u.s. trained syrian rebels hand over ammunition and equipment to a group linked to al qaeda. from al jazeera headquarters in doha, also coming up, >> i'm so excited. it's a great moment for america. yes. >> thousands line the streets of new york to catch a glimpse of pope francis. banning alto. switzerland stops the sale of some volkswagen in the wake of a

growing emissions scandal. turf war in japan's under world. struggles of the notorious aquudsa gang the pentagon has admitted u.s. trained fighters in syria handed over ammunition and yipt. >> 25% of u.s.-issued pick-up trucks and ammunition. washington designates the group a terrorist organization. it's part of a programme aimed at training 5,500 rebels to fight the regime. in july the first group of 54 u.s.-trained fighters were attacked. the second group was sent into syria last week. the professor of international

relations says it's not about how many weapons have gone missing. but that it happened at all. >> this is not about the quantity or quality of the weapons, it's about the symbolism, the embarrassment for the obama administration. it exposes the dismal failure of one ement of president obama, and chose that al nusra front is one of the most powerful factions inside syria and exposes the weakness of the free syrian army, al nusra front, i.s.i.s. and islamic state. it's not a good day for the kofi opare administration or the moderate opposition inside syria, and importantly, it plays into the narrative of rushee. thieve said that the u.n.-led coalition is not working, now president obama and vladimir

putin was meeting in new york. this goes to show that president obama did not have a strategy. this is the final nail in the coffin of the narrative of president obama pope francis is celebrating mark at new york's madison square guardon. the venue usually associated with sport and entertain: friday night it was packed with 20,000 faithful. big cities conceal the faces of all the people that don't belong, or second class citizens, and big cities beneath the rapid pace of change. they go through unnoticed. >> earlier the pope delivered a similar message to the u.n.

general assembly. diplomatic evidence james bays reports. >> reporter: the pope entering a large domeded hall, not a mace of worship. but a cathedral of global authority. >> we are here to listen. thank you very much. it was a wide-ranging speech touching broad issues line inequality, posterity, the environment, and the scourge of war. not only in cases of religious and cultural persecution, but in every situation of conflict, as in ukraine, syria, south rsh, and the great lakes region. real human being, however legitimate the latter may be. in wars and conflicts. they are the individual person.

>> earlier the pope made his way to the streets of eastern manhattan closed to traffic in a massive security operation. he was driven in a small fiat car. for the latest part of his trip. technically he left u.s. soil, and welcomed on to international territory. he was transported around the complex in the u.n.'s version of a pope mobile, a golf buggy and blessed u.n. staff and addressed them in english. >> the organization, idea of a united family living in harmony, walking not only for peace, but in peace walking not only for justice, but in the spirit of justice. [ clapping ]

. >> reporter: the pope's speech touched on all the themes of the day's main task for this general assembly. building on the millennium development goals, they celebrated as they adopted new goals, the sustainable development goals. the task summed by by the phrase uttered here. leave no one behind. for the first time the flag of the holy seer was raised outside u.n. headquarters. a recent ruling by the general assembly allows observer states to do this. palestine will raise its flag for the first time. >> technically the vatican status changed. the pope did more than observe. laying out the key issues and themes of the global goals. and it was clear by the time he left that the world was listening switzerland has temporarily

banned the sale of volkswagen cars with outdated emissions systems. it's the latest development in a scandal leading to the re-organisation of a company in the u.s. 11 million cars contained software able to trick emissions tests. volkswagen tries to contain the fall out from the scandal. a new report shows claims of emissions are highly inflated. al jazeera's has more from berlin. hard on the heels of the volkswagen emissions scandal, comes a report that european cars emissions are lower than manufacturers' claim. >> consumers have been lied to. the discrepancy is getting larger. >> reporter: the international

council on clean transportation report says the difference between the brochure figures and the real world reached an all-time high. the gap between the test results and real-world driving is explained by vehicle manufacturers, exploiting loopholes in the regulations. lab tests can be manipulated by using special overinflated tyres, sealing them and other measures. with tape to reduce air resistance. >> the problem that we are seeing with the european testing regime for some time now, the results achieved in the laboratory are not matched by results achieved while the vehicles are out there in use. what we need's a test that

reflects the use of the vehicle. the performance that you and i could expect, when they are driving around. >> lower fuel efficiency means individual cars produce for greenhouse gases. environmentalists say. >> pollution in europe causes about 400 to 500,000 premature deaths every year. the cost for society are immense, and obviously no one thought about taking action until right now. >> the fuel efficiency gap has an impact not only on global climate and people's lungs. it affect their wallets. the report says the discrepancy means car owners will spend an extra 450 euros, or $500 on fuel every year. swiss particulars will continue their investigation into f.i.f.a. president sepp blatter after questioning him on friday in a raid on the offices.

