>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm sami zeidan in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. iraq suffers more losses in ramadi, as the u.s. says it is ready to help retake the city from isil. gulf leaders are insisting that bashar al-assad must go. a new president for argentina. plus -- >> this is alaska in the northwest corner of the

united states, it's literally on the front lines of climate change. i'm daniel lak, and i'll be looking at the people who live here and their efforts to avoid being climate change refugees. ♪ at least 27 iraqi soldiers have been killed fighting against isil in ramadi. iraqi forces have been trying to push isil from the city which lies about 120 kilometers from baghdad. ramadi was captured by the armed group in may in what was seen as an embarrassing defeat. iraqi forces have managed to claw back some territory and says it now controls more than half of the city. but the u.s. says progress has been frustratingly slow. it's now offering to send personnel and equipment to help win the battle of ramadi if the

iraqi president agrees. earlier this month the u.s. anoups announce -- announced a hundred military personnel would be sent to iraq. it sounds like an admission that the iraqi army isn't up to the challenge. >> reporter: that is one way to look at it. but the iraqis say we have asked formally, and we have been given help by the u.s. the suburbs retake were done with u.s. helicopter gun ship help. so the u.s. are helping. this is why this is something that might be a bit more domestic to the u.s. audience

rather than being aimed at iraq. the pentagon and the department of defense would like a much larger role in the fight against isil in iraq. that's not something that the prime minister wants. he wants training, intelligence gathering, and he doesn't want forces on the ground that some have been hinting at. so this might be something to do with internal politics within the u.s. it certainly came as a huge surprise to a lot of iraqis i have spoken to. >> what about the sunnis, do they feel their grievances have been addressed? >> reporter: well the sunnis have a tremendous amount of grievance. let's take a couple of recent examples. the governor of mosul invited in

kurdish troops to help train them. then you take a look at what is going on in mosul and a lot of the pro-government sunni tribes there are saying this fight is going too slowly, we could have won this fight against isil had you armed us. and a lot of this comes back to 2006, 7, and 8, when the sunni troops that were trained and equipped by the americans, and they were the ones that eventually routed al-qaeda. and they did it on their own terms. after that they were ignored. and so there are recent historical examples of grievan e grievances. the prime minister will complain

about the turkish army and the saudi arabia army, but when it comes to the iranian role, he is very, very silent. >> do we know what exactly will be the extra forces that the u.s. says it is willing to offer? who are these advisors and will helicopters, for example, be deployed. >> reporter: it's all very, very opaque. we don't know what the u.s. is offering. in the past special advisors they are in the airport, and they train iraqi forces. they are not deployed below brigade levels, so they are not front line fighting troops, although we have seen various reports of u.s. special forces embedded with iraqi forces, they can call in the air strikes. they can do that much more effectively than say iraqi troops.

this close high pressure support helicopter machine guns we have seen that as well. it's very, very effective, but you do need iraqi ground troops to go in and clear and hold those areas once the gun ships have softened isil positions. so there is very little detail in what actually the u.s. defense secretary was offering to iraq. but a big surprise to a lot of iraqis, because they say we have this help already, what we're looking for is other types of help. >> all right. thanks so much, imran khan. let's bring you some breaking news that we're just getting in here and that is that a syrian rebel group has withdrawn from talks with opposition factions which are being feld in saudi arabia. it's a powerful armed group with thousands of fighters in syria. so once again it has withdrawn

from talks which were being held in saudi arabia. let's get more on this now. what has prompted this apparent walkout by the group? >> well, apparently they were not happy with the proceedings and what took place in the meetings for the last two days. we understand that the reason given for the withdrawal was the focus was given to the internal opposition groups in syria, rather than the revolutionary forces. those are the words coming from the group themselves. the internal groups, they are very close to the syrian regime, and that's why the group withdrew, apparently.

