>> hello, welcome to the news hour live from hour headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, the taliban takes back large parts of kin did you see in afghanistan as a humanitarian crisis unfolds. >> russia unleashes airstrikes on targets in syria for a fifth day. >> a bewildering silent in the heart of the arabian gulf, the secret of this huge gathering of whale sharks. >> it's the end of the world for england as they crash ouch their

own world cup. we'll hear from the coach later in the program. >> first to afghanistan where the taliban is reported to have retaken most of the city of kunduz. government forces have been trying to take control of the city since monday. just a few hours ago, they said they made gains but those appear to have been short lived. let's go to our reporter south of kunduz. what are you hearing as far as whos in control of the city right now? >> it is very fragile situation. we talked with a couple of afghan government officials, saying they cleared some parts of kunduz city from the taliban, but the taliban attacked them back in the past hours and taliban could manage to get control of some of the area they lost this morning.

afghan government security officials are telling us that they are suffering from lack of leadership, lack of coordination. even about 7,000 afghan security forces are involved, still, they could not clear kunduz city. they are telling us they are trying to move slowly because they claim the taliban are hiding in a residential area and a residential houses, civilian houses. they wanted to avoid civilian casualties so they have to go door to door, house to house for a search. >> what about the humanitarian situation inside kunduz. how are the residents coping? >> there is good news for the hospital of kunduz. this morning until now, actually, there is only three nurses and one doctor at the regional hospital in the province coping with over .500

war injuries. now we talked with the head of health department of kunduz province. he told us that he arrived from kabul to the airport of kunduz with medicine and a group of doctors, he said seven doctors are with them and they are going to soon reach kunduz hospital. we talked with other civilians who are stuck in their homes. they are telling us they still suffer from a lack of food, no water, no electricity, moving for them is so hard and they are complaining also about both side of the war, using artillery, heavy bombardment. they are telling us living here now almost impossible, and they don't know what to do. most of the people that they could afford to leave kunduz city already left. the rent or hired cars to get out. it's not affordable for some and

they are still stuck in kunduz city. >> thank you very much for that. >> meanwhile, doctors without borders has withdrawn from the city of kunduz. the decision was taken after 19 people were killed in a suspected u.s. air strike on a hospital run by that the aid group. the u.s. led coalition said a strike on saturday could have resulted in collateral damage to the hospital. it has launched an investigation. afghan forces say taliban fighters were hiding inside the hospital. doctors without borders reject that and say only staff and patients were there. the hospital was hit repeatedly for over an hour. >> let's speak to bart jansen, director of operations at doctors without borders, joining us live skype from bus sells. thank you very much for your time. since we spoke yesterday have you had a bit more clarity, a better explanation to why your hospital in kunduz was bombed? >> absolutely not. first of all, unfortunately, we have a new jump date of the

total, we now have 23 people that have died, 13 of our staff and then patients. no, we still have no explanation why this attack happened, a very precise attack on our hospital, very well known, very well marked, and clearly without any taliban sighted presence in that hospital. >> you gave the coordinates of the hospital to the afghan and u.s. forces, is that correct? >> yes. yes, this is what we do in many conflicts specifically with air force artillery is involved, so to really avoid attacks on our hospitals. here we have repeatedly given this information to the afghan and the international coalition forces so they knew exactly where the hospital was situated. >> ok. you deny what the afghan

interior ministry has said that there may have been taliban fighters inside the hospital. who was being treated at this hospital? were they civilians being treated there or were there fighters? >> there are all kinds of patients. this hospital works under our own principles and the principles of humanitarian law. everybody who was wounded has access to that hospital, and so we do not ask questions upon entry. there are only a few conditions, that there are no weapons allowed in this hospital and only people that need to be there for medical care or immediate support for patients are allowed in this hospital. >> there may have been taliban fighters then inside the hospital? >> this is definitely possible, yes. this hospital is open for wounded and that are in the area of kunduz. >> one last question for you. you suspended operations now in

