eastern. that does it for us. i'm erika pitzi. have a great day. ♪ hello, everyone. this is the news hour live from london. coming up. hungarian police arrest four people after the bodies of 71 refugees were found in a truck in austria. the flow of refugees continues across hungary as 21 suspected traffickers are arrested in budapest. also on the program the government's new fighting force in yemen looking to recapture territory from the houthis.

and hope for children in nigeria orphaned by the violence of boko haram. i'm in doha. i'll have the latest sports including olympic champions medal the world championships days before receiving a kidney in a transplant operation. our latest events around europe and its borders have highlighted its growing refugee crisis. four people have been arrested including the owner of a truck in which the bodies of 71 refugees were found on an austrian motorway. at least 105 people have died and 100 are still missing after a ship sank off the libyan coast. there's chaotic scenes in belgrade as refugees fought for food and water. as refugees continue flooding

over the border from serbia, hungarian police say they've arrested 21 suspected human traffickers in budapest. we begin in austria with this report from barnaby phillips. >> reporter: the remains of the bodies are driven away for autopsy, but we already know that the 71 people who were crammed into the back of a truck must have suffered an agonized death probably by suffocation, and the police can only look for scraps of evidence as to who they are. >> translator: of course, we're sure these people were refugees and more precisely were probably a group of syrian refugees. >> reporter: austria is a transit country for people hoping to reach germany, but it's also become a destination in its own right. the number of asylum seekers this year already almost three times of the total of 2014. this is outside vienna, the

refugee reception center is overflowing and the streets are full people from the middle east, africa, iraq, afghanistan and, of course, syria. i man is here with his wife and five children. >> we find here nice people. good people. they always give us food, medicine. kre nice people in austria, yes. >> the extraordinary wave of arrivals have provoked sharp divisions in austrian society. the ring would it with a tough, antiimmigrant message is expected to do well in elections later this year. we met austrians that came here specifically to help people in need. like katie with her boyfriend and mother to hand out clothes, toys, books to whoever wants them. >> translator: it's the legal we can do, because these people

have been through things that we can't imagine and they've been through hardships. so the least we can is try to make it easier for them to be integrated and make a new life. >> reporter: there must be a coordinated response to treept them humanely and who has the right to stay and to prevent more tragedies at the hands of human traffickers. >> let's get more now on the news to combat human traffickers in hungary. drew simmons in live in budapest right now. what about the arrests made a little earlier? >> reporter: national police are on record saying there's four arrests, three bulgarian man and one afghan. a public prosecutor here said that one of those men was the owner of the vehicle.

a public prosecutor says they appear to be part of a smuggling ring, bulgarian and hungarian and small parts in that process, certainly not the ringleaders. they are in custody, and there's likely to be extradition proceedings over to austria. furthermore, 21 arrests of suspected human traffickers were made on wednesday, and this area i'm sitting in now is right beside the east railway station. you'll get an idea of a number of refugees and migrants who are stuck here waiting for some sort of way out into other eu countries. they don't have the right paperwork, so this is very much the praying ground for traffickers. a lot of people have been approached by traffickers as negotiations have been going on, and this is really an area where

there's much concern. the conditions are absolutely appalling. it's a public area. there are now moves by the authorities here. the mayor of budapest to poouf th move this area into an enclosed space, a transit zone as it's described. a pretty basic flea market fenced in. these people are stuck and unable to move. a pretty bad and dire situation. >> most of them don't want to stay in hungary anyway. it's a transit point for them, isn't it? >> reporter: that's right. i mean, we were earlier today actually at the border with serbia right about 160 kilometers south of here. the conditions, well, it's unbelievable, really, how these people can keep going. i've traveled all the way from the greek border with macedonia. that's more than 1,000 kilometers.

these people have done some of it on foot, some of it by train. they've been herded from one place to the next. they've been without food, without water. we saw a lot of people today, an overwhelming number of them syrians who walked 15 kilometers along a railway track with no water. they were dehigh dilated and still had pride and still had some -- it was as if they were hikers on some sort of bizarre race to get to a place where they could seek sanctuary asking where they could get water. the position really isn't getting easier by the day. in that area we saw a number of people calling out for better coordination, for better registration procedures, faster procedures. they're slowing up, if anything, simply because of the numbers getting bigger and bigger. there is no solution it would seem, no comfort for these people. the suffering goes on and on.