sepp blatter was a lonely figure at zurich's headquarters, after meeting with investigators pursuing him on certains of criminal mismanagement and misatroops. switzerland and the u.s. are running separate preebs no f.i.f.a. in a statement the swiss attorney-general said: the last british prisoner at the u.s. detention center in guantanamo bay is about to be released. he had become a symbol of the u.s. policy of holding so-called enemy combatants without charging them or putting them on trial. al jazeera's rosalind jordan

reports. >> reporter: after more than 13 years at guantanamo bay, shaker will be going home. he's the only british resident left at the prison camp. in a statement on friday, a senior u.s. military official confirmed his release is at hand. the secretary of defence approved the transfer of shak a mar, following a review of his case, taking into consideration the robust security assurances that will be provided by the british government. the u.s. military detained him in 2001 in afghanistan. they accused him of being an al qaeda member and a confidante of osama bin laden. he denied that saying he'd been doing charity works when u.s. troops arrested him as an enemy combatant. >> he was a symbol to those opposed to guantanamo. supporters waged a public relations campaign to secure his release, and status has been a

source of tension between london and u.s. critics say he was a victim of the obama's administration. >> congress is basically using it as a political punching bag. it doesn't matter who is there or what the obama administration does. congress wants to use it to score points off the administration to say this is a national security threat that president barack obama is trying to make worse. that's a reason guantanamo bay will remain open and so many are there. >> after the release, there'll be 113 men held at guantanamo. 52 have been killed for transfer. it will be up to the obama to prove that it is admit to closing guantanamo by

transferring the 52 men sooner rather than later still to come on the show. firstly for rain. people in botswana are in the grip of a crisis.

welcome back. let's recap the headlines here in al jazeera. the pentagon admitted a u.s.-trained rebel unit passed

ammunition and pick up truck. it was in return for safe passage, nusra is linked to al qaeda. switzerland banned the sail of cars with emission systems that can trick tests. it's the latest development in a scandal that can cost the autogiant billions pope francis ended his leg. he called for protection of vulnerable society a member of an armed group is to be prosecuted for destroying symbolic vehicles in timbuktu. it was listed as a world heritage site. it's the first time the i.c.c. hearse a case connected. >> let there be no mistake.

the charges brought against al-mardy involve serious crimes. they are about the destruction of irreplaceable monuments, and they are about an assault on the dignity of population and their religions and historic rules. inhabitants of northern mali, the victims of these attacks deserve to see justice done. >> iraqi politicians to discuss a law designed to bring national unity and defeat i.s.i.l. it is unpopular. imran khan explains. >> reporter: 7 weeks ago iraq's prime minister announced a battle to retake ramadi city. security forces have not taken the capital of anbar province. in that time a crucial piece of

potential legislation designed to unite the army. the hope as stalled. the spokesman said the propose add law at this stage is ineffective. it destroyed iraq. >> we want the national guard to be based on an elitist force. we have a clear rejection to the law, in which we don't want a force divided by iraq's provinces. the militias fear that if the bill is passed, it could lead to a division. there's signs of iraqi unity. there's a real thing that the national guard could mean a kurdish, sunni and army that could face each other.

there are political problems. opposed to the la. the militias want to take over the army. others are skeptical that the law will be discussed because of the political positions of the various parties. sunnis believe that the military establishment is owned and run by the shia camp and sunnis meet ner force to -- another force to stand up against prejudice. if these differences continue, it may lead to a clash this parliament. i.s.i.l. fighters took advantage of differences, and held on to territory for over a year. >> the syrian conflict in the region benefitted the affirmed group. iraqi politicians know that i.s.i.l. needs to be tweeted but are divided on how to achieve

that. [ ♪ ] world leaders are pledging to eradicate poverty within 15 years, it's one of several goals adopted at the united nations on friday. they replaced the millennium goals which expire this year and include a name change and are called sustainable development goals. the u.n. says one in nine people around the world are hungry. that's 795 million people. who want to end poverty and push for food security. 103 youngsters can't read or write. promotion of educational opportunities and gender equality, one in five don't have access to modern forms of electricity. u.s. wants access to sustainable supplies for all. >> for the southern african nation of botswana, help can't come too soon.

