bombardment, to barrel bombs, that's where make the -- the -- our staff, our medical staff flee the country, and this is the most critical to save life inside of syria.

so first for us is safety. and we would like to have a safe zone to provide the medical help to our people. this as you know is -- is -- a crime enter against humanities when you hit the hospitals and clinics that you operate to save life in syria, and that happened to -- by the way -- to one of our hospital. we built a hospital from scratch in an area in aleppo, and two boiler bombs hit the hospital and destroyed completely in a matter of 23 days we move to another area in -- in suburb of aleppo, and we are operating from under the ground now for safety of our people our medical staff. >> how are they managing to cope with -- not just the difficulties in doing the work but the pressure of being somewhere that is possibly the most dangerous conflict they

have ever seen? is it difficult for them not to make mistakes in these situations. >> well, for our doctors, really they are sleeping and staying in the hospital for continuous, like ten, 15, 20 days, without really going outside of the hospitals and it is just to provide saving lives. and not only that it really is the amount of injured we are getting daily, like about a hyundaily, and they are doing a tremendous amount of surgeries inside our operation -- operation rooms. so really for safety -- for our -- for our medical people it is critical and -- and this -- we have few of them in aleppo as well as -- to have four hospitals inside of syria,

and really we are scared to be bombarded by the aerial -- you know by the regime airplane. >> it's an extraordinary situation, extraordinarily brave people, thank you very much indeed for coming on the news hour. talks to try to end what is an extraordinary political stalemate that exists between libya's rival governments have been delayed yet again. the delegation from the u.n.-recognized government in tobruk simply didn't show up in morocco, but they did meet members from the tripoli based national counsel. pakistani military has successfully test fired a missile from its own drone. the government has complained frequently about u.s. drones in pakistani air space targeting

al-qaeda and other armed groups. the indian prime minister is making a landmark visit to sri lanka. the first trip by an indian prime minister to the neighboring country in nearly three decades. he told business leaders he wanted to bring about stronger trade and investment between the two countries. >> [ inaudible ] you should also [ inaudible ] imports to india, exports to india, india investments can also upgrade and transform your infrastructure. as a friend and a neighbor we attach the highest importance to

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mercenaries from south africa taking part in the battle against boko haram. governments are being urged to negotiate with isil to get aid into parts of syria. the children's charity yuan yuan -- unicef as made the demand. brazilian political leaders and others are holding a rally to show their support of the president. dozens of political figures and former executives of the brazilian state-run oil company petro petro braz are taking part in the rally. adam raney has been following developments for us. >> reporter: thousands of people are protesting in cities across

brazil and support both the state oil firm and also the president. this comes two days before an expected mass protest of opponents of the government many of those people calling for the impeachment of rousseff just months after she has begun her second term in office. the people are marching because they want to fengd off any eh fors to privatize petro braz. some believe this is an attempt to make the company look weaker and less valuable than it is in an effort to sell the company to private investors. meanwhile rousseff is in one of the toughest political crisis of her tenure as president, mainly because of the economy.

it is set to shrink by a 1%. and brazil has a rate of about 7.5% inflation. and that's hitting many people very hard. many people who are long-time supporters of rousseff's party. despite that fact her popularity is at an all-time slow. and she keeps saying people have the right to protest, but not to cause violence that's in reference over protests a couple of years ago over the spending on the world cup. lawyers representing oscar pistorius have stop an appeal in south africa's supreme court that could see him convicted of

murdering his girlfriend. a panel of judges will now decide whether the initial sentence was too lenient, they want the conviction reviewed as they claim the judge misinterpreted the law. scientists recently discovered exactly where the ebola epidemic started. they traced it back to a two year old boy who was killed by the virus in guinea. imran khan reports on how life there has changed in the wake of the outbreak. >> reporter: it has been reported that the ebola outbreak dates back to this tree where i'm ate bats from the tree. >> translator: the bats brought the ebola in this village according to the white man and the government. we have decided to burn this tree so no bat will bring ebola. >> reporter: the government issued a press release saying

ebola was first detected in bats from this tree. and his son was the first to die in the current outbreak. other members of his family also died. >> translator: in the beginning when my children started dying and my wife, i thought they were killed by tradition. although later the white man say it was ebola, and i was the first person to lose all of my family, my one year son died my daughter and wife too. >> reporter: though ebola virus has killed 10,000 people according to world health organization. a vaccine is being tested and it is modeled on the ring vaccination approach which was used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. investigators look at what is called the index case and find all of those who have come into contact with that person. but there are challenges. both guinea and sierra leone

continue to have cases. and people dying outside of the hospital is much higher. it is often described as one of the most secretive state and one that is notoriously difficult for its people to leave. those who manage to escape north korea usually make their way to their southern neighbor. but some make it to the united states. >> reporter: in their small apartment, these two prepare breakfast. their children 14, and 9, get upper for school. the daily morning routine at the kim household, though is never taken for granted, because the kims are north koreans who fled during famine. >> translator: one by one people