it's absolutely extraordinary to watch especially in temperatures exceeding 32 degrees centigrade in areas with no shade. people put beside a road at one point, and about 200 people and buses coming along very, very infrequently with women and children being put to the front. the buses are going away, and then people going into effectively temporary detention centers and then being bussed elsewhere, taken to the railway stations, and then moved elsewhere with paperwork. all the time language is a barrier and people having difficulty knowing what to do next. and so many of these people are syrian. they've been through such appalling violence already. yet, many of them are saying they're absolutely stunned at the sort of reception they're getting in europe in that they're not being treated like human beings. that's what a lot of them have been saying to me. >> andrew, for the latest live

there from budapest. thank you. those refugees andrew spoke to have made it to europe, but at least 105 people died after a boat capsized off the coast of libya on thurts. authorities are still searching for bodies. we have more details. >> reporter: the mediterranean sea is a dark reminder of people's desperation to escape violence, persecution and poverty. thousands of people have been killed crossing from north africa to europe so far this year. in the latest tragedy, an overcrowded boat sank shortly after leaving libya. >> translator: we are migrating. our boat sank. it was in bad condition. people died. the libyans saved us. may god bless us. we've been forced into this route, the route of death. the grave of the med titerranea sea. >> reporter: libya is one of the

main transit routes to get to europe. international smugglers take advantage. libya is struggling to cope, putting those rescued into overcrowded tent cities. they're forced to live in bad conditions and lack basic medical care. in another tragic incident a swedish vessel docked after rescues hundreds from drifting at sea, but dozens others weren't so lucky. their bodies found in the hull of the body. >> this is one of the tragedies we've seen a lot in the mediterranean. it's the first time for the swedish crew and ship. unfortunately, it's one of many in total. >> reporter: the u.n. estimates that more than 2,400 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean see so far this year. hundreds of thousands have made it across into europe so far this year in a desperate attempt

to improve their lives. many are families traveling with children. the europe union is still trying desperately to establish a coordinated strategy to resolve these latest crises. in the meantime, the people keep coming. >> this island is one of the major gateways for refugees getting to europe, but there's little there to welcome them. the local authorities told al jazeera while they're promised help from athens and brussels none has arrived. they're making do you with the best they can. >> this is the letter to the greek prime minister, mr. alexis tsipras saying we're dealing with a major humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: in the mayor's office the chief of staff explains that lesbos island is sinking under the weight of the refugees. they promised help. how much help have you actually

received? >> actually to be honest we haven't received yet a single euro. >> reporter: with what appear to be best of intentions, the municipality is doing what it can with minimal resources and expertise to house and process refugee numbers that are now a third of all arrivals anywhere in the eu every month. are you phoning your family? >> yes. he's talk wiing with his family that is safe sp no problems until now. >> reporter: dishing out food in the camp. he recently fed the homeless in athens and need feeding the recently stateless. >> translator: it's not just the greek government but the european union, the european parliament. ngos. where are the ngos? here are only volunteers. >> reporter: when you look around you in this camp, do you wonder whether you made the right decision to leave syria?

>> it's hard. it's very hard to leave our country, syria, great syria, but no other choice. it's a war. and here we are safe. >> reporter: there is another camp harder to find. it's run by the police, and we don't get inside but we're told the conditions are much worse. they refer to as the detention center. that's what it was originally designed to be, a detention center for illegal migrants arriving on lesbos for years hidden away in the hills like a dirty secret. what is happening now is quite different. these are refugees, and their numbers are growing rapidly. an estimated 3,000 crossed the water from turkey in the last 24 hours, and there's no hiding them. not in the port and the public park where is they wait for ferries off the island. not in the local cemetery where they lie in anonymous numbered

graves. jonah hall, al jazeera, lesbos island, greece. still to come, the calls for guatema guatemala's protesters to step down and protesters join forces to rise up against corruption. south korea and the united states hold their biggest ever joint military exercise near the north korean border. and what happens when you say bolt was reunited with a cameraman who knocked him down with his segue. that's coming up next. let's go to iraq where the top cleric has voiced his support for protesters who are demanding an end to government corruption. he said that the government must show it's serious about appealing to their demands. the latest reform is to allow

