>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour. i'm richelle carey. coming up in the next 60 minutes. the family of an israeli man who went missing in gaza pleas for help to free him. a countrien gulfed in unspeakable violence. sow sudan marks four years of dense but there is little to celebrate. the number of syrian refugees now tops 4 million. and pope francis delivers mass in bolivia, the latest stop

on his south american tour. ♪ israel says two of its citizens are being held in the gaza strip at least one by hamas. one of the missing men disappeared last year. the details about him are only coming out now because an israeli judge has lifted a gag order. this is what we know. he is believed to have crossed the border fence into the gaza strip in september of last year. he is described as being of ethiopian dissent. this information is coming from the israeli ministry of defense. according to israeli sources, he is being held against his will be hamas. but hamas says it doesn't know anything about this. israel's prime minister benjamin netenyahu says on twitter that his government is working to return him from gaza. his brother has called on the

international community to help find him. >> translator: my bother has been missing for the last ten months. it looks like he crossed the boarder into gaza and then disappeared. we're taushging about a humanitarian case because my brother is not well. on our family's behalf i ask the government of israel to do its utmost to bring my brother back safely. and i ask the international community to intervene and put pressure to have my brother released. i also call on hamas to consider my brother's condition and release him immediately. >> what have you heard from his family? i understand they had a press conference earlier. tell us more about that. >> reporter: yeah, that -- that snip that we just played was from a news conference that took place just over my shoulder and the apartment block which the family home is in is just over the soldier. we're about five miles from the

perimeter fence of gaza a stone's throw, really and very easy for him to go and cross that barrier, and enter gaza. exactly why he did it nobody quite knows, but the brother did give some telling details. he said his brother wasn't well. he said this is a humanitarian case. and speaking to people here, it would appear that he had a history of not being entirely mentally stable and also reports that he had been drinking on the day he vanished into gaza. in that said regardless of his motivation and state of mind israel is very concerned about his fate, and although it appears that he crossed the border voluntarily, whether he is still in a voluntary position to stay in gaza is entirely open to question. israel says he is being held captive. hamas denies that he is being held captive. >> so what else are we hearing

from the israeli authorities, specifically why they think hamas has something do to with this? >> reporter: they say there's credible information to come out with that statement. they are not sharing that credible information with us. and as i said hamas is denying it is holding the man. it's a real difficult one, because for the past ten months the authorities have been advising the family not to go public with this. they advised them strongly that to go public might jeopardize the process of having him returned. and it might sour the ongoing efforts between israel and hamas through third-party intermediaries to agree to a long-time ceasefire for this region. a five, perhaps ten-year ceasefire agreement is underway. and if a hostage situation

develops out of this situation at the moment then it would severely jeopardize those efforts. >> paul thank you so much. let's get the view now from gaza. >> reporter: a very curious situation here in gaza but one with very few answers. al jazeera reached out to a senior hamas spokesman, and asked him whether hamas was holding either one or both of these israeli citizens. the answer to that was, and i quote, no comment. still in the background of all of that of course is one year since israel began its 50-day bombardment of the gaza strip. in that of course has been marked here in gaza by a ceremony including the unveiling of a monument in the center of gaza city. this monument is of a fairly large replica of a tank with a clenched fist rising out of it.

in the hand of that fist are hanging three dog tags or military id tags. one of them bares the name of an israeli soldier believed to have been killed during that conflict, but who's remains are believed to be still here in gaza but the other two dog tags or military id tags bear only question marks, leading many to believe they represent the missing citizens. the number of syrian refugees has exceeded 4 million. 7.5 million are displaced inside syria. >> reporter: 4 million and counting. refugees in jordan's camp didn't think the conflict in syria would last this long or force this many people out of their

country. this is one of the camp's oldest residents. he says two and a half years later, he has finally adjusted to life as a refugee, but had this reaction when we told him the number of refugees in the region had reached 4 million. >> translator: this is a disaster. it means the entire population will eventually be displaced. this makes me feel their conflict are will drag on for years and a return to syria soon is impossible. >> reporter: this man had lived in the camp before deciding to survive on his own in the jordanian border town but we returned two months ago. >> translator: i had to pay rent and it was so expensive. refugees have to pay for a lot of services outside of the camp so i was forced to return. >> reporter: when asked what they want from the international community, many refugees here say they want an end to the

