>> hello, this is the news hour litsch from london, coming up: >> 16 killed by in a air strike on a hospital in afghanistan, an attack described as a possible war crime. >> bombs explode in abuja. >> the search for survivors feared buried between a massive landslide in guatemala. >> i'll have the latest from the rugby world cup, where south africa took a step closer to reaching the quarter finals and

japan crushed i samoa to stay in contention for a place in the final eight. >> the head of the u.s. led forces in afghanistan has offered his condolences to the afghanistan president after an air strike hit a hospital run by doctors without borders. at least 16 were killed in kunduz city. doctors without borders condemned the attack, saying it provide hospital coordinates well in advance. united nations high commissioner for human rights called the airstrikes inexcusable and possibly even criminal. we have this report. >> the attack began at 2:00 in the morning. more than 100 patients as well as 80 doctors without border staff inside described a terrifying sustained attack

lasting one and a half hours. the emergency room and other parts of the medical complex were all hit. doctors without borders said several of their staff were killed, dozens injured. it says g.p.s. coordinates for the facility had been given to american and afghan officials a few days ago. in a statement they said we are deeply shocked by the attack, killing of our staff and heavy toll it inflicted on health care in kunduz. we urge all parties to respect the safety of health facilities and staff. officials from the afghan interior ministry said the hospital had been infiltrated by taliban fighters. >> hiding in the hospital and they came under attack. all the terrorists were killed and we also lost two doctors. we will do everything to make sure the doctors are safe. >> this was not confirmed by other sources, butted head of the u.s. led forces in

afghanistan issued an apology to the afghan government. earlier, nato issued its own statement: >> in the past, collateral damage has referred to the accidental killing of civilians. there's been intense fighting after taliban forces captured the city coral r. earlier this week. afghan ground forces backed by nato air power have been trying to regain control in the last few days. >> the father who's two injured sons are being treated by staff at the hospital spoke to al jazeera about the moments bombardment started. >> on the first day of fighting, my two sconce were injured and my two other nephews were killed. i brought my injured sons to the

hospital. they were getting better day by day and last night suddenly in the middle of the night, the hospitals was being bombed. i grabbed my sons from the bed and we hid under a table. bombing was heavy, and continued until morning. the building was on fire and the roof collapsed. the hospital was totally destroyed. thank god we survived. >> the u.s. secretary of defense ash carter issued the following

statement: >> we have this upindicate on the fighting between the taliban and afghan forces. >> it is six days that residents of kunduz city of living under heavy bombardment by nato, artillery from both sides used by afghan security forces and taliban. afghan security forces were telling everyone yesterday that they will launch a big operation today to retake kunduz. it seems that they failed to take kunduz back from taliban. now residents of kunduz city telling us that life has become impossible for them and there's no food, water, electricity on top of all this, bombardment. they cannot move either their injured persons or dead bodies to the hospital, because any movement will be a target for both sides. afghan security officials are telling us the reason that they cannot retake the kunduz city,

because taliban are hiding in the residential area, and they are buried as they go fast after them, they might cause a big number of civilian casualty. another reason afghan security officers are tell us there is a lack of leadership, a lack of coordination among afghan security forces in kunduz. >> 39 civilians and 14 fighters have been killed during four days of russian airstrikes. that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. the kremlin said it carried out 20 airstrikes in syria in the last 24 hours. they targeted nine positions held by the islamic state of iraq and the levant, including its main stronghold. >> syria's backed opposition and

peace forces have rejected a pact. the opposition says president bashar al assad should have no place in syria's future. >> a syrian academic, writer and analyst at doha ins stood said russia said military intervention may have a mixed impact on plans poor peace talks. >> this is a major difference between the americans and russians, russians don't see any difference in the opposition. they say all of them are terrorists and we have to deal with all of them the same way as we deal with isil. here the russians came in order to address a balance of power and to strengthen the position of bashar al assad before any political talks start anytime soon. this is number one, number two, the russians are very much concerned about their own citizens, who are fighting besides isil in syria. that's another reason for them

