goof the opposition leader is jailed in venezuela for 14 years. >> a generational divide in

singapore sets the tone for one of the tightest elections in decades. >> hungary's prime minister said refugees who cross its borders illegally will be arrested. he said people have rebelled against hungarian law and failed to cooperate with authorities. the u.n. children's agency warns many more refugees could head to europe if the war in syria isn't stopped. we have this report. >> in an overcrowded refugee camp, the hungry are frantic for food. in this scene of chaos and confusion in hungary, the authorities distribute what they have by throwing it into the air. the lucky ones are able to catch their meal. >> the refugees on these buses behind us are waiting to be

taken into this refugee camp. we're trying to get in, as well, but the authorities aren't lets us or other journalists in. everybody is worried about what they are going to face once they get in. >> many fear what being fingerprinted in hungary may mean for them. >> i'm trying to get to holland, but i've heard that germany is the only country who will take refugees who have been fingerprinted and processed here. causing more concern is how they will be treated. rights group say conditions inside the camp are appalling. >> the hungarian government has neither the capacity for the political will to address the humanitarian needs of these people. >> videos of men and women are fenced in, desperate to leave. he said they look more like prisoners than refugees. >> these are miserable conditions. >> absolutely, yes. i mean, you know, people are

just crowded in these pens like animals. >> the hungarian government is believed to be sending a a message by deliberately mistreating refugees. >> they want to make their life as miserable as possible to word gets out to the many thousands still planning this journey to try to avoid punkary to the biggest extent possible. >> these images punkary said have been taken out of context and the meet i can't shouldn't jump to conclusions. here the in flux continues, even as the weather worsens. huddling together to stay warm, they use anything they can to remain dry. throughout hungary, their stories are only getting worse. refugees desperate and deprived, who can't understand why they are unwelcome. >> i met a man at the station who escaped from a town held by

isis approximately he told me sitting there with his three chirp, it's better in syria, because in syria if there's an explosion, you die once. here i'm dying a thousand deaths of humiliation in front of my children. >> having fled their homes, and separated from loved ones and lost their possessions, the last the thing they ever expected was to be stripped of their dignity. al jazeera, hungary. >> most of the refugees who make it to europe mainly arrive into two countries, more than 120,000 have landed in italy this year. 230,000 people arrived in greece and take journeys north. fromages, 6,000 have gone on to europe's poorest country, bulgaria. another 10,000 refugees have traveled to macedonia and 3,000 more expected every day over the next few months. moving up to serbia, 100,000

people have registered for asylum there alone. some have gone into hungary, 150,000 according to the u.n. and 6,000 people have crossed into austria in the last week alone. for many, the final destination is germany. nearly 220,000 people were registered there by last month and more arriving every day. let's talk to antonio gutierrez, the united nations high commissioner for refugees. he joins us live from geneva. very good to have you with us. you look at that map of where the refugees start and where many of them end and you're just struck at the disparities there, how many countries are taking in so many, and many of them poor countries, what are your concerns in light of that? >> well, i think it is clear that what we have now is a

chaotic situation, it is a system that doesn't work and needs to be replaced by a system that works. what we need and we have been saying it's for a long time and we hope that the next european council that will be meeting on monday will make important steps on that direction. what we need is for the countries of reception, mainly greece and italy, but also now hungary, to have a reception center supported by the european union and in some circumstances, european union assume the leadership to border protection in which the civil society should be together making sure that people that come have a place to rest, have shelter, have food, have medical assistance, can register, can be screened and then those in the

overwhelming majority of those coming are coming into greece, are syrians. shows in need of protection should be relocated or by plane in normal conditions to all european countries, with a fair share for all european countries to be part of this effort of solidarity with the syrian people and other refugees that are coming into europe. the present situation is absurd. people come into greece and from greece move to macedonia, from serbia to hungary, from austria to germany and it is like a way when you have a traffic jam, sometimes you move, sometimes you stop, countries change the way they are at the borders and the way they treat people. such dramatic scenes as the once you are describing become i would say frequent, we need to

change the system. it's not possible. people should come to greece. they come to an island, they are properly treated in this island, they are screened and if it is proven that the person is a refugee and as i said, syrians are refugees, that then they should move either to sweden or germany or so france, and be received properly, be integrated in the society, be offered a future instead of having to go on step-by-step, country by country, border by border on the rain, suffering all kinds of horrible in the hands of smugglers, paying thousands of dollars to smugglers, this needs to stop. we need an orderly system this is manageable. we are talking about 4,000 people a day -- there's 500 million people. >> you are talking about it being a european problem, and i mean, is that a problem in itself? shouldn't other countries be taking in more refugees? we've just heard that the u.s.

