this is al jazeera. ♪ hello there, welcome to the news hour. i'm shiulie ghosh in doha. nigeriaia's military is accused of murdering and torturing thousands of men and boys in its battle with boko haram. a day after fifa bossstepstep quits, the corruption investigation intensifies. interpol adds six fifa executives to its most-wanted

list. and family versus career. we look at the pros and cons of the growing number of women freezing their eggs in the u.k. ♪ amnesty international is accusing the nigerian military of committing war crimes in its fight with boko haram. it says the military must be investigated for the murder torture, starvation and suffocation thoufs of people. its report says since march 2011 more than 7,000 young men and boys have died in military detention. and that at least 20,000 young men and boys including nine year olds were arrested on suspicion of being boko haram members and tortured. amnesty says the findings are based on years of research and analysis of evidence including

leaked military reports as well as interviewed with more than 400 victims, eyewitnesses and senior members of the security forces. this comes as the new nigerian president travels to neighbors, niger and chad. both countries have accused the nigerian military of not cooperating in the fight against boko haram. >> reporter: the report goes into further detail as to how amnesty have come up with this statistic of over 7,000 men and boys killed murdered tortured at the hands of the nighian military. amnesty say they had access to over 800 documents in gathering this evidence. they say they carried out several field trips, that they spoke to at least eight military officials who were unnamed, who gave them evidence of this wrongdoing, and hundreds of eyewitnesses medical staff who

were treating some of the people that they say were victims. but the bottom line of this report is the naming of at least eight senior members of the army who amnesty are saying need to be investigated for alleged war crimes. they say these individuals presided over and in some cases were responsible for seeing subordinate commit murder against the thousands of boys men, named in this report. so far there has been no official response to amnesty's allegations from the new president and the new administration. we have reached out to the presidency, they have not responded as of yet. amnesty have confirmed that they have given this report to the new president and they are waiting for a response for him. many are waiting to see whether the president will take action. but of course when he was campaigning he raised the issue of alleged human rights abuses

by the military and promised to investigate any wrongdoing of such. people are waiting to see whether he will stay tu to what he committed to do. nigeria's newly elected president will deliberate with his chadian, and nigerian counterparts. in 2014 about 10,000 people, mostly nigerians were killed in the violence forcing more than a million people to leave the country. in late 2014 early 2015 boko haram launched a series of raids across the border in chad and cameroon. by february a military coalition was formed of 7.5 thousand troops against the armed group. a series of air and ground attacks had mixed success. in may, chad's president accused

nigeria of poor coordination. we are joined by a senior nigerian analyst in abuja, he says that the meeting is an attempt to iron out differences. >> security could -- will be top of the agenda especially chad cameroon and nigeria republic. the president had signaled from the onset that he would place great priority on defeating boko haram, and therefore he will be discussing with them about further coordination of military efforts in the campaign against boko haram. i think they would also be trying to get to specifics about the mixed international force that -- that is supposed to be set up to fight boko haram. there have been disagreed about whether it should be a regional force or international force, and how it is going to be lead and who is going to be able to

resource it and so on. people expect him to be very active the way he has promised to be and the expectation is that he should be able to make significant difference within a very short time. people -- nigerians will be greatly disappointed if within a reasonable length of time there is no decisive end to the boko haram insurrengy. ukraine and pro-russian separatists are blaming each other for renewed fighting near donetsk. charles brings up to date with the latest. >> reporter: the ukrainian army have been quoted by the russian state news agency as saying that separatists mounted an attack around 4:00 am local ukrainian

time. they said they used around 10 tanks backed up by a thousand fighters so they say. they said that they had to redeploy heavy weapons from an area further back from the front line, as agreed during the last ceasefire agreement, the minsk two agreement in february. they said -- the ukrainian army said they had to bring heavy weapons forward to try to repel that attack. they are now saying the fighting stopped. they said the fighting stopped around 3:00 pm local time. which is around 12:00 gmt and said seven of their soldiers were injured. the fighters in the self proclaimed donetsk people's republic deny the attack. they are blaming the ukrainian military for that. they said they have no intention