to come. reason three is that syria has become very much like a strategic asset for russia, as well they can actually use it in order to project their status as a super power in the national arena. the russian intervention has literally buried the geneva process. there will be no political talks anymore, because the russian intervention has contributed to strengthening the position of the regime which is refusing to talk to the opposition in a substantial way. the other view is bashar al assad intervehicles would make the russians have more leverage to pressure the regime in order to force it to accept a sort of a compromise or deal with the opposition. >> isil is claiming responsibility for kill of a japanese man in bangladesh. he was shot dead in the northern town, the second foreigner isil is claiming to have killed in bangladesh this week. the group earlier said it shot

and killed an italian man who was working in the country. >> two large bomb blasts hit neighborhoods in baghdad. at least 24 people have been killed and around 60 others injured in two neighborhoods. there's been no immediate claim of responded, but isil, which controls large parts of the country has claimed several previous attacks targets iraq's shia majority. >> kurdish forces in iraq say they have made gains in too fast launched to retake a town. it's the only town in the northern province of kirkuk still held by isil. imran kahn reports. >> the peshmerga stand confidently for the cameras. they begin assault on villages on the outskirts, and begin surrounding the town. in many ways, this phase is the most simple. isil fighters have largely abandoned the villages and they fall to the peshmerga easily.

the head of the kurdistan regional government traveled to the front lines to visit the troops. >> these territories were under isil control, now they are back in our hands. this is due to our well organized plan. >> well organized the plan might be, but we do know from experience that isil know how to use urban areas. several weeks ago, the prime minister announced that they will be able to take rimadi from isil quickly. that hasn't happened. isil do not have to use urban areas and this l. be a challenge for the kurdish peshmerga forces. >> for now, they wait until they have sufficient territory on the outskirts to launch attack on the town sometime in the next few weeks. al jazeera, baghdad. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, in carrying stonn, corruption is at the top of election issues. >> divided opinions as israel builds new fences along its

international borders. >> in sport, big sister venus enters the race to qualify for the year end tennis championship final. details later with farrah. >> the number of dead from a landslide in guatemala has risen to 33. heavy rain swept boulders and mud on houses. many of still missing. emergency crews face many difficulties. >> the houses were left buried approximately 10 meters or 15 under, which is making it difficult to carry out the search and rescue. >> well, we are here bringing help in the area, where we are looking for the children of a sister has attends kevin with us. we are hoping to god they are

still alive. i'll it's truly unfortunate how many lives we lost, there are many homes buried, most likely where you are standing, there are homes. >> the guatemala foreign minister said the search for survives is intensive. >> this mudslide was caused by the rains that devastated territories after 12 weeks of extreme drought. it gravely damaged national agriculture. our rescue teams are 14ing for survivors. 600 rescue workers have invaluable exemplary support from citizens. >> let's get a report. how is that search going, david? >> there are hundreds of people here right now, also different authorities here, volunteer fire departments, police are here, army is here, and there's hundred was volunteers. wave just been speaking to a

family member who survived the mudslide and who are here digging through tons and tons of rocks and dirt looking desperately for family members. we haven't heard a lot of hope from people. the slide came down more than 36 hours ago. where i'm standing now, it's hard to imagine, there are 45 meters of rock and mud and dirt underneath my feet, which is covering the houses. these are humble houses made out of cardboard and wood, and tins. there are a number of bodies being brought, eight or nine bodies that we've seen in the past 12 hours. from what i know, they haven't found survivors yet today, it's been grim, but the search certainly continues, and certainly they are racing against time now at this stage, trying to find survivors. i should mention quickly that

