website, aljazeera.com. thanks for your time. keep it here. this is al jazeera. hello everyone. you're watching the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. europe agrees to take in refugees despite fierce opposition from some countries. the fighting continues in his country. yemen's president returns from a six-month exile in saudi arabia. and big crowd gather in the capital of buick foss as the

deadline passes for coup leaders to stand down. in port we hear from the japan rugby team. they in and out have scotland and the world cup quarterfinals in their sights. eu ministers pushed through a deal to relocate 120,000 refugees. there was fierce opposition from central and eastern states within the bloc. hungary, the czech republic, romania and slovakia all voted against the plan while finland abstained. it will see eu countries forced to take a share of refugees, many of whom have seen war, oppression and poverty in the middle east and africa.

the ministers are under pressure to reach a deal ratified by eu leaders at a crisis summit on wednesday. they thought to down-play the disunity saying even opponents have agreed to fully implement the scheme. >> let me clarify it. i might succeed. i don't know. let's try it. it's relatively simple. the commission made a proposal. we know that some member states rpt not in favor of the proposal, but those member states said we'll have a vote. you know our position. we will respect the outcome of the vote, because that is what we do in the treaty. so these member states, all of them, respect the outcome of the vote. i even said afterwards what anyone voted around the table is no lodger relevant once you have a decision. this was confirmed by everyone around the table. nobody challenged that decision. i hope that might clarify a bit.

i'm not sure it did really. jackie rolands and following the day's dwoemeevelopments. it appears all countries might abide by the decision, but they're not happy about it, are they? >> reporter: absolutely not. i mean, the key thing, first of all, was that the principle of reaching decisions by consensus was not possible on this occasion. fact that they have to go for a majority vote was in itself a failure of sorts. it basically went against this european union idea of equality, unity and solidarity. the idea, in fact, that the countries if you like with the loudest voices in fact prevailed. yes, you have an agreement, and according to the commissioner today was explaining to you in great detail, according to eu rules that agreement is binding. it opens up a whole can of worms. in fact, eastern european countries are saying refugees won't necessarily stay.

you can't tell people. you have to go and be -- have asylum in slovakia. if they set their heart on sweden or germany, so elra the question is how this will work in practice bearing in mind that so many people are opposed to it. >> jackie, we're talking about 120,000 refugees. there are many more in europe, aren't there. >> there are many more in europe, and that's not to mention those who apparently are still planning to come. according to some estimates, there could be a half a million people who are in turkey, who are still planning to try and make that journey to the borders of the european union. very much that whole issue is going to be addressed on wednesday when the heads of government arrive here. tuesday's meeting was all about what to do with refugees already in europe. wednesday's meeting is how to keep more refugees out of europe. they'll be looking at speeds up deportations and improving

measures for fingerprinting and screening people and also looking at pouring more help into countries like turkey, like the eastern balkans, the countries through which refugees travel before getting to the european union with the hope of asueding those countries to keep the refugees and not pass egg them onto the eu. clearly a lot of tasks are awaiting the heads of government on wednesday. indeed, some of those european countries including the czech republic and slovakia have already said they will vote against once again any kind of permanent mechanisms for trying to share out refugees of member states of the eu. >> jackie has the latest there from that important meeting. of arick cans are among the hundreds of thousands arrives in europe each year in search of a better life. we report on the journey across west africa to libya. >> reporter: this is the border between guinea and mali, ilths

it's a transit point for africans hoping to start a new life in europe. some don't make it. according to the international organization for migration, more than 2700 people died in the mediterranean sea this year. this man's bore was one of them. >> translator: when he left for europe, everybody was crying. you wouldn't want to see your family member dying like that at sea. >> reporter: the prospect of danger and poverty back home is enough for people like this man to keep pushing ahead. >> i left because of persecution politically. >> reporter: this is the second time he's trying to get to europe. >> when i went, i -- i was on foot whether i met this islamic attack. they took ovr the border area, so i decided to return back, to return back so that i wouldn't be falling into the ambush.

