this is al jazeera. hello. i'm barbara sarah. you're watching the news hour live from london. in the next 60 minutes, greece tsipras gets another chance to lead his country in crisis after winning knife-edge elections. scenes of desperation as hundreds of refugees scramble onto trains leaving croatia from hungary and slovenia, while the u.s. says it will take in more refugees including thousands of syrians fleeing the war. part of yemen's capital is reduced to rubble by some of the

heaviest saudi-led air strikes yet. the head of the catholic church delivers a caring message to cubans during his first visit to the island. we're in doha with all the sports including the latest from the rugby world cup as favorites new zealand again the defense of their trophy. let's begin this news hour with some breaking news from greece. a short time ago the center right party leader conceded defeat in the election, and this paves the way for alexis tsipras to return to the power. partial official results show that voter turnout was about 54%. that's slightly lower than the

last election in january. alexis tsipras just tweeted in front of us lies the long road of struggle and hard work. meanwhile, this was the leader of the conservative new democracy party conceding defeat. >> translator: the race for the first party has been completed with great dignity and in a civilized fashion. it appears that tsipras does have the first place. i do congratulate them. >> barnaby phillips is live for us in the greek capital. barnaby, it looks like tsipras will form the next government. how vulnerable is he in terms of coalitions? obviously, his win now is different than his win back in january. >> reporter: actually, barbara, as we get more and more results

it's looking better and better for alexis tsipras and not so different from january after all. latest projections, tsipras at 145 seats. you need 151 seats to govern a 300-seat parliament. the independent seats are all minor, junior coalition allies between nine and ten seats. so you could contrary to what we were predicting an hour ago, end up with the same two-party coalition. what an extraordinary year in which alexis tsipras has done a major u-turn on the promises on which he was elected back in january. then he said he would not impose more austerity, and he has done that. he ignored the results of a referendum in which 62% of greeks said no to more austerity and he survived a major rebellion, a break away from his own party. at the end of it he looks like

getting a percentage not so different from january. let's try and analyze the secret of his success. with my guess, aggie who stood for parliament unsuccessfully for new democracy, the center right which just conceded defeat. how has he done so well in the election? >> i think it's clearly that the the holders in greece haven't changed their mind in the last seven months. however, there's a major turn-around in what tsipras stands for. seven months ago tsipras was anti-memorandum, meaning that he was resisting all the agreements that greece had signed with its lenders. in the end today it stands from a memorandum, meaning that he will implement the agreement that they themselves signed with our -- with our lenders back in the middle of august. >> reporter: surely the point is that his message in this election, i'm not part of the old regime, the regime of new

democracy hit home. there's enduring disgust with the political establishment in this country that brought tsipras into the mess. >> i think a lot of people in greece still do believe that the crisis came upon by the political system. the fact is that the whole system, the economy itself, was operating in an unsustainable manner meaning that we had to borrow money from the markets outside of greece, and then use that money instead of investment actually to increase consumption or to increase salaries in the public skt sector and so forth. >> all right. that's in the past. let's talk about what happened today. barbara was mentioning turnout. we don't know for sure, but perhaps 55%. >> this is low. >> the lowest in a greek election in 50, 60 years? >> probably. >> reporter: people are utterly

disillusioned, wouldn't you say? >> i think in this election 80% of the voters voted for parties pro-memorandum and pro-reform regardless of which particular ways each one of of these parties perceive the reforms that have to be done in greece. however, i think the voters have come to age to realize without the reforms, greece has no future. >> reporter: that's one way of looking at it. another way is saying that the facist part golden dawn is firmly entrenched. it appears to finish third yet again. the communists have increased their share of the vote. greeks considerable percentage, maybe 15%, 20% looking to the extremes. >> they received some votes of discontent that before were going to the nl, the right wing party, and also tsipras. when these people realize that neither they were going to

continue to be anti-memorandum and anti-reform, obviously, they turned elsewhere and they found these extreme minorities to support. by no way do i believe that this 6% or 7% facists in greece. nowhere close. >> reporter: we're seeing pictures of tsipras supporters celebrating. you would say, would you not, that they are going to have a tough time in the weeks ahead? >> i think the next 40 days are going to be hell for any government that will be formed. there are deadlines there in the agreement signed in mid-august that say there has to be final legislation put in place to fix the pension system. there has to be final legislation put in place to fix several other aspects of the way that the greek economy is functioning. so in the next 40 days these same people could have a very