carnage in syria. the united nations has called the crisis the worst humanitarian disaster in recent history, almost half of all of the people in syria have been displaced including 4 million who have been forced to leave for neighboring countries like jordan, and according to aid agencies there is no sign of when these refugees will be able to return home. the u.n. says the international community has been generous but the scale of the syrian crisis is so big that donors are thinking about how funding can be sustained as the conflict continues. >> already this year people have less access to services. there are already agencies having to come back on assistance. it's pushing them back to the camps, which are funded entirely by the international community or pushing them even to return to syria, and when you have families telling you i'm going back because i can't earn a living here and they would prefer to live in a war zone

you know just how desperate they will. >> reporter: the u.n. refugee agency says around 80% of the refugees are living below the poverty line. another 70% are sending their children out to beg and are engaging in degrading or illegal work. many say this is a sign of desperate people have become. syrian's neighbors who are takes in the bulk of refugees most of them are in turkey. it's home to 1.8 million syrian ref fees. tiny lebanon is hosting nearly 1.2 million. jordan has more than 600,000, many living below the poverty line. and only a quarter of a million are in iraq. more than 156,000 syrians have found refuge in north africa most of them in egypt. there are also 270,000 syrian asylum seekers in europe.

the director of the middle east and north africa bureau for the unhcr says the number could be as high as 5 refugees >> those who did not avail themselves of registration there are another 270,000 syrian asylum seeshgs in europe several countries, and we have thousands of syrians attempting to cross the mediterranean, and some perished in that trip. this is the real crisis of our time. the syrian people inside syria are suffering. about 7 to 8 million displaced, another 10 million impacted directly, and 4 million who are living in exile in the region are facing some of them utter poverty, problems with education, health income a lot of them depleted their savings, and also they are straining the

communities, the bellies, and -- of the velages and towns where they live they are also facing difficulties because of the strainen energy, water, health education, and employment. the u.n. says it holds south sudan's president personally responsible for the self inflicted disaster facing their country. as you can see, the army is out in force to mark the four-year anniversary of independence. for the people of south sudan, there is little to celebrate. the country has been engulfed in violence, tens of thousands killed, and more than 2 million displaced. catherine soi spoke to some people living under rebel control along the board we are ethiopia. >> reporter: this woman was

fetching firewood northeast of here. she says she was ambushed by government soldiers. they allegedly stabbed and shot her multiple times before she was rescued and air lifted to this red cross health center in the rebel-held area. her brother said the security situation was not what he expected when he celebrated independence from sudan four years ago. >> translator: you get independence but you are still dying, you can't be happy. the conflict was not happening, i wouldn't be here. so how can i celebrate? >> reporter: at another health center not too far away this baby has her first medical checkup. she is days oil. her mother say she just wants her child to grow up in peace. >> translator: i want the two sides to come together. it's only the leadership that can bring peace so that our children can have a good future. >> reporter: there's relative call income this part of the

oil-rich upper nile state, but many are poor and displaced. they receive humanitarian help but a few aid agencies often have trouble getting supplies from the capitol city juba. all of these people will go home with nothing. some have walked for hours to get to this center. most have been displaced from areas that far from here where fighting is still going on. opposition leaders have been traveling across the continent in shadowed diplomacy, before talking begin. the rebel leader riek machar says he is still committed to the peace process. >> i'm always hopeful that peace will come. salva kiir if he resigns this is peace. you know normally if you look into history of wars the president that causes a war is never the person who brings

about peace. >> reporter: as in government-controlled areas, life is tough for everyone here. food prices have more than doubled. tough restrictions imposed by the ethiopian government at the border crossing has made it more difficult. many are cautiously hoping that this time around the talks will bring them lasting peace. let's bring in the spokesperson for south sudan's president. he joins us live from juba. we very much appreciate your time. the opposition says that the president, salva kiir's constitutional mandate is done. what do you say to that? >> in actual fact when i hear this i thought it was a daydream; that the rebel leader tries to -- to think this was