>> reporter: they are traveling from western african countries including seierra leone and liberia moving towards fwin knee and mali and going to north to libya where they hope to safely cross the mediterranean and land in europe. just as they are open borders among members of the european union, there's a similar kind of bloc in west africa. it's call 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. 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 cars and the passports. they say we want to go to mali. how do we know whether they want to go to mali or spain or surroundings further on? >> either so, they check for

proper doement takings. those wo don't have it face deportation. sfiet the open border in this region, amnesty international says people are also facing the same kind of racism and xenophobia refugees are complaining about in europe. this woman says the risk isn't worth it. >> it's dangerous from dying in the process, and the children are dying in the process. i don't think it's fine. >> reporter: disapproval, danger, and the worries of family don't appear to be enough to squash the dreams of many africans heading north. now to months of exile in neighboring saudi arabia, yemen's president has finally returned to his country. he's back in aden where he fled six months earlier as houthi rebels cloesed in on the southern port city. it follows the return of prime minister and seven ministers

last week. with me is a former adviser to the last three yemeni prime ministers. thanks for being with us on al jazeera. he returns to aden, but only on a visit, isn't he? likely to stay just a few days? >> maybe if the council stays, it's history in the making, i think. this man had too find himself flying from the country from several moss when his presidential palace was bombarded by the ousted president. now he's back with his government running the country, so i think this is a turning point and this is a point in the history of the region itself. >> reporter: running the country but only running part of the country of course. running the infrastructure on the various areas that his allies have retain. would you still have various areas like the capital sanaa taking control of the houthis? >> sure. but, remember, now, more than

two-thirds the country is back in the hands of lenl mate government. and the rebels are on the run. they are just facing defeat after defeat over the past two months. since the liberation of aden on the 17th of july things are turn to go to other side. because of the high casualties and the humanitarian aspect of the war, ir think the allies tried to push these people step by step with the least possible injuries to the civilian casualties. >> that's the biggest challenge, isn't it? how to retake sanaa avoiding civilian casualties. tooung that is likely to be again with the support of the saudi-led coalition in the area? >> i think the sawedly-led coalition will continue to be there. i think they realized that because they were, you know, taken while wrongful, they managed to get their hands and foot on ground in yemen. i think it will be there, and

eventually it will have to fall. whether it falls by direct war or going to be seized by taking over everything around it and letting it fall down by itself. >> thanks for being with us. thank you. >> thank you. now, a palestinian woman died after being shot by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. israeli media's reports suggested she tried to stab a soldier at a checkpoint in hebron. witnesses deny these allegations. the israeli army is criticized for continuing to arrest palestinian children. 25 have been detained over the past few days. the latest are four school children. we have the report. >> reporter: israeli soldiers round up a fwrup 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 in clear to see. mohammed and his three friends were on their way home from school when they were arrested by israeli soldiers. they accused of boys of throwing stones and took them to an israeli army detention center for interrogation. rights group say approximately 700 palestinians under 18 years old in the occupied west bank are persecuted every year through israeli military court. the most common charge against children is throwing stones, a crime punishable under military law by up to 20 years in prison. the families of other children describe what it's like when the israeli army arrive at their homes to arrest their children. >> translator: 15 to 17 soldiers came together with an intelligence other official around 2:30 in the morning.

they are heading in a car and they installed the doors with special machines. they entered the house and took my children. they kept me outside the house. they shackled my children. after about 20 minutes i knew they would take my son. >> reporter: pictures of an israeli soldier try to arrest an 11-year-old palestinian boy with a broken arm in the occupied west bank went viral on social media last month. in the past few days 25 palestinian children have been arrested and held in israeli detention centers. israel has deployed thousands of officers in jerusalem in a security crackdown before yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish car dal and the eade holiday that begins this week. >> translator: of course you know what it means to a mother when someone takes three members of the family and we expect the eade very soon. we felt very confused but rise

above the pain. >> reporter: these school children have been released, but the families of many other detained children have no idea when their loved ones will be freed. pope francis has said good-bye to cuba and is heading now to the united states. the head of the roman catholic church has concluded his four-day trip to cuban telling cubans to live a revolution of tenderness. we're in santiago with more on the pope's visit. >> reporter: pope francis finalized this trip to cuba here in santiago de cuba and at the cathedral behind me. it's a fitting place to end his first trip to cuba. this is the birthplace of the cuban revel lugs. while here he repeated over and over again it was important for cubans and cuban leaders, of course, to delve into reconciliation and not to see each other as enemies.

