this is al jazeera. it's good to have you along. you are watching the al jazeera newshour with me, david foster. let's look at some of the stories we are covering in detail in the next 60 minutes. a new diplomatic push to end syria's war. differences remain over the role of president assad. the pope promises victims of sex abuse by the clergy that the guilty will be punished. an exclusive report from the front line as the nigerian army steps up its fight against boko

haram. t poles close in an election that could pave the way for catalonian independence from spain. until doha, we will have all of the day's sport including the latest from sunday's matches at the rugby world cup with a big win from ireland in front of a world record crowd. wi with the syrian civil war in its 5th year and with refugees continue to flee to europe to escape it all, there is a clear and renewed diplomatic push to bring the fighting to an ends. u.s. secretary of state john keshry has been meeting the russian foreign minister on the sidelines of general assembly in new york. similar efforts have been made by the u.s. to engage iran. russia has deployed soldiers,

weapons and aircraft to syria. any attempt to overthrow the assad regime could lead to failed states such as iraq or libya. >> there is no other solution than strengthening the effective government strumming be tours and rendering them help but encouraging them to engage in dialogue with the rational opposition and conduct reform. >> as you know, some of the coalition partners want to see president assad go first before they will support. >> translator: i would like to recommend to them the following: it's only the syrian people who are entitled to decide who should govern their country and how. >> separately, iraq has agreed to share intelligence with russia, syria and with iran to

combat the islamic state of iraq in the levant. russia said it's part of an effort to coordinate the efforts against isil. france meanwhile has launched the first airstrikes against isil in syria. until now, france has carried out strikes only on isil fighters as part of the u.s.-led coalition that is in iraq. in a statement, francois hollande said his country had to intervene from what he called the murderous bombardments of the assad. >> translator: i am here in new york together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al as ads is the main person responsible. even though now and for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atrocities. a political solution requires

that all stakeholders are involved without excluding anyone. >> being said, france considers the future of syria cannot be with bashar al-assad. >> al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays in new york, you talk to a lot of people in big gatherings. is there some kind of understanding now that any kind of solution in syria is going to have to involve president assad and perhaps him remaining in power for some time? >> reporter: certainly there are discussions b this and some who had a hard line saying assad must go now are beginning to soften or at least blur that line and talk about possible transition periods in phase one of a transition, perhaps he could stay. phase ii, perhaps he could take on a ceremonial role. this is the sort of thing that is being finessed behind the

scenes with some of the delegations. we have a great deal of talk on syria right now. everyone is talking. remember, one year ago, when everyone here was here at the general assembly we had failed peace talks earlier in the year and there really was nothing going on at all. no progress at all. it's still going to be difficult, but there are people talking at this stage. one of the things i think that will make it difficult is this announcement in the last few hours of what effectively is a second coalition against isil. there has been a defendant big debate here at the united nations here including stormy exchanges blinds closed doors between the u.s. and russian ambassador about who one should fight first. s the russians saying everyone should fight isil. on the other side, the u.s. saying, no, assad, by his actions effectively created isil and now russia has come up with its own rival coalition. the u.s. has had a coalition for

over a year fighting isil. it seems by setting up this coordination center in baghdad to involve the russians, the iranians, the iraqis and the assad regime, russia is effectively setting up another coaliti coalition. the interesting point there is that one of those countries appears to be in both iraq, which is, of course, one of the u.s.s. main partners in its coalition. i think this has miffed the u.s. a bit. there was a meeting earlier in new york between john kerry and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov whien he laid out these plans, this was secretary kerry's response. >> i think the critical thing is that all of the efforts need to be coordinated. this is not yet coord natured. i think we have concerns about how we are going to go forward, but that's precisely what we are meeting on to talk about now. our presidents will be meeting tomorrowtion, the beginning of a

genuine effort to decon conflict but to find a way forward that will be effective, a united secular syria that can be at peace and stable again without foreign troops. that's our hope. >> it is diplomacy after all, james, and it's going to involve some saving of face. did you get the sense that they will be looking for a way out in which it can be sort of thought that the west hasn't completely failed in what its tried to do in syria and that russia hasn't come in and bigfooted it, to put it all right, that the two sides to work together in some way? >> yes but it depends upon the tone of the statements we are expecting in the next 24 hours because remember, the big center piece of this week, we have had all of the discussions, all heads of state here over the weekend, unusual. >> doesn't normally happen. they have been discussing development goals for the next