greater access for civilians to the heavily fortified green zone. al jazeera has this update from the capital of baghdad. >> reporter: the momentum of the protest movement is only growing, so are the numbers of people. we were in tahrir square. it was a large crowd, much larger than what we've seen in previous fridays over the past few weeks, especially since very influential political party has thrown it's weight behind the protest movement. he has millions of supporters in baghdad and called on them to join this rally. he's throwing his weight behind the prime minister who promised reforms, but he faces a lot of challenges. the people we spoke to on the ground are growing frustrated. they're not just dpanding better services but demanding that corrupt officials leave power. they also demand that the post-war, the post-2003 iraqi

political system is reformed, and that system is based on power sharing between ethnic groups and power distributed among them. people feel appointments aren't made on merit but made on sectarian and party loyalties. so if people have vowed to continue this movement, but they know that baghdaddy faces -- >> we're going live to the u.s. where u.s. president barack obama is being questioned by leading figures of the american jewish community. he's trying to alay their fears about the latest iranian nuclear deal. let's listen in to the questions. >> the leaders and members of jewish community as we continue to educate and information or con ststituents about this most critical issue. it's my honor to present the president of the united states, barack obama. sdpoo thank you very much. thank you, michael, and i think the approach i'm going to take is to make some informal remarks

at the top. i want to spend most of the time hearing from some of the questions that have already been submitted. i really want to thank the conference, the federations for helping to host this. i know you've already had a chance to hear from the secretary of energy who went through no doubt many of the technical aspects of the deal that has been shaped by the p-5 plus 1. what i want to do is just step back and remind everybody how we got here. when i ran for office, i made a serious of commitments, a series of promises to the american people. one of those commitments was that iran would not get a nuclear weapon. another commitment was that i would do everything in my power as president of the united states to preserve the unbreakable bond between the united states and israel and ensure israel's security. a third commitment was that

given the lessons of the previous decade, i would never hesitate to use military force or necessary to protect america, its friends and allies around the world, but that i would always first try a diplomatic approach. not only because creates unintended consequences and great pain and hardship, but sometimes it's more effective in achieving our goals. the deal that the p5 plus 1 has struck accomplishes each of those promises and commitments that i made when i ran for office. i know that many people who are listening know the basic outlines of the deal, but i just up want to reiterate the core of it. this deal blocks every way,

every pathway that iran might take in order to obtain a nuclear weapon. it makes sure that the centrifuges currently in the tuns are removed except for a handful. it makes sure that they cannot immediately use more advanced centrifuges to build up their capacity to create enriched uranium for a weapons program. the underground facility is converted into a research facility and no longer will have in it centrifuges that could be used to create nuclear weapons or materials and might be difficult to reach. the heavy water facility in raqqa that struck by a missile

and could create a plum and more difficult to deal with, that's going to be reconfigured. you have the existing facilities being transformed and you have a commitment in which stockpiles of enriched uranium are shipped up. we create a verification and inspection mechanism across the entire nuclear production chain when in iran that's unprecedented and more rigorous than anything ever negotiated in the history of nuclear nonproliferation, and we also preserve the capacity to snap back all the various sanctions provisions that we put in place very systemically, my administration working in concert with partners over the last five years, sanctions that ultimately brought iran to the table. we have the capacity to snap those back in the event that iran cheats or does not abide by the terms of the deal.

so. >> you're watching u.s. president barack obama make a live webcast to american jewish groups concerning the iranian nuclear deal. he said that the deal accomplishes all the promises i made when i ran for office, including the commitment that iran will never get a nuclear weapon. he says the deal blocks every pattway around if might take to get a nuclear weapon. obama is trying to alay the fears of many of those in american jewish groups. the u.n. envoy to libya says peace talks must be completed in two weeks before a mandate runs out. the new round of talks the former unity government is under way in morocco. libya has two rival parliaments. the tripoli delegation didn't go to the meeting because a chief member of the negotiation team resign resigned. government forces in yemen say the country will eventually have a new professional army.

