announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the al jazeera america newshour, jutedon in dough -- jutson -- jane dutton in doha. hungary's president urges people not to dcome to budapest president molina resigns in the face of a corruption scandal beijing says it plans cuts to its military as china commemorates the end of the

second world war. and scientists say there are three trillion trees on earth, more than previously estimated hungary's prime minister urged refugees not to come to europe. he says it's the e.u.'s moral obligation to tell people they may not be granted asylum if they do make it across the borders. it comes as police lifted a 3-day blockade on the railway station. in central budapest. there were chaotic scenes in the station, as people crowded on to trains. it's not clear where they are going. >> please don't come. why you have to go from turkey to europe? turkey is a safe country. stay there. it's risky to come. we can't guarantee that you will be accepted here. morally, and from a human point

of view, we will defend the border and keep the representations. we represent a human rural point. we would not like to falsify the dreams of the people. please don't come, turkey is a safe country, serbia is safe. many countries between europe and other regions are safe. therefore it's better, better for your family, kids and yourself to stay speaking at the european parliament, where the president added a voice to the call for a unified response to the crisis. >> if i repeat once more what is my concern. the european idea is an idea of solidarity. what we see for the time being is the opposite. this is, in my eyes, a real threat for the european union let's bring in andrew simmonds in budapest. divergent views when it comes to

dealing with the refugee crisis. before talking about the politics, tell us what happened today as the police pulled back, andrew? >> impressed scenes at this station. the platforms were full of people running towards trains. what they didn't know though was that the trains weren't going on international journeys. that the hungarian rail service suspended all international journeys for security reasons. safety reasons, in fact. no one is sure exactly why that's happened, but all international train travel has been stopped, and so what you have now is this mixed up situation with - let's just take a look at the platforms, with refugees mingling amongst the crowds, trying to get information on where to go, they have international train tickets, many of them, and they are trying to work out what to do. now, in the past hour, a train

has left. it was packed with refugees. completely filled to standing room only, and no square centimetre left on the train. it left, and it's gone to a town about 30km from the austrian border. at that point it will separate into two separate trains. domestic trains, which will go to small towns on the border. so those refugees go on - probably on both trains, will end up near the border. what will happen at that point. it's unclear. will they try to cross on foot. will they be picked up by taxis. it's confusing. so you can understand why so many refugees now are suspicious. they wonder whether or not they are going to be arrested, and put into camps. when they get to the destinations they are unsure whether they can get on the

train. they need guidance. they need a steer as to what to do next. all i've heard so far is second hand information from a news conference that you've highlighted from viktor orban saying that everyone has to be registered. we are not sure of the numbers. some of the refugees are registered. the later arrivals are not registered. they are doubtful, they don't want their fingerprints taken, because they under under law they have to apply for asylum here. this thing is going around in circles, and no one is sure what to do. >> if orban has his way, there would be no refugees in his country. he says it's a german problem. >> yes, you refer to there being differences in the news conference. extraordinary really. it was ice cold. they were such - such a long-distance apart.

and the scene was set early on thursday morning, in a german newspaper, with viktor orban writing in an opinion piece that this refugee crisis threatens to undermine the confidence, christian routes. he refers to the refugees being muslims. not only that, he categorically says by september 15th, he'll have in place a physical barrier from people coming in from the refugees coming into the european union, but a legal one, because there's going to be leghtslation passing through parliament in the coming days. in fact, on thursday, there'll be legislation tabled, and if victor orban gets its way and it's fast-tracked there could be a vote on friday, and mid-september, september the a 15th, these laws will be in place. it will criminalize crossing the border, being that economic

migrants, as termed by viktor orban will be sent back. it will tighten up asylum laws to such a degree that 99% - that's what human rights estimate. 99% of applications will fail. the message is going out internationally from viktor orban, don't come to hungary, you won't get in. that will have a knock on effect. serbia is classified not by the e.u., but hungary as being a safe third country. serbia will have a bottle neck. a checkpoint of many, many refugees there, and serbia is hardly a country that is wealthy and can do with these things. humanitarian terms, it's a mess, a crisis developing. getting worse rather than better. >> from a picture point of view, andrew simmonds, thanks for that. shocking images of a 3-year-old