different perspective from what we see right now, but nevertheless, i think it is for the better of everyone that we now have 80% of the parties in the greek parliament working towards the reforms of the country that we need so badly. >> thank you very much for your analysis of these results. >> thank you. >> reporter: barbara in london. >> barnabbarnaby, can i pick up point about golden dawn, the far right party that did reasonably well but did better now it seems. give us an idea why this party did better since the elections in january. >> reporter: well, it's a slight increase, barbara. it's not a dramatic increase in golden dawn support. we've seen some statistics showing what a high percentage of unemployed greeks. this is a country where unemployment is running at about 25% and amongst young people at

50%. what a high percentage of unemployed greeks voted for golden dawn, something like 18%. you might say if golden dawn can't do well now, when can they do well? at a time of profound disenchantment with the political establishment and also when greece is very much at the center of the refugee crisis. they've exploited those two arguments during their election campaign. i've been to their rallies and seen that. they are a permanent fixture it would appear of the greek political scene. but i would agree with what aggie said. that doesn't mean they're anywhere near gaining power at the moment. >> and barnaby, we're just waiting now to see if we can hear from alexis tsipras, of course, both the current prime minister and future prime minist minister. he's confirmed to have got the

highest number of votes of any other party. you were mentioning there the refugee crisis. we see a continued flow of refugees from north africa and middle east into europe, and many of the greek islands are one of the first points of arrival. you mentioned that might affect golden dawn's slight increase in the votes. what other impact is it having on greece? a lot of other countries in eastern europe struggle financially as well with this constant arrival of refugees. what other impact has greece felt? >> reporter: it's no secret this is an area where greece needs help. it lacks the resources to deal with the extraordinary numbers coming over. we were hearing from the island of lesbos on tuesday of this week, a colleague of mine, a friend was there. he said 4,500 people arrived in that island on one day. they have to be brought over to athens relatively quickly, and then the greek attitude, if you like, the greek position is to

allow people to move north up towards the macedonian border as quickly as possible. the greek response has improved through the summer months. they aren't as sdaus yus as they were in july. the political impact not so much as you thought. lesbos is very much at the forefront of the refugee crisis. it's an island which traditionally folks left. it has a strong communist addition, so it's difficult for goaden dawn to make inroads there if they want to. perhaps not such an impact and for your average greek i think and this may sound harsh going to the polls today, they have an awful lot to worry about. unemployment, falling living standards, taxes going up, fears about what will happen to pensions in the months ahead. bread and butter issues which affect greeks, and i think those ultimately were the reasons which determined which way they

voted left or right, not the refugee crisis. >> yeah. the economic as in most elections overshadowing everything else. barnaby phillips in athens. we will cross back live to barnaby in the next few hours for more analysis. we're still waiting to hear from alex sis tsipras, the leader of the left wing party which is the party with the most votes. as we were hearing, another issue on voters' minds is how greece and europe can cope with the worsening refugee crisis. as they keep cross the mediterranean, for many the journey is deadly. at least 13 refugees drowned off the coast of turkey while trying to get to greece. they were on board a rubber dinghy when the vessel collided with a cargo ship. it's believed 46 people were on board. in the border town in croatia, there were chaotic scenes as

hundreds of refugees tried to board the trains. police tried to hold people back but many climbed through the windows, for several days thousands of refugees have been stuck between hungary, slovenia and croatia. they haven't agreed on how to deal with the increasing number of people arriving. we have this update. >> reporter: well, at this moment everything is under the control of the police, but in the last five days we saw chaotic scenes here. it took five days for the government to take control under the situation. people were not afraid of anything. there was a lack of food, water, any other supplies to the refugees that they needed. they were angry and very nervous

because they didn't know where they would be transported. will that be hungary? slow vena? there was a big problem on the hungarian/croatian government which they decided they're too close to the border. in one moment 40 croatian policemen going with the refugees across the border, they were arrested by the hungarian government just shortly. they were let go to go back to croatia after one hour. so the situation was pretty much chaotic here, but now everything is under control and we can state that the first refugee wave has passed. in crow crow yat shan and they want expect 200,000 to come there again. an ital navy ships carrying