opposition houthi fighters and army units loyal to the former president will be disbanded. only civilians along with tribesmen who fought with government troops are entitled to join a future national fighting force. we have the report. >> reporter: there were no militia members or civilians that took up arms against the houthis in the south. now they've been recrew the to join yemen's new army. the country's military is divided along tribal and sectarian lines. some of these trainees were forced to retire under former president. under his administration there was adherent mistrust of people from southern yemen, a fear they might form a break-away state. >> translator: we formed this battalion a few weeks ago. there are about 4,800 soldiers and officers in the battalion

drawn from the civilians that fought off the invaders. >> reporter: across the country plans are underway to build support for exiled president, but his return to power depends on an army that is loyal to him. this is a gathering of tribal leaders in a province on yemen's border with saudi arabia. some of these tribal leaders had linked are the houthis and now are switching sides and joining with government forces to rec recapture the province. >> we're going to start a military campaign. we regret not taking up arms against the rebels in the past. nowell hunt them and defeat them and defeat their stroj hold on sadr province. >> reporter: the new army has a long way to go. it remains outnumbered and outgunned by forces aligned with the houthis. some of these fighters are more

loyal to their tribal leaders than the army. in the past few months many military units defected and joined the rebels. for now, there are two armies fighting for control. the one in the north is mainly sierra, and the one in main is mainly sunni, leaving an uncertainly future. there have been mass protests in guatemala calls on the president to resign in an kouming scandal. from guatemala city, we have the report. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people packed into guatemala city's central park. they want an end to government corruption and harsh punishment for those involved. there's widespread anger and frustration at a political system people say has failed them with calls louder than ever

for president perez-molina to step down. >> translator: we are tired, but we know that now is the time to rise up. guatemala has nefr been poor. the government has stolen from us. we need to rise up because we want to show the world that the people united can achieve change. >> reporter: the president telesized any involvement in a multi-million dollar scandal only served to bring more people to the streets. many schools and businesses were shut to allow students and staff to take part. they were joined by groups from gault maul la blocking roads for day. it might be a country with sharp divisions with rich and poor, urban and rural seldom coming together. that makes this so unique. people from across the country unite forces for a common goal. >> the president watched the demonstrations on security cameras from the safety of a government office.

just daying ago a judge indicted the former vice president for fraud, bribery, and elicit association. congress has taken the first step in a process that could impeach the president for involvement in the same scam. analy analyst raquel says he has a few choices available to him. a >> reporter: guatemala might be a kun with sharp divisions. that's what makes this protest so unique venlt people from across the country and from different social back gowneds uniting forces for a common goal. >> reporter: they have the chance to vote for a new president in just over a week. with the leading candidates dogged by controversy, people here say their fight is far from over. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala city. >> still to come on the

program -- the protesters who forced australian police to call off plans to road them with immigration papers. the thousands of syrian journey on foot across urp. we look at the plight of millions more taking refuge in africa or the middle east. later in sports indy car drivers crossed s&p golden gate bridge to honor their lost driver.

hungarian police arrested four people over the discovery of the bodies of 71 refugees in a truk in austria. at least 105 people died and 100 are still missing after aship sank off the libyan coast. most of them are from syria. an iraq's top cleric voiced

the support for protesters calli calling for an end to government corruption. a vast number of refugees trying to reach europe are syrians that fled the fighting in their country. they have more than 4 million registered syrian refugees. although europe is struggling to cope with people arriving at its borders, the numbers are tiny compared to that sought safety in syria's neighbors country. 300,000 have applied for asylum in europe, around naf germany and sweden. there's many more in the middle east. the charity has seen 2.1 million syrians arriving in egypt, iraq, jordan, and lebanon. turkey is the first exit point for many syrians, 1.9 million people made it across the border

and stayed there. more than 24,000 syrians have escaped to north africa. joining us live from geneva is aryian that from the united nations refugee agency. thanks for being with us on the program. is the reality, then, that some of those now arriving at europe's borders have, in fact, spent many months, possibly years in other countries after they fled syria? >>le with, well, we have a mission of people. we hear it at both ends, those in europe and leb nan and jordan, that more people are making the move. we think there's a real link between the increasingly tough conditions that syrians face in neighboring countries as the crisis drags into the fifth year. syrian refugees and there's more than 4 million of them in syria actually sinking into ab jekt

poverty. >> if more help was given to those currently living in places like lebanon and jordan, if more help was given to people arriving there, would they be more inclined to stay? >> we think there's a link between the worsening conditions and everyone moving on. not everyone is moving on from lebanon. some went straight from syria. a lot left aleppo and traveleded ten days and turned up in greece. there's no doubt that the worsening conditions is making it harder, but it's want simply a matter of funding the humanitarian program. that is extremely important. we also need more countries to have their borders open to the still comparatively number of syrians moving further afield. the numbers you gave, we have less than 10% of syrian refugees in the immediate region turning to europe. we need a mixture of things.

