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including i can't save athletics on my own. he is saddened by the doping claims surrounding his sport as he prepares for the world championships in beijing. ♪ europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the second word war. from the english channel to the aid dree attic sea, they are grappling with challenges. macedonia has declared a state of emergency on its border with greece. it will allow it to deal with the thousands of people crossing into the country on their way north. germany says it expected to receive a record 800,000 people this year. britain and france have agreed tougher security measures at the port of calais, including more

police and higher fences. 5,000 people are living in appalling conditions in makeshift camps. let's go live to julie mcdonald, our correspondent who has been following developments today. first of all tell us about this agreement that has been long and coming, hasn't it, between britain and france as the interior ministers got together today. tell us about what they have agreed. >> they did get together and this agreement has been long in coming, you are absolutely right. for a while britain and france pretty much sat there blaming each other, but now they have decided to work together. there will be a new command and control center just outside of calais. it will be inhabited by both british and french police officers. but their goal is very specific, and it is to crack the people smuggling rings that bring people from northern france and into the u.k.

and look at the safety and security architecture around the tunnel. but their main goal, really, is to crack these people smuggling rings. this is what the british home secretary had to say this morning. >> we must also relentlessly pursue and disrupt the callus criminal gangs that facilitate and profit from the smuggling of vulnerable people often with total disregard for their lives. >> reporter: one of the big problems that the e.u. is facing is over burden sharing, and who should take the lion's share of these desperate people. greece as we know is seeing thousands upon thousands of people making it to shore there, in fact 50,000 have arrived just in the past month. jonah hull is on the island of kos, and he has been talking to people about their experience. >> reporter: the front in kos, at the height of the holiday

season has become a refugee camp. tourists might once have lingered here for the view. they don't anymore. outside the station, frustrations rises by the day. those with more obvious claims to asylum like syrians fleeing civil war are given priority and processed fairly quickly. others fend for themselves. >> thank you! thank you! >> i want you to be quiet! >> international agencies with trying to help speed up a process that is grindingly slow, but they say they are getting little help from the local authorities. >> we have offered our support. we can provide tents. we can provide services, but -- >> reporter: how quickly? >> we can provide it very quickly, but we need them to provide us a site where we can put the tents. >> reporter: so the glooeks are dragging their feet? the >> let's say we haven't received

a positive reply yet. >> reporter: this is what passes for accommodation, an a -- abandoned hotel. >> infectious diseases, coming from their countries, malaria cases, some typhoid, some tb. >> reporter: could the authorities be doing more do you think? >> they could help a little bit more. >> reporter: how long have you been here? >> 20 days. five days, 15 days. 20 days. >> reporter: in that time have you had any help? any support? >> no, everything is very bare now, here. >> reporter: where do you want to go? >> i want to go to germany. >> reporter: germany? >> yes. >> germany. >> reporter: you? >> germany. >> reporter: you? >> germany. >> >> reporter: there was a day when multiple nationalities

gathered around, these days they come from afghanistan, pakistan. back on the coastal strip, the restaurantures complain the my grants have driven tourists away. the tourists walk on in search with a place to eat with a better view. and julie what we seem to be witnessing is a -- a trend, really, among many of these refugees to enter europe at the point of greece and then they try to head north and as a consequence, one of its bakken neighbors has imposed a state of emergency. >> yes, that's exactly what is happening. people arrive in a certain place and try to go to a different country. that's what we're seeing in greece. thousands of people are going ashore in greece, and then they

are headed to hungry. we saw desperate pictures of people literally clinging to and squashing on to trains to get to macedonia. the government has declared a state of merge, allowing it to bring in the army to help it deal with people. it just goes to show you there is barely a corner of europe that is untouched by this really terrible problem. >> okay. julie, thank you very much indeed. well let's have a look a little bit more closely at the numbers. as we have been saying, germany expects to receive 800,000 asylum seeshgs this year. that's hugely more than last year, when germany took in 200,000 refugees. sweden was next. given a home to over 80,000 people. britain has been far less generous, taking in just over 30,000 refugees. the increased security at calais