died from starvation. i wanted to live so i defected. >> reporter: one day the children both born after the kim's escaped will learn that their parents had another life and other children, but for now they have chosen to say little. >> translator: i don't want to shire our story with our children yet. i want them to start a new life. i don't want our past to cast a shadow over their lives. >> reporter: some three or 400 north koreans live in the united states. few come in part because of the daunting task of learning english, and a lifetime of propaganda taught many america was the enemy. unlike other refugees the kims chose not to live in south korea. most of the north koreans do. but north koreans face

discrimination there. >> translator: south korean society treats north koreans a certain way. i didn't want my children dealing with that. >> reporter: and so in the end, a world away from north or south korea, was california. kim now works as a masseuse in a small shop in l.a.'s korea town. >> reporter: you have to imagine a north korean arriving here. you need to find a job, you don't speak english, you don't have many skills. what about health care and insurance? some concepts stunned him >> translator: you have freedom of expression in america. >> reporter: the kids tell us the little they know about north korea. what do you know about north

korea? >> nothing much. but i know it's a terrible place to be. >> i know something. it has a very, very very, very terrible leader. that's all i know. >> reporter: what their parents do say to study hard aim for college, and in that the kim kids drive and energy takes right after their parents, but applied in the u.s. that ambition will produce a vastly different life and outcome. it has been about a year and a half since floods waters swept through the chinese village, and the government was criticized for being unprepared and hiding the number of people who died. as harry fawcett reports, little has changed. >> reporter: the river is a trickle now, as winter keeps its grip on northeastern china. but the destruction it left in 2013 is still visible. we arrived four days after the

flash flood to a town full of grief and anger. they were accusing the authorities of covering up the true extent of the death toll. another person tried to talk to us and once again the police are stopping us from talking to him. 19 months on we have come back to find out what really happened here. the local government said 30 were dead and 58 missing at the time. lifetime resident said that was always a serious underestimate. >> translator: for the whole of the town it's at least 170 or 180 dead. i know because i know this place very well. >> reporter: in 2013 we met this woman who said that officials had reassured people that the water would flow past the town. now she lives in a newly built housing estate down the road. but she hasn't changed her

story. >> translator: they didn't expect that the flood would be so big. nobody told us. if they had, the damage wouldn't have been so bad. >> reporter: the nearby village suffered similar damage but no one died here. the difference locals tell us a concerted effort by officials to get people out of danger. there are two things we have heard throughout the second visit firstly that people believe 200 dies not the 88 which remains the official government figure and secondly they complain of the lack of a warning, a community used to dealing with flooding simply didn't know what was heading its way. was the disaster minimized? not according to the party secretary who insists he and his colleagues did warn residences. so how many died here? >> translator: i know nothing about this. >> reporter: you don't know how many people have died in your own town?

>> reporter: i'm just? charge of reconstruction. all of this talk about the death toll the injury statistic report, i have no idea. >> reporter: after weeks of rain in the summer of 2013 which filled the local reservoir beyond its safety limits it was hit with half of its annual rainfall in less than a day. officials stand accused of doing too little to save lives and hiding the number of deaths. after our inquiry the local government now says 134 people were killed. it just never thought to make it public until now. ukraine has been given the first $5 billion tranche of financing from the international monetary fund all part of a four-year package. the loan from the imf is the latest attempt to help the country avoid bankruptcy. in total the combined package of

assistance from the imf and others is estimated to be $40 billion. charges have been brought against two people linked to the paris attacks in january of this year. both men are said to have been in contact with the gunmen who opened fire at a jewish supermarket. dna from one of the accused was found on a stun gun it is claimed at the scene. swedish prosecutors now say they could question wikileaks founder in london which could unlock a stalemate in the almost five years it has taken to investigation sexual assault allegations. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: at the ecuadorian embassy in london is police presence is poised day and night

to arrest the wikileaks founder if he steps foot outside. from his almost three year confinement inside, he is said to have welcomed a swedish prosecution request to be able to interview him here. it is alleged he committed sex crimes including rape involving two women in sweden in 2010 allegations he has already denied saying the sexual encounters were consensual. >> we see this as a victory or assange. we see this as evidence that we were right all the time. the prosecutor was wrong all the time. and we welcome her initiative. in 2012 assange lost a supreme court appeal instead seeking asylum in at the ecuadorian embassy. some of the crimes he is alleged to have committed will reach their statute of limitations in

august. time is now of the essence. it isn't clear when this meeting may take place, but the chief prosecutor will now hope to be able to come here to london both to be able to interview julian assange, and to be able to take a swab sample of his drngsna, if he were extradited to sweden the could then face trial in the u.s. iceland says it no longer wants to be joining the european union. it believes it's interests are best served outside the other 28 nations. it began after a catastrophic