377 people has arrived in sicily. the refugees were part of more than 4600 people who were resed in 20 operations in the mediterranean on saturday. the u.s. mine wheel says it will take in more refugees from around the world during the next two years. secretary of state john kerry made the announcement meeting the german foreign minister in berlin. >> this step i'm announcing today i believe is in keeping with the best tradition of america as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope. it will accompanied by additional financial contributions to the humanitarian effort not only from our government but from the american people, and that will become more specific in the next days. >> let's get more from washington, d.c. latest estimates suggest that around half a million people have arrived into europe from the middle east and north

africa. when it comes to the u.s. taking in more refugees, what kind of numbers is john kerry talking about exactly? >> you have to remember up until this point in the last four years of the syrian conflict, the u.s. only accepd 1,500 syrian refugees specifically. what john kerry was doing is giving more detail about which developed some numbers we had heard earlier on in the week when the white house was prepared to accept a further 10,000 syrian refugees specifically over the next fiscal. so the total number of worldwide refugees the u.s. is going to accept over 2015 is now up to 85,000 from 70,000. at least 10,000 are from syria. that would go up to 100,000 refugees worldwide who are allowed vis sas in 2016. as far as the syrians part is specifically concerned of what former administration officials are calling for, there was a

letter last week from several former obama officials pleading with president obama to allow 100,000 syrians into the u.s. over the next year. that is simply not going to happen as of yet. it will be at least 10,000 syrian refugees over the next year. >> it's no coincidence he made the statement when he was in berlin. germany is really the focus point for a lot of refugees coming. we know that in europe the whole issue of quotas of letting in refugees has been divisive. is it divisive as well or doesn't reach the general public? >> i think we have normal op-eds and editorials and we see the talk shows and hillary clinton said the u.s. should do more to accept refugees. i was looking at the latest polls. there's a reuters poll released last wednesday after the u.s. announced it will accept a further 10,000 syrian refugees specifically. some 35% said the figure was too

high, and another 23% said it was about right and 20% said the u.s. should take more. some 35% said just accepting 10,000 more syrian refugees was too much. it hasn't really caught fire as yet, even though there's more awareness now of the issue as a result of images from europe. >> the latest from washington, d.c. thank you. still to come here on al jazeera, a violent protest in nepal following the introduction of a new constitution. concerns over an outbreak of cholera in iraq as new cases are reported. we have action from the singapore grand prix where it's all smiles of sebastian, but it was there for lewis hamilton.

syrian rebelled have entered aleppo from the turkish border. they say 75 fighters crossed in a convoy of cars under air protection from the united states. it comes just one week after the u.s. admitted that only 5 of its trained rebels were still fighting in syria. washington's program to develop a so-called moderate force to fight isil has been fraught with problems. dozens of its fighters have been kidnapped or killed just july. syrian and pro mief government forces and opposition rebels agreed to a temporary truce in four areas. rival sides will stop attacks at two shia villages and rebel stronghol strongholds. two of previous attempts failed to take hold. saudi-d air strikes hit yem yemen's capitals in one of the heaviest bombardment since it

began. they're preparing for a major push to take some houthi rebels who held the city for a year. dozens of houthi fighters have been kyled in the latest battles. we have more. >> reporter: chaos on the streets. a man is heard shouting desperately askg for help. his father has just been shot. there's intense fighting between houthi rebels and government troops. the injured are rushed to this hospital, which is overwhelmed with increasing numbers of casualties. activists accuse the sierra muslim houthi and forces loyal to former president of targeting civilians. >> translator: the war has claims ed the lives of thousands of yemenese.

it was targeted by a coalition air strike. neighbors say a family of 11 was killed in the attack. it's the second air strike tarring the old city of sanaa, considered a world heritage site. the victims were buried in a cemetery in the old quarter of the city. one of the most ancient places in the arab world. >> translator: farmers life in this area. this shouldn't have been targeted. we spent the whole night looking at injured children. shrapnel flue all over the area. >> the owner was a farmer and he had a garden outside his building. the bomb that hit his house created damage in an area of 500 meters. 50 to 80 buildings were damaged in the attack. forces loyal to the president backed by troops from the coalition led by saudi arabia have launched a defensive to capture the provinces. both are on the eastern border