>> where does leave these talks and hopes of the syrian opposition coming to common ground ahead of important deadlines in january? >> reporter: well, it throws the whole process down. because it is one of the biggest groups fighting the syrian regime in -- in syria. it also has a powerful regional backers to it, so if that group is not involved then i don't think their backers will also be involved, which leads to disagreements over the entire process of vienna, and the talks between russia, the u.s. and other regional powers. but sami let me tell you also, perhaps another reason why they withdrew from that conference, i think, the russians and the iranians were not happy in the first place that they were invited. they are -- they describe them

as very hard line radical, sometimes even terrorist groups with links to al-qaeda, and probably the russians are pushing the americans and other regional powers to come up with a list of who is a terrorist group, and who is a moderate group, and i think the russians were trying to push into the direction of considering them a terrorist group, and that, perhaps, could be one of the other reasons why they withdrew from the -- from the talks. >> all right. thanks so much. an analyst with the doha institute arab center for research and policy studies is joining me here on set. in that was one meeting going on. the other was the gcc meeting in the saudi capitol today. we had a lot of statements on syria from gulf leaders.

is this a setback what we have heard going on in the syrian opposition talks? is that a set back for the hopes of gulf arab leaders? >> i don't think anybody was expecting that these talks, the syrian opposition meeting here, was going to be easy in the first place, because, you know, there are major differences between these groups who are meeting in riyadh. they come from different idealogical background. some are islamist, some of them are secular, so there are many differences between them. and there are many differences on their understanding of the [ inaudible ] constitution in the country, and also on when should bashar al-assad -- should go, and how? and so these are the major differents between them. given that they have not been able to reconcile their differences over the past five years, nobody expected them to

do that within the past 24 hours. so this will take much more time and effort to bring them together to agree on something, and that has been challenging task for the past few years for the arab gulf states and the arab league and for many other parties that wanted the opposition to unite itself. >> indeed. this is an area where fires are burning in and outside of the region, vacuuming are being created by everyone from isil to the russians so the iranians some could argue. are they doing a better job of filling those vacuums. >> i think they are doing a better job. we have seen that in yemen and saudi arabia, and other gulf

states challenged the will of the united states in yemen and syria, because the americans were very much reluctant to support the saudi-lead coalition. they didn't want anything to disturb their attempt to reach a nuclear deal with iran. or do anything that can spoil their talks with iranians. iran was on the top of the agenda of the obama middle east policy. but then, the arab gulf states decided that would go against their interest, so they decided to go into yemen and provide much support as they could to the syrian opposition to bring down bashar al-assad. so i think they are doing much better than they used to do in the past. >> that may be true when it comes to syria and yemen, but there are still divisions when

it comes to gulf arab countries. very clear divisions. >> absolutely. they don't agree on everything. that is clear. usually you don't expect states and governments to agreement on almost everything. at least -- i mean today they think that they should stick together in order to survive the threats they are facing. and here we are talking about terrorism, daesh, isil, and iran on the other hand, and there are also differences, but i think they think they must stick together in order to overcome this -- that is the benchmark for them. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. argentina has a new president. he won last month's election on the promise to revive the stagnant economy. he took the oath of office just a few minutes ago. >> translator: this go that we are beginning today, will work

tirelessly over next four years, so that all argentines, particularly those who need it the most. when i'm done with my term, they are leading a better life. i have been elected to be president of the nation and i'm proud and joyous. but i must say that i'll continue to be the same person i am, who will be close to you. will listen, will be simple in the way i talk, and tell the truth, who shares his emotions, and always remember that i'm not infallible. >> our correspondent is live for us in the argentine capitol. and i understand he has just finished speaking, but there is

one prominent absentee that didn't there, clearing and clapping for him. why didn't christina curchner show up? >> reporter: this has never happened in the past. they agreed to have the ceremony happen here with the people in congress -- [ lost audio ] >> we apologize for that, we seem to have lost audio connection with teresa stay with us here on al jazeera, still to come, talks have begun in tunis ahead of a major conference in rome. the u.n. wants to form a single

unity government. >> reporter: there is a petition calling for banning entry for donald trump. and a sport in a columbian team wins one of south america's biggest prizes for the first time. ♪ now the head of afghanistan's intelligence services resigned and says pakistan can't be trusted. he quit in protest after the president visited pakistan to talk about peace with the taliban. as taliban fighters attacked kandahar. more than 70 people were killed as jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> reporter: the morning after the attack, the government is looking for answers. the afghan army displays weapons used by the attackers.