kunduz. there is a dire humanitarian situation unfold be there. who you do you expect this to affect conditions on the ground? civilians are currently suffering a lot. >> absolutely. we have left the hospital at the moment. there are more than 100 patients hospital, right? now the entire building and all the equipment is completely destroyed and we have taken out as much as possible all our team to bring them into safety, so for the moment, for the patients that were under care, and all new wounded in the area of kunduz, the situation is absolutely dramatic, of course by this horrific attack. this is clearly -- this looks like a warfare. >> thank you. >> now the world news now, there's been a new wave of

russian airstrikes in syria, the fifth successive day of bombing. let's get the latest from neighboring lebanon. zeina, what are you hearing as far as the targets today? >> according to the russian defense ministry, they targeted 10 isil positions and they actually mentioned that eight of those positions were in northwest idlib, an area where isil has no presence. that is why the opposition is starting to ask questions, what is the objective of this air campaign. what we understand from activists on the ground that there were airstrikes and they believe russian planes were involved in the northern country side of homs. it was hit on the first day of the campaign. also, this area has no isil

presence. in fact, there are so-called moderate rebel groups and that's wipe the opposition is saying that they believe russia is not intervening to fight isil, but to help the government, to provide support to the government, because most of those airstrikes have been happening around the government stronghold of the province along the coast where really the rebels have been making advances as of late. russian intervention, according to the opposition is only to save the government of the president. >> we've been hearing from the syrian president bashar al assad who's been speaking on iranian television and talking about syria, russia, iran and iraq working together to fight isil and he says it will work. take a listen. >> it must be a success, otherwise the entire region will be radio i understand, not one or two states, the entire region. we are certain it will be a success. the coalition countries have come together in terms of

intelligence, security and military forces, therefore they will achieve tangible results from the ground now that the coalition that grained international support even by countries that have no direct role in the crisis in the region. >> bashar al assad seems very confident, unfazed by the warn ins and threats from the u.s. led coalition, saudi arabia and turkey who demanded russia stop their campaign in syria. >> yes, because those demands really have voiced concern and no action taken. it is the first time we hear from the syrian president since the russian airstrikes began, like you said, he is receiving badly needed military support as well as political support. we heard the syrian president, reiterate russia's position calling on other countries to join the new coalition, between russia, iraq, iran and syria, saying this coalition, he's confident it will succeed and even warning if it doesn't succeed, this will be a threat

to the whole region, he's also reiterating on the need to fight terrorism before any political settlement, because no political settlement cab stabilize the situation unless you fight terrorism, so really, we are back to square one, the government still maintaining its stance that they are not ready to hand over power or to share power with the opposition. the president's even mentioned about the iranian piece initiative and that initiative calls for a national unity government, a ceasefire and u.n. sponsored elections, so right now, it seems that the president is quite confident that russia's intervention will help his government. you talk to those in the opposition and what do they tell you? yes, we're hearing words of criticism and concern by our national allies, but apart from that, they're doing nothing to stop russias actions in syria. >> thank you very much for that. >> we've spoken to one of the top-ranked commanders in the free syrian army, rebel group

fighting the syrian government. the colonel is in charge of a brigade fighting in aleppo against anyone feeing bashar al assad. >> what russia's involvement means to the direction of the syrian war, nobody knows, but why now. that is something the senior officer in the free syrian army said he knows for sure. >> russian interference in syria is a sign that assad's army is collapsing. in 2013, hezbollah's leader said we join the war because the free syrian army is getting close to damascus. then in 2014, shia militias entered as hezbollah couldn't protect the regime and now all these groups couldn't protect the regime, so we have russia. >> he shows us some of the locations hit. he's the islamic state of iraq and the levant has no presence here. he left aleppo 10 days ago,

where he is in charge of a brigade fighting the government. he travels in and out of syria and has been actively engaged in this war from the very beginning. >> russia considers anyone fighting the regime as their enemy. they didn't come to fight isil, they are bombing civilians and the free syrian army. >> russia said it is target the isil but airstrikes have been around the key province, bashar al assad's stronghold and where russia has its naval base. we spoke to a group hit by russia in idlib. >> the people are scared. when the regime bombs, they can shelter under ground, but the russian bombs are stronger than those of the regime. >> there is no end in sight to the war militarily or politically. the colonel who has received some u.s. support with light weapons says washington doesn't seem to know what to do.