of sanaa. if recaptured, the loyalists are expected to try and seize the capital next. now we're joined by rawand living in sanaa. thank you for joining us. you're living there in sanaa. paint the picture. from what you're experiencing specially what you experienced today and to how it is dpared since you've been in sanaa? >> generally speaking the situation in sanaa has deteriorated. air strikes have increased significantly in the past few weeks. there are bombing during the day and night. we were walking in a very busy street in sanaa, one of the b y busiest and people have become very apprehensive, anxious and

scared bought they're not sure if sf is going to hit. it's definitely gotten worse and the death toll is rising by the day. >> tell me especially about the old city of san that. that's hit as well. it goes without saying because the buildings are so old and fragile. how dangerous is it to be in the old city right now? >> i'm living until the old city right now, and this is the second attack on the old city. the first time a missile hit but didn't explode and tore down four houses. this time at 11:00 we heard a huge explosion whether our ears are ringing. when we went out we found pout four hostages went down and an entire family was killed. because the houses are incredibly old and fragile, it's no wonder if one house is hit,

they go down. it's like a domino effect. it's one of the worst places to hit, but people were so sure and so certain that the old city would not be hit because it's danesly populated area. >> and tell us a little bit about the humanitarian situation now as well. things like, medicine, for example, for all those injures and also food and petro which is so key. >> yemen relies heavily on infor thes. over 90% of the food is -- very little supplies have tricked in. what's happened since the bombing of the main port where four or five cranes can be cabbed and air strikes make it hard to see it. they're going more than they were in the beginning. the u.n. said that yemen is

reaching upstage of famine, and p petrol is nonexistent at the motion. >> i'm so sorry. unfortunately we're having problems with the skype connection. the resident of sanaa really painting the awful picture of the situation in that city, specifically the old city, which is also getting hit now. five people who were being held hostage in yemen have been freed. that's according to the white house. says two u.s. sit sfwlens, two saudis and a briton were being held by rebels. they have now safely arrived in neighboring oman. now, after years of delays,

nepal has formally adopted its first democratic constitution. thousands of people turned out in the capital to celebrate, but not everyone has welcomed the historic document. on saturday hundreds gathered in katmandu to make their suspensions known so let's a a closer look now at the constitution and its development. it was a key command of the rebel ended in 2006. it establishes a federal and secular governing system which divides the country into seven states. that's opposed by some groups that want to re-establish nepal as a hindu nation, while others feel they're marginized. we have more now from katmandu. >> reporter: i'm in front of the assembly building where huge

crowds are shouting in jubilation over the promulgation of nepal's new constitution. they're shouting nepal and constitution and congratulating all the leaders for making ne l nepal's constitution. from today the student assembly has turned into a regular parliament. this is in stark contrast to what is happening in nepal earlier today. one was shot done, and pro tegss happen going on. these people try to break cur w curfew. curfews have we want on for weeks. and with the ratification of the new constitution, it is unclear how the process is going to develop. still lots more to come on the al jazeera news hour, including celebrating mass with the pope in cuba. thousands turn out for the pope's story on his visit. more controversial dments

from a huss presidential hopeful. find out what he said. davis cup has the details coming up.

>> saints and sinners. friends in holy places. >> this murder links the mafia and the church. >> tracking the mob from the dark shadows to the gates of the vatican. >> there's even a mobster who's managed to take the place of the priest. >> what happens when the church stands up to the mob? as the pope visits the u.s., we take a closer look at the pope and the mafia.

greece's leftist leader alexis tsipras looks set to return to power. tsipras' party says it will form a governing coalition in three days. there's chaotic scenes in croatia as hundreds of refugees trying to board trains. the three countries haven't agreed on how to deal with the huge numbers of people moving across europe. during a visit to berlin, the u.s. secretary of state has said his country will accept more refugees. john kerry said in 2016 the u.s. will host 85,000 refugees from around the world and 100,000 more in 2017. let's get more on the top

story, the election in greece. we have been getting results. al jazeera's barnaby phillips is in the greek capital for us to analyze them. so i guess we always suspected that tsipras would do well and it seems they've done better than expected. >> reporter: definitely in a much better place than they thought they'd be a week ago, barbara. it looks like a good night for them. projections they'll get 145 seats or so just short of the 151 you need to have a majority. and they ought to be able to form the same coalition that they've enjoyed since january with just one other junior party, the party known as the independent greeks right wing nationalist party. for mr. tsipras with all the turmoil of this year and the fact he had to do an extraordinary u-turn and ultimately sign a new bailout deal with european countries, ignore the results of that july