of trying to take control of the city of mariupol which is under ukrainian army control at the moment but has always been a bone of contending and some analysts say could be the next hot spot the next place where the separatists will concentrate their energies. but as you say, the blame game for the start of this attack continues. the separatists say at least 17 of their fighters were killed and there were earlier reports of at least one possibly up to three coal mines that were -- the electricity was cut off because of a strike on those mines. and there were hundreds of miners trapped underground. we're now hearing reports that at least from one of those mines all of the minors have been rescued. >> charles thank you for that. now the race to replace the veteran boss of world football

has begun. sepp blatter is reportedly under investigation by the fbi and u.s. prosecutors after shocking the football world by resigning. it was a dramatic u-turn after being reelected only last friday. >> reporter: if this was the first day of a new life for fifa you wouldn't know it. sepp blatter was still at work there was a mixed youth game on the grounds, suggesting the kind of purity critics say vanished years ago. but blatter's announcement that he was to go was followed by interpol releasing red figures against several members of fifa. >> we know that the $45 million spent by the ffa, taxpayer's money was effectively wasted

because of a corrupt and tainted bidding process. >> reporter: it was a decision that shouldn't be made given what was surrounding him. what i will say is that it was a choice with a lot of inconvenient facts. >> reporter: and who should replace blatter? michelle plat -- platini of france perhaps of prince ali from jordan. perhaps even the former head of the united nations should act as a sort of control figure within the new fifa to offer reassurance to everyone. >> we made a proposal back in january when we launched in the european parliament in brussels that there was the creation and implementation of an independent reform committee. and that needs to be lead by an imminent person such as mitt

romney. >> reporter: it is worth bearing in mind that blatter hasn't actually gone yet. it's not clear how long he will hang around for, or whether he will try to find a successor cut from the same pattern as himself. of course none of this is going to be resolved quickly, the question in global corporate football is whether it is actually possible. >> lawrence is live for us from fifa headquarters. lawrence have you been getting any reaction to the latest developments in this on-going saga. >> no shiulie, i wish i could say that i had, but it's been quiet as quiet can be here today. but if you look at the course of events over the last few days it's really easy to see why some people are suspicious about sepp blatter's motives. four days ago he said he

couldn't possibly resign because that would imply he had done something wrong. four days later he resigns and seeming dee feeted his own argument. and it was widely reported in the united states that he was the subject of the fbi investigation. and a few hours after that these red notices against a number of formally senior figures in latin america football some very close to sepp blatter who are now very much in the sights of the fbi as well. it is clearly in the absence of any facts, this vacuum is leading to all sorts of speculation that the fbi are looking very closely at sepp blatter indeed. i should say, however, for all of that that is it worth pointing out that the swiss authorities have said they are not interested in talking to blatter about alleged corruption in terms of the bidding process in terms of the 2018 world cup in russia and 2022 in qatar.

i think really as time goes on this isn't going to be a story that develops day by day, it will be month by month. and as much news comes out from new york as from zurich. >> you were saying there is no obvious con tender to replace him. who's names are in the frame? >> reporter: well there are certainly some that are popular in certain quarters. prince ali of jordan picked up almost the entire european vote and managed to exact some out of latin america, but he is not popular in other parts of the world. michel platini, very popular in europe but some people don't like him because he voted for qatar in 2022. and you can say that about a number of other players. they are all well-known in their

own terms, but can they carry the whole of global football with them. and all of these federations which are so split at the moment. and i think that goes to why partly blatter can say he is resigning and then says he can stay on for many months. one final point, i should mention as well. whoever does end upstanding as the unifying voice is going to be faced with the most difficult decision whether is whether or not to call for a redrawing of the ballots for 2018 and 2022. because particularly with 2018 which the english fa has said should have gone to them will add to the russia's accusation that this is a u.s. plot against

