six day of this historical trip. we'll be covering every move here on al jazeera. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello welcome to the news hour, i'm live from our headquarters in doha. e.u. ministers meet to decide on a relocation plan for more than a hundred thousand refugees. disarm or risk being attacked, a deadline for coup leaders in burkina faso so surrender has come and gone. yemen's exiled president hadi has arrived in the port city of aden. and as muslims gather in mecca for the hajj, we visit a unique

museum which illuminates the live of the prophet muhammad. ♪ european union interior ministers are holding yet another meeting in brussels amidst deep divisions on how to find a solution to the refugee crisis. they are discussing plans to relocate 120,000 refugees a day ahead of another emergency meeting on wednesday. more than a quarter of a million refugees arrived in europe in july and august. germany alone expects to host up to a million people this year. german chancellor angela merkel has urged e.u. leaders to share the burden. >> translator: i say first of all we have to tackle what is causing people to flee other nations. at the moment we have the impression the entire refugee

process is unsorted. i'm convinced we have to and will be able to handle it. we are learning that we are all connected to each other, and our lives are affected if terrible things happen elsewhere, and i'm convinced we won't be able to change that by billing fences. >> jacky rowland joins us live from brussels now. >> reporter: they are trying to reach agreement on how to share out 120,000 refugees. that is of course only a fraction of the number of people who have entered the e.u. through italy, greece, and hungary. now germany and brussels believe the only way to do that is through -- is through compulsory quotas. some say there is no way they can do it on a volunteer basis, because the only way to do it effectively is on a mandatory

basis. we have a lot of resistance from eastern european countries. and seem to be resisting less due to the numbers than to do with the principle of having quotas forced upon them. they say they don't want to have their arms twisted by brussels and berlin. they don't want to feel their national policies are being dictated to them at the center. so that's one of the main arguments which is at the heart of the debate today in brussels. >> jackie if the eastern european countries refuse to play ball, what can germany and these other e.u. countries who want a quota system imposed, what can they do? will there be sanctions? >> reporter: that is of course an important issue, because the whole principle of european union decision making it that it should take place on a basis of consensus. germany has raised the possibility that it could decide

or threat tone cut off funding to some of these eastern european countries, because big economies like germany pay more into the e.u. whereas some of the newer eastern member states take more money out. there is also the poz bltty that if they can't reach a consensus decision, they may do a majority decision. but all of these ung mine the principles that -- the idea that there should be unity and solidarity. the idea that there has to be arm twisting or strong arming is against the values. and germany and other countries will seek any possible way to persuade the eastern european countries. one idea is that they could cut the breaks on if there was a surge of arrivals that they couldn't deal with.

>> jackie thank you very much indeed. burkina faso's army chief says there is no room for negotiations and the army is trying to avoid -- to avoid confrontation and a blood bath in the country. the deadline for coup leaders to disarm or face attack by the army passed hours ago, and other countries are holding talks to try to end the crisis. the general said he wants to avoid confrontation with the army. troops moved into the capitol early on tuesday to disarm the coup leaders. 12 people have died and hundreds have been injured since last week's coup. let's bring in our correspondent who is in the nighian capitol where regional leaders are meeting to discuss the crisis. what solution, really are west african leaders likely to come up with to end this crisis? >> reporter: well, firstly, it

is not immediately dleer whether west african leaders meeting here in the nigh -- nigerian capit capitol, whether they are fully aware of the event on the ground in the capitol this deadline that the army have set for the coup leaders to disarm. what has been discussed here is the future of the presidential guards, the coup leaders, what should happen to them? many of the west african leaders feel that whatever process is designed going forward, that it needs to be an inclusive process. there has been talk of whether the coup leaders should receive amnesty. and what we're sensing at the meeting here is that that is something the west african leaders would support. what they are saying is that in the journey, from the overthrow of the previous president,

blaise compaore, last year, to planned elections, which were supposed to take place in october, which is next month, there were discussions about inclusivity and the fact that everyone needed to be included in the process. now what lead to this coup was fear, the presidential guard's fear about their future existence. because in those discussions, one of the ideas was to actually disband the presidential guard which many regarded as any private army of the former leader. that was the motivation for the coup. the question has been discussed here or the issue that is being discussed is what role they should have. and we're sensing that west african leaders will say the coup leaders should receive amnesty and should be included in one way or another in any democratic process going forward. they have been meeting for several hours, foley, and we're expecting the leaders to come out and issue an communique with