boy washed up on a beach came to symbolize the flight of refugees, one of 11 syrians that drowned attempting to reach the island of cos. you may find images in this report did you agree. >> reporter: it's a symbol of the desperation facing thousands and an image synonymous with the crisis under folding on the european shores. the lifeless body of this 3-year-old syrian boy washed up on the beach. he and his 5-year-old brother were among a group of syrians that drowned, trying to make the dangerous crossing to the island of cross. it has triggered an outcry on social media. it had been re-tweeted thousands of times. pressure is mounting on european politicians to do more. not only is it a poverty crisis, but a moral one. >> we had to deploy a team to

crease -- a team to crease, to lebos, and the three neighbouring areas, where two-thirds of the refugees that sort offed in europe landed. and what they are telling me is horrifying stories then having children abused on the passage to europe, and on the worst cases, seeing people they are with on boats across the agean or mediterranean drowning on the shores of europe. >> coast guards rescued 400 people, there are stories of survival, and death and despair while the rest of europe decides on how to deal with the growing influx of refugees, people in iceland are opening doors to give them shelter. the government offered to host 50 syrian refugees. 15,000 joined the group, and there has been more debate prove owned about the response to the crisis, simon mcgregor-wood joins us from london. what is the response there, simon? well, across the board here, the british newspapers are dominated by the image of little ireland

kurty, notoriously the independent newspaper going the extra yard and publishing perhaps the most disturbing and graphic image of the child's body, after it was washed up on the beach. others from across the political spectrum, regardless of general reporting to date on the issue of immigration, the left of center daily mirror, a single word unbearable, using a softer image of the policeman picking up the child. and one of the rupert murdoch's stable newspapers, the sun, not traditionally sympathetic, again choosing to use that. it is important to day that the image is widely shown by british newspapers. it's used incidentally to the day that british schoolchildren go back to school at the end of summer holidays, many of whom,

as the leader writers point out have been to the turkish beaches where the child was found washed up. it's having a huge impact. >> you must think that this must have an impact on what british politicians do. will it change anything? >> well, it's turning the heat up on david cameron, and interestingly, so far, at least, and comments he plead yesterday, he appears not to be moved by it. the right solution is not to let lots of refugees in, it's to solve the problem at the source, try and fix the problem inside syria and the surrounding countries. he's reiterated the point that the british are generous to sending aid to jordan, lebanon and turkey. that will change in the course of the next fi days. there are religious leaders in the country saying he's taken the long line, and from a cynical political point of view,

there's a number of members of his own party prominently featured in the newspapers, radio and television networks saying the prime minister has it wrong. he has breathing space, parliament is not sitting, it reconvenes next week. he has to change his mind. there appears to be a ground swell of opinion turning against the hard line. >> thank you for that, simon mcgregor-wood al jazeera has been leaked a draft copy of the plan to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. the roadmap put together by the u.n.'s special envoy. it calls for a start to negotiations, initially without a ceasefire, but with bye in from outline parties to not use barrel bombs or chemical weapons. the aim to reach a permanent ceasefire later. the first phase is the koirnt government with a -- current government with a partial roll,

then it recommends a longer transitional phase, leading up to general elections under u.n. supervision, and interim governing body would run the country. a researchers at the school of oriental and african studies joins me from beirut. good to have you with us. what do you think of the plan? >> the plan is not complete. in short. >> and the reaction of the syrian national coalition to the plan, i think, is an illustration of the many gaps that the plan presents. at the heart of them, the fact that the plan means that bashar al-assad can stay in power. as we know, this has been at the heart of the syrian conflict. how can there be a resolution to the conflict with the regime stay engine place. >> that's a -- staying in place. >> that's a major sticking point. they have not moved. they are calling for major

points, without a ceasefire. it doesn't seem practical, does it? >> no, the plan has a framework that has been presented, but does not have a mechanism that shows you how that can be workable. if the regime is going to stay in place, what guarantees are there that the regime is not going to continue to kill civilians in syria. the plan presents nothing along those lines. the same things plies to the provisions of humanitarian aid. it does not present a mechanism that would ensure that that would happen. the regime seems to be free to choose whatever representative it likes in the government, opening the door for the regime to set the rules on the ground. >> and it's not in the interests of anyone fighting against the regime in syria at all. >> the fmc is not on board as

