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south africa. >> and i have the sport. serena williams's march towards a calendar grand slam coming up, and roger federer a confirmed semifinalists. i tell you why he's playing his best tennis in years we start with the refugee crisis. there has been violent scenes between refugees and police, as they struggle to contain the situation. refugees desperate to continue their journey have been halted in their tracks at various borders and checkpoints. police have been filmed beating refugees with batons, as hundreds gather at the boarder why greece. there was anger and confusion after austria's rail company announced a suspension of

services to and from hungary, a growing number of travellers caused massive overloading. the severity reaches west, president obama adds support saying he will begin preparations to take in 10,000 refugees next year. the mexican government is studying the possibility of accepting syrian refugees. greek police say thursday saw the largest numbers to cross into macedonia. we have this report from the greece-macedonian border. >> from the island to the mainland. travelling through the night and reaching the border. many are not prepared for the weather. children are soaked to the bone. yet the refugees are determined to continue their journey. it's one full of obstacles. macedoni macedonian police blocked their

way. rain continued to poor. impatient, the refugees press forward. the police push back until it was too much to cope with. this is not the first time for the macedonian border guards to use force. others could not wait any more. yet again risking their lives. some said they were running out of money, others out of time. macedonian police eventually let everyone in, in the rush, feared that the border would close once again. they left their personnel belongings like cars, nappies for babies, sleeping bags. shoes for children and the tends, that they would suffer in need, they have more countries to go flow. for a while the border state comes, aid workers and volunteers were getting ready for another human wave. most stuck on the greek islands in had been evacuated.

20,000 people are expected to stream through here, in the coming hours and days. some people lived in the area also came. the plight of these men, women and children hit close to home. >> translation: why are we doing this? our ancestors are refugees. i'm doing what my grandfather and mother experienced. >> reporter: after weeks of travelling these people welcomed. his parents left syria 45 days ago, entering greece through the island of rhodes. they feared their baby would not make the crossing, seas were high. >> translation: we are not extremists, we know it will be difficult. some don't want us, it's better than syria. >> reporter: it's that hope that gives them the strength to continue a voyage full of

uncertainties. mohammed jamjoom is on the hungarian border, filing this update. >> at the beginning of the day weather conditions were miserable. they have gotten worse throughout the day. tonight it's the rain. temperature is colder, you can see the refugees, tonnes of them, put on to buses. they'll be taken to a refugee camp a few kilometres away from here. we tried to get access to the camp, to talk to the refugees. we have not been able to connect with the camp or have other journalists covering the crisis. human rights watch and others say conditions in the camp are terrible, appalling. the hungarian government must do more to help the refugees that filed into the country. all of this said, the hungarian government announced that they may be imposing a state of crisis or state of emergency next week, making it easier for the government to deploy troops

to the border. we know for the past week they planned to do so. that could happen as early as next week. they want to do all they can to staump the inin -- stunch the influx of refugees. we were on the border yesterday and today. doesn't seem that it will stop any time soon police released a video that refugees filmed crossing the area. they hope to highlight the dangers on boats. limited numbers crossed this week because of weather. authorities are preparing for a resurgents in numbers as the continues change. >> for most of 120,000 that arrived in italy by sea, the dock is where they made the first steps in europe. for day, the important has been quiet. bad weather easing, preventing the boats from attempting the crossing with north africa. fewer faces among those waiting

for the food handouts. those lingering. those here waiting for verdicts on the asylum applications. those that arrived from senegal 15 years ago and works for a courier company, they have been here for a long time. he sports the sentiment for a 2 billion fund for africa, and says it will not be easy to make it work. >> if you want to help africans, stopping some coming to europe and avoid migrants getting mixed up with refugees, you have to satisfy the knees at home. nearly 3,000 live here, waiting for asylum seekers applications to be processed, as well as distributing refugees away. the plan is for e.u. officials to set up hot spots in places like this, to speed the process.