what the position of the economic commission of west african states. >> thank you. live for us in the nigerian capitol, abuja. staying with africa the number of people killed by a series of bombings in northeastern nigeria on sunday evening has risen to at least 08. at least three explosions injured 150 people. boko haram fighters have been blamed. yemen's exiled president hadi has arrived in the southern city of aden. he spent the last six months in exile in saudi arabia where he fled after houthi rebels closed in on the port city. his return follows that of the prime and seven ministers last week. it has been over a year since houthi rebels took control of the capitol. the saudi-lead coalition began its campaign of air strikes

against the houthis in march. the israeli army is under fire for continuing toer a rest palestinian children. 25 have been detained over the past few days. the latest are four school children. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: israeli solders round up a group of palestinian school children in occupied east jerusalem. the tactics used by the israeli army aren't new. but the impact on the children involved is clear to see. mohammed and his three friends, were on their way home from school h. when they were arrested by israeli soldiers. they accused the boys of throwing stones and took them to an israeli army detention center for interrogation. rights groups say approximately 700 palestinians under 18 years old in the occupied west bank

are prosecuted every year through israeli military courts. the most common charge against children is throwing stones, a crime pun ur initialable under military law by up to 20 years in prison. the families of other children describe what it is like when the israeli army arrive at their homes to arrest their children. >> translator: 15 to 17 soldiers came together with an intelligence official at around 2:30 in the morning. they were hidden in a car. they destroyed the doors with special machines. they entered the house and took my children. they kept me outside of the house. after about 20 minutes i knew they would take my son. >> reporter: pictures of an israeli soldier trying to an arrest an 11 year old palestinian boy with a broken arm in the occupied west bank went viral on social media last

month. 25 children have been arrested and held in israeli detention centers. israel has deployed thousands of officers in jerusalem in a security crack down before the holiest day on the jewish calendar and eid which begins this week. >> translator: of course you know what it means to a mother when someone takes three members of her family and you are expecting the eid very been. we all rise above such pains. >> reporter: these school children have now been released but the familiar list of many other detained children have no idea when their loved ones will be freed. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. and an 18-year-old palestinian woman has died after being shot by an israeli soldier. witnesses deny israeli allegations that she attempted to stab the soldier. the shooting happened at a check point in the occupied west bank. let's speak to scott heidler who

joins us on the line from jerusalem. scott she has died, and there are more details about the injuries she suffered. >> yes, she was in surgery and died in surgery. she was 18 years old. this incident happened at 8:00 am in hebron at a check point. again, differing accounts of how it went down, but she was shot by israeli security forces. the hospital said she had gunshot wounds in three areas, one in the chest, one in the stomach and one in the lower body. this contradicts what security forces were saying earlier in the day, when they said she was shot in the lower extremities. we don't know if she died in surgery or just after surgery. a little bit more information on the woman herself. she was the daughter of the hospital director, and again, it was -- this incident took place

just after 8:00 a.m. . >> what is the reaction going to be? or what has been the reaction? are we likely to see more tensions in the occupied west bank. >> reporter: it is already a versus tense situation. tension has been raised in occupied west jerusalem, and also rallies relating to the israeli security forces raids over the last couple of weeks on the mosque. we have seen rallies for that. as a reaction to this specific event, there's nothing that we can really say as of yet. it's a holiday -- religious holiday for both jews and muslims this week.

