>> hello, welcome to the news hour live from doha. here's what's coming up in the next 60 minutes: >> france and germany agree toe take in tens of thousands of refugees but seek a unified european response to the crisis. >> a comedian with no political experience tops guatemalas presidential poll, but doesn't get enough votes to avoid a runoff. >> protesting dairy farmers in the european union say they are not able to milk prices for all

they're worth. >> i'll have all the sport including the latest from the u.s. open. we'll hear from the runner who took on the challenge of crossing an entire continent. >> local governments in europe struggling to keep up with the influx of refugees in the region. for many people crossing so the continent, their point of arriving is lesbos. we have a report from there to tell us what they face when they arrive. >> >> the first thing is they are extremely happy they finally made it. i'm on the northeast coast of the island. 15 minutes ago, we saw a group of young syrians, all cousins

from damascus who just touched land. you probably can't see them anymore, but they are just walking there. we saw that there are about another five boats that are making their way here. each one of them carries at least 30 to 40 people, so just in this small stretch of coast here in the span of less than an hour, 500 new refugees. we are told by the people here also further down along the coast, earlier, there were seven other boats arriving, to give you an idea of how continuous is this flow of refugees pouring in from lesbos. the same thing is happening on our islands here. once they touch land and sort of get themselves together, have a bit of water, then they start walking. they are going to have to walk 50 kilometers to reach the capital of lesbos. that is where they will find a transit camp and a port where

they will try to register. once they arrive there, there are going to probably be slightly disappointed on how slow things are happening. >> it's the same daily chaos at the port perfect thousands of refugees trying desperately to register. without it, they can't leave the island. the process is extremely slow. the wait is long, the sun is baking and emotions boil over. some collapse to the ground, nearly losing consciousness. authorities appear unable to take control. there are not enough resources to speed up the pros and refugees are left by and large to their own devices, stranded sometimes for weeks. growing more vulnerable by the day, desperately trying to find answers. >> it's just like this all the time. >> please, please! >> people come up to you. they don't know what to do, where to go, how long this will

last. they are asking to help give them a piece of information and most of the time, we don't nope as much as they know. >> you are asking. >> we can barely walk a couple of beaches and others come up to us, begging to help find a solution. >> yes. >> afghan nationals complain they are made to wait even longer. many say they have run out of money. >> whenever we talk to the responsible, they ignore us. >> it's especially hard for parents. this syrian occurred who escaped kobane is worried about his children. >> what should we do? we left a save our children from war. i don't have food or filling for them. what do we do with them now? what's the solution? >> without the registration document, the refugees can't check into a hotel even if they had the cash. many set up shop where they can, in the port or on any sidewalk

around town. lately syrian families were taken to this transit camp. here, atoo, there's chaos and it's congested. living conditions are very poor, little running water and sanitation. >> in syria, we were hit by barrel bombs. here we fear we are dying every day. i have three children and they are sick now. how long is is this going to last? we escaped war. this is worse. why are they doing this to us? >> the frustration often spills on to the streets, but no matter how loud they shout, the anguish is far from over. al jazeera, lesbos. >> very clear from your report that both the refugees as well as authorities are at a breaking point in lesbos. what happens next? >> the greek government has been asking for backup from the e.u., but from what we see on the ground, it hasn't arrived here yet. we've seen the past few days

more aid organizations arriving in this island. they've been trying to otherwise things and the reality is that there's so many people, that this is very difficult at this stage to otherwise. this morning again, we woke up and there was a march throughout the town. they were screaming we wanting to, we want to go. this is a very difficult situation. the people of this island are also getting anxious about what's going to happen next with this backlog and with the amount of people who come, who arrive every day, so certainly a lot of the aid organizers i spoke to, the relief workers say this is a very critical situation, the island could all boil over and they are extremely worried. greek authorities obviously have at the moment a political crise, and economical crise and the numbers of staggering, nearly according to the unhcr, 240,000 people have entered this country

through the island, between january and july alone, leaving alone the numbers of august, where actually there was an increased in the flow of refugees coming in, simply because the weather conditions are at the best at that time of the year. little an extremely complicate situation. you have lesbos, kos, some going to minor islands. we spoke earlier in the day to the mayor of a tiny island of 100 residents there, and he said well, we are 113 people living on this island and at the moment, there are more than 1,000 refugees and as i speak to you, there are more boats coming in. what is going to happen to these people on that island and those hoop want to move on. it's a huge logistical challenge for the greek authorities, especially if everybody wants to go to athens and from there to the border with macedonia. >> ok, thank you very much for that update from less bose.