this is something he believes is important for cuba but for the united states and cuba and also for the world. he said the world is on the brink the destruction because of wars taking place and latin america should set an example. the final message touched on the family. he asked every pregnant woman watching or listening to put their hands on their bellies. he said i bless your wombs but didn't directly touch on the issue of divorce or abortion, which are widely practiced in this country. this is a message he's certain to take to philadelphia where he will continue to talk about the family. still to come on this news hour, the chinese premier arrives in the u.s. amid more worries about cyber security. new satellite pictures of syria suggest new buildings are being made ready for use by russian military forces. the high court in london where the game breach is trying

to be legally recognized as a sport, which opens the debate, what is a sport? first, the presidents of senegal, togo and nigeria head to burkin afoss fa. he called on his forces to lay down their arms. charlie has the report. >> reporter: singing the national anthem of buirkina fos residents have powered into the conveyor to protest against the coup. they ares joined by troupes that entered the city

they want order quickly restored. >> translator: with he count on the army and international xhunlt to find a way to resolve in problem peacefully. as the army has said -- as the army has said if a peaceful solution isn't found, then i think it will end badly for some units. we want, with the help of the international community, to suspect for the people. >> translator: we came to the national square to really support our brothers in arms but also to condemn the behavior of the presidential guard, r that truly affected us. we cannot understand how we fought on october 30th and 31st last year during the uprising for them to now come and take it out of our hands. we refuse and say no. >> reporter: the general and his elite presidential guard seized power last week. he has since apologized and says he's ready to hand over power to

civilian transitional government. returning the country to democratic rule is under discussion at a meeting of the regional bloc. with burkina faso's delicate peace process derailed, the plan to restore democracy looks some way off. at least 38 fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have been killed in syrian government air strikes in palmyra. they say it's the most sustained attack on the city by syrian forces since isil took control in may. most residents have already fled the city while they destroyed several ancient works of art including unecessary co-world heritage site. i ran says it will work with russia to end the conflict. he added that while both countries want a political solution, the president must be part of any resolution. >> translator: tehran and moscow intend to use all their

possibilities and all their proceed terrible together with syria to help it come out of the driesz. iran and russia will continue their contacts with the syrian opposition and believe that members of their position that want a political resolution for the syrian problem will be a part of this resolution. it's now a year since they entered the war. it involves air strikes in steer ya and iraq with the ultimate aid of destroying isil. it includes turkey, awes trail and canada. france is expected to launch air strikes in the coming week. forces with russian backing hit isil from the air. isil is not only dealing with a barrage of bombs on the ground, but it's battling verse rebel fwrups as well as the front, kurdish fighters and syrian government soldiers. al jazeera has the report now from southern turkey. >> reporter: in the 12 months since air strikes over syria began, the u.s. says 17,000

conveyor 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. they wouldn't have been as successful without air power to back them up, and for 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 kilomere meters from the base behind me. that means 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. 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 admission is looking at the option of sending

american-trained fighters into syria to help direct the air strikes. they might be attached to groups already on the grountd like the kurds. many of these groups are ulcer fighting the regime of ba share al assad. the u.s. doesn't want to be involved in that fight. now the air space over syria could get more crowded. russia sent military equipment including combat aircraft and commandos in western sear yachlt vladimir putin inspected some hardware at the board we are kazakhstan last weekend. moscow is concerned p isil, but the kremlin along with the iranians back syrian president al assad. if he's forced from power, then might want more influence over who takes over. the u.n.'s human rights investigator says only a political solution will bring the peace. >> i have an example. milosevich, please. you remember of former

yugoslavia and you know the rituals. he was the president, and it was a negotiation, peace negotiation, and they achieved an agreement. milosevich was still president, but at the end justice could be done. >> reporter: 240,000 people have been killed in ear ya's four-year long civil war. the u.s. says this type of indiscriminate nature bombing by assad's forces is fueling support for isil. so if you can find the political route that eventually leads to assad's remuoval the white hous believes isil would then be weakened. bernard smith, al jazeera, turkey. we want to return to one of the other main stories, the latest situation in burkina faso where a coup was carried out last week. matt is here from a commercial consultancy giving advice to

businesses investing in africa. we know that west african leaders are meeting in nigeria for kreis talks. we heard in the last half hour or so that they will travel to burkina faso to hold some sort of talks. what do you see happening in? >> they will discuss the differt points that the president of senegal put forward as a road map for the resolution of this situation. the points were aren't when inclusive elections can be held, whether or not there will be amnesty for coup the leaders and obviously the future of burkina faso politically, whether or not there would be a democratic transition or return to civilian rule with the president potentially and the prime minister. they will negotiate with the general and other leaders in the armed forces and civil society.