surely a welcome help for the mayor, and recognition that the local response has been inadequate. >> translation: of course, there has been deficiencies by police. italy has been left alone in facing the problem. since tragedy in april, when 800 died at sea, and the pictures of the young boys on the beech, something changed. >> reporter: even before, catania was not a rich town. the new plan is to relieve pressure ire on places like this. they are plans, requiring agreement from the faces of a divided european union. >> no one disputes a lull in numbers being temporary, based on the whether, whether that is turning. interior ministries have 20,000 arrives expected to come in the next few weeks, whether italy or europe is ready for not. >> well, the refugee crisis

centers on the long and at times dangerous journey people are making. they'd be able to fly to europe without a valid visa, prompting the journey by boat. refugee air has formed, trying to charter flights to offer peopleal safer passage. the cofounder explained the concept. >> we are just a piece of a larger complexity that is the refugee situation here in europe. we want to the charter one airplane to show the model works and we want others to replicate the model and bring it to their own countries to replicate if. and the airlines should be able to do it themselves towards the end earlier at a news conference, it was asked for details on the numbers of

refugees that the u.s. would take. >> the state department already said that the next fiscal year is 5,000 to 8,000 refugees. is that just an increase of 2,000. what does it mean to those in iraq and afghanistan? >> i don't think i quite get the math on the five, eight and 10 thing. >> reporter: the fiscal year, a total of 8,000 refugees from syria. is this just 2000 more? >> well my understanding is - i guess i can't account for what they previously said about what they hope to do for next year. we identified an opportunity for us to scale our response, and talk about how the united states could accept more syrian refugees into this country next year. it was a directive from the president of the united states, that they are working on. that's what the state department will do. >> reporter: what about the

government with the iranian government and the refugees? >> i don't think i'm going to sit in judgment of individual countries, they deal with what is a terrible challenge. and we are hopeful that other countries will do what the united states and germany have done. >> it's been the subject of the intense diplomatic speculation. russia confirmed it is flying military equipment to syria. the shipments are made alongside humanitarian aid in accordance with contracts. russian aircraft are flying into an airfield. around 100 russian soldiers have been spotted there. several russian ships have been unloading equipment at the naval base. 100km to the south. russia backed the syrian president throughout the

country's 4.5 years civil war. omar salah has more. >> reporter: there's a major russian build up at an airfield and in latakia, it is said to help bashar al-assad and its forces. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov admitted russian aircraft are delivering supplies and humanitarian aid, but denied military build up. >> reporter: we'll help and continue to aid the syrian government, and equipping the syrian army two help those in the libyan scenario. and other events that occurred in this region, because of an obsession by western partners, with ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> the syrian opposition and officials - russia is sending ships, and carriers.

there are unconfirmed reports of troops fighting on the ground in syria. russia is sending vessels to the mediterranean. russia maintained the base along the mediterranean, since the 19770s. after the collapse of the zoounion, it was eager not to lose the spot. in eastern syria, fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant say they are making gains. this video from i.s.i.l. showed the group overrunning a small base near the military airport. and took control of military potions, including a regiment. inside the city, i.s.i.l. and government forces were in at least three neighbourhoods. most of the city is under i.s.i.l. command. government controlled several areas. they are struggling on multiple fronds. the government relies on iran

and shia militias, the main fighting forces. and the push for russia on military survival well, several european countries will not allow russian flights to fly over territory. >> reporter: well, it's no secret that for decades russia has been supplying military equipment and advisors to syria. the kremlin stated unequivocally that the troops are not involved in actions on the ground. they are there to train the syrians in military equipment that is sent in. in the last few hours, there has been developments regarding the rushan air strikes into syria. the foreign ministry says, yes, military equipment and humanitarian aid is flowing into the air base in latakia in syria, causing some of russia's neighbours to close the air

space into syria. bulgaria closed its air spice, ukraine has, the easiest way for the russian aircraft to get in is turkey. turkey grounded one of its flights in 2012, russia is unlikely to use that route. in the last few hours, iran agreed that russia can fly over the air space, giving it an open line into syria. >> still to come in the al jazeera newshour. sanaa under attack. the yemeni capital hit by fiercest attacks hired power producing lake in zambia is running low, causing problems for the community. >> in sport we'll hear from new england patriots tom brady, about how he's pumped up for the n.f.l. season following the debate gait scandal