e.u. leaders have been trying to come up with a plan as the continent struggles to cope with the worst he refugee crisis since the second world war. france and germany decided to take in tens of thousands of refugees, the president of france, president said they will accept refugees. 24 these people for france to take in, we will do it. we will do it because it's the principle to which france is committed. we will do it because it's the proposition that we ourselves established. >> while the german chancellor angela merkel said asylum seekers who come from a secure country will have to go back, but her government has made another three billion dollars available to cope with the

refugee crisis. >> we have to do lots of things to manage this challenge, but we need the help of the e.u. it's only with european solidarity that we will manage that. europe wants to show its face in a good light and internationally with all the states combined, we have to fight the reason for the influx of refugees, the civil wars, the terrorism. we have to work on it together. >> the prime minister said the e.u. should set up a fund to help countries like turkey to cope with mass migration. he said the e.u. should help his country protect its border. we have reporters along the refugee routes. we will be joined from vienna in a moment. first to the hungary-serbia border. tell us what you see on that side of the border. >> well, after a weekend that saw 14,000 refugees go into austria and germany, history

marching away through this country, males have buses, now we're back where it starts in terms of hungary. here, this rail line, i'll show you now, in the distance, you'll see further down that rail line refugees, the endless stream of refugees coming across this rail line. they've been through a gap in the razor wire fence and now are here. the situation if anything has got worse here, because up to 3,000 refugees a day are coming through. if i could just look ahead, there has been a series of issues here, major issues. you'll see these refugees sitting, getting food, sitting on the rail line, but beyond that, there is a standoff going on, yet another standoff with the police. now earlier, we saw what were looking like clashes at one point, scuffles, a lot of scuffles, a lot of angry people trying to push through and get

past these police. now, as you can see, the police have penned in the people. they are not letting them get out and they are certainly not letting them mooch right now. they refuse to do so. thins they refused time and time again, they've been in this position now for an hour and a half, the police have just surrounded them. what they're saying is that they want buses to a camp. the arguments been going on between afghan refugees and syrians because syrians seem to be getting priority over the past 24 hours, but these people have been here for three days, some of them, and the champions, let me show you, go this way, please, nick, we'll go through here to see what is supposed to be some sort of reception center, but really, you've got a few portal toilets, which are unusable here. you have a couple of tents there from volunteers, and then look

at this, this is where they've had to spend three days. the reason hardly anyone is here now because they are protesting or trying to get on buses over there. they call that the arrival point, you about look at this child here. look just here. it's a desperate situation for them. it is certainly in humanitarian terms completely and utterly ripped apart that. there are no facilities here that are fit to stay in, and these people have been here three days. it's reasonably warm now, but at night, the temperatures are going right down. these people have been walking through in summer conditions in light clothing and now, of course, they're in a situation whereby at night, they haven't got enough bedding. there are a lot of volunteers in budapest who drove down on sunday night to try and help out. if you look there again, look at the faces, at the level of

desperation there is. frustration, desperation. this is a very, very different scene to the one in germany and also in austria, in vienna, i'll hand you over to muhammed. june thank you, andrew. we're here now at the train station in sienna. there are hundreds of refugees that have arrived just a short time ago. in forecast, you'll see a lot of them streaming past me here now. there are a lot of aid workers here that are trying to assist these folks. earlier, we took the train follow nickelsdorth. this train transported around 400 refugees this morning. along the route, he poje with men refugees, most of them syrian and iraqi. while they were so happy to be in austria, they were perplexed

witch the hostile treatment that they got in hungary. they were thankful for the treatment they have received in austria, but they really want to try to make it to germany. everybody i spoke with said they would like to get to germany as soon as possible and they don't know exactly when that will be. i spoke to a 13-year-old iraqi boy. he said he and his family left baghdad because they're worried that isil is going to get to baghdad in the coming weeks or months. they never thought they would have gotten the hoss style reception they got in europe. they are sanction things are better for them, the situation has cleared up. we are still waiting to find out more about what exactly the emergency measures here will be rolled back. last night, the austrian chancellor said it was time these emergency measures that allow the border -- we have quite a crowd behind us here.

