hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. saudi arabia's scholar said the crush at the hajj was beyond human control as the death toll rises. u.s. trained syrian rebelled hand over ammunition and equipment to a group linked to al qaeda. pope prfrancis celebrates ms

in philadelphia, his last stop to his five-d hiefive-day visit united states. what lies beneath. how they're trying to find out about the true st.s of the world's oceans. saudi arabia says the death toll from thursday's stampede at the hajj has risen to 769, 934 people were injured. the country's health minister announced the new toll within the last two hours. officials are still trying to identify all the nationalities of those who were killed. saudi arabia's king has ordered a review of how the hajj is organized. some pilgrims have blamed the stampede on road closures and poor management. the country's most senior religious scholar says the sam

be bead was beyond human control. let's go to our correspondent in mecca. omar, tell us more about this latest update from the health minister. what exactly did he say? >> reporter: he did mention the numbers of the dead you just read out, but he also said there are a large number of bodies that were given to -- were buried, and the identification process is still ongoing. he said that it's very difficult and will take probably a few more days. he said the reason why that will take longer is the pilgrims or the dead pilgrims have lost all of their belongings, identification, so that nobody is asking about them. so they don't really know who they are. they are very keen to do the process very, very quickly and to bury them. with regards to the number of dead, as you mentioned, 769, and the injured is 934.

he did say to us when he was asked by a journalist if the numbers could rise, and he said there are a small number of injured pilgrims in serious and critical condition. so we could see an increase, perhaps a slight increase in the number of dead. >> that has complications in terms of identifying bodies of foreign pilgrims. let's just turn to the grand mafti said earlier describing the stampede beyond human control. what sort of reaction has there been to this statement to pilgrims in mecca? >> reporter: not all pilgrims are satisfied with what's said. there's a division among pilgrims themselves about what happened and the reason that led to the tragedy. some blame the tragedy on the

poor management and infrastructure laid out by the saudi authorities. others say the contrary, say the saudi authorities are doing what they can and using you will their resources to help the pilgrims perform the hajj easily. they give you examples of throughout the decade and recent years they managed to increase the capacity of the pilgrims visiting mecca, visiting other places for hajj including the soiling of the devil complex. now, the grand mufti will be crowned prince on friday where he talked that this is not your fault, and that the country is doing its best. we have to also understand that this is the highest religious authority. who is higher than him is, of course, king solomon, who has ordered a full review. to me this is a clear sign he's not happy with what happened, and things need to improve for

the future. >> okay. omar, thank you for that update from mecca, saudi arabia. the pentagon has admitted that u.s.-trained fighters in syria have handed over ammunition and equipment to a rebel group linked to al qaeda. a unit of the new syrian forces surrendered 25% of their u.s.-issued pickup trucks and ammunition to the front, which washington regards as a terrorist organization. the equipment is part of a $500 million program aimed at training 5,400 rebels a year to fight the syrian regime. well, in july the first group of 54 u.s.-trained fighters were attacked by al nosra. the second group were send into syria last week. this is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics, and

he says that this is a big embarrassment for the united states. >> this is not about the quantity or quality of the weapons. it's about the symbolism and about the embarrassment for the obama administration. it exposes the dismal failure of one major element of barack obama. it shows that the front is one of the most powerful facts inside syria. the expose them. more importantly here, it plays into the narrative of russia. russia has been saying that the u.s.-led coalition against isis and militants is not effective or working. now obama and putin had meeting in the next few days in new york. this goes to show that barack

obama does not really have a strategy for syria. this is really the final nail in the coffin of the narrative of barack obama on syria. pope francis is celebrating mass at a cathedral in downtown philadelphia. this is a live shot. you can see the cathedral bas basilica of st. peter and paul in philadelphia. this is one of the last engagement before he wraps up his tour of the united states. he's expected to give speeches at independence hall later. alan fisher is live in philadelphia. alan, how is this visit to philadelphia going so far? >> reporter: well, interestingly enough there aren't the crowds here that had been predicted by those who organized this. i'm looking out on the balcony in front of the cathedral where the pope is currently celebrating mass.