yom kippur just started. so all in israel will be locked down for the next day, and then we have eid coming towards the end of the week for muslims. so it's a very religious week, so that always tends to raise tension levels as well, but right now we haven't seen anything relating directly to this specific event. scott thank you very much for that. live on the line there from jerusalem. stay with us, still ahead, a call for a ceasefire in libya as a framework deal is proposed to end the conflict. plus we meet africans who risk everything to trek across the sahara in search of a better life in europe. and in sport after their shock world cup win over south africa, japan prepare to face scotland with some very specific goals. ♪

pope francis is saying good-bye to cuba before flying to the united states. the head of the roman catholic church is concluding his four-day trip by celebrating mass and meeting with families in santiago cuba. let's speak to our latin america editor, lucia newman. what is the pope's message to the cuban people? >> reporter: hello, foley. the pope has just left a few minutes ago from the cathedral as you see directly behind me. this was his last event here. this is perhaps a fitting place for him to end his trip to this country. this is the birthplace of the cuban revolution, and on his first trip to communist cuba, the pope over and over emphasized the message of reconciliation. he said people should not be afraid of change. he said that they should not be afraid of seeing people who think differently -- or rather

to stop seeing people who think differently as enemies. now in his last address, we emphasized the family. he did something that made many people break out in tears. he said i want everyone who is listening and watching and who is pregnant to put their hands on their bellies, and i bless you from here. right now he is on his way to the airport where president raul castro will be waiting to say good-bye. >> and all of the talk is american cuban reconciliation. will the pope be taking that message to the u.s. with him? >> reporter: well, this is certainly something that cuban leaders and many people would like him to take with him. he has spoken of course about reconciliation, and he has spoken out against the ongoing embargo against this country. he said this process of

normalization and reconciliation must continue. but his spokesman did indicate that he would not directly or specifically talk about when he addresses the u.s. congress later in the week. he says the message has been sent, people should understand it. it's up to both countries now to keep the ball rolling. >> thank you very much indeed. >> reporter: thank you. the united nations has proposed a deal to end the political crisis in libya. the u.n. envoy to the country has told rival factions they must take the deal or leave it. paul reports. >> reporter: the united nations has been trying to bring the warring parties in libya together for more than one year. >> we have now a text that it's a final text. so our part of the process is now finished. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy says

the framework is the way forward to end the conflict in libya, but it's not a deal yet. >> in this situation in libya, with such strong confrontation, killings, humanitarian crisis, with so many problems, they must expect that if there is a solution, if this proposal is the solution. >> libya has been in a state of civil war and crisis since the revolution in 2011. among those struggling to fill the power vacuum are two rival governments, a renegade general and dozens of -- militia groups. >> it's almost about trying to create a two-dimensional government. but ultimately both sides want to annihilate each other. they both have their proxies and

their elements they have private armies [ inaudible ] international war, but ultimately both sides want to annihilate each other. >> reporter: leon is now calling for an immediate ceasefire between the factions. >> they have to be positive. they have to see what this process is going to bring for the country. and not to be concerned about what they could have liked to see in the text or to see as outcome of this process and will not be there. this is not the question today. the question today is to get libya back to track, to build peace, development, prosperity in the country. >> reporter: leon was given an october 20th deadline to get a unity government in place. that's the fourth anniversary of the capture and death of omar

gadhafi. the envoy says the peace deal isn't there yet, but appears to be closer than ever before. human rights watch says the egyptian military's campaign against isil in northern sinai is harming thousands of civilians. it says the government has evicted over 3,000 families and razed thousands of homes. cairo is trying to create a buffer zone along the border with the gaza strip. it wants to destroy a network of tunnels that it says isil is using to move between the sinai peninsula and the gaza strip. >> first we reviewed more than 50 satellite imagery of northern sinai for the last two years. this is the largest effort of

satellite imagery conducted think human rights watch. secondly, we spoke to families who were forcibly evicted from sinai. we were able to interview them at great depth. and we spoke to journalists and activists familiar with the situation on the ground. these are the main methods. we were not granted access to sinai, unfortunately. because the egyptian government denies entry to journalists and also human rights activists to that part of sinai. the military is facing an armed insurgency in sinai. but the report argues it is not enough to justify such an indiscriminate destruction of property. they need to find a way to target these tunnels and

adequately compensate civilians, allow them to challenge the demolition orders and not simply declare a buffer zone that will effect thousands and thousands of families. iraqis education ministry has postponed the start of the school year due to a ca call -- cholera outbreak. iraq's water and sewer system are outdated and years of war and neglect have prevented any upgrade. joining us now via skype is jeffrey baits. he is the unicef chief of communications in iraq. thank you so much for being with us on al jazeera. how serious is this outbreak in iraq? what are the areas that are most effected? >> right now the outbreak has been limited to a few areas, west of baghdad and some of the surrounding districts. we have about 50 cases that have