we were told that the austrian chancellor said emergency measures would be rolled back and it was time to get back to normality. that's caused concern with the refugees, worrying the borders will be closed again. the austrians have said that the borders won't close, but there will be more checkpoints to make sure human trafficking isn't taking place. >> reporting from vienna, thank you very much. we had an true simmons joining us. we'll cross over to speak to the director of migration and mobility at the europe that policy center. thanks very much for being with us. we were just speaking to our reporters and andrew simmons is on the ground on the border between hungary and syria, where there seems to be some sort of standoff that could be taking operation with the refugees and

police. what do you see happening at these borders? >> it's pretty much difficult to predict what is going to happen, because we are facing some sort of unprecedented situation where we have to give protection to hundreds of thousands of people crossing the borders between serbia and hungary and also from hungary to austria and austria to germany. i think that now we have decided some of e.u. leaders have decided to clearly help people in need have protection. the population is also extremely supportive in this regard, but it's pretty much difficult to plan what is going to happen today. the emergencies situation requires to protect people and then what we see in the next couple of days or weeks how the

process will go. >> you said it yourself, even, the key word you use is some countries, but there are other countries in europe that are not prepared to play ball with the other ones that do want to help the refugees, like hungary for example. >> this is exactly what is going to come on the table of negotiation between all e.u. member states. you know that once the president of the european commission will deliver his state of the union address where it will address the issue of mike allegation and now a series of proposals which are going to be tabled very quickly by the end of the week by the european commission. the week after the ministers of interior of the e.u. member states will meet to discuss those issues. here we will see whether or not we still have big opposition or support to the difference measures, which will be tabled.

>> let's look at whether there is big opposition. what happens then? what do you want to see? >> i would like to see no opposition and see a common answer to these common situations. now we know that some states, four states in particular, those part of what we call the vis a.m. grath group, in other words poland, check check, czech republic and hungary. what we see is they are not willing to agree on much things. this is the process at the level. we are around the table with different views, different options and this is a negotiation which is going to take place and the i would say the leadership of the european

commission, german chancellor merkel alongside french president francois hollande and also with the support of the luxembourg presidency, we are in a typical negotiation, but quite untypical in that it addresses an issue, one of the most serious issues the european union has had to deal with over the past decades. >> thank you for speaking to us from france. there's much more information. you can visit our refugee spotlight page on our website. you'll find articles, opinion pieces, photo galleries, all at aljazeera.com. >> you're with the news hour. there's he plenty more coming up, includingion a chad leader goes on trial for war crimes charges. he is facing a special court in senegal. >> who is fighting him? why the fight against isil in

iraq isn't just a two way conflict. >> in sport, find if this man makes it to the finals. >> the syrian city of douma has been seen as a bags of opposition to the president bashar al assad. it's been repeatedly targeted by government forces and many civilians have been killed. now, people there are pleading for help from humanitarian organizations. we have this report. >> the syrian suburb of douma, a waste land of bombed out buildings, twisted wire and mountains of concrete. the remaining few that live here say their morale is slowly being wiped out. >> we were very active in the beginning, even when the regime snipers were shooting at us.

we had the energy to go risk your people if an air strike hits a bad ending. >> last month, as people rushed to help those injured during an air strike on the local market. there was a second 2003 by the bombers. the rescuers became victims. more than 100 died. the syrian air force confirmed it had conduct airstrikes nearby. local officials say douma should be declared a disaster area. >> the campaign of airstrikes against us is huge. as a civil defense team, we want work alone, so we are tomorrow ting a joint operation that includes all revolutionary groups on the ground. >> city officials want nhl assistance, hoping to create a humanitarian corridor to protect civilians. that may be difficult. throughout the war, syrian forces and rebels have consistently targeted civilians.

for now, douma remains a ghost town. al jazeera. >> breaking news from iraq and the iraqi defense minister ha come under fire in the country. that happened in the eastern city of baiji. we have more with that attack. what happened? >> the attack took place north of tikrit near baiji. there was one shot fired. we think it was an assassination attempt on al abadi, the defense minister. he was in a convoy driving around that area. he does this on a number of occasions ins very different areas. iraq is clearly one of the main players in the face against isil. tikrit was supposed to be a success story.

