>> u.s. trained syrian rebels hand over ammunition and equipment to a group linked to al qaeda hello, i'm jane dutton, you are watching al jazeera. switzerland bans the sail of some rebels in the wake of the emissions-rigging scandal. >> don't forget to pay. >> pope francis celebrates mass with 20,000 new yorkers at madison square gardens. more turmoil for f.i.f.a. a criminal investigation

launched into sev blatter -- sepp blatter ammunition and equipment supplied by the united states has been handed over to syrian rebel group that is linked to al qaeda. congress approved 500 million u.s. programme to train and equip 5,000 u.s. rebels. the pentagon admitted a rebel unit passed ammunition. two fighters - it's believed was in return for safe passage. al nusra front originated as a fighting group, and later affiliated with al qaeda. it's parts of a larger coalition fighting to bring down the bashar al-assad government. unlike al qaeda, it doesn't knowingly target foreigners or

foreign interests. it is fighting i.s.i.l. in syria. a senior fellow at the washington institute for middle east policies says future policies must involve the removal of bashar al-assad. >> the announcement of the turn over the weapons of force is a maj major disappointment, but it's not the first time they had though contend with al nusra and it's oftentimes weapons moved into syria that they do have to be handed over to groups. more bad news. any solutions in syria, a whole country solution has to have bashar al-assad stepping down. if we want to accept that syria is a divided country, it would be something else. the longer i stood there. >> saudi arabia is drawing to an

end. it's the last day of the stoning of the devil, which takes place m mina. thursday, 717 people were killed in a stampede near to where the ritual takes place. the the kingdom is investigating. the health minister says crowds failing to obey instructions may have been to blame. >> an alleged member of an armed group is to be prosecuted at the international court for destroying buildings in timbuktu. it's listed as a u.n.e.s.c.o. world heritage site. several areas were attacked in 2012, which were said to be worshipped. it's the first time the i.c.c. will hear a case heard connected to the destruction of the mali site the latest development in a scandal that led to the re-organisation of the volkswagen company in the u.s.

11 million cars contain software that can trick emissions tests russian airplanes have been banned from flying into ukraine, the decision made by the security and defense council. the prime minister said russian planes carrying military hardware or personnel are not allowed to fly over the country, it's part of a waive of sanctions. taking support for rebels in the east thousands take part in an endepends rally. the party of the yes is the final campaign rally. before sunday's catalan elections. the prime minister has again said that succession would be illegal, accuse the proindependent parties. >> translation: why don't they explain the truth. what would happen to the european union. who would pay the pensions. where will you export, what will be exported.

what happens with customs duty, who will pay the suppliers, who will go to the market, why is that not explained to the entire population. >> translation: we'll see the ballot boxes out there again. they'll bring economic growth, social justice and solidarity. they bring the same opportunities to everyone. ey bring hope and the common projects. dignity and freedom. >> francis celebrated mass at new york's madison square garden. the venue is associated with sport and entertainment. for one night it was backed with 20,000 catholics. the pope high lighted social issues, calling for protection of the vulnerable. >> big cities conceal the faces of all those people that don't appear to belong, or second class citizens, you meet the role of traffic beneath change.

so many pass by unnoticed. they have no right to be there or be a part of the city. >> pope francis is due in philadelphia on the final part of his u.s. tour. on friday he made an historic speech to the u.s. general assembly, speaking of the importance of wiping out poverty and the pain of war. james bays reports. >> the pope entering this large haul. this time not a place of worship. instead, in many ways, the secular cathedral of global diplomacy. >> we are here. thank you very much. >> reporter: it was a wide-ranging speech, touching broad issues like inequality, poverty, the environment and education, and the scourge of war. >> the sorrows, not only in case of religious and cultural persecution, but every situation

of conflict, as in ukraine, syria, iraq, libya, and the great lakes region. real human being taking precedence over partisan. in wars and conflicts, there are individual persons, our brothers and sisters. >> reporter: earlier the pope made his way through the streets of eastern manhattan, closed to traffic. again, he was driven in a small car. >> for this latest part of his drip. technically left u.s. soil and was welcomed on to international territory. he was transported around the sprawling complex in the u.n.'s version of a pope-mobile, a golf buggy. he blessed u.n. staff and addressed them in english. >> this organization ideal of the united human family living

in harmony, walking not only for peace, but in peace. walking not only for justice, but in a spirit of justice. the pope's speech touched on all the strength. they welcomed sustainable development goals running for the next 15 years, the task summed up by the phrase leave no one behind. for the first time the flag of the holy see was raised outside hours. pal sign will raise its flag for the first time at a ceremony. technically it has not changed.