is going to take 10,000. is it enough for a country like u.s. to be taking 10,000? what about the gulf nations with the space and money? why is not more pressure put on countries in regions like that? >> well, we have been appealing to all countries in the world to be part of this effort of solidarity with the syrian people. it is not only european problem, it's become a global problem. all countries need to contribute and some have taken important measures, and we should also deny that is, but this is a dramatic situation, it's a never ending war, 4 million refugees, 12 million people need the systems. there must be massive global solidarity, all countries in the world are called to play their role. >> isn't solidarity as you were pointing out in many parts, how worried are you about the reception refugees will get in count beeryion that are struggling economically, for

example? >> well, it is clear that the situation of the refugees in the neighboring countries is quickly deteriorating. first of all, countries like jordan or lebanon are having a dramatic impact in the economies or their societies, health systems, infrastructure, water, electricity, resources are dwindling. the international community has roonsed the humanitarian support to syrians in 2015. the most dramatic aspect was for lack of funding, the problem was forced to reduce the full support to the syrian population and this is a message that the international community was also giving up on them. without a hope in syria, with their living conditions deteriorating, without the right to work and seeing international assistance decrease, it is

natural that people got despaired and that they do everything they can to get to a place where they believe they can start a new life and europe appears like the kind of a salvation area where that can be possible. so it's absolutely essential for massive support to be given to the neighboring countries, and to the syrian refugees in the neighboring countries. >> from everybody, antonio gutierrez, thank you for your time. >> russia says it will continue to provide weapons and aid to syria to help it fight islamic state of iraq and the levant. sergey lavrov said he was providing support for the assad regime. joining us in a foreign policy specialist. we heard russian confirmation that they are now in syria.

they say they are there to fight isil. is that the reason? >> >> well, as the russian president said just recently, it's a bit premature to say that we are fighting isil, but we're not -- but that's a possibility, though i don't really enadvicage any russian ground offensive faction, but air action is possible and russian combat troops are already in syria and there can be more, but they will be more left guarding the air bases, most likely the main air base near the mediterranean coast, and also what maybe there could be some action by russian special forces there, but the ground action as putin said would be the kurds, the syrian forces of assad, most likely the

hezbollah and the iranians, which are already fighting isis there -- some additional russian air support. >> so you are saying that they would all be russia's allies there, iran, hezbollah, along with other players. are they just propping up bashar al assad? >> well, yes, that's kind of the thing that we sort of kind of join the american and the islamic state coalition, but we come in together with assad, with the hezbollah, with the iranians, and this should guarantee the further existence of the assad regime, though moscow's ready to modify to have some kind of presence of some part of the syrian opposition

there, because assad's still saying that guarantees russian military further presence, the russian bases in syria and intelligence bases in syria, and that's important. >> ok. if they effectively are propping him up, you say that certain adaptions there to that will just keep the war going, isn't it? it's not going to short shorten the war at any stage soon. >> well, most likely, that's not the objective. the objective is from the russian point of view, that's the picture, the so-called putin plan for the middle east is to form a big coalition or maybe reinstate the anti terrorist coalition after 9/11 together with america to -- and of course securing assad further some kind of existence is important, but more important is to try and

disinvolve the anti russian coalition. if we are acting together against the islamic state, why then we have anti russian sanctions? so a big kind of agreement, a big coalition, which is also russia could otherwise, that it would get a mandate from the u.n. security council, russian participation and even some military air force participation. in exchange, russia gets continued military presence in syria, and maybe some kind of form of finding a solution to ukraine, which for russia is more important than syria, or even if that fails, to insert some kind of discord into the anti russian coalition in the west, because there are people in washington apparently and in europe who say we should have agreement with russia, pair together with russia around