russia. if the world cup was taken away from them they would see that as massive political problem. and you have to ask yourself if political leaders want that tension with russia on top of everything else they have got. >> and the controversy continues. lawrence thank you for that. hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to camps across the border in jordan. coming up we'll be reporting on one family's struggle to cope when sickness strikes. also ahead, rescuers in china try to find hundreds missing after a cruise ship capsized. we have also got all of the sport for you. find out whether serena williams stayed on course for her 20th grand slam title. we'll have all of the details

later on. ♪ at least 70 people mostly civilians have been killed in an air strike in northern iraq the attack targeted what was believed to be an isil position. imran khan has more from baghdad. >> reporter: in the early hours of this morning, air strikes took place against an isil strong hold allegedly, said to be a warehouse where at least 70 people have been killed. they have been moved to a local hospital. this town is very important because it is closest to the main city of kirkuk where isil have been trying to take that town. in that town is controlled by the kurdish peshmerga. there have been air strikes on the town in the past three or four months. we don't know who took part in the air strikes, but we do know that this if it's again, seen to be an isil target that is

confirmed, it will be a blow against isil who have been using this as not only a base to mount attacks, also as a communications base. in syria 20 people are reported killed and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks by government forces outside of aleppo. the -- bombings destroyed several buildings. the refugee camp south of damascus has also been reported to have been hit. the camp is home to many syrian refugees. jordan is hosting over 600,000 syrians who fled the war. the government built a massive refugee camp to accommodate over 100,000 people. but there are now a lot of empty

cabins. >> reporter: this camp is an unhealthy environment for mohammed's two sick children. they have a rare genetic defect which develops into skin cancer from exposure to ultra violent light. >> their days are limited if they get exposed to the sun. aid agencies don't cover the medication. i'm stuck here with no money, no job. i can't go back home, and i don't need to explain why. >> reporter: this camp has plenty of empty space because it appears the jordanian government has slowed the flow of refugees from syria. there are fears that fighters will hide among the refugees. the camp has a large supermarket where refugees can spend their food allow anszancellowance but their

homes have no electricity. aid agencies say more than 40,000 refugees have been brought here in the last year but more than half have left. right now just over 18,000 people live here. six months ago this man from idlib left the camp on a two-week travel permit never to return again. she is now living in the northern city struggling without food vouchers or assistance. she said she would rather live on the street than go back. >> translator: it's too hot there, and my children were getting sick too often. i also didn't feel safe. i couldn't shower because there were men and women i didn't know. the camp is not suitable for humans. >> reporter: aid sees think those who fled to live in towns will eventually return. >> they will have to come back because they there is a high cost for rent and other expenses. at the same time also i believe they know there will be

electricity, and they are provided here with services freely then they will come back again. >> reporter: since the beginning of this year assistance was cut for refugees living outside camps. refugees think the government's new policy is designed to force syrians to live only in official government-run camps where they are likely to be living for years to come. air strikes are again targeting yemen's capitol, sana'a. former aircraft from the coalition lead by saudi arabia also have targeted a military factory. it is thought civilians have also been caught up in the attack. in southern yemen at tempt to seize suburbs of aden have been repelled. yemen's government in exile says it is now prepared to attend meeting in geneva to help

end the civil war. the talks have been postponed once but no new date has been set. james bayes has more. >> reporter: taking place in just matter of hours, a u.n. security council meeting to discuss the situation in yemen, and ahead of that meeting, the government of yemen has made an important announcement. the spokesman for president hadi has told al jazeera that the government is prepared to go and have a meeting about the situation in geneva. there was supposed to be geneva peace talks starting last week but they had to be postponed. but the government is saying there will be consultations about the situation, not negotiations because they say they will only take part in negotiations with the houthis if the houthis comply with the existing u.n. security council resolution, and withdrawal from all of the areas that they have

captured. i can tell you that separately there have been talks taking place in recent days that took place. we know the u.s. sent a senior official. we know the houthis were also there, so a fresh effort from all parties to try to get the talks underway again. the u.n. would certainly like these peace talks back underway. the u.n. also taking it clear it would like another pause in all of the fighting in yemen. saudi arabia says the man behind friday's suicide attack on a shia mosque was a saudi national. he has been named as a 19 year old man. he disguised himself as a woman and blew himself up in the mosque car park after he was stopped from going inside. egypt's president is in germany trying to boost economic and military ties but the president of the german parliament refused to meet him.