going to tend to be the truth, when in actual fact he doesn't have the capacity of speaking about the constitution, because he himself has rebelled against that constitution. and by talking about constitutions, he even surprises many simply because the man is a rebel, and we know the definition of rebel. if my english doesn't let me down, then a rebel is someone who has rebelled against the very constitution it is trying to upheld. so the president's tenure was extended by the people of south sudan, and the members of the parliament that they will lifted in 2010 election. the opportunity would have been availed for the people in april

of this year but riek machar made the country to be in the war. he still now wants to be the president by all means, and all -- actually noticed this. so it is him who put the people of south sudan in a situation that they cannot go back to -- >> so what you are saying -- >> -- decide between salva kiir and those that want to contest him. >> having said that what is your government willing to do to reach peace? there are millions of people that are terrified. 50,000 people have been killed. what is your government willing to do to reach peace? >> we recognize that this is a political war, and this one has been shown by this willingness to bring peace back has been shown by our president salva kiir.

that is why he often travels, where everybody is being called with the opposition leader. there are no presidents in the world that negotiate with rebel leaders, but the fact that he has been going out to -- to speak to riek machar even recently when the president of kenya called him, he flew to meet riek machar and as soon as riek machar sees the president he becomes more [ inaudible ]. he knows the people of south sudan are capable to decide who should be their leader. it is not something that you may enforce on them. >> thank you very much. >> nothing is -- >> for speaking on behalf of the president, we appreciate it. we appreciate you very much and your time. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be talking to the opposition ahead in our newscast. thank you. >> thank you.

>> plenty more coming up on the al jazeera news hour. business grinds to a halt in greece. we'll tell you why the sun isn't always shining on people in this hawaii who want to get off of the grid. and we have one confirmed finalist for wimbledon, and there's a battle going on right now for the last available women's spot. details coming up in sport. ♪ foreign ministers from western powers are locked in talks in the austria, trying to finalize a deal over iran's nuclear program. they are trying to iron out remaining issues, and secure an agreement by friday so a document can be presented to the u.s. congress. james bayes is live in vienna where the deadline seems to keep

moving james. tell us what are you hearing out of there? is there optimism? >> reporter: well, richelle when i spoke to you a few hours ago in the blazing sunshine there was quite a degree of optimism the russians were saying they thought it was possible there could be a deal within hours. well as you can see, the weather as turned and i think so has the at -- atmosphere of the talks. as you say the importance of this -- and it has become yet another deadline -- is the fact that in the congressional legislation about any deal, it says if you get the deal before the end of the 9th, that's today, then congress gets 30 days to look at it. if you go beyond the 9th and into the 10th then the congress gets 60 days, instead, two months, instead of one to look

at the deal and that's something i don't think anyone around the table really wants. but they keep meeting, and they haven't so foreman aged to do a deal. interesting news coming in the last few minutes, we're going to here from john kerry who is going to come out here to talk to reporters. my understanding is he's not going to make an important announcement. he is not going to tell us he has a deal he is going to we assume, say he still has problems, and that's not really what they wanted with that congressional deadline just hours away. >> all right. james bayes thank you so much. the taliban has denied reports that it has been in talks with the afghan government. a meeting in pakistan has been portrayed by local media as the first official talks between the taliban and afghan officials. but the groups political office says those at the meeting were

relatives of taliban members and were not actually representing the armed group. the u.n. envoy for yemen says a ceasefire is expected to be announced in the next few days. he has held talks in sana'a. they are trying to end more than three months of fighting. >> translator: we are leaving sana'a after our third visit with cautious optimism. we are optimistic that we have some points that can move us forward. i am optimistic that in the next 24 hours we will announce the humanitarian trust. the bureau of the secretary general will hold some discussions with president hadi and other parties. we are very optimistic. live pictures here of a fairly large mass yes, the head of the catholic church, the pope is giving mass in latin america's poorest country.

thousands are gathered right there in santa cruz to see the pope. let's bring in a journalist based in bolivia and joins us live from santa cruz. tell us about the atmosphere the energy there that the pope brings with him when he delivers mass to crowds this large. >> reporter: it has been an amazing event. thousands and millions of people 1.2 to be exact are gathered here in the four corners, the most important here in santa cruz. people have slept the night with low temperatures to see the pope francis, and listen to his message, not only for latin america, but for all people in the region. >> what is the significance of the pope -- there are so many places he could have gone. what is he significance of his picking bolivia?