referendum and survive a major or what we thought was a major rebellion within his own party, a left wing group of mps deserting him, he survived all of that. after eight months of turmoil we're back where we started. extraordinary. >> barnaby, alexis tsipras did manage to survive the setbacks. ultimately he failed to negotiate a lesser austerity for greece with the european powers. has he promised anything different this time and is there anything different to make it more likely for him to succeed? >> i felt he was short on promises about what would happen in the months ahead. i think his message hit home very effectively that greeks are still disgusted with the old political establishment of new democracy, and they didn't want to return to that. effectively he deserves a second chance as a man that stood up

for greek interests. he'll have a difficult time in the weeks and months ahead. a lot of deadlines and austerity measures and major reform to the pension system by the end of october. that is going to cause discord within his own party and cause concern within the greek population. one other headline figure to take away from this election, it's only a projection, barbara, but we have an object stentian rate. only 55% of greeks bothered to vote compared with 63% back in january. historically turnout rates have always been in the 70% and 80%, that reflects the disenchantment that greeks have with all their political parties. alexis tsipras, i'm sure thael sober him up on otherwise a night of triumph for him. >> it's interesting to hear what he says when he makes his first

speech. for the moment, barnaby phillips in athens. thank you. let's go to iraq now where health authorities say they're worried about new outbreaks of cholera. 165 new cases have been reported killing four people. emron champion khan has more. >> reporter: people worry a cholera epidemic could break out again. search years ago it affected 80,000 people. they have ordered daily water tests and other measures to contain the disease, but it's not enough for some. >> translator: my husband went into hospital two days ago. he had dysentery and was vomited because of the water. the water was cut off so we had to dig wells. >> reporter: hospital laboratory experts said crisis could be avoided if there were simple measures to provide clean water.

>> translator: we have four people that died yesterday of the cholera. the baghdad govror visited the hospital to look at the situation, but we're not putting in proper measures. >> reporter: health experts say it may sprayed because of the high number of displaced people in local refugee camps. they escaped the fighting in anbar province, and doctors say it's difficult to contain if it spreads into camps. doctors at this hospital are worried they can't cope with a larj outbreak of cholera. they say the government isn't doing enough to provide clean drinking water. one thing you need is chlorine tablets, and they say here that the government isn't supplying them with enough. pop francis has met the former cuban leader fidel castro during the first ever visit to cuba as pontiff. earlier thousands gathered in havana's revolution square to

take place in mass. cuba has been atheist for decades. our latin-american editor has more from havana that. >> reporter: according to official sources at least 300,000 believers and non-believers braced the blazing sun in havana's plaza of the revolution to hear and see pop francis who spoke to them in spanish. he's from argentina. before he arrived here behind me, he drove past the stage i'm on right now in his pope mobile, and at that point three young men in the mid-20s rushed the pope mobile and tried to speak to thim. they were carrying leaflets that they tossed out before they were grabbed by security agents and hurled down and they're dissidents that want to speak to

the pope. the message of the pope is reconciliation, which is ironic. he talks about rec sill yea between the united states and cuba and kwub bans amongs themselves. all those in our country and the ones that left for political economic reasons. joins us from washington, d.c. is a senior fellow of the interamerican dialogue. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. the pope is a very outspoken man. how big do you think his messages will have both in cuba and the u.s.? >> well, as a politician, a leader he's probably the most listened to worldwide. he doesn't have an army or run a

massive economy, so his influence is his own understandings of the situations and his ability to offer solutions. it seems he's done that better than almost any pope in recent memory. he certainly -- when one asks who are the most outstanding leaders in the world, the most ethical and most effective, his name invariably pops up as number one, as the man at an age when leadership is so scarce. he is the name of the person who is providing the world some leadership. >> you mention effective. he's credited with effectively bringing about or helping the talent between the u.s. and cuba. what else do you think he's wanting to achieve both in cuba and the u.s.? frafrp maybe an easy of the embargo. what's he hoping to achieve in