and human rights activists protesteded too as victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: president sisi was greeted with military honors. after years of political turmoil, egypt is pinning its hopes for economic revival on foreign investment. but his trip to germany, which has europe's largest economy isn't just about attracting money it's always designed to improve egypt's image aboard. >> translator: i appreciate the role of egypt in the region. we have [ inaudible ] viewpoints on both sides [ inaudible ] to do a lot for the civility and security in our region. >> reporter: sisi has largely suppressed decorrect in egypt, and human rights protesters highlighted the president's record in office. thousands have been arrested prosecuted, and in some cases

sentenced to death since the president morsi was deposed two years ago. >> it should be clear that stability cannot be reached without human rights protection. you cannot have a stable country where human rights violations are pervasive. >> reporter: sisi's trip has divided opinion. the head of the german parliament canceled their meeting. chancellor angela merkel said germany would support egypt's economic recovery but human rights must be respected. >> translator: we also discussed the question of the death penalty, a number of such death sentences is something we think should be avoided, and it is important that all egyptians should be able to practice their own religion. islam and other religions. >> reporter: an improved economy would boost sisi's credibility

at home and abroad. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. chinese maritime agency records show that safety violations were found two years ago on the cruise chip which capsized on monday. more than 400 mainly elderly tourists are feared drowned on the eastern star. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: on a day of fading hopes, the chinese government is throwing what it can at this rescue operation. more than 5,000 emergency workers have so far been deployed. on tuesday they heard yells for help coming from within the up urned hull but nothing since. the most dangerous work is being undertaken by driver operating in the strong currents swirling around the eastern star. and this is reportedly the last glimpse of the vessel recorded by a security camera on a nearby

ship after an hour before it capsized. access to the site remains blocked by police and paramilitary troops. but on wednesday the government organized a boat trip to the rescue area for journalists. the message, the operation will continue if there's even a slight chance someone is alive. >> currently, the focus of the operation is to try to find the survivors, we will need the hope to the last minute. >> reporter: moving into position a crane that might be used to support the vessel if the decision is made to cut the hull. it is clear what happened here on monday night is turning into the country's worst maritime accident in recent times. state media say the vessel was hit by a cyclone, and capsized within two minutes. still unexplained, though is how the captain and chief engineer both survived.

relatives of the missing are demanding answers as well and tried to stage a demonstration in shanghai the city where many of the mostly elderly passengers are from. even at a time like this such protests are illegal. for now they are not allowed to visit the rescue site either. so some go further upstream to grieve by the river's edge. adrian brown, al jazeera. still to come here on al jazeera, the rohingya migrants who found that traveling by land to india is safer than risking their lives on boats. the international community does not believe that israel is serious about a two-state solution. and as the football leader departs, a new one is announced at one of the world's biggest

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i'm shiulie ghosh. let's remind you of the stop stories. the nigerian army has denied amnesty international's allegation that it has been committing war crimes since 2011. it said the report is biased an attempt to smear the military's reputation. ukraine and pro-russian separatists are blaming each other for increasing fighting near donetsk. and sepp blatter's reported to be under investigation by the fbi and u.s. prosecutors after shocking the football world by resigning as fifa head on tuesday. interpol has put executives on its most-wanted list. and u.s. investigators are also looking into corruption

allegations in south africa. fifa has denied the charges saying the payment was accepted by an executive who died last year. >> the payment of $10 million was made aboveboard does not equate to bribery. those who allege should prove their allegations. we refuse to be caught up in a battle between the united states authorities and fifa. we do not intend to speak on behalf of fifa fifa has to speak for itself. we're joined now live from brian in johannesberg.