is an indication of how political the debate as become. and of all of the people that arrived in greece, fewer than 10,000 of them wanted to stay in greece. we can talk to the president of the migration policy institute europe, and he joins us live from washington, d.c. thank you for talking to us. why is the european response so incoherent, so desperate to this refugee crisis? >> well, everybody in europe has been taken by surprise on this. the numbers have been growing at such a rate that countries and the publics of these countries are trying to figure out, not what to do just with the people who are coming in, but what they can expect around the corner, and of course there is not a common european response to the issue because the issue is primarily left up to the member state. as we heard from your

interview interviewees, people want to go to germany. the route to germany, the most efficient route to germany is from greece macedonia via hungary, and most of that ru ruth -- route is going to be closed sooner rather than later. >> why are so many people choosing to leave their countries? why now? what is happening now to -- to bring this about? >> well, what we see is the fact that over the past year, year and a half, things have deteriorated. people are getting a clear sense that things are not going to change where they are. turkey and lebanon and jordan that have absorbed almost 4 million syrian refugees are

beginning to basically say we can't afford that, so in some ways they probably facilitate the movement of those people all the way to the aegean, and of course, the [ inaudible ] have spread, and so have the opportunities for people who may not be refugees who may be what europe calls economic migrants to basically say this is an opportunity, we better take advantage of it, because sooner rather than later things may close up in europe. >> and what do you make of this -- this first step that has been announced by britain and france combining efforts to put up higher fences, to target those who are -- who are making good business out of this human misery? what do you think of that? targeting the human traffickers? >> well, it is an easy group to

targ target, but an extremely difficult target to make serious progress on. it makes good television and radio, but in reality they are not going to be able to do much about the traffickers, particularly the traffickers that bring people to europe. these are networks. they are cells of people. some of them are mine power operations that are basically moving a few people at a time, and there's an enormous amount of profit to be made. reports indicate that some of these very small operators make as much as 50,000 or 100,000 euros per week. so all of the incentive is for these folks to continue to do that. and considering there are more and more people who in a sense seek out their services, europe is on the receiving end of it. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from washington, d.c. >> you are quite welcome. thank you very much.

we have got a lot more to come here on the al jazeera news hour, including tensions riseings on one of the world's most heavily militarized borders, north and south korea exchange fire. plus wildfires racing across western u.s. states kill three -- firefighters. i'm in the gaza strip where a shortage of open space has lead to sport being played in unusual places. ♪ now it has been reported in greece that the prime minister is going to call a snap election for september the 20th. we can go live now to our correspondent in athens, john psaropoul psaropoulos, and john what more do now know about this date. they have quite specific,

september the 20th. >> reporter: well, we know that a very brood meeting has been happening under the prime minister in the past few hours precisely with the point of deciding what the date of the elections will be, and we are hearing from people inside the party that he has been pressed by many members of parliament of his party, to hold them sooner rather than later, in other words in september. the government's most recent plan had been to try to form a summer session of loyal mp's who would pass more implementation bills that stem from the country's latest austerity loan which was agreed with creditors on the 13th of july. but what we're hearing from party members is that there weren't any mp's who were willing to go into such summer sessions, because they felt they would be passing austerity standards under the radar so to speak. therefore the prime minister has

been pressed in to coming forward to resign sooner, and announce elections in september. >> and john it was only in january, wasn't it, that he was elect with a wave of support. has he expended his political capital so quickly? >> well, he is rather trying to prevent a premature spending out of that political capital. and that is one of the powerful arguments in favor of his having the elections next month rather than october. his internal opposition, the far left of his party, issued the following statement on its website earlier today. why is the government in such a hurry to declare elections in august? something that hasn't happened in greek democracy at least in recent memory. because the far left says the government is in a panic. it is afraid of the consequences

of austerity as the people begin to feel it daily. in other words he wants to renew its mandate before the full consequences of his most recent bailout agreement become palatable to the taxpayer and voter. there were other arguments as well. a snap election gives less time for the opposition to prepare. and finally there is also the argument that mr. tsipras simply cannot govern in a constitutionally acceptable manner in a manner that appears to be entirely legitimate without the full support of his own mp's. he has lost a third of them in the most recent bailout loan agreement -- in the most recent vote on an austerity bill. i think many people feel it's now time for a renewal. >> okay. for now, thank you very much