been laboratory confirmed. cholera is very prone to large ep dimmics and has disastrous implications and in a place like iraq right now that is suffering to widespread damage, this could bj a huge problem very quickly. >> why are we seeing the outbreak now in our view, jeffery? this >> well, cholera -- basically it's reservoir is in humans. and iraq is a cholera endemic area. the last recorded deaths were in 2012. what is uncommon right now is that we have over 3 million people that have been displaced and hundreds of communities where their traditional water system has been damaged. so-so relying on water sources that make it easily contaminated. >> the fear of course now is that the outbreak might spread because of the large number of people who are displaced. so what measures are being taken

by the government to contain this outbreak? >> well, the government has immediately called a cholera task force into place. unicef is a part of this task force along with other agencies such as w.h.o. and the immediate response is to put in place surveillance systems to ensure that medical services are operating so people can get access to them. and then public information around how to stop this through safe water handling, hygiene practices, treatment of water, danger sign recognition, and then reestablishing clean water systems so that people who can get water that won't have cholera in it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. there's plenty more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. china's president denies cyber attacks ahead of his historic visit to the united states. and volkswagen is accused of

cheating on emissions tests. and in sports the gentlemen's game turns ugly, we'll tell you about a brawl that led to a lifetime ban of a international cricketer. stay with us.

♪ welcome back. row are watching al jazeera live from doha. our top stories. the european union is holding another meeting in brussels to try to find a solution to the refugee crisis. on monday european nations failed to reach an agreement over what to do with the refugees. the demand for coup leaders in burkina faso p passed hours ago. they are holding more talks to try to end the crisis. and a palestinian woman has died after being shot by an israeli soldier. witnesses deny israeli allegations that she attempted to stab the soldier. the shooting happened inro in the occupied west bank. it is one year on from the start of the u.s.-lead coalition

air strikes in syria. some of the groups are fighting against the syrian regime, and that's a fight the u.s. us doesn't want to get involved with. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: in the 12 months since air strikes over syria began, the u.s. says 17,000 square kilometers of territory has been taken back from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. central command gives the credit to what it calls anti-isil fighters, including syrian kurds and sunni arabs. but they wouldn't have been as successful without air power to back them up. and over the last month, the u.s. has been able to intensify its campaign, after squeezing permission from turkey to use its base. the border with syria is just about 120 kilometers from the air base behind me. that means more sources and more air strikes than when the u.s. and its coalition allies were forced to fly up to four hours away from bases in the gulf, but

to make those air strikes as effective as possible, the u.s. needs more and better intelligence from individuals on the ground who can identify targets to be hit. so the obama administration says it is looking at the option of sending american-trained fighters into syria to help direct the air strikes. they might be attached to groups around on the ground like the kurdings. but many of these groups are fighting the regime of bashar al-assad. the u.s. doesn't want to get involved in that fight. and now the air space could get more crowded. russia has sent equipment to syria. vladimir putin exinspected some of the hardware last weekend. moscow says it is concerned about isil, but the kremlin, along with the iranians back

syrian president bashar al-assad. if he is forced from power, they might want more influence over who takes over. the u.n.'s human rights investigator says only a political solution will bring peace. >> i have an example. you remember a former you go slauf va, [ inaudible ] because president, and it was peace negotiation, and they achieved an agreement. he was still president, but [ inaudible ] justice could be done. >> reporter: 240,000 people have been killed in syria's four-year long civil war. the u.s. says this type of indiscriminate bombing by assad's forces is fuelling support for isil, so if it had find a political route that eventually leads to assad's removal, the white house believes that isil would then be weakened. africans are among the

hundreds of thousands of people arriving in europe in search for a better life. natasha ghone natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: this is the border between guinea and mali. it become a transit point for africas with hopes of starting a new life in europe. some of them don't make it. according to the international organization for migration, more than 2700 people died in the mediterranean sea this year. >> translator: when he left for europe everybody was crying. you wouldn't want to see your family member dying like that at sea. >> reporter: but the prospect of danger and poverty back home is enough for people to keep pushing ahead. >> translator: i left because of persecution. >> reporter: this is the second time he is trying to get to europe. >> when i went i admit i was on