maybe ukraine should be put aside to some extent. that's what they are trying to achieve. >> thank you very much. >> u.s. president barack obama marked the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the white house. in new york city will be the tolling of the bells and reading of the names of those who lost their lives. services are being held for victims and employees. >> more coming up on the al jazeera news hour. floodwaters recede in japan, exposing the devastation to people's homes and livelihoods. >> to venice, a new film showcases daily life for one of south pacific's last traditional tribes. >> ahead of the u.s. open semifinal, we look at long and strained relationship between roger federer and his

compatriot. >> the yemeni t.v. station has been destroyed in airstrikes launched by the saudi-led military coalition. the building in the capitol sanna was apparently used by rebels as a weapons store. there's been rocket attacks in the city idlib. >> military jets strike houthi positions in yemen's capital, sanna. coalition forces led by saudi arabia say they are targeting ammunition depots on the outskirts of the city. the fighting has escalated across the country. in the central city of taiz, forces loyal to exiled president hadi hold their ground. despite a surprise attack by houthi fighters to retake areas

they recently lost. houthis backed by troops loyal to forme former president ali ah saleh insist they have the upper hand. >> it is a crise by war and that has improved by the last six months where no side has been affected. the only side that has lost over the last six months have been the people, the 25 million people who are now suffering. >> these are coalition reinforcements on their way to the province. that's where most of yemen's oil and gas installations are located. fighter jets are also targeting houthi military basis, rocket launchers and troops gathers.

the capital was captured by the houthis a year ago who later spread their military and political influence. the u.n. is planning to hold talks between all sides, but it's not clear whether yemen's main rivals are willing to put an end to the conflict that has killed thousands of people and destroyed much of the country. al jazeera. >> there's been an explosion at a camp in nigeria for internally displaced people. at least four have been killed in the blast which happened on the outskirts of the northeastern city. >> a court in india found 12 men guilty over the mumbai train bombings in 2012. they were convict of murder and conspiracy. one of the 13 accused has been acquitted. 189 people were killed when a series of bombs ripped through first class carriages nine years ago. sentences will be handed down on monday. >> supporters of a prominent

venezuelan opposition leader are calling for peaceful protests against his jail. a judge sentenced lopez to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting anti-government rallies that led to deaths last year. his lawyers or supporters say it's a miskearn of justice. >> tears of sadness and disbelief for supporters of the venezuela opposition leader. lopez was convicted after a closed trial that ended suddenly, even though many defense witnesses hadn't made it to the stand. he's been given the maximum sentence for inciting violence in protests last year. >> 13 years is a long time, but 87 days go by quickly. in 87 days, we can have a national assembly that approves the law of amnesty and reconciliation that puts them on the street by the sovereign decision of the venezuelan people. >> the prosecution said lopez had encouraged violence when his

people rallied against the president maduro. forty people were killed. there are groups of people who agree with that view. government supporters gathered before the verdict calling for the court to find him guilty and to keep him in jail. he's been held in a military prison since his arrest in february last year. >> lopez does not represent anything to us. what we simply want is that he remain a prisoner and pays for his mistakes. there were many deaths because of him. >> lopez is a harvard educated politician. he was a popular mayor in a district of caracas on one of the strongest opposition candidates. the united states government, the united nations and international human rights groups have all called for his release.

caroline malone, al jazeera. >> peopling singapore have been voting in the most cock peltive general election in decades. the peoples ruling action party and the widening gap for change, parties have candidates in all regions. they are expected to win some seats. >> people were already lining up when the polling stations opened. voting here is compulsory, but the wider choice of candidates for a general election that is usually predictable had ad a new dimension. casting his vote, the prime minister, the son of the founding father of singapore, lee kwon yu.