15 years, but the normal week, the high level week of the diplomatic starts here on monday. and we are going to hear speeches laying out their position on all gloefl affairs but particularly syria from president obama, president putin. they will be in the same place at the same time, very, very rare. president ruhani representing the iran. the gulf states will be here. the first one of them to speak on monday will be the emir of qatar. when you put those pieces together and listen to those comments, i think you will see whether there is the right atmosphere to proceed. sentially, there is a great deal of effort going on, a great deal of talks. whether there is any agreement, we are going to have to see. and i do warn us not to get too -- to think too much that something very important might be around the corner, because you have to remember, this has now gone on for 4 and a half years, 250,000 people dead, so i don't think there is a place yet for any optimism. >> james, like you, i think i detect a change in tone.

thank you. it will be fascinate to go see what comes out of there in the next few days. and indeed, any progress toward ending what's going on syrir wi have effect on iraq. let's hear from imran khan, the latest, the view from baghdad. >> reporter: the fight against isil here in iraq has slowed down over the last seven weeks. now, seven weeks ago, prime minister promised that the battle for amadi would convince and it would be the final battle against isil. they still control large parts of anbar province. in mosul, the airstrikes have been effective in cutting off isil from their capitol of mossel so the fighting is still continuing against isil in places like iraq. it does seem to have slowed down. now, this all comes as the russians, the syrians, iraqis

and iranians have said that they are setting up this joint military coordination unit. this military coordination has been happening for a very long time. when the syrian crisis first began, it was iraqi malitias who went in to syria to support president bashar al-assad and to protect religious shrines there. with isil took over, the iranian military leadership came into iraq, thefiedt fight being led with iranian-backed shia malitias here when the americans didn't give them the kind of weaponry that the iraqis say they needed to fight against isil. so this military cooperation between the countries has been going on before. this is likely to be a formalization of that process. are we going to see those four current trees on the ground fighting against isil? >> unlikely. the type of cooperation we see will be logistics, support and crucially, more intelligence gathering. now, saudi arabia just a few days ago, close to mecca during

the hajj. those hundreds that were crushed and killed being taken on hospital to the more waries. iran's supreme leader is demanding saudi arabia apologize for the deadly stampede. the total now stands at more than 750 killed in the crush on thursday and an estimated 140 of them were from iraq. saudi arabia has launched an investigation and is reviewing safety, but hamani says the kingdom must do more. >> instead of pass the buck and playing the blame game, saudis should accept responsibility and apologize to the world's muslims and the bereaved families. >> the saudi foreign minister who is in the united states said iran is playing politics with this tragedy. he called on iranian leaders to be more forceful and sensible towards the victims of this will

stampede. he said the kingdom is investigating the tragedy and will declare all of the results. mean while, the health minister in the kingdom of saudi arabia said the process of identifying the dead will continue for a number of days. he said it's because the sheer number of the dead people, more than 700 pilgrims died in the stampede and most lost their identification when the stampede happened. >> that's making it hard for the saudi authorities to identify them. in terms of nationalities, there are no official lists yet, but we do know more than 130 iranian pilgrims were among the dead. we also know that pilgrims from pakistan, india and other arrest ab nationalities as well as turkey died in the tragedy. >> imran, stay with us on the news hour. every day is day, the drug trade thriving 14 years after u.s.

intervention. >> israel announcing new restrictions after a stand-off of worshippers there and we will tell you why lewis hamilton we want on par with one of the greatest drivers in formula one history. troops from cameron, niger and chad are picking up steps against boko haram. the latest town to be certain away from the armed group, it was used by boko haram as a staging post for cross-border attacks into cameroon. nigeria's president has given his military until november to defeat the fighters. united nations saying that since may of 2013, 2.3 million nigerians have been displaced because of the violence there. one of the few international

journalists on the ground in nigeria's northeast. he has been on patrol with the army. this is his exclusive report from the front line. battling a group who is who has raped, looted against northeast nigh year i can't. the last humans have been particular important in turning the tide for the army. >> we continue the nigerian army took us on a 15-hour trip to the front line. everywhere, a reminders of the

