>> hello there, i'm felicity barr. welcome to the news hour live from london. coming up, anger and upset as a court in egypt sentences three al jazeera journalists for three years in prison. >> they send a dangerous message that they allow their courts to become instruments of political oppression and propaganda. >> fire and fury on the streets

of beirut. plus the long walk across europe continues for thousands of refugees. some are taking extreme risks to find a new life. >> back in doha, we'll have all the sport including the latest in beijing. usain bolt has won his third gold medal. >> hello, the legitimate journalists unjustly convicted. that's how al jazeera is describing the sentencing of three of our journalists to three years in an egyptian prison. canadian mohammed fahmy and egyptian baher mohammed, and peter greste were sentenced to

three years in egyptian prison. they were arrested in december of 2013. they were convictewent to trial in february 2014, and in june they were found to supporting muslim brotherhood and working out a permit. they would spend 400 days in detention. al jazeera has always vigorously denied the allegations. the next legal step is to file an appeal before the egyptian court of concession. >> hope, then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists returned to prison. a retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second opportunity to clear their names. instead, justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i'm going to

survive this without him. he did nothing. >> the judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. then he sentenced them to more prison time. three years for fahmy and greste, three and a half for mohammed. they've already spent a year and a half behind bars. peter greste won't go to jail because he's in australia, but it will prevent him were working as a correspondent. >> my heart is with mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. >> journalists inside the courtroom describe a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. from the beginning the case has been called a sham. leaders including president obama have joined journalists across the globe condemning it. the men have been convicted of

aiding the muslim brotherhood, which the egyptian government now deems a terrorist group. >> they were arrested on false charges. they were convicted without a shred of evidence. at no point during the long drawn out retrial did any of the unfounded allegations stand up to scrutiny. >> the canadian government is demanding fahmy's immediate deportation. his attorney said that now that they have proven its driven by politics, not truth, it's time for the president to pardon the men. >> they send a dangerous message that there are judges in egypt who would allow their courts to become instruments of political oppression and propaganda. >> for now the legal fight continues, but greste says they need the global community to fight with them by continue to go promote the #free aj staff campaign. >> they didn't need to be registered for the country's

journalism syndicate. despite that, the judge raised it in his ruling in court. >> the court is quite sure that the defendants are not journalists and they're not in the journalist syndicate. they have been broadcasting without permits. the defendants have made falsified medias after being edited and aired on al jazeera, and they aired it on the al jazeera, that is not allowed to work inside egypt. >> we're now with al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays, monitoring all the international reaction that is coming in over the verdict. >> we've had statements coming in from all governments all over the world, every single statement that has come out has condemned the verdicts. one of the recent statements is from the united states from samantha power, a former journalist herself. i know she has been working

publicly and behind the scenes to do what she can. she has been on twitter. she said on twitter, al jazeera journos fahmy, and greste and mohamed sentenced to three years in egypt just for doing their jobs. another significant blow to press freedom. >> judy bishop the australian foreign minister condemning the verdict. we heard from canada because mohammed fahmy is a canadian. he renounced his egyptian passport in hopes that he would be deported. that has not happened. we heard from canadian's consul liconsulate affairs. she said, the canadian government continues to call on the egyptian government to use all tools its disposal to resolve mr. fahmy's case and allow his immediate return to

canada. the secretary for ban ki-moon had this to say. >> u.s. secretary ban ki-moon has always wanted this to resolve and protect the freedom of association. >> what are we seeing? >> there has been pressure. pressure from throughout this period but also behind the scenes. i can tell you i'm aware of a lot of quiet diplomacy going on in meetings when countries visit egypt. they're mentioning the al jazeera case. i've been assured that by diplomats from many countries around the world. that this has been raised. i think the next place that might be important for it to be

raised is when as every year you do, in september, a number of moss' time you have all the leaders in the world gathering in new york, the u.n. general assembly. that is happening soon. among those, i've seen the list of attendees is president sisi of egypt. one would expect him to come under more pressure about these convictions. >> james, you'll be with us for the next couple of hours. thank you. >> so mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed is back in jail. but peter greste was convicted in absentia. he has been speaking with al jazeera's andrew thomas. >> peter greste was with his lawyer in sydney watching the news from cairo via post on social media from journalists in the courtroom. the verdicts when they came were not what he was hoping for. >> you just heard the news. what is your immediate reaction? >> andrew, i'm finding it very