far as the plan is concerned. the fact that there's a promise or a scenario that he remains in power. there's a call for the international community to get involved. how should they get involved. >> well, the international community should get together with them, and talk about a plan that is workable. in the immediate future, what should happen is increased humanitarianism. when it comes to a humanitarian solution, it will not be implementable. it's right in saying that there can't be a solution with bashar al-assad and his international community staying this power. cas opposed to implement a plan that goes against the geneva agreement. >> thank you for talking us through the latest plan to bring

peace to syria. still to come on the al jazeera newshour - bringing the country to town. we'll tell you why more than 1,000 tractors are combing the streets of paris. once outcast from the families, the women accused of witchcraft in ghana return to the community. novak djokovic dances into the third round of the u.s. open. details coming up with joe in sports guatemala's president resigned after a judge ordered his arrest over corruption allegations, congress voted to strip 54-year-old otto molina of his immunity. daniel schweimler joins us from guatemala. why did he resign?

>> i think the president felt his position was untenable. he said that he's innocent again against charges against him. he initially said he would fight them and run the country at the statement. but the owner general ordered his arrest a few hours ago. and there's growing protests. tens of thousands on the streets asking that the president and his cabinet resigns. there's elections on sunday. they will fight the charges against them. >> does this leave a political vacuum in the country, considering the deputies have been accused as well. >> yes, a huge vacuum. six of the cabinet ministers resigned. the vice president, roxana, who would have been expected to have taken over from the president,

has been in prison for some weeks herself, implicated in the same scandal. the country had to find a new vice president who will step in to fill the gap between now, to cover the elections on sunday. president molina was due to be in office until january, when the winner of the elections was going to take over. the vice president will stand in until that period, and a new political landscape starts to emerge in guatemala. it's a huge turmoil at the moment. people are saying that they are somewhat refreshed so that some resign. and the whilst of justice are seen to be in motion in guatemala you wonder what impact it will have on the process planned for later. >> a boat carrying 70 people capsized off the coast of malaysia, it went down in bad weather. 14 people are reported to have been killed. officials believe those on board were indonesians working

illegally in malaysia. we have more from kuala lumpur. >> this is shaping up to be the worst boat accident in malaysia, a maritime official i spoke to said the vessel was flimsy, carrying between 70 and 80 people when it capsized in rough seas in the malacca straits, which is off the western coast of malaysia. fishermen were able to rescue a number of people. they also recovered a number of bodies, many of them said to be that of women. now, a spokes - the authorities were able to speak to survivors, all of them were indonesian, and they were not carrying any passports. this leads them to believe that the passengers on the vessels were illegal migrants who came to malaysia to work. millions of people particularly from indonesia come to malaysia

every year in search of work, because the country is the third-largest economy in the region, authorities believe that the passengers on the vessel were illegal migrants from indonesia and they were returning back to indonesia when the accident occurred. search and rescue operations are under way. the maritime enforcement agency has deployed a number of ships and boats, as well as aircraft to continue the search for survivors. they will continue their search into the night, they said, bit, of course, the more time that passes, the less chances there are of finding people alive china's president has pledged to cut the size of the military by 300,000 personal. he made the announcement at a huge military parade in beijing, marking 70 years since japan vendors following world war ii.