they were expected tens of thousands of people here, and i suspect the crowd that i can see for those in front of the church, there are probably no more than a couple of thousand. of course, this is an important leg of the pope's visit. in a few hours he'll be at independence mall. there, he will make a speech that will touch on religious liberty, but crucially as well he will talk about immigration. he's talked about during his few remarks during this church service in the last few minutes. he's talked about how the people who come to the church want to be ministered by priests who will deal with their problems, who will deal to the sick, to the injured, to the immigrants, and on the to the prisoners. its a theme he returned to again and again, and we can expect him to go into more detail on thoughts and feelings and perhaps a suggestion what the united states can do when he goes to independence mall in the next few hours. that is the area where the

constitution of the united states was signed in 1776. the idea being that america is a nation of i am immigrants, and therefore their view on immigration as far as the catholic pope is concerned must change with the times. >> i see that he's also planning to meet members of the hispanic community. now, it's this group of the population that saw some of the highest numbers leaving the catholic church. i mean, ultimately rome must be hoping that pope francis will increase the return of people to those pews. >> reporter: well, the catholic church in philadelphia estimates around 4 million people live in and around the city, that 40% of them are practicing catholics. they are hoping that his visit will energize not just them but the catholic population throughout the united states. there is no doubt, as he moves around the streets of, first of

all, washington, d.c., and new york and now philadelphia, he's a very popular figure indeed. the catholic church is recovering from a number of scandals, not least the scandal involving child sex abuse. while he's here we're told by vatican spokespeople he will draes that issue and spooek to some survivors of sexual abuse. it's interesting he will address it philadelphia. in the last four years 29 priests have been degree defrocked or resigned. this is the only city in the united states where the a senior figure in the church was sent to jail because of the allegations of covering up child sex abuse. it's important he addresses that before he leaves tomorrow. of course, he's going to speak to the world congress of families, which is a vatican-inspired idea, but he has to address the issue of child sex abuse by the clergy before he departs for rome on

sunday. >> we'll leave it there for now. nigeria's military is making gains. the town of banke was the latest town to be retain on friday. al jazeera has been traveling with the nigerian army and joins us from the front lines in bore yo state. bha exactly is going on where you are, ahmed? >> reporter: well, basically the military is still pushing boko haram attacking their positions. from all indications boko haram is overrun now. as we left yesterday driving through to this place on the front line, you notice a sense of optimism on the participant of the people. people returning to some of these isolated villages. people are returning to their farms, to their homes that they abandoned because of boko haram activity. to shed more light on is the nigeria's chief of staff.

sir, despite the best effort of the military, we still see boko haram attacking isolated communities and isolated villages in big numbers, and then we have issues of ieds exploding in other parnt parts of the country. is it a source of worry for the nigerian army, because it has promised to deal with this as quickly as possible. >> thank you very much, ahmed. potentially we've degraded the boko haram terrorists. as you can see, just yesterday about this time we already took over the banke town, the border town with cameroon. unfortunately, twe look for [ inaudible ] and there was about seven wounded unfortunately. we continue to have these

isolated attacks in communities, villages, and on roofs as well. this will not deter us. we are determined continuously of strategies. we are taking care of that. it's a sense of worry, but you can see the ied attacks have also been sufficiently reduced and we are closing to the last factories of this terrorist. it's a source of worry, but we're on top of the situation. >> reporter: can we say also that the nigerian army is on course to achieve the crush of boko haram by the end of december? the president promised that. are you on course to finish off

boko haram? >> definitely we're on course. out of three months deadline given, we're still in the fifth month. you can see the progress that has been made. by the end of this month and hopefully the first, second week of the month we'll make substantial progress and wile be thinking of checking on those isolated areas. trrp talk to us about the level of cooperation for neighboring countries. >> when we came in this afternoon, i had contact with the nigerian high level coordination and cooperation with the force, especially the contributing country, namely chad and cameroon and banana

republic. in nigeria we're coordinating and collaborating with them. just about ten minutes ago the nigerian sent me some cases where the terrorists are right now. also in banke the nigerian troops, the commanders are also coordinating and boxing in the terrorists. >> reporter: thank you so much. that's the nigerian army chief of staff. back to you. >> thank you very much. thank you. there's much more to come here on the al jazeera news hour. they could take o the region a step forward.