indeed. south korea has fired artillery shells across the border into north korea. this in response to a rocket attack from the north. relations have historically been marked by distrust, and recent events have added to the strain. from seoul, harry fawcett. >> reporter: for 11 days now, south korea has been using giant speaker rays to spend propaganda messages across the border with the north. seoul said north korea escalated its response from propaganda to live fire. the south's military fired back with dozens of rounds of artillery around the same time as it received a message from north korea threatening further military action if the speakers weren't taken down within 48 hours. >> translator: our military raised an alert status to the highest level. we're also maintaining our

military readiness to respond if there is any further provocation. >> reporter: south korea's president was briefed at a meeting. she instructed troops to maintain readiness, and respond sternly to north korean prof v -- provocation. the latest escalation has its root in this blast. two south korean soldiers lost limbs in what seoul said a week later was a north korea attack. they said restarting the broadcasts was just phase one. drawing this response. >> translator: the resumption of the broadcasting is a direct action of declaring war. >> reporter: there had been so hope that this year, for both countries the 70th anniversary of the end of japanese colonial rule could have provided an opportunity for warming of relations.

instead hostility has risen. the current south korean government has vowed to be more robust in retaliating to such events. an exchange of fire isn't unprecedented. just last october, north korea attempted to shoot down propaganda balloons, south korea returned fire. the difference is that time tensions seemed to ramp down pretty quickly. this time with this 48-hour deadline being imposed, they have been ratcheted up. to pakistan where the country's national bank says 600,000 pensions may have been paid to people who don't even exist, but this so-called ghost pensioners are not the first incidence where state funds have been embezzled. nicole johnston explains. >> reporter: work has finished

for the day. civil servants are heading home. thousands of them. when they retire, they are all entitled to a state pension. so is the military. three-quarters of all pensions are paid to former service men and women. it cost pakistan over $2 billion a year. now the national bank of pakistan has revealed it has been paying out pensions to 600,000 people it believes either don't exist or have already passed away. >> the committee got word that is there a scam, or a -- or these ghost type of pensioners exist, or people are collecting pensions of people who have died. >> reporter: if there is a scam, it could mean one fifth of all state pensions are being paid out to the wrong people. it's not the first time there has been a scandal like this in

pakistan. a few years ago hundreds of thousands of dollars were wasted on a scheme to give cash payments to the poor. 12 0,000 names were fake. there has also been scandals in education. last year al jazeera reported on classrooms that were empty, and teachers who were paid salaries but stayed home. there were 3,000 so-called ghost schools in one province. however, pakistan's central bank, didn't believe the number of false claimants is as high as reported. >> we have a very elaborate system of identification, which is if you put your thumb on the screen, it tells you who you are, where you come, what is your age, where you work kind of thing. and based on that it is not difficult at all to identify who are the genuine pensioners.

>> reporter: an investigation has begun. >> frankly when we heard there is no system, no checks, and if there are, those checks are not being implemented. >> reporter: so getting to the bottom of what has really been going on, could take many months. nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. in bangladesh, the overuse of pesticides isn't just a problem for the environment, it's also dangerous to the farmers. many admit to not using protective gear when spraying the chemicals. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: once a week, this man goes into his field to spray his crops. he uses no protective equipment. no masks, no gloves, no shoes. he steps on the poison barefoot, but doesn't think it's a bad idea. >> translator: of course i don't wear shoes on my feet. that would ruin my crops when i step on them. that wouldn't work at all.

>> reporter: he doesn't think there's any dangers associated with the way he uses pesticides. most farmers get their information from pesticide traders who rarely use protection themselves. >> translator: if you follow the rules, then you won't have any side effects. you need to aside spraying the pesticide into the wind. >> reporter: the world bank says more than half of pesticide traders in bangladesh report frequent health symptoms associated with acute pesticide contact. >> reporter: many farmers end up develop breathing problems. we have a list of ten farmers just in this neighborhood who are suffering from respiratory illnesses. this man has been unable to walk properly, and has had breathing problems for the past three years. his breathing is heavy and loud.