>> reporter: well actually he is deciding to come to ecuador, bolivia, and paraguay because of the political issues that are happening in every single country. here in bolivia, he has saided he wants a dialogue between chile and bolivia, and he pointed out that they need a way out to the pacific. it has been a very long day, and the people have been very emotional about this message. because he put his criteria on point. the president has welcomed him to a country that has been invaded and purged out of its way out or exit to the pacific, so we believe his presence is not only about region and faith, but also about political points. the president and the pope have been meeting four times now, and he shared 35 minutes on palace

in la paz. >> leanna thank you so much. and if we can return to the live pictures that you were seeing, that is the pope as we said delivering mass to a crowd of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people who have waited all day for this moment. all right. let's take you to greece now where a deadline is looming for the government. it has until the end of the day thursday to submit a e.u. reform plan. another sign that the economy is seizing up some airlines have stopped selling tickets through the agencies in the country, and bank closures have been extended up to and including monday. greeks can't take anymore than 60 euros out of the atm a day.

hoda abdel hamid visited one community in northern greece that is really starting to suffer. >> reporter: it's a postcard image of greece. a port it's boats, and it's fishermen, but there's no escaping the harsh reality greece is facing. >> translator: until now we survived, but now i don't know if i'll be able to continue. these days starting a fishing business is madness. but i inherited this and i will pass it on to my son. >> reporter: the family has been casting their nets in the sea for five generations. the whole economy here revolved around fish. it is considered one of the most important fishing ports in the country. a reputation difficult to understand these days. normally this market would be buzzing with greek people coming here to get fresh produce. now the stalls are pretty empty, half of the shops have closed down, and the fishmongers say they are selling about 60% less than before.

and since the banks closed more than a week ago, there is barely anyone here. >> translator: the price of fish has not changed. but people don't have money to buy. the last three, four days nearly no one came. that's why i'm so sad. >> reporter: fish is a big part of the greek diet, but this man says it has become a luxury. he lost his job six weeks ago, and at 60 wonders if he will ever be hired again. >> translator: i used to fish at least two or three times a month, now it's twice at most and i have to buy the smaller, lower quality ones i can't afford it otherwise. >> reporter: it should have been the summer season for tourism. her restaurant just across from the market opened 17 years ago. it had a reputation that went beyond the village. empty tables are the new normal nowadays. >> translator: i wake up in the morning wondering how many

people will come. sometimes there's no one. it's so hard. i now take antidepressants, but rewith proud people and the e.u. won't take our dignity away. >> reporter: the final deadline for greece is next sunday. people here like elsewhere are resilient and say the country will come out of the crisis one day, but when and at what cost? stay with us here in the news hour. there's plenty more to come. it has long been regarded as a symbol of racism in the united states, but now the confederate flag is doing down in south carolina. and foot lose how the sneaker evolved from shoe to fashion statement. and the man who helped explosion alleged corruption in fifa is banned for life by his former employerers. robin will have all of that and the rest in sport. ♪

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stories now. the family of an israeli citizen being held in gaza is calling on the international community to help secure his release. he is of ethiopian dissent and disappeared ten months ago. and israel says he is being held by hamas. the u.n. says the number of syria refugees now exceeds 4 million, making it the single biggest refugee crisis in the world. more than 7.5 million are displaced within syria. south sudan is marking four years since gaining independence from sudan. but celebrations have been overshadowed by the country's humanitarian crisis. south sudan has been racked by violence since december of 2013. that's when the president, salva kiir sacked his deputy riek machar for allegedly planning a

coup. several ceasefires have been violated, they have been broken. the chaos has forced more than 2 million from their homes and up to 50,000 people have been killed with hunger and disease, making life even more difficult. both sides are accused of massacres, rapes, and attacks on children. steven par qual is the chairman for the national education in the people's liberation movement in opposition. he appreciate your time so much. why is the opposition demanding that the president step down? >> well it is not the opposition demanding it. it is actually the people of south sudan demanding it. salva kiir has lost legitimacy long long time ago when he violated the constitution by dismissing democratic elected

governors, organized a program and committed genocide. from that time he has lost that legitimacy. >> so you are accusing the president of genocide? and we did speak obviously to a representative of the government earlier, and they are saying that your side has no credibility, and in fact there are accusations that your side the opposition is actually fractured. are you really speaking for a large group of people? >> we are speaking for the ftlm ftla, and it is not fractured. it's a well organized and united opposition with political credibility known to all of our people in south sudan and beyond. >> what are you willing to do for peace in your country?