it is an observer. the pope did more than observe, laying out key issues. by the time he left, the world was listening. as we heard in james bays report, world leaders at the u.n. adopted sustained development goals. the nation of bots wan area happy can't come soon enough. >> another day, no water. villages have been without water. >> translation: we struggle every morning. when i go to work, i wipe my children clean. in the evening i watch them and reuse their water. >> the sacrifice is not a main concern. i'm worried about the house of

my kids. even what i'm holding was ill. i wonder if my kids will survive the situation. they reuse water for a third day. they reuse their place. hoping that it will bring water today. >> it was the main source of water. water is having to be brought in and imported. it's expected to be the driest season in decades in a water squares region. each day they are short of water. they have less than two years supply. botswana's minister says inadequate infrastructure is making the transfer difficult. >> water is life. as minister, i have to be worried.

worried that the infrastructure that we have holds up, and worried that the projects we were doing take it on. meanwhile businesses are catching in. often it's not clean enough to drink. cuts in water supply are drinking. over 1,000 theatres of water a day. >> our unit operates every day. we can't just send them home. the best is to delay the treatment. >> the hospital cut back en route een diseases. frustration is bolding for villages. the government is saying it will take two years before the country has a sustainable water supply and coming up, the last british resident in guantanamo bay set for release after 13 years in detention without

charge. and the tale of a fast-disappearing fabric from jerusalem.

. >> again, the top stories on al jazeera. the pentagon admitted that a u.s.-trained rebel unit and six pick-up trucks returned for safe passage. al nusra is linked to al qaeda. and the banning of emissions systems. it is the latest development in

a scandal that could cost billions, and lead to the re-organisation of the company in the u.s. pope francis ended the new york let of his tour. he's on his way to philadelphia. where he'll remain until sunday. >> under new laws, hundreds of refugees across hungary's fence with serbia are ending in court. >> many refugees are settling in western europe. for others, this place is deciding the future. we were not allowed to film the man sitting opposite the judge, in court.

this is a syrian kurd. he left his wife and kids behind, and was smuggled through bulgaria on his way to germany. he told the judge the smuggler said it was okay to go through a hole in the fence, and he was arrested under the new laws and finished up in this court, inside a police compound. 200 cases like his already, and 1,000 more waiting to be heard. >> the establishment of this criminal court comes against the back drop of any number of countries denouncing the new fence as deeply emoral and illegal. hungry, by contrast argues that through the courts it can lend the fence a source of moral and legal legitimacy. >> but is any of it legal. this loyal representing an african criminalized in the court things the rules the

judges had to follow, agreed not by experts but parliaments, are deeply politicized and in breach of a convention. which demands that they are free from risk. >> they didn't put the law before the parliament. the opposition had no chance to challenge the decree. it was a digs. >> in court he was told to stand. he said the judge would be expelled and sent back to serbia. the defense lawyer plained his options to him. in this room, pity and sympathy are nowhere to be seen. this is a really first, and a refugee second. all the while hungary extents the fence across croatia into romania. and soon the border with slovenia. the courts will be busy

f.i.f.a. president sepp blatter is under criminal investigation in switzerland. officials from the attorney-general's office questioned him about illegal payments, it's almost four months before he announced he'd step down. lee wellings has more. >> reporter: the net on the criminal investigation has been closing around f.i.f.a. headquarters. the the question had been when the investigation reached president. behind closed doors, sepp blatter was interrogated bit the attorney-general and his data seized. peter waited for a press conference that never happened. platter accused of misappropriation of funds. once again the disgraced vice president jack warner was involved. in a statement the attorney general said:

sepp blatter accused of abusing his position with that contract and one signed in 2011 for work done a decade order. th the u.e.f.a. president is set to replace blap, but he was -- sepp blatter, but he was questioned and embroiled in a mess along with others. a form of denial came from sepp blatter's lawyers. they said: ironically f.i.f.a. announced plans for transparency. >> he'll have to be suspended, referred to the ethics committee, the body that handles the advances.