>> we report on the struggle faced by the notorious gangs. later in sports it's is a day of rugby. jo is standing by with all the details. an elected member of the armed group will be prosecuted at the international criminal court for destroying historic buildings intic buck tu. the city is listed a awe unesco religious sites. they attacked them as what they said were worshipped at idols. it's the first time they will hear a case connected to the destruction of the mali sites. >> let there be no mistake the charges we have brought against him involve most serious crimes. they're about the destruction of

irreplaceable historic monuments, and they're about a callous assault on populations and their religion and historic rules. the inhabitants of northern mali, want man victims of this attack deserve to see justice done. iraqi politicians are used to discussion a crucial law to bring national unity and defeat isil. it's controversial and unpopular among those it will most effect. we're in baghdad and have the explanation. >> reporter: seven weeks ago iraq ace prime minister announced the battle to take the city from isil fighters, but his security forces still haven't taken the capital of anbar province. also in that time a crucial piece of potential legislation designed to unite the militia and army with the hope of

defeating isil has sfauled. they say the proposed national guard law at this stage is ineffective and will destroy iraq and not unite it. >> we want the national guard to be based on a national guard force. >> reporter: the militias fear that if the bill is passed in the current form, it could lead to the division of the army by sect and province. there are mrenting of sign of unity across baghdad, but there's a real fear that the national guard law could mean a kurdish, sunni and shia army that could face each other. there are also political problems as well. they say the shear militias are

on opposed to the law. other are skeptical it will be discussed at the next session of parliament because of the political positions of the various parties. >> translator: sunnis believe that the military establishment is still owned and run by the shia camp, and therefore they need another source to stand up against shia prejudice. the law promoting divisions more than nationalism. if these differences continue, it might lead to a political clash in parliament. isil fighters took advantage of the iraq's political differences and held on to territory for over a year now. the syrian conflict and the chaos it's causing the region benefits the armed group. iraqi politicians know that isil needs to be defeated, but they're divides on how to achieve that. hungary's policy maybe in

breach of a u.n. convention over treatment of refugees. under laws hundreds that crossed new fence with serbia are ending up in court back to serbia.

i would argue through these courts it can lend the fence a source of moral and legal legitimacy. >> this lawyer thinks the rules the judges have to follow agreed not by experts or by the ruling party are deeply politicized and in breach of 1951 convention on the status of re g refugees whih nandzs they're free from risk. >> they didn't put the law before the parliament.

we have to explain the options to him. but in this room thinks like pity or sympathy are nowhere to be seen. hasan is a criminal first and a refugee second. all the while hungary extends the fence across croatia into romania. soon the border with slovenia as well. the courts will no doubt be extremely busy. laurence lee, al jazeera, in southern hungary. i'm joined now by barbara, who is with amnesty international's hungary department and is a researcher there. first off, the question was asked in the piece we've been watching, is what hungary doing legal? >> the geneva convention asks

countries not to criminalize asylum seekers and so-called irregular entry, and it's for reason. the refugees might be in a situation and often are when they cannot enter the country which might be in violation of the immigration policies. so such are for asylum seekers essentially who are in situations with criminal charges just by crossing the border. >> so hungary isn't even establishing whether they're genuine refugees, asylum seekers or economic migrants. they're not making that decision are they? >> they don't make the distinction. the only thing the court looks at is whether or not a credit offense is committed and in all the cases it finds that a criminal offense has been committed because whoever crosses the border through a border fence on the border with serbia crosses a fence. it's very straightforward for them, one that doesn't respect

the geneva kwings and human rights. >> they already created their force to this crime, haven't they, by putting up the fence. is there any regret to this? >> it's really difficult to talk any regrets, because in general very, very few of refugees are appealing these decisions, and even if they do, they're generally told they don't stand any chance. we have heard defense lawyers use the argument that serbia is not a safe country. they also use the argument that these people are, in fact, refugees seeking protection because they're fleeing countries where there's a armed conflict. none of these are taken on board by the courts. we also know that people often say that they didn't have any other option how to enter hungary or how to enter hungary legally. they're put in an impossible situation. >> what is serbia saying about this? >> we're trying to establish how this works exactly.

under normal proceedings it should follow that after an extradition order is issued by the courts, then there should be a bilateral negotiation between serbia and hungary, but what we have heard is that the border police simple taking the reef gees to the border and tell them to go. wire try to establish how it works. >> it's interesting to see what happens and perhaps maybe germany's response as well. barbara, thank you very much. preparations are underway for kataloni's regional election on sunday. it's a vote seen as a referendum on independence. he's planning a formal split from spain if pro-independence parties win enough seats. but the government is backed by european institutions and has warmed warned of dire economic consequences. jenna hall reports from the regions capital of barcelona.