>> reporter: a nation's pride and military might on display in tiananmen square, and an opportunity for the chinese to remember the millions that died during world war ii, fighting japanese aggression. tiananmen square has not seen this sort of parade since 2009. and the fourth since 1960. 12,000 military personal, past and present, representing chinese armed services marched to precision timing. more than 80% of the military hardware on show was unveiled for the first time. tanks, armoured vehicles, dozens drones, aircraft entertained large crowds. security operations surround the event. a few kilometres down the road. not everyone wants to watch the parade from home. many came to points like this, not necessarily passing them on the right, but up in the sky. >> translation: i've watched several parades on tv.

it is the most spectacular one, the biggest in terms of size. this is an historical moment for china. >> reporter: many waited for an anticipated speech from chinese president xi jinping, including specially invited delegations and heads of states from more than 100 countries >> translation: people's liberation army of china is the people's army, to protect security and wellbeing and carry out the noble mission of upholding world peace. here i announce that china will cut the number of troops by 300,000. despite the significant statement, many leaders from western nations, and the prime minister of japan did not attend. they see china flexing its muscle. sending a message that it can

and will defent itself to disputed territory that it aims to claim. china was on the winning side during world war ii. personnel from two nations, including several central asian republics, and russia's asian ally pakistan joined in the parade. a nationalistic display it might have been, but 70 years on, like other global nations, china needed to remember the heroes, paying tribute to the sacrifices. there's a clear message, global superpower that never wants to see another world at war again dramatic scenes in france, where farmers drove more than 1,000 tractors into paris to protest about falling prices, calling for support from the government. and are complaining about high taxes. jacky rowland joins us from paris. i see you are standing in front of a tractor.

what's the message? >> i'm really in the thick of the tractors here. it's blocked the area heading into the east. they have come from all over france. in some cases the farmers have been trading into a couple of days. vehicles like this don't travel quickly. the demands made, is that they are facing another challenge at the moment. some of them are global problems, the fact that the prices for produce are falling from the world market. some are specifically problems to them in france. they say that the french government has imposed a heavy tax, they have problems with loan repayments. they say there's a lot of rules and regulations and bureaucracy, which is making it really not viable for them to remain in the forming industry.

and they say that by having these special rules and regulations and taxes, french farmers are no longer able to compete with farmers from poland or other parts of the european union. that is particularly what they are trying to deliver, they want a burden of taxes, rules and regulations and bureaucracy reduced, so they can be more competitive in european markets. >> only one way to get your message across. let's get the whether with everton. you come up to me saying you'll tell me weather in my country, my favourite weather, which is rain. >> you like rain. >> i love it. especially living here. >> on the east you can benefit from the use of a tractor, it's looking murky and mucky. western cape it's gorgeous, fabulous weather to the western side of south africa. clear skies, high pressures, and it will keep it settled, gorgeous spring sunshine through

the next few days. here is the area of high pressure. the whether system making its way through, a legacy of cooler windows coming in here. that's where we have the soggy weather. heavy rain across the east of south africa. temperatures around 19-20 celsius. those temperatures falling away sharply as we go towards the weekend. it's pegged back to 18 degrees celsius, with a gentle breeze, falling light on saturday. there's the fabulous weather. 21 celsius. for the north-eastern corner. johannesburg, 12 degrees. rain into the southern parts of zimbabwe, into antibiotics, heavy downbours a possibility. we have clear skies. wet weather across central africa, in kenya, 52mm of rain. the easterly winds driving the showers across central africa,

big rain into the gambia, and heavy rain over the next couple of days. thank you still to come on al jazeera, the u.n. warns of a lot of generation, children from conflict zones who are not getting an education. plus... >> i'm an lake erie, where experts say it could be a bad year for pollution on the great lakes in sport, the gift the syrian football team hopes to give to the people enduring the conflict back home. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20.

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thanks for watching, a look at the top stories, hungary's prime minister urged refugees not to come to europe. viktor orban says it's an obligation for the e.u. to tell people they may not be granted asylum if they across the boarders. >> congress voted on wednesday to strip 64-year-old ortiz perez molina of his immunity. >> china's president xi jinping announced he'll cut the army by 300,000 soldiers, making the announcement at a parade marking 70 years since the defeat of japan since world war ii. >> 13 million children across the middle east and africa are not able to go to school because of conflict. and estimates around 9,000 schools are not used in syria, iraq, yemen and libya. that's because of fighting, damage or they are used as makeshift shelters.

the u.n.'s children's agency says children and teachers stay home, scared of being attacked on or to school. there's pressure on education systems and countries. more than several hundred thousands refugee children in jordan, lebanon and turkey. we have more from beqaa valley. >> reporter: we are at one of the hundreds of informal refugee camps in lebanon, they have the third-highest numbers of the refugees in the world. it has the highest number per capital because it is a small population, that is evident when you come to places like these. the services are either very, very thin on the ground or do not exist. >> we'll pan slightly to where it's going to be. this is a school day. the kids should be at school.