conflicting reports coming from turkey about the number of people that died in a town under curfew. [ gunfire ] the government says between 30 and 32 kurdish fighters and a civilian died in gun fire in the south-eastern town. the pro-kurdish people's democratic party says 21 civilians have been killed. the town placed on curfew after an increase in violence between the state and pro-kurdish forces. >> iraq condemned an incursion into turkey. they crossed the border two days ago. it's a violation of sovereignty, and an abuse of bilateral relations. >> president obama has hailed

the senate nuclear agreement as a victory, coming as republicans tried to block the deal. allowing access to nuclear power makes it easier for the country to produce weapons, the opposition say. we'll go live to kimberley halkett. what happened for this to happen? we seem to have loft kimberley halkett. we'll rejoin her later. we'll move on to yemen now. beg your pardon, not yemen, japan. floods in eastern japan are affecting 800,000 people. forced from their homes. it has led to a leak at the fukushima nuclear plant. rachel has more. >> reporter: another natural disaster strikes north tokyo. this time it was an inland sea of water hitting the area after

lunchtime, taking everything in its wake. >> the muddy wall of water uprooted trees and shook houses from their foundations. in this city rescuers couldn't keep up with the pleas for help. only a lucky few were moved to safety. the national broadcaster urged people in cars and houses not to give up hope, but do whatever they could to survive. >> we have had heavy rain in the past, i have not seen this much water in decades. >> the river broke its banks after a heavy day of rain. some areas in the region recorded double the september rain in 48 hours. the weather bureau says it's the kind of rain fall that happens once in half a century. the typhoon has moved off the ost. the rain lingers across the

affected area. the heavy rains are unprecedented. 80% of normal situations, imminent danger. serious disasters, such as landslides and flooding has occurred. the prime minister urged local governments to be ready for the disaster. >> heavy rains are unprecedented. the government will prioritise people's lives. >> reporter: more than 800,000 have been forced to evacuate their homes. while the rains eased. the forecast continued into tomorrow. >> the yemeni cap call has been hit by the fiercest series of air attacks in the five month conflict. it hit the houses of military

bases. there's no reports of casualties. united nations special envoy for yemen says the two sides agreed to peace talks. al jazeera's kristen saloomey is there. what can you tell us about the agreement. >> well, the u.n.'s envoy for yemen announced that three major parties in the conflict, the government of yemen, houthis and party affiliated with the former president agreed to peace talks next week in the region. all the parties are coming to the table to create a framework for talks, for a political transition for the government. a ceasefire and implementing resolution 22.16.

for the yemeni government any peace talks have to be predicated on the resolution. calling on the houthis to hand back land thaf they have taken, since launching their offensive with the government. this appears to be moving forward. i should point out the last time peace talks were announced a little over 2 months ago in geneva, all the parties went there and were not able to sit at the same table and come up with an agreement. i talked to some of the members of the security council, the russian ambassador. they say they were happy, this seems to be moving forward, there seems to be an agreement to continue about the talks, and are hopeful that the shuttle diplomacy that the u.n. has been engaged with will pay off and the parties come together and have talks on the issues.

the question seems to be beefing up forces. what incentive do they have to compromise? >> that's true. the air strikes from the saudi led coalition intensified, after a strike killed 60 members of the coalition in september. that said, the conflict has taken a huge toll, there's concern that the humanitarian situation is worse. 80% of the country needing assistance whether it's food, just to survive. there's incentive for the coalition forces to give pressure coming from partners that want to see the issue resolved peace flay. >> now a drought in zambia saw a