as reported, it's facing a crisis, and the situation is getting worse. >> reporter: another day and still no water. villages in this area, have been without running water for three weeks. this woman collects the ration from storage containers kept in the yard. >> translation: we strawingle -- 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 health 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. this was the capital's 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 scarce region. each day they are short of water. without rain, alternative reservoirs in botswana leaves them two years supply. 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 cashing in on suppling bore water. 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 have patients that need services. we can't just send them home. the best is to delay the treatment. >> the hospital cut back routine procedures. now it's emergency operations only. frustration is boiling for villages. the government is saying it will take two years before the country has a sustainable water supply saudi arabia's senior religious scholar said the stampede killing 700 was behind human control. the grand mufti made the comment on the last day of the pilgrimage to mecca. and told the government that they were not to blame for thursday's incident. >> burkina faso's stat prosecutor froze the assets of the lat erts of the coup. he and his men took the trm

hostage, days before elections. 13 others suspected of having links and had their assets frozen. >> china and the agreed to fight corruption, money laundering. and has been holding talks with the counterpart. the two leaders announced agreements on cyber security, they had candid discussions. newly released satellite pictures showed china completed destruction of a run way. the images appeared to show a landing street in the disputed islands in. the issue has been a source of tension between china and its neighbours. >> the policy of arresting

refugees. maybe governing the treatment of refugees. hundreds crossing hungry's new fence is ending up in court to be expelled. laurence lee reports from the hungarian border. >> many are by now settling in western europe. for others, in this case it decides their future. yes weren't allowed to film the man. it's a programme going back to him. he's a syrian turk. leaving his wife and kids behind, smuggled through bulgaria. >> hazim told the judge the smuggler said it was okay to go flow a hole in the fence, but he was arrested under the new laws and finished up in this court, inside a police compound.

200 cases like his, and almost 1000 more waiting to be heard. it comes against the backdrop. denouncing the deeply immoral and illegal as well. hungary by contrast argues that they can lend a source of moral and legal legitimacy. >> is any of it legal the lawyer representing an afghan criminalizing the court thinks the rules not by expert, the ruling party are deeply politicized and the convention on the status of refugees. >> they didn't put the law before parliament. the opposition had no chance to challenge the decree, it was a decision to expel refugees.

hassam said the judge will be expelled from hungary, the defense lawyer had to explain his options to him. things like pity and sympathy are nowhere to be seen. all the while hungary extents the fence. soon the boarder with slovenia. the courts will be busy. >> thai police staged a re-enactment of the bangkok bombing in august, killing 20. the first suspect to be arrested alleged to have been taken. the man in the yellow t-shirt, facing a rucksack minutes before the blast. >> japan's murky underworld

could be going through a shake-up. reports of surf wars raised questions about strength and influences crime groups used to dominate society. in the shadowing world of the yakusa. the heartland of the red lught district. it threatens to be the biggest upheaval. the boss of japan's syndicate released from prison several years ago. unwap with the way he running the organization. a faction broke away. writers studied the gang for 40 years. it could have an impact given the frakious nature of the underwater now.

>> the influence on politics and the economy diminished. the split is happening in this climate. and there's a danger it could lead to a surf war. >> part of the problem is the between organized crime and the economy. it was in the bubble years of the 1980s. in the leaner years, times are tough, and the numbers of members falling to an all-time low, and more introduced at government level designed to make things tougher? >> many companies found to do business with organized crime gangs face being prosecuted in publicly named. it is parts of a country wide attempt of law enforcement to crack down on the gangs. they have seen previous efforts come and go. >> the police said they'd destroy the area things 1955.

the fact that they exist shows how sloppy the methods are. >> despite the counter problems, it shows they have a knock for survival. >> you can get more on that story and the others if you head to aljazeera.com. what do you want first, the good or bad news. interest rates are going up, not yet. it's hard to figure out what the good and bad is. with the oft of money so low for long, is the good news that the federal reserve is getting ready to raise rates. is the bad news the fed's conclusion that economic activity is nom chugging along in