he pauses between sentences to gulp in air. >> translator: it's because of pesticides, i used to spray a gas to kill insects. i inhaled that a lot. >> reporter: his illness is so bad, that he has had to give up work. with safety information scarce, some farmers are gambling away their future without realizing it. in the united states wild fires have killed three firefighters. the trio were working to contain a fire in washington state. four others were injured as their vehicle was overcome by flames. fast-moving blazes have scorched more than 400,000 hectors stretching from montana and idaho, and oregon, and prompted evacuations of towns. strong winds and a drought have

combined with high temperatures to make this year's wildfire season particularly destructive. >> i have just been watching the fire from just hopscotching these ridges and working toward our house, that's why i came back up here, was to grab stuff in case it came all the way over the top. >> the military has been sent in to manage the fires. some sole -- soldiers have been flown in to reach areas accessible only by foot. around 29,000 firefighters are involved in the operation. >> basically what we come out here to do is help with the locals keep them -- from, you know, their buildings or houses catching on fire, and just try to make sure we can keep the fire under control as much as we can. former u.s. president jimmy carter has publicly discussed his health. the 90 year old has announced

that liver surgery as uncovered that cancer has now spread to other parts of his body. >> i would say the rest of my plans will be determined by my consultations with the doctors and what i need to do to get adequate treatment for the melanoma that exists -- at least has existed in my liver. they think they got it all there, but has shown up in four places in my brain, and is likely to show up other places in my body as the scans detected in the future. >> let's talk to patty culhane from washington, d.c. it is unusual for a former president to be talking so openly about his health? >> reporter: it is highly unusual. the former president was smiling, cracking jokes. he was very, very blunt as you just heard. it was so unusual that the press

corps stood up and gave him standing ovation. so basically the president said he thought when they told him it spread to his brain and he thought he had just a few weeks to live. and he had acceptance. he talked a lot about coming up, he said he is going to have radiation treatment, he'll do that, and then wait three weeks to see how it's going. he didn't give a prognosis, but he said he isn't necessarily suffering right now. he is going to listen to his doctors, and basically talked about what a life he has lead. when he was asked what his best accomplishment was, he said marrying his wife rosa. they have been together 69 years. >> that's sweet. he had become an international figure since leaving office hasn't he? how is he viewed at home?

is it with affection as the peanut farmer from georgia. >> there was a poll recently that said he was still the most trusted politician in the united states. about his legacy, he was asked about that. what would he like to see happen with his time left on earth. and he said he would like the last guinea warm to die before he did. there were more than 3 million cases when they started tackling that, and now they are down to 11. but he talked about the israeli palestinian conflict, he said he didn't believe there had been this little hope for a two-state solution in almost 50 years. he was very blunt and said the united states has no influence with israel or palestine, and he said the israeli government doesn't want a two-state solution. >> okay. thank you very much.

patty culhane, our white house correspondent live in washington, d.c. we have a lot more to come on the program, including a report from a brazilian town where thousands of people are out of work. they want the president to lose her job too. we'll take you to an island in the indian ocean where natural beauty is forcing unwanted changes. and how women's basketball is bouncing back, coming up in sport. ♪

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the former u.s. president jimmy carter has publicly discussed his health revealing that he has cancer. liver surgery has uncovered that cancer has now spread to other parts of his body. now in yemen, four people have been killed in a bomb attack targeting the governor's temporary headquarters in aden. this is the first attack there since pro-government forces took control of the city from houthi rebels last month. hashem ahelbarra as our report. >> reporter: this is the govern governor aden who has survived an assassination attempt. a member of the left party, he runs a divided city. the secessionist want aden to become the capitol of a break

away republic. forces loyal to president hadi want aden to become the financial capitol. one of yemen's most organized political parties says yemen should remain united. but the failed assassination attempt is a further sign of the deteriorating security situation across the country. >> it sets a tone for the security situation in aden. >> reporter: aden was retaken from the shia houthis and troops loyal to deposed president saleh. this followed months of air strikes by a saudi-lead coalition. these tanks provided by the united arab emirates for socials loyal to exiled president hadi, played a crucial role in pushing houthi forces from the south,

and this is where fighting is take place. anti-houthi fighters are on the offensive in the central city of ta'izz. they are lead by this man, a tribal leader. his fighters have correctly captured many areas and security buildings in ta'izz. the city of ta'izz is a vital supply route for anti-houthi fighters in their push to recapture the capitol, sana'a. coalition war planes continue pounding houthi positions in and around the capitol. they have also struck rebel positions in other cities. aid agencies say the ongoing fighting in yemen has claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians. >> translator: we were inside the building when we heard the sound of an explosion. there is no military base here. no army post.