the points around a potential resolution to this situation. >> we must remember that the presidential guard, the republican guard is very different from the mainstream army that has been sending it's troops into the capital. there was this deadline issued for the general to give up to stand his troops down. that deadline passed and nothing seems to have happened. >> yes. so you effectively have a situation with a showdown between forces from the regular army and the presidential guard. >> are we talking a violent showdown here? we haven't heard of that at the moment? >> no. there's no clash or conflicts. the general spoke earlier this morning to say talks are ongoing with the heads of the regular arm. i think everybody wants to avoid bloodshed. there's a lot of international pressure on all actors to say the cold fire -- all accounts domestically want to wait for

what will come out of the ecoa summit. we know the leaders tral to burkina faso to negotiate the terms. we haven't seen any clashes. the tension is coming from the street where you have lots of people still mobilized and ready to protest in case the resolution of the conflict is not done tonight. >> where do you think the coup happened in the fist place? it was a matter of timing. we were two weeks or so away from elections. did the coup leaders think they should just take power, or is it designed to put pressure on how the elections were going to be carried out? >> it remains to be seen what's at the heart of the coup. certainly the coup leaders have presented it as an effort to make the elections that were meant to take place on the 11th of october more inclusive. as you probably know, the former ruling party was barred from taking part in the elections. there was also -- there were also rumors and a suggestion from a transition committee that the presidential guard be dissolved or disbanded.

these two sticking points are very controversial for members of the former regime include the general, so i think those are the key issues really. there's a lot of pressure from his men and probably from people to whom he's close from the former cdp. his own wife is the vice president of the party. there's a lot of pressure for them to regain control over the civilian transition, which they probably saw was derailing their interests and tleptenning their own financial, economic, political interest in the country. >> it looks like the coming days will be crucial. we appreciate your time and analysis. thank you. and still to come on this news hour, endless sorry. volkswagen's chief executive apologized after 11 million cars were involved in a test-rigging skajtdz. the prime minister is pelted with angst.

i'm in the occupied west bank where the palestinian territory's first professional basketball player is hoping to play for the nba.

slovakia is threatening to ignore an eu deal. the presidents of different countries are heading to burkina faso to help negotiate the end of the coup after the coup leader refuse to back down. the u.s.-led coalition joined operations to defeat isil. the campaign involved air strikes in both iraq and syria. staying in syria and satellite pictures suggest new sites are going to house russian security forces. it shows construction building

and surface clearing and the construction of tents used by russian military forces. it's taking place near to president assad's homeland. the publication jane's intelligence review suggests these developments will increase russia's ability to hit targets within syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry addressed the question of that alleged buildup of russian forces in the region. >> yes, they have increased aircraft, and there are certain kinds of aircraft there which depends on what the long-term decision is by raasch ya could raise questions. for the moment it's the judgment of our military and most experts that the level of and type represents force protection and a level of protection for their deployment to an airbase given the fact that it's in an area of

conflict. >> we're live at the state department right now. what is the significance of kerry's comments there? >> first, the comments why john kerry are the first u.s. government confirmation that there's been some sort of russian aircraft buildup at the airbase, but it's only about that. it's not an indication of russia's larger ambitions inside syria beyond the general assessment they have a long-rining security relationship with the government and before that with his father. that said, the secretary of state went on to say to our questions that if the russians are trying to expand or increase their spear of influence in the middle east, given their recent meetings with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, as well as with the commander of

the could youeds force, they're going back in a very unpolitic way. the secretary was quite adamant to stress that the russians need be to be very up-front about what it is they're trying to do and if what they're trying to do is keep the assad regime in power. the u.s. is certainty not going to stand for it. >> interesting. kerry reached out to russia on the subject of syria. any more progress on the diplomatic front you know of? >> there hasn't been any more confirmed progress other than what the secretary of state indicated would be happening in new york next week. on the sidelines of the opening of the u.n. general assembly, which would be more meetings to talk about the way forward, the way trying to establish a diplomatic resolution to the civil war inside syria and to try to establish at least as far as the u.s. government is concern