>> reporter: the culture of catalonia suppressed during decades of dictatorship it's a region that feels its voice is ignored by madrid. the election is seen as a referendum on independence. will it change all that? >> i will vote yes, because i think it's a great opportunity for us, the catalonia people to be heard. >> reporter: the spanish state s thrown its full weight behind the opposition warning of the dire consequences of catalonia independence, possible expulsion from europe and the european union. >> translator: we don't want to leave the european union. we want our pensions to be guaranteed, and we want a future for our children. >> reporter: industrial power, tourist hot pot and export hub. cat loan that accounts for a

fifth of spain's gross domestic product, a long-standing grievance here is that the region pays in far more than it gives back. given all the scarce stories out of madrid and elsewhere, is catalonia rich enough to survive as an independent state? >> if the question is would spain be able to impose very heavy costs in the case in the case of a dramatic breakup, want answer is yes as well. of course it would not be free for spain either because it has alerted them that we'd had have a hard time paying out without catalonia. >> if catalonia does become an independent state, then maybe this will be its army in red and blue. barcelona football include has deep, nationalist pedigree, a place where for years the band was freely spoken safe from general franco's police. when barcelona play here at

their home grounds, the fans go wild, of course. they scream for their idols, players like lionel messi, but something else happens here as well. they boo the spanish national anthem. they unfurl banners saying catalonia isn't spain. they use this place and those occasions to cry for independence. the spanish football federation says barcelona may be banned from the national league la liga, in the event of independence. another establishment scaat tha timetic perhaps or an added layer of abbing moneyy between two sides. jordan hull, al jazeera, barcelona. still to come. they stop the sale of some volkswagen cars in the wake of a growing emissions scandal. it was one of the defining moments of the refugee crisis in europe. we'll tell you how spanish football came to help the

refugees tripped by a hungarian camera woman.

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hello. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. let's remind you of the stop stories now. saudi arabia says the death toll from thursday's stampede at hajj rose to 769. 934 people were injured. officials are still trying to identify the nationalities of all those who were killed. the pg has admitted that a u.s.-trained syrian rebel unit passed ammunition and six pickup trucks to the al nusra front fighters for return for safe passionage. they're linked to al qaeda. pope francis is celebrating mass at a cathedral in downtown philadelphia. it's one of the pope's last engagement before he wraps up his tour of the united states. he's also expected to give speeches defending immigrants and the most vulnerable in society. these are pictures live from philadelphia.

switzerland has temporary banned the sale of volkswagen cars with outdated emissions systems. now, it's the latest development in a scandal that has led to the reorganization of the company in the united states. 11 million cars world wide contain the software, which can trick emissions tests. it could lead to fined with $18 billion. let's talk to nigel curry now. nigel is the marketing consultant. he joined me via skype from worsham in the united kingdom. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. first off, how much damage has been done to vw's brand? >> tremendous amount of damage. you talk about something like this, and you expect there not to be huge repercussions. car companies trained on their grounds, and they need the trust of their consumers.

this trust has been betrayed. >> all we've reading at the moment is the way the markets have been reacting. nobody has actually been talking about us who are driving the cars on the roads. >> no, but a long-term -- it's all about sales of cars, and it's possibly that one of them has the best markets in the world in terms of global car sales. vw suffered an awful lot of damage in one of the most competitive markets, and they will really, really struggle to get that trust back from the consumer. that's what they need in order to get their sales up. >> how would you suggest they go about getting that trust back? >> well, if they started the process by changing the chief executive, and there will be other changes as well. they will need to show how the brand changed from all the

procedures and certain personal and to convince the public that they're changing their procedures and doing things differently. there's a whole range of things to change. they will have to change. so it's a huge task in front of them. >> if you look at what they're guilty of, okay, it was deliberate and premeditated and willful. it's false advertising. basically what they were saying is an out and out lie including that price tag. >> yeah. you're right. it couldn't more [ inaudible ] and we rely a lot on what the car companies tell us. you can look at the performance of the car, but there's certain things that you can't -- you have to take their word for it, and emissions is one of those things. a consumer won't test the emissions of them, i think, so you have to go on that on what