banking collapse. but the negotiations stalled over concerns iceland had with european unions agricultural subsidies and its policy on fishing. the european union is urging greece to speed up work on his reform plan. the eu commission president said he was not satisfied with greece's progress during talks with the country's prime minister. last month british creditors in the euro zone agreed to extend the bailout program for four months. now attacks on pelicans in the u.s. state of florida have conservationist deeply worried. the birds are having their pouches slashed. something that can lead to a slow and extremely painful

death. andy gallagher reports. >> oh my poor baby. what has momma got for my little baby. >> reporter: she trained as a nurse in her native croatia, and these days she is putting those skills to good use. her refuge center has become a vital lifeline for the wildlife. >> it's 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. that's what i love. i don't like to go outside. i'm happy with my animals. i'm happy here. they need me you know. >> they are still alive. >> reporter: but in the last few months her refuge has been inundated with badly injured brown pelicans. at least a dozen of the birds have been found with sliced pouches. injuries that are deliberate and militia this veterinarian says. >> they don't want the birds

just to die, they want them to die a slow miserable death. easy buddy. >> reporter: dr. harris believes that fisherman perhaps angry about pelicans stealing their catch may be responsible. but so far no one has been caught or charged. >> i would like for them to turn themselves in so we can put an end to this but if anything we're out there looking for you. >> reporter: for the most part pelicans in the keys are deeply respected, but it's their sometimes frowned upon dependency that may be getting them in trouble. what makes them especially vulnerable is their relationship with people. they get a free meal at gutting stations, and they show no fear but that also makes them an easy target. but for pelicans that are found and treated there is a good chance for their survival and as

like as mia lives here the pelicans have a protector that it seems will never give up hope. oh there she goes! she got a fish. we have the sport after the break. and we meet the 12 year old that got the better of an extraordinary tennis player indeed. stay with us if you can for that. [ cheers ] ♪

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1 where the season started in melbourne with opening practice dominated by the mercedes drivers, but it's a major legal dispute that is dominating the attention between a driver is who is ready to complete and a team that don't want him in the cockpit. >> reporter: all dressed up with nowhere to drive. waiting and ready to get behind the wheel. for the previous two days he had been in court in melbourne where a judge had ruled that the team must allow him to race. the dutchman claims he had been promised a seat for the season but they terminated the contract in february. after skipping the first session the two drivers the team did want did take to the track while vander guard remained out in the

cold. they face being found guilty of being in contempt of court and having their assets seized. both parties urged to reach a settlement the case to continue on saturday. >> it's definitely very very impact on the team. because the situation was for a while unclear. we -- we now have certain actions taken against the team and so we are acting abchordingly. so there is nothing more i can say to that. >> reporter: a car crash of a different kind kevin mag anyson who is replacing the driver for mclaren this weekend losing control early. but it was a familiar story at the top of the time sheets again setting the pace but the winner edged out his world champion teammate going .1

seconds quicker. new zealand going to the quarter finals of the cricket world cup. both teams had already qualified bangladesh with a win over england in their previous game. this man scored his first-ever century in that game and then follows up another one. then new zealand took some big hitting from the lower order like that. to get them home with 7 balls and 3 wickets to spare. >> it just shows you have we found another way to win another game of cricket, and it shows we're challenged in different ways and we manage to come

through it and add two points to the total. it's a different win for us but shows us that we can win in different circumstances throughout the game. in contrast now either england nor afghanistan could qualify. england reached their revised target of 101 for the loss of just one wicket to ensure they finished in fifth place above afghanistan. but it won't be much console lags for a dreadful tournament for them. mohammed amir has returned to action after four and a half years ban for spot fixings. he took 3 wickets including 2 in 2 balls.

he was found guilty five years ago along with a teammate. the 22 year old's ban officially ends in december. but the icc has allowed him to play in.com mes -- domestic matches in pakistan. and the first ever victory for this man in a world tour event. holland holland's rider came in second. serena williams will end a 14-year boycott of a tournament in california. the williams family claimed they were racially abused. supporters complained that serena had a walkover after her

sister pulled out of the tournament. >> i just felt like it was time. there is not one that says i should come back in 20 -- 15 -- i don't know even how many. but it was more or less just timing. i just kind of felt it. i just felt like everything was the right time for me to just come back and try to do the best that i could here again. >> from 14-year boycotts to 12-year-old boys getting a chance to show their tennis ability on the big stage. a youngster handed a racket by world number 8 during an exhibition game against roger federer s. he more than held his own against the champion. delighting the madison square garden crowd. david we should look out for him. [ laughter ] >> that will be great. thank you very much indeed. that's it for me and the

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