their bodies lay on the ground. security is supposed to be tight at the largest military base in southern afghanistan. >> translator: there were 14 taliban fighters engaged with afghanistan forces. we have killed all of them. four of the attackers with explosive vests blew themselves up, the rest were shot dead by the afghan army. one soldier who was my bodyguard, was murdered. >> reporter: the taliban says these are the attackers in afghan government uniforms. in september, taliban fighters commanded by their leader took control of kunduz city in northern afghanistan and held it for about two weeks. although his leadership has been challenged, the attacks suggest his forces are coordinated. this came as the president was at a regional conference in

pakistan, aimed at restarting peace talks with the taliban. but the head has now resigned. he says as they were meeting to talk about peace, the taliban was launching attacks in afghanistan. well, now, strong winds have helped clear the air in beijing, and a red alert has been lifted for the chinese capitol. schools have reopened and limits eased on car use. our correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: this is proof that the pollution comes as quickly as it goes here in beijing. 24 hours ago, i was wearing a face mask. today we have relatively clear skies and clean air, and the government is taking credit for some of that. on thursday it said that pollution levels in the capitol

had dropped by more than 30% since the red alert was imposed early on tuesday morning. that saw the number of cars on the roads halved, and some 2,000 factories ordered to halt production or to shut down all together. now the cleaner air, of course will not last, because the red alert has now expired and everyone knows that the smoggy days will return. what the government has to decide is what sort of long-term strategy it needs to ensure that it can get more blue skies, and that may involve decisions that could be painful to the economy, because it could involve large polluting factories having to shut down. to india now where the capitol is suffering with an ongoing problem with pollution. >> reporter: the government introduced a pollution tax on commercial vehicles entering the region. they were trying to curve

pollution from big trucks and rickedy vehicles, but it seems that is not enough. so as of january 1st, half of these vehicles will not be on the road. this is a highly controversial program, a trial of 15 days, which many people aren't sure about, not just in terms of the politics and economic, but also specially and in terms of the infrastructure. the big debate right now, is does a city like new delhi have the capacity to deal with a program like this. does it have the infrastructure to support millions of more people that need to get to work and get on with their lives. can the police actually enforce such a law. now the chief minister of delhi, says if too many people are inconvenienced we'll find

another one. but the supreme court said on thursday, the fact that there is no distinct policy, suggests that the government of this state is unable to deal with this crisis. well in paris politicians and environmentalists are debating a shorter draft of the u.n.-backed international climate agreement. friday is scheduled to bethis last day of talks for a deal to set carbon emission limits. nick clark joins us live from paris. so nick, the clock is ticking down. are they going to close this one by the end of friday? >> reporter: we shall see. what has happened so far is the release of the draft text, yesterday, and ministers and politicians worked all the way through the night and they are still at it now. and the latest we hear is that a new version will be released oorngd about 7:00, and then there will be reaction, and

we'll see how we're placed to reach the friday deadline. the main areas that are graging, differentiation, particularly that rich countries want richer countries to contribute towards a climate fund, and how much we are going to reduce co2 emissions and by when. first let's go to alaska which is in the front line of climate change. daniel lak now reports. >> reporter: people have been living on this small, remote island for centuries. now the rising waters and storm surges of the bering sea are washing away the land and their homes. >> my grand parent's house is around here, which the ocean took before the sea wall got build, we watched the land