>> well we have been negotiating with kiir for the last two years, and what we have demanded is not for oppositions. it's what the people of south sudan demand. we need justice and accountability for all of the crimes that have been committed in that country. we need a new regime not this dictate tait forral genocidal regime. >> short of the president stepping down what are your demands to get to peace? short of that happening, because that might not happen. >> yeah what needs to be clear to everybody is that we don't have a legitimate leader in the country now. the country is in crisis. the international community just needs to come in to set up a new

system or let this dictator regime negotiate in good faith. >> you touched on the humanitarian situation in the areas of the country that you control, are people getting the things that they need? we have reported that some people are too terrified to take food, because they feel it makes them a target for somebody to harm them. that's a dire situation to live in from day-to-day. so how is the humanitarian situation in the areas of the country that you control? >> it is -- it is very harsh humanitarian condition. and that has been reported by the international humanitarian organization operating in that area. it is very difficult even for humanitarian organizations to deliver relief services, because the government is targeting the very civilians, the very people they claim to rule in juba and we are talking about the whole

area of the greater upper nile. all of those people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance now, but the government will not allow this to happen because they are waging war, particularly where humanitarian need is dire. >> all right. we have heard from both sides in this news hour and it remains to be seen what comes out of the talks. thank you so many mr. qual. supporters of a christian politician have fought in the capitol of beirut. the leader of the free patriotic movement party called for the demonstration following a dispute over security in the government. lebanon has been without a president since may of last year. in egypt at least 20 soldiers have been injured in north sinai. egyptian security forces have been fighting rebels in the sinai region since president

morsi was deposed in 2013. algeria's president has ordered the army to restore order in a region south of the capitol. more than 20 people have been killed in one city and fighting two groups over jobs housing, and land. [ shouting [ >> reporter: ethnic violence has gripped different parts of the province south of the capitol algiers. sunni arabs have fought burbers, the aftermath is devastating. this video appears to show an attack on an arab neighborhood in the town. and vandalism was reported in at least three towns. many shops and homes have been set on fire. it is the worst violence in years.

here a voice is heard rejoicing and promising that those who lived here will not be allowed to return. it is also not clear what triggered the violence which started over the weekend. [ applause ] >> reporter: the government has deployed thousands of riot police and called for wisdom and unity. the situation here is tense. >> translator: there was a demand from the people to send the army after the political authorities and security forces failed to secure the problem. we can't talk about sectarian struggle. it appears it's sectarian, but it's deeper than this. it is a political problem over two years ago. we always try to find temporary solutions, since we don't have a solution to the problem and understand the problem and its roots, the tragedy will happen again. >> reporter: they also fought two years ago, and vandals destroyed an historic shrine.

this time the level of violence is worse. many people in the province accuse the government of negligence. the area in southern algeria in general is widely underdeveloped. it has high unemployment and lack of any social of economic opportunities. all of that means arabs and burbers compete over land housing and job opportunities. now the government is trying to restored order. many say that all ties between the two sides could be at risk. china's stock market has bounced back slightly after the government stepped in to ban large sales. over the past three weeks more than $3 trillion have been wiped off of the market. many of the people who lost money are small investors who have seen their savings simply wiped out. scott heidler reports from

beijing. >> reporter: ten years ago he moved home to china as he shaw more opportunity here. in that paid off, he invested in the stock market. in the recent sharp downturn in the markets, he has lost over hundred thousand dollars. but he is not ready to cash in. >> where else can i put it? i don't want it to sit in the bank, and well buying house might not be a good idea either. >> reporter: a stagnating housing market is one part of the reason there has been such a surge in stock buying in china. savings rates are also below inflation. so with the surging bull market earlier in the year many jumps in some say with government enticement. >> the bull market is encouraged by the propaganda. we all want a bull market. in a bull market everybody is happy. companies can raise money selling shares people are making money from the market