18 people were killed in the air strikes. >> reporter: the houthis and their allies remain defiant. they say despite losing territory, they still have more weapons and fighters to repel any push to retake the capitol. >> hashem is in the st stew -- studio with me now. it does seem the removal of the houthis from the major port city in yemen has not been a panacea to the south's problems. >> absolutely. it is not going to solve the ongoing political problems, for one reason that yemen is now more divided than ever. in the southern part of the country, you have three main factions fighting for a bigger say. secessionist who would like to be independent. hadi loyalests who would like to maintain a united country, and

then you have a very well organized party which is present almost everywhere in the country. but this party has been sort of undermined over the last three years. so the three factions are the ones that have the biggest say in the future. >> how representative are these fissures in the south? >> you can see that same divide replicated across the country. north you have the houthis on hand. sunnis, tribesmen, war lords, and top military commanders, and the biggest challenge is not going to be who is going to become the -- the winner, but how are they going to form a national unity government and set aside their differences so they can have a stable government. >> and what is the status then, of the various mediation efforts? one -- on the one hand from the

gcc and on the other from the u.n.? >> the u.n. envoy is now trying to sell a new proposal to the yemeni factions, but also to the regional key players, particularly saudi arabia. but hadi loyalists are now riding the wave of these spectacular gains, so they say we are not going to offer any concessions to the houthis, we're continue the push, retake sana'a, and go after the houthis in sa'dah. >> and in terms of the balance of war gains and losses at the moment, it seems very much as though momentum is with the anti-houthi coalition. >> indeed. now they have managed to control the south. they are pushing towards ta'izz. they say they will -- they will contrite in the coming days and then set their eyes on sana'a.

if they take sana'a, that will be a severe blow to the houthis and the former president saleh. >> hashem ahelbarra, thank you. now an egyptian group which says it is aligns with the islamic state of iraq and the levant is claiming responsibility for a bomb. egypt's interior ministry says at least 27 policemen were injured in the attack on a state security building in cairo. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: the blast came in the middle of the night in a small suburb of cairo. an explosion so powerful, witnesses said it was heard and felt far beyond the small district where it was planted. >> translator: we were waiting at the traffic light. cars around us from all directions, and as the lights changed, the explosion happened from that direction. all i saw was the flames and the noises, and things flies off of the cars. i had people in the car, but thank god nothing happened to anyone. and this is the car, as you can see. >> reporter: a group going by

the name of sigh any province which has aligned itself with isil, the islamic state of iraq and the levant, is reportedly claiming responsibility. most recently it said it was behind a car bomb attack in july. targeting the italian consulate in downtown cairo. and a week ago it said it abducted and beheaded an engineer from croatia. sinai province is prominent among a number of groups. all have cited anger at the increasing strong armed conduct of the government and the army. egypt's revolution began with protests against police brutality. this latest attack comes just days after president sisi ratified a law further expanding police powers. in a few hours from now,

supporters of brazil's embattled president are expected to rally across the country. she has been struggling to maintain her credibility with corruption scandals and an economy sinking into recession, and now unemployment has hit a five-year high. hoda abdel hamid reports from one city which is feeling the pinch. >> reporter: it's a family business that manufactures electric switches, plugs and several other products sold mainly in brazil and around the region. it brew over the years as brazil's economy flourished, and it's now feeling the pinch as the country is facing the worst recession in decades. to this man was forced to reduce production by 50% and cut jobs. >> translator: we made adjustments. we changed things as much as we could to save jobs. it's really hard when you fire who has been working with you

every day. here in brazil we have close relationships. >> reporter: the factory is in a city that had steadily attracted families since the 1960s. the whole city grow around the automobile industry. it had a ripple affect putting the unemployment rate here at nearly double the national average. thousands of people have lost their jobs over the past few months, 2,800 in july alone. this person worked as a welder since he was 15 at one of the biggest car plant theres the city. now he's 29 years old and jobless. >> translator: because of government policies, it's the workers who are paying the price. some companies that make spare parts have closed. if things keep going that way, we're going to become like detroit. >> reporter: he is hoping to recover his job through an agreement between his union and the company, but next month he