>> america has no clear plan. it has let down the syrian people. it's a very weak administration. they have left it all unrussia's hands. they didn't even support their partners on the ground and even the group they trained, left them to face their fate against the regime and russia's bombs. there's been no reaction. >> he says what keeps him and his men fighting is that they have a just cause, fighting for freedom, dignity and the need to rebuild a free syria for the next generation. at this rate, the question is what will syria look like when that day comes. al jazeera on the turkey-syria border. >> at least 10 have been killed,es say two saturday bombers blew themselves up after stopped by soldiers and detonated close to an army base. children are among the dead. it is part of the regional coalition tasked with destroying boko haram. >> israeli security forces put

restrictions on palestinianses ending old jerusalem following two separately takes on israelis by palestinians. we have this report. >> it is in lockdown for palestinians that wish to enter, heavily armed police blocking access gates. the unprecedented attacks, two israelis were killed in the first and one injured in the second. in each incident, the palestinians attackers, both 19, were shot dead. tourists continue to be allowed into the old city. they file slowly through the police lines while palestinians after palestinians is being turned away. israeli citizens are allowed unfettered access, but the only palestinianses allowed to enter are those who own businesses in the old city or who are residents there. as for those wishing to worship

at al aqsa mosque compound, only men over the age of 50 are allowed to enter and they have to come through this specific gate, a lengthy walk away from the traditional point of access. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been in the united states during the past week of crisis is coming under intense domestic pressure to take even stronger measures against the palestinians. members of his own government are saying not enough is being done to combat what they call palestinians terror. the israeli army carried out several operations in the occupied west bank, some related to the overnight attacks and others in the wake of the killing of two settlers on thursday. throughout the day, it became increasingly clear that far from being confined to jerusalem, the conflict was spreading throughout all occupied territory. mike hanna, al jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. >> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. people are voting in kyrgyzstan.

>> world bank raises the so-called poverty line, where in india slums where people can't afford the basics. >> no way i resign. no way. >> sack me if you want, raul will tell you why chelsea's manager has come out fighting, that's next in sports. >> two policemen in egypt have been killed in the sinai peninsula, unknown gunmen opened fire in the provincial capital, at area of an armed group that calls itself the sinai province. it's leaders pledged allegiance to isil. >> a service for pilgrims killed in hajj in saudi arabia. the bodies were flown back

saturday. the country said 465 pilgrims died in the stampede. mourners shouted death to al saud. >> 85 people are dead and hundreds more missing after a massive landslide covered a town in guatemala. rescuers are looking for survivors, but hope for finding anyone alive is fading. we have this report. >> it's guatemala's worst natural disaster in years. part of this mountainside collapsed late thursday, burying homes. rescue workers and volunteers race against time, shoveling through mountains of dirt in the search for survives. today, all they found were lifeless bodies, a hard reality for many here. >> six of my family members are

missing. my parents and four siblings. i haven't been able to rest and i won't be able to until i see them again, but asking to see them alive is a lot. they are buried under 15 meters of dirt. >> the landslide hit around 9:30 at night when many people were at home. it followed days of near constant rain. those who could ran out of their homes when they heard the hillside crashing down, but many didn't escape. >> my neighbor's house was here, along this edge. when it was hit, everything was pushed back two meters. they are digging here, but they haven't do you understand any survivors. >> heavy machinery was brought in by the army and more than 1,600 rescuers have joined the search, motivated by signs of survivors. >> every 20 or 30 minutes, you can hear a whistle blow and everybody stops working. that means that somebody thinks they've heard a voice coming from underneath all this tons of mud and rock.