the government can do a lot more with the bull market. all of this is actually sort of accelerated the market on the way out, and then accelerate it on the way down as well. >> reporter: unlike other developed stock markets around the world, china's main pool of investors are not professionals. some 80% of those trading on china's stock markets are individual investors with little experience. those are the ones the government is worried about, saying their panicked selling added to the market slide. over the last several days china's central government has put mechanisms in place. it is also planning to invest as much as 30% of the country's pension fund system in stock. >> still market is market. now the china market is much more mature stronger you'll find [ inaudible ] because the

market has its own power, it's own logic, so that's a lesson i think for the government. >> reporter: john is not happy about losing money, but characterized the last few weeks as the market's growing paining. >> when i make money, okay i don't give it to anybody else. i take all of the glory and all of the credit so i think it's only fair if i lose money or i cannot make as much i shouldn't blame the -- the -- the government or -- or the system. >> reporter: there's no way to know when the current market volatility will end. so it's unclear just how much more john and his 90 million fellow individual investors might stand to lose. scott heidler, al jazeera, beijing. >> reporter: columbias president has welcomed a ceasefire from

the farc rebels for later this month. but he says the fighters have to prove they genuinely want lasting peace. protesters have fought with riot police in nicaragua's capitol. opposition leaders say unless there are reforms, next year's election will guarantee that the president will have a third consecutive term in office. and in liberia two more people have been infected with the ebola virus. it's prompting fears that liberia is facing a resurgence of the epidemic after it was declared ebola free two months ago. the confederate flag is coming down in south carolina. lawmakers have agreed to remove the flag. it's coming down from the state's capitol building on friday. diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: the final vote came at about 1:00 am and followed more than 13 hours of often

contentious debate. >> there has been an absolute evidence of a double standard or duel standard shown to me today. >> grace is not something that we earn. grace is something that comes to us unearned. >> reporter: the push to remove the flag followed the killings of nine black church goers last month. second quarter republican representative jenny horn attended the funeral for one of the victims. she said it was time for her colleagues to act. >> and for the widow of senator pinckney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury! and i will not be a part of it! >> reporter: it has been a striking change in a state where the confederate flag has flown on or at the capitol for decades. its status protected by a law

that required super majorities of both houses to take the flag down. there is sports still ahead on al jazeera. we'll tell you what was aid about rory mcelroy.

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green energy, it is big in hawaii. people have been installing solar panels alongside regular electrical units. but they say the process is so difficult, they are cutting links with the electrical grid entirely. >> reporter: when the owner of this mansion told his solar installer that he wanted to get off of the electrical grid it was a first. >> it shocked me. and when the crew came out to do it they had the same response. they said here goes our jobs. >> reporter: cutting ties to the electrical company was not the first plan. solar seems easy here and the client just wanted to rely on the grid for backup power. but hawaii is a complicated place. hawaii is one of the most isolated centers of population in the world, and as a result it's a incredibly complicated to

provide power leer. you can't bower power from the state over or island over you add solar power to that mix and things get very complicated. >> this shows how the grid is operating. >> reporter: colton says that means his utility has to closely monitor how much power is on his grid. >> here in oahu for example, we have almost 300 megawatts of roof top solar collectively and that collective impact is twice the size -- almost twice the size of the largest power plant that we have on the island. >> reporter: roof top solar systems that feed right into the grid are the problem. the key to defecting instead is batteries. the luxuries of this house are powered by this bank of

batteries. each one of them weighs 2,000 pounds, and costs about $5,000. the whole system is about $40,000 all told. these were originally forklift batteries. that's what they were designed for, and now they are being used as a solar power retention system. john says the batteries solve hawaiian electric's unpredictable power problem, and they approved it as a learning opportunity. >> right at the end they said we can't do it. and i said why? and they said because they're not ready for it. they haven't researched it enough. >> reporter: it that's cautious bureaucratic attitude that drives his customers to defect from the grid. it may not be for everyone but a handful of ultra rich home owners here seem to be demonstrating the future of household energy. jacob ward al jazeera, maui hawaii. let's turn to sport now with robin.