he has presented his party as the choice to provide strong leadership. forest burning is going unchecked in nearby indonesia. playing on the need for unity at a time of regional uncertain, portraying this republic as the tiny red dot at the heart of southeast asia. it makes a strong argument for staying with what you know. >> are people generally happy or no? >> well, i am, so i'm hoping the rest is. >> there is a lot of talk in terms of people wanting to have a choice, but when things are really good, i don't know what

choices are actually required sometimes. >> this campaign has seen a maturing of singapore's opposition parties. in a tightly controlled city state not used to dissenting voices, spurred on by a largely younger generation wanting more choice, opposition rallies have been well attended. >> in the past, this pervasive, the term is always used culture of fear have kept people from going even tolyls to what the opposition has to say. i think that's the key difference, that in some ways, really, overshadows the actual results themselves. >> whether they make the gains they have been hoping for, this election represents a work in progress for those with opposing views. rob mcbride, al jazeera, singapore. >> japan's prime minister held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss severe flooding in the country's east. at least three have been killed and more than 100,000 forced to leave their homes. one of the worst affected places

is an area north of tokyo. >> japan's 18th typhoon of the year continued its destructive. as it moo moved up the island, it dumped an unprecedented amount of rain. >> it was awful, but i'm happy i've been rescued. >> the self defense force and coast guard led the rescue effort from the air as two rivers burst their banks. further south, it was the so-called river of an angry demon that unleashed its furry on the city. several days of rain saw another river burst and take everything with it. >> we were preparing to evacuate when the firefighters rushed to tell us that the riverbank had collapsed, so we got into our cars to escape the flood, but by that time, the water was up to our knees. >> it's worse than i'd expected. the buildings near the river are

completely destroyed by the power of the water current. once again, i was reef minded of the energy of water disasters. >> evacuation centers have been set up, those with no homes to go to are given shelter and food with assistance from volunteers. >> we decided to help out victims of the flood as they go through this tough time. >> this was some of the worst flooding japan has seen in more than 60 years, but for now, the situation seems to be improving. >> the good news in this area is that the water is receding quickly and the weather has cleared, which will enable to cleanup operation to begin, but clearly, it will be sometime before many people are able to rush home. al jazeera, japan. >> how long before the rains hit? >> i think you can see some rain coming back toward the end of

the weekend. what they have is a 50 year event. i've come back on to the rain in a moment. you can see in this area north of tokyo, it's clear, much of the report is under bright conditions. the heavy rain is up towards the north and it's partly due to tropical storm. it's running into this frontal system. this front is south, will bring the rain back during the course of sunday. i've seen rainfall totals since sunday of 668 millimeters north of tokyo. if you live anywhere near, that's probably a year's worth of rain. one or two areas just around here probably had something like 750 millimeters of rain in the space of 48 hours, according to our satellite interpretation. there's the whole system moving

north. still showers across the northern part. the concern is any precipitation result, landslides, mudslides still remain a risk and will do so for quite some time. there's that frontal system, which grahamly pushes in from the west, giving heavy rain as we come through the latter part of sunday. >> thanks, plenty more to come on al jazeera. stolen land scams, families in zimbabwe paid to build their own homes and i've been told they had to pack up and leave. >> the u.n. rules to let the palestinian flag fly outside its new york headquarters. >> in sport, floyd mayweather seized a build up to his final fight dominated by doping claims. those details, coming up. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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>> the united nations high commission for refugees has told al jazeera the refugee crise is not just a problem for europe. the comments come as scenes of panic unfold in the austrian railway station. refugees crashed against barriers plead for help. >> russian will continue to send weapons and aid to syria to help it fight islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> a venezuelan opposition leader sentenced to just under

14 years in jail, found guilty of inciting violence during protests last year. his lawyers and supporters say it's a miscarriage of justice. >> republicans have tried and failed to block the iran nuclear deal with a vote in the u.s. senate. now republicans in the house of representatives are saying they'll pursue a legal challenge to the nuclear agreement. kimberly reports. >> the legislation to reject the deal with iran needed 60 votes in the u.s. senate to advance debate to a final vote. >> the yeas are 58, nay's 42. >> opponents came up short, because a group of democratic lawmakers using legislative procedure not only blocked thursday's attempt to derail the agreement, but served notice that any further attempts would be unsuccessful. >> the congress of the united states will allow this historic agreement to go forward.