concerned a unified syria at that doesn't have al assad at its helm. obviously, the russians believe he should stay in power, and there are vigorous discussions about that. this is a slow-moving process but given the numbers of people fleeing the civil war in ear ya, and that is something else which the secretary of state acknowledged on tuesday. that there is new urgency, fell city, in trying to resolve the civil war. >> thank you. three foreigners are among a group of people kidnapped from a popular resort island in the philippines. two canadian tourists a resort manager and filippino woman were abducted by unidentified gunmen. they were take from the ocean view resort. three navy ships have been sent to search for the gunmen's boat and ground units have also been alerted. volkswagen's chief executive

has apologized for the worldwide scandal. at least 11 million vehicles are thought to be affected. martin says he'll work to get back the trust of consumers but they have billions of dollars wiped off the company's share price. we have the report now from berlin. >> reporter: with his company accused of serious and deliberate deception, volkswagen chief executive martin apologized and said such manipulation would never happen again. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, many millions of people across the world trust our brands, our cars and technologies. i'm endlessly sorry that we betrayed the trust. i apologize profusely to our client, to the authorities, and the entire public for the wrongdoing. >> reporter: the scandal has shaken german industry. >> we're surprised by that, and it's a catastrophe for

volkswagen and for all of the german car makers and it's bad even for the brand made in germany because volkswagen is one of our really big brands that stand for german quality. >> reporter: even chancellor angela merkel had to draets the stuns instance of corporate deceit. >> translator: the minister of transport is in close contact with the wv company. i hope the facts will be put on the table as quickly as possible. >> reporter: u.s. officials found volkswagen installed software in diesel vehicles that tricked emissions tests into giving the cars a passing grade, even though they emitted more pollution while on the road. the company issued a statement saying 11 million vehicles are affected. it has set aside $6.5 billion euros for recalls and servicing and it says volkswagen does not tolerate violation of laws and

will make winning back consumer trust its top priority. unlike other auto recalls involving design flaws or defective parts, volkswagen is accused of deliberately hatching a scheme to deceive government agencies and consumers. damage control experts say the nature of the scheme will make regaining trust much harder. >> i think whenever you have a situation where something is calculated and malicious and there is a desire to desooceivd the half-life is longer for recovery. >> reporter: on wednesday a committee of volkswagen's board members and major shareholders will hold an emergency meeting. a board member expects senior company heads will roll. rob reynoldreynolds, al jazeera berlin. this is a bran expert and

director of the new citizen project. he's with me now in the studio. it appears clearly for volkswagen, but what are the wider implications of this. >> it goes way beyond volkswagen and the car industry, all i'm sure many are surprised. this this is just volkswagen. in the immediate term it goes beyond that and enter german manufacturering into european business and the trust of volkswagen is an iconically trusted brand. it spend millions and billions building up the reputation as a brand the most trusted and all of that can be lost so quickly. it's very difficult to regain. this is far from an isolated incident. i compare it with the libor

scandal. we might think of it in the same breath what's going on with milk prices in the u.k. and how farming is treated. we have a moment in time where something interesting is going on about the role of -- the idea of what the roll of business in society is right now. this sort of promise that the whole idea -- the role of business is to maximize profit at all costs. it's kind of coming under challen challenge. >> you're talking about that. there are corporate responsibility within taish social responsibility within organizations. some already have big organizations that have that csr person, don't any? >> they do. csr for too long has been -- i can't remember the person that said this, but it's called the islands of sanity in a sea of madness. when csr is the outpost, that's where you get this thing happening. i think what we see now is really interesting. in two days' time we have a

benefit corporation movement launching in the u.k. it's a new legal format in the u.s. that allows a cap to articulate a purpose, a social or environmental purpose when it hoeds as high or higher than profit. that's a very different conception of the idea of business. there's that legislation in 28 states in america and like i said, it's arrives ing as a movement in the u.k. >> why has that happened? the public is less trusting the big corporations where in the past these are the people that provide the jobs and he with all work for them and they're doing the right thing? >> yeah. i think that kind of promise that we make the money and the money goes into taxes and it provides everything you want. it seems to be cracking and falling apart. a lot of people use the word consumers, and wuft reasons we have the new citizenship project, when you think of people as consumers it puts us