you have a lot to tell us about. >> i do. we're going to start with tennis and serena williams is on the hunt for her 21st grand slam title with her match underway at wimbledon. williams has claimed the first set against her russian opponent. william is leading 4-2. the winner of that match will take on the number 20 seed. powering away into the decider in the upset over the number 13 seed progressing to her first grand slam final. australia's cricketers are chipping away at england's lead on day two of the ashes contest. chris rogers did a solid job of keeping the aussie scoreboard ticking, but a short while ago he fell 5 runs short of a

century. zimbabwe's cricketers have wrapped up preparation for their match. it is a second string india team they will be up against. india, though key to test their french players. that starts on friday. >> i would say it's not a few team. most of them have been there before. some [ inaudible ] the only one who is relatively new, and he [ inaudible ] fairly well in the [ inaudible ], so i guess that should give him the necessary confidence to do that here. >> it's going to be a good challenge. doesn't matter who -- who is here to play against him, but i believe that they are good

enough to play against [ inaudible ] against india, we just have to show the same strength that we always do. now let's bring you up to speed on the latest developments on the world of football. fifa has banned chuck for life. he is the former general secretary of the caribbean football association who has been working undercover with the united states prosecutors to expose corruption in fifa. one of those at the center of the biggest-ever scandal to hit fifa is jack warner who will reappear in a court on thursday with the u.s. requesting extradition over fraud charges.

there has been a surprise with costa rica being held. players boycotted monday's training session over pay issues but it was the jamaicans who took the lead. a celebration short lived though, because they netted two goals to gain the advantage. all of this of course before the halftime break. [ cheers and applause ] >> rescued a point for the jamaicans. this goal coming in the 48th minute. 2-2 the final score. the group is pretty wide open at the moment because the other group b game ended in a goalless draw. but this is an incredible move from the striker. the 20 year old, clearly unimpressed with his effort.

and the world number and defending champion rory mcelroy withdraw out of the championship does put a number of the other players front and center. jordan says he was rather looking forward to a show down with mcelroy. he is ranked number 2 in the world. he withdraw after he injured his ankle playing a social game of football. >> everybody needs to have a life too. i played basketball against michael a few weeks ago one on one. i do things every day when you are get hurt. i wouldn't change anything i'm doing. to the mlb where the mets have man -- managed to win a second contest. the other star player was a man by the name of ere riric campbell.

and chicago, the cubs were beaten by the cardinals. a two-run homer helped the cardinals overturn a 5-run deaf state -- deficit. thank you very much. sneakers trainers kicks, whatever you call them. the shoe has evolved into a high-end fashion statement. an entire sneaker culture has emerged. in new york there is even an exhibition about them. kristen saloomey went along. >> reporter: revered by rappers. ♪ >> reporter: coveted by consumers. >> a crowd of shoppers rushing through the entrance at eastland mall. ♪ >> reporter: nike, reebok converse, and, yes adidas are

now also the subject of an exhibition at the brooklyn museum in new york. it's called the rise of sneaker culture. the first pairs date back to the 1800s, and the development of rubber souls for sports shoes. but it was 1984 when michael jordan teamed up with nike to produce the first air jordans that sneakers became synonymous with fashion. >> it's origin really were urban. basketball itself is a very important urban game. >> reporter: run dmc further solidified the sneaker's place in urban style. >> run dmc was the first band to usher in twhaef of sneaker culture. they were the first ones to make people recognize that we as young people had a voiz and

power. >> reporter: this show also chronicles technological innovations from reebok's insta pump, to the latest adidas model which is made from reclaimed plastics. still it's the snazzy designs that catch your eye. dee remembers the first pair of sneakers he fell in love with. >> they were so colorful and i just had to have them. i got a job as a paper boy, and i saved up and i think they were 250, 300, and i finally got them. >> reporter: some make a political statement. others a fashion one. but this exhibit makes it clear, wearing sneakers like this is saying something. kristen saloomey al jazeera, brooklyn, new york. >> very nice. keep it here on al jazeera, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. we're going to hand it off to david foster in london so keep

it here. and thanks for your time. ♪

the family of an israeli man being held in gaza appeals for help to get him released. ♪ good to have you along. i'm david foster, and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up 1 in 4 million, the number of refugees displaced from syria passes a new milestone. south sudan marks four years of independence, but for the many victims of the country's civil war there is little to celebrate. and what