hard to find the words to describe how i'm feeling at the moment. you know, we--we knew that there was always a danger that we would be convicted simply because the authorities had placed so much--they've got so much stake in this, invested so much in this case. but i'm just absolutely devastated for my colleagues in particular. i won't be going back to prison. i'm not going to go to egypt. but my colleagues will. i know what they have to go back to. i know the prison conditions. i know the families that they'll be leaving behind and it breaks my heart to know what they're going to have to go through. >> what are the options from here for you and the others? >> there are two separate paths. they have the option to appeal once more to the court of concession. we need to see what happens with that. they've got 60 days to lodge that appeal. but for me, i have no option for

appeal. because i'm not physically there. i have to be physically present in egypt to do that. the only option for me is to go for a presidential pardon. >> you just spoke with australia's foreign minister. what did she have to say? >> she told me that she was quite shocked and upset by the ruling. she said that the australian government will pursue every legal and diplomatic means to overturn these convictions. so the australian government seems right behind me, and i'm very pleased i've had that expression of support. >> thank you very much. >> still to come on this al jazeera news hour it is ten years since hurricane katrina, but new orleans is still rebuilding. tens of thousands call for the prime minister of malaysia to resign. plus record breaker mo farah

make history at the championships. >> four men have appeared in a hungarian court in connection with the deaths of 71 refugees whose bodies were found in a lorrie in australia. the victims had probably been dead for at least two days before they were found on thursday. it is another concerning development in the crisis. refugees turn to go third parties to facilitate their transit through europe. andrew simmons has more in hungary. >> families walking in the sweltering midday heat. most have run out of water, but they still have the will to carry on. they're so exhausted that they don't even realize the post they're passing mark the border between serbia and hungary. the break in the fence is their entrance into the european

union. it's hard to take in the fact that these people have walked more than 15 kilometers in this searing heat. another stage in this long journey, and even though now they're crossing into the european union the problems aren't over. these people, unlike hundreds of others, have not tried to run away from the hungarian border police. they're rounded up and taken to registration camps. women and children get priority. and the bus leaves behind people who are frustrated and unsure of what happens next. this man is from damascus in syria. he made two attempts to cross from turkey to greece by sea. on the first he was arrested and detained. on the second he was rescued by the greek coast guard. >> was the sea part the most difficult? >> no, it wasn't. this road that we have, up from

the greek border to here, it's the most disgusting i have experienced in my life. >> in the town buses full of refugees and migrants will spend up to four days in registration capers, arriving at a railway station. they're grateful for food and water provided by a voluntary group, but they're confused about what is going on. >> they don't have enough information. before they cross the border they also don't have enough information. if they cross the border, if they step to the european union, what will happen? what is their rights? >> athlete these refugees don't know these rights. everyone gets a travel paper. but within hungary only. this woman fears she'll be taken to a camp and detained. instead of taking a free train ride she looks for a taxi to take her to the capital of budapest. she's traveling with her 13-year-old brother. it appears they want to prepare

the way for the rest of their family. >> get my father to german germany go you want to get your father-- >> yes, yes, and my mother. >> it's highly likely they'll go to the border using people smugglers. and it goes on 24 hours a day. >> macedonia has become a transit country as many refugees try to pass through its northern border with serbia to get to western europe. earlier the u.n. hcr emergency coordinator gave us an update on the situation there. >> so based on the. >> those 49 have actually applied for asylum.

you can see here now the situation is very calm, very organized. registration is on going electric trancally at th the--electronically at the moment. we'll switch to electronic registration as per the mandate, and we will be able to provide basic humanitarian efforts here 600 meters from the border. >> along with thousands of middle eastern and african refugees young pakistani men are wills trying to reach europe. people smugglers are making money. >> within a few phone calls, they send pakistani men thousands of kilometers away from home. he's a people smuggler, a job that earns around $35,000 in a good year. shafik is not his real name.