foot when i met this islamic attack. they took over the border area, so i decided to return back, to return back, so i won't fall in the ambush. >> reporter: they are traveling from west african countries, moving northeast to the border between guinea and mali, across the sahara, and north to libya, where they hope to safely cross to europe. there's a similar kind of block in west africa as the european union. it's called the economic community of west african states. since 1975, 15 countries have been part of a borderless region where people can move freely. the goal is to increase economic cooperation, but it has also made it easier for people determined to build a life in

europe. >> translator: when we receive people passing through, they have the national cards and passports, they say they want to go to mali. >> reporter: border police check for proper documentation. those who don't have it, face deportation. despite the open borders in this region. amnesty international says people are also facing the same kind of racism, and zen -- xenophobia refugees are complaining about in europe. >> some are dying in the process their children are dieing in the process. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: buddies approval, danger and the worries of family don't appear to be enough to squash the dreams of many africans heading north. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. the president of china is on his way to the united states.

first stop in a few hours is seattle where he'll meet technology executives. both countries have been sparring over cyber security. and apple is the latest company tackling a security breach in china. >> reporter: apple prides itself on safeguards to prevent militia actors on attacking his devices. >> it's why we use all of the technology at our disposal to create the most secure devices and systems that we can. >> reporter: but many have taken to bypassing apple by downloading apps through a counterfeit company. apple said the infected apps have been removed from its store

and, quote, is working with the developers to make sure they are using the proper version of x-code developers. u.s. authorities filed criminal indictments against five alleged chinese military hackers. they were charged with stealing from american businesses. the chinese have denied the accusations, and countered by suspending a bilateral dialogue on cyber security. but obama has signaled he is interested in a truce. >> ultimately the idea should be to have some basic international framework. it won't be perfect, because there are still going to be a lot of non-state actors that -- and hackers who are very good, and we're still going to have to have good defense. >> reporter: chinese officials say they are interested in an international code of conduct

for cyber information sharing, but haven't spelled out particulars, yet since the latest malware episode has affected its own citizens as well, the incentive may be more tempting than ever. now the biggest reason the world are under threat from a long drought, four hot and dry years in california are endan r endangeendange endangers giant sequoia trees. >> reporter: giant sequoias like this are very, very special. they are the largest organisms on earth and they are ancient. but after four years of drought and the warming effects of climate change. researchers are now worried about their future. >> they were losing their older needles, their older leaves in amounts that were -- i had never seen before. >> reporter: at roughly 2,500 years old, this one predates christianity and islam. but more importantly for today

is how tall it is. more than 240 feet tall. scientists are going to go up in it today to try to take water samples and god help me i'm going to follow them. >> reporter: anthony ambrose leads a team from berkeley. he climbs to the top of these trees to test them for stress. >> typical giant sequoia tree might use anywhere between 5 and 800 gallons of water in single summer day. >> reporter: the trouble is the snow pack which provides water throughout the summer as it melts now at a 500-year low. the sequoias are surviving this so far, but the team points out the combination of drought and rising temperatures is unprecedented. >> now that we're in the fourth year of this severe drought, they still seem to be holding up

pretty well. if we had another year, as severe, i would say all bets are off. >> reporter: the history of the united nations is a tiny fraction of this tree's past. the question is whether it and its kind can survive here in the future. jake ward, al jazeera. france has announced a detailed investigation into volkswagen after it admitted to rigging diesel emission tests. 11 million cars were fitted with devices designed to cheat. it has cost the auto giant billions. from berlin rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: volkswagen's pollution cheating scandal spread as europe's leading car maker planned an emergency meeting of top executives. volkswagen is facing billions of dollars in fines and a huge recall of its vehicles after the

u.s. government found it planted software in its diesel cars meant to falsefy results in emissions tests. the company issued a statement saying 11 million vehicles are affected. it has set aside 6.5 billion euros for recalls and servicings. and it says volkswagen does not tolerate violation of laws, and will make regaining consumer trust its top priority. >> we have totally screwed up. we must fix those cars. thank you. we must fix those cars because we prevent this from ever happening again, and we have to make things right for the government, the public, our customers, our employees and our dealers. >> reporter: german officials have already announced they will investigate. >> translator: i think it's right that the german transport minister and others are conducting the necessary