erode, fall into the orb shun. >> reporter: u.s. military engineers build stone walls that halted the erosion somewhat. but they are temporary at best. people now want to stay despite the dangers. >> we are traditionally the peoples of the coast. we move to the mainland, we are going to lose our identity. we are not going to be who we are anymore. >> reporter: in a high school science class focused on climate change, students learn about greenhouse gases and global efforts to curve them. they measure coastal erosion, and conduct research by surveying community elders about what has changed during their life. >> every person we talk to talk about something different, whether the ice was forming later, or berries on the land, or how the water death has

changed. >> reporter: there are a few places where the impact of climate change is more obvious than here. people have seen houses wash away, seen much of their island disappear, but they say they want to stay. this is the land of their ancestors, and moving elsewhere is almost unthinkable. it has become a worldwide symbol for the changing north. across the arctic temperatures are warming twice as fast as elsewhere. permafrost is melting, gash sures are retreating. and hotter summers bring wildfires and more impact on indigenous people. alaska considers itself the last frontier in the u.s. climate change is taken more seriously here than elsewhere in the country, because its effects are ever present and happening right now. >> there has been a building awareness, particularly in the arctic, that the arctic is at the leading edge of change.

but i worry at the same time that the environment is changing so fast that we may not be able to catch up. >> reporter: meeting those challenges will be daunting, expensive and uncertain, but alaska will have to try, it's young and growing population will demand no less. daniel lak, al jazeera. >> reporter: the issues of indigenous people in alaska. we can speak to the executive director of amazon watch. weer were talking about alaska, and that pertinent to the kind of work you do. >> exactly from the arctic to the amazon, we're saying we have to keep fossil fuels in the ground. indigenous people know this firsthand. they are on the front lines of climate change. we have been here this whole

week with a delegation of indense nows people calling to protect living forests, and the amazon belongs to the earth and we are looking to protect the amazon and defend indigenous people's rights. if you don't protect the forest and rights, you cannot going to protect the climate. >> reporter: there is a crucial section, section 2.2. tell us about that, and where we're at with it. >> well, section 2.2 recognizing today that it's a human rights day at the [ inaudible ]. human rights, indigenous people's rights, women's rights, those are the essential rights in section 2.2. and there are countries that want to gut that section. we have to ensure that the rights of indigenous people, the rights of women, the rights of

youth, and the rights of nature itself are included -- in the final agreement, the binding agreement. if we want to keep -- if we want to keep, you know, our temperature -- our global temperatures survivable, which yesterday everyone was saying 1.5 to stay alive, we're not even talking about 2 degrees anymore. we're talking about 1.5 maximum to avoid climate chaos. >> if that section doesn't make the final text, do you think it could be a deal breaker? that it will hold up the whole process? >> unfortunately i don't think so. i don't think -- i don't think there's very many governments who are taking a stand for this. the indigenous people, the indigenous caucus, they have been working day and night to ensure that in the final agreement. and they have been saying this, and they have been promoting this for the last -- over 500

years, and however long it takes, indigenous people will continue to promote their rights, but if their rights are not included in this final text, and it's not binding, this the -- this is trouble -- this is trouble for the whole world, because indigenous people's rights are -- indigenous people's rights and resources are protecting the majority of resources left on this planet. >> we appreciate your point of view. thank you very much indeed. you can see the areas of debate are many and various. it is going to carry on well into tomorrow. >> all right. thank so much, nick clark there. coming up on al jazeera, a new vaccine against dengue fever gets approval.

and in sports, a columbian team wins one of the biggest prizes for the first time.