efforts to derail the agreement were soundly rejected. >> it would lift economic sanctions on iran and president obama said is the best hope for limiting the country's nuclear activities. >> our ability to solve a massive national security problem and prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons without resort to war is a historic achievement and has to be pursued. >> republicans in the house of representatives remain defiant against the president. they are pursuing a potential legal challenge of the agreement. >> this debate is far from over and frankly is just beginning. this is a bad deal with decades long consequences for the security of the american people and our allies. we'll use every tool at our disposal to stop, slow, and delay this agreement from being fully implemented. >> republicans claim that the white house has not disclosed to congress side deals between iran and the international atomic

energy agency. there is little time left for legal challenges. the deadline for congress to weigh in on the agreement with iran is september 17th. >> al jazeera, capitol hill. >> the palestinian flag will fly outside the u.n. headquarters in new york. the general assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the revolution. the flag will be up in 20 days just in time for visit by palestinian. the abbas later this month. james bays reports. >> the general assembly, the representatives of the nations of the world have before them a vote about internal u.n. practice. >> we shall now proceed to consider draft resolution. >> it was a highly charged and symbolic one. should the u.n. fly outside its headquarters, the flags of observer states like palestine. before the vote, the u.s. ambassador told her colleagues they could say no. >> raisedding the palestinian

flag outside the u.n. headquarters is not an alternative to negotiations and will not bring the parties closer to peace. >> she did not stop her resounding victory for the palestinians. 119 countries in favor, 45 extensions including many e.u. nations and 40 countries voting no. condemnation from the outgoing israel ambassador in what happened to be his last speech to the general assembly. >> the real question we face is not whether the palestinians will raise a flag, but whether the united nations would raise a white flag and surrender the principles of this institution itself. >> his palestinian counterpart said this was an important moment about more than just a flag. >> placing the flag will signal to our people everywhere who are watching us tonight that their freedom is inevitable, and that

international community supports them in their journey for justice for their rights and for the independence of their state of palestine with jerusalem as its capitol. >> the resolution passed is the palestinian flag will fly for the first time 20 days from now. that's when world leaders are gathering here in new york. it happens to be the day that president abbas will be making his speech to the u.n. general assembly. >> this is outside the headquarters in new york where the flag will soon fly beside the flags of the other nations of the world. the timing of itself is a victory for the palestinians. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >> british prime minister david cameron said he is extremely worried about the political crise in northern ireland. the political government is on the brink of collapse after the first minister stepped down.

robinson resigned after a killing linked to the i.r.a. the move leaves the power sharing agreement between robinson's democratic union as party and the nationalist hanging by a thread. talks are expected to resume monday. >> the u.s. parliament has rejected a bill proposing a change to the right to die laws. britain the prime minister david cameron spoke out against the legislation, allowing doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives. professor of loch from london joins us live. did you expect this? is this the right call? >> i think i probably did expect this. a number of bills have attempted to change the law from the beginning of the 20th century and none have ever been successful. >> what do you think would make

it successful legally? >> i think it's possible to change through legislative change, but actually, if you look at the places where there has been a change in the law, it's not usually the legislature to acts. it's sometimes the court and in oregon and washington state in the united states, it was actually the people through a ballot initiative where the population actually is able to vote on whether to change the law. those seem to be more successful methods of changing the law than asking the legislature to do it. >> does this start an argument that you worried about and are you on the side of the slippery slope argument? >> the slippery slope argument is usually used by opponents of legal change of thanking the law. i often challenge these uses of the slippery slope argument by

looking at the actual evidence of what happens in count beeries which have changed the law. we really don't have any convincing evidence of the slippery slope in for example the netherlands and belgium, but it's also true that sometimes we don't have very good evidence either way. >> are you worried now that because this has been passed in the u.k. that people will travel to undergo this? does this have legal ramifications that you are worried about? >> there is already a steady trickle of people from the u.k. and other countries traveling to switzerland for an assisted suicide. it's much, much harder to travel to other countries where it's permitted, most other countries have fairly strict residency requirements, but the swiss don't. i would have expected that travel to continue, because this bill was quite restrictive.