about six months ago, was cleared of isil fighters. that area still has the presence of certainly anti-government forces, more than likely to be isil fighters. >> thank you for that update from baghdad. >> egyptian authorities arrested the countries agricultural minister over corruption allegations. he was arrested on monday shortly after his resignation was announced. the prime minister's office released a statement earlier saying his resignation had been accepted. >> thousands of european farmers descended on brussels to vent anger over economic problems in the agricultural sector. a slider global dairy prices has been partially blamed on china, for reducing its imports. nilling price are at an eight year low according to the food and agricultural department of

the u.n. we are in brussels. how confident are the inarmers that they can get what they want? >> i have to say in the last hour, the demonstration here has turned ugly. we are not sure what provoked it, but certainly earlier on, we saw farmers throwing eggs at riot police and riot police respond, water cannon. in the last half hour, they've been using tear gas quite intensively in this area, so obviously, the anger of the farmers and i would say pretty heavy-handed response by the police. certainly i would say that there are hike numbers of riot police surrounding the area, almost as many as there are farmers, i would think, every single road leading up to the main square where the european buildings are lined with riot police there.

they've brought in decision riot police from a the netherlands next door. obviously at the moment, it's a rather violent, unpleasant atmosphere, in some ways overshadowed the economic demands the farmers have been making. >> when it comes to these demands, what are they? >> it's primarily to do with milk. the milk price has collapsed. it's no longer viable for the farmers to work. they say it costs them more to produce the lighter of milk than they can put it on the marketplace. the say the fair place is just over a half dollar. they are meeting just above where the demonstration is taking place. that was deliberate to try to get those remand heard clearly. they are complaining about the

political row between the european union and russia over ukraine. obviously the russian position is to boycott foot products produced in the eu. farmers safe it's costing them $15 billion a year, a huge impact on the farming industry in europe. they are saying again to the ministers, this is a political argument. we don't see why we should suffer. this is some of the percentage messages, obviously some of the easier for ministers to address than others. >> thank you for that update. >> the weather with rob and north america setting up for change of season. >> yes. two weeks away from the equinox, so change of season everywhere. the satellite picture, you saw this set up, this is looking quite dangerous, a line that converts across the middle of the plains producing violent storms. this time of year, it hasn't got

to that stage. it's definitely a good line of showers. i've not even anything reported that is particularly dangerous, however, it is a line of division. i think it will stay where it is for a couple of days. the temperatures are in the 30's. it's been quite hot for tennis players in new york, for example. the other side of it, we are in the teens or 20's. that division, if it was greater, 20 degrees would be quite violent. around oklahoma or texas, essentially it's a line that extends up to quebec. on this side, tropical heat. the other side of it, cooler sunshine and a complete change in canada. it looks quite like a tunnel here. if you follow this down through the southwest corner to california, this has just prompted a hurricane to form, which will probably go up the coast. the hint here, of course, is this time of the year, you could

well find proper rain from caught he were california. >> thank you for that update. >> one clear leader emerged from the first round of guatemala's presidential election. a comedian and the other candidate neck and neck. >> there is some clarity on the political landscape in guatemala, but not much. some call him the anti politics politician, untainted by political scandals. he finished ahead, but not with the 50% needed to avoid a republican i don't have. he'll fight the second round october 25. the people have chosen, but have

they chosen-wisely? >> we want to be a lot wiser than our last elections to vote, and hopefully we're going to have better politicians in the next four years. >> the man they elected in their last election resigned last week and will hear in court whether he'll be tried in a massive election scandal that left the electorate disillusioned with politics and their politicians. >> i'm voting, but at the same time, i don't agree with any proposals put forward by the candidates, but the people have spoken and have a much clearer idea of what democracy is. >> the president damaged us. i don't want that for my children or grandchildren. >> the new president will not

take office until january. the country is being led by the interim leader. later on monday, he'll appoint a new government. >> guatemala is still in crisis, but many hope cleaner elections with all sides respecting the results and a judicial system fighting corruption and bringing politicians to court are a sign that the country is moving forward. >> election result is a step toward greater stability, but guatemala remains full of surprises and uncertainty. al jazeera, guatemala city. >> still ahead, more than a billion dollars have gone missing from moldova's banks. protestors demand to know where that money is. >> forests are unique, but disappearing fast. we'll tell you why. >> the latest on the euro