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welcome back. let's recap our headlines on al jazeera. a powerful syrian rebel group has withdrawn from talks in saudi arabia with opposition factions. it says it pulled out because proper weight wasn't given to revolutionary groups. at least 27 iraqi soldiers have been killed in fighting against isil in ramadi. the united states has offered to send personnel and equipment to help iraqi forces retake the city. argentina's new president has been sworn in, in the

capitol, buenos aires. the outgoing president didn't at tend because of a disagreement over the venue for the ceremony. the international community is pushing for a deal in libya, amid fears of isil expansion there. the u.n. wants the two rival administrations to form a single unity government. one is based in tobruk, and the other is in tripoli. with special envoys meeting both sides in tunisia, ahead of a major conference in rome on sunday. it looks like they are heading towards a more representative administration? >> reporter: well, there was one which was agreed in october, that was rejected by both the tripoli-based government, and the tobruk-based one. really what the united states is trying to do with the new special envoy who took over recently is to try to put that road map back on the table. one official told me here that

they want to put the train back on the track. but they are facing difficulties here, because there are divisions within libya. there are also divisions within the factions themselves. some hard liners know that a unity government will not include them, so it's difficult to try to get an agreement from all sides. and also what is happening here is important for the conference in rome on sunday, which originally was supposed to talk about military options in libya, but now it seems like the italians and the americans, as well as the rest of europe, are trying to get the political agreement too, and trying to get a unity government to attend those talks on sunday in italy. >> talk just a little bit about the alternative. if this doesn't work out. there has been some talk about the possibility of military intervention. what is on the table? >> i think the issue now is that

basically, the international community is growing impatient with these talks. they have been going on for almost a year now. and there is the growing strength of armed groups affiliated to isil in libya, which have taken control of sirte an important coastal town. and with thousands of refugee crosses the med contain, heading to european shores, all of these issues as well as the country is on the brink of collapse and the oil industry has always been effected. all of these things have pushed the international community to make a decision to say either there is a political solution, and the rome conference is part of that, or there is the possibility of military intervention. whether that takes the place of air strikes or possibly intervening on the ground. that is on the table being discussed here in tunisia, but also at the u.n. and in europe.

>> thanks so much for that update. now the lawyer for a ukrainian pilot on trial in russia says she won't appeal against the verdict if she is found guilty. she is accused of murdering two russian journalists in eastern ukraine last year. rory challands reports. >> reporter: on some days vir are is allowed to see her sister who is on trial for murder. but because she might soon testify, on this day, she was kept out of the courtroom. we weren't though. we could film for brief minutes the woman ukraine calls a hero. >> translator: i'm an optimist, so sometimes i dream the judge will stand up and say enough of

this farce. the prosecution's witnesses are lying. let the girl go home. i believe in good, but the judges take orders here. >> reporter: this is what she is accused of. last june, two russian journalists died in a mortar attack in eastern ukraine. the army hospital pilot has been fighting in a volunteer infantry unit. the charges she was the artillery spotter that called in the strikes. her defense says she was called in before the attack, but they expect her to be convicted anyway. >> the problem is, it's not a trial at all. we may predict that the court's final sentence will be as severe as it could only be. >> reporter: another burning issue is how she came to be in

russia at all. the prosecution says she crossed the border illegally. nonsense she says. she has always insisted after she was captured by separatists, she was smuggled into russian by russian intelligence agents. we asked the prosecutors to comment for this report, but they said no. on the streets of donetsk, there is limited if sympathy for her. most people here want the trial to be wrapped up quickly and the town left in peace. >> translator: of course she should be punished, but it's such a lengthy process. so expensive for the country. it's taking too long. >> translator: i think it's political. i think russia and ukraine should make peace and stop the war. >> reporter: she is hoping that international pressure will help. but that is a mission that won't be made here.