dam drop. it has receded to less than half its capacity. communities around the lake are suffering the most. >> reporter: golden shores and waters of lake kariba. the local communities, the lake is part of every day life. the dam provides zambia and its neighbours with thousands of megawatts of power. drought has the lake at its lowest levels in year. >> the cycle normally is that in february the lakes gets to its minimum and begins to rise. in february this year, the lake didn't rise. it stabilized, and instead of coming up it kept going down. we have lost probably another 2-3 meters since the beginning of this year, when we should have been gaining more steve thompson owned the lakeside lodge for 12 years and said it's only once before he saw the lake so low. and is worried. >> if the lake gets too low. they'll not generate power,

which will not just affect our business, but the whole of zambia. that's a big issue. >> reporter: according to official data the dam is just under 40% full, impacting the ability to generate power. they imported power from south africa, it has its own issues and challenges in regard to generating the electricity supply. it's been importing power. power from mozambique. and there's no quick fix, and structurally they have challenges in regards to the electricity center. that will take time to resolve. meanwhile, the local power company introduced country-wide power cuts and rationing to manage the crisis. smaller towns like this, and bigger cities developed. the demand for electricity grew. the towns bordering the lake and

the dam - businesses and residents relied on the waters to keep things going. this local business men say without electricity, they'll come to a stand sting. the worries don't end there. they collect water before the supply is cut for the day. >> i do it by the grace of god. for paul and the community, there are a few things more valuable. without it life would be impossible news just in - the united nations general assembly voted to allow the palestinian flag to be raised at the headquarters in new york. james bays, diplomatic editor has been following this. tell us why it's significant. >> it's significant, because it's the first time that this will happen. palestine is an observer state at the united nations. it's not a member state. until now, only the 193 members

have had their flag flying outside. those 193 members were represented in the u.n. secretary general assembly. i was there moments ago. there was a vote in favour of letting observer states have the flag fly. palestine and the vatican are entitled to fly their flags. 119 in favour. eight including the u.s. and israel against. 45 abstentions. the ambassador, about to leave the united nations at the end of his term, is addressing the united nations. this is a blow for him. it's a symbolic move. i think it will be one that israel will not want to see happen, because of the timing of this, because this is going to go up in 20 days time. that puts us bang in the middle of the high level week of the u.n. general assembly that happens every year in new york,

when world leaders come to new york. we'll have president obama here. we'll have vladimir putin here, representatives from all the countries of the world. we understand that 20 days will take you to the morning when president mahmoud abbas, of the palestinian authority, will make the big speech, and you know the palestinians will make a big moment of that. >> thank you very much. live from the united nations. >> still to come on al jazeera - another blow for a recession-hit brazil. the credit rating downgraded to junk status. the australian women's football team pull out of a lucrative tour to the united states 10 days before the first match. robin tell us us why in a moment.

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russia has confirmed it has flown military equipment and humanitarian aid to syria. it comes days after speculation of a build-up of russian presence in the country and 20 deaths during an operation in the south-eastern town, but conflicting reports about who has died. president obama hailed the senate nuclear vote as a vote for victory, after the republicans tried and failed to block the deal. allowing iran to access nuclear power makes it easier to gain weapons, they had said. kimberley halkett joins us. what happened for this to go through? >> this is a victory for the white house, what happens is the iran agreement survived a key vote in the senate. how did this happen? the democrats and two independence banded together and essentially blocked republican

efforts to derail the agreement. they blocked the votes, the ability to advance any further, and so the effort to reject it was effectively halted. so what does this mean now, moving forward? >> well, this means in essence, that the agreement will go into effect, and will go into effect unchecked. so by the u.s. congress at least. what turned out to be a benign procedural vote ended up being the pivotal vote in the iran congress. >> what happens to those that disagree with it, can they do anything else. this is one legislative body. this is the senate. and this is the lowest. they vowed along the senate republicans to go on board or keep fighting. the argument made is they are not going to vote, but take an

approach and pursue a legal strategy. the argument is that there's information that has not been disclosed to the u.s. congress. side deals have been made between iran and the i.a.e.a. until congress knows about that. implementation is illegal. the clock is ticking. time is running out. it goes into effect on september 17th. >> thank you, kimberley cal ket growing debt and political uncertainty, brazil has been given junk status. it was given a top rating in 2008 when the economy was on the rise. a fall in economy prices and austerity created a recession. investors have been given a risk, which will this ward --