i'll ask how old they are. how old are you? this is a six-year-old child. they go to an informal education system here, by far it's not the same as going through normal schools that essentially have proper syllabuses and exams. most of them, if not all, are barefoot. the services, like i see provided in these refugee camps are far from adequate, to say the least. in terms of the education, but also in terms of health services, social services and things like that peter is u.n.i.c.e.f.'s regional director for the middle

east and north africa, and joins us from imam. you look at the faces of those little children, and there were hundreds of thousands around the world who are not being educated. it must have been disturbing getting the information, knowing that it's a manmade problem. >> itself extremely disturbing to think that there are 13 million children out of school, representing 40% of the school-age population in the conflict affected countries, this is a tragedy for now, and a tragedy for the future. >> i was going to arriving about the future. if you have so many children out of school, a generation, what sort of impact will that have on society? >> we are on the verge of losing a generation of children. there's the obvious consequences of that on the educational achievement, and the fact that

we are losing the conclusions children, doctors and lawyers of middle eastern south africa. we know that kids were not in school and exploited with child labour, and vulnerable to be recruited by the militaries, paramilitaries, and we know that there's an indirect impact on the rest of the world. the war in syria, iraq and other communities are coming to the shores of europe. we know that of the asylum seekers to europe, 70% are in syria. >> other than stopping the laws, it doesn't look like that will happen soon, what do you want to see done to help the children. what do you think can be done? >> well, certainly we must call on all parties to the conflicts in the middle east and north africa to stop targetting

schools, to do their best to protect those schools, those students, those teachers. we also know that there are opportunities to get children an education, informally or formally, and we have to expand the opportunities for children. we are facing huge short falls. the whole world is struggling to deal with the crisis, and in educational terms, we are only garnering around 40% of the resources that we need to meet the immediate needs of children, so that they can go to school, they can live with dignity thank you very much for talking to us peter. thank you i.s.i.l. says it's attacked a mosque in yemen's capital sanaa, killing 28. a suicide attack inside the prayer hall was followed by a car bomb outside the second explosion from paramedics who rushed to help. the mosque is controlled by houthi rebels who followed a form of shia islam

four turkish police officers have been killed in south-eastern turkey, dying this their vehicle, in a bomb detonated as they've driven past. >> u.s. president obama secured enough votes in the senate to support the iran nuclear deal. this means obama will prevent republicans from passing a resolution against the agreement. from washington, patty culhane explains. >> reporter: the israeli government pulled out all the stops to try to stop the iran deal going forward, even before the agreement was reached, israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu lobbied the u.s. congress with this speech. deciding it was worth angering president obama, who was not consulted. the pro re-israeli government lobby spend tens of millions on tv ads, and lob yiing. hosting rallies like this in maryland on tuesday, urging supporters to get involved. >> we spoke with our members of

congress and senators. the whole family called it together. it didn't work. wednesday, the senator from maryland, announced support. that guarantees the president can keep congress from overriding the veto in an attempt to scuttle the deal in the u.s., five other nations and iran. >> the obama administration and its allies launched their own unprecedented lobbying campaign. >> i'm enjoying the iran debate. >> president obama did press interviews. his energy center tried to explain nuclear science. allies paid for their own ads, spending a fraction of opposed to the deal. analysts say it will impact a.p.e.c. . >> a.p.a.c. is in a difficult position, members of congress found it freer to move away from the a.p.a.c. line. will it change? as long as president obama is in

office, a.p.a.c. will be divisive. >> reporter: the administration is selling the deal with the vice president in florida, and the secretary of state gave one of his longest speeches yet on the deal, and the consequence bs of congress intervening. >> it's hard to conceive of a quicker, self-destructive blow. not only with respect to this one issue, but i'm telling you across the board economically, politically, militarily and morally. >> the administration is pushing to get a handful of votes. if they do, they could keep congress from voting on the deal. arguing that is would send the wrong message to the world. the fight over the symbol of the deal. the substance will not change. the u.s. expected to honour its part in the historic agreement a judge in the u.s. city of baltimore has rejected motions to drop charges against six