>> people are crazy about going to europe. the euro is powerful. they can earn much more. they want to risk everything including their life to make it to europe. >> there is a 50/50 chance, it is unpredictable. going by ship over the mountain is dangerous. they have to walk for days. sometimes there would be at sea with 14 hours with no captain. sometimes there is no agent to guard them. or if they're attacked, missing or die from hunger. >> shafiq has been in this business for 11 years. he said there is no shortage of men prepared to pay up to $6,000 for an illegal passage to greece. >> most migrants traveling from pakistan are looking for a better life. here there is high unemployment,

and many people are desperate to leave before their parents sell everything they have to send one son away hoping that he will eventually gather the support for the whole family. it's a lot of pressure for young men. this man studied engineering but can't find a job. three months ago his family, including his uncles gave $9,000 to an agent to send him to the u.k. >> he was desperate to go to england at any cost. that's why i made the cost. the agent said that everything was ready, but now he has disappeared. now i've lost my money and my passport. >> agencies are working against the cheating people, but i want them to take stronger action. >> the government does have a special investigations unit that deals with people's smuggling. it has a list of over 100 wanted ring leaders. but smugglers are able to

operate beneath the radar. >> >> yes, there are so many agents cracking down on this. it cannot be done openly or easily. we only work with people who have been referred to us. >> the calls keep coming. there are more clients to meet. in pakistan it seems that smugglers work is never done. nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> joining us now in studio is aden mcquaid pardon of anti-slavery international. thank you for joining us in the studio. who are the people who are behind the smuggling rings who are ready to take money from often desperate people. >> you see people who are ready to make a quick buck out of people's desperation. this is nothing new. we've seen it in the second world war and in every war. we need to be facing that what we're seeing at the moment in

the mediterranean is a refugee compulsion which we have fought seen the likes of since the second world war. we need to be dealing with it as that instead of the hodgepodge inhumane policies from the governments of europe with the exception of germany, that they've put in place over the past couple of months. >> we should look at what german has been willing to do. >> it's not going to enforce the idea that refugee must only stay within the country, first european country that they arrive. refugees travel on from greece to italy into germany. germany is prepared to give them asylum. this is an very important part of leadership in europe, and frankly i think the rest of the governments should be hanging their heads in shame that they have not followed suit with

germany. >> many human rights groups say that there must be a better way. but that logistically is a nightmare. how do you stop people from getting into rickety old boats and get organized and travel to across the mediterranean. >> it has to be a peacekeeping earth by the u.n. europe has to share this burden rather than just pushing it on greece and italy. that's just not practical. we need to start this by calling the situation what it is, which is a refugee crisis. it's not traffickers. people in northern libya are not moving people for the purpose of slavery into europe.

they're taking a route, and the government needs to recognize what it is and put in place policies to recognize that and which are more humane and reflect the best of the european society instead of the xenophobia that we're seeing at the problem. >> isn't part of the problem trying to distinguish what we see as refugees people who are fleeing a situation where if they go back their lives are in danger, and people who might live in a poor area but aren't actually in danger. they want to come to europe because they think they'll have a better life. the difference between refugee and migrant, which has been argued over the past two weeks. isn't that the problem, to distinguish between those two sets of people? >> that's part of the problem. and the estimates i read 62% of

the migrants are refugees, so it leaves a substance minority who are economic migrants. there are people who have a problem with this. i could describe myself as an economic migrant myself. economic migrants contribute could the wealth and well-being of europe. this is something that we should be proud of and build on rather than being zenophobic. we're all migrants at some stage or another. >> thank you fop good to get your thoughts. >> thank you. >> there is mounting pressure on the malaysian prime minister to resign as tens of thousands gather in the capital to rally against him. they're accusing him of being corrupt saying he has mismanaged the country with claims that he has taken $700 million from the state's investment fund. >> they chant what they want their government to be, bersih or clean.

>> this is disappointing. they must take tons ability. >> the demonstrators gather in key locations around kuala lumpur ignoring that their protests are illegal. >> i want a better future for my children, a fair country where their dreams can be achieved through elections and their voice can be heard. >> this movement has staged large rallies before calling for things like electoral reform and greater transparency from the ruling coalition that has run the country since independence in 1957. but they were given extra motivation this time when allegations surfaced last month that the prime minister had taken almost $700 million from the state investment fund. he denies the allegation and said that the money came from a private middle eastern donor. regardless, they say its time

for him to go. >> they control the legislature and they control all the different ordinances of power. that's not good for the country. we feel that that kind of thing has to change. >> this rally cut across racial lines with strong representation from the chinese and indian communities as well as the malays, who form the majority of the population. >> this is where the protesters are coming to, to independent square right in the heart of kuala lumpur. this area has been the focal point of so many political protests over the years. the protest leaders say they won't try to go inside the square itself, which is getting ready for celebration on monday. the police have blocked all entrances to ma lay's independence. >> in lebanon people have become increasingly angry about the rubbish piling up on the streets