discussions. this is the only way to achieve transparency. all necessary measures have been set in motion. >> reporter: france's fundamental called for a europe-wide probe to include other auto makers. >> translator: i think in order to reassure people, we need to also do it for the french manufacturers, though i have no reason to think the french manufacturers have behaved the way volkswagen did. >> reporter: senior government officials worry that what they called the excellent reputation of the german car industry will now suffer. so seriously is the scandal being taken here as a poor reflection on germany's worldwide brand that the foreign minister felt obliged to address it during an official visit abroad. >> translator: i hope that there will be a clarification soon as to what extent data has been

influenced by technical equipment. and particularly who is responsible for this. this is and has to be in the interests of volkswagen first of all, and as a second step, one has to talk about how to deal with the further handling of this between the companies and the relative authorities in the united states. >> reporter: on wednesday a committee of volkswagen board members and major shareholders will hold an emergency meeting at company headquarters. a board member says he expects senior company heads will roll. ♪ now more than 2 million muslims are expected in mecca, saudi arabia for the annual hajj. the hajj is associated with the life of the prophet muhammad. for one man it's a life he feels is misunderstood by the outside world. so he decided to create

something to change that view. >> translator: the idea of this project started when i wanted to write a book to change the stereo type among people about the prophet's life. many think it's all about wars and battles. but wars only represented 5% of his life, the rest of his life was about his morals behavior practices forgiveness, love of humanity, mercy, environmental, human and animal rights. my idea grew to become a huge project to let the world know about the prophet. this shows the time line. he was born here and it's here in this cave that his prophecy started. here is medinah after he left mecca. this is the prophet's mosque. his house. here are the trenches to protect the medinah. here is the famous battle.

this diagram shows the structure of the state. it's not a modern state, but had all of the bodies that exsisz today under different names. it's fully organized. it had the prophet's personal affairs, education, youth, special needs, ministries of interior and foreign affairs. he reliieieied -- we relied on technology. we used 3-d touch screens. this screen for example represents the work of five volumes. anything you want to know could come up here with a single touch of the screen. this museum is more like an educational means to reflect the prophet's life. we decided to make new replicas for everything the prophet wore and used in his life, his body armor, helmet, sword and other personal items. the museum is open to the public

and it's free. thousands of people come from across the world to visit this museum. i financed this project with my own money. we registered it as an endowment. it was inaugurated here in mecca, in saudi arabia, where the muslim faith started. and we have much more on the hajj on our website. you can walk through all of the main sites of the pilgrimage in mecca, with a 360 degree view. that's all at aljazeera.com. ♪ and still ahead on the news hour, there were lots of snubs and surprises at this year's emmy awards as records were smashed and history was made. we'll have the details. i'm in the occupied west bank where the palestinian territories first professional basketball player is hoping to play for the nba. ♪

welcome back. kosovo's prime minister has eggs on his face, quite literally. angry competition through eggs at him while protesting over a deal that gives serbians more rights over government spending and education. the country has declared its independence from serbia in 2008.

now the red carpet is being rolled out on one of the world's most heavily fortified borders. harry faucet reports from south korea. >> reporter: it isn't quite the demilitarized zone, but for the first night of ailm festival, it's about as close as it can get. an abandoned u.s. military base, the dmz docks festival gets underway. this documentary tells the story of a north korean defector who makes critical works as an independent artist in the south now. with his identity hidden to protect his family over the border, it charts his increasing anxiety as plans begin to

attract the attention of north korean officials. >> he is very poetic but very honest, and he has a unique story. he is a defector to still really loves his homeland, but does not love a lot of things about his homeland, but his heart -- he says he has a divided heart. >> reporter: making this film the opener is something of a statement of intent as they shift the intent on to interkorean issues. >> reporter: it has always been an [ inaudible ] festival. we certainly never promoted it as one just dealing with dnz issues. but we have brought in a special dnz session because of a feeling it hasn't received enough attention in the past. >> reporter: in terms of scale this festival can't compete with south korea and asia's biggest festival coming up in a couple