they say, and they've been ly g lying. it's a disaster for them and it's a long process for them to win back the confidence. >> i don't know about you, but i have tried and tried to hit my fuel efficiency target as was set in my little leaflet when i bought my car. i have never reached it. will we see more and more questions now put at other car manufacturers? >> yeah. the best thing is it's an industry problem rather than what it is at the moment, a major problem at volkswagen. it's a chance it will be a car industry problem or diesel problem. at the moment it remains very firmly at the doorstep of volkswagen.

>> okay. nigel i have to interrupt because the line is breaking up as we came to the end of that. really, volkswagen could deal with some of that heat being deflected off of them. thank you very much. while volkswagen tries to contain the fallout, a new report shows that claims of fuel efficiency made by european auto companies are high lie inflated. we have more on this from berlin. >> reporter: there's a new report showing that the fuel efficiency of european-made cars is far lower than what their manufacturers claimed. >> translator: consumers are being lied to for many years already, and within the last few years the discrepancy see is getting larger. >> the international council on clean transportation report says the difference between the sales brochure figures and the real

world has reached an all-time high with normal road and highway driving consuming 40% more fuel than under carmakers' laboratory conditions. the began between laboratory test results and real world driving is explained by vehicle manufacturers exploiting loopholes in the current regulation, the report says. lab test efficient figures can be manipulated by using special overinflated tires, sealing windows and doors with tape to reduce air resistance and other measures. >> the problem we've seen with the european testing for some time now is that the results achieved in the laboratory aren't matched by the results that are achieved when the vehicles are out there in use. what we need is a test cycle that more accurately reflects the use of the vehicle and therefore the performance we can expect actually driving around. >> reporter: lower fuel efficiency means individual

consumers' cars produce more greenhouse gases. >> air pollution in europe causes about 500,000 to 400,000 premature deaths in year. the cost are immense and no one thought about taking action until right now. >> reporter: the fuel efficiency gap has an impact not only on global climate and people's lungs. it also affects their wallets. the report says the discrepancy means that car owns will spend an extra 450 euros or $500 on fuel every year. rob reynolds, al jazeera, berlin. china's president jinping has pledged $2 billion for a new development fund and increased investment in poor countries. he's addressed a u.n. summit on development vowing to do more to

fight global poverty. world leaders on friday approved an ambitious and costly 15-year draft agreement to eradicate extreme poverty and combat that climate change. the deal replaces the so-called millennium goals set in the year 2000 and expire this year. they also include a name change called sustainable development goals. the u.n. says 1 in 9 people around the world are hungry. that's 9 -- 795 million people. they want to end poverty and push for food security. 103 million youngsters can't read or write and more than 60% are girls. the girls want to promote educational opportunities and gender equality. one in five people don't have access to modern forms of electricity, so the u.n. wants abbing ses to affordable and

sustainable supplies for all. adriana is the ceo of action aid and joins me live from the united states. the united nations in the united states. so what do you think of these new sustainable goals? >> i believe those sustainable development goals are very important because they move from just addressing the symptoms of poverty to have an ambition to address the cause of poverty. so we believe that there are a great opportunity to much more -- to much deeper action and collective action to address those causes. >> so you think that they really matter? when we look back at the millennium goals, how much difference did they make? i read you work a fair amount in brazil. am i right about that? did they make a difference there? >> yeah. my sense is when you have international commitment it

createses an opportunity for people in the countries to fight from those commitments to move from rhetoric to practice. in brazil where it comes from, we have this ambition of fighting poverty, but that's created an energy where the society came together to contain for constructal change on access to land and more jobs and bigger salaries to social perfection, to better education. we managed together to create sufficient pressure using the development goals of the past as a framework that allowed us to campaign better. the causes of poverty to move to address the diagnosis to do a treatment. for instance when we have a goal that talks about inequality, that's very important for us to move to the next step now. so we have the diagnosis that is the problem. let's get treatment. what can we do in terms of access to women's access to get

to the bottom of this. how can we ensure big companies are taxed and pay a fair share of tax so we can fund development across the world. those are the opportunities that we have ahead. it depends on how we come back to countries and mobilize the entire civil society to make them real. >> just so we understand the u.n. is a huge organization. what it's trying to do is to be lauded. for the last 15 years are you saying that they've only diagnosed the problem? >> in the past 15 years our analogy is we had a very uneven success in terms of the goals. some goals we had success, others not. the successes we're actually quite concentrated. if you want to analyze why those countries like brazil and others you'll see it will happen.