will lose all benefits, so in the meantime he is studying to become a teacher. but many here say the real problem is elsewhere. >> translator: brazil needs to be more transparent. they need to show the rules of the game to investors, otherwise no one will come here. there is need for political stability. the government needs to act quickly, especially because some sectors are suffering more than others. >> reporter: brazil is paralyzed by a political crisis, and with a corruption scandal of epic proportions still unfolds, confidence is more elusive than ever. the mexican president is promising to do a better job of protecting reporters and human rights activists. this is the first time he has spoken publicly since the killing of a prominent photo journalist last month. he and four women were found dead in an apartment in the

capitol. the murderer sparked protests across the city. >> translator: with the very relevant case of multiple homicides, without a doubt prosecutors are committed to strengthen their efforts and give proper attention to the investigations and arrest of those responsible of the attack, and murder of journalists and human rights activists. >> reporter: he sought shelter saying he had been threatened in the eastern state. >> reporter: every day this man faces a fresh dilemma, how much of what he sees can he report? 14 of his fellow journalists in the state have already been killed. >> translator: freedom of expression in vara cruz is a simulation. it exists only when it doesn't

affect the interest of the powerful, businessmen, politicians and organized crime. by law journalists are allowed to say what we want, but if we do, we could end up dead. >> reporter: those who challenge the government or gangs are punished. like this journalist, the town major is won'ted by police on suspicion of murder. but his won won't give up, he has taken over the local newspaper he used to run. >> translator: i realize they didn't want to kill a person. they wanted to kill a voice. they wanted to hide what was happening. what we're trying to do is to tell them. you can kill him, but we won't shut up. >> reporter: not just in vara cruz, but in many areas of mexico, journalists who don't write what they are told face consequences. for many the only option is to

flee. and many saw mexico city as a safe haven. but that was shattered when a photo journalist was tortured and then killed along with four other people on a flat on this very street. >> reporter: this cartoonist new espinoza and like him came here seeking refuge. >> translator: now i'm thinking of leaving the country, because i don't think anywhere in mexico is safe. reuben's death is a threat to the journalists who are still alive. >> reporter: a $20 million government program to protect them is inefficient and untrustworthy, he says. many are taking to the streets to demand freedom of speech and demand just dis.

two polishman say they found a train full of nazi gold, but they say they will only hand it over if they are guaranteed a 10% finder's fee. there has been rumors of the train ever since the end of world war ii. the valuables were reportedly stolen from jews during the war and were being sent back to germany. still to come, sri lanka sends off their top batsman in style. details coming up with jo in sport. ♪

♪ now to an island of spectacular natural beauty. reunion is a french territory just east of madagascar, and much of the island is a unesco world heritage site and has now been turned into a national park. farmers who live in the park are being forced to change their way of life. >> reporter: three generations of this family has farmed this land, high in the mystery mountains of reunion. the area's unique natural beauty is recognized as a world heritage site. but its problems they say haven't been solved. >> translator: we live in the park. there is some pollution from hunting and rubbish, but we're helpless to stop it. nothing has happened and now there are more rules to live by.

>> reporter: they are farming outside of the rules. they are suspicious about why they haven't been certified by the park's managers. >> translator: the risk is that the park wants there to be a lodge in the place run by farmers. >> reporter: more lodges may be needed to cater to the predicted rise in the number of tourists attracted by the status. there's plenty to see from soaring peaks and waterfalls, to rain forests and beaches. the national park president says there needs to be a balance between preserving nature's beauty and satisfying the people who live in. >> translator: the park has a living heart. hundreds of people live inside of it. in every life there are ruling, living with unesco means respect between people and nature. >> reporter: the farmer is supposed to keep his animals behind fences now, not homing free in the forest.