with this layered up 45 meters, may be are running out of hope. >> rescue workers have no plans to stop the search, but the moment the rainfall again, they could suspend the operation. >> we can see that the hill opposite the slide also runs the risk of a landslide. on the side that already collapsed, there's a fracture that account bring down more earth. >> some say this was a disaster fore told. in 2008, authorities warned local politicians that this ravine was a risk zone, and that no one should be living here. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala. >> at least eight people have been killed in shootings between police and protestors in the capitol of burundi. explosions have been heard in several parts of the area. most of the dead were civilians, some found with their happened tied behind their backs. the government has been accused of cracking down on opposition

supporters since may, when the president launched his campaign for a controversial third term in office. >> now people are voting in kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections. the poll will be a test for the fledge ding democracy five years after an uprising that removed a government accused of corruption and greed. corruption concerns haven't gone away. it's still the number one issue for voters according to polls, followed by unemployment and rising energy prices. the interim government brought in to ensure a fair distribution of power. 14 parties are vying for a share of the 120 seats in parliament. the ruling social democratic party, the s.d.p.k. is predicted to gain the largest share of the vote. to guard against voter fraud, the government has brought in a new electronic system, but some people may not be able to cast

their ballot at all. we have a report from a polling station. >> they have implemented a whole new system of biometric voter registration, bringing a degree of excitement to the following station, lots of people queuing to come in. they can pick up their ballot, they do the usual registration here, mark their ballots here and then they post in the ballot box. gone are the days of the glass ballot box, now we have a special ballot box that reads the ballot and counts it at the same time. this system has been designed to eliminate fraud, but is proving hugely controversial, because it's only been introduced over a year ago and lots of people haven't had time or wanted to submit their biometric voter. there could be up to a million

voters unable to cast their ballot today, especially migrant voters in places like russia. many have big issues on their mind, how to solve this countries problems with economy and tackle the age-old problem have corruption. >> at least 16 people have died in flooding along the french riviera. over two months of rain fell in just two hours. more than 27,000 homes lost electricity. some people drowned in a retirement home when the river broke its banks. >> winds with our 475 kilometers per hour are near a chinese coastal city. the highest red alert emergency response to the typhoon have mad thousands of people move to higher ground. let's get an update on the world weather. in the u.s., state of emergency in south caroline? >> it's flooding again. it's very, very unusual.

i don't remember seeing this in my 35 years as a meteorologist. the eastern side doesn't look particularly unfamiliar, however there's a disconnect between the frontal systems here, a hurricane that will come to in just a second and an anti psych loan in the north of canada. this has been a change of season, you he canject that. but usually from the northwest and you see a temperature drop. in this case, the winds coming onshore to the northeast of the u.s., of course the biggest change, a drop of 10 degrees in new york as an example only has happened all the way down the east coast in the last three or four days and current temperatures in the low and mid teens with this onshore breeze. this did bring rain. where the rains converging with a little depression over florida, that's where the rain's been particularly persistent. guess what's under there? south carolina.

there's been a lot of rain. this is video from charlotte. it's gentle, flat land, there's just a lot of water there. it just hasn't stopped falling. it's going to get worse and worse, as well, unfortunately. now, if we just do a bit quicker, the hurricane we were watching and talking about yesterday is only vaguely connected with this line. in fact, out it's from bermuda on its way northward, the disconnected charleston rain could be doubled in the next two days, so you can see why there is a state of emergency. >> rob, thank you very much indeed. now the word bank is to raise the so-called poverty line from $1.25 to $1.90. if people exist on less than that amount per day, they are said to be officially i have gone in poverty. we have been to new delhi to see how people live when they're below the poverty line. >> crammed together, stacked

haphazardly, this is what many of in i can't's urban poor call home. the family struggles every day just to eat. she said corruption and bureaucracy means her family doesn't get the benefits they are indicted to. >> these are my kids and they live like this. today there's bread, maybe tomorrow there's not. if we don't have work, where will the money come from? >> >> with little outside help, this daily struggle that become a way of life for most people here. this situation for the poor is common in many parts of the country in both rural and urban areas. even if the poor here met the world bank's new poverty line measure of $1.90 a day, many say it won't be enough to live on. even earning less than $2 a day is tough. her husband is well aware of his family's polite but says there's not much he can do about it. >> i don't have work, so