what do you make by the sports minister there? >> reporter: well you know, sometimes you can protest too much and i think for the south african government and the anc there is a lot at stake in this. because they have placed the head of the south african football at the head of the nelson mandela authority. if it's found that he was somehow tarnished in some sort of corruption, that whole scheme falls apart, and they would lose another big municipality. so there is a lot at stake. why would south africa be investing in development in the caribbean, when there's huge problems with football development in south africa itself and a lot to be -- you

know, a lot of investments required -- >> yeah it's interesting about that because apparently the south african government are saying there is this program of supporting afghans, but there seems to be very very little information on this program, until very recently which seems very convenient. . >> no exactly. and, you know, they say that journalists had asked at the time, and there was always going to be an africa world cup, et cetera, but of course as i said earlier, you know, there's a lot of need for development in south african football in southern african football and not least the african kobt next -- >> well, if there is a corruption investigation, what is this going to mean for south africa and the south african football association? >> well i think there has been

a lot of allegations and circulating around corruption in south african football. it's management even at the moment there was -- just before the world cup proper there were allegations of match fixing in the tournament that proceeded it. we haven't got to the bottom of that. there's been a number of arrests of referees that have been involved in alleged match fixing, et cetera. and that doesn't relate to of course the big concerns around sponsorship and broods casting deals of south african football. so there's a lot of allegations, rumors that are circulating in terms of south african football and that of course comes in a context in which there has been massive rise in corruption over the last 20 years. something like 100 billion

ranged of south african government procurement budget is lost annually in corruption and of course this is just a small part of a bigger process that has, you know, tarnished not just government but the corporates that are handing out big back hands to get important tenders and procurement contracts. >> okay. thank you very much for that. >> thank you. thousands of rohingya are leaving myanmar for india. traveling overland is seen by some as a faster and safer way than by boat. >> reporter: every day this person leaves home with the hope of finding work. he's an ethnic rohingya who came here last month after escaping from myanmar by boat to

bangladesh, and arrived on foot in india. he says he is safe now, but it hasn't been easy. >> translator: i can understand a bit of the local languages here but i can't speak them fluently. that's why i don't get picked up for day wage work as often as the locals. in the last month i have only had five days of work. >> reporter: others are only just settling in to this refugee camp. mohammed says he arrived here three days ago. >> translator: we have been tortured back home. i escaped to save my life. i have relatives here and thought i would be safe. >> reporter: thousands of rohingya have escaped to india and more than 700 of them have come here. while conditions here are basic,

most people seem happy to give up comfort for safety. just a few minutes away from the refugee camp, this neighborhood represents the hope that many come here with. being able to rent a property here is a sign of stability and acceptance by the wider community. as the unrest and violence in myanmar grows, so does the number of rohingya here and that's testing some people's patience. >> the local people found that they were also competing with them for the jobs because they locals go for daily wage and the rohingya also go for daily wage. the second issue was about the house rents. more and more started coming in here, and the housing prices started going up. >> reporter: like many of the locals this man has missed out on mindingfinding work today.

compared to so many others his journey to get here has been longer and harder. the u.s. president obama has criticized israeli prime minister netenyahu on israeli television. obama says his position on palestinian state hood endanger's israel's credibility. >> reporter: some fairly blunt criticism from the u.s. president barack obama talking about the israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu. he said he is predisposed to think of security first that perhaps he sees peace as naive, and tends to see the worst possibilities as opposed to the best possibilities in his arab partners. >> subsequently his statements had suggested that there is the

possibility of a palestinian state, but it has so many caveats, so many conditions that it is not realistic to think that those conditions would be met any time in the near future. >> right. >> and so the danger here is that israel as a whole loses credibility. already the international community does not believe that israel is serious about a two-state solution. the statement the prime minister made compounded that belief that there's not a commitment there. >> reporter: what is next? the u.s. president reiterated that he is reevaluating the position at the u.n. he said he didn't think now is the time to come up with another framework agreement, but he