we need better funded humanitarian programs where we're already three-quarters through the year and our funding appeal. the all agency appeal for syrian refugees in the region is only 33% funded. what that means in reality is people don't have enough to eat. wfp has to cut their funding programs. more children come out of school because for some countries they're the only breadwinner. i met a man in lebanon a couple of weeks ago whose 10-year-old boy is working in the supermarket and it's the sole income the family has. the boy goes to school in the second shift. and then back to work. so this is the daily reality. life is getting tougher, but we need these countries in europe and elsewhere to continue to open their borders. we also need more support for -- >> i'm so sorry to interrupt you. we're going to run out of time. i wanted to say that, obviously, you believe that more countries

in europe should open their borders to these desperate refugees, but how should it be achiev achieved? should they risk lives on the rickty terrible boats off the coast of north after rick such as libya. does it encourage more people to come if they know the borders are going to be open? >> people are leaving fleeing terror, violence and persecution in syria. that's why they're leaving. we have to remember this is a refugee situation in europe. people live for the push factors and not the pull factors. the simple reason is countries in the reson are full. lebanon hosts 1.1 million refugees. that's 25% of its population again in refugees. so these syrians have hosts refugees for a very long time. they've hosted palestinians and posted iraqis. they do deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and for countries to have open

borders and enough assistance in the immediate region or further afield. the scale is so huge we can't leave it to the countries neighbors syria alone. we need mour countries to open the border and remember that refuse skwlees are pushed out of their home, not pulled. >> good to get your thoughts from geneva. thank you. isil has reportedly stepped up its defensive in the syrian province of aleppo in an area where turkey and the u.s. are planning to open a new front in their battle for control. the group is said to have launched intensive attacks in the north towns of aleppo. isil gained control of five victimages of rebels including two near the turkish up or downer. police in australia called off random checks of i am dprags visas following a public outcry. hundreds protests in the stel of melbourne. we have the report.

>> reporter: it was supposed to be a flag ship but it was operation inept tud. the plan to check the visa status on the streets of melbourne was handled badly. >> i find the idea of people going around on the street checking people's papers frankly orwe willian. >> we need to fight against this now. >> reporter: australian bore erd forces were due to the deployed sparking the fears they might racially find. a cause is put out on twitter and hundreds gathered. the reaction was such that the australian order force issued a blunt statement and canceled the operation. >> it shouldn't have been worded that way. >> reporter: the protesters celebrated their success but they managed to bring the city to the stand still disrupts transport and road traffic on

friday. local politicians and media watchers likened it to an action of a facist government am. for now it's a bunch of prote protesters and a lot for the state government. the most senior vatican official to be charged with child sex abuse died before he could go on trial. joseph was a former ambassador to the dominican republic. he was charged with sexually abusing young boys. the vatican says it appears he died of natural causes. it was seen as a way to pope francis to honor his pledge to punish high-ranking clergy involved in the abuse of children. with more on this let's go to wash ra blaine in chicago. she's the president of a group called the survivor network of those abused by priest. this would have been the most high-profile case so far. how disappointed are you that it won't now, of course, go ahead.

>> we were disappointed that the vatican officials and pope francis conducted such a trial. we believe the bishop should have been sent back to the dominican public and tried in the secular court, not in a secret vatican court. >> the fight that he was at least going to put before a trial never the vatican -- didn't that give you hope that the cat lick church is moving in the right direction when deals with these cases? >> we don't see it that way, urnld. this is continues. the kappa search is centuries old, a program of dealing with sex crimes internally. we believe that they should be turning all that nfrgs to secular authorities the same way that the bishop does not look to the police chief for assistance in preparing his homily for

sunday, we believe that the church officials shouldn't be involved in investigating crimes. >> whether you look at when we were 15, 20 years ago, things have improved, wouldn't you agree? >> i think what's improved is that more and more victims have been speaking pout across the globe. news sources like your own are willing to tell the stories of the victims, and prosecutors have been prosecuting priests in larger numbers than they were decades ago. so in that sense, yes, there is an improvement, and the church is safer. when it comes to the actual church officials making changing, we're still looking for the concrete changes. we have to be careful not to