in the capital. we go to the pictures where the protesters from the you stink campaign has been gathering. sting refers to the political leaders as well as to the rotting waste. the mainland fill was closed last month. jamal has been following events for us, he joins us live. talk us through what is happening there? >> well, fell lit he's, the largest parts of the process actually ended. most people have gone home. what our viewers are seeing on the screen is a very small section of the demonstrators who have opted to move away from the main venue towards as you say the prime minister's office. there things have become a bit more rowdy. not so tense where there have been clashes with security forces as we saw last week. however there has been some burning of rubbish and other

forms of rowdiness. in large, though, the protests took place huge numbers did gather in downtown beirut in the thousands. they weren't very loud. they were chanting against not only the government, but the entire political system which they say they want to change. they say the garbage price is a manifestation of the failure of the a system that is based on sectarian interests and not on serving the people. the people, the main organizers of the you stink movement and other movements that have been calling for these protests announced that they've ended the demonstration roughly 20 minutes ago. the square i'm standing in now is empty. >> jamal is the expectation that there will be more protests because the you stink campaign has certainly been gathering momentum, hasn't it? >> indeed. before they asked people to go

home, they said that they were giving the government a 72-hour ultimat-hour ultimatum. one, get rid of the garbage. number two, investigate the role of the minister of interior and security services into the violence that led to one person being killed and several others injured. number three, the resignation of the entire government and call for a new parliament. lebanese's parliament has been in power for two years unconstitutionally. it renewed it's own mandate, something that has angered the public here. and they want a new election for a new president because the country has been without a president for some time. they say if those demands are not met they'll continue to protest most likely probably if they've given that 72 ultimatum

probably we'll see another large-scale demonstration in beirut in three-day's time. >> thank you. still more to come on this news hour including the latest on the bangkok bomb investigation as police charge this man. also the displaced iraqis with nowhere to go as they escape isil fighters in anbar province. manchester city make it four out of four in the english premier league. emier league.

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called it a blow to press freedoms. >> if there is one thing we can take from the day is that there are still huge support out there for journalists through the #free aj staff. look at th how it's trending across the world. it's very strong in western europe, in australia, and also when you cross over to the atlanta there is still strength over in the united states as well. this those that two-month

snapshot, the #was quiet. there was a bump august 2nd when we thought there might an verdict, and then today a huge up swing in the end. that's talking about impressions, the number of times that the tash tag is seen on people's timeline and searches. it's up in the hundreds of millions there. and we have to thank you for all of that support you give us. be sure to remember that the people who are most effected by what happened. the family like mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. this is mohamed fahmy's wife. she was caught outside of the court. the final tweet we've seen from baher mohammed, himself, who managed to get there before he was taken away to jail. keep shouting for us, my colleagues. i'm sorry, for now on we will not be able to keep in touch with you.

we will keep shouting. that's what we will do for our colleague who is are in jail. this was posted in februar february 2014, a global day of action. that's what we need from you as well. we'll keep doing this. we need your support. keep tweeting, keep shouting, #free aj staff. >> there was a real genuine sense of surprise when the verdicts were announce because people thought this time actually they would be pronounced not guilty. >> that is right. we're moving toss the dismissal of this case and the dismissal of charges. instead what we've seen is a court imposing a three-year sentence on bogus charges of allegedly aiding a terrorist

organization, reporting false news and other things like using a hotel from which to report. all of which means that the regime in egypt is penalizing these journalists simply for having done their jobs. >> these journalists have been penalized, but what does the verdict mean for all journalists working in egypt? >> i think that the regime is making it very clear that independent reporting will not be tolerated by the regime. hence forth and for the injure. this is a government that has decided that it is possible. we've already seen a number of egyptian journalists that have been targeted. many have fled in exile. now the international press will not be allowed to come into egypt and report independently. now this is a regime that is by any measure a dig any toral one that has decided that it will no

longer tolerate any independent press. >> all journalists want to remain impartial and independent, have you heard from any journalists working in egypt that they feel they have to monitor what they say? >> i've spoken to a good many journalists. they have left the country. they found the climate so abusive and dangerous to their personal safety. that shows what is happening in egypt threw the outside world and limit what is egyptians are able to consume and understand what is their own situation. >> it is difficult for people at