it was only -- would have only permitted the terminally ill to have access to assisted suicide. yes, i would expect the numbers of people traveling to continue to travel to switzerland in the future. >> thank you. >> the u.s. spy chief says cyber threats to the united states are are not the rise. there's been no agreement on how to stop them. we have this report. >> there's a lot of money to be made trying to protect u.s. government and commercial computers from cyber attacks. one estimate says the cost to the u.s. economy is at least $100 billion a year. >> every day, we gather over .500 thousand new examples of malware, so the cascade of challenges that are being thrown at the defense is absolutely mind boggling. >> the leaders of the u.s. intelligence community told congress on thursday the

problem's not going away. >> cyber threats to u.s. national and economic security are increasing in frequency, scale, sophistication and the severity of impact. >> the attacks on u.s. government computers are constant. the office of personnel management commute computers were breached, putting at risk current and former federal workers. the energy democratic's computer systems were breached more than 150 times between 2010 and 2014. those systems hold information about the u.s.'s nuclear weapons arsenal and the power grid. this week, the pentagon said cash registers at its food courts were breached, putting anyone who bath a meal with a credit or debit card. private businesses are under attack, as well. >> home depot, sony, target,

j.p. morgan chase and other companies have been subject to major attacks, resulting in the compromise of personal information of employees and customers alike. >> officials say the u.s. has spent too much time trying to repair the damage and needs to go on the offense. >> the purely reactive defensive strategy is not ultimately i think going to change the fine mick where we are now. the dynamic we find ourselves in now i don't think is acceptable to anyone. >> u.s. officials hinted that they might target chinese hackers, who are some of the most recent cyber breaches. it's not an easy call. they're trying to protect the country. al jazeera, washington. >> thousands of people in dim bob way appear to be victim to bowl gus land borons. scams have forced many out of their homes. we have a report from the capital. >> these families thought buying

land below the market price was a sure thing, but in fact, the land they built their homes on was sold by swindler, individual that is never owned the land in the first place. now the rifle owner wants them to pack up and leave. confused and angry, many people say they have nowhere to go. >> i wonder where these demons are coming from. that's my worry. how can you let somebody's brothers and sisters. >> some had their homes demolished by the city council. >> a bulldozer destroyed this house in minutes. that's where the living room were and these two bedrooms on that thousands of dollars gone, the hard work of an entire family now in ruins. >> it's estimated thousands was poor across the country have been scammed. government officials admit the sale of stolen land is big

business. >> that's wipe the police in the process of arresting those people -- the land owners are fleeced of thousands of dollars. >> it's no consolation for those who lost all of their money. in some areas, families are told to pay the market value of the land. some say they can't afford it. >> they want $50 per square meter. if you have 200 square meters, that's 50 times 200. where do we get that money? >> life here is difficult especially for the poor. companies are shutting down because of the economy. workers are being laid off. prices of basic commodities keep

going up. for most people, owning their own home means security in these tough times. now some don't even have that. >> up next on the news hour, a week ago, he was all set to derail madrid, but united keeper has made a massive u turn. we'll explain in a moment.

jewel two engineering graduates invented a device to improve

communication for speech and hearing impaired people, translating. >> the aim of the project was just to graduate. their idea was to create a prototype that would eventually allow everyone to understand sign language. they explained the glove is equipped with sensors detecting finger movements, while an accelerator measures hand motions. the signals are transmitted, which is vocalized into text. a robotic expert has been looking into the viability of the invention. he said there's a lot of scope. >> i haven't seen such a device with the application. if time allows and they are properly guided, mentored, i

think they can make it a product and available to the general public who are disabled. >> only eight phrases are recognized. >> to find out, we take the device to a school for the speech and hearing impaired. >> can you ask him what he thought of the device when he used it? he says that it would be a good thing to have, although there are only a few trayses now. if there were more, it would be like speaking like everybody elsewhere people would understand him. >> research is being done in bridging the gap for the hearing and speech impaired. similar ideas are being developed but there isn't anything effective or affordable in the market yet.

the inventors say they were aware they were venturing into new territory when they started the project but are surprised at the response they've received. >> i think people want to support coming forward. >> if developed to full potential, many experts say it won't just be a breakthrough in technology, but also one for society. >> we are joined for the sport. >> thank you very much, jane. 12 days ago, all set to sign for real madrid, david signed a new contract at manchester united. want 24-year-old was in the last year of his original contract, meaning he could have left the old club next year for free.