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>> the top stories on the al jazeera news hour, france and germany agreeing to take in tens of thousands of refugees. both francois hollande and answer america want a unified european response to the crisis. the french president warned without it, the agreement will collapse. >> the iraqi defense minister under fire southwest of the city of tikrit. he is unhurt, but one of his

guards was wounded. forces retook that city from isil in april. >> farmers marching through brussels protesting falling dairy and meat prices. >> protestors say they are digging in for the long haul in moldova. thousands demand to know what's happened to more than a billion dollars missing from a three banks. want former soviet republic is one of the poorest countries in eastern europe. this is the first time so many have come out against corruption. >> at taxpayers, they footed the bill for the missing cash and was not it back. >> we want to get rid of the mafia. >> those guilty, those who lied should return the money, should return the money from the savings bank.

>> they accuse members of the government, the judiciary and influential olli oligarchs. the value of the national currency has gone down and prices of basic goods up. public money is being used to bail out the three banks involved and the i.m.f. and word bank won't lend any money to this poor nation until the mystery is involved. for the protestors, there is no mystery, only in democratic corruption. >> innocent people are in prison only because they didn't have enough money to bribe corrupt politicians and judges. how long will we put up with it? >> the rallies were largely peaceful and the government promised to trace the money, but

that may not be enough. >> we demand the resignation of the president, and demand elections. >> organizers threaten to continue the rallies until demands are met. ordinary citizens will return to their homes and lives worlds away from the banks and bankers they bailed out. al jazeera. >> 1,000 qatari soldiers arrived in yemen to join the fight against the houthi rebels. one aim is to regain control of the province under houthi control since 2011. at least 20 people were killed in what appears to be an accidental coalition air strike on sunday. residents said missiles hit a vigil being held for a man killed by houthi gunfire.

>> the u.s. has delivered more arms and equipment to sunni tribal fighters in iraq's anbar province who are expected to join counter offensive against isil. they are mistrusted by government troops and allied shia militias and the political battle is slowing down the military advance. we have this report. >> u.s. weapons given to the iraqi army are now used by iranian backed shia militiamen on the front lines against isil. these men who operate under the government-backed popular mobilization forces have been doing most of the fighting in the absence of a capable military. their growing strength and presence in anbar has raised concerns in washington. >> the international coalition and its regional partners are pressuring the baghdad government to reduce the number of fighters in the popular mobilization forces from 103,000 to 70,000. they warn the number of sunni

fighters to increase from 15,000 to 50,000. this has caused tensions between the leadership the popular mobilization forces and the government. >> the u.s. has been training and equipping sunni tribal fighters as part of its strategy to defeat isil. weapons have arrived and local officials allied to the iraqi government make clear that these men will eventually become part of a state military apparatus. some shia militia leaders say this creates a new army on sectarian lines. >> we are working with the government for these volunteers to be formal security institutions. they will be subjected to all military regulation. >> on the ground, the government and allied forces have made little progress. there are almost daily casualties as they try to advance to ramadi and fallujah.

isil has strengthened fortifications planting roadside bombs and broken through offensive lines to carry out suicide bombings. >> isil's tactics may have slowed the pace of operations, but a political battle between the forces fighting on the ground is believed to be contributing to the lack of progress. the u.s. made clear it doesn't want shia militias to lead the fight in soon dominated areas, but the leaders of those groups say they can't win the fight without them. >> this is not the first time they joined forces with the u.s. and the shia led government in baghdad to fight groups threatening the state. these sunni tribal elders may be confident they can defeat isil, but what comes after will determine if iraq as a country can celebrate the victory. al jazeera, baghdad. >> turkey says its jets bombed kurdish fighters a day after its attacks on kurdish groups. it killed 15 soldiers sunday.