al jazeera to come to terms with is the fact that we had such a huge, huge social media campaign, and journalists across the world were applying the pressure on the egyptian authorities to do the right thing and free our journalists. that campaign will continue. but what is needed is international pressure from foreign governments? >> the egyptian regime to thumb their knows at this campaign is to thumb their nose at the international community and now pressure needs to be brought on egyptian allies to pressure this regime to act in a different manner. we'll see them compel to act in a different matter. to do this in the face of the

great campaign is against those around the world. >> now security is to be opportunitied on european railways after a failed attack o going from amsterdam to paris. >> the foiled gun attack on a crowded high speed amsterdam to paris express last week exposed a dangerous last of security on europe's railways. it was only the bravery of four passengers who overpowered the gunman on saturday france convened on a security summit of interior ministers to formulate a coordinated response to the threat of an astrocytin a rail

met work. the summit has thrown up a come of suggestions to toughen the security on rail links. more armed security forces to be drafted in to main line stations. great exchange of security information so destination countries know when a suspect is heading their way. and the introduction of selected targeting checks on roots in and out of turkey, the common exit point for jihadists traveling from syria. but they were brutally frank in assessing the charge of winning the fight of terrorists on the train network. >> i must say it's impossible to have a complete check of persons and luggage of millions of people who travel day by day in germany and in europe.

>> it was a pessimistic view shared by rail travelers this weekend. >> in the end i think it can be on the beach, on the train. >> they'll debate the results with the burden of insuring the safety of tens of thousands of passengers every day, likely to fall on national police and real ways. >> in syria family between forces have resumed. the truce set on wednesday was supposed to cover the rebel-held areas.

two people have been killed in a mortar attack by the islamic state in iraq and the levant on a town on the outskirts of baghdad. >> amyrita al fallujah, the roads beyond this checkpoint lead to isil areas. this is the only lifeline for those cut off from the rest of the world. but only a few make it out. >> i manage to escape, but my family is still there. they don't allow people to leave. they tell the people that they should die along side them. sometimes they tell you if you want to leave you have to leave

your women and children behind. >> some 300,000 people fled when isil captured ramadi the provincial capital of anbar in may. but as fighting intensifies, the human crisis is worsening. >> there is fighting and the airplanes are striking. life is difficult, and instead of advancing the army had to pull back. we have to drive in the desert to reach here. >> many of these people have relatives they left behind. hundreds of thousands are believed to be in isil controlled cities and towns while isil may have some support the majority are trapped. >> we're hostages. isil uses them as human shields. some pay $500 per person to leave, while others have to prove that they're sick and need help. >> the mayor of this town is busy helping those who reach amiriyat al fallujah.

but they also have to keep it safe. they're less than a kilometer away. >> there are many lines, one of theme here in amiriyat al fallujah. so far the iraqi army has prevented the armed group from advancing. >> but much of the rest of the province along the border of syria are in isil hands. they've been using suicide-bombers and boobie traps to make it difficult to break the group's defenses, but on this front line the main concern is the capital of baghdad, which is just a few kilometers away. >> police have charged a man in connection with the bangkok bomb attack a fort night ago. he was arrested on the majority skirts of the city where bomb making equipment and sacks of fake passports were recovered. the bomb blast killed 20 people.

he police say that he's not the same man the that police have circulated as being the main suspect. >> the police are holding the man 37 they found a number of passports from one country. >> it is ten years since hurricane katrina has hit the gulf coast of the united states killing 1800 people and costing billions of dollars worth of damage. people have been gathering in the state of louisiana to mark the anniversary. >> this is a festival o, speaking to the spirit of the new orleans ten years after the

hurricane katrina. 80% of new orleans is underwat underwater. thawe look at the protective walls, and there is a very different story. >> when hurricane katrina hit new orleans a decade ago it was too much for the levy system. catastrophic failures of flood walls and levies led to the submergence of loom the entire city. ten years later new orleans has invested $14 billion in new pumping stations and higher flood walls. the system is supposed to offer 100 years of protection, and it's a project many are proud of. >> it's been done here. it gives us a greater protection than we've ever had before. before we had a system in name

only even in the words, but yes am i happy with it? absolutely i'm happy with it. >> in new orleans it's a different story. growing up in the wetlands of the louisiana fertile coast and said it's a unique landscape that is changing fast. >> that low point was a ditch that you could not fit this boat in. all that was land. that was all land back there. all we had was onely ditch that run through here, that run through that bass over there. this is all gone. it's destroyed. >> land loss is a critical issue in louisiana. the state is home to half the nation's wetlands. erosion is being blamed on all oil exploratio exploration, storms and bad management. >> they can barely keep up with the pace of land loss. these barrier islands act as a