either country? >> one crucial is the whole process of reconciliation moves forward step by step. there's no turning back. in fact, it's not only a reconciliation in sort of form, but really there is a beginning to build trust and confidence in one another. but the major objective of the pope on both visits, the most important objective is to build the catholic church. in cuba it's really rebuilding the catholic church. less than 10% of cubans today really sort of are professed the catholic religion or are active in the cat lick church. i think it's very, very important to lift restrictions on the catholic church now and restrictions on what it can do, how it can say it and what it

can say and begin to give the church a more vibrant role in cuban life. let me just say it has probably among institutions outside the government that is the most active, but it's still under the enormous restrictions that the cuban authorities place it. i think that that's the key. the united states in contrast, the real key is reaching the faithful. that the numbers of catholics in the united states, the numbers that attend church regularly, the candidates for the priesthood have all decreased substantially. views about catholic doctrine has been diluted over time. i think the pope's primary purpose in both places will be to rebuild, reinspire, re-create a powerful church that reaches large numbers of people.

>> it will be fascinating to hear his speeches at congress and then at the united nations as well in the coming days. for the moment, peter hakim speaking to us from washington, d.c. sir, thank you. >> thank you. several thousand people have regional elections that saw pro-kremlin parties take a huge majority of the vote. they're calling for fair elections and for an end of the 15-year rule of vladimir putin. peter sharp sent this from moscow. >> reporter: this is the first opposition rally held in moscow in the last six months when 30,000 people gathered to remember the murdered opposition politician today. they turned out, and they really didn't celebrate it.

more than 85 different districts voted in elections across russia. the pro-kremlin party united russia called in 95% of the vote. the opposition blamed biased state media, concerted smear campaign and physical intimidation for the vote for pro-putin supporters. today that feeling of disappointment is reflected here in central moscow. one man for u.s. president has suggested that muslims are unfit for the top job. ben carson was asking a question on tv network nbc about the importance of a candidate's faith. >> i guess it depends on what it makes. it's inconsistent with the values and principles of america, then, of course, it

should matter. it has to be consistent with the constitution, no problems. >> do you believe it's consistent with the constitution? >> no, i don't. i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> still to come on al jazee al jazeera -- >> this is the canal that's one of the more polluted places anywhere in america but they're making progress to clean it up. there are places all over the united states that are just as bad if not worse than this. i'm pete rose from new york. that story is coming up. also coming up a win for wales at a cost. we'll have all the details shortly.

the guanas canal in new york city is a little known waterway with big pollution problems. it's one of the most toxic waterways in america and the government has stepped in to get it cleaned up. we have the report. >> reporter: the canal is so filthy and contaminated most people don't want to go near it, let alone touch it, but not diamond eeg. . once a week he sets out in a canoe to wade into it, one of the most polluted and toxic

waterways in america. >> it's mostly restaurant greases, oils, detergents, anything that runs through your sewer system ends up in the canal. >> you don't have to look too close to see how polluted it is. that's why he takes water samples to monitor the toxicity levels. however, it's under the service where raw sewage runoff level at a times in murky water, gives a new perspective on how ugly the problem is. along the banks remnants of the industrial plants now mostly closed down use the canal as a dumping ground for chemical by-products that long away formed a tar-like substance that settled at the bottom. it's so polluted and toxic it's designated a superfund site, and that's the name given to any area or location in america that is so polluted that the federal government steps in to try to clean it up. that's not just here in guanas

of the there are many more plays all over america just as bad if not worse than this. these yellow dots are everywhere there are toxic superfund sites in america. there are more than 1,300 of them. lisa garcia, an environmental lawyer, estimates there are at least 10,000 more highly toxic sites around the country. >> there are thousands of contaminated or abandoned sites in states, in cities that just haven't been designated for cleanup or haven't been cleaned up. >> are there a lot of people that live around the sites? >> an academic study revealed 1 in 4 americans live within three miles of either a dig senated superfund site or potential abandoned and contaminated site. >> back at the canal the government has begun the complicated and costly cleanup effort, but it's at least another five years until it's done.

he says he'll remain out on his canoe as long as it takes hoping when it does get cleaned up, it could be an example for the thousands of others that aren't. gabriel lazondo, al jazeera, new york. let's go to sports now. here's raul. >> thanks very much. we begin with the rugby world cup and new zealand kicked off the defense of their title with a hard-fought 26-16 win over argentina at wembley stadium. argentina wasn't intimidated and scored the opening strike. mccole was benched for tripping and conrad smith was sent off for ten minutes. aaron sith broke the defense and they sealed the win in front of a world cup record crowd of