carnage of the last six years. boko haram remains a force. dozens were killed in a week ago in maidug. r when residents thought they had seen the last of such attacks. >> the tension and anxiety was evident on people's faces but there is new optimism here in the northeast. the last attack was particularly devastating. she lost nearly everything dear to her. >> they came at us and burned our homes. my son, his wife and my two grandsons were all killed. they destroyed my home and the grains in the barn. this time, i am staying. what else is there to be afraid of? and where can i go? anyway, the military is here, and i trust that they will do

their best. >> the male population of these towns and villages has been decimated, leaving a large number of women and children with no 1 to depend upon. the process of rebuilding is long and hard. the military vows to defeat boko haram by the end of this year. until then, people in the northeast say they can only hold on to the only thing they have now: hope. >> knowledge pope francis is promising to restore faith in the catholic church. the catholic leader made the address in philadelphia just as he had been meeting with u.s. survivors of clerical sex abuse. this is the first time he tackled the subject and ahead of a final mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people.

adam fisher reports. >> has beg a shadow over the visit. until an address to bishops, he talked about child section abuse in the character -- sex abuse. he said he met victims, heard their stories, offered his prayers. >> i have heard in my heart these stories of suffering, of those youth who were sexually abused and it continues to be on my mind that people who had the responsibility to take care of these tender ones violated that trust and it caused them great pain got weeps. >>m allegations became pickup public and it's estimated there may have been as many as 100,000 victims in the u.s. with many more worldwide the pope promised

there would be no hiding place for the guilties. >> these things cannot be maintained in secret. i committee to a carefully oversight to ensure youth are protected and all responsible will be held accountable. >> for many victims, they have heard this before. >> this meeting today protects not a single child. it ex potions not a single predator and does not deter a single cover-up. >> the church continues to refuse to hand over all details of any internal investigations to the authorities for financial and legal reasons meaning the guilty go free and the victims continues to suffer. >> i think he is handling it in a christian way, in a loving way, as jesus would do, as go would, you know, forgive the pope will end this visit with a mass in the center of philadelphia. authorities predict a million will attend the biggest public gathering f gathering. for many, the most important words he spoke were to the

bishops. >> alan fisher joining us live from philadelphia. one wonders what these people who have suffered want the pope to do, alan because this is from one of the support groups saying: is a child anywhere on earth safer now that the pope from maybe 7th or 8th or 9th time has briefly chatted with abuse victims? it hasn't gone do that well? has it? >> reporter: no. it isn't going to stop predtors from abusing children on any level. what they believe is the exposure to sunlight all of the records the church have kept from the 1930 did, 40s,'s , all the way up to the present day. they turn them over to the authorities so they can find out exactly how many cases of child abuse have they dealt with?

how many have been reported? heard the victims? what action was taken? is there anyone who can still face action? could they hand it over to the authorities to take cases to court? then they believe that will things may change, but as i said in my report, there is a concern that the church is protecting itself, that it is taking actions based upon what may be best for it legallyly and financially. there is no doubt that the pope was interested in what the victims had to say. there is no doubt he sim packetizes with what has happened to them in the past. but there is also no doubt his words were chosen carefully and would have been done so with the help of lawyers and advisors to make sure that the catholic church was not exposing itself to any great financial and legal difficulties. this has been a defendant problem for the church since at least 2002 when the dam seemed to burst on the allegations and the reality of the widespread abuse in the catholic church. they want action and they want

action now. they want the pope to be open, transparent and above-board and to get the authorities the, the legal authorities involved in this case now. >> alan, thank you very much indeed. we will be back there a little later when the crowds have gather for those -- for that mass by the pope. thank you. quit polls are suggesting pro-independence parties in catalonia election will on course to win control of the regional parliament. they say that would give them the man date to declare independence. the government says it would regard that as illegal, more from jonah hull in barcelona. >> it could be a big day. voters have, with pro-independence parties from the left and the right likely to win a majority of seats. they intend their voices to be herds as far away as madrid and

brussels. jer convinced the manned data we will get will be respected. i hope this is something that is going to be perceived as such by the europeaning member states. our friends and the colleagues and the plates where we want to be. >> within 18 months of a win, they say, the coalition will have completed institution building, changed the catalan constitution and they will declare independence. >> madrid has been utterly incapable of responding in any positive way to what is obviously a demand of a very high proportion of the catalan population. we don't know if it's a majority because they refuse to let us hold a referendum. >> reporter: do you not believe catalans should have the right to self dperminetermination? >> i think everyone should have the right to decide it's