every 20 minutes or so, there would be complete silence here and people have heard voices coming from down below, voices from amongst the dirt, so while they try to isolate and find where those voices are coming from, they haven't found any survivors while i've been here for the past couple of hours. >> while we've watched pictures and been talking to you, it looks as though people were handing stones from one person to another, people trying to do it with their bare hands. how much equipment have they got to help them with this? >> it separated on to two sides. the hill top slid right down and covered part of this community, so on one side of me, is all the heavy equipment, dozen was backhoes and things like that and on the other side, there are people working by hand, so they've got both methods in operation right now. i think the idea is where they

know that there are houses trying to pick by hand and they have machinery trying to ensure that they don't actual compress more dirt on top of people. it's both ways, they are trying to get through to the survivors. there wasn't a lot of hope for the people i was talking to just a 30 time ago. >> thank you very much indeed for that live update. >> 15 have been killed and dozens injured in bomb blatz on the outskirts of abuja, nigeria. no group claimed responsibility. we have this report. >> the three attacks on the outskirts of nigeria's capital bother the hallmarks of boko haram. two of the attackers were said to have about that female suicide bombers. two bombs went off here close to the main airport.

another simultaneous explosion targeted a bus station, which was attacked twice last year, roll in nearly 100 deaths. this time, some eyewitnesses say more than 20 died, and some of them could have been saved. >> i witnessed about 20. i confirmed them dead, emergency services also confirmed them dead. >> a few hundred meters from the attack, a second device went off. it killed a female suicide bomber, but no one else. officials say they responded as quick lip as they could. >> the division has all it takes, personnel required for emergency response. as soon as the blast occur road, they respond'd. the response time was fast. >> security officials say more could have died if the attacks were launched during the day. >> this is the busiest part of the area, a market and its narrow streets.

on a normal day, it takes 20-30 minutes to pass through because of traffic, an easy target for boko haram. launching an attack here was to cause maximum damage. >> empty streets and closed businesses, the air will remain cordoned off while authorities carry out forensic examination. more than 3,000 people have been killed in attacks throughout the country this year alone, but now the fear is real, that the violence has returned with a vengeance to the capital. al jazeera, nigeria. >> south sudan's president said he wants to create 28 states out of the current 10. the opposition leader said the announcement violates a peace agreement to end the country's civil war, which was signed in august. most of the key oil producing states under opposition control have been redrawn. we have more from the south sudanese capital. >> the announcement that the 10

states were to become 28 has taken everyone by surprise. the opposition has called for an urgent meeting to discuss it. their leader came out quickly and said that he reject this move, he said that it's a violation of the peace agreement. the peace agreement that was only signed in august awarded political control of three out of 10 states to the opposition. now that we have 28 states, nobody's come forward to say quite what it is that they're going to control under the terms of that transitional agreement. at the end of november, we expect the opposition to come back and to govern again. this is really true in that it has thrown all the cards back into the water. >> two killed and several injured in jerusalem's old city in a stabbing attack. a palestinians man stabbed a number of people before taking a gun from one of the wounded, opening fire on tourists and police officers. the attacker was shot and killed by police.

>> israel is building new fences along its national borders. the government said it's a security measure. some believe it will isolate the nation from its neighbors. >> israel is often criticized for its separation wall between what it considers its land and palestinians territories, in some cases drawing borders where they are not nationally recognized. its leaders say it was done in the name of security. now the nation is upgrading and building new barriers on frontiers with regional neighbors. the prime minister said its for security and israel livelihoods. >> we will encompass israel's borders with a secure fenced a bored theirs will allow us to control our borders. we will not allow israel to be flooded with illegal migrants and terrorists. >> with the increase have violence on the southern border with egypt, a fence was built to keep out potential attacker and

african mike grants. it took three years to build. facing a refugee crisis, hungary and romania are looking into building the same fences, using israel's southern border as an example. now breaking ground on a new fence ahead of schedule, the first phase will take a year to complete. >> the border is expected to expand. it shows that israel is growing more about a security threat coming from the east. >> in the 70's, it was jordan, the east bank to the west bank from there to israel were terror attacks. israel fears that this will resume. >> many say a physical barrier alone won't prevent attacks. there still needs to be a focus on maintaining and improving