this is an obligation to create opportunities for jobs and to provide high quality public education to ensure people's access to health. that's what can really matter. you go in and sfeek and the negotiations are very complex. however, it does create that opportunity for us to come back to each one and say, hey, you have made that commitment at the u.n. and we want to holding them to it. >> thank you very much. talking us through why those sustainability goals matter to brazil. well, another goal is to preserve the world's oceans, and that's hard to do when carbon dioxide from fossil fuels seep into the seas making them nor harmful to marine life. nick clark reports from the south and west coast of england where scientists are trying to

work out what the long-term impacts will be. >> reporter: plymouth, a city that lives and breathing the ocean. it was the home port of famous explorer. from here they left to discover and settle new lands from australia to america. the fishing boats still come and go, but what they bring to market is changing. >> there's the reliability of the cycles that we thought we understood has changed. when you used to predict at certain seasons of the year you see certainly spices in abundance. that we understand out the window. >> these days they're exploring what lies beneath. week in and week out fair weather or foul, a team from plymouth marine laboratory monitored the waters of southwest england and feed the results into a global network of data. to really get to grips with what's happening in the world, the scientists understand the difference between naturally

occurs change and change brought on my humans. to achieve that they have long-term consistent observations. these waters have been monitored for more than 100 years. temperature changes, kushtss and plankton levels and how climate change is affects marine species. >> this is quite unique in terms of a number of parameters we're measures. this is the atmosphere above it. this is very sprensive view of the ocean. it's very good at looking at things naturally and how they might change climate change for forever. >> a crew is dispatched to conduct a maintenance check to perpetually monitoring the ocean conditions. it takes data below and above the surface every year. >> over 100 years we noticed .8 degrees centigrade temperature-wise rise in the

sees around plymouth. one of the main things a boy does in observatory is allows us to take out the natural variations to look for long-term trends. >> reporter: back on shore at the plymouth marine laboratories, they're looking at the intense co2 concentrations we might face in the future and what the effects are on organisms. if it's expending more energy deals on the effects, it has less energy available for growth and reproduction. those kind of changes affect the success into the long term and also the success of generations to follow. >> the work being done by laboratories like this across the world may not provide a solution to climate change, but it will at least help us get to grips with what lies ahead. nick clark, al jazeera, plymouth, united kingdom. japan's murky underworld of the okuza gangs can be going through a shakeoff. reports of turf wars have raised

influence of the organized crime groups that used to dominate japanese society. robert mib broid reports. >> reporter: in the shadow says world of the okuza, the heartland of japan's red light sdriblth, it threatening to be the biggest upheaval in years. this man is the boss of japan's biggest crime syndicate being released from prison several years seen here. unhappy with the way he is running the organization, it is reported that a rival faction has now broken away. this writer has studied the gaj for more than 40 years. the fear is it could have an impact on other groups, given the nature of the okuza underworld right now. >> reporter: the ukuz a's influence on politics and in economics is diminishing.

this split is happen inning this climate, and there's a danger it could lead to a turf war between the gangs. >> reporter: heavily dependent on the japanese economy, their heyday was in the bubble years of the 1980s. in the leaner years, times are tough with a number of members falling to an all-time low of 60,000. laws introduced at local government level are designed to make it even tougher. any companies now found to be doing business with organized crime gangs fac being prosecuted and publicly named. it is part of a countrywide attempt by law enforcement to crack down on the gangs. but he's seen previous efforts come and go. >> translator: the police have said they're going to destroy them since 1965, but the fact they still exist as the big he is organized crime syndicate

with current problems. look who is here. we have sports. jo, nice to see you. >> thank you very much. we're going to start at the rugby world cup where south africa is taking on somoa. they're looking to bounce back from the surprise defeat in japan from the hoping game. they hold the rather fierce canadian challenge to hold the first victory at the tournament form champions england take on wales later in one of the oldest rivalries in the sport. england has won the last two meetings. both begin their victorievictor the losers to the game are australia to reach the knockout