comply that words are action. just because there's a committee established does not mean that there's anything stronger taking place. we're hopeful and have to remain hopeful because the safety of children is at risk. >> do you believe the cases of sexual abuse of children are as widespread as they once were, or have things improved in that direction and it's simply there are many victims of previous sec yam abuse frightened to come forward. >> well, i think it's safe to assume that there are many, many victims who have not yet come forward, and may never come forward. we know that the average age that a victim of child sex crimes reports is age 42. so we have to assume that there

are medical who have not reached that age yet or that hoement moment in their life when they are capable and ready and understanding of what happened to be able to rooeport. do i think the church is safer today? yes, by all means it's safer today than it was. do i think the that the problem has been erat cads? no, i don't think so. i think we should remain vigilant and than that's why i hope anyone with any information about the case will still speak up and report it, whether they've seen or suspected or suffered in crimes from him. we encourage him or her to speak out. maybe clerics who had information concealed, covered up or enabled these crimes could be prosecuted. >> thanks for your time. >> thank you. hundreds of children left

orphaned by boko haram violence in northern nigeria have a chance of a new start. one group helps them with the trauma he experienced w. we have the report now from carney. >> this is what boko haram doesn't want them to have. an education. their parentses are among group in northwestern nigeria. their school and home for now offers what was taut, but the transition has not been easy. >> we are trying gradually to bring them out of the bad experience, at least let them forget about some of the bad experience. we can say it's a drastic process. it's a tragic process, and they are coming out gradually from the bad situation. >> it's been six months since

they've been here trying to adjust. the children here may be making progress, trying to be kids again. but most of them leave for the experience for the rest of their lives. some have seen what no child should ever see. many are still in shock. boko haram fighters decapitated his father in front of him. the traumatized boy says very little, and he's deterred from the rest. he wants to be a doctor to help people in pain. his adjustment to life has been particularly hard. the boko haram fighters are physical and psychological. he was struck in the face, and the 4-year-old is having nightmares and behaves unnormally. the school run by the government has 100 children and mother are expected. >> it's not big of a deal to

take care of the children in the family school. we believe that it will win with dwerngs and that we have the determination. we shall not allow the children to be disadvantaged in terms of normal growth. >> back at the school, it's play time. at least to help take their minds off what they went through. the teachers say they keep asking when their parents will come for and when they're going home. al jazeera, kanol, nigeria. still to come on the program, environmentalists have that sinking feeling warning that industry and human skut of machines and the dead sea towards eek local disaster the. the dutch sprinter runs the faster in 17 years. rs.

one of the most famous mineral-laden lakes is at risk of drying up. more than a third of the surface area of the dead sea has disappeared over the last 50 years. they warn the drops levels could cause an eco-logical disasters. >> it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in the region, but the dead sea that borders israel, the occupied west bank and jordan is shrinking rapidly. the ancient salt lake famous for the highly salted water and mineral rich mud has been losing

a meter of water every year. this israeli tour guide says the decline of the dead sea and apparents difference of neighboring governments has been shocking. >> i see the dead sea as an international property. it's really one of a kind in the word, and it should be an international world heritage. instead we're destroying it. >> 77% of the natural water sources are diverted by israel and jordan and syria for farming and drinking water. the remaining 30% of the deteriorating is caused by israeli and jordanian potash operations. they're also worried about the hundreds of sinkholes that opened up around it since the 1980s. some are as wide as sporting

fields and as deep as a two-story building. it resulted in the closure of several nearby beaches and businesses. >> the basic reason for the sinkhole development is the drop in the level of the dead sea and the associated with that drop is the drop informant groundwater level. and that causes areas that were previously within salty water to be flushed by freshwater. >> reporter: some projects have been launched to save the dead sea, but it could take decades to repair the ecological damage. until any stop diverts waters from the chain chent lake or put an end to the practices, it's all but certain to dry up. south korea's red cross is asking north korea to adwree to

more talks on family reunions in the next few weeks. the south's reunification ministries has smented that. that's where peace talks between twot nations took place last week. the reunification was part of the discussions that ended the recent military standoff at near the border. hundreds of families were separated at the end of the core ria'n war more than 60 years ago. the last organized reunion happened in north korea last year. time for all your sports now. thanks very much. an american hurdler who will undergo a kidney operation in four days' time medaled the world athletics championships. he took bronze in the men's 110-meter hurdles in beijing. we have the report. >> he said he was tracing a trace. maris in lane three will receive his sister's kidney in two days