obviously we are poor. we are just managing to survive. somehow, i manage to get work to feed my children. i'm not trained or educated to go and get a proper job, all i can do is manual labor. >> these are common complaints, but it's made worse, according to those who work with the poor, by some basic services being privatized, driving up costs even further. >> you have the poor having to access high cost, public servants, be it in hospitals or that is why even if people get $2 a day, they are still poor, because you can't access basic services, you can't get decent jobs. >> experts say india's rapid economic growth is another reason why artificial poverty lines don't reflect realities on the ground where people are just trying to survive. al jazeera, new delhi. >> stay with us on this news

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city. government forces backed by u.s. air power have been trying to take control of the city since monday. doctors without borders has withdrawn from kunduz city. 23 were killed in a suspected u.s. strike on one of the aid group's hospitals saturday. the u.s. led coalition said it has launched an investigation. >> there's been a new wave of russian airstrikes in syria. russia's defense minister said it hit 10 isil targets, but the campaign is said to have hit areas with little or know isil presence. >> hungary says russia is key to ending the war in syria and stemming the flow of refugees into europe. the foreign minister said moscows cooperation is necessary to fight isil. as job in a hull reports, the refugees still flowing into europe. >> pick a point on random on the route through europe. this is the last train station in macedonia on the serbia

border. nothing's changed, day in and day out, they keep coming, the weary, the relieved, the hopeful. >> we have around eight trains per day, sometimes more, sometimes less in 24 hours. >> do you see any sign at all of this flow of people slowing down, coming to an end? >> people were saying that october is going to be slower, but we are not seeing anything like that. >> this young man is an english teacher from raqqa in syria. >> do you feel your spirits are high? do you feel strong? >> yes, yes, i think my morale is so high to travel to another country, different places and different people, and like my friends, they are having a honeymoon. >> they are on their honeymoon, newly married? >> yes, bride and groom,

honeymoon with different sights, train, bus. >> so a very active sightseeing money moon adventure there, and you're happy. >> they are very happy. >> well, congratulations. >> i want to ask you about the russian activities enough in the last few days in your country. do you think that it's going to help to end the war? >> no. i don't think so. it will be worse. >> it will get worse. >> yes, more and more. >> after a few kilometers walk, people are now arriving in serbia. the media may have largely moved on from this story for the time being, the focus has shifted, but the spotlight is still very much on syria. it's about the russian bombing of syria now of course but there aren't mean here who seem to think that is going to make much difference. in the meantime, this is miserable journey through 21s 21st century europe goes on.

a lot is said in parts of europe about these people, who they are, what they want, the threat that they pose. most are ordinary people beginning new lives in a world that has changed beyond recognition. jonah hall, al jazeera on the macedonia serbia border. >> the world's oceans are in trouble from plastic pollution to over fishing, there seem to be no end to the pressures on the sea that is cover 70% of our planet. how to deal with that is a major focus of a conference in chile, attended by john kerry. let's speak to the director of marine program of world wildlife fund from santiago. thank you for your time. they're looking to create a global movement to protect the oceans and resources. just what are you hoping this conference will achieve?

well, the global movement for direction of efforts towards protection of the ocean has been building now for sometime, so this conference in chile is the latest in a number of significant world gatherings, led by a number of countries around the world that has started to focus on solutions to the problems of the oceans. it's very grad filing, but it's still early days, and let's hope that the political momentum is further built by this gathering of leaders here in chile. >> how much trouble are the oceans in and what's behind the degradation? >> it's a number of factors. unfortunately, it's a perfect storm. there's no one single factor. problems such as over fishing, over exploitation, loss of some of their critical has been tats, such as coral reefs and mangroves and sea grass beds and of course increasing levels of