it will be made in moscow. all right. let's take you now back to buenos aires where we can see some live pictures coming in from the argentine capitol. that's of course live pictures following the swearing-in ceremony for a new president. he is now taken his oath of office. let's bring in our correspondent, if we can. good to have you back with us. let's try this again now. how much of a policy change is now expected that we have a new president in argentina, facing some new problems? >> reporter: let's start with the day it has been today. it has been a unique ceremony. the president just left. he is heading towards the presidential palace, and the outgoing president is not there. she decided at last minute after a debate over where the ceremony should take place, she decided

not to be present. she also asked members of her party not to be here. it shows how polarize argentina has been. the new president has spoken about liberallizing the exchange rating, opening jobs, bringing argentina to the outside world, after what critics say a policy that has left argentina isolated. we know that on this day, there's presidents from latin america and representatives from the united states, so lots of things are expected to change here with the new president. [ lost audio ] >> all right. we seem to have lost audio again. we apologize for that. donald trump has cancelled a trip to israel as he continues to be criticized for urging a

ban on muslims entering the u.s. the republican presidential candidate says he will reschedule his israeli trip after he becomes president. close to half a million britains have signed a petition calling for trump to be barred from entering the u.k. charlie angela has more. >> reporter: he insists he is not racist, but donald trump's latest comments are being interpreted that way. >> donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states, until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: so inflammatory was his statement that prominent world leaders felt the need to respond. in france, the prime minister wrote on twitter: in israel this statement:

trump has since canceled his trip. and in britain, prime minister david cameron: now a petition calling to ban mr. trump from travelling to the u.k. has gathered thousands of signatures enough to erin sure parliament will consider the issue for debate. and politicians already pressuring the government to act. it's my understanding that the home secretary has banned [ inaudible ] from entering the u.k. will the government lead by example in considering making mr. donald trump -- >> here! here! >> i think the best way to confront the views of someone like donald trump is to engage in a robust democratic argument with him, about why he is profoundly wrong, rather than trying to ban presidential candidates. >> reporter: the billionaire owns luxury golf courses and

hotels in scotland. he was a business ambassador for the country, that has now been revoked. the government has banned hundreds of people of entering the u.k. before on the grounds of unacceptable behavior, but never a u.s. republican presidential candidate. for the thousands of people who signed this petition, they believe those rules should apply whether a person is rich or poor, weak or powerful. charlie angela, al jazeera. the world's first vaccine against dengue fever has been approved. the world health organization says as many as a million people are infected every year. the company is applying to have the vaccine approved in 20 countries by the end of the year. columbia's government and

the farc, the largest rebel left-wing group are inching closer to a peace deal. they have been talking peace in havana since 2012 to bring more than 50 years of conflict to an end. farc is the country's largest rebel militia, with an estimated 18,000 members. it says it represents the poor and opposes influence from the u.s. most killed in the conflict were civilians. more than 7 million people have registered with the government as victims. in the second of a three-part series, our correspondent gains rare access to one of the biggest camps. >> reporter: they are on the move. >> translator: we are in a

unilateral ceasefire, and avoiding clashes with the solders. the military is taking advantage of it, blocking our regular routes. >> reporter: it's the rainy season. they halted armed defensive as part of a peace process with the government. larger camps are being set up deeper into the jungle, where they are preparing for peace. these will most likely be the last days in the jungle for these rebels, and after decades of fighting they haven't won, but neither have they been defeated. their numbers though have been reduced in recent years. this man and his partner have been at war since age 15. >> translator: we're not in up arms because we like it, but because the government never guaranteed our right to political opposition, and the right to the poor. >> reporter: for most, though

the rebel have betrayed their ideals. >> translator: we have committed errors of course, and we are ready to take responsibility. but we want reconciliation. we are also victims of this conflict. >> reporter: rebels remain reluctant to give up their guns. during a truce 3,000 members were murdered. >> translator: our biggest fear is the government will not respect the agreement and we'll get killed by paramilitary and we'll have to go back to fighting. >> reporter: farc vows to demobilize within 60 days of an agreement >> translator: it's not how the government thinks we're reintegrate, we're going to give up our weapons, not turn them

in. and we'll stick together and continue our fight as a political party. >> reporter: the last major sticking point in the negotiations, and silencing the guns will just be the first step in ending this conflict. still to come, all of the sports, and fifa club world cup gets underway in japan. action from the first match coming up. [ cheers ] ♪

welcome back. malaysia is now appealing for the owner of three abandoned boeing 747s to come forward. they have been sitting idol at the airport for a year. >> reporter: the three abandoned planes have been sitting on the tarmac of the kuala lumpur international airport for more than a year now. there is a request for the last known owner to remove the planes. the malaysia airport have pla d placeded a advertisements saying it reserves the right to sell the planes if no one comes forward to claim the planes. this is part of a debt-recovery process. the proceeds can be used to pay debt owed to the airport.