futured. >> why give them a vote on the matter? >> we voted in the 70s. we had to respect that. it's our the history. it's our culture. it's our thing. >> confronting this popular will to secede is the government in madrid. it says that the spanish constitution specifically preclutsdz any unilateral move to break up the union. it has used the constitutional court successful in the past to block such moves and it will continue to do so. other separatist movements are watching developments here closely. >> flem issue flag, catalan flag, back of flag from nevada, wales, scotland, britannia, galicia and we wancatwancatalon be free. it's to the catalans to decide that. we think they have the right to do so spain has so far om said no, no, no. >> what happens in the coming hours and over the next 18

months here could set precedence in spain and possibly further afield. >> joan jonah joining us live. what makes this different is unlike many other areas that wants independence, this is one of the richest parts from a financial point of view. how much of a fight are we going to see now? >> sure. a lot in this region for madrid as you say to lose and remember this is a country that is only recently come out of a very deep economic crisis indeed. total amount of debt held by the government in madrid of that debt, a third belongs to catalonia here and one of the things the pro-independence leaders said is if you stand in our way, along this path that we are setting up for ourselves, women simply pull back from making our debt payments and you

can shoulder that all by yourself. the government in madrid, of course, stands steadfastly behind its position that the constitution simply precludes any move towards independence and they will block any move towards index using the constitutional court. so, the grounds are certainly there for a pretty nasty confrontation between barcelona and madrid and not in a football sense, of course. >> a quick thought, jonah: what does happen next? >> that depends upon the counting that's going on. you can't see it but it was on the screen behind me there. the final result, of course. will they, this pro-independence coalition win a majority in the parliament to enable them to make that declaration within 18 months or have to cobble together some difficult coalition, perhaps, with the far left that makes the whole thing very difficult and in der, there is a national election taking place that in turn may muddy the waters fifth. it may also give way to some sort of negotiated settlement

many think will negate the need for against all together. all to play for really. >> indeed there. thank you. jonah hull in barcelona. the u.n.'s top refugee refuge entity. refugee crisis high commissioner antonio says the world took too long to deal with the hundreds of thousands of people traveling to europe. he says only now are richer nations waking up croatia had 50 people in recently days despite having signs displayed telling people to ask for asylum. thousands continue to move through the country as they make their way to other parts of europe. they have been blocked from entering hung aesh by huge border fence. croatia has seen more than 60,000 refugees cross its border from serbia in the last week and it is expecting more to make the

journey before the onset of winter. 17 reffege use have drowned off the turkish coast. 37 sank early on sunday morning. it was making the four kimometer journey from turkey to kos when it sank. thousands of people cross daily from turkey to those group islands msying hungary, now using military tactics against refugees who want safety in that country as well as a second fence along the southern border. the government has depaired vehicles to escort people to make sure they keep moving on their journey more from laurnsz lee. what else else you might think about the hungarian government, it is nothing if not determined. at this border crossing, the refugees are dumped on the other side by croatia. from there, hungary takes no chances they are escorted through in small groups under

the gaze of the police and heavily-armed soldiers. a helicopter plainly comebad ready as well silk overhead. those on buses are guarded by the police. those who need to use the bathroom regardless of age or sex are escorted there and back. they waited for hours until hungary was ready for its next move. they would have no where to run even if they wanted to. it's all open fields and nothing more. all around, more military vehicles were busy laying more and more fence. of course the military components of hungary's response to the refugee crisis has got all sorts of other european union countries worried about the signals it might send out. from the points of view of the hungarian governments, this is simply the most efficient way of handle, the crisis, or at least perhaps the most efficient way of ensuring that no refugees actually get into hungary. hungary would argue it's a more organized way of dealing with large numbers passing through

than the chaos of this serbia croatia border where the facility fit full. do these small children with parents need to be con fronted by big men with big guns when neff already run from more? >> while they are waiting, we try to cheer them up with fruit, water, or sweets. if we really have to, we give them a toy to help ease their tension. >> the bus is all full. the convoys set off at some speed accompanied from behind by the humvees. at no point did they take their eye off of the buses. the von voy went to the nearest rail station. children wet themselves on their mothers' laps. there was no getting off because the police would not let them. so didn't seem to mind the soldiers as well as they are heading to germany. >> back in line again, police all around. the same on the platform and no