phase. >> i think the world game is always massive for me growing up from the age of 5 watching england versus wales and the six nations with my old man. it's a special occasion to be part of for me, and then like i said, the added spice is being a world cup pull, the hardest pull. this could be incredible. i can't wait to get out there. >> this is all you guys and quite rightly so. we're generally thinking to give the rugby the pitch dimensions are the same and we're just going out to try and prove everybody who has written us off, we have a good shot in the game. so hugely anticipation is building. the team has locked out the front row for the japanese grand prix. nico was kwiekest in qualifying with lewis hamilton second. it's the first pole since may

and he trails britain by 31 points. hamilton was one of a handful of drivers who posted on the lap and then he crashed his red bull late in the third qualifying session. thankfully the russian driver escaped unhurt. it led to the suspension of a final lab after they crashings at the stam track that led to his death in july. the political maneuvering is gathering pace at fifa following a swift investigation into the chief sepp blatter. one of the candidates that hoped to replace him, the prince of jordan, is touting himself as the safe choice to rid the governing body of corruption. ali who stewed against blatter in the last election in may said he's heard from many member associations in the last 24 hours and is calling for immediate change at the troubled organization. in a statement on saturday, prince ali said we have to accept changing fifa is not a

matter of choice, it's already changed shaken to the core by the scandaling that decimate our body and cast a cloud over the entire organization. we murs must now come together and work to restore fifa's credibility. barcelona has fell foul. he's had all his assets frozen for not paying taxes in the home couldn't. he returns to pitch for barcelona in the spanish league. he hasn't scored, though, and louis suarez netted both to give them a 2-1 advantage. more worries, though, for barca. messi had to be taken to hospital for tests on an injured knee after a collision during the game. over in england manchester city and their expensively sport have suffered the second trait premier league loss. he got man city going against tottenham in the 21st first. they responded with four goals

on either side of the break. 4-1 the final score at white heart lane. that lot of has left the door oip for cross town rivals to grab sunder land 3-0. arsenal and liverpool also heading for wins. struggling chelsea away to newcastle shortly. they're three places from the relegation zone at the moment. it was one of the defining images of the ongoing refugee crisis in europe. a syrian father with his son in his arms tripped over by a camerawoman in hungary. as matt reports he's given a helping hand up. >> a father kicks a football with his son seems so normal here in madrid, but this is no ordinary family. he was deliberately tripped by a

camerawoman while holding his son in a field outside hungary. it was a defining moment both for the treatment of refugees in europe but also for the future of the family who have you a spanish roof over their heads and an income. >> not good life before. my country in war, and we came to turkey and there was no work. when i come to europe, i came here to get a job here and live here. >> reporter: the president of the spain's national football training center saw osama tripped and heard that he was a syrian premier league football coach before a refugee. he sent osama a train ticket to madrid. >> i love you. i love madrid.

i love espana. thank you to all. >> translator: i thought i would like to help and bring osama and his family here. i think i did this not only because personally i wanted to do it, but also as the president of all football managers in spain i have a moral obligation to do something and help a fellow manager. >> reporter: the story of a football coach turned refugee even reached the ears of rinaldo. hearing osama was in the spainish capital, real madrid invited his 8-year-old son to mascot foreign nauld doe before a game. those t-shirts the players are wearing are in support of the refugee crisis. once the family settles into madrid life, osama will start work coaching here at a football school just outside madrid. the football family as fifa president sepp blatter likes to call it has never looked more dysfunctional on the global stage, but here in madrid

osama's story appears to have unified the sport. matt rumsey, al jazeera, madrid spain. australia's cricket team is delayed because of security concerns. the team was meant to fly on monday, but cricket australia said they're following the advice of the department of foreign affairs who warned of a possible security risk to tourists in bangladesh. they're scheduled for a game on october 9th. that are more sports on our website. for the latest check out jonathan bornstein/sports. we've got belongs and video from the corresponds around the world. that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. of course, there is plenty more still to come on al jazeera. in a short while we'll be crossing live to london and david foster is standing by. he's got a full bulletin of news coming straight up. bye-bye.

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