police officers after a black man died in their custody. freddie gray was arrested in april part of a foot chase in west baltimore. he was bundled into the back of a police van in handcuffs, suffered a spinal injury and died a week later. a judge ruled there'll be separate trials for each of the six police officers involved. >> black lives matters because you are killing black people. all lives matter, but you go to think about who dying out here. when you all go home, we are worried about our kids going home. mine aren't going to the penitentiary... ..blooms of toxic...

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summer for algae blooms, early summer rains washed over the side of the river. you see the way the water encroached into the treeline, taking soil into the river. he set up a new barrier at a will protect the border. it all sounds a little ominous. corn serkzs say until the surrounding states report where the sources of solution are, lake erie will choke on toxic algae ghana - women accused of witchcraft face abuse and threats to their lives, hundreds forced out of their communities and into camps. the government is taging up with n.g.o.s and traditional leaders to stop the women being ostracized. >> this settlement is known as cuckoo camp, a safe haven

a safe haven for women accused of being witches. >> for this woman, she has been here for three years. today her daughter came to visit. she says she left her home after she was blamed for her niece falling sick. >> and the crowd attacked me. i was sad. they came with sticks and other things, and the intention was to kill me, the chief stepped in to kill me, the chief stepped in to say i should not be killed in is one of the minority of women accepted back into a regular community. she is living with her brother and his family after 20 years of

being in a camp. >> being home with my family helped me. now that i am with my brother, if i am sick, he's there to see it. if i have problems, he is there. i'm happy here. >> the government is working to reintegrate more women into the communities, he's wound down one camp. there's five left. it has been difficult to do away with it. what we do is use it as a means, working with immunity and still society, and particularly working with the traditional leaders, to get them to appreciate and understand that it is totally wrong. it's a human rights violation. >> some of the camps have been around for more than 100 years. the idea that a woman can be a witch is deeply engrained. any can be accused, but it's often those that can't have children, elderly or outspoken. the government's plan is to grose the camps. or transfer them into regular communities. this person is afraid of returning home because the trauma that she went through. like all the women, she wants to be accepted.

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count the tries? >> we - most of our understanding until now, about the global forest comes from satellite information, that tells you about where it can be, where it exists. it doesn't tell you what is going on beneath the surface. we paired that information with thousands of ground-fors plots, where people have been standing out in the woods counting the trees, and ret that was related, so we can get an estimate. the estimate is that there's more trees than expected. in 300 years, they'll be gone. what's the problem there? >> that's it. so, first, i mean - actually, we have a lot more trees than the previous estimate suggested. that's not to suggest we found new trees or carbon. that means that we have sort of used newer techniques and newer

information to provide a robust estimate. the scale of the offense was very much surprising to us. and we also found the scale of the human acts was using between 10-15 trillion each year. at the current rates forests will be depleted at a fast rate. now that we have this understanding, people are - conservation organizations and politicians set tarts and meaningful goals, and they have to step up the efforts to stop the damaging impacts of humans around the world. >> good to hear. what did you discover that was interesting or surviving. we were surprised to find that throughout the course of human civilisation the number of trees that have fallen were 50%. it's a huge reduction. we didn't expect to find anything, anywhere near that.

>> good and bad news there. it seems good there. >> let's get the sports news now. >> serena williams is closer to completing the first sweep. the win was far from straightforward. >> reporter: a serena williams victory is expected before she stepped on to the court of any grand slam. the top seed posted a challenge. the woman was 4-0 up. for a first set tie breaker, recovering to take the match in straight sets. 7-6, 6-3. >> i was a little determined to do better than what i did. >> i know i can play better. >> novak djokovic had no problems against his austrian