doubt all the way to the austrian border. back at the check point with croatia, the soldiers were piling more and more roles of fence on to their carrier. others see this as a humanitarian crisis. here, it's a siege. lawrence lee, al jazeera, on the hungary croatia border. >> going to take you on a little journey some 220,000 miles out there. you will see this, the world getting ready for a visual spectacular not seen since 1982, not blood red yet, but it will be later. stay up for that if you can. the super moon is on its way. also coming up on the news hour, china chairs, condemned for relieving its own women's rights activist. >> thespot, too, how badly fitting shoes could have cost this marathon runner a new world records. we will have that.

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>> i died and came back to life... but yet still wanted to get high. >> i have prostituted. >> for drugs? >> for drugs, yeah. >> we're dealing with the worst drug epidemic in united states' history. >> she said "dad, please don't leave me here". i said "honey, i don't have any choice".

why >> a woman whose husband is on death row in texas, teresa beau has that story. >> liveia guerrero has been fighting for her son's life for almost 20 years. she lives in the province in northern argentina. her son, victimsor saldania was

accused of murder in texas in 1996. she hopes pope francis will help get her son off death row. we explained to the pope. we heard he was interested in pushing our case. >> saldania who entered the country illegally was accused of killing a man while he was high on crack in 1990. in 2002, the u.s. supreme court 70 the case back down to a lower court saying there had been rachel discrimination during the trial. >> when this type of discrimination happens in a trial, it is the worst kind because what is at stake is life in and freedom. the supreme court said we were right and an you willed the first trial. >> a second trial took place and

saldania was again sentenced to dea death. his lawyer says there was no due process. >> there was a new trial but he had been on death row for nine years. he was crazy. they were judging a mentally unstable man. the reason is the people treatment receive on death row which is inhumane and degrading. >> saldanio spent 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. >> pope francis is a staunch critic of the death penalty. just like most countries in latin america, argentina does not have capital punishment. death penalty opponents are hoping that the pope pressures lawmakers to abolish it when he visits the united states. the pope said the death penalty fosters vengeance. that's why his family is appealing for the pope's help. even though the chances of

clemency are small, lydia guerra hopes it will be enough to save her son's life. >> police in afghanistan say 10 people are being kids and as many as 30s have been hurt in a bomb explosion in the northeastern part of the country. it was the expositive device believed to have been strapped to a motorcycle and detonated at a children's playground in pantika province. 4 children are among those who died. nobody has yet said they were behind the attack. there is a new warning that isil is making inroads in afghanistan. attacking a security transport in langahar in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan. it's thought to be isil's first attack in that country. russia's envoy to the united

states has warned isil is in control of the drug route. branding afghanistan as one of the major drug hubz saying it has been one of the biggest poppy producers and that poppy cultivation in afghanistan is one of the most difficult drops do control globally. joining me live from the united nations now. william brownfield for law enforcement affairs. on tough job. nobody doubts that, mr. brownfield but give us an idea why in the last 16 years, 14 years since 2001 why is it getting worse? >> sure thing. welcome to u.n. plaza in new york city. my answer is going to be at least two-part. one is how you look at this

problem. if you are looking at the issue between 2014 and 2015, the the prop has gotten better. there is less being produced, more seizures. if you are look at the prop problem over the last 10 years, it is unquestionably getting worse. it's going to take us decades to get out. >> looking at a report you prepared, very detailed and showed that in 2007, that was the worst year since 2001, 7,000 tons of opium were produced. last year, it was around about 6 and a half thousand. there is no control on it. i mean it's not really going down at all. is it? looking at this picture.