pollution are all being exacerbated, made worse by the effects of climate change, so we have this damaging cocktail that is impacting on the oceans and impacting most severely in the developing world where people, many, many, many millions of people are very dependent on the health of the oceans for their food security and for their livelihoods. >> what steps do you think need to be taken on the part of government to restore the headlight of our oceans? >> well, these problems are global problems and countries can't deal with them. communities can't deal with them on their own, so the issue of political will is most fundamental and that's why conferences gathering such as this one being hosted by chile are very important. look, we now have to deal with problems from a technical perspective. we know how to deal with over fishing and protection of key

habitat. we've been missing the political leadership and political will and also the channeling of resources to deal with it. a lot of commitment is necessary and conferences like this one are critically important with dealing with these widespread problems and difficulties. >> john, thank you for taking the time to speak to us. >> despite problems and pressures, there are still marine wonders to be found in the oceans, sometimes in the most unlikely faces. we have this report. >> we're speeding up to the sight in the area. an oil field, a high security

zone closed to the public. right here every summer, some extraordinary happens. the whale sharks arrive in huge numbers. gentle giants, filter feeding on the surface. it is a bewildering sight, and they come right up to the boat. some nine meters long or more, nearly 400 have been identified here. you think for all the world there would be nothing at all. the outside air temperature is plus 40, not that different in the sea itself, and yet, every summer, there is this enormous aggregation of this iconic species. the platforms are owned by the oil company and for years they have been searching this annual arrival. >> the plan is to get the equipment and satellite tag

ready. we want to know where the females are going, because we really don't know where they give birth and hopefully the tags can tell us a little bit more about where the females go. >> from the surface it's impressive, from blow, it's just astonishing. the sharks come mouths agape, sucking in the invisible eggs of macro tuna that have spawned. >> we think the secret to this place is the currents, cyclonic currents that as you can the water up, and maybe also the platforms. >> the platforms have turned into artificial reefs which attract species that would not otherwise live here and perhaps help to concentrate the macro tuna spawning. >> you haven't got the influence

of people being in the water with them at the same time. the aggregation, there's a lot of problems and conflict with hourism. obviously here, it's quite a hostile environment. >> back in the laboratories, the scientists monitor the signals put out by the satellite tags. >> what we see now, they are still aggregating around the platforms, and then we still have four females that are tagged, ait's going to be real exciting to see what they do next. hopefully, they'll go on a long journey and you know, reveal where they actually give birth to their young. >> it is an unlikely sight in the heart of an oil and gas field. soon the sharks will disappear for the winter to return next april. the natural wonder that only goes to demonstrate how important it is to look after the oceans of the world. nick clark, al jazeera, the

arabian gulf, qatar. >> mexico's first ever independent governor has been sworn in, jaime rodriguez called ron will run new every voluntary leon. we went to meet the man who is challenging the political elite. >> rodriguez's heroes are the lone ranger and zorro, the fictional masked rider who battles injustice. riding an almost identical black stallion, the rags to riches farmer and politician went from town to town through nueve leon. >> people want to know how we

managed to beat the system. i tell them we were characters of star wars defeating the empire with the citizens who otherwise. it made them more powerful than the political parties. >> he rarely curses or takes off his cowboy boots, he vows to defeat corruption and launch a new mexican revolution. rodriguez belonged to the p.r.i. for 33 years, until he resigned a year ago to run as an independent. winning against all odds to take over the governor's office. as mayor of garcia on the outskirts of monterey, he took on organized crime and purged corrupt police with a network of citizen informants, who reported criminal activities on the social networks, his weapon of choice. >> i'm addicted to facebook. i respond to everyone. i start at 6:00 a.m. and work

until 9:00. people tell me their problems and they are right at times to be angry. >> at his home, he shows us the photograph of his 22-year-old son who died when drug traffickers tried to kidnap him. rodriguez himself barely survived two assassination attempts by a cartel when he was mayor. now as governor, he says he will continue to use the social networks to eradicate corruption and violence, a vow he says he made to his deceased son. >> i have a network of 78,000 volunteers on the web. only i mansion it, only i control it. all of them will monitor the government and the public servants, including me. >> some describe rodriguez as a naive eccentric with an oversized ego, yet in nuevo leone, he is seen as the leader of a new movement.

al jazeera, mexico. >> still ahead on al jazeera, some of europe's biggest football rivals go head-to-head. >> these are some of the most intense rapids anywhere in the world, and for a few weeks each year, people flock here to risk it all for the ride of their life. i'm on the goalie river. that story, coming up.