wants to see some confidence-building measures in the region. he did point out that he thinks that illegal settlement construction and the inability of people in the west bank to move freely he said those are problems. general elections is taking place in turkey on sunday. the ruling president is expected to win again, but opposition parties are hoping to increase their votes by focusing on economic problems. our correspondent reports from istanbul. >> reporter: for the first time in many years turkey's opposition is trying to change its image. the main opposition the republican people's party known as the chp is focusing on the economy. so is the other main opposition party, the national movement or nhp. for both parties the issues of secularism religion and nationalism are not the top priority. the chp has been holding rallies

like this one across turkey promising major economic projects improving people's lives, and increasing the minimum wage. >> translator: i don't know how the leader of the chp got it right this time. he is promising more money to us pensioners. >> reporter: this man says his party's campaign will resinate with voters. >> translator: unemployment is as high as 6.5 million people. 10 million retired people are struggling to survive. 43 million citizens are in debt. what kind of an economic picture does this present. >> reporter: the opposition message could appeal to voters but winning a general election is unlikely. the ruling party has won every election since it came to power in 2002. the chp has a problem. it failed to win enough votes to form a government for the last 65 years.

and at the last general election the parties won only -- around 26% of the vote. people are not sure about the party's positions. some analysts believe the party still needs to address some of its core beliefs such as secularism. >> it only appeals strongly to a segment of the voters and the chp has to become a mass party that can appeal to -- that can get votes from all segments of turkish voters. >> reporter: the other main opposition, the nationalist movement is stelazine by many as ultra nationalist and opposes a peace process with the kurds. they are unlikely to win the election but hope their popularity will increase and

they'll have more seats in parliament. robin will be here with all of the latest fifa developments shortly. do stay with us after the break here on the al jazeera news hour. ♪

♪ all right. time for all of the sport now, here is robin. >> shiulie thank you very much. south africa have denied a 2010 world cup bribe, and these are just some developments after another dramatic 24 hours for

fifa. sepp blatter said he would resign as president, the announcement made days after he has been elected again. six men were put on interpol's most wanted list a few days ago, including jack warner. >> i don't have a comment on mr. blatter's decision to step down except to say we certainly hope the organization will be able to move forward in a way that are support of its goals. >> lee wellings has more now on the steps to elect a new fifa president. >> reporter: what we know for sure is the process to find a new permanent fifa president is going to take at least four months because that came correctly from the head of order and compliance at fifa who explained this moments after sepp blatter has spectacularly

resigned. but it could take longer than that. he admitted it could be between six and nine months. we're talking about a situation in march next year might we then only have a new fifa president. so there are is a lot of time for candidates to determine if they can win. is this the time for michel platini. of course he backed prince ali, who is a strong candidate in the election that sepp blatter won. will there be a deal between prince ali and michel platini? prince ali has said he is interested in serving football but does that mean he will go for the presidency.

will michael van prog come back into it? we really need to be realistic about what kind of figure the new fifa president will be. and others are look going their candidacy. a former fifa vice president and south korea is considering to come in. former french international was one of the first to put up his hand to run for president. >> i'm not thinking about the chances. i'm just thinking about giving an opportunity for people to believe in something else to -- for people to believe in something completely different, because before fifa was making sure that every single candidate will be getting the stamp from

fifa. are you a fifa man? yes, you can go into the election. as an independent because they can't control you, to get five nomination by the deadline was almost impossible because fifa controls so much. the 209 [ inaudible ]. that is almost impossible. even some fa's i spoke to different presidents of different fa's they were very keen on the message of transparency and democracy, and equality, but they clearly couldn't get a nomination because they are controlled by fifa. >> the controversy in fifa has also distracted from one of its showcase events the under 20 world cup. wayne haye reports. >> reporter: these are dark days for fifa, but wintery conditions