>> i would recommend you not focus on your basic figures and tonnages from year to year. >> can give you a decentive result. if you take what happened in 2014 and compare it to what is had aking now in 2015, it would the rep present progress. i believe the international community, the government of afghanistan still, is it still have a serious and dramatic problem to address in afghanistan. for what its worth, yesterday, abdullah rolled out a new strategy and drug action plan. it was a pretty good plan. their strategy was comprehensive

in that it addresses all of the elements of the problem, not just one or two. its pragmatic in that it lays out realistic objectives and possibilities and third, it is clear? its objectives are measurable and the metrics will make sense. >>, in my obvious, is how the afghan government and international community should address this problem. but we shouldn't have the expectation we are going to solve this by this time next year. that's not going to happen. it didn't happen in south america with cocaine. it's not going to happen in this case either. >> sorry to bust in. i was there in 2005/2006. once again, after that, and each time we went there, somebody was saying that unless you pay the farmers something they are going to keep on going it.

>> hasn't happened? you haven't addressed that problem. >> has to be part of a successful anti-drug strategy and the strategy of the plan rolled out by the afghan government yesterday here at the u.n. in new york has a healthy aspect to it. how much will they put into alternative development? that depends upon the international community. the part of the international community that i represent, the unites states government, has $345 million available to support counter newaarcotics effort. i believe that's more than any other nation in the world and more than all of the rest of the worldcom bind.

only 4% is satisfied from afghanistan in new york and more than 90% in other countries, i believe, an argument could be made that others should be contributing to this effort as well. >> okay. okay. >> you are right. until the farmer is clear and has an alternative, he is going to continue to plant poppy. >> of course he is. it's laudable saying you have this much money to go in to try to prevent the expansion, the drugs trade in that part of the world. you must grimace how much of that is going in to the deep pockets of the corrupt politicians and we know of the war lords in afghanistan. >> david, there is no question whatsoever in afghanistan or any country, there will be no illegal drug market or trade unless there is corruption in the government. i don't care whether you are talking about afghanistan, the united kingdom, the united states of america, or any other

in the country. is there a serious problem in afghanistan with corruption? of course theres. it afktsdz all aspects of national life, nots just drugs but also the economic, society, education, terrorism, secure. you name the issue, and it is affected. corruption must be part of a counter newaarcotics effort. at the ends of the day, the political, will of tl determine office we are success in. >> we thank you for your time and applaud your efforts. that's william brownfield talking to us from outside u.n. headquarters. thank you. israeli police have announced men under the age of 50 will not be allowed to worship at the mosque compound in the next few days after a stand-off

betweenitsisi security forces and worshippers at the site in occupied east jerusalem. palestinian young people were throwing rocks at riot control fears. they responded with rubber bullets and stun grenades. it is an area skak read to jews, christians and juice. they are worried increased visits from jewish worshippers are eroding control of the site. we have world leaders in new york. china has been criticized for jailing u.s. women's rights activists. what makes this interesting is it's ahead of the chinese government chairing a u.n. session on gender e quality. these campaigners say they are 4i7 critical and activists should be part of that debate.

one of the development goals by world leadsers is to assure in the next 15 years everybody has access to clean water. a water project until india is run by women. >> men do not feel the pinch this village is odessa village. the only source of water here is this river. it's very dirty, very contaminated. it is full of e. coli. i had a problem of getting

water. that's how i met rose. she came to be treated. she said if we get water in the facility, most are unapparently because we don't have water. that's how i learned how to conserve at that time. >> water for women by the women. to me, water is life. once you have water in the houses, other things are solved. the time used to get water is reduced. the roulettes time is for development activities. these development activities within the community, entirely changes the county and the county changes kenya. kenya changes the world. you are watching "al jazeera newshour." the moto gp world champion. we are going down, down, down notice world by literally the australian holiday maker with a rather nasty surprise that took some cars and a caravan.

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>> i see a red moon arising. it hasn't happened since 1982. it won't happen again until 2033. a super moon, total lunar eclipse is sort of happening outside our window here getting a little redder and redder. not quite red. a rare astron omcal event visible all around the world. our since editor is terrek basley. we have known that the moon

surround the earth. it makes a journey every 27 days 43 minutes. the moon's orbit is slightly squashed meaning it travels in an ellipse. this means at times, the moon is closer to the earth than at other times. the difference, about 41,900 kilometers. about a 10th of the total distance between the earth and the moon. when a full moon coincides with it being at its closest point, it's called a super moon. it happens between four and six times a year. moon appears about 14% larger and 30% brighter than when its at its farthest point. what's special this time around is it coincides with a total lunar eclipse. the moon becomes red, dim in the shadow and the moon should disappear because it stops receiving light from the sun, however the light of "the sun"

is still going through our atmosphere here and this is why everything becomes red. >> that's fascinating. >> if you are wandering what a lunar eclipse looks like if you are on the moon, nasa has given us this visualization. but back on earth, it's visible throughout the americas, europe, africa, west asia and the eastern pacific. it will last about an hour and if you miss it, you will have to wait another 18 years for the next one. terrek bassley al jazeera. right now australia, austria and ireland are reaching the knockout phases of the rugby world cup after they all recorded straightforward wins in sunday's game. most impressive were the wallabys. who racked up points against. uruguay. the coach believes hit will get better. >> the two-time world champions might have fielded this second

string site for the match against uruguay but ran in 11 tries. the 31stmit australia already secured the all important bonus point but helps them push to the top of poll a ahead a england and wales: despite australia pulling off the biggest win of this year's world cup so far, 65 to 3 victory opportunities bigger than they have so far. unlike some, he hasn't written off england despite the their loss to wales on saturday. our plan is not the to have to scrounge through. we have to play well every game and just let the results take care of themselves. so we are not sitting in fronts of the t.v. for one team or the other. we are watching, making assessments looking at our own

game and seeing how we can improve because we are going to have to -- let's be honest -- we are going to have to improve in the first few matches to be able to compete. >> topping poll a is important because it means their opponent could be the runner up in poll b which could be scotland. the scots are spaikt ahead of the springboks and sam 0a after beating the autz in leagues. the americans lead 13-6 scotland ran in 5 second half tries for a 39-16 win. that will be important. >> sunday's final match, ireland move to the top of poll d with a

44 team winover romania in front of a tournament record crowd of 81,267 fans at wimberly stadium mark gram, al jazeera. >> hamilton equalled the record of his boyhood hero after he won the 41st grand prix win of his career. his latest victory in japan extend his lead in the championship to 48 points as he tries to match another record and win his third-world title. issue mhmail reports. >> i may have missed his chance at singapore grand prix but here in japan, luis hamilton did equal the career tally of 41 race wins. the britain is also closing in on his third-world title. to match wings is -- i can't really describe it. it's unreal at the moment. hamilton's mercy teammate had started in full position at the

circuit, hamilton passed him on the opening lap. rosberg was forced wide and even though he stayed on the track, his chances of a win were already as good as over. while rosberg couldn't keep pace with hamilton, he was too quick for fer a ferrari seb after theial metal. he would finish in third. out on front, mamehamilton was easing to his 8th win of a season finishing almost 19 seconds clear of rosberg who remains his closest title rival. >> got a better start, fair play. it was a good battle into turn 1. but turn two, he had the climbs and made it stick. that was the end of it there. >> with five races remaining, hamilton has a 48 point lead over rosberg. al jazeera. spain won the gt it was a disappointing race for poll

seller and mark marquez crashed out on lap 2. the yamaha rider finished two and a half seconds ahead of pedrosa with rossi in third. it helped lorenz on cut rossi's ov over all lead to 14 points with four races left. cricket bangladesh say they are hopeful the australian tour of their country will go ahead. they were due to travel to bangladesh but delayed departure because of a security warning from the australian government. the all of the tralian cricket board are sending officials to daka to assess if there was a genuine risk of their players. australia is scheduled to play back to back tests in october. >> as far as we are concerned, bangladesh is a very safe place to tour, and a security c consultant is in dakar at the moment and he is due to hold meetings with the security officials. we are hopeful that the series

will commence before not too long. >> now, 10ian runner has missed out on breaking the world marathon record because of a problem with his running shoes. he won the berlin marathon on sunday despite at a time championses insoles slipping out around the halfway state. he posted a personal best of two hours and four minutes a minutes and four seconds. that's it. more later. >> raou. thank you for watching the access news hour. we will leave you with the sinking feeling. this is a holiday resort in australia the size of a football pitch. this sinkhole at inskip. down that hole we want a caravan trailer and tents but no one person, thank goodness, they were all safe. thanks for watching the news hour. you will be safe with fell icit barr in just a moment. i will see you next time.

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pass. >> good afternoon. we are covering the pope's last day in the united states, in philadelphia and his final mass here at the benjamin franklin parkway at the base of the art center here, and as we watch this crowd gather, maybe as many as a million people expected here today. another big event going on new york at the united nations, the global