thwart attempts to stablilize the country. we'll get more. how much will this affect the average brazilian? >> we have seen the brazilian crisis get worse overnight, across the whole nation. brazil was expected to become the global power of the south, and is considered to be on an equal status out of russia or indonesia, it's has a terrible impact on moral, but the poor, in tees situations are hit. one of the banner programs in the workers party, and dilma rousseff's projects, free housing and cash were familiar programs. they are expected to be slashed not entirely, but more so than what the president announced would be occurring.

>> we spoke to people that were concerned that it would happen, and those disappointed in the dilma rousseff government. >> how does this affect chances of ending the mandate? >> well, yes, the current rate of approve is above 7%. facing a huge political crisis and corruption scandal. there has been calls for impeachment, there has been a renewed call on how impeaching the president would erode frust and backfire. we spoke to analysts that said that the downgrading could serve as a blessing in disguise as the congress has been divided in stone walling to pass the measures into taking finally a

decision that would allow for these matters to take place. >> thank you retch. apologise for the break up on that line. >> for years gangs schedule part of the water supply in part of the city, the water mafia stole millions of dollars worth of water, on the black market. police are finally cracking down on them. >> reporter: on the outskirts of the city, hidden from view an illegal water station. the owners have tapped into an underground pipeline owned by the state. all day trucks fill up with stolen water and sell it across karachi. >> translation: we sell containers of water for $4, then they resell it to the people for $25.

>> reporter: the water mafia thrives on the fringes of the city. armed gangs control the neighbourhood. this is one of karachi's illegal water pumping stations, what is shocking is the water comes from a sewage well, it's then piped through here, powered by a couple of motors and sold on as drinking water to the people of karachi. karachi only has enough water to meet 50% of its needs. the waterboard estimates around 30% is wasted, stolen. it's a powerful business, worth millions of dollars. water barons with 30 to 40 tankers, earn about $16,000 a day. the waterboard is cracking down on them. over 200 pumping stations have been raided.

>> this illegal money is also supporting other illegal and terrorist activities in karachi. they survive in an area. this area affected with the terrorists and gangs. >> over 70% of the stolen water is sold to industrialists. five years ago this fabric dying plant was closed because there wasn't enough water. the owner buys from the black market to keep his clothing business open. >> they are holding it. this is because a few big people are involved in this. who are the caretakers. those who are the people who are making money, good money out of that. because the mafia people cannot do such a big operation like this. >> reporter: despite the crackdown, the leaders of this underwater world are still operating. the cost of illegal water in karachi has doubled.

somewhere, someone is making a lot of money. the nigerian army released 128 people suspected of belonging to boko haram. all arrested as parts of counterinsurgency operations. the human rights groups accused the military of arbitrarily detaining civilians. senior commanders rejected claims of wrongful prison. and killings of prisoners the first minister of nirmed resigned a -- northern ireland resigned amid a political crisis. the head of northern ireland's pro-british party stepped aside after failing to convince other parties to suspend the power-sharing government. there were alleges that the sin fien party was linked to recent violence

scientists discovered the remains of human-like species in a cave in south africa. it could have evolved 2.8 years ago. it may reshape the understanding of how humans developed. >> reporter: it was unveiled in front of the world's leading scientists and media. a new link in the evolutionary change. this is a home owner, one of our earliest relatives and species. part ape, part human. >> it walks on two legs like you and eye and has long legs. the feet are like yours and mine. but if they were standing next to us, you would not think they were a human. they were 5 foot tall. the brain was the size of my fist. small and primitive in shape and high soldiers like an ape the fossils were found at a cave, at a u.n.e.s.c.o. world heritage site in south africa.