for the under 20 world cup are the least of their concerns. fans are still coming to watch, but the resignation of sepp blatter is what everyone is talking about. >> he's corrupt. all of them are corrupt. there's no two ways about it. >> i think it was the best thing for the game in the future. >> reporter: this tournament is supposed to be all about showcasing the best up and coming talent in football. instead all of the attention has been on the other side of the world. >> translator: although members of fifa have reelected me as president. this mandate does not be supported by everyone in the world of football. >> reporter: blatter resigned less than a week after several fifa officials were arrested on corruption charges. he was reelected for a fifth term as president only on friday. sepp blatter is supposed to be

coming to the latter stages of this tournament but that seems unlikely now. and even the host of this tournament isn't keen on hosting him. if he comes it will be awkward on many fronths given that new zealand didn't vote for him in the last election. and the officials are unashamedly happy he resigned. >> surprised at the timing but great news. i think this should have happened on friday. >> reporter: ticket sales for this game were lower than expected. that was more to do with the weather than scandal at head office. but if fifa official continue to be seen as abusing their powers future players may not look on the game so much as the beautiful game. there are questions on

whether the 2022 world cup will go ahead. >> why did the executive of fifa decide to put a world cup that is supposed to be in august in qatar which is vastly too hot against the advice of their own safety committee? and the answer is -- i leave it to you for your own conclusion. i think if i was the qatarry team that won, i would be very worried. >> the head respondented to those comments by saying: in other football news [ inaudible ] is now officially the new catch of real madrid replacing the sacked boss. he was the front runner for the role after announcing his departure from his team.

>> translator: my plan is to enjoy this team and today my first day i don't want to focus on individual aspects of the team. we have a great team very competitive, and i will try to enjoy it regardless of their individual needs. >> reporter: the cuban national team clashed on tuesday with the new york cosmos. it was thu first time a professional u.s. sports team played in cuba since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations. but they conceded four goals in the first half. but they did bag a second half console console consolation goal. >> translator: this is a very important moment. >> world number one is on court

right now. djokovic won the first two sets and a 1-1 up in the third. serena williams just over an hour to sweep aside her opponent. then the belgium player went on to secure her spot. fifa all of day's big sport stories are dominating our website. we'll keep all of the developments on our website for you. that's aljazeera.com/sport. that's where we'll leave it for now. >> thank you very much indeed robin. now a growing number of women in europe are putting their maternal instincts quite

literally on ice. they are delaying having a baby by freezing their eggs. that's despite the risks and the cost. neave barker has more. >> reporter: melanie is among a broing number of british women delaying motherhood until later years. as melanie approached 40, she decided to freeze her eggs to preserve her fertility. >> things were getting later and later, but i thought i didn't want to grow old without having a child or children. >> reporter: despite conceiving her daughter naturally, she continues to keep some of her eggs frozen for future use. >> suddenly you realize you are too old to pull things out, just helps give an assurance in a

way. >> reporter: egg freezing as been underway for decades, but now clinics are promoting their services to young professional women. >> freezing our eggs will set your mind at rest for later on when you have achieved what you wish in the workplace to achieve a pregnancy later on. >> reporter: it involves giving patients expensive hormones to increase egg production. they are stored in nitrogen for up to ten years. the process can cost more than $18,000. in the last year the number of inquiries into private fertility treatment has more than doubled. in the last 12 months alone, clinics like this have seen a 407% increase in people interested in freezing their eggs. the figure is more than double

than in spain. most women are between the ages of 25 and 34, and a number of women even younger is on the rise. but the success rate remains unclear. one of the leading pioneers has a spark message. >> don't it. there is a lot of evidence that suggests it is very unreliable unsuccessful and a pregnancy loss, and we may be creating babies that might be at risk for diseases that we didn't expect. >> reporter: as the science of fertility develops it could help more women make difficult decisions between family work life. >> that's it for us here in doha

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