he has yet to appear for the english clutch in the league this season, but could now be in goal for the visit of liverpool on saturday. >> tennis' karina williams looking to put her spot in the final of the u.s. open and edge ever closer to the calendar grand slam. winning the semifinals will move to friday after heavy rain on thursday. that means the 26 seed will play in the first semi followed by williams' clash. >> this was the only tennis seen in flushing thursday before the rains came. friday'sles men's semifinals day. the top seed played the

ninth seed and defending champion in a repeat of last year's final. roger federer seen here in a u.s. open promotional event will continue his bid to win a first grand slam in three years. the 34-year-old second seed is yet to drop a set in the tournament, facing him will be the five seed. federer holds a lead in the rivalry. >> that rivalry is one that goes back an awful lock way. the pair are close friends. fair to say that relationship has been a bit tested. they played doubles together for years and found success early on, winning goals for switzerland at the beijing olympics in 2008. initially, federer dominated as he did most of the world of tennis to be honest. federer won his last grand slam three years ago. in jab, 2014, he won the title,

the australian open. the friendship became a rivalry. federer's wife shouted in the match. he knocked out his old friend on the way to winning the french openly title. >> mayweather denying that he used doping for the fight. he insisted he said done nothing wrong and that he has the full support of the u.s. anti doping

agency. mayweather said i did not commit any violations of the nevada or usada drug testing guidelines. i'm very proud to be a clean athlete and will continue to champion the cause. >> the new england patriots had a successful start to their title defense, beating the pittsburgh steelers in their opener. quarterback tom brady threw for four touchdowns. he recently had a four-game boon for colluding to deflate footballs. >> we haven't had one of these games in a long time. it's always fun to get out there and play. we took advantage of it. we took the win. our guys played hard. there's a lot of things we can do better. we're going to get back to work. we've got 10 days before we go to buffalo and that's a tough place to play. we've got a lot of studying ahead and hopefully get a little

rest this weekend and get back to work. >> finnish driver with a lead in the australian rally. the driver won three stages to move into top spot on friday. he currently is second in the word championship standings. he'll need the win in this event to keep up the lead. the battle for the moto g.p. continues thursday. yamaha won the last six races at the world circuit. >> bikes for carts a more friendly affair, looking for victory on his home track. he currently leads the world standings by 12 points.

>> last year for me was an important repairs and victory. i come back on the first place after a longoria time. as always, also more my rivals are very strong. >> just a week away from the start of the rugby world cup in england. world champions new zealand set to arrive friday. outside london, there is a fairly tough campaign ahead. they're in the so called league of death. former six nations make up the rest of the group. first match is against england september 18. >> the group aren't performing

well. with the group we've got, we believe if we can be our absolute best, we can get some of the results that we're chasing. >> that's the sport, more later. >> a film shot is giving audiences at the venice film festival a rare insight. some of the cast left their island home for the first time and traveled to the films premier. we met them in venice. >> until two years ago, the people had never seen a film. now, they're the stars of one. in the production they helped co write a story of love and tragedy based on their experience, which echos the tale of romeo and juliet. last month, they had no passports, birth tickets, but they've made it to venice to see themselves on the big screen. >> this is such a multi-cultural environment which we have never seen, tall buildings and cars

everywhere, and crowds of people, it's very, very strange. everything looks so strange, compared to our culture where we live with nature. >> the scenery is seductive, lush and stunning, no special effects needed. the filmmakers warn tourists might flood in after seeing their home on screen, but they want the world to understand their culture. >> here at one of the most expensive hotels in venice, surrounded by rich europeans sipping cocktails, the cast of the film said their community in the south pacific is the happiest on earth. >> in our culture, there are no homeless. there are no poor people. everyone is equal. money is very rare. we have overcome traps was money. we have overcome the laws of government, because we want to maintain the revocation of the

happiness. >> the directors and their children lived with the tribe for seven months, learning about their way of life. >> this is remote. they don't know about anything else. they're in choice. they live an hour's drive from the town where there are shops and people live on money and all of rest of it, but they choose not to have anything to do with that. >> proud to show off their customs on the red carpet, and on screen, it is proof that no matter how foreign, stories of love are universal. al jazeera, venice. >> beautiful. >> stay with us on al jazeera. we do have another full bulletin of news straight ahead. in the meantime, if you want to go to our website, the address is aljazeera.com.

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