89,000 people. meanwhile, in port a wales beat uruguay at the millennium stadium. the wefl runs in eight tries, which means they get the all-important bonus point. cory allen scored a hat trick, but his tournament is over after he tore his hand string. they made their first appearance at the tournament. they beat the united states 25-16 in bright ton. the u.s. did score in the game through chris wiel they had realistic hopes to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 1995. next up for them is south africa. >> i don't think it changes anything. if anything, it's woken up everybody. you must understand this is a world cup, and every country is bringing their best team. everyone starts off on a level

field, and whoever is going to take their chances on the day is very hard to beat. formula one now. he won the grand prix for the season. this is massa and nico coming together on the 13th lap. champion leader lewis hamilton started from fifth on the grid, and any hopes of challenging the lead ended when he lost power and had to retire. no problems for betle though. the person crossing the line ahead of kimmo. he trails hamilton by 49 points in the drivers' standing. football in barcelona in action right now in spain's la liga. a win would take them top of the table. in england manchester united beat southampton to go second in the english premier league.

problems continue for liverpool as they go home. they beat them in the opening. italian champions juventes have won. the win means they have four points after four games in syria. it follows their victory over manchester city on the champions league on tuesday. for the final part of the controlling sports series, looking at the increasingly fractured relationship between sporting organizations and the media. as lee wellings reports, it's a hot topic in english football where journalists are being locked out of clubs. >> reporter: for many english towns it's a simple, unwritten truth. the local newspaper meets the local football team and the football team needs the newspaper. this football league has decided the local newspaper to be kept on the outside. they say they will use their own social media platforms to release news about the team. >> it comes down to control.

everybody that comes out, and nothing gets out that they don't want to. unfortunately, i don't think that strategy will work. we take our jobs to find the information. >> reporter: with unsurprising reluctance they agreed to give al jazeera access to the production of the website. the chairman refused to come in on camera and said the paper is allowed in on match takes and he hasn't closed the doors on everybody. there is not a blanket media banner reported is the official line. we try something fresh to give new insight into the football club. newcastle united at the club. at events like this soccer

convention in manchester is one of many that bring together the people that run the game. the delicate relationship is the one that has new relationships. in a multi-billion dollar industry for control with the air. >> we looshged on the media platform growing. that's why you see that after they publish the material himself. they realize there's money to be made out of it to give them free access. no matter how big or small a football club, the roots are had in the local community. if it weren't, it would be still be there. there's a new generation of

fans. >> early we are spoke to fall from the national union of journalists to stop a campaign to launch stop clubs were locking them out. >> it's a form of censorship. there's a campaign now where we have brought on board the fans and have support at westminster. politicians are moving an early day motion condemning the behavior of the clubs. they're calling along with -- they're calling for a call of conduct to be set up where clubs can reach a strict code of conduct with the media, local media, and it can be an interesting and acceptance that we all have jobs to do. the journalists have particularly important jobs to scrutinize and hold people to account. >> you can watch the first two parts of our series by going to aljazeera.com/sports. you'll find reports on why the

australian media bow cot the rugby world cup, and how the indian cricket limits who comes to major tournament there. tennis, great britain into the davis cup final for the first time since 1978. they beat australia in their semifina semifinals. andy murray's straight set victory in the first of sunday's single. >> obviously, i'm delighted to get through. we knew this was going to be an incredibly hard match to win. they have a lot of depth and experience as well. fought extremely hard the whole weekend. everyone played their part on the team, and glad to finish it off today. >> and they will play belgium in the final in november after he beat federico in the deciding fifth match with argentina. he lost his first sings match

and the doubles and won the all important reverse singles match in four sets. the usa beat europe to win the cup. the americans put on a stunning display winning 8 1/2 points in the 12 singles matches on sunday. perhaps they were spurred on by controversy earlier in the day when allison lee fatally picked up her ball because she thought they are european opponents gave her the win. she claimed she hadn't conceded the hole and they gave the americans a strike penalty and lee and her parnl lost the ma. the misunderstanding caused upset for both teams. that's all your sports for now. more later. raul, thank you for that. and that is it for this news hour. remember that you can find out a lot more on everything we've been covering on our website. the address is aljazeera.com. that's it for me. lauren taylor will have more news for you in just a few minutes.

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