>> welcome back. it's considered one of the most daunting and dangerous rivers in the world for white water rafting, in west virginia, it draws people from around the world to try its. a rids. we have this report. >> with paddles in hand, they are geared up to face one of the world's wildest rivers. it's particularly ferocious because for six weeks every fall, the flood gates of a nearby dam are opened wide, sending a huge amount of water gushing down the river. >> it makes the rapids really optimal for white water rafting. >> they goer and rudy came from the u.k. >> it's just a challenge for us. >> it's the reason we are doing it. it's a challenge and a thrill. >> let's go gently forward. >> a few minutes in and the force is evident. the guide shouts out commands, because every paddle stroke is

critical. they make it out, but there's more to come. >> rapids are ranked based on their difficulty, one being the easiest, five the most difficult. here there are 14 class four rapids and six class fives, including this one called pillow rock. there's a sheer drop off. they say it's the 10 most exhilarating seconds of white water rafting anywhere in america. >> it doesn't always go as planned. in the last 10 years, 14 people have died on the river, but some were without a guide. there have been no fatalities the past two seasons. adventures on the gorge, the biggest of the seven rapid operations here will guide people down this season alone. they say the guides are the key to safety. >> every company on this river, these guys are highly trained, now this river backwards and forwards. they are very adept at reading

waters, so when situations change, they can adapt to it. >> it's easy to see why so many choose it nestled dope in a mountain gorge in west virginia, fort kilometers wrong, nearly 100 rapids in all. after a couple hours on the river, they take a break and it's all smiles. >> really good, yeah. >> waves splashing your face, hanging on. >> on a river where the only guarantee is that everyone will get wet. al jazeera, on the river in west virginia. >> time for more sports now. >> thank you very much. the coach at lancaster said he will consider his future after his team's final game. the first host to be knocked out of the tournament at the pole state in front of a capacity crowd. they are outclass canned by the australians. scoring two tries, went into the

break with a 17-3 lead. england's hopes were briefly raised, but the australians replied with yet another try. final score, 33-15 in australia. lots of questions. >> all things are being considered, but not enough. as ian said, it's a situation with the management team in the hotel saying we are going to play on saturday. it's not the time now to make a decision like that. >> ian stafford joins me now. it was never supposed to be like this, this was supposed to be england tournament to take rugby union to a whole new level in the country. what went wrong? >> i'm in sort of disbelief even

now that the next day on they were totally outclassed. i think they probably lost is last week against wales when they should have done. they certainly should have got a draw out of it. we didn't have -- we being england, didn't have a settled team. when you go into world cup, you ought to know what your best team is. there were chops and changes over the last few months. they found a team that was beginning to play decent rugby during the six nations, then changed it in the rugby world cup. i just think, frankly, we weren't good enough and the shame of it is, you know, it's a home world cup. you're playing at home, you've got a week between each game, you're never going to have a better chance than this, but i'm afraid we were found wanting, and even if england have got through last night, i think they were way short of being capable of winning the world cup. >> well, you were talking there,

we are showing pictures of the fans going to the games. it's been a fantastic tournament so far, calling it the biggest tournament that the world has seen since the olympics in 2012, a massive hit with the fans and great atmosphere at the matches. is it going to change? >> it's going to change a little bit. every world cup requires the world nation to go a long way into the tournament. it's never happened before. just a make matters worse that the host nation in this case, england haven't even managed to get through to the knockout stages, so it will take a hit. actually, i'll go as far as saying this countries economy will take a hit as a result of england failure to get through to the quarter finals, it is a fantastic world cup. let's not forget, wales are still in it going strong, an enormous game next week between wales and australia, island playing later on there looking good and scotland will probably