all at the end of the chain. we're much more involved and capable of far more than buying the thing at the end and receiving the health care. >> we question and participate and look to be involved. that's the hopeful story, i think, that can come out of this moment in time. this volkswagen thing is a kicking of a horrible idea. it's kind of running out of steam. it's just a couple of days until it's in the u.s. >> good to talk to you. thank you! >> to the bra i canning elements we talked about a few moments ago. draft communique from the west african leaders suggest that the presidents are going to be heading now to burkina faso on

wednesday to re-install the deposed prime minister. we can get more now live in the nigerian capital where the leaders have been meeting before they depart to go to burkina faso. what more tooun do you know about the communique, yvonne? >> reporter: it was head by the president of commission and also about the president of senegal and ghana. the plan, the way forward for putting burkina faso back on track was read out to journalists and other dignitaries. what we were told -- let me look at the notes i was able to take. the leaders of nigeria, niger, togo, ghana and the chairman of the commission will all travel to burkina faso tomorrow to discuss the situation. they plan to reinstate the ousted president and put him

back in power to demonstrate solidarity with the peel. they plan to take the chiefs of defense staff for each of these countries, the most senior military officials to try and rein in the army in burkina faso who are obviously extremely angry about the presidential guard and what they've done. there are concerns that the army could become vie loleviolent. they're going to try and avert any kind of trouble, any kind of violence. we were also told in the communique that military and humanitarian personnel will be dispatched to burkina faso, and that the community, the economic community of west african states is calling on the african union and the united nations to make staff available to go there.

personnel who will be observers and advisers they say, and they're also saying that the international community shouldn't impose sanctions on buck that burkina faso because it will hurt the people only. the president of the commission jr.ed scores this was a tentative plan and draft plan and expected in the intro they will travel to burkina faso on wednesday to reinstate the ousted president. >> i mean, lots of confusion and concern, obviously, among the people of burkina faso. you have to remember, of course, burkina faso was just two weeks away from holding election. is it likely that this delegation of west aftrican leaders talk to the current burkina faso government but to the general who led the coup?

>> reporter: absolutely. the issue is what should happen to the coup leers, whether they're given amnesty and allowed to be part of any democratic process in burkina faso going forward. the root causes of the coup and why they staged the coup is because the interim leadership -- let's go back to the former president was ousted in the popular uprising. this interim period basically excluded the coup leaders and other senior officials from the previous ruling party. this is what caused the coup, because the presidential guard are concerned about their future. one of the issues discussed was to completely disband the presidential guard, which many regarded as a personal army of the former president. so the leaders who will travel to burkina faso tomorrow will also be talking to the coup leaders about the future and

whether they're part of any democratic process going forward. from the discussions we heard here today, it's very likely that the leaders will say, yes, they should be included. they believe that an inclusive democratic process is the most important thing. nobody should be excluded from taking part in any democratic process, even if they have been behind a coup. >> crucial talks to come there. thank you. a ukrainian military piloted accused of killing two russian journalists appeared in court in the southern russian region. he faces up to 25 years in prison if found guilty. she's denied the charge and says she was taken to russia after being captured by rebels. western leaders are repeated urged moscow to set her free. kosovo's prime minister got more than he bargained for when he addressed members of parliament on tuesday.

opposition mps pelted the leaders with eggs as he defended a deal that gives ethnic serbs greater local powers much kosovo declared pinsd from serbia in 2008 but they don't recognize it as a sovereign state. the chiez chinese president has arrived in seattle. he'll spend three days meeting business and technology leaders before heading to washington for talks with president barack obama. cyber security is set to be high on the agenda following apple's recent breach in china. there's much more to come after the break, including -- >> i'm jessica bald written in amsterdam where a new exhibit is opening comparing two of the world's best loved paintings. a gentleman's game turned ugly. find out how the cricketer is now banned for life.

welcome back now. vincent van gogh and munk are the focus of an exhibition on friday in amsterdam. we fw along to have a look. >> reporter: the scream, one of the best known paintings in the world. the picture of mental anguish is the best known work by munch. the two artists are often compared, and a new exhibition

does yus that. a handful of traditional paintings starts the show so visitors see what influenced van gogh and munch and appreciate the huge advances they made. it's hard to understand more than 100 years later the massive shift in style and content paving the way for modern art. van gogh wanted hi potato eaters to show emotion. they're caricatures of farmers close to the earth. the picture of a woman on her bed was considered scandalous at the time achlt barefoot and open shirt and the vis i can't believe brush strokes a new way of painting. it took six years to put together. more than 100 pictures, one more beautiful and powerful than another, have come from private collections and museums around the world. >> i think such an exhibition is stimulating. you can really experience things and by looking and, you know, making comparisons and can learn