never before has so many fossils been found in one place. there are 15 partial skeletons. what is significant is whattells you about the behaviour. scientists say the remains were put there suggesting a burial ritual. something thought we, homosapiens did. >> we have evidence of symbolic behaviour that they are doing, yet that emotional basis, the social basis, some recognition that a dead member of their own group, species is special in some way. that is what we are seeing here. it may be one of the first steps towards humanity. >> reporter: it is revolutionary. there was thinking that the brain grew bigger before, at the same time the body became like ours. but with this it's the other way around. scientists don't know how old the fossil is.

but it could have emerged around 2.8 million years ago. and could have been on the earth 200 million years ago. the south african's president was delighted. it confirmed south africa as a rich source of answers to one of our greatest mysteries, where and for whom did we come joining us live from johannesburg is a paleontologist on the project. thank you for being with us. critics said that you are going too far in claiming this as a new species. how do you defend that claim? >> well, we know that there are many characters that are similar to us homosapiens, but they are characters that are similar to some of the other homothemes that we find. but hammono lady that has

characters that are knew. in that case we have to call it >> critics, you say, say it's a variation of an existing species, what do you say to that? >> well, i think - yes, they should look at the fossils over in south africa, and take a look, and they are welcome to dispute that. >> so how do you - how do you go about dating these, will that be a difficult next step? >> yes, dating is a difficult step. especially in the southern african complex. with what is funds, the rising car system, we don't have any other remains. we don't have any other types of animals preserved. usually we use the remains to give some sort of a guess to a date, and sometimes we candidate the fossils. we don't have that situation at

the moment. so it could be quite difficult. >> is the other concern that if up use some of the carbon dating, and that type of thing, you could damage the bones. >> yes, we don't want to damage any bone, and we want to preserve everything we have as best as possible. it is a difficult spot that we are in at the moment. >> explain about the place they were found in, why you think it might have been a burial area. >> sure. well, the chamber is difficult to get to. i am sure, as you have seen in the videos, cave men are squeezing through. professor talks about an 18 centimetre gap in which some of the excavators had to squeeze through to get to the chamber to see the fossils, and we know

that from the geology, that there's an area that has not been disrupted. and there could not have been any other entrance. so from that point of view, we know that the hammon 'ems had to be entering the cave, part of the cave in the dark zone, part of the cave that is never opened to the light and never has light in it. they must have walked through the cave, they knew what they were doing, there's no way there was a paleo entrance anywhere. >> presumably, if you are part of the team, it must be an exciting moment to uncover all this stuff. tell us how you see the significance of it in the grand scheme of the history of human

species. well, we know that this is the largest discovery to have occurred on the african continent. being a part of that is special. i, myself, have been down it the chamber, and that was really great experience in itself. working with the guys, and the whole team, rising star team, has been one of the best experiences of my life. certainly there's a lot of camaraderie. it's a great time for paleoanthropology thank you for taking the time to talk to us. appreciate it. >> more than 30 judges and 100 staff have been implicated in a corruption scandal. they have been alleged to have been caught on camera for taking bribes. >> we have more from ankara. >> it came about as a result of

a documentary by an award winning film-maker. in this entry, due to be aired this month, we understand that there's video for the judges and other officials receiving money, bribes, in order to effectively alter cases, alter the outcome of the justice system. people with have spoken to have been shocked by the extent of this, but not surprised. >> we realise that this is what is happening. people resort to other means. >> i don't see it. >> reporter: we have spoken to people in the legal profession, and what we understand is the mood generally is one of happiness that the allegations are really brought to the surface. >> it's a mixed matter. in the majority, lawyers are

excited because, like me, i feel that this is a golden opportunity for the managers of the system to claim it. >> there has been controversies surrounding whether or not the documentary should be aired. we understand the film-maker came under pressure from leading figures, including in the judiciary not to add the documentary. the general mood is that they should see for themselves what is going on an official poll in the spanish region of the catalonia put proindependence parties ahead of those wanting to stay part of spain. the poll run suggested separatist parties would win nearly 70 seats in regional elections. it will be short of the authority. something pro independence

politicians would need to breakaway from spain still ahead - all the sport, including the first to live and play. fiji - a welcome to england in the rugby world cup.