buffer to storms. if they go it leaves new orleans exposed. families have been working these waters for generations but now they feel that their way of life is under threat. they have already lost 200 acres and say this may be just the start. >> yes, it will be a while. years before, but it will go. there's nothing to stop it. >> new orleans now has a state of the art levy system that should prevent katrina-type flooding in the future. what is happening could be the biggest threat to years to come. >> tell us a little bit more about how people, where you are, are marking this ten-year anniversary. >> we're here in the lower ninth ward. we have a children's school band out here and that's how people in this city commemorate this kind of commemoration.

>> many say they can't afford to rent any wear, and they can't afford to buy anywhere, but this has come a long way. tourism numbers, that's the number one industry are back to pre-katrina levels, in some cases even higher. hospitals have been rebuilt. the charter schools are doing we, but there is still a lot of to be done. >> still to come on the program . >> you catch cheaters like we are doing, and then the conclusion is that saying your sport is dirty. >> athletics anti-dopey chief hit back against allegations of cheating. cheating.

>> home defeats with chelsea and liverpool, manchester city made it with four wins out of four. city yet to concede a goal this season. there was a price at anfield

where they recorded their win against liverpool since 1936. 1963, but the big shock of the day came at stamford bridge where jose mourinho marked hi a defeat. >> they deserve the win. they fought a lot. >> 3-0 victory over bayern

levetkusen. in spain barcelona is in action. currently goalless. real madrid will get their season going. real will help to a goalless draw. then you can't expect the return of striker to make a big difference. >> he can do everything and everything very well. we have to give him consistency. and he has to work towards that. and we'll try to help him. i've set him that goal, and he has agreed to score between 20 to 25 goals and assists. >> usain bolt part of the jamaican team that successfully defended a 4 x 100 meters relay title.

>> not even a segue can stop you any bolt. two days after being knocked over by a cameraman, usain was back winning gold in beijing. in the 4 x 100 meters. it's the third medal at the championships having already claimed the 100- an and 200 meters gold. shelly ann fraser-pryce getting her second gold in the championships. mo fa rah won the 5,000 meters having won the 10 those earlier this week. he became the first man to win both events in successive world championships. >> this is something that i enjoy so much. working hard and then to win this moment is incredible. >> ashton eaton would win this

record. >> i think the world record is something that makes me more happy. just because it's--i don't know. it's something that people have never done before and i like trying to go for those things. i think its important. >> the americans performance in the last of the ten events, the 1500-meters, finished with 5,045 points. al jazeera. >> the anti-doping manager for the world athletic organization allege more than 800 athletes recorded mor suspicious blood tests. >> i'm shocked that these allegations exist. these accusations. they're groundless and unfair. groundless because we did

everything we could at the time. to apprehend the cheaters and catch the cheaters. we didn't turn a blind eye. wwe were do blood tests when no one else was doing blood tests. now we're being accused of having sitting on our end. we have vigorously defended ourselves. we prove that we did everything we could at the time based on the resources that we had, and based on the applicable regulatory framework. >> do you find that from continent to continent there is a different reason for why people do it. >> uniforuniversal sport, and

each country has to have a different education message. you don't educate kenyan athletes the same way you educate jamaican athletes. it's difficult to have a tailor made doping testing program, and you have to have a tailor made education program. >> in soccer we very rarely hear about doping issues. does that irk you? >> yes, the accusation against us, otherwise the blood testing comes from the blood testing back ten years ago, who was doing the blood testing at the time? it was us, skiing that's it. a handful of organizations. those should be investigated now.

those who are doing blood testing, not those who were doing blood testing at the time. when you do things, you're exposed. you catch cheaters like cycling is doing, and we are doing, and then the conclusion of it is saying that your sport is dirty. >> we're going to finish with cricket. day two the third test in a rain-hit test so far. india 292-8. they'll take the series at one a piece. that is all your sport for now. we'll have more later. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that. just trying to remind you, you can find out much more on sports and on news on our website www.aljazeera.com. leading is, of course, the sentencing of our three journalists in egypt. that's it for me felicity barr

for this news hour join us next. bye bye.

>> they were allowed their courts to become instruments of political oppression and propaganda. >> good to have you with us. also coming up in this program, the long walk across europe continues for thousands of refugees and the extreme risks they take to find a new life.