this family has farmed here for a hundred years, so it's all they know. if they can't find a way to exist in what is now a unesco world heritage site, they will have to change. in that change will happen once the father retires. without certification, the bigs will have to close down the farm but hope to open a tourism venture instead. so the status means the family does have a future in the park, it just isn't the one they hoped for. look who is here. it's jo, so that means it's time for sport. >> it is. hussein bolt says he cannot save athletics from doping on his own. he but once again asked about the issue on saturday. the iaaf has spent the last three weeks defending itself after allegations of wide-spread blood doping in the sport. bolts said he is disappointed by

the claims. >> there has been a lot of doping over the past couple of months. i was really sad that this is where the sport is at right now. hopefully the new president can put into place a lot -- change a lot of rules. it's -- it's going to be hard, i think. if you make tougher -- tougher rules, i definitely think that less people will take a chance, but you -- i think you always are going to have one person or a few persons that always feel like they can beat the system, because it's just like life. >> the outgoing president has fiercely defended his sports anti-doping record, and accused the media of making false accusations. coe is set to take over after the championships.

>> translator: we cannot afford to have our performances being in doubt. we are convinced that 99% of our athletes are clean. >> reporter: he is the highest scorer in sri lanka cricket history, but after 15 years at the top, he has begun his final at the time. the 37 year old was given a guard of honor as he walked out on the pitch. he sits fifth on the all-time test scoring list. india closing on 390 for 6. michael clark is also playing in his final test match for australia, but the aussie captain was dismissed with just 15 on day one. david warner made 85. the tourists are 230-3. fifa have been meeting with some of their key sponsors in zurich as the organization continues to deal with the fallout from corruption allegations.

companies including coca-cola, visa, and mcdonald's have demanded reform to the organization. seven fifa officials were arrested in may. u.s. and swiss investigations into the governing body are continuing. a professor in sports business and marketing says sponsors have limited sway with fifa, but feel an obligation to make their position known. >> it's a difficult one for sponsors, because on the one hand, clearly they want to make a -- a positive stance, an active stance, because they need to be concerned about their bottom lines, about their reputations, about their customers, and about being associated with property like fifa where there are problems and scandals. at the same time it's very hard for them to actually walk away from such deals, because if we take coca-cola, for example, or adidas, they have long-standing relationships with fifa, they have invested huge amounts of

money, millions if not billions of pounds of decades with fifa, and if they were to walk away, a competitor would conceivably walk in and take their place. so they walk a fine line between doing something and doing nothing. and what sponsors are looking towards it's not just a statement about their own values, but also a grand statement, a positioning statement, which basically says yes, we -- we want to do business, we want to be associated with football, but we want to do it in a clean and moral way. the middle east first roof top football pitch has opened in an unlikely location, the gaza strip. the territory has few open spaces that can be used to play the sport, leaving football officials to look for playing grounds in unusual locations. >> reporter: in the middle of gaza city skyline, a splash of green. this is the middle east's first

roof top football pitch. the unlikely sporting venue opened in june and has quickly become a popular destination. this is the captain of the league, he says having an ast astroturf pitch has improved his game. >> translator: it has made it so easy for us. we get more as players as a result. >> reporter: this roof top football pitch is the only one of its kind in the middle east, but across the gaza strip there will still very few open places for palestinians to play sport in. one year after israel's 50-day bombardment ended in a ceasefire, much of gaza remains in ruins. so far not a single home has been rebuilt, and most public spaces haven't been cleared,

including football stadiums, and other sporting centers. which is why so many continue to play sports in the streets or anywhere else they can. these children kick around a football in the lane in front of their home, dodging rubbish and rubble as they try to score goals. mohammed has been playing football since he was four. he says he wishes he had a better place to play with his friends. >> translator: our neighborhoods keep shouting at us because they say we make too much noise, but we don't have the money to do anything else. >> reporter: the idea to build a roof top football pitch came from palestinian football officials who found funding from qatar. there are plans to create more public spaces for sport, something most here agree is badly needed. for the first time in three

decades the city of basra in iraq has its own female basketball team. poor training facilities, social and cultural restrictions have made it difficult for the women to play or compete abroad. but 11 teenagers have been assembled to play in iraq. >> translator: we'll never be like other countries because our society thinks that women are born for marriage, their place in the kitchen, not very welcome in the workplace, let alone in sport. as soon as girls grow up, their families want them to get married, but the fact is, when players get older, their skills and performances improve. and that's the sport for now martine. >> jo thank you very much indeed. that's all from doha, and for me. david foster is up next.

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