opponent. he dropped seven games, dancing into the third round with a post-match encore performance. it was hard to top novak djokovic, but rafael nadal fought his way through. the spaniard needed a tie break to win the first set against argentine diego swartsman, but took the next two 6-2, 7-5, saying he'd been written off by fans and the media. >> i'm number 8 in the world, not number 100, you know. >> yes, but i don't know. seems like i'm number 200. in every press conference >> and the professional career of mardy fish ended with a 5-set loss to feleesiano lopes, featuring sparingly on the a g.p. tour in 2012, when he

withdrew from a match and was treated for an anxiety disorder. >> this is the biggest one, the most fun and the one you want to go out on. this one was ya special, extra special meaning for me because of how it happened in 2012 a 3-time grand slam quarterfinalist fish will focus his life on helping others overcome mental health issues. f.i.f.a. presidential candida candidate chungmung june, accused them of fraud for supporting his rival. this european football chief. the south korean will stand against him and others to replace seb blatter. he believes it's time for a non-european to take over

football's world governing body. >> f.i.f.a. is 111 years old. during that time they had eight presidents. all coming from europe. if they had been healthy leadership, f.i.f.a. would not have been in despair, and the european football community should take responsibility for this. whoever is the new f.i.f.a. president. there's more work to do than for those over europe. it's my opinion that it isn't necessary to have a european president world cup qualifying continues in asia on thursday. syria unable to play at home because of war in the country. they host singapore in oman. despite the difficulties, the goal is to qualify for the furniture in russia. if they beat singapore in the clash, they'll go top. after losing a number of key

players over the last couple of years because of the situation back home. syria are trying to rebuild. >> enough trouble in the country. first of all, we are here to play football, and to make our country me, and our people especially, because everybody has a difficult moment. >> also playing in group e. japan host cambodia, and are looking to improve on their surprising draw against singapore. >> asian champions australia host bangladesh in perth, in group b and south korea at home against laos. >> in euro 2016 qualifying, the netherlands hope to keep their campaign alive as they take on group a leaders. the dump are third, losing the third clash in iceland in october. they are five adrift of their opponents, and three behind the czech republic.

it's been a turbulent time for the netherlands, the coach takes charge for the first match since replacing veteran goous hiddink. last month the captain was replaced. >> translation: our focus in the match must be on our own performance. they have to move the ball fast, and ensure that the right people get the ball at the right moment. we saw when they played them in iceland, that they could be dangerous. they automatically go through, in group b, group leaders whales, trafficked to cypress. group l, changed dramatically by the end of hours. italy sit two behind croatia. they have few problems getting past malta.

hollywood film executives denied writing a script. making the n.f.l. look bad. the movie, starring will smith as a scientist that proved the link between long-term brain injuries and repeating blows to the head. >> movie reel: i found app disease no one has seen. >> reporter: it's a movie that won't hit the theatres until chris, but the trailer for will smith's latest film "concussion" is causing controversy. he stars as bennett amarlu, real-life forensic pathologist. he chronicled brain drama in n.f.l. players. the film looks at the league's attempts to cover up the issue. >> the trailer was released monday, pulling no punches. the next day the "new york times" newspaper reported that "concussion" was altered to avoid antagonising the n.f.l.,

something the director denied. the "new york times" cited new york studios. an email written in august by senior studio executive said we'll develop messaging with the help of a consultant. >>. following the trailer, the n.f.l. released a statement saying: the issue of long-term brain injuries has been controversial to hit the sport, following the suicide of several top players, including 2-time super bowl winner. earlier this year, a federal judge approved a 765 million settlement, between the league and players suffering from head trauma. but the release of this pictures, coming right in the middle of n.f.l. season, will be

seen by many as bad publicity for america's biggest store there's more sport on the website. for the latest, check out aljazeera.com/sport. we have blogs and videos from our correspondents around the world. and that is all the sport for now. >> thank you. >> that is the end of the bulletin. we'll have more on the refugee crisis as we are seeing unfolding dramatically in front of us every day. we'll talk about more in a couple of minutes or so. thanks.

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hungary's prime minister urges refugees not to try to come to europe as budda pest's railway station opens after a 2-day standoff hello, i'm jane dutton, live at the al jazeera headquarters in doha. also ahead. guatemala's president molina resigns in the face of a corruption scandal. beijing stays it plans cuts to the military as china commemorates the end of the