a lot. >> although the two american lived in paris at the same time, there's no evidence they knew each other, but many works have simulators. van gogh's starry night sits next to a starry night by munch. both had tormented lives and suffered from mental illness, and that's clear in the paintings. they were interested in the bare human condition, anning sfliet, loneliness, depression. it is this often brutal self-expression of emotional suffering that makes these works so compelling today and ensuring both artists their place in history. jessica baldwin, al jazeera, amsterdam. we'll go from the world of art to sports with andy. >> thank you so much. japan's rugby team is out to prove they're not just this world cup's one-hit wonder after that stunning win over south africa, japan has scotland and the quarterfinals in their sites. japan has only being given four

days to rover from the win. on wednesday they play scotland, a country they have lost to all four previous meetings. >> we're strong now. we want to make a go of this world cup. we had two tackles, one to make the quarterfinals and be the team in the tournament. we have the scotland game. palestine's first professional basketball player has his sights on the nba. he grew up in the occupied west bank city of ramallah, but more recently made his name in china. we have the report. >> reporter: for him, basketball isn't just a game, it's a way of life. he started to play as a child on the streets of the occupied west bank city of ramallah, and is he's now the first palestinian to play professional basketball.

>> i love the game, so i put my head down and i want to do this and be a professional basketball player. >> at 26 years old he plays three seasons for a chinese team in asia's biggest league. he also wants to be the first palestinian to play for the u.s. national basketball association or nba. on a recent tour of the united states, he impressed american and european scouts. he tells me he 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 has a big message to show that we can do whatever under occupation, without occupation, whatever. we can live life. >> reporter: he's 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 that his journey as a professional basketball player will inspire a future generation

of palestinians to pursue a conta career in sports. basketball isn't widely played in the palestinian territories. open spaces are difficult to find and players that join leagues find it difficult to attend games in other cities because of israeli restrictions. still, these young people still want to play professional basketball. >> translator: i want to be like him. he's so good. i really want to see him play for the world's best teams. >> reporter: a goal he also shares and one he and everyone here is confident he'll achieve. al jazeera, ramallah in it the occupied west bank. now in the wake of the world championships the card game of bridge is fighting for legal recognition as a sport in england. the english britts union says the game promotes healthy minds and should receive government funding. so if it's a sport and if it

isn't, what is? lee wellings reports. >> it's a game using cards, calculation and block played by million ons. bridge is a leisure activity and they're about to compete in the world championships in india and at whatever level. so seriously it fights for recognition as a sport in london's high court. >> it's certainly true if we recognize this sport, we would have access to funding types we don't currently have. the lottery funding will be the obvious example. it's about more than that. >> what's the actual definition of the word sports in according to the oxford english dictionary, an activity involving physical exertion and skill where they compete against others for entertainment. you use the word physical there to cause so much debate. >> there's a competitive element in the sport, which is how such games as bridge and chess are

recognized as sports. they certainly have that element of competition between two adversaries or more. to for my money if needs a physical element. >> the olympic committee formally recognized ports for consideration, and physical or not it's difficult to find an activity that isn't there. they found their way into the federation for recognized sports, for example, forms of dancing are recognized, too and yes, bridge does have official ioc approval grapted in 1995. the controversial activity of wul fighting is a rare xafrment of something not recognized. the american author ernest hemingway said there are three types of sports, bull fighting, motorsports sp mountaineering. the rest he said are merely gaming. hemingway wouldn't have had the chance to spend the evening at wimbledon bridge club in london. >> it's more mental than physical, but all athletes have to train mentally.

this is another one. this between him and he. >> what is brilliant about it is people can play from about the age of 9 up to 90. >> what truck me about that club is while it hant be worltd championship standards, the sense of community along with mental exercise is clearly what makes bridge is popular amongst older generations particularly. whether or not you classify it as sport, there's certainly the tension that comes with players trying to win. lee wellings, al jazeera, wimbledon. >> i'm sure cricket is a sport. it's described as the gentleman's game but that philosophy not on display in this match in bermuda with tensions rising. a brawl breaking out here. one player was international jason anderson and he's again given a life ban from kicking an opponent in the head. back to fell city in london. >> that's so much.

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