president erdogan warned there will be a strong response to that attack. >> according to our information, the attack--i hope a new strategy will be adopted in the fight against terror. >> the mother of an 18-month-old boy burned to death in an arson attack in the occupied west bank has died from her injuries. she suffered third degree burns to 90% of her body. israeli settlers are accused of throwing flammable liquids and molotov cocktails into two homes in july. her husband died from hills injuries eight days after the attack. their 4-year-old son is still in hospital. >> the former chadian dictator is back in court accused of

crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes. rights groups say he killed 40,000 people in chad during his rule from 1982 to 1990, and that he imprisoned and tortured many more. he fled to senegal and lived there until his arrest two years ago. his capture followed an order from the u.n.'s highest court, the international court of justice which told senegal to extradite. a special criminal court was created to try him within the senegalese judicial system. senegal true on the principle of jurisdiction allowing courts to prosecute serious crimes even when they are committed in another country. nicholas is covering that for us. it's quite an exceptional trial, isn't it? >> that's right. it's the first time that we're seeing a former african leader being tried for crimes against

humanity right here on the couldn'tment, away from the international criminal court of the hague, making universal justice a reality here on the continent, so there's a lot of people watching this trial closely, not only people here in west africa but throughout the world. despite this attention, the former dictator does not recognize this court. back in july, he started screaming, saying that this trial was a masquerade. the judge ordered security forces to drag him inside the court. literally, five dragged him into the court and pinned him to the chair as the court read out the names of hundreds of witnesses

that will speak on this trial. -- >> sighing his lack of cooperation, what does this then mean for the trial? can it still go ahead the way that it's meant to, the way that they want it to go? >> exactly. whether or not he's here doesn't change the fact that this trial will go ahead. it's important for them to be here. they want to see his reaction as all the victims stand in the trial, it's not just the victims watching this closely, human rights activists want to see this exceptional trial go through. this could be a model for other countries, a format in which other people, other leaders who have been accused of human rights abuse can be tried. >> thank you very much for that update. >> the world forests are disappearing faster than they

are region rating. at the current rate, there will be no rain forest in 100 years. they are alarming statistics, but leaders in durbin hope to reverse that decline. let's look at what they have to contend with. forests cover 30% of the world's land surface, over 4 billion hectares of trees, but almost a heck tar of forest is cut down every second, adding up to 18 mill hectares. roughly the size have portugal. russia topped the list have countries which lost the most forest cover in 2014. number six on the list is the congo, one of eight african nations on the list of worst offenders. much of the pressure is coming from the needs of growing populations. we are in ghana, which experts predict could lose most of its forest cover in 25 years. >> most of this wood is

illegally acquired. that is a saw mill on the edge of one of ghana's forest reserves. we have to film secretly because workers don't want their activity exposed. they received word from chain saw operators as they're known here, they are organized, parts of armed groups who cut down trees illegally. more than 80% of the timber sold within ghana is from illegal sources. the owner of the saw mill agreed to talk to us if we hide his face. >> it is wood from wherever it is to any place the police can catch you. we go deep to the forest to see the damage for ourselves. the illegal operators are prepared to go wherever it takes to chop down trees. this is known as a high value

tree, more than 200 years old, and a tree of this size will sell for 375 u.s. dollars. >> in another forest reserve in the western region, farmers are burning the forest in order to plant cocoa tree shoots. the commission cut down these trees as a warning to others. this entire area used to be forest. officials admit that progress on tackling these issues has been slow. >> what we have tried to do is more of carrot and sticks, giving incentives. >> this is a teak tree plantation.

ghana has one of the best forestry legislation in the world, but the political commitment is lacking. >> the officials are not given the free hand to manage the real districts and the regions. if you delve deeper, you realize our politicians are behind. we must be very bold to talk about it. >> it's a complex situation, and environmentalists fear that the forests will disappear in a matter of decades unless the government takes more immediate and serious actions. al jazeera, ghana. >> north and south korea have begun talks on reuniting families separated by the korean war in the 1950's. red cross representatives from

both countries are meeting in the village. the negotiations will include arrangements on when and how many people will possibly be allowed to meet their relatives. >> i came here in the sincere hope that the south korean red cross tells the north korean red cross about my story, so my family can at least see my face. >> more bodies recovered from a boat carrying crimean refugees which sap sides thursday. it was crammed about 100 people. only 20 of them have been rescued. the boat he is believed to have overturned due to overloading and bad weather.