time and a bronze medal in the 110-meter hurdles. >> if you get a bronze medal despite having a kidney disorder, despite feeling completely exhausted, i'm just placid right now and feel horrible. god ran my race for me. >> reporter: in the women's 200 meters, the netherlands posted the fourth fastest time in history and the quickest in 17 years. the former heptahelete to win in 21.63 seconds. only marion jones and joyner have gone faster. >> i'm so very, very happy. i did it. this time i came here for the goad gold medal and everything

too. this time i can't believe it. i need some time, i think. >> reporter: there was a sfriez in the women's 100 meter hurdles after american hope nelson fell over in the semis and missed the finals, it was jamaican danielle williams who took the gold medal in her personal begs time. ten years after winning her first world long jump title, she became champion once again. the american leaped to 7.1 mereds, enough to take the victory. china won their first gold of the chanceshmpionships in the ws wall. and a day after being run over by a segue, usain bolt was reunited with the at-fault cameraman. the apologetic chinese offering a friendship band as a peace

offering. kenya remained top of the medal table after friday's action. the united states are second with four golds just ahead of jamaica. bolt will hope to add to the tally on saturday in the men's 4 x 100 meters relay. a german sailor is treated pour multiple infections caused by rio's polluted waters. they will host the olympic games, and they've been the subject of criticism with high pollution levels detected in the water. eric who finished third earlier in month is treated in a berlin hospital. the german sports ned wrags says the case will be raced with the organizers and the international sailing federation. australian limits with banned from aing sleeping tablets for the moment they're selected for the 25015 team. they're hoping to avoid a similar incident they had in london six years when six

members were suspended and a band for taking a drug to ease anxiety. there's one game in spain's la liga on friday. both teams could have a win. mid-way through the firth half, espanol took an early lead. espanol city and barcelona are in action on saturday. they won the opening game last week. he's set to play his fifrs game. season having missioned three actions to the season. >> translator: i saw him train very well, and he's recovered if not fully recovered. it's a normal situation for a player away for two weeks, but he trained very well. he was very good, and now we

shall see. madrid is looking to get their season off to what of a start and play real batiste later on saturday. the new coach expects to return a strongerer one. he didn't teach last weekend, so it made a big difference. >> reporter: it's quality he can dribble and play a one and 2 and run into space. we have to give him consistency, and he has to work towards there and we'll try to help him. i sent him that goal, and he's a agreed to score between 20 to 25 goals and give assists. >> jack warner faces a court in trinidad for a fourth time as he fights extradition to the u.s. the former president of concacaf is one of four teams officials are wanted by the state on charges ranging from bribery and racketeering. he denies the accusations.

the final grand slam of the tennis season. the u.s. open gets underway on monday. last year's runner-up caroline is looking good. she'll play petra whim play semifinals later. it's her choice. 6-3 and 6-0. lorenzo was quickest ahead of the motogp. he's chances his firthed one and there's 2.83 sebbings. rossi leads the world standings with him back in tenth. loren sglee leads the standing by more wins this season. india car drivers led a motorcade over san francisco's motorcade bridge in justin wilson's number 25 car.

he previously raced in f-1 and won several races in india car. it was caused by a piece of debris from another driver's car. >> we have to remember justin not only as a -- what he was was a great driver and a great person. she's here with us. the numbers are here with us, but i guarantee that you're having a great time and laughing and it's just a shame obviously we lost someone so special and we still continue to pray for his family. >> that is all for sports. we'll have more later. >> thanks for that. just time to remind you can find out much more on our website. that is what the front page looks like when you click on it, and the address is al jazeera. al jazeera.com is best play to catch up with your breaking news and sports. that's it for me. david foster is with you in a couple of minutes. see you soon. bye-bye.

♪ hungry police arrest four people after 71 bodies were found in a truck in austria and 105 people died, 100 still missing with a boat cap sizes off the coast of libya. ♪ good to have you along i'm david foster and you are watching al jazeera live from london and also coming up, tight security with anticorruption protests in baghdad. we have the latest from the iraqi capitol. also on the program the government's new finding force in yemen looking