of week's time. but the name and location lend it a particular focus, a focus on themes of peace. more than 100 films from around the world will due to be shown, most united in some way by that theme of peace, just a short distance from the world's most heavily militarized border. time for sports now. >> foley thank you so much. after beating south africa and shocking rugby fans around the world, japan want to keep up their momentum when they face scotland on wednesday. it only had a short four-day turn around, but the coach insists that's not a problem. he says they have targeted the game for weeks as one they could win to help achieve some very specific goals. >> the message is pretty strong. we haven't come here just to have one splash in the park. yeah, we want to make a go of

this world cup. one target was to take the quarter finals and the other was to be the team of the tournament. so the scotland came is very important for us. >> scotland is also targeting this game as one they must win. despite winning their last five encounters with japan, they say they aren't taking them lightly, and weren't surprised by their win over south africa. >> their flies across the board are really good. they are well coached and well positioned. so from our point of view, we knew they were a good side and they showed that on the weekend. >> ireland are the final team to be officially welcomed to the 2015 rugby world cup. they thrashed canada 50-7 in their first match and face romania next on sunday. and major league baseball, the blue jays beat the new york

yankees to increase their lead at the top of the division. david price pitched 7-shutout innings. toronto winning 4-2 to move 3.5 games clear of the yankees after the first of their first-game series. the houston astros beat the l.a. angels in hunt for the second wild-card spot. they lifted the astros to a 6-3 win. first professional palestinian basketball player has set its sites on the nba. he grew up in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. for three seasons he has been playing in china, but hopes to make it to the best league in the world >> reporter: for this man basketball isn't just a game, it's a way of life. he started playing as a child on

the streets of ramallah, and is now the first palestinian to play professional basketball. >> i love the game, so i put in my head, i want to do this. i want to be a professional basketball player. >> reporter: at 26 years old, he has already played three seasons for a chinese team. but that's enough for the two meter-tall center, he also wants to become the first palestinian to play for the nba. on a recent tour of the united states, he impressed american and european scouts. he tells me he now plans to try out for the nba summer league in the hopes of being picked up by a major team. >> i'm going to show the people that palestine have a big message to show them that we can do whatever under occupation, without occupation, whatever. we can live life. >> reporter: he is popular with young palestinians and often invites them to his training sessions. with his dream of playing for

the nba closer to becoming a reality than ever before, he hopes his journey will inspire a future generation of palestinians to pursue a career in sports. open spaces are difficult to find and players who join leagues often find it difficult to attend games in other cities because of israeli restrictions, still these young people say they too want to play professional basketball. a goal he also shares and one he and everyone here is confident he will achieve. >> now cricket has often been described as the gentlemen's game. that philosophy certainly wasn't on display during a match in

bermuda. with the tensions rising in this champion of champions final, a drawl broke out. one player involved with jason andersson, and he has been given a life ban after kicking an opponent in the head. cricket board has urged anderson to seek assistance for his anger issues. for all of the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. we have blogs and video clips from our correspondents around the world. foley back to you. >> thank you very much indeed. now the hugely popular tv series game of throwns has won an undprentsed 12 prizes at this year's emmy awards, and a black actress has taken one of the top honors. sonia greports.

>> reporter: entertainment tv loves making history, and they broke a new barrier. >> let me fell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: it was a sweet victory for the fantasy epic game of thrones with 12 prizes in total, including outstanding drama series. >> my final days were interesting. >> the show now holds the record for the most awards in a single year. >> and finally, thanks again, hbo for believing in dragons. thank you. >> and thank you all for watching. [ cheers and applause ] . >> reporter: there was the usual humor like this from four-time winner. >> to quote our political satire

veep, what a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight. [ laughter ] >> oh, wait. oh, god. no, no, no. i'm sorry. donald trump said that. i'm sorry. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and the leading actor went home with his first trophy after eight nominations for the role. while host john stewart wrapped up his stint with the daily show with another emmy for outstanding variety talk series. stewart left the show in august after an historic 16-year run marked by multiple awards. >> thank you so very much, you -- you will never have to see me again. thank you. [ laughter ] [ applause ] well that's it for this news hour on al jazeera. thanks for watching. felicity barr is live from our london news center next.

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