if he refers to the committee, he'll have to be suspended. he's due to stand down, i think this is the end for sepp blatter. outside of yooefa, long before the federal bureau of investigation's intervention in may, the swiss attorney-generally general's team cooperated. the work continues, leaving five yeah in turmoil with a discredited president. an organization torn apart from crime newly released satellite pictures shows china completed construction of a landing ship on fiery cross arrest in the dispute islands in. it's been a source of tension. the u.s. president affeded a

state dinner. obama said they had candid discussions about territorial dispuds. speaker of the house of representative's vacant passion launched an unexpected battle. he's been under pressure to step down. one day after a private meeting with pope francis, and presiding over his historic speech, the most powerful catholic decided it was time to go. >> i woke up, said my prayers. as i do, and i decided today was the day to do this. >> since 2011 he served as

leader, second this line to the pregnancy. for much of that, the fop executive has been under pressure from within his own party to step down as speaker. the prolonged leadership turmoil would do harm. >> it's a move maybe hope will prevent a shut down. far right republicans insisted legislation should include defunding planned certainty hood, clinics that provide abortion. that faction is likely to spr funding in the the end of the year much after news of the deputy tour was met with jubilation. >> it's not known who will replace john boehner. what is known is the next speaker faces a tough job uniting conservatives to work

with democrats to overcome the gridlock. we can have differences on issues, but that doesn't mean you shut down the government or rest full faith and credit to it united states. >> it will be one of the new speakers. a task after congress scids whether to raise the limit. >> i think the speaker made the decision i'm going to quit and hope that the stuff that needs to be passed will occur, to keep the government open. given the ideological differences, raising the debt limit, despite the departure is a move far right republicans are expected to resist the last british prisoner held at the u.s. detention center in guantanamo.

he had become a symbol of the u.s.'s policy of holding the enemy competent without charging them or putting them on trial. >> reporter: after more than 13 years at guantanamo. this man will be going home. he's the only resident left at the prison camp. in a statement on friday, a senior u.s. military officials confirmed his release is at hand. the cretery of defense approved the transfer, following a review and taking into consideration the assurances that will be provided by the british government. the u.s. military retained the honour. he was accused of being an al qaeda member. he had denied that saying he was doing charity work when the u.s. was rested.

>> innocent until proven guilty. into he was a symbol to those opposed to guantanamo. supporters waged a massive public relations campaign to secure the release. his status has been a source of tension between washington and london. >> he was never charged with war crimes and was cleared for release in 2007 critics say he was a victim of the obama administrations of fears, and of restrictions on releasing detainees. >> congress is using it as a bunching bag -- punching bag. doesn't matter who is there. congress wants to use it to score points to say it's a national security check. that is a reason guantanamo will be open and so many are there. after shocker, there'll be 113 men held at guantanamo.

52 have been cleared for transfer. it will be up to them to prove they are committed to closing guantanamo. >> al jazeera journalist peter greste could be closer to getting a pardon. peter greste remains a convicted criminal. it's a charge he and al jazeera deny. peter greste's colleagues were pardoned last week. the australian foreign minister said she's been discussing peter greste's case in egypt. >> i met with president abdul fatah al-sisi and the foreign minister of egypt, and spoke specifically about peter greste's situation. i have just met with peter greste, and passed on the news that egypt is favourably considering a pardon for peter greste, which will be a relief

for peter and his family. >> it seems quite clear that the egyptian president, the egyptian government is trying to resolve our situation. which is very encouraging to me. we've been fighting to have our name cleared. and it is great to know or get that reassurance. >> now to the story of traditional fab rigs used to address the people of jerusalem for decades. but are fast disappearing from the shelves of a popular american aftenlt once an in -- product. stephanie dekker explains why. >> reporter: in the middle of jerusalem's old city. politics stays at the door. this man's family has been selling fabric for generations.

>> sometimes, you know, they do it. he shows us fabric provided by pope ben ticket the 16th. and addressed a prominent person in israel. >> i like people to come to my store. they make a friend in my store. >> we see that when we meet a longs-time client. >> i'm a client, more than a client i'm a friend. all of us are coming here, jews muslims, christians. prettiest face of the whole city. every time i come, i'm here. >> the shelves hold the story of another conflict. >> they are full. it's short. i can't go there, because the

situation that piece comes from the capital. it is the last one left in the shop. fab rigs from syria are known to be some of the ex-exist if the swelled. it is now been taken over by the islamic state. >> they do the fabric, which is old designs, come by pure silk. >> he only has a small roll of tab rick left. here, business is bad. >> we feel it is a trend. no people to come here. he hopes the holy city will be quiet. that he may return to syria. to buy the fabrics and business for generations.

that is the end of the bull tim. if you want to find out anything more about the stories. our correspond - check out aljazeera.com. the address, aljazeera.com. interi'm ali velshi. toorlgt tonight, the $5 billion boondoggle. the race for the white house. we're following the money to expose a system where anything goes, and the candidates themselves are helpless to control it. there are still 14 months to go before americans vote for their next president in november of 2016. but the television air waves if some key states are already saturated and inundateth