regional relationships. >> borders set out with the context of security, cooperation will once again be turned into inward looking approach. >> the walls and fences could be viewed more as israel sealing itself off from the region rather than protecting its borders. west jerusalem, al jazeera. >> the bodies are 104 iranian pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede have arrived back home president rouhani and senior politicians attended a ceremony in the airport. iran appears to have lost the largest number of pilgrims with over 400 dead. saudi arabia is blamed for the disaster because of

mismanagement. >> pro-russian separatist in east issue ukraine say they have started withdrawing tanks. it follows peace attacks between leaders from russia, france, germany and ukraine aimed at ending the conflict. the tank withdrawal is in line with the minsk peace deal which was reached in february. the spokesman for the special monitoring mission in ukraine said it's going to take a lot of political will to end the violence in the east. >> we're well positioned to monitor the process. we have unmanned areas in the air, as well or drones looking down on the situation. i must say that we're now actually into week four of a relative calm that we haven't seen before. the worst we've seen in terms of ceasefire violations have been small arms fire, mostly at so called training ranges, so that is very, very good news in a conflict that has lasted for so many months now. in the past two or three days,

ambassador has voiced, you know, his desire that all sides devote really their full commitment to this process. why? because with over 8,000 deaths, according to the u.n., 18,000 injured has taken a really big toll on eastern ukraine. >> voters in the mountainous central republican of kyrgyzstan will hold elections sunday. the government was accused of corruption and greed. soaring stan ensured a fair distribution of power. 14 parties are vying for a share of the 120 parliament seats. the ruling social democratic party is predicted to do well, up against socialist leaning party and the party who are members of the shaky coalition government. >> corruption remains the number one issue for voters, according to polls, followed closely but

unemployment and rising energy prices. >> from the capital, we have this report. >> when it comes to central asian democracy, this is as good as it gets. with four political parties contesting, it's been a vibrant election campaign in kyrgyzstan. this is such a plural society, the campaign is short on messages of tolerance. harassment of gays and lesbians is commonplace. in this video, so-called patriotic movements forced their way into a private home and intimidate those inside. the same groups back a law that enjoys cross party support. i meet a candidate who tells me there is no space for gay people in kyrgyzstan society. >> homosexuality is a major problem.

organizations claim we have had it throughout our history, this isn't true. in the era of genghis khan under communism, we had no concept of homosexuality. >> this support group for sexual minorities has had its own offices attacked, but he is wig to speak out. >> look at the platforms of all political parties. none of them are talking about minorities, about non-discrimination principles. >> ethnic minorities have been vulnerable or voiceless in kyrgyzstan society, although the governing social democrats say they support diversity. >> the law requires the state to ensure safety. it is not only my opinion, but this is what the law says, we should treat people equally. >> ultimately concerned for the struggling economy may be foremost on the voterrers minds.

>> the biggest issues are the problems facing the country, the corruption and unemployment. as many as a million citizens, a fifth of the population have gone abroad in search of work. now all the parties are promises that they can fix those problems. >> whoever wins this vote will have to deliver on those promises or risk marginalizing more than just minorities. al jazeera. >> director of the europe and central asian division of human rights watch said kyrgyzstan's new parliament needs to set new goals. >> surgery stan needs to stand out as setting itself high standards of rule of law, human rights and trying to promote democracy. we hope the elections tomorrow go off peacefully and will be declared free and fair by the election observers on the ground. on the other hand, kyrgyzstan needs to measure its own

progress by its own standard it set itself, not by those of the human rights records of its neighbors. discrimination is a major problem in the country against gay people, as your report highlighted, but also against ethnic minorities. those parties when they were elected, m.p.'s elected do need to settle on some key goals and those indeed include rejecting in parliament the propaganda law, the law which is against lesbian and gay rights in the country. the laws which will restrict the very vibrant civil society which exists in the country. there must be common standards the new parliament needs to meet. social issues are important, as big problems with domestic violence in kyrgyzstan, those need to be addressed, as well. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour: ♪ >> celebrations across germany

marking 25 years of reunification. >> malaysia has racial tenses. >> we have the details of la liga in sport.

>> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> award winning journalist soledad o'brien takes us inside the violent world of kids behind bars. will a new experimental program be their last chance? >> i have to do my 100 percent best so i don't end up in a place like this again.

i. a reminder the top stories on al jazeera. ashe carter has offered condolences after an airstrike hit an afghan hospital killing nine of the doctors' without borders staff russians jetsz have carried out a fourth day of airstrikes. the stabz are said to have killed nearly 40 civilians and 14 fighters in the isil stronghold. at least fifteen people have been killed after a series of bombs on the nigerian capital, abuja. . the airstrike on the hospital in kunduzt at baghlan provincial hospital where

injured patients were transferred after the airstrikes. >> early this morning, nato forces bombed the hospital of doctors without border in kunduz city. many people died there. some survived. those survived people were sent to the provincial hospital here now, the two brothers are, 12 and 7 years old were injured on the first day of fighting six years ago. they were telling us they were in the hospital and the recovery -- under recovery when last night, a heavy bomb bashedment started. 12:00 o'clock at night until 4:00 o'clock. they said it's not once or twice or two hymn time bombing. it was constantly every five minutes and they are telling us many of the patients there and doctors were killed. some survived. those that survived, they sent them here. >> a boat carrying around 18, mostly syrian refugees has riebd

on lesbos from turkey. lifeguards and volunteers helped them and tended to the injured. among them was an unconscious toddler. thousands are making the dangerous crossing by boat to the greek islands every week with many dying during the journey. >> in athens, greece's new parliament has been sworn in. tsipras was reelected calling for early polls months into his term. it followed a revolt by left wingers within his party. they are angry over his implementation of aust airty in exchange for another international bail-out deal. german is marking 25 years of unification with sellgratices across the country. frankfurt is central station with a service attended by angela merkel. less than a year of after thousands of people crossed from east to west following the fall of the berlin wall. it was marked by urging a

unified response to europe's migration process. >> today, after 25 years, we are facing big challenges. in particular, the refugee situation is on our minds these days. and it reminds me that today we, as a country again, cannot solve the problem by ourselves but only together in europe by fairly sharing responsibilities and worldwide because not since world war ii have there been so many refugees like the 60 million that there are today and that is something we have to deal with together and everyone, german, europe, and the world needs to do their part. >> joining me in the studio, a euro analyst with the eurosia group. thank you for coming in. what are the' inequalities that persist within a unified germany? >> unemployment, for example, in the east is about twice as high as it is in the west. salaries remain lower, about

2/3rd of western salaries. people are actually still leaving the east, especially the rural areas and so family forntz are significant lower than in the west. >> what's the min factorior behind that? >> let's say the eastern part of germany still has to recover from about 40 years of socialism and it's only been 25 years in that respect. so obviously a lot of progress has been done over the past years and decades but more needs to happen. >> do people consider themselves properly kind of german now? do they still have that allegiance to east or west? >> it depends, in the cities probably they feel more german but to the countryside, there is still, you know, a difference between east and west and you can also also see it when you travel in eastern german. the infrastructure has improved. you can still see massive differences. >> sometimes people when things have changed have a nostalgia

for the past. i know that was around a few years ago, but is that the case, people kind of miss the old eastern system because it gave them jobs for life in certain cases? >> right. and as i said, unemployment is higher than in the west. so there are certain people, especially the older generations obviously that do now miss the past. you know, tend to glorify, also, what has happened in the past. you forget what the programs were and so, there are still quite some people. >> what would you say the biggest achievement is the last 25 years in terms of the unification? >> i think the achievement is to get eastern german up to speed. you are unifying two countries almost that were very different at the time. and you've integrated them. german spent almost 2 trillion euros on since reunification on this. obviously, it was quite a massive effort. >> it was interesting that the german chancellor issued the migration of the refugee crisis.