sport now with robin. >> good to see you. thank you. tennis, serena williams quest for a calendar year grand slam on hold. these were the scenes at flushing meadows, venus forced the postponement of a match with

roberto vinci. she has a day's rest before playing the italian. williams two matches away from completing the historic calendar year grand slam. the 33-year-old winning 25 semifinals at grand slam events, losing three, few would bet against serena williams making it to the final where in terms of grand slam she has 21 victory. alone she has 26 matches on the trot. she was 23 consecutive wins. the title was also included. an item for your diary, 1500 g.m.t. the matches take place, men's after that. roger federer in action on friday. the swissman closer to ending a 3-year grand slam drought. >> reporter: roger federer has not dropped a set at the us

open, and against frenchman richard gasquet, he was barely challenged. the swiss showed off all the challenges enlisting him to 17 grand slams, not losing a point, prevailing in 87 minutes. at four years of age roger federer is surprised by the ease of victory. >> maybe my aim to run through five opponents, i don't consider that normal. i expect in some ways to come out and play well. i played well in 1.5 years. i don't feel i'm as old as i am. >> roger federer's 38th grand slam semifinal will be an all swiss affair. davis cup team-mate was dominant. seeing off kevin anderson 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. >> in the past two years for

sure, i get closer. i have improved a lot. playing better tennis. it was close for me. >> stanislaw wawrinka has beaten roger federer three times in 19 meetings, but won the recent clash in this year's french open quarterfinals australia football federation confirmed that the women's national team matildas will not take part in a tour with the squad continuing to strike. they earn a fraction of what their male counterparts make, receiving under $15,000 a year. australia were due to pay two matches against the world champions united states this month. 3,000 tickets have been sold. the matildas are looking for an increase in their salary to around $28,000 u.s. a year. at the moment the annual salary as mentioned $15,000, breaking down to a daily wage of $106.

and it includes a payment of $350 per game. tournaments like the world cup in cannes game, the team are given a payment of $880 for reaching the semifinal. if they make the final the figure goes up to $1,100. >> what happened today was quite extraordinary. effectively we have been cold, and we were told this earlier in the week, that unless we meet away claim for $120 million, the bulk of which goes to male professional players in the next 4-year period, unless we agreed that, the matildas would not participate ape gains the u.s.a. -- against the u.s.a. the sports minister labelled trouble at the qualifier between saudi arabia and his country as an embarrassment. the match in senegal was called

after local fans launched fire works from the stand. players fled the pitch. thick smoke filled the area. the match was abandoned and the report sent to f.i.f.a. by the match commissioner. >> from football. let's get you caught up on golf. and lexie thompson and lee from korea are tied in the 2015 stage. the evan championship in france, shooting 5 under 66. making an early start in conditions, players snapping at the heels, one shot behind. a poor start to the first round by this shooter, six off the pace. we are not far from the start of the rugby world cup. england had a low-key welcome, for pacific islands in the

so-called pool of death, alongside australia, england, wales and uruguay making up the rest of the group. the first assignment against the host on september 18th a sports website in the united states claimed floyd mayweather was given an exemption by the world anti-doping agency for taking an intervention. allegations are coming out ahead of the fight. floyd mayweather say it will be the last, taking on roberto in los angeles. it is aiming for a 49th career win, making them pay iranian dressage rider has the chance to make history on friday. he will be completing in questions in the 2016 qualifying event in germany as meeting the required standard.

becoming the first represent mfiin the sport at an olympics game. the 49-year-old is based in the u.k., and says she has received plenty of support from the iranian government. >> i'm so happy. first of all, i'm so happy to ride for mine country, iran, which has been a dream. for now, living my dream is incredible. i'm pleased to represent women in iran, not only iran, but the middle east. it's a great feeling. >> that is your sport for now. more later. for now, back to lauren and the rest of the fame in london thank you very much, indeed. a reminder that you can keep up to date on the website. the address is aljazeera.com. that's it from me and the rest of the team. we'll be back in a minute with a full round up of the news. thanks for watching.

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