>> school girls had been poisoned. this is the sixth attack in afghanistan. authorities believe it was carried out by those with suspected links to taliban. >> the indian army has jump held the prison sentence of officers and soldiers, all court martialed for killing thee unemployed men in 2010. >> china cutting growth rate for last year from 7.4% to 7.3%, add to go global concerns about the world's second largest economy. this growth chart is 7%, the slowest pace in 25 years. worries about the shrinking chinese economy wiped hundreds of billions of dollars off global stock markets last month. >> still ahead, taking a step closer to recapturing the championship. we'll have all the details coming up in just a moment. do stay with us.

>> tennis word number one djokovic reached his 26t 26th consecutive grand slam quarter final. it wasn't easy. the certain swept through the first set. eventually closed up the match in four sets. 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 the final

score. he'll now face 18th seed lopez in the final. >> should have done better, 4-22nd set, but credit to him for fighting, for making me work, and it was a very physical match, so i laid over three hours and just glad that i managed to stay tough. >> serena williams has taken another step toward winning all four grand slam titles this year. she set up a u.s. quarter final with her sister, venus. she gets past venus, she'll be two wins away from the grand slam. >> we ply similar, she's fast, i'm fast, she serves hard. we have a very similar game. we had the same coach for a long

time, so, you know, it's like playing a mirror. >> world champion germany can move a step closer to securing a spot when they face scotland. they haven't had the smoothest qualifying campaign. they face a scotland side fighting to finish third. >> portugal sit atop group i. facing albania just a point behind them. the portugal boss is not taking them lightly. >> the most important thing for us is the albanian team as a whole. i've coached albanian players, so i know them well. i know their characteristics, they are strong collectively and they have give everything they've got. >> golf now, chance of being named world number one this week seem to be over.

he is nine shots behind the leader, looking to recapture the title, having won it in 2013. he carded in the round. >> tom brady said he just wants to move on, speaking for the first time since his four game suspension for his role in deflate gate. his comments come ahead of his team's first nfl game thursday. he was accused of taking part in a scheme to deflate balls last year, which the patriots won en route to winning the superbowl. >> i think the goal was to focus on my job and what i need to do to help our team win. anything that's happened over

the past seven months, you know, obviously i have a lot of personal feelings, but i really don't care to share many of those. i care to think about what i need to do going forward. >> nba star tony parker in fine form. he made five assists and bagged 11 points as the champs routed their opponents. the win makes it two out of two for the french, who sit in group a. >> most runners would consider finishing a marathon as an accomplishment, but for a select group, 42 kilometers just isn't enough. they're known at ultra runners. we met up with the irishman who has run across north america.

>> in new york central park, 49-year-old richard may look like any other runner setting out for a morning jog but this was of the beginning of the end for him of what has been an epic journey across the united states. it started in san francisco may 19. he traveled through 12 states to get to this point. that's 3200 miles, or 5100 kilometers. >> it's the challenge to run across some continent, and america for me is the continent to run across, and i wanted to embrace all the epic scenery that america has. >> that included running over the rockie mountains, as well as through deserts. he organizes extreme running events for a living, giving him the time and flexibility needed to make this self-funded trip. on the last day, he was joined by a heather. >> there is no rule, except you run every step of the way. that is what we did.

start and where we finish at the end of one day, we start that exact same spot the next day. >> doctors insisted he give blisters a chance to heal. >> this is the very last leg of a journey that began more than three months ago. there were a few pauses to recover from injuries. still, he averaged 35 miles a day. that's 56 kilometers, more than a marathon a day for days on end. he crossed the finish line with alvin matthews, a fellow runner who was paralyzed in a work related fall. he used the trip to raise more than $25,000 on his behalf. >> i had a little bit of doubt in the first month when he had to stop for a couple of days because he had really bad blisters. i asked him if he was still

going to be able to finish. he couldn't believe that i asked him. he said well, of course i am. >> he claims ultra running is about mental strength more than physical. >> how are you feeling? >> a bit of relief, i guess. >> what are you going to do next? >> i'm from ireland. i think the answer there is obvious. i'm going to have a beer. is planning his next challenge to become the next person to run across the an arctic. >> there's more sport on our website. for all the latest, check out aljazeera.com/sport. we've got blogs and video clips from our correspondents around the world. back to you. >> thank you very much. thanks for watching the news our. we're back in just a moment. we'll have a full bulletin of news, all the day's top stories and everything you need to know right here on al jazeera.

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