how different is the response in both sides there? >> quite different because in the east, actually, they have much less people with migration backgrounds than in the west. in the west, about one in four people had some type of migration background whereas in the east, only one in 20. so, i guess people there are much less acustommed to seeing people from outside german coming and so they are much more skeptical of migration, of immigration into germany. >> in terms of policy, is there any kind of difference in the way the east or the west is treated? i mean, do politicians tailor their messages accordingly or pretty much people have become used to it being a unified germany? >> the federal level sends the same messages to the entire germany, but there are states in germany and the politics in the states are still very different. for example, the left party in eastern germany is actually still quite successful. this is the successor party of

the communist party at the time. so, the local politics tend be relatively different but federal politics are tailored to the entire unified germany. >> mentioned the issue of unemployment. what would you say the other biggest challenge is for bringing the country up to the same kind of level of wealth or, you know, achievement? >> yeah, it is unemployment. it's economic opportunity to a certain extent because still, the, let's say, the export oriented industries, the ones that create wealth for the german economy are still all in the west, and in the east, you have more of a service-based sector, so wages are lower. income is lower for families, of course. opportunities are very different. but you need to create more economic opportunities in the east. >> what about the education system? is it similar now on both parts? >> yes. it is very similar. it is managed at the state level, so it's different in every state, but ultimately it's very similar.

okay. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much for talking to us about that. thank you. >> turning to our top story and the airstrikes on a hospital in kunduz speaking from brussels, the director of operations with doctors without borders has demanded an inquiry into the incident. >> we now know that 11 of our staff have died alongside with seven patients in the hospital. what we also know is much more details about what happened. we got detailed debriefing of our staff that have come to kabul and we know now that the whole attack has all of the signatures of an attack by the coalition forces. so what happened is that one airplane came around five times with very precise bombings, every time on the same building, so this -- none of the other buildings were touched. so we believe that this is a very high-tech aerial

bombardment over hospital with all of the horrible consequences we have seen. for this reason, we ask now a clear explanation of the coalition forces and an independent inquiry that is fully transparent to us. >> the resistance four years, a large hospital, very well known, and indeed we have communicated several times with all parties to the country in afghanistan the precise locations with gps coordinates and this, we have even repeated over the last two weeks. the attacks lasted for about an hour, and just after the beginning, we reached out to our contacts we have in the u.s. military forces to explain what was going on. >> activists in malacia are warning that political turmoil is threatening to ignite rachel tensions between majority malays and ethnic minorities.

as the prime minister battles allegations, proceed and anti-governments are aligned across lashl ryan's. >> after five years together, cheryl hoe and issueham hosa married last month but their relationship has its challenges. tashia is a muslim and cheryl, a chinese christian. her parents were worried about their ethnic differences, but the couple were determined. >> i realized that we both shared the same values and principles. so what is right, what is wrong, you know, and what is ethical, what is unethical and i think that is more important than, you know, if you are chinese or indian. >> malacia has allegation been a defendant melting pot of cultures. while about 60% of the population is muss let me m/malay, there are large chinese and indian communities despite decades of multi-culturism action activists say they are

worried about increasing friction. >> it has been built over the last 15 years is now being fractured. it's being fractured. and my concern is the next generation some analysts accuse government leaders of fueling ethnic tensions from their falling popularity. the trooprime minister denies embezzling almost $700 million from a state investment firm. >> as conditions with the economy, to get them to believe something about another group and shore up support for the ethnic parties. at a receipt pro-government

rally, a report of racial slurs being chanted. and water canon to disperse malays trying to enter another district. while officials did not respond to our request for an interview, the deputy prime minister told local media that there was no racism until malacia. but the recent protests have some people worried. >> cheryl and hisham say for their generation at least ethnic identity is becoming less important and they wish political leaders would catch up. al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> a fatal shooting of a police officer by a teenager is being treated as an act of terrorism. a 15-year-old beguned down a circleian worker. the boy of iraqi-kurdish dissent was shot dead by police. the prime minister has called for unity.

>> it is a shocking crime. it was a cold-blooded murder targeting the police service. it was doubly shocking because it was perpetrated by a 15-year-old boy and it underlines the importance of families, communities, leaders being very aware of whether young people are becoming radic radicalized. it is also important that to remember that the australian/muslim community will be especially appalled and shocked by this. >> this week, al jazeera has been speaking with people across turkey to find outed how they will vote in november's election. the ruling ack party lost its majority for the first time in a decade. bernard smith reports now on whether teaming up with the secular opposition party is a viable option.

intie monument monuments to the founding father are everybody where but the political party has never really managed to take full advantage of his popularity. tongs across the south are strongholds of the other party that goes by "chp." supporters know the party is often accused of behaving as if it is entitled to power. i don't think they will get more than 30%. it needs to become a party of the people. >> in june's election, the chp failed to capitalized on any dissatisfaction with the ruling ack party. the chp secured 25% of the vote, about the same as in 2011. now, some of its supporters are frustrated that there will be another poll. >> no party no, leaders,

including the party i support came to ask if i am hungry or not, whether i have money. we are getting more in debt. our taxes are paying for these elections. they are a burden for all of us. >> the latest poll suggest a result in november broadly similar to june, and the ack party falling short of a majority in parliament. >> a coalition between the akp and chp is impossible. imagine a communist party and a national's party forming a government. the chp was talking about democracy. kurdish rights, lifting criminals from prosecution. the akp is against all of this. >> after the june election, most chp supporters were opposed to the idea of a coalition with the ack party. if that scenario appears again, then the chp leadership will face the challenge persuading skeptical supporters that sharing power is a workable, viable solution. bernard smith, al jazeera, southwestern turkey.

>> still to come on al jazeera: >> i am catherine soi where this football field has been turned into a rehabilitation center because of an alcohol problem that has gotten out of hand t. >> plus the rugby world cup's scald group of death might just deliver its first big casualty. a look ahead to the do or die cache later in sport.

>> a nationwide campaign has began in kenya to try to

alleviate what the country calls a drinking problem. dozens die from consuming illegal home brews. catherine soi reports. >> reporter: this is not an ordinary group therapy session. the men and women here are getting free treatment and counseling to help with a drinking problem. a number of people suffer by length withdrawal symptoms. so one of the county's main football fields have been turned into temporary rehabilitation camps. daniel was a policemen for 14 years. he lost his job last year. his wife and children left two years ago. >> it became so hard for me to stop drinking alcohol, simply because i had to drink. i had to drink for me to survive. to do anything, i have to first start a drink in the morning. >> reporter: here they reflect, eat well, support each other and

build their confidence. volunteer counselors, medics and teachers are running the camp that was set up by the federal government. there are about a thousand recovering alcoholics here hundreds more are registering to get help. most of them are not employed. the concern now is: what happens when they leave this place. so we are working to go make sure that they are strong enough to be able to prevent withdrawal. to be looking for and celebrating if we manage to save 100, that will be a good number. >> after three months in rehab, they will go back to places like this village center where i will legal, cheap alcohol is easy to get. roughly 40,000 people have a drinking problem. many have died after drinking homemade brews. matturi began blind after drinking bad who will.

he is an alcoholic. on this day, his nephews came to visit. they were drunk. he says he tries to tell them to stop, but they won't listen. >> alcohol destroyed my life. i could not do anything. i couldn't even educate my children. it's very sad to see people drinking here so much because they never help themselves. >> back at the camp, these people know too well how hard it will be to adjust to life when they return to their villages, but at this moment, they just want to stay sober and positive. catherine soi, in sentencentral. >> on the rugby world cup and rest of the support, let's go to farrah in doha. >> thanks, lauren. south africa have beaten scotland in the rugby world cup to go top of pool b. 34-16 winners in new castle as they continue to bounce back

from their opening loss against japan with a second win in a row. south africa are looking to win the tournament for a third time. also, from japan a boost of hopes of making the last 8 for the very first time. they crushed samoa 26-5 securing their second win in three games. it's the first time they have won twice at the competition. >> we still haven't played as well as we can at the world cup. that was a disappointing thing. you know, we probably left two tries out there today. so the usa game next and we are looking forwards to playing the best game of our world cup with the disburse u.s.a. again. >> host england face a possibility of an early exit. the 2003 champions face australia in the group of death in just a few minutes' time. it's really a do or die clash

for england who have never been knocked out that the group stage of a world kurp before. the wallabys are still unbeaten at this tournaments having won their opening two games. if the aussies lose, they could still advance to the next round. >> for me as a coach, it's something i want to give the team. for someone who never played for australia, how much that means and how every moment in that should be cherished because you are blessed to be playing and so unfortunate and every game should be last. that's the way we want to try to build that asmosphere within the australian team so our supporters can see it, you know, when they get up and watch the game or come to the game, themselves, they can see that from our team. >> there is always going to be a big game. it's a game against australia, very good team. one of the best in the world but we trained exceptionally well this week.

last week has hardened us. there has been a defendant focus about what we have done this week, a real focus. >> football and champions barcelona have missed the chance to go top of la liga. they lost 2-1 to europa league winners. it's barca's second defeat to the season in just seven games and leaves them third in the table with 15 points. english premier lien champions chelsea have suffered their fourth league defeat of the season. they were beaten at home by south hampton. the blues have won just two games out of eight. it was a much better day for manchester city, sergio iguera scored five times as they hammered newcastell 6-1. they move to the top of the table. >> i am very happy because he deserves it. it makes it different but for different reasons in the last game, he missed an important chances. but he was calm and very clever

for him to be calm, and really to see -- to see him play in the level he plays today, i think not only me must be happy but all of the fans because it is a different play. >> tennis now and venus williams has won her 47ths wta single's title at the woohan open in cheney. the unseeded american upset her opponent, retired with a left knee injury. the spaniard had been trailing the former world number 16-3, 3-love. it's the biggest title win for the eldest of the williams sisters. it moves venus closer to qualifying for the wta final until singapore. >> in singapore, better than this week. so, i am happy to get there and be ready to play. everybody is like, well, all the

top players will be there. so, yes, i would love to arrive there, but if i get there, i want to get there swinging and going for it. >> ferrer and lopez have set up an all-spanish title at the malaysian open. top seed ferrer came down from a set down to beat benjamin becker 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in his semi final. the world number 8 advances to his 50th career final where he will be seeking his 25th title. fell isian a lopez overcame a gruelling semi final. the number 2 seed was up against australia's nick akerial. he won straight sets, both of which went into tie-breakers. lopez will face his teammate. ferrer won the last five times they have played each other. >> zimbabwe have won their first

one high dayer over pakistan in more than two years. a run of 7 matches ended without a win against them. chibaba held the home side score 276 chasing a rain-reduced target of 262 in 48 overs. pakistan fell five runs short of victory. the three-match series is now level at 1-all. on to some major league baseball and the l.a. angels have denied the texas rangers from clenching the american league west title. a single from albert pujols in the 9th inning secured the 2-1 victory for the angels in arlington. the californiaages are still in contention for a wild card spot. that's all of your sport for now. it's back to you, lauren. >> thank you very much indeed. and that's it for this news hour. we will be back in just a few minutes with another full round-up of the news. thank you so much for watching. bye for now. ♪

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