it has declined to say how much is owed to the airport in parking fees and other charges. but the boeing 747s from the 200-f line, a model that has been out of production since 1991. let's catch up with all of sports new. in the last hour the french football corporation has suspended a player for an extorsion case. it claims the midfielder was being blackmailed by a sex tape. he denies any wrongdoing. however, on thursday, the president of the french football federation announced the player was being suspended indefinitely. it casts major doubts over whether the 27 year old will be able to play for the host france, next summer. for one french striker to

another, arson venga described his striker as perfect. they needed to beat their opponent, by a 2-goal margin. the hat trick earned arsenal a 3-0 win. >> i think it is a fantastic achievement for us, because when you look at the -- in the last three weeks we lost [ inaudible ] we lost sanchez, and we came with all of the injuries that were already out. i think not many people gave us a chance. but we are a real team, and in the dressing room, this team is very close and you could see that again today. jose moreno, was speaking

after the english champions beat their opponent 2-0 to top group g. the result a rare bright spot for the blues at home. but they have already lost four times this season. >> everybody wants to play. i think every second -- every second a team wants to play. we don't want to play barcelona, real madrid, athletico, buyearn, i think they want to get to us. >> barcelona held, munich 2-0 winners, and gary's debut as valencia commander. winners and runners up can't be

drawn against each other. part two as the runners up: now again, definitely a team that didn't expect to be involved at this stage, despite having one of the smallest budgets, they still managed to knock out prestigious names. >> translator: we knew what was ahead of us. we also knew who we were facing. we knew we would get the initiative. we weren't immediately prepared for the fact that they would adapt to the belgian way.

it didn't prevent a nice show in the beginning with a few opportunities, so we started quite well. >> [ inaudible ] have become the first seem from columbia to win the title. richard parr reports. >> reporter: there was a lot to play for this the second leg in the high altitude. the first match between columbian side, and argentina. the argentinians had their leading scorer sent off for punching his opponent. the striker unhappy at the referees decision. penalty shooout was needed. this player scored the third

spot kick. hurricane admit their first 2. so when this one hit the bar, it handed santa fe a 3-1 victory. it's the first time a columbian side has won the second-biggest club competition in south america. now the fifa club world cup has begun in japan. the tournament features teams from all six continents. the opening games [ inaudible ] hiroshima, knocked out aukland city, 2-0. not a good day for this man. and then this shot went through the keeper to ensure the japanese champion the spot in the quarter finals. and then african champion will be their opponent. there was a highlight of day

one of the first test between australia and the west indies. australia 438-3. this game the first of a three-match series. meanwhile, new zealand won their first day. french financial prosecutors have opened an investigation into the decision to award the american city of eugene, the 2021 world aesthetics championship. the iaaf are based in monaco, and gave the hosting rights in april without a bidding process. the council voted 23-1 in favor. last month the iaaf president

ended his association with nike. the rockets beat the washington wizards in the nba. last season's mvp runner up netted 42 points in the u.s. capitol. harden only managed 20 points at the brooklyn nets. houston winning this one 109-93. i'm not sure if james harden has ever managed a shot as good as this one -- not this shot here. this is a junior game in minnesota. have a look at that. austin were trailing, take a bow. the high school student probably guaranteeing he will be the host of his town for some time to come. they were there waiting, so these are all of the opposition fans applauding him. what an amazing performance. >> what a shot, eh? thanks so much. we'll be back at the top of

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