make it to the quarter finals. there's one terrific british interest and two, don't forget rugby is less tribal than football, so rugby fans will still very much be into this rugby world cup. what won't happen, though is a repeat of the olympics where everybody gets in a positive way, quite nationalistic and getting right behind england. that's been lost, so the tournament absolutely will take a hit, but it still promises that be a fantastic tournament. >> what happens to the england coach and the players now? pig changes or is it a case of the english fans being patient with this group? >> i think there will be changes. he hasn't even remotely got it right. he's a great guy, and he's done a lot of things right, certainly in terms of the english mentality, the behavior has been a lot better, but these are peripheral things. you've got to get it right on

the pitch first. not being knee jerky, a lot of people are asking for calm. they do have a game next week against uruguay, the absolute definition of a damp squid now. england and uruguay next week in manchester, who cares? maybe uruguay will field the rest of their team. i think there have to be changes, i'm afraid, because he's had a long time to get it right and michael checka from australia has proven that a good coach of one year, they were in shambles a year ago, one year and he's already got it right. >> thanks so much for your time. >> right now, a quarter final play, the oldest world cup team ever with an average of 31 years, so they are the most experienced currently leading 5-0. ireland will be relying on their experience as they take on their

toughest test of the tournament so far, they take italy in london. a perfect record in 4d. following bonus wins over canada and romania and with a meeting with france coming up, they will look to keep that record intact. >> chelsea's coach said he won't quit after his side suffered their fourth league defeat of the season, beaten 3-1 by south hampton at home. winning just two games out of eight, they lie 16th in the table on eight points. that's 10 points off the top. >> no way i resign. no way. why? because chelsea cannot have a better manager than me. there are many managers in the world that belong to my level, but not better, but not better, so no chance i run away.

>> to darby now, the 225t 225th meeting between ever to know and liverpool. scoring the first four liverpool, but just before the break, equalized for everton. still 1-1 going into the second half. >> everton against liverpool in a match that has seen more red cards than any other game. in germany, champions play mine nick. the two madrid teams meet in la

liga. preparations for hosting summer olympics in japan continue to run into problems, organizers scrapped their original stadium ambulance and are still searching for a new logo for the games. the road to 2020 is proving far from smooth. >> this is the sight of what will be the olympic stadium when the design is finally decided. organizers are still dealing with the international embarrassment of scrapping the original plans. likened by some to a giant cycling helmet, by otherwise to a turtle or even toilet seat, it was canceled because of costs. some members of the architecture community do not agree with the way it was handled. >> it still hasn't been explained fully why it was scrapped especially after such a major competition. they have been working on this for two years and for all that to be wasted is such a shame.

>> the olympic organizers insist the 2020 games are still on track. >> there is no delay in the games preparations, except for the emblems. >> now hanging in their offices, the logo that was used in the bidding process are not that other emblem. >> the controversy comes amid the problem over the very dim boll of the games itself, after accusations of plagiarism, the original design had to be redone, leading to a flourish of on line creativity about what should take its place. >> the search for a new logo prompted a social media outpouring of creative suggestions in japan and abroad. this designer is something of an olympic logo expert. >> from the 1960's to the 1980's, the designs were minimalist with simple components brought together but

from the 1990's, became more free hand, organic. the tokyo logo looked like the old style and did not look modern. we should not use an emblem that the people don't love. >> we are learning from this experience and for the next selection of the emblems, we are going to make the process as open as possible, and transparent at possible. >> with a new stadium design and a new logo for the tokyo olympics, organizers hope to have a new start. al jazeera, tokyo. >> just trying to let you know what's going on in football, everton taking on liverpool in darby. everton won, liverpool won, 66 minutes gone in the match. that's all your sport for now. >> thank you very much. we'll have more news